CO129-367 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [6-7] — Page 133

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The British Opium Merchants have dealt

on

very fully with this question in their letters to the Consul- -General at Canton, but Mr. Jamieson takes the view that as the tax is imposed on both native and foreign opium this does not constitute a breach of the Treaties. With this view, however, the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce cannot agree.

Although it is true the tax islevied prepared opium, it is collected from the raw opium dealers in Canton who are compelled to take out a new form of licence under which they have to guarantee the paygent of this new tax to a Chinese firm in Canton who will hold the farm from the

Viceroy.

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The Committee of this Chamber cannot but view this as an attempt to interfere with the raw opium trade and consequently a breach of the Opium Convention, more particularly Articles 2, 3 and 5 of the Additional Articles of the Chefoo Agreement signed in London on 18th. July, 1885, it being clearly laid down that no tax is to be placed upon opium, either direct or indirect, after the payment of import duty and likin until the opium has reached the place of consumption.

Under the new regulations, the raw opium dealers in Canton are to be held liable for this extra tax on their drug which may be consumed long distances from Canton.

KUZITUMISKEx The Committee of the Chamber of Commerce considered it advisable to telegraph very fully to Your Excellency, explaining the situation and asking you to be good enough to take the matter into your careful

consideration.

As they are unaware if the Consul-General

at Canton has communicated with Your Excellency on the subject, they felt it right to give his views in their message.

The new regulation comes into force on the

9th. May (1st. day 4th. moon 2nd. year of Suen Tung) and the

Committee