Oct. 5th.—An edict is issued in consequence of memorial from the censor Chen concerning the cultivation of the peppy and the duty levied on i vechuen. Hitherto no prohibition has been issued by the district magistrates against the cultivation of the poppy nor any efforts made to stop it, and the tax on opium is the same as that on grain. If such abuses as-these exist in Szechuen, it is to be feared they will spread to the other ravinees; the viceroy and lieut.-governor must, therefore, send strict orders to their subordinates to' issue tions, from time to time, prohibition ig the growth of the
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