As province after province was inspected and reported to be free from poppy cultivation, it became: clear that the production of opium in Ching was likely to be suppressced before the expiration of the seven years, and that, if the importation of Indian opium were continued, even in- the restricted quantities which had been agreed upon, there! ]would be large stocks of it in Hongkong and China which could not} legitimately be disposed of. In these circumstances the cessation of the export to China of Indian opium was seen to be inevitable, Jand the opium merchants themselves petitioned that further export might opium was being smuggled the distribution and sale of the drug:
and, at the time of] draw a distinction between them in &, mournfel reply, "hut I'm up fae "ne the june Yunnan "into. Kuangtung that as regards the use of opium as through Indo-China, This, however, mulant, the practice of taking was a comparatively amall. matter, the drug in pills or infusions is of
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