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have been some very influential person, uso larger sum by far as always paid out to this person than to the Superintendent, and $0,000 in 11 was prid out to this person soon fter the start of the Form.
It is of some interest to note that in the
petition by Lee Myson to the overror of Macau protecting against not obtaining the Monopoly again, it was stated that person uk Poh" (wife of the Governor) had
received from the You Shing Company $7,000 for handing
the Honopoly over to the new Company.
There is
however nothing to show to whom the expression "The
Beautiful One" refers.
Whenever a shipment of opium arrived
presents were made to the Captain and other officers,
and to overment launch crews.
These must have
been for the purpose of ensuring silence.
There is one payment for which no explanation
can be discovered, under date 5/14/26 a payment of
$60,000 is made either to or for Trench soldiers.
It may be that this is precent to the Cicer in Command at Kwong Chow on for allowing the export of Indian opium to Macau from that port; en export about which the French Officials pretend to be ignorant in
their reports to Geneva.
The fact that all this money was
distributed amongst the poorly id officials at Macau explains the fact that when any enquiry into the working
of the Coium Farm was ordered from Iisbon 'nil' results wer
were lways
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