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Enclosure No.1 in Mr. Fox's No.100, General Series of Sept.
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Sir,
Viceroy Yuan to Mr. Fox.
Canton, 17th September, 1909.
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With reference to your despatch to my predecessor, dated the 27th August, 1909, on the subject of the new regula- tions for the limitation of the sale of raw opium, stating that you had learnt that the Opium Prohibition Bureau had suddenly, without warning, arrested the manager of the Ch'uan Fu Ch'eng
raw opium shop in the Hsing Lung Street, you requested that a careful enquiry might be made into the circumstances.
on receipt of your desptch the Acting Viceroy Hu instructed the Bureau to make an enquiry and report, and a note wae at the same time sent to you in reply. The Officials of
the Bureau state that, by the order of the late Viceroy Chang, dated February March, it became their duty to issue licences
to shops selling raw opium and to individual buyers. This procedure was in accordance with the regulations submitted to the Throne by the Government Council and approved. A proclama- tion was issued at the time and all raw opium dealers were summoned to the Bureau and commanded to observe the regulations. The statement that no warning was given is therefore difficult to
understand.
The raw opium shops however, while professing acquiescene, secretly ignored the regulations, with the result that very few people took out buying licencea. For several
months past, with a reckless indifference to instructions, the dealers have been illicitly selling opium in this way. The
Bureau
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