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(1). The number of chests of Opium to be drawn by the Farmer to be limited to 900 per annum, and any Prepared Opium bought outside the Colony and imported by him under permit will be deducted from the quantity which he may draw.
2.
Condition (e) is the most important change and I am informed that its inclusion will probably reduce the letting value of the Farm by at least $600,000 per annum.
The other conditions are designed for the most part to afford a better control over the Farm by Government.
3.
I anticipate that the closing of Opium Divans will result in an increased consumption of Opium in the form of Opium or Morphine Pills or of liquids containing those ingredients, and in order to minimise this evil I have decided with the advice of my Executive Council to cancel all Licences under Ordinance 15 of 1906 for dealing in Compounds of Opium on the 28th of February, 1910, except to qualified Druggists, on the prescription of a Medical Officer or in certain specified preparations, and notice has been given to the Licensees accordingly.
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