CO129-416 - Public Offices - 1914 — Page 337

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In view of Macao's limited requirements,

excessive payment can only mean a programme of exten-

sive smuggling into China: and in face of the recently

concluded agreement with the Portuguese Government, the

price taken for the opium farm for the current year

may well be deemed to demand explanation.

It is obvious that in such an essentially

clandestine matter as smuggling, statistics of any

definiteness are impossible to obtain: but I venture

to submit that the particulars I have given above only

point to one conclusion that the smuggling of un-

certificated opium into China is extensive in amount

and fairly general in locality and route.

I am satisfied that the greater portion of un-

certificated opium sold by the Government of India in

excess of 9000 chests per annum will find its way into

China by smuggling. And it is with infinite regret

that I see a likelihood of a position already difficult

being rendered still more so by the determination of

the Government of India to increase rather than to de-

crease the sales of uncertificated opium.

I have &c.,

(Signed)

J.N. Jordan.