ENCLOSURE 2.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Hong Kong 17th August 1899.
Report on Ordinance No 21 of 1899.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled
An Ordinance for the prevention of the concealment
of Opium on board steamships.
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the
Governor's Instructions.
OBJECTS and REASONS.
The object of this Ordinance is to impose a penalty upon any person found concealing opium on board of any ship.
This Ordinance has been brought forward in consequence
of representations made by the Chamber of Commerce to the
effect that persons have sometimes concealed opium on board of ships bound for Saigon, and that such concealment has led to very heavy fines being inflicted upon the ship on her
arrival in Saigon, upon such opium being pointed out by ...