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H. B. M. Consulate-General,
Canton, December 7th., 1915.
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I have the honour to acknowledge with thanks your despatch Confidential No. 141 of December 4th. enclosing copy of a despatch addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on th eubject of the Canton (pium Syndicate.
In reference to the statement in paragraph 8 of Mr. Hutchison's report, which formed an enclosure to the despatch, I have the honour to remark that General Lung informed me in conver- -sation a few days ago that the sales were not going well and attributed this to the anti-craving medicine which was mixed with the drug and gave it an unpopular flavour. It is more likely, how- -ever, that the falling-off in demand has been caused by the adulteration and mixture of inferior opium so that the article offered by the Syndicate is unable to compete with the lower prices of native and uncertified Indian opium illicitly brought into the province.
I have the honour to enclose copy of my despatch
No. 91 of October 19th. addressed to His Majesty's Minister at Peking.
I have etc.,
(sd.) E. C. Wilton,
Acting Consul-General,
His Excellency
Sir Henry May, K.O.M.G.,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief,
Hongkong.
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