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Page 387
... opium policy has been guided not from St. Stephen's , but first from Leadenhall Street and latterly from Downing Street ; and both Leadenhall Street and Downing Street have , in this matter , been governed from Calcutta . Never yet has ...
... opium policy has been guided not from St. Stephen's , but first from Leadenhall Street and latterly from Downing Street ; and both Leadenhall Street and Downing Street have , in this matter , been governed from Calcutta . Never yet has ...
Page 388
... opium abolish the consumption of opium , they thither but the speculation proved any . " would gladly do it in compassion for thing but remunerative . In 1785 the mankind . " Yet they certainly made no East India Company began selling ...
... opium abolish the consumption of opium , they thither but the speculation proved any . " would gladly do it in compassion for thing but remunerative . In 1785 the mankind . " Yet they certainly made no East India Company began selling ...
Page 389
... opium upon the Chinese mar- ket had never been so relentless or so reckless . It must be remembered that this was no mere smuggling enterprise , no mere systematic evasion of a legal impost . There was no legal duty upon opium . Its ...
... opium upon the Chinese mar- ket had never been so relentless or so reckless . It must be remembered that this was no mere smuggling enterprise , no mere systematic evasion of a legal impost . There was no legal duty upon opium . Its ...
Contents
THE PORTRAIT OF A PAINTER BY HIM | 14 |
THE MEETINGPLACE | 23 |
Andersen Hans Christian Letters | 28 |
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