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FOREIGN

OFFICE

FOREIGN OFFICE,

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19970

June 29 191030 JUN 10,

Sir:-

70.

With reference to your letter 18267/10 of the 22nd

instant respecting the taxation of foreign raw opium by

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the provincial authorities at Canton, I am directed by Sec-

retary Sir E. Grey to state that His Majesty's Chargé d'Af-

faires at Peking has addressed a protest to the Wai wu pu

in regard to the taxation in question to which up to the

present no reply has been received.

A copy of Mr. Max Muller's latest telegram on the

subject is transmitted herewith for the information of the

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Earl of Crewe.

I am,

Sir,

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

Th (acubbele

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