THE TRUTH ABOUT OPIUM
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THE TRUTH ABOUT OPIUM.
BEING A
REFUTATION OF THE FALLACIES OF THE ANTI-OPIUM SOCIETY AND A DEFENCE OF THE INDO-CHINA OPIUM TRADE.
BY WILLIAM H. BRERETON, LATE OF HONG KONG.
“Let truth and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?”—John Milton.
SECOND EDITION.
LONDON: W. H. ALLEN & CO., 13 WATERLOO PLACE. PUBLISHERS TO THE INDIA OFFICE.
1883.
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LONDON: PRINTED BY W. H. ALLEN AND CO., 13 WATERLOO PLACE.