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Conclosure 5.
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COPY.
No. 1062
B
F.E.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Simla, the 10th November, 1916.
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From
The Honourable Mr. H. F. Howard, C.1,E,, 1.0,8.,
offg. Secretary to the Government of India.
To
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary,
Hongkong.
sir.
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
No. 2422/1916, dated the 22nd September 1916, suggesting that in
future all shipments of opium eastwards from India should be con-
signed to the British Consular representative at the port of
destination under heavy penalty in the event of non-arrival,
2.
In reply I am to observe that in order to prevent smuggl-
ing into China or other eastern countries, the Government of India
have limited the amount of opium offered at their suction sales
to the quantity which was found to represent the normal legitimate
requirements of the trade with countries in the cast, and they are
of opinion that in doing so, at a considerable sacrifice of Indian
revenue, they have taken all the action which they can reasonably
be expected to initiate for the prevention of illicit traffic. In
paragraph 2 of my letter No. 903-F.E., dated the 16th August 1916,
they offered further co-operation in the prevention of smuggling
into Hongkong from Indie; but they now understand that no smtɛgling
into
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