CO129-407 - Public Offices & Others - 1913 — Page 25

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stringent conditions. The

old 2 contact shaved the

formes

to mifert goo

a year: he is how

chests

permitted

to import not more than

5400 chests, for treat consumption and 120 a year for export. Expatation is my permitted

to counties which allow the ding to enter.

It may

not be out & place to

state that during the last three months sumiofficial

regotiations has been caused on with

A

seporsentation f

the Palignere Eart with a new to imposing conditioris on the Famer at Macas which

will present, as forde proille, the smuggling

which has been going on

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both wito Cheria with other counties. These wegstrations, which arose out of apresentations

made by AMG.

in consequencet

of protects by the Straits Sells

It hang Ents against the excessut gevantities Copain

shipped during 1912

to

Macas, an practicaly

comphted.

The Gods & the Straits Setts and to IMS. Laxe pursued this pokey of nutricting consumption

by raising the price of the consumer of the pupand dang (chanda). Ihr price was thised in thay 1912 from

$4..80 to $5..50. per tahil. This reinced the consumption for the period Ray & secunder 1912

rade

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