CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911 — Page 198

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The Under-Secretary of State,

Foreign Office,

Sir:-

London.

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1911.

I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to state,

for the information of Mr. Secretary Harcourt, that the

following telegram was received by His Majesty's

Minister at Peking from the Governor of Hong Kong on

the 18th instant:-

"I am directed by Hongkong opium merchants to transmit following telegram to you. Begins: Government of India's July sale realised: Certificated, average 3370; uncertificated, 1600 rupees. Strong incentive to smuggle into China. Uncertificated large shipments

expected here on July 23rd. Urge Wai-wu Pu to use all efforts to prevent smuggling as our large stock of certificated, costing high price, seriously jeopardized. Ends."

are

Sir J. Jordan replied on the 19th instant by tele-

graph that a representation on the subject to the

Chinese Government was open to serious objection. The

Chinese native press was blaming the Government of India

for action which it represented as a direct encourage-

ment to smuggling, and the suggested communication to

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

the