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The Governor of Honkong to the Secretary
of State for thatotoffee.
2/823
JOR USE
Edatin
No.155
L OFFICE
Dated 11th May) 1922,
(Received Calenda
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2393.1
1.5 a.m. 12th May, 1928)
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RG12 MAY 23
Your telegram of the 6th May. No objection to the
first proposal provided that adequate period is allowed
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for substitution of Goverment retail sale for existing system of private retail sale. With regard to your second proposal in view of the large number of Chinese passing daily between Hong Kong and China where unlimited supplies of cheap opium are available, such restriction as registration and license will encourage smuggling and illicit smoking on a scale which cannot be controlled by the ordinary machinery of preventive service. The very drastic system of search and punishment now in force leads to much bribery and cotruption and is extremely unpopular and the introduction of more rigorous methods necessitated by your proposals would be strongly resented and might do immense harm to the Colony. I can suggest no practical scheme until China effectively controls production and sale of Opium. Despatch follows.
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