packing for retail purposes.
No information has yet been
obtained as to the persons responsible
for the importation of the opium and
police proceedings against the persons
in charge of the boat failed to obtain
a conviction so far as charges connected
with the opium were concerned, although
one of these persons was sentenced to
imprisonment for a period of five years
on a charge of being in illegal
possession of arms.
The traffic in opium between
the Persian Gulf and the Far East has
been engaging the attention of the
Hong Kong Government and the Imperial
Government for a considerable time,
as it has frequently been carried on
under the cover of bogus declarations
from foreign ports
of clearance to Singapore and Hong
Kong. Endeavours are being made to
cope with this traffic and
suggestions have been made to the
Hong Kong Government for
O
His Majesty's Government ha at present no evidence of th name of the company which shipped the opium or of the vessel which had conveyed it and is not therefore in a position to take action. against any firm: and no information has been suppli by Sir J. Jordan/which woul be of service in obtaining & conviction.
DRAFT.
MINUTE.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr. Davis.
dabstand that
Sir G. Grindle.
Sir H. Read.
Sir J. Masterton Smith.
Mr. Ormsby-Gore.
Duke of Devonshire.
strengthening
strengthening the local law on the
subject.
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