a year.
CONFIDENTIAL.
Sir,
years:
40
balls
fo
to the Indian chest.
which is allow the farmer 2000 chests
The annual amount agmires for Maceo
consum ston & legitimate export
af
4660 ilter & Sath June
m. Macas itself
placed
I wen
chests, McClements in the
vago
the arceage consumption
to
3
fachert daily
78108.
or say 244 chests agear.
? Coppy to 70. ~1.0 27
tic
19.12 12.7
1.127
612.7
Sent to Jys with 216524
JR13
osure 1.
A
G. C.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 12th. June, 1912.
295
In confirmation of my telegram of the 11th. June, I have the honour to inform you that on the 7th. June the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce addressed the enclosed letter to the Colonial Secretary, who upon receipt of it had a meeting with representatives of lessre. David Sassoon and Company, Limited, and Hessrs. E. D. Sassoon and Company. These gentlemen explained that at the May sales certified Patna Opium fetched Rupees 5,600 a chest and uncertified Patna Opium Rupees 2,100 a chest, whereas at the June sales the certified opium fetched Rupees 3,900 and the uncertified Rupees 1,850 a chest. There had thus been a decline of Rupees 1,700 per chest in the price of certified opium, and of Rupees 250 per chest in the price of uncertified opium. This they attributed mainly to the restrictions which in violation of the treaties have recently been placed on the Opium Trade in Fukien, Chekiang and Kuangtung, and also in a less degree to the smuggling of uncertified opium into China from Macao and Kuang-chou-wan.
They stated that the position with regard to the stock of opium bought for China was on the 31st. May as
2.
follows:-
C.D. R. 13JUL 2. 13
RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
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