London via Bombay, Jan. 5.
Dispatches from Calcutta report that the Government has issued communique stating that India intends to adhere rigorously to the Agreement with China to reduce the exports of opium by five thousand chests annually.
The high prices raling in China having attracted increased imports, the Indian Government has decided to issue special certificates from January for all opium leaving India ander declaration for China, namely 35,600 chests.
The question of closing the Treaty Ports in China to uncertified opium uggested.—Reuter.
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