no part of a consipiment foes wrong a gati smuggled :( I take it that this is the for's (der).
ark for an early reply and copy of the serp with copy four hitter £7.0.1.0. It LF in sunding the other corse supserted in
this minute.
Sir J. Anderson
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Mr. Severn spoke strongly to me,
and I thin to you also, in favour of not re-
quiring a further reduction below 5 taels. I
shewed him Mr. Baddeley's letter, but he re-
mained of opinion that 5 taels should be allowed.
His chief argument was that the Farmer had
made so many concessions and had been so rea-
sonable that it would he most undesirable to
wring this further concession from him. He was
also decidedly of opinion that of the amount
allowed to the Farmer for local sale and
export none, or practically none, was smug-
gled into China. I promised to mention his
representations in sending on these
papers, but
personally I agree with Mr. Robinson's pro-
thought
posals. But it may be politic to let the Gov.
A
meet the Farmer on this point.
ATC
CONFIDENTIAL.
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sir,
C.O.
1006
RECS
Reg 9 JAN 13
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONGKONG,
19th. December, 1912.
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Referring to the fourth paragraph of your
Confidential Despatch of the 26th. October last, I have the honour to state that the necessary steps are being taken to prohibit forthwith the importation into the Colony of Turkish opium.
2.
With reference to the concluding paragraph of my Confidential Despatch of the 23rd. August it appears that the requirements of Formosa are for a grade of Persian opium yielding over eight per centum of morphia and that the bulk of the stock
held in the Colony, amounting in all to a total of 3634 chests, does not reach this standard. The Hongkong dealers obtain most of their stock from their constituents in Persia and sell on com-
-mission, and they cannot apparently enforce any standard of quality, with the result that it has been the practice to export to London any opium that is not suitable for Formosa.
3.
In the circumstances I have to recomend that the export to London should be allowed to continue. It is proposed that all Persian opium should be kept in bond and that it should be packed for export and shipped in the presence of a Revenue Officer; that the Customs Authorities in London should be notified
of all shipments to that port and that they should be required to examine them upon arrival. Some provision must be made to enable merchants to get rid of their present stocks and to dispose of
Persian
no.
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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
&C.,
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
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