CO129-367 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [6-7] — Page 193

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he quantity purchased to prepared oplum.

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They should not be

Liibed to keep it privately or store it for a long time so as to

impite the general position of suppressing opium.

8.

Branob Offices will be established by the Kwong Un General

office in all the outlying Frefectures and distriote and under the

men nagement.

The various ray and prepared opium dealers are not

Miomed to raise compliostion in order to have sole responsibility

and to secure uniformity.

8.

The various dealers in raw and prepared opium who have been

granted permits to carry on business should come to have them ohanged.

These who have not been granted permits should apply for them within

In future it will

5 days from the commencement (of the monopoly).

be allowed only to close the business but no additional shops shall

be opened to purohase will be allowed without a permit.

10. No raw opium shall be purchased without a permit for same,

and no orium shall be prepared without a permit for saMÒ, Any

contravention will be seriously dealt with.

11, If any disbonest man practices depelt and breaks these regula-

tions his permit for carrying on business will be cancelled; he will

be compelled to close his business and heavily fined as a warning (to

others).

1. The Tixed basis for reckoning is 6 mace of prepared opium,

avery teel of raw onfum. Supposing that the purchase of 1 tael of

rav onium is reported, the payment of tax when the opium has been pre-

pared will be calculated as on 5 mace of prepared opfum. This fixed

basis will enable us to know the quantity of prepared opium consumed

and will prevent disputes as to quantity of opium prepared,

18. The quantity of raw opium stocked by the various dealers in raw orium before the commencement (of the monopoly) should be reported

to the General Office on the opening day to facilitate ascertaining

the rate of consumption afterwards. Any one who is found to infringe ·

this regulation on investigation will be heavily punished,

14.

Bhould any revision be necessary, (the authorities) will be petitioned to authorize any addition or deletion so as to arrive at perfection and harmony.

Respectfully made by the General Office of the Opium Lioenos Monopoly of the whole province of Kwong Tung.