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to the extent of the cost price of the additional opium consumed. The only check on the price that can be charged is the danger that the farmer is running of smuggling if he raises his price inordinately, and if he may be thoroughly trusted he may always charge the highest possible price.
In fact, it was one of the very complaints made against the farming system by Mr. Whitehead in the Legislative Council during the session of 1891 when advocating the establishment of a bonded warehouse system - vide page 30 of Hansard for 1891 - that the farmer was able to squeeze his customers to an appalling extent, i.e., to extract an extremely high price from them for his opium, and that he did so, and would certainly continue to do so.
It may be asked why Government could not charge such a duty on removals...
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to the extent of the cost price of the additional opium. consumed. The only check on
the
price
that can be charged
is the danger 1 by the farmer is the :. of smuggling if he raises his price inordinately, and
be thoroughly trusted
he
may
always to charge the
highest possible price.
fact.
it
was
one
very
In
of the ~
complaints made against the farming system by mr. Whitehead in the Legislative
Council
Council during the session of
1891 when advocating the establishment of a bonded warehouse system - vide
раде
30 of Hansard for 1891- that
able to squeere.
was
the farmer his customers, to an
appalling
extent i.e. to extract an
extremely high price from
them.
for his opium, that
he did so, and would certainly continue to do so. It
may be
asked why Government could not charge such a
duty
on
removais
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