that the Chinese in the majority of cases suffer little from the practice; but the "cat in the bag" by WW O'Brien, let out of who admits (see parr. 7 +1004.75) of. par. 10 an XI don't believe that the Chinaman will smoke all the Chande he can get, but hat it would be lut The well todo impossible, admittedly s cannot smoke to a harmful extent Chinese non would be very are so long The fornitat which "Ex Come, in the be higher. because his wages in other words, he would smoke to Excess, if he could afford it, and would doubtless in that case suffer the same ruin of body & soul, that the Malay quinn smoker is said to Suffer.
Hence it seems is so to ure, that if it is admitted that oprim smoking bad for the Malay that we must Endeavour altogether to prohibit it, the day will come when the Camese coolie gets better wages - Chuiaman in the cas difficult f pensive expecially wall the locale Spinal Start with a The rejudice against Experiment raise the price I that there would be great danger of the consumption by to increasing lowering the price, if we abolished the Farming system the difficulty of preventing and therefored? sunggling – owmy 5 Iwould concur in the forenin proposal to maintain the system, reforming it and uncertain with a rooted this détails. exper Jaitsmisvitable Malay, inilure, that the affer of oficeren sent the Kentifend teed in the case. then tur race Asamiker kasm as is Essential fring diszeraged
(The opponents of the Open Traffic have never, so farar as I am aware, speciall attacked the Farming exstem as opposed to other system of collecting different. I fin. from aimmat the tax. They would all agree that, short of absolute prohibiting Jafoment for instance ha "Harvey's Men (sehe. 53-6) whit be (rgben. for similarly prohibiting the practice every intere in the caLL of the Chinese.
In the meantime, it is clearly the duty of the govemment to take what steps it can for reducing increasing practically take (a) the consumption the price ifmitte For and (b) perhaps by reducing Un number of opium divans. Mese
After carefully reading despatches, I confess that I think that the Famming system in the whole tends to If me. When has crest then wen (one went t Forshe tauschen. Cons-lox हर Smu of them une Exhissin the awon should be tall to increase possible meghit the spportunities. Die price to the consu ludicrant & the
W. Rohrison's despatch is in imputing Anti-open party a in error, death", bad they drain porting that Anti- * hot to death wat thing do:952 fuicidentally consequentially destroy this desire to destroy the Opium revenue arly of con to destery cr Mein desire in restrict the consumption to demential of Opium; & this error should I think be pointed out to him?) Meidentally sir W. Robinm "No" dn't Alltag te danne thing & Winch of what thay is honxuga 2557 raires a special objection, modifzing the present system, in