483
20 YAM 19jainti a'vjestsM ath of ¶ UW LAW NOTH
.80еIJAS rotaM
of vonsileox TUOY TeIST of Tomori ert svar! I
-orq ent to dostdua erit no 1J0Ɛ vreunei lo ston TOV
reewjad murtqo bersqerq at obert et lo motstɗta
stoll a'retain a'vatel afH)
.anoxanoti bus antro
OI QEUNELA 30fp dnofeq of JouKTP)*
east 10 Jтoqmi and to notjidhlorq 9rld 8A
it evicollo ebem ad vino bluco anodanoн ornt mulyo
ajt not sidianoquer ebar srow alatorio Isoof edit
Je vote V art betaemper bisoƐ sit,JnereoTC INS
not thiorq erit tug of ageja svijos sxst of notra
Jart aedada viges at nt ‚vone[[99x] 3tH .80101 m)
'
r
er moyl Jroqer antwollol arts to jqfacer at at en
bar er moɖw пoolwoй Ja amotavo to Tenotas.trmoo
-rejjam ant stegijasvnt of bejbezib
e at snoxanol Je mutqo bersqenq nt sbøtt aNT"
add bre atnadorem niedrso lo abner sit mt vlogonom
{
vbastie at aeoelq rejo mort mulqo beraqet to Jroqmt
amojaro 10 mejaya Jolja viemenjxe me :bejtatorq moitosqant
inspection is in force and there is no open importa-tion into Hongkong. As, however, prepared opium
sells at over $3 an ounce in Hongkong
price paid in the interior of China
twice the
it is inevita-ble that some smuggling should go on for the sake of
the profit obtainable. Most of this prepared opium
is brought from Shanghai, Swatow and the West River
by steamships and sailing vessels of various classes,
which anchor in British waters where we are unable
to search them".
The Viceroy states that he has ordered all Cus-toms and likin stations, as well as the Commissioners
of Customs and local authorities, to take preventive
measures and has issued a proclamation in explicit
terms with a view to putting a stop to the illicit
trade in opium.
On the 22nd instant the Board presented a
Memorial to the Throne stating that the British Gov-ernment had agreed that each country should take steps to prevent the smuggling of opium into its own territory, and recommending that the trade in pre-pared
483
20 YAM 19jainti a'vjestsM ath of ¶ UW LAW NOTH
.80еIJAS rotaM
of vonsileox TUOY TeIST of Tomori ert svar! I
-
-orq ent to dostdua erit no 1J0Ɛ vreunei lo ston TOV
reewjad murtqo bersqerq at obert et lo motstɗta
stoll a'retain a'vatel afH)
.anoxanoti bus antro
OI QEUNELA 30fp dnofeq of JouKTP)*
east 10 Jтoqmi and to notjidhlorq 9rld 8A
it evicollo ebem ad vino bluco anodanoн ornt mulyo
ajt not sidianoquer ebar srow alatorio Isoof edit
Je vote V art betaemper bisoƐ sit,JnereoTC INS
not thiorq erit tug of ageja svijos sxst of notra
Jart aedada viges at nt ‚vone[[99x] 3tH .80101 m)
'
r
er moyl Jroqer antwollol arts to jqfacer at at en
bar er moɖw пoolwoй Ja amotavo to Tenotas.trmoo
-rejjam ant stegijasvnt of bejbezib
e at snoxanol Je mutqo bersqenq nt sbøtt aNT"
add bre atnadorem niedrso lo abner sit mt vlogonom
{
vbastie at aeoelq rejo mort mulqo beraqet to Jroqmt
amojaro 10 mejaya Jolja viemenjxe me :bejtatorq moitosqant
inspection is in force and there is no open importa-
tion into Hongkong. As, however, prepared opium
sells at over $3 an ounce in Hongkong
price paid in the interior of China
-
twice the
it is inevita-
ble that some smuggling should go on for the sake of
the profit obtainable. Most of this prepared opium
18 brought from Shanghai, Swatow and the West River
by steamships and sailing vessels of various classes,
which anchor in British waters where we are unable
to search them".
The Viceroy states that he has ordered all Cus-
toms and likin stations, as well as the Commissioners
of Customs and local authorities, to take preventive
measures and has issued a proclamation in explicit
terms with a view to putting a stop to the illicit
trade in opium.
On the 22nd instant the Board presented a
Memorial to the Throne stating that the British Gov-
eriment had agreed that each country should take steps to prevent the smuggling of opium into its own territory, and recommending that the trade in pre-
pared
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