A Hankow dispatch states that recently certain ga firm laden with various j ing the house flag of a produce tried to pass the Wusueh native Customs. An examination by the Customs examiners of th+ junks revealed a large quantity of native' opium which had not paid the usual duty, in consequence of which the deputy in charge of the station ordered the seizure of the opium. This, it is reported, was resisted by the people on board the junks, and the deputy was eventually forced to telegraph to Hankow to the Taotai for instructions what to do in the matter. A wei yuan or deputy of Chihsien rank was sent by Tsen Taotai to investigate matters, tat navies reports declare that he is ssu opposed by the junk people, who deny that THe opiunt on bourd has been smuggled.
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