CO129-416 - Public Offices - 1914 — Page 171

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EJASTALAMITE Di

[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]

OPIUM,

CONFIDENTIAL.

[February 17,]

SECTION 1.

[7333]

No. 1.

Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.

(No. 27.) (Telegraphic.) R.

Foreign Office, February 17, 1914. I UNDERSTAND from your despatches that the following eleven provinces are still open: Yunnan, Kueichow, Kansu, Kiangsu, Kuangtung, Shensi, Chekiang, Fukien, Kiangsi, Hupeh, and Honan, of which the last five only are to be inspected this spring.

You say that Indian opium does not reach the first three mentioned above. Can you ascertain how much approximately the average import is into Kiangsu, Kuang- tung, and Shensi?

[2053 r-1]

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