CO129-467 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1921 [1-5] — Page 517

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Goverment House,

Macau, 25th April, 1921.

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Your Excellency,

In reply to your despatch No.4473/1912 of

the 21st instant I have the honour to inform your Excellency that the office of the Opium Superintendent furnished me with the following information:-

The 71 cases of Persian Opium and 150 cases of

Benares Opium referred to in the bulletin of the

movement of opium relative to January and March last were imported by an opium Importer, under Article 4 and

its paragraphs with reference to the regulations

governing the commerce of opium published in the

Official Bulletin No.49 dated the 4th December 1915

being exclusively destined for re-exportation to countries where its importation is not prohibited,

and being now for this purpose deposited under the

vigilance of the authorities during their stay in this

Colony.

Of these, 25 have already been re-exported by

S.S."Pakwo" for Chile with transhipment at Kobe.

I have, &c.,

(Sd.) Henrique Monteiro Correa da Silva.

His Excellency the Officer Administering

the Government,

Hongkong.