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My Lord:-
The reporte sonserning opium from the various provinces ressived sinse the beginning of this your are uniforuly bad and mark a distinct in the retrograde novemɛnt leseribøð
in the section on opium in
Lost inmal Bopert.
To review biefly the reporta ve far received from the varione provinses, in Tunzaa regulatiem have been fecund nominally probihising mltivation and imposing fines on poppy growers, but representing in fuot a regular syskon of taxing the produser, who la groenraged, if not compellet, so now the
În Funan qultivation kat enormously increased and appears to be mere or less general under the angle of the military a thorities in the provi nee. kapab the southwest part of the province is said to be planted to a greater extent than ever before. Pukion, though sing nomimally at least administered by the Central Goverment, has a lamentable resori. The Devorner, It is true, makes a shew of anergy in the mppression of opium growing, but his protestations are not horne out by faste and his shiaf lids-de-Camp has recently baan shaưa to be largely responsible for the cultivation of oplam in parts of the province. From Amey His Majesty'a Consul reports that there is no diminiion of oylan growing is the southern part of the prevines, whare official resogni ki on of poppy cultivation is general, while smggling from Fermoda (chiefly by Japanona subjosta) remmin ognekanky
Reports from
ght Honourable
Sagi Jaraan of Xedleston, K.ð.,
Foreiga effice.
Anha:1/
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