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CANTON OFIUM MUNOPOLY

A SINGULAR SHANGHAI V.RW

In a leading article, Capital and; Commerce, a Shangoai journal, takes the following singu. lar view of the Canton Opium Horepely :-

A fall in prices of Rs. 900 01 £60 per chest at the Calcutta suctions of Jase 1, and that in a month is an event which caused consternation aming the opium merchants, who have been for some time buying heavily at very high prices In the hops that the demand for opism most zaro sooner than later in China. The stock in the godowns in Hongkong and Shaoghal is very boary-7,983 cheats Malwa and 8,671 chess Bengal--and after several months the Chinese dealers got tired of buying 410 chests," | Wintever may be the success which has attended the efforts of the Chinese Government in the suppression of the native oplam, they have surely put as many impedi. menis as possible in the way of the sale of forsiga opium, so much so, the Chinese dealers absolutely rofane to buy a commodity the possession of which in the interior is attended with Keavy penalties, it is no wonder the thon who bought beavily, and attempted to corner opium is the auctions should be anxious to have the sales responded for some time.

Repter's 'talogtim relating to the opium trads, however, loads one to

CERTAIN MISCONCEPTIONS. - aboz the present position of the trade, The telegram rucs that: "Tho'Imperial and Indian Governments are "exchanging.com munications in reference to the Canton opium monepaly, which is regarded as a violation of the Cosven im. The Bombay opium merchants declare that the situnion is most criticil and that the effect upon the Indias trade is tremendous. Merchants, it is stated) are losing beavily. They urge the Government to suspend sales pending an enforcement of Treaty Rights, We have referred to the Can- ton" monopply in a previous isste and con- damned it is a measured terms; and referte It it, present so that there may be no miscon, ception of our meaning, when we say that the opium merchants themselves, more than the Cantos monopoly or any other vielation of the treaty rights, have caused the prosent situation, Govemments and public bodies may be actual ed by philanthropic motives, but not the trader In his business; and least of all the dealer in opirm. He started on a fundamentally op posite point of view to that of the Chinese and British Governmeals, and the public bodies that have been working in the

COMMENTARY IS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JUNE 24 1910

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BE probibida in absoloto-1 exportação d'oplo pela Taipa on Colonna,

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and the only conclusion that can be arrived at is that the merchants whe out any appreciable demand for the article, and in the face of the movement in suppress the use of the ding, bought it at extravagant prices,

Proposals for two

''screw harkour strame and also for plumbing fixtures and baildars do not deserve any empathy and the lass sald

-50% exportação för felta palo cances, bardware, were opened, about the wolves the better. The Indian

sionario pagará ella é fazendas moita de cem

by the chief Gorarament is unconcerned either way. At

a_freisolas patacas, perdendo a oplo que för Quartermaster of the fon. Among the Rs. 400 per chest it willfatill make a profit

encontrado, NINGALKAN

gave bidders on the lanches were German, and has already made provisions is cover the descende alads adjudicado o ex- ** § 2-Se a exportação for feita por qua'quer Company; Shanghal Dock and Easil caring ficit incident on the loss of the opium revenue, proparado em Macao, Talpa Coloane's de coffret eisa persona multa de cincosuta a Company, Xiangnan Dock and Engineering clusive de prepant opio de o vender outra pessoa, alam de confisca de lodoro opis, Company, Hongkong and Whampoa Dock It is distinctly understood that it never invited exporta de Hacan, far-se publico nos termos quinhentas patacas, pertencendo matade do the "marchanie” to buy de

de determinição Ministenal a do art. 15, do mali do opio apprehendido à fazenda Company: Talkoo Dock and Engineering Com The word "merchants that Reuter refers to gor, que no dia 18 de Julho, próximo, pelah 2

Regulamento de Fazenda, do 3 de Outobra de outra matade no concessionaria.

pany; Kawasikl Dock Company and the Miten in the telegram quoted above, properly speak horas da tudo, se procede a szia das ar qualquer fraude on adulteração ao coser do veral if the bids on the termere were close, 9-0 concessionario e obrigado a evitar Bushl Engineering and Dock Company," Sa- ing, belongs to the dual and not the plural remarcoss d'esta repartição, perante a Camoplo. A infracção é applicavel & pesalidade but the lowest bidder has not yet been determin- number. How far their interests, when commissa de que trata o citado artigo, & arremata imposta no & antecedente. ficting with the principles and promises of Cão do excineva acima referido, pelo temps de the Government, should be safeguarded, it contracto defaliiva, por melo de propostas em mente sectorisado pelo governo da provlacia, 10-Este contracto poderá ser trespassado 3 prorogaveira'd'c'annot, a contar da data do palo concessionario, a outrem, gaindo devida is for the Government of India to decide. At canta fechadi, sando a bass da efforts com 1 mesmas condições sob ansama Gange the same time, there is not the least doubt $100,000.00, that the provincial authorities in Chios, Ascondiçõisparaa licitação, sã › as segulates concessionario participará diaria. some honestly to curtail opium smoking, Art. 1. As cartas said: entregues & Commente por escriplo ao superintendente da and others in the hops of making hay badas do docemento comprovative de ter aldo

mitido no selo da abertura da praça acompan; ficalisiças do opio, quel a quantidade de oplo

The following quotations for rubber shares, while the sun iblues," are creating monopolian affectuado na Agencia do Banco Nacional

que cosa no seu desilno, distanteseries by wire, are supplied by Meum. E. 5. Kadooris and placing every kind of obstacle in the way Ultramarino, como Caixi do Thesour, o

12-Serd permittido ao concessionario coser & Co. of the Iodian opium trade-but all of them deposito de $15,000.00 come garantia da offerte, dependencias ate acoso bolsa do oplo cru e para

annualments para costume de Macau e"su with the offensible object of stopping the emportancia qora restituida no dia segolate exponaçio 60.000 holas. Estes limites seido ofthe deleterious drug in the kingdom. Chinese opry Aquaites, cufis offertas forem

sedanides suceosalva e-annualmente de ro par regeitadaut dealers, even those who have so sparingly

cent o € 15 per cent o respectivamente.. bought of the Indian opiam declare that it is absolutely impossible to send the

Art, 2. O deposito para a licitação reverterá a favor da Fasinda publica:

4) 56 a propiata fór concebida em termos differentes dos expresios.ni condiçã› 4′′;

b) Sø, feita a áðjud ́e ̈çði, ó aðjud:catarioʻso. recusar a completar "desde logo a Importancia da deposita difinitivo para garantia do con- tracto on assignar o mesmò coștracto equivalente a um torça do pitę i da arromatação Art. 3. A caçãı garantia do contracto será soul.

At 4. A proposta seri formulada nos

13 —A exportação de opio cosido zó poderá effectuar-se mediante licenca do Superintend ente da importacio e expariacas, a qual soih requsida com declaração da quantidade, valor," name de exportador, nome do navio em que se pretende embarcare designação do porto de destino, p

Suoco. As falsas declaraçõsa seño punidas elevará a 10 % do valor,...... com,multa não inferior, a Sca0,00 podendo

COMMODITY INTO THE INTERIOR, ' and it is saported that unless something is done, they will have no mora of the foreign opium. If the authorities, have placed such indirect obstacles it is iurely a violation of the terms of the Convention and unites they could prove that the use of the native drug is entirely stopped in the kingdom,

14.-0 concessioperio deverá dar um cer have not an, iota of justification. While we seguintes termos:

tificado de vanda” qualquer comprador. d'oplo cosido, que declarar que o compra. have always commended the Chinese Govern-Offereça o preça annual de S........prio.

para exportaça. Semasté certificado, sard mest for its praiseworthy efforts in this direc-exclusivo de preparar op de o vander permatids a exporticat d'opio caldo, salvo tion, we know for certain that the use of the preparado em Macau, Tales & Colovane, de a quando a drag is still common in quite a large portion of patentes na Repartiça Superior de Farsuda a

exportar de Maciu, sujeitando me as condo issionario, portador seja o proprio codcas the empire, and Government, as we have al-garantindo o contracto com S ready stated, has not given guarantees of its ability to completely. stop the use of opiumi,

Unless there is more of straight dealing on its part, the situation will by ap meant be im proved. While the "Bombsy Merchants" who are as much Hambay merchants as they are London or thaughal merchants-D DO! desorving of pby sympathy for the losses they might possibly incor, the Chinese authorities deserve the severest condemnation for overtly repadiating the terms of the Convention.

RUBBER MARKS),

(Data o asignatura do proponeclc.)

a). A progoru a que se refera esta condiça's pole ser escripta tambem em caraciores chineses,

Att. 5. Näid tomadas em consideraçã antes do expresos na condiçil 4,

n) As-proposas formuladas em termos differ-

minutos depois da abertura da praça.

b). As proposar que farem apresentadas der

linex 6) da cord ção 5.a para a entrega das Ad, 6-Decorrido o tempo marcado às propostas, as abertas palo presidente di commissãɔ è līdas um yoz alta sendo em porttiguez, pilo secretario do mess Commis soa am. chines pelo chile da repatic do expediente sioico, sendo em seguida pitante ans concorrentes loits and Jadicaça ao proponsate de maior. offans, devendo completar desde logo o deposito que Contiúir a cauçãs do contracto, lavraudass am seguida a çompatento fermo,.

elevadas, duan ogdass, abrir-se-ha, licitação, Art. 7,-Havendo entra a propostas mais verbal untra os signatários d'ostas propostat

depositada a ordem de güverde a requerimento Arl. 8.A cação pari garantia do con- tracto deve ser em diebelro e poder ser

em qualquer bioco, quaado a commissi's sob responsabilidade unica do interessado, splenda ser do reconhecido credito, racebando e mesing interessado os juras que o bisco

NOBLE CAUSE OF THE SUPPRESSION; ke never believed in Chiny's sincerity or ability to rid herself of the oplum evit. He laughed

Hongkong, 24th June. At the Ounroutions and Conferences and hoped During the early part of the week the Rub. to reap a good barycht in the spleefier all the ber- Share Market continued sluggish in the yapoutings bad cooled down. What happened condition it was in at last wilting. But with a was that month after month quite a bandiul of alight improvement in the price of the raw pro- the dealers have boan vialng with each other induct in the Loddon market towards the middle the attempt to corner the stock the Calcutta of the week, the Share market revived in sym. auctions, and this competition at "corner" bas pathy and inquities for stading stocks, classed proved a boon to the revenue of the Indian under the category of first grader, again re Government, and incidentally to the poor vived. Is conequence, quotations bavo firm- Indiantax-payer. Their godowns were filled with red up and at (be close they show several points'

A SURFEIT OF OPIUM CHESTS ¦ · moath after month passed by, opium surpassing panics. Singapore stocks, have not been improvement, for the large producing Com- In the meanwhile the price of gold, weight stimulated to the same exist, though at pra agar o obrigando-se o arrematause, ou quem for weight, without any demand from sont prices they are not susceptible of any Caixa do Thesouro, com igal quantia dentro for elle caucionar contracto, a entrar um the Chizono dealers Now they are

at the great depreciation, always assuming that thede 24 horas da istimação, que para isso.reco and of their

resources, and want the price for fi as Hard Para continues round about bor, no caso de iesoivencia ou fallencia de Faler suspended. If the sale should coolings, the present figures Opening at gå găți, pariь / mismo baúco. 7

Art. 9.o-A' commissăɔ d rosalvada a facut

ferencia do depuito para a Calxa do Thesauro, quando o entenda de segurangi para a farandi

em direito a reclamação alguma por pasta do arrematante, oc de quem por elle toob pre stado o deposito, pelos jutos que perca ou par qualquer outro motivo, p

...

as it should every motib, one of two alternatives

on Salarday the price oscillated between that

15.-A contravençãs por parte do concez. sionario das condiçisi"." 13,0 33, #DIÁ panida com a malta decem a quinhentas pata cas nquil ravertend a favor de férında, Man

Susica. A contravença do condiçãɔ 14. selá putida com um multa, da cincoasta a quibentis patacas é perda de ople apprehen' dido, prñencendo á farinda metade da multa a o producto do opio as outra melide ao con- cassionio.

160 concessionario fica, obrigado a EXST- cer para ou por outra passons on MacKĘ, A

servado, importa para elle, alem das pena- indastra de preparar opio, durante a tempo d'este contracio, caso site que nåt sando ob- fidades if consignadas, a rescisă de contracto

revalit pira a Farinds Publica da im- portancia da cauçãs depositade, em outra formalidade quenas sejta publicaçã100 Boletim Oficial de provincia de motivo da rescisă.

tilar ou suscitar, sobra & intelligancia dar con

17.Todas as questdis que se possam ven- dicés do presente contracto, era decididas pelo Lospector de Fariada, devendo ser sub.

18.-E prohibida o estabelecimento de casas mottides nos tribugats competebiti as que variaram sobre qualquer outro assumpto erpeciaes para fumar opia em Macas, Taipa 6.

prios a encontraba e da multa de com patacas Colovane, sem licença do concessionario, sob pans do confisca la tado o opio a objectos pto-

opio apprehendidos para a fazenda e outra mo. revertendo metada do valor doy objector e do tada para o còncessionario.

19-E prohibido a qualquor Individua teramen poder opto coside que

sefi fornecido polo concessionario (opiam dross) em quantidade auperior a 3 taein bem comɔ. D residade óple fumado de paro; devando, quando tenta quantidade. * superior, vesdel-o immediatamente só conces... slonatio os aos saus licenceados mediante um

residue en Hongkong.

are open to the dislers who altempled this and ġo, sơ, rising to or red, yesterday, an dade de poder determinar a immediata trans."), preçɔ; unsca·laferior, ao` que tiver a mesma

corner: either they should fill their already over-flowing godowns. with more oplom, or, they will have to let "outsiders" get in Bad bày thì dựng at the present low prices, which will only end in their being underold in the Obica maiket, resulting io, perhaps, losses of millions of taels fortham.

If the

the

closes to-day at 100 per ib.

29/6 during the only part of the week and at ANGLO MALAYs ware sold in small fots at

the close are steady at 29/6.

ALLAGARS after sales at 7/- have no tallers

Art. 1a."-A commissão fica reservado o under 7/9-

direito de afi efectuar a adjudicaçã› as asıl CAREY UKITELs are quist and without bazi-entender conviniente. ness to report at 15/ prom.

EASTERN INTERNATIONALS" opined at 32/6 prem and at the close are quoted at 35/- prem. 62/ with probable sellers at the rate.

Lingois after sales at 6of- bava improved tool

fellers at 7/9

LONDON VENIVES pre wasted it 7/, with

which price they are obtainable,

MERLIMAUS have strongthened to 8 st.

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MERCHANTS ARE, LOBING HEAVILY it is nobody else's fault. The Government of fodia nduced the number of the chaste at auctions from 3,930 in 1918 19 3,000 in 1909 and 3,500 in igio; this reduction was based on the calculation that a ten per cent seduction per your will be consistent with the gradual reduc tion policy," Opium wing in Chini has been reduced by more than ten percent year during the last two years, and if anybody ought to

LEDBURYS are steady at ga/6. know that, it is the self-samo merchants that are during the sazly part of the week, declined to LONDON ASIATICS after small sales at 1616, crying their eyes out to-day. They knew that 16. but at the close are again lo request at the clowances word growing pooter day by day, and yet they have paid donbla the prices at the

16/6. Galcuits auctions simply hoping in the failure of the policy of opium suppression, of which the whole world has morally approved, though quite a large proportion of siacere men believe.

UNITED SERDANGs have again been the In the practical impossibility of eradicating the medium of a fair business at 122/6, 115/137/6 ase of the drag to which the country has so and 130/ and at the close are steady at 135/- long bean addicted. The upward tendency in with probabis sellers at 137/6. The crop for prices commenced in April, 1939, and has con- May is 8,736 lb. Same month last year 2,016 iloved up to April this year, when it received at, being au jer san of 6,720 16. Total for tha

The prices at the

nime months from ist September, 2,09, 44,890 Ib corresponding period last your, 11,088 lb., at Onicuita during the last fifteen months were belog an increase of 23,743 lb.

UNITED SUMATRAS have cued down

setback,

GOVERNMENT OPIUM SALES

as follows:

zo pri Pata al R1, 7,3ds. Benures » Rx, 1,366.

#

May

*July

18

Augus

21

#

Nov

Dec.

May

11380

H

1,955

1,186 1,315

1,440

3,805

#.100

3,979

490

3.906

1250

The clearances, ever since the eplum cam paign, have been decreasing every fortnight, except on the few occasions when the Chiasts -ware made to believe that there will be an ab normal increase in the price of opium, when aven they bought on the future prospect of a gamble in the drug. Contrasting the clear Ances of the last fire fortnights with the cor respondlag periods is 1909 we find April 8,1909 Maleage chaste Bengalj4; chests,

940

102

have since recovered and boyers will probably TANGKAHS Weld on offer staff. prom, but

pay 27/6 prem,

to 1af at which price they are inquired for.

SUMATRA PARs are in demand at 15/- but sellers are not fanbçaming,~

BALGOWNIES AOr sales at Sigre wanted 'at $19} in small lols,

OMANOKAT SERDANGS after, declining to Sis BID Dow quoted at S:5 from Singapore. AYER PANAB sin slightly weaker at $139. PAJAMS are golat and probably obtainable

INDRAGIRE Combs worker from Singapore GLENKALYS have been sold at $1. and only $25 In offered,

Pigous after sales at $43 close.ploady, probably be had from Singapore at $174

SANDYCROFTSKO slightly easier and can

Art. 11.-Saioadmiɛsivait as funç se par unico. Aptor de abertura da praça poderas concorrentes submetter 4 apreciaçã2 da 'commisiä”, qua'quer outra condiçãs, alem das previstas, b's cono quatiquer modificaço di que, abaixo seguam A commissäre SITAE dielo de approvar au rejeiter that cond.ço ou modificaçois, em paric ou no todo, abriodo em seguida a praça buses que, depat da sua apreciaç 10 tensiver

siguintes :

As condiço que þão de sirvir da base para o respectivo contracto defnitivo, sãɔ as

-S60 Concessionario ou gos seun licenceados é permitido merecadar o residuo d'opio fumado,

artigo é pralda com a multa de lo scopata- 52-A transgraisñ?" "do "disposto n'este cas conforme as circumstancias, e ponía para a Estado do oplo e residus encontradés, tê

ed.

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SINGAPORE QUOTATIONS. Mesars, Elfie kod Hills advies us of the re

II.40 m.

ab. E prohibida a vinda do oplo-ki' mal- beros e a menores delió angos bem como aclpt of the following telegraphic quotations sun entrada nas casas de faina sob pton, para - from Singapore to-day :—

repactivo dono da cras on vendador, de gresia. An mulheres's as manntes seid ap-. ja zoo palaces de multa por cadai trans- plicavci prisão correccional até am mesmo caso de cincidenci

todas as vantagens que lhe concedidas pelo +36-0 governo, gatanto ao concesionario presents contracto, dando-ine todo gausilio é protecça contra as fredes que possam ser praticadas em sec prejuisajikan, ji

32-Darante vigencia do contfacto de modiante approvaçã sisupetior, paded reduzida a apquidado a pagar pelo concessionario, so; circumstancias especiauida força malor devida- monte ręcoabecidas assim a exigiramme

-O preso da concessão é de 3 anos & con- tir da data da contracte deficitivo prorogaveil com a approvaçi de Lovero da Metropole, ad anncs a requer masto de concessionario e exsce fel cumprimento do contraćto, e, no 23-0 concessionario-é: cresponsuvēl pelo

caso de inscită, por todos os idimuor e 1-0 pilg› porque for feita a concesio prejaisos pot alle causades, alam de lhe sorem" Pago em presikan medfree sdeant_dir, applicadas as posse om que par lei incorrer,y em libras estarinas no cambio de dia, preformsior que obste ao comprimante do con em nota do Badco, Nacional Ultramarino od -24-33 a resciráɔ for motivada por caso de singes que se reocom no ultim dia do mis tracto per qualquer das partes (concessionario anterior aquelle que respeitatem.

on governo) strá a cauçi's restituída niɔ havan- de 3 dias no pagamento dei prestaços a que paris aparte.

3-E concedida ao concessionario a més do direito qualquer outra indemnisacão de

unico. Painda este prato, o concession licenca individual passide palas auc pridadas selero a condiçã) antecedente

será excepcionalmente permitido mediante mas. O famo do opia em casas, particularos and incorre na multa, pelas das que fattaren administrativas e pagamento de uma taxa sobre a quantia com que devia ter antrado, atado ao referido pagamento, na razis de 2%, so manual de $100 que constitará receba do

podendo o Inspector de Fazenda propor Estis licenças 80 5015) concedidas Go resciall's do coaracio ao governador da po primeiro sono de validade do contracto. No vincie, e este rescindilo o quando esse para segundo sono e subsequintes 220-30MO PAES- msato so zi ellectus dentro do mez a quedas nov slicanças a spinsa poderá ser re. respeitar.

movidas as existeurassa não ser concedidas a mobaras a masores, |==§*** ̃A¥licenc is "de que trata” one, artigo

Reparicle Superior de Fazenda da Provin cla de Maciu, em 15 de junho de 1910, gra

gift 10 inb Inspector Geral de Fannda do

Husebio da Fonseca. 457

40 prosents exclusivo de coser oplo vendel-o comido estricto á cidade de Macia disda as Portas do Cerco até 4 Barrs, e di - pivoaçõ in da Taps a Coloane

5-X' prohibido a todos ca que na form pelo concessionilo, auctori,dos coser ople or vandel o cosido em Macas Talpa, o Colo vane, sob pena de os infractores pagarem uma malta de com a mil patacar sondo-lhas alim disso, confícado todo o opio que lhes för. encontrados a molta e o oplo smás divididos en partea agasis polo," arrematante e pela

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portional. Subscriptions for any, parloi than one month will be charged as fil-a `month,

The dilly Issue, is delivered fine when the addraai is accessible to massenger,” Peak subscribers can have their, copies delivered at their residences without any exten chirgs, şi Ön caples sent by post an additional Sride

per quitter la charged for postage.

The postage on the weekly, Isepe to any part

of the world is zo cents per quarter. Single Copies Dally, fan canta," Waski

twenty dro cents (for cash only).

(PAYABER IN ADVANCE. Ther will be no rebate to subscribers" as ħarstolère.""

By Order,

THE MANAGER, kong Telegraph 00, Leda

BRANDY THAT CAN

BE RELIED ON

Martell's Brandy has a World-wide reputation to maintain, and the enor mous consumption of this Brandy in

Hospitals, Hotels, Clubs, etc., proves that it is maintaining its reputation as no other Brandy can do.

H. PRICE AND CO., LTD.

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