CO129-292 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [6-8] — Page 203

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No.813.

Sir,

201

20015

RECA

6:

Rea 7 AUG 19

Col. Secretary's Office.

Hong Kong. 19th May, 1899.

I am directed to transmit for your information copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce and of its enclosure relative to the system of rewards obtaining at Saigon for the discovery of smuggled opium on board vessels arriving at that port.

As the representatives of the several shipping firms point out, the system is one that leads to considerable abuse on the part of unprincipled informers, and I am to request you to be good enough to represent the matter to the Authorities with a view to the adoption of a system that will bear less hardly on Shipowners.

I have, &c.,

(Sgd.) J.G.T. Buckle,

Col. Secretary.

Her Britannic Majesty's Consul,

SAIGON.

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No.813. Sir, 201 20015 RECA 6: Rea 7 AUG 19 Col. Secretary's Office. Hong Kong. 19th May, 1899. I am directed to transmit for your information copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce and of its enclosure relative to the system of rewards obtaining at Saigon for the discovery of smuggled opium on board vessels arriving at that port. As the representatives of the several shipping firms point out, the system is one that leads to considerable abuse on the part of unprincipled informers, and I am to request you to be good enough to represent the matter to the Authorities with a view to the adoption of a system that will bear less hardly on Shipowners. I have, &c., (Sgd.) J.G.T. Buckle, Col. Secretary. Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, SAIGON.
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COPY. No.813. sir, 201 20015 RECA 6: Rea 7 AUG 19 Col. Secretary's Office. Hong Kong. 19th May, 1899. I am directed to transmit for your informations copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce and of its enclosure relative to the system of rem wards obtaining at Saigon for the discovery of the smuggled opium on board vessels arriving at that port. As the representatives of the several shipping firms point out the system is one that leads to considerable abuse onthe part of unprincipled informers, and I am to request you to be good enough to represent the matter to the Autho- rities with a view to the adoption of a system that will bear less hardly on Shipowners. I have, &c., (Sa.)J.G.T.Buckle, p.Col.Secretary. Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, SAIGON.
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COPY.

No.813.

sir,

201

20015

RECA

6:

Rea 7 AUG 19

Col. Secretary's Office.

Hong Kong. 19th May, 1899.

I am directed to transmit for your informations

copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Hongkong Chamber of

Commerce and of its enclosure relative to the system of rem

wards obtaining at Saigon for the discovery of the smuggled

opium on board vessels arriving at that port.

As the representatives of the several shipping

firms point out the system is one that leads to considerable

abuse onthe part of unprincipled informers, and I am to request

you to be good enough to represent the matter to the Autho-

rities with a view to the adoption of a system that will

bear less hardly on Shipowners.

I have, &c.,

(Sa.)J.G.T.Buckle,

p.Col.Secretary.

Her Britannic Majesty's Consul,

SAIGON.

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