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Sir,
M&roh
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Sir L. Carnegie
No:
Lisbon.
With reference to my despatch No. 359 of
November 16th last regarding the supply of
Indian opium to Macao, I transmit herewith
copies of aorrespondence between the Colonial
office, the Home Office and this department,
together with a copy of a report submitted to
the League of Nations by the Portuguese
Goverment on the traffic in opium for 1925,
from which it will be seen that considerable
supplies of such opium are still available in
the colony although direct importation from
India ceased nearly two years ago, viz. in
April 1925.
2. It will be recalled that in 1926 the
Government of India decided gradually to
extinguish her opium trade by annual reductions
and to limit her future, diminishing, exports
to countries with which she had an existing
agreement. Those countries, viz. Malaya,
Hongkong.....
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