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REGO 9 APR 14,

March 7th, 1914.

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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of

your despatch No. 21 of the 27th of January, transmit-

ting copy of a letter, with enclosures, from the India

Office, respecting the sales of uncertificated opium,

The

and requesting me to furnish information regarding the

smuggling of uncertificated opium into China.

India Office asks for information regarding the extent

to which uncertificated opium is smuggled into China,

and the routes which it is believed to follow.

With regard to the extent to which uncertificated

opium is smuggled into China, I am still of opinion

that the difference between the total uncertified

export from India and the actual requirements of non-

China consumers approximately represents the amount

of the drug smuggled into China. I observe that the

amount of uncertificated Indian Opium to be sold in

1914 was fixed, in September last, by the Government

The Pight Honourable

of

Sir Edward Grey, Part., K

800.

&C.,