Continuing their criticism of the} Opium Supression Bureau the local] press publishes a ist of thirteen wholesale dealers with headquarters} in Hankow-and gives the summary of their imports "from July to]
The amounts vary from 2500 catties handled by the leading firm to 500 handled by the last} fon the list and reach the amazing total of 14,094 catties, When every traveller on the Yangtze knows th further large, quantities of this drug are smuggled in every ship and junk, it is obvious that} the trade in this drug is far greater than.it was in the palmiest days of the trade with Indi The Hankow Municipality has} decided to issue debentures to the! amount of $1,500,000 to pay the cost of the various improvements that are being put throug} As the merchants and bankers re only seen their w up & third of this amount, It reported that the negotiations with Messrs. Butterfield and Swire are proceeding and that the opening up fof the river-side' road is certain,
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