CO129-522-1 Illicit traffic in Chinese opium 7-12-1929 - 29-10-1930 — Page 41

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

2nd June, 1930.

(ned (48)

02

a.d.

70.

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Enclo. No. 1.

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Enclo. No. 2.

Enclo. No. 3.

(separately) !!!

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

&c.,

I have the honour to refer to Mr. Southorn's

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(9)

telegrams of the 15th and the 21st of March, 1930,

on the subject of a seizure of opium from a launch

stranded in Hong Kong waters, and to inform you

that the opium in question was, in accordance with Your Lordship's telegraphic instructions of the 10th

of April, handed over on the 16th of May to a

representative of the Canton Municipality.

2.

*

The Chinese authorities continued to

designate the opium as "anti-opium medicine" and it

is understood that the licensed opium divans in

Canton are now called "hospitals", but the enclosed

copy of the analysis of a sample of the seizure made by the Government Analyst proves beyond doubt that the material was ordinary Chinese opium.

3. I enclose also a specimen of the labels which were affixed to the opium and also photographs of the various documents which were seized and

subsequently

&c.,

&c.