CO129-262 - Governor Sir Robinson Acting Governor O-Brien - 1894 [1-4] — Page 68

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Edina

to importation be prohibited, and an international agreement made that no nation is to compete with China to receive it. Any measure used to ban it need not be considered.

3. their stopping the supply of opium, the whole of Asia will be benefited, being relieved from a warlike and cruel enemy in prosecuting its children, and will receive infinite blessings.

委查洋煙各節略列

者日多也人家煙者亦吸食洋别國人亦有然以華人為多統計華人之嗜或有之多係娼

「而引導之但亦孺子則無如能設「誠能挽回造化之功

傷身體因烟性寒毒損精好盖烟乃毒物生啖之立之有碍

廢人若以猛酒比較壞能致事業酒患尚幾希关惰日久遂

故能也則流亞卅人嗜烟者之多盖以國家無例禁之口盖以食風濕辟瘴氣者此心為尤甚也

〔能令人志昏神亦有能節制者毒物飲不過量較碍病叢品可九嗜食亦不願子的心甚不「禁之誠是也國

則能國來小能強中國入口苟不如此中國合力同禁并要封禁入口絕則採買办法則置議既禁種來

不獨亞卅一處受恩寶窮採買窮則吸食者自少此則也誠能如是是買蒼之種福無窮关

右將委查洋條呈鈞電其餘餉項一款

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