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We have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the lat instant (25299/10) informing us that His Majesty's Charge D'Affaires at Peking has notified the Chinese Government that His Majesty'a Government cannot accept any regulations which enforce

We note an additional duty on raw foreign opium in a treaty port. that the Wai-Wu-Pu is calling upon the Canton Viceroy for a report, but the matter being so urgent, may we express & hope that His Majesty's Government will allow no undue delay on the part of the Chinese Authorities. The opium trade in Canton has been at a stand- still for nearly three months, and further delay means further heavy

loss to British Merchants.

The explanation of His Majesty's Consul General at Canton as to the main object of the Tax being "to prevent the storing of large stocks of opium" is astonishing, in view of the fact that Hongkong is the Depot for Opium, and no large stocks are kept in Canton. The Chinese Dealers never take delivery of their purchases until they are ready to send the opium into consumption, as they not only have to pay for it on delivery, but have to pay the Duty and Likin as well a very sufficient reason against storing large

stocks.

A representative of our Hongkong House called upon His Majesty a Consul General at Canton on the 8th ulto. to impress upon

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