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With reference to the letter from this
Department No. F 2071/15/10 of the 27th ultimo,
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am directed by the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston to
transmit to you, herewith, copies of two despatches
from His Majesty's Ambassador at Tokyo and of a
despatch from His Majesty's Minister at Peking,
regarding the opium and drug traffic in Formosa.
2.
May 9
Mematic at leking $40. Many 3-
From the statistics enclosed in Sir C. Eliot'e
despatch No. 224, it will be observed that there has
been during the past few years a large increase in the
importation of opium into Formosa and a large decrease
in the consumption of the drug in that island.
3.
If the geographical position of Formosa
and the comparative ease with which smuggling can be
carried on between that island and China are taken
into consideration, little doubt can be entertained
but that Formosa is the centre of a considerable illicit
traffic in opium and morphine.
4.
This opinion is further strengthened by the
information contained in the despatches which form
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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