§ Earl WINTERTON (for Mr. Lloyd)asked the Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he has any recent information respecting the decrease of poppy growth in China; and in which province is the decrease, if any, most marked?
§ Sir E. GREYSir Alexander Hosie, who is now making a tour of inspection in the provinces of China, reports that so far as his information goes, poppy cultivation has ceased in Shansi, and has been reduced by 30 per cent. in Shansi, and under 25 per cent. in Kansu. In those parts of Szechuan which Sir Alexander Hosie has visited he reports that the suppression of the poppy cultivation appears to have been successfully carried out by the Chinese authorities.