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July 12th, 1921,

B.V. 1.

I directed by the Hurquesa lju of Kedleston te

transit herewith oogy of a despatok frm Xe Majesty's

Minister at Faking reporting on the present position in

regard to opium production in China, and to draw the

atlantion of X7, decretary Hontagu to the statements regard

ing the muggling of opium from Yusmoen to China (paragraph

8) and the muggling of Indian opium to Janking via Tsingtao

(paragraph 7).

2, His Majesty's Minister is being instructed, should

ha soa na objestion and should the information be

sufficiently reliable, to bring the action of the Governor

of Kano, se reported in paragraph two of his despatch, to

the notion of the Chinese derarmment with a request for m

Anmation.

3. With regard to the final paragraph of Bir B.Alston's

despatch, he is being informed that it is considered prmature

at present se recmsider the existing system of opium reperta

by Kis Majesty's Consuls in China, which are found to be

highly instructive and useful to the various departments of His Majesty's Gernrnment concerned with the question.

Under fotretary of

India Offies,

Your most abadiem,

»le Bezvant,

Planed van WCILESIS.