CO129-373 - Public Offices - 1910 — Page 101

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Sir:-

-La pres

FOREIGN OFFICE.

100

C September 29035

19, 1910.

20 10

I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to ac-

knowledge the receipt of your letter 25554/10 of the

You

27th ultimo forwarding copies of despatches from

the Officer Administering the Government of Hong

Kong upon the subject of the additional taxation im-

posed on opium by the regulations which are being

enforced by the Chinese authorities in the Province

of Kwang Tung.

In Sir F. May's despatch of July 16th last the

action of His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton is,

as you are aware, severely commented upon. The ac-

cusation made against Mr. Jamieson that he gave his

approval to the regulations, when submitted to him

in draft by the provincial authorities, without any

reference to His Majesty's Legation or to the

Government of Hong Kong is so serious that Sir E.Grey

is of opinion that he should be given an opportunity

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

of

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