AN ... told that all smoke opium at some time or other more or less, ... never perceived any bad effect, they have always performed their duties satisfactorily and have been ready at any time night or day to answer call of service.
My conclusion therefore is that the great majority of smokers do not become slaves to the drug or opium sots.
... say that it is not correct to say there cannot be any moderation in the consumption. I repeat that all the time I have been in Hongkong I have known but three or four cases of confirmed opium smokers. Moderation must be the rule in Hongkong and in China.
From the quantity consumed I should say that a large proportion of the adult males of the Chinese population here smoke opium. As far as I have observed and from what I hear this smoking has not had a bad or harmful effect in their calling or efficiency in their calling, but this I believe is because by far the great majority of people who smoke ... I repeat.