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RF 24 MAR 13

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 25th. February, 1913.

Sir.

I have the honour to inform you that I have

received a telegram under date 15th. February from His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Peking, stating that the importation of Indian Opium into the two Provinces of Kuangsi and Chihli would not be

permitted after 1st. Larch, 1913. I imediately caused this in- -formation to be communicated by letter to the Opium Dealers in

Hongkong and to be published in a Gazette Extraordinary.

I have the honour to be,

sir,

Your most obedient,

humble servant,

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT, M...

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