CO129-368 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [8-9] — Page 460

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of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government

that opium is now being shipped by Chinese merchants and con-

-signed to a French firm, Messrs. Sales & Co., at Canton, under

the protection of the French Consul at that port. Opium sold by

this firm goes into the interior without the payment of the

new levy, whereas all the complaints that we have made to our

Consul against the imposition of the new tax on raw opium have

proved futile, and all purchases made in Canton, excepting those from the French firm, continue to bear this illegal tax.

As regards the release of the opium which

was seized at Swatow, we EXÊN may add to what we wrote in our

letter of the 26th. instant, that this seizureg was identical

with those made in Sky Suntong and Samshui, and we cannot help

contrasting the attitude of H. B. M.'s Consul-General at Canton

with that of his colleague at Swatow.

We very much depregate Mr. Jamieson's

attitude throughout this trouble. He refused from the outset to

give his assistance for the protection of our interests, which

we, as British merchants, have every right to expect and we

feel that but for the unfortunate stand that he took up, the Kwangtung authorities would not have dared to enforce the new tax and regulations, admitted on all sides to be violation of treaty rights, and the loss of millions of dollars suffered by

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