1858-11-08 · 上海
1858年11月8日,中英兩國代表在上海簽署一條通商條約,其第五款訂明英商繳納稅款後即可進口鴉片,令香港的鴉片貿易獲得正式法律認可。
On 8 November 1858, representatives of China and Britain signed a commercial treaty in Shanghai, Article 5 of which provided that British merchants could import opium after paying duty, giving Hong Kong's opium trade formal legal recognition.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》(公元前 5000 年至 2017 年,共 6,500 多條大事)(香港地方志中心) · p.146
引用名稱法例/計劃 《通商章程善後條約:海關稅則》(Supplementary Treaty of Trade Regulations: Customs Tariff)