The Government has calculated in advance the possibility of havi opium totally suppressed " within thie year, as agreed to in the Trea-*y between China and Great Britain. The work of suppression is to be|~ divided into three stages and oon-summated at three different _per-lods, namely, total extinction of poppy cultivation to be achieved in January, February and March; trading in opium shall cease during the second period from April 1, to August 31; and opium-smoking shall wholly disappear from September 1 to December 31.
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New National Flag.
The Headquarters of the Generalissimo have submitted two net
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