HC Deb 21 February 1882 vol 266 c1227
MR. ARMITAGE

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is true that the Emperor of China has sanctioned, upon the Petition of the Viceroy of Nankin, an increase of the opium import duty to the extent of 140 taels, equal to £40 per chest?

SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

Her Majesty's Government have received no information to this effect.