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hina of Persian and Turkish opium, as well as that of hdian opium, will be completely suspended.

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*3. The special permits ill onl be issued to merchants

are

stone,

itherto, to the knowledge of the Imperial "aritime bean engaged in the trade in Turkish and Persian lue. In fixing the number of special permits to be issued fually to each merchant the total import during the two 100-7 and the quantities imported by each merchant during

a basis, the number of permits

hose years will be taken as

eing decreased annually.

ears

"The above proposals refer to the rest iction of the import urkish and Persian opium. *ith regard to other sorts of ium no information as to the place of origin is available, articulare are not given in the I... Returns of grade.

k, however, the quantity is trifling, amounting in 1906 to nly 64 picule which was all re-exported, the matter hardly

ppears to require consideration".

The Revenue Touncil request the Board to communicate

These proposals to Your Excellency and to inform them of our

iws on the subject in order that the requisite instructions

jay be given to the Customs Authorities.

The Board is of the opinion that as the three propes·le formulated by the Inepactor General for the limitation and

annual decrease of the quantity of Persian and Turkish opium

Eported into China are on the same lines as the "ritish

Sovernment's scheme for limiting the export of foreign opium

from India and are fair and just, they should he put into force.

fore

reply has there been addressed to the Revenue Council re-

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questing that the Inspector Ceneral be directed to take the

(necessary action and a notification has been sent to all the

oreign Representatives in Peking.

I avail &c.

Prince Ching.