CO129-410 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [3-5] — Page 170

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Confidential.

Sir.

Fondosure 1.

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3518 APR 14.

British Legation,

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Peking, March 5th., 1914.

I have the honour to transmit to Your Excel-

-lency herewith, for the confidential information of the

Hongkong Goverment, copy of a Circular issued by the Inspect- -or-General of Customs showing the methods adopted by European

exporters of cocaine and morphia to evade Customs detection.

Your Excellency will observe that the exporter

concerned boasts of having sent a number of shipments of these

drugs to llongkong without detection by the Customs Authorities

I have etc •

(8d.) J. N. Jordan.

His Excellency

Sir F. H. May, K.C.M.G.,

Hongkong.

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