CO129-369 - Acting Governor May Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [10-11] — Page 162

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I have the honour to transmit to you, for your information

and for communication to the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, a copy of

a Note which I have addressed to the Wai Wu Pu on learning by tele-

gram from His Majesty's Consul at Amoy that a proclamation had been

issued at that port imposing an additional tax on prepared opium.

I take this opportunity of acknowledging the receipt of

your telegram of September 17 reporting that certain persons were

desirous of taking over the privileges granting to the Kwang Yun

Office and had addressed a petition to the Chinese Authorities for

the approval of revised regulations, and in reply I beg to inform

you that I had already the previous day renewed my protest at the

Wai Wu Pu against the additional tax on prepared opium and that I am

now in telegraphic communication with the Foreign Office as to what

further steps I can take to secure the withdrawal of the objection-

able regulations for which I have been fruitlessly striving for

over three months.

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Sir F.

MA

H. May, K.C.M.G.,

etc.,

etc.,

Hongkong.

etc.,

I have etc,

(ad) W.C.Max Müller.