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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 18 1908.

The Opium rade.

ATTEMPTED, INDIRECT MONOPOLY.

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

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causing heavy loss to importers who will be at the mercy of the faw native shops who hold licences authorising them to purchase raw oplum. Holders of licences would be able to combine to dictate purchasing prices, feeling confident of their position as monopolists in the Trade.

We submit that the scheme is illogical and is contrary to Treaty, and is illegal

pcalables, afin d'écarter tout ça qui pour

rait porter atteinte à la libre concurrence,” ltd to the correspondence entitled (An Opium Monopoly at Nanking" at page 3 of the Appen idin to the Report of the Hongkong General

Chamber of Commerce, 1907.

On the 25th September last we reported, with

Floatly we submit that so-long as the Indian foll details, an attempt to create an indirect

Government cultivates the growth of the Poppy monopoly ja, Cauton tu control the opium irade

pantand sells opitum, it is logical that any interfer by the provincial authorities of Kwangtung and- With regard in Clause 4, viz that after fence with Treaty Rights with regard to the sala Kwangsi. The official correspondence that has ascertainment and registration of the number of opium in China should be taken to compel since passed on the rebject was laid before the of opium shops in the Province of the Two China to carry out and fulfill her Treaty obli- committee of the Hongkong Chamber of Com- Kwange no new opium shops doing busicals xations. merce on ràth just, and ik appended:-

ja the buying and selling of raw and prepared

We submit, farther, that the Chinese Govern- Hongkong, syrd September, 1908, opium may be established", the result of this ment should not be allowed to make any regu- D. R. Law, Esq., '

clause will be that a monopoly will be created lations contrary to Treaty which will affect the Chairman, Hongkong Chamber of Com-amongst a certain number of existing opium free sale of opiums from India, the" growth of shops, which shops will, as time goes on, de.which, under agreement between the British crease in number by either (a) retirement from and Chineza Governments, is to be reduced gra- business, (b) seizure and closure by the authori:dually over a period of years-We have &c. ties of shops forŝan infringement or alleged

DAVID SASSOON & CO. LD,—E. Bbellim, E. D. SAB500X & Co., infilagament of the law (c) the purchase by capitalists of the shops and of the licences.

S. J. DAVID & Co E. PADANEY,

merce.

Sir, We bog to submit herewith copy of a letter we have to-day addressed to Mr. Harry H. Fox, H. B. M/s Consul-General, Canton, in which we have protested againsť", the proposed action of the Provincial Authorities of the Two | Kwangs, which we submit, if carried into effect, will seriously restrict and hamper the sale of Raw Opium in the Kwang Tung Province. --- We shall be glad if your Chamber will do all la its power to further our protest

We have &c., DAVID SASSOON & Co., Ltd.-E. Shellim,

E. D. HAYSTON & Co.,

E. PAHANEY,

5. J. DAVID & Co,

PHIROZSHA

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pp. 5. D. Setoa.

PETIT & Co

TATA SONG & Co., pip" B. D. Tala CAWASJER, PALANJEE & CO.,

1. P. F. TALATI,.

11, M. H: NEMAZER,

M. H. E. ELLIAS,

[Enclosures:]

Hongkong, September Harry H. Fox, Esq.,

1001.

H. U. M.'s Acting Cosiul-General, Cantoo. Sin-We have the honour to bring to your notice translations of the following documenis, copies of which are enclosed

1. Notification dated "Kwang Sui, 34th Year 8th Moon, 9th Day," (4th September, 1958), purporting to be issued by the Provincial Judge, the Colonial Treasurer, the Pre- sident of the Re-Organizition Board and Superintendent of Police of the Province of Kwong Tupg. 1

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In the course of time, therefore, the sale of raw opium will be in the hands of a faw, thun creating a monopoly. In this regard we would point out that it would be obviously for a palivo to judge whether or not a licence was a genuine. licence. If a licence presented by a parchaier is found to be falus, the proprietor of the opium shop is liable to bava bisshop seized and shut up, and he would sustain the loss of his entite capital | through no fault of bin own. This would open the door to fraud inasmuch as false charger could be trumped up against opium shops in order to get them seized and closed in order to obtain the forfeiture of their capital to the Chinese Authorities, This again will ultimately result the authorities farming the licenced shops out to those capable of paying heavy sums for them over and above the ordinary. licence fees.

If these conditions-and-to prevail, untive mer chants will be chary of entering into the busi ness, and the trade will consequinatly get into the hands of a few trader. We predict that in a short space of time the Provincial authorities either by closing the existing shops or by farming them put to a few, will get the whole trado into their own bands, thus creating a monopoly, which is expressly contrary, to the Treaty of Nanking.

With regard to Clause 6, on each and every occasion that an individual wishes to purchase oplum, this burdensome procedure has to be | carried out, and on each occasion the purchaser

"

Phizozika B. PETIT & Co..-p.p.-S., D.

Setop. TATA_Song & Co.,—p.p.-B. D. Tita, " P. F. TALATI,

H. M. H. NEMAZEE,

M. H. E. ELLAS,

CAWASJEE PALANJEE & CO., Chamber Commerce strongly

CABLE to Sir JOHN JORDAN, K.C.M.G., :—

protest obstructive regulations and

Kwangtung Authorities introducing

'attempting opium monopoly (stop) Regulations

action

to

to-morrow

very trada Kights

be

restrict opium with

Chinese reduction.

come

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seriously and

Action affect

force calculated" Brilish

contrary Treaty

(stop)

Chamber's opinion

Do

regulations should

permitted which free

Balc imported in

accordance British agreement between Governments providing gradual

will of

Letter from Government -

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Bongkong, 3rd October, 1938. SIR-am directed to inform you that His Excellency the Governor has this day received a telegram from His Majesty's Minister i at Peking who stater that he has made verbat representations to the Wai-wa-pu and given

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MANAGER.

Intimations.

HE OFFICE of Mr. O. D. THOMSON, Solicitor, has been REMOVED to No. 50, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

Hongkong, 14th November, 1908. 1998

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2. Form of Licence referred to in the Notif bas to pay a licenca lee.. This will of nices. them a memorandum regarding the Opinmve just received a Fresh Assortment

cation proposed to be issued by the Twosity hamper trads and prevent freedom on the Kwong Tung Coast Defence and Re-rga-buying and selling of raw opium. nization Board to Naiive Shops 'authorising We coolend that all the regulations as we them to buy and sell by retail raw opium. have in some detail pointed out,form the 3. A Licence referred to is the Notification nuclens.of a monopoly which will minnepolise proposed to be issued by the same Board the raw oplim trade in the Province of the Two for smokers of opium authorising the purKwangs into the hands of a few individuals, chase by the individual mentioned in the and possibly into the bands of the Provincial Licence for foreign and native opium from Government. native shops..

The muiliumilum, bister that

mincu serein will come in force and be come operative on the 1st day of the 7th maob, (15th September, 1908) Under the circum stances, therefore, it would appear that no time should be lost in protesting against the action of the Provincial Authorities, which, for the reasons hereafter set forth, we contend in wholly iilegal and contrary to Treaty.

The notification provides that the focal Authorities shall make: **

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Trimmed' and Untrimmed HATS, RIBBONS, FLOWERS, FEATHERS, &c," &o.

of AMERICAN GOODS comprising LAGE SCARFS, MOTOR VEILS

Monopoly at Canton. The Wai-mu-pu have the following. promised to telegraph instructions to the Viceroy on the subject,

2. I shall be obliged if you will be good enough to communicate the contents of this letter to Messrs. D. Sassoon, & Co, and the other signatories of the letter, addressed to me. on this subject on the 25th ultimo i am, &c.

F. H. MAY,, Colonial Secretary,

Hongkong Chamber of Commerce. Reply to Governmest ¡—

It would also be greatly prejudicial taska scheme is permitted to be enforced specially.io. the present uäsettled, and unsatisfactory siate

Chamber of Commerce," of the Opium Trade awing to the action of the Chinese.Government in clacing up the public

Hongkong, 9th October, 1958, making dens, and importers, in view of the SIR,-1 am directed to express the thanks of further uncertainty of demand from those who my Committee for your letter of the mod instant would hold a monopoly, would curtail importabaving reference to the Opium Monopoly aj. tion, which would mean a material reduction of their purchases from Government of India's monthly sales.

1) Clear investigation into the number ofWe think, therefore, that i'r te advisable to shops selling raw and prepared epium inlay the matter before you, so that immediata every city, town, village and hamlet,-

steps may be taken to stop the regulations (a) That the local authorities: still have being carried into effect and we trust that you. —those chops registered,.-—

will support-us-in-protesting-against this pro posed infringement of our treaty rights.

(3) That the opthorner shall then grant them licence for carrying on their Business e., of selling raw and prepared opium, ---- (4) That after ascertainment and registration

of the number of opium shops in the Pro vines of the Two Kwangi, no new ppium

shops doing business in the buying and selling of raw and prepared opium may be established.

-(s)_All opium shops are to be licenced andthe licence is to be renewable every year and any shop either buying or selling raw opium without having a ilcence is liable to be soʻzed and shut up.

(6) Individuals who wish to purchase raw opiem must procuré licences and produce them to the shop.to_enable_them_to_pur: chase the raw opium from that shop. It is incombent on that shop to see that the purchaser-bas-a-licence enabling him.le. purchase the specified amount and no other quantity than that specified in that licence. The purchaser has to hand over to the opium shop one copy of the licence on -purchasing-and-retain the other himself. Purchasers without a licence ato subject to`ancst-and-pusishment..

We contend that the Gorèrement of China having by Articles-5-and-50-of-the-British- Treaty of Nasking 1843 expressly agreed to abolish the pactice pămed in Article 5 of the Treaty, and having agreed to:-.

"Permit Bish Merchants to carry on their "Mercantile trassactions with whatever "persons they please"

it is gross abuse of this Treaty if the Provin- „cial Authorities of the Two Kwangs are allow- ed to carry into, eflect the enactments contain- ad in the Notification above refered to. It is obvious that if Clauses 1, 2 and 3 are carried Into effect, the result will be that a certain' number of native calibfitbments selling taw and prepared opium will be ascertained, regis. tered and licensed, and this will contail the sale of raw opium, and only the native estab lishments registered and licenced will be com pefent to purchase raw opiom from the British vender, and whether the purchase by tko ma- tive shop be made direct or through an sgeht, the result will be the same. In effect the British Merchant will have his trade cut down to the limits of those who are permitted by the Provincial Authorities of the Two Kwaogs in trade with him. Buch a monopoly would pres

BUILDINGS wint other dealers from participating in the'

Opidm Trade, this destroying healthy com petition and thereby crippling buslaseI KNA

In further support of our contention, we would beg to refer you to the following:-

Anicle V. of the British Treaty of Nanking 1841.

The Government of China having corpel led the British Merchants trading at Canton to deal exclusively with certain Chinese Merchants, called Hong Merchants (or ́en Kong) who had been licenced by the Chinese Government for this purpose, the Emperor of China agrees to abolish that practice in future at all ports where British Merchants may reside, and to permit them to carry on, their Mercantile transactions with whatever persons they please; and- His Imperial Majesty further agrees to pay to the British Government the sum of three millions of dollars, on account of debis due to British subjects by some of the said long Merchants, or co-Hong. who have become insolvent, and who owe very large sums of money to subjects of Her Britannic Majesty." ..Article X of the same Trzały

Casios, aod to state, that the contents thereof have been communicated to Mesurs, David Sassoon & Co., as requested—fam, &c.,

—EAM, WILLIAMS,-

Secretary.

Hon. Mr. F. H. May, C.M.G...

Colonial Secretary. Letter to Mesira, David Sassoon & Co.,

Chamber of Commerce, Hongkong, 7th October, 1903. Gentlemen, I have the honourto forward for the information of yourselves" and co-signatories' to the letter recently addressed to the ChairmeR of the Chamber on the subject of the recent pro Clamation of the Provincial. Government of Kwangtung regarding the sale of opium, a copy of a letter received from the Government of Hongkong in response to the cable of protest despatched by the Chamber to Sir John Jordan.I am, &c.

E. A. M. WILLIAMS,

Secretary.'

Letter to Sir John Jordan

Sir,

Chamber of Commerce;

Hongkong, 9th October, 1908. have the honour to confirm this Cham. her's cable to Your Excellency of the 14th September reading

Chamber Commerce strongly protest action Kwangtung Authoritiei introducing" ob- structive regulations and attempting opium monopoly (stop) Regulations to come into force, to-morrow (stop) Action calculated" very seriously affect British trade and con. trary Trealy tights(stop) Chamber's opinios- __is_no_régulations should be permitted which will restrict free sale opium imported in accordance with agreement between. British Chinese Governments providing gradual reduction."

Hla Majesty the Emperor Agrees toestablish at all the parts which are by Auticle II of this Trenly to be thrown open for the resort of British Merchants a fair and re- gu'ar Tariff of Export and Import Costami and other dues, which Tariff shall beʻ public'y notified, and promulgated for gearral informatiis; and the Emperor forher engages that, when British Mer chandise skall have once-paid at any of the ́ said ports the regulated customs and dors,

My Committee now learn with much satis agrezable of the tariff to be hereafter fixed faction that the question has beca successfully. such merchandise may be conveyed by |"daalt with: by Mr. Fox, H. Br M'h÷Acting. Chinese merchants to any province or city Consul General at Canton.

I am directed to forward a copy of the let er and enclosure addressed to the Chairman of the_Chamber_by-the-Opium-Merchants-in-

Hongkong,

in the interior of the Empire of China, on I am directed to add:sha! my Committee paying a further amount as transit duties greatly appreciate the prompt action taken by which shall not exceed per cost, on the Your Excelicacy in averting what would have tariff Valon of such goods.

boen a great injury to British Trade interests. ---- Article XIV of the French Treaty of Tien-1 baye, &c.

EAM, WILLIAMS, tsin of 1858. Aucunesociété de commerce

Secretaryeng privileglés ne pontra désormais s'établir en Chips, et il en ser de même de toula coalition organisée dans le but d'axercer ste monopole sur le commerce. En cas de

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