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Local Market. Enquiry and clearances are still at their lowest ebb; want of money and fears for the safety of their goods in the interior, make dealers desist from doing business.

Auctions.--

certainly prices do not look to be attractive from the sellers' point of view. The quantity sold this week was 3,700 pieces less than last, and the

'plus" sign had seldom to be used in comparing prices realised with former ones.

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Enclosure 4 in No. 1.

OPIUM.

CONFIDENTIAL.

[28286]

(No. 15.)

Total.

TOTAL Stock of Malwa aud Bengal opium certificated and uncertificated in all opium bonded and free godown in Shanghai on April 30, 1914.

Bonded Godown. Free Godown.

Malwa. Bengal. | Malwa. Bengal. Malwa Bengal

In 23A, The Bund, bonded godown owned by D. S.

and Co. (Ltd)

177

148

•

In 230. The Band, bonded godown owned by D. S.

and Co. (Ltd)

77

542

In 238, The Bund, free godown owned by D. S.

and Co. (Ltd)

2

380

256

1,015

..

172

948

705

In 1, Minghong Rd., bonded godown owned by

E. D. S. and Co.

In 9▲, Jinkee Rd.. bonded godown owned by E. D.

S. and Co.

:

:

:

:

:

8491

767

539

520

8691

385

731

148

In 8, Yueumingyuen Rd., bonded godowa owned

by J. M. and Co. (Ltd)

637

478

In 7, Museum Rd., bonded godown owned by

J. M. and Co. (Ltd)

212

289

In 6A, The Bund, bonded godown owned by

H. Neotia and Co.

539

520

In 10, Honan Rd., bonded godown owned by

C. P. and Co.

1,079

21

In 417, Honan Rd., bonded godown owned by

C. P. and Co.

132

433

lo 19, Kiukiang Rd., bonded godown owned by

C. P. and Co.

674

281

1,885

685

4,470 3,190

2

502 4,472 3,692

(Telegraphic.) R.

[June 24.]

HEGO 27 G 14

SECTION 1.

No. 1.

Sir Edward Grey to Sir A. Johnstone.

Foreign Office, June 24, 1914.

FOLLOWING for British opium delegates :- "After consulting India Office, I do not desire that you should yourselves raise the question of Indian hemp at the Conference.

*Should the question be raised by others, your reply should be to the effect that the production and consumption of hemp drugs in British India are under strict control, that the facts regarding the international traffic in the drugs, both that from India (which is in private hands) and from other countries of production, would require careful investigation; that the Opium Convention is in its form unsuitable for application to hemp drugs, which do not undergo preparation, as in the case with opium, before being smoked; and that, as the investigation of such matters must necessarily occupy some time, it is very undesirable to delay the ratification of the Opium Convention for this purpose; but that His Majesty's Government would be willing to co-operate in a separate investigation of the question of the traffic in hemp drugs.

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