CO129-391 - Acting Governor Claud Severn Governor Sir May - 1912 [7-8] — Page 79

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your of coune

will be less than

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the yearly sum tenfried

it is let for

the farmer

Care

The alternates sibe to but the farm in the ordin way & cancel it when the Convention in to force : The Colony on then be faced with a mey nice little sum to pay as compensation for beach of the Contract .

In the cires I think that it schon wrong to

recht die de May's proposals.

- deply by the (militance in either)

and

Josn't came

getely

blay

if the

Follow

appras proposal for 3 year

12th July signed that leannot

"Extruded for

Mi

lender; despatch

f&t

daily

crom

botally the two cities. Shill we might

In what the [Mr. Les brang

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the farm is

ach

let for

men

a

longer period

if

& write explaining why roaying that the

fawn shite let for one year only

I think that we might

hehe

suggest to the

for the question & establishing a sort monopoly

int lam

afraid that the cost y

that the cost of the proantire

sence of be prohibitive

m-new v

The

daily movemen to of Chinese betiv et kong

China

some thing like 400s prople

will have.

to recoup himself in

one

Year for his capital expenditur, wistrad of spreading the repayment-

still ġ fear longer term.

Mr a

that if the farm

is unavoidable.

is let this

I do ast, myself, understand why the argument at the end tut Robusais minute (it is

familiar me) is sound

farmer can par

q still make

Government?

O

the

sy preventive staff profit wthey can't the

I think

8454 made to

effort

introduce the

Straits system: if necess

Straiti

lend thei

the

might fficer to start it. Also, it is writte carsidering whether it int b. possible to probitit all preparation of opium in the Colon & to get. the opinen ready prepared from Singapore.

In an

Valegra

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