The rise and progress of British opium smuggling : the illegality of the East India Company's monopoly of the drug, and its injurious effects upon India, China, and the commerce of Great Britain. Five letters addressed to the right honourable Earl of Shaftesbury / by Major-General R. Alexander.

London : Judd and Glass, 1856.

80 pages ; 21 cm

3d ed., rev. and enl.

Contents: 1. On the institution of the opium monopoly, and its effects upon India -- 2. Rise and consequences of smuggling in China -- 3. Effects upon the commerce of Great Britain and China -- 4. Testimonies against the contraband trade -- 5. Illegality of the opium monopoly in India and suggestions for its suppression.