CO129-396 - Public Offices - 1912 — Page 87

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FOREIGN OFFICE

"G# 27 SEP 12

September

1912.

London,

With reference to the letter from this Department of

the 23rd. instant, I am airected by Secretary Sir E. Crey to

transmit to you herewith, to be laid before the Secretary of

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State for the Colonies a copy of a further despatch from His

Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Lisbon on the subject of the

opium traffic with Macao.

Mr. Secretary Harcourt will observe that the Portuguese

Director-General of the Colonies expresses a desire to be

informed whether the limit on opium importation fixed in the

Hongkong contract can be, or has been, exceeded.

I am,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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