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Vigoy 19bn BOTA Víð SIinw amey atsl to Jud,noldi menoa to noi. stioqrik slic bauscroni viibsota und aniño mi notteritius (£6 ja al on to atnt .bealfoon bad miiqo nsiere¶ bus makluĮ rwiyo to możzontbong of Jart Joat wit of eub &rsq mi atueve jeniqk əlov, wie ni aqoro evitaremumet dæos e it to eno al ail to pilaeng, vrið al dusmevorgni Laubung edo od gaino sliN. ertameqia etom edt gutociqer v[lauber of aldt mumb evitan .sfolds betroqni od Ga nottelup eit otni palog JUONSIV cils gangguɛ glanti N **£*ta og 11 neve,88iw as Ji mədəniy
to call mat gerth na ww I die 10 troa eroa oven Boot oyidan ba, velio gis otree od dow so beauds ton et et eo qnol ou foli laza,bemtis eritdie wat a ;' jquox* 103 wuriyo Zo eas wild to notaðingua Istot elT Live 9810w [lita & An tA pete ucmi bbyo t sobib ni it bei b vi yhsenie ust ater bas vijnwoo end nog: eris,eri:igro. belliq "koziqo-kla" bellað ut 20 ne bezsenon! ecsetont end no antea noitostał obirebowy yɗ ret‡al edit to ea Alt to boonquodiglen sri ni vitaIUJËSTBU • bročke gaftrisi£
enteroð síet ind all daið guldėl DA SILV -ntevoð Labem I e 3 talees 0. Towog utt må (Ix ob binora nam bus IladZIO ODES O ush Hoida turasta ɛvotre vis ni † (nat lima od anne... 6 di origo to sau mir aze qqua ayoliteq (latani jiu Holw Xalx et egale Bid 35 t...o jatoq of sior .iaso vættirmoð beyondack foald jel'inƐ to nultoee alarisv a anival to mart s .mobi, squoo evitan to Jitsued and not vision on [fov Μl àÅ (Is es ainioitto [su muid at vino Jon jeurigo got to molèstroyrúi erit of beaoqqo to drog et ta betoelfos,mixel LIN: PAS OBIA JUỐ , grub Stoq sniðinak Istreqril of yu anixs¶ of bastine" guled bus,vitne end of taol al mortereid Jitong eubi to soltano Ils amoteMO bezator NA KON or at Jariw e9a oriw aetjhodžμA Isionivor¶ iwo tiers ddiw gnideqhão bius ensitrød risið qutaesq efoldrS opium.
The cultivation of native opium is largely in the hands of high Chinese Officials and is of course a source of enormous revenue to them and to all through whose districts it passes or in which it is consumed.
It is quite probable that several of the leading officials in the Empire are quite sincere in their wish to check the production and consumption of opium, in which no doubt they are being to a certain extent supported by what may be described as a popular movement but though edicts to this effect may be issued, it is quite another matter to carry them into effect, particularly in the more distant parts of the Empire and it is inconceivable that within so short a space of time as ten years the whole cultivation of the poppy can be put an end to.
Large districts in many of the provinces and countless thousands of Chinese of all classes are dependent upon this opium industry for a living and too sudden a change, if they are forced to stop the production, or transportation, of opium can only result in failure of the movement or rebellion.
The point therefore that the Committee would wish to impress upon His Excellency is that no steps should be taken by His Majesty's Government to curtail the foreign opium trade until there is ample evidence that a proportionate reduction is being made in the production of the native drug.
The Committee consider that as matters now stand there is no guarantee that the Provincial Authorities as a whole seriously intend to suppress opium smoking but are merely taking advantage of the present movement to further their own personal ends and increase their own revenue at the expense of a very valuable section of British trade.
For the information of His Excellency I beg to enclose copy of a telegram which is being sent through the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation to His Majesty's Minister
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Vigoy 19bn BOTA Víð SIinw amey atsl to Jud,noldi menoa
to noi. stioqrik slic
bauscroni viibsota und aniño mi notteritius
(£6 ja al on to atnt .bealfoon bad miiqo nsiere¶ bus makluĮ
rwiyo to możzontbong of Jart Joat wit of eub &rsq mi atueve
jeniqk əlov, wie ni aqoro evitaremumet dæos e it to eno al
ail to pilaeng, vrið al dusmevorgni Laubung edo od gaino sliN.
ertameqia etom edt gutociqer v[lauber of aldt mumb evitan
.sfolds betroqni
od Ga nottelup eit otni palog JUONSIV
cils gangguɛ glanti N **£*ta og 11 neve,88iw as Ji mədəniy
ઉદ્ય
to call mat gerth na ww I die 10 troa eroa oven Boot oyidan
ba, velio gis otree od dow so beauds ton et et eo qnol ou foli
laza,bemtis eritdie wat a ;' jquox* 103
wuriyo Zo eas wild to notaðingua Istot elT
Live 9810w [lita & An tA pete ucmi bbyo t sobib ni
it bei b
 vi yhsenie ust ater bas vijnwoo end nog:
eris,eri:igro. belliq "koziqo-kla" bellað ut 20 ne bezsenon!
ecsetont end no antea noitostał obirebowy yɗ ret‡al edit to ea
Alt to boonquodiglen sri ni vitaIUJËSTBU
• bročke gaftrisi£
کھو
enteroð síet ind all daið guldėl DA SILV
-ntevoð Labem I e 3 talees 0. Towog utt må (Ix ob binora nam
bus IladZIO ODES O ush Hoida turasta ɛvotre vis ni † (nat
lima od anne... 6 di origo to sau mir aze qqua ayoliteq (latani jiu
Holw Xalx et egale Bid 35 t...o jatoq of sior .iaso vættirmoð
beyondack foald jel'inƐ to nultoee alarisv a anival to mart s
.mobi, squoo evitan to Jitsued and not vision
on [fov Μl àÅ
(Is es ainioitto [su
muid at vino Jon jeurigo got to molèstroyrúi erit of beaoqqo
to drog et ta betoelfos,mixel LIN: PAS OBIA JUỐ , grub Stoq
sniðinak Istreqril of yu anixs¶ of bastine" guled bus,vitne
end of taol al mortereid Jitong eubi to soltano Ils amoteMO
bezator NA KON or at Jariw e9a oriw aetjhodžμA Isionivor¶
iwo tiers ddiw gnideqhão bius ensitrød risið qutaesq efoldrS
opium.
The cultivation of native opium is largely
in the hands of high Chinese Officials and is of course a
source of enormous revenue to them and to all through whose
districts it passes or in which it is consumed.
It is quite probable that several of the
leading officials in the Empire are quite sincere in their wish
to check the production and consumption of opium, in which no
doubt they are being to a certain extent supported by what may
be described as a popular movement but though edicts to this
effect may be issued, it is quite another matter to carry them
into effect, particularly in the more distant parts of the
Empire and it is inconceivable that within so short a space of
time as ten years the whole cultivation of the poppy can be put
an end to.
Large districts in many of the provinces
and countless thousands of Chinese of all classes are dependent
upon this opium industry for a living and too sudden a change,
if they are forced to stop the production, or transportation, of
opium can only result in failure of the movement or rebellion.
The point therefore that the Committee would
wish to impress upon His Excellency is that no steps should
be taken by His Majesty's Government to curtail the foreign
opium trade until there is ample evidence that a proportionate
reduction is being made in the production of the native drug.
The Committee consider that as matters now
stand there is no guarantee that the Provincial Authorities as
a whole seriously intend to suppress opium smoking but are
merely taking advantage of the present movement to further their
own personal ends and increase their own revenue at the expense
of a very valuable section of British trade.
For the information of His Excellency I beg
to enclose copy of a telegram which is being sent through the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation to His Majesty's
Minister
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