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Office or Individual
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No. 21316
Devaux Sin G. W. Opium
Date.
1893 16 Dec.
(Subject.)
448
DOMESTIC.
C. O.
21316
10 093)
Sends letter addressed to the
Commandant &
Board of the Royal Commission for transmission
Last previous Paper.
17545
Acks that statement as to
death rate
be checked.
way
merof
kes to open
from
Copy long.
ext subsequent Paper
Bugar
(Minutes.)
M. F. Omfield
Sir W. Des Voeux's letter is interesting, though it would be easy
&nd criticize
Comme
to qualify
of his remarks
if it were on business to do so.
One of
the reports that we
lates
had from the Straits (which has been Communicated to the Royal Commission
Opinion) pointed out that the main reason why Opium
comparatively harmless
Smoking
is that the majority of smokers in that Colony was that their extremely low rate of wages prevented them from indulging in it to excess. The same point
doubt applies to Hung Hom. W. des Voenx
Sir
The point made by
as to the low death rate at Hung Hom.
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