Owing to the dissatisfaction recently expressed by the Empress Dowager with reference to the lax manner in which the Imperial Commissioners of 0 Prohibition have carried out their duties, their Excellencies have drawn up a set of drastic regulations which, we understand, have been appro ed by the Throne and will soon be pubbs ed and put into operation throughout the Empire. It is also stated that memo-have been presented to their churia and the Governor of Heilang-Kiang recommending the shortening of pao period allowed for the entire stop-the 1of poppy cultivation throughout the Empire. It will be remembered that the last Imperial Edict on the subject gave ten years as the limit.
September 11.
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