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Decode.

C. O.

5846

RECE

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REGE 18 FEB 09

Telegram from Sir C. Smith,

Shanghai,

February 16th, 1909

Opium Commission.

Please obtain information as to the

extent of opium smoking among Chinese coolies on the Rand

and whether opium habit had spread from the Chinese to the

other populations white and black.