CO129-396 - Public Offices - 1912 — Page 75

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MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,

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Monsieur le Chargé d'Affaires:-

In continuation of my note of the 22nd..

instant, respecting the importation of opium into Macao,

I have the honour to inform you that the contents of

the note from your Legation of the 3rd. of July last

having been forwarded to the Governor of that possession

this official replied on the 30th. of that month; but

his answer made it necessary, after consulting the

Colonial Council, to telegraph to him afresh on the

16th. instant.

The question being a complicated one, the

Directorate General of the Colonies desire to make a

careful and prolonged study of the subject, so as to

obtain a full knowledge of it; I may, however, assure

you that that Department, as well as the Portuguese

Government, are bent upon following the principle al-

ways shown of loyally co-operating in the suppression

Senhor Charles Wingfield,

&c.,

&C.,

&c.

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