CO129-370 - Governor Sir Lugard & Public Offices - 1910 [12] — Page 255

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Government House,

Hongkong, 28th December, 1910.

with reference to my despatch ko.2 in 6064/08 of the

19th ultimo in which I forwarded a copy of my despatch No.391 of

the 14th idom to the Secretary of State for the Colonios I have

the honour to forward the enclosed summary of correspondence re-

lating to the attempt made by the Canton Governmont during this

This sub- your to impose additional taxation on Foreign opium ..

mury has been prepared by Mr. Clementi in continuation of life

confidential memorandum dated the 9th of last July and from it

Your Excellonoy will see that there are still a large number of

unbottled questions, the chief of which are as follows:-

(1) The tax (in spite of assurances to the contrary is

still collected on raw opium at the time of sale (pugo ).

(2) The time-limit for boiling down (in spite of anpurances

to the contrary) appears still to be three days (page 16).

(3) The monopoly still continues to exist, though it has been transferred from the Kuang Jung Yuan to the canton Opium

Guild.

(4) The contention of the Chinese Government that tho

British Government has not acted up to the spirit of the ton Your's Agrossent should be met and disposed of (pago 24).

(8) It remains to be decided whether an inrenity should

His Majosty's Minister,

PEKIK G.

be