CO129-254 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [1-4] — Page 144

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his prices, and this tends to _ diminish the consumption, but

because there is

noree

especially

hardly any

chance of getting loose

opium, to boil arreptitiously

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he

catr

why The levying of therefore by

That

pay a bigger price,

an inne cased tax

opium

China on muggled, and the

formerly smugg

entranced tay on that which is

:toral quantity

ewed here must diiniiish the

consumed, so for

as Indian opium is concerned,

only cheap opium is

and

the

that which is produced

herself.

by

Chura

As to the bonded.

warehouse system it is obvions

that if we had such a system the Government would have to keep up a Revenue Cruiser service, and blochade ourselves, instead of China keeping up the Revenue service.

For

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For obium in. it raw state world

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be Landed all over the Colony either for boiling

here

China or both.

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muggling inso

The idea of Mr. Whitehead

is that the raw opium

paging a

tay at the bouded store might be

boiled by anybody and sold in the Colony opium

arra

so as to give cheap

give free trade in

prepared opium. But would not this increase the consun

consumption,

and

deprive the Government of a proper tay?

If anything.

like

an

adequate tay, such as is pairs at present for what is issued to the Opine Farmer, was demanded, little opium would be released from boud in

then

very

my apension It would be landed at Shankiiwan, Stanley, Aberdeen, and prepared openly, and once; past the cruiders

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