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(This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]*

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CHINA TRADE.

CONFIDENTIAL.

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No. 1.

[September 6.1

OCT 07

SECTION 1.

Sir,

Colonial Office to Foreign Office.~(Received September 6.)

Downing Street, September 5, 1907.

I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st ultimo, and to request you to inform Secretary Sir E. Grey that, subject to the concurrence of the Governor of Hong Kong, his Lordship agrees to the proposal that the trade in prepared opium between Hong Kong and China should be prohibited-each Government taking measures to prevent smuggling into its own territories.

2. Lord Elgin would be glad if Sir J. Jordan might be requested to communicate direct with Sir F. D. Lugard, to whom his Lordship has addressed the telegram of which a paraphrase is inclosed.

I am, &c.

(Signed)

Inclosure in No. 1.

C. P. LUCAS.

The Earl of Elgin to Governor Sir F. Lugard.

(Telegraphic.) P.

Downing Street, September 4, 1907. MAY'S Confidential despatch of 15th May. British Minister at Peking will consult you as to proposal that trade in prepared opium between Hong Kong and China should be prohibited, cach Government to take measures to prevent smuggling into its own territories. You should agree, unless there is some strong objection of which

am not aware.

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