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a
Ardinance 6.75 1879 entitled
An Grönance cureted by the Governor of Houstong with the advice of the @gislative Council theres, to amend "The Excise "Frdinance (Jium) 1858-1879""
2.
In addition to the amendments
instructed
me
to make in
Adinance 15f 1879 I took the
je of
151879
Fir opportunity of increasing the fines and facilitating the prevention of illeept deating in prepared Ipium in accordance with the provisions of the
Straits Settlements' Orium Ordinance and the experience of our locat
Magistrates. There amendments and come minor ones are
referred to
with 3 space Copit
in
Mim the Attorney
Revents report, a
copy of which I have the hour to
enclose.
3
With
respect to the explanations
acken for in paragraph & of your
derpatch 1.100 of 134 August 1879,
$103
it is only necessary to say
thank
Ardinance St. 16, 1879 was introduced with the Full Knowledge of the late Osium Farmers who had come
before it was
Conferences with me cubunitted to the Legislative Council
on the various provisions it contained, aux us
Bjection wrativer
was made by them to
any part
of it until the Spium Farm to