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No.

210.

Hongkong.

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224.35

My Lord,

Government House

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21st. June, 1910.

In continuation of my Despatch

No. 202 of the 15th. instant, I have the honour to inform

Your Lordship that His Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul at

Canton has (in the absence of the Consul-General on a

voyage up the West River to Lungchou) drawn my attention to

4 points in which the translation handed to me by Mr. S. A.

Levy (enclosure No. 2 in my previous Despatch) differs from

the Consul-General's translation (enclosure No. 4 in the

same Despatch):-

(a).

In Regulation 1 the words trans-

-lated by Mr. Levy "monopoly of the (opium) licence" are

translated by the Consul-General "the (prepared opium)

licence tax". Similarly in Regulation 2 the words trans-

-lated "licence monopoly" by Mr. Levy are translated

"licence

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF CREWE,

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