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No. 27476.

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The Under-Secretary of State,

Foreign Office,

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FOREIGN OFFICE

August 31

1907.

With reference to your letter of the 3rd ulti-

mo, forwarding the views of the Officer Administering

the Government of HongKong on the anti-opium proposals

of the Chinese Government as far as they affect Hong-

Kong, I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to trans-

mit to you herewith, to be laid before the Secretary

of State for the Colonies, a copy of a telegram from

His Majesty's Minister at Peking in which Sir J.

Jordan, after perusing Mr. May's despatch, suggests

that the import and export trade in prepared opium

between HongKong and China be prohibited, each Gov-

ernment to take measures to prevent smuggling into

its territories.

Sir E.Grey has been informed by Mr. Morley that

he sees no objection to Sir J. Jordan's recommenda-

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tion, so far as the Indian opium trade or the measures

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

relating