CO129-479 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1923 [1-3] — Page 315

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Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong,

18th October, 1922.

Sir,

I am directed to inform you that it is

proposed in future not to allow the shipment of any opium to Formosa unless it has your express sanction. It would be convenient if such sanction were addressed to the Superintendent of Imports and Exports, in the following

form:-

"The export of

cases of

(Indian) (Persian

"opium to the port of Keelung per S.S....

"on

ie hereby authorized, I am

"notifying the Formosan Government by telegram of this "shipment.

(Signed)

2.

Consul-Gener-} for Japan."

You will no doubt be able to recover from the local shippers the cost of the telegrams in question,

I am, ko.,

(8d.) M. Fletcher,

Colonial Secretary.

The Consul-General for Japan,

Hongkong.