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It was clear from all the correspondence and other confiscated documents, that the whole opium trade in Manchuria was concentrated in the hands of the Brothers Goldberg and Deliatitsky. They were in the habit of disposing of the goods at the stations of the Chinese eastern railway and at Changchun, only a small proportion being sold in Harbin

These persons not only held in their hands the opium market in the Far East, but also dictated prices, employing for this purpose numerous agents.

After search, the Brothers Goldberg and Deliatitsky were conducted by Captain Uteshef to the police station, and in the evening all three were sentenced by General Afanassief to undergo three months' imprisonment in each case without the option

of a fiue.

Enclosure 3 in No. 1.

Bye-law No. 40, June 24 (July 7), 1914.

IN order to reinforce the measures for contending with the smoking of opium, and the misuse of morphia and other narcotics in the area of the railway, and in amplifon. tion of Bye-law No. 27 of the 5th (18th) October, 1911, the following notification is issued for general information :—

Persons not being provided with the necessary permit detected trading in, storing, carrying and transporting opium, morphia, and other narcotics, as well as instrumenta employed in their use, and, in general, persons who are in any way associated with this traffic shall, irrespective of the confiscation and destruction of the drugs and attendant instruments, be liable in an administrative way to a fine not exceeding 500 rupees, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

This bye-law shall go into force on the day of publication.

AFANASSIEF, Lieutenant-General (Representing the Manager of the Railway

in the Civil Department.)

NOTE. Bye-law No. 27 had reference to opium dens, and was applicable only to Russian subjects; the Chinese, apparently, being subject to their own authorities.

Enclosure 4 in No. 1.

Scale of Rewards paid by the Chinese Maritime Customs for the Detection of Opium Smugglers.

Raw Opium.--Per 100 liang (Chinese ounces)-

Native. For seizure, 10 dollars; for information leading to seizure, 20 dollars. Foreign. For seizure, 15 dollara; for information leading to seizure, 30 dollars. Prepared Opium.-Per 100 liang (Chinese ounces)— Double the scale above given for the raw article.

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