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having understood the system of prohibiting opium.

As, however,

he has written is in this sense, we have been compelled to issue instructions to the Head and Branch offices that, should they in future detect persons without trading licenses or others, holding licenses, who are clandestinely importing and selling unbroken packages of foreign opium withoub reporting the fact, they should severely deal with the individuale guilty of offences against the regulations, but should refrain from confiscating or fining the opium in the charge of such persons, so as to avoid any mis-

understanding.

With regard to the Consul General's statement that, on

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a receipt for raw opium sold by the Auang Jung Yuan firm, it is clearly indicated that the money, pledged as security for the tax, was received at the same time as the purchase money, we would point

stringent orders prohibiting this practice. Monour we have moud out that we have already issued instructions to the Investigation

Department to call for the production of the receipts issued by

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the Kuang Jung Yuan firm for careful scrutiny; as a matter of fact none of them bore the impress of a wooden stamp stating that the

The British Consul tax and purchase money were paid simultaneously. General has now reaffirmed this statement, and we can bit conclude

that this is the work of those individuals who are trying to put

obstacles and difficulties in the way of the work of prohibiting

opium. We should be glad, however, if Your Excellency would re-

quest H.B.M. Consul General to send the receipt in question to this office in order that searching enquiries may be made and the truth

sifted out.

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