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The principal features of
internal administration of the opium traffic
in the Eastern colonies, territories and
as existing in 1910 protected states are given in the printed
paper Eastern No: 114, a copy of which is
annexed.
Since that Jate changes trave
reposed to law.
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In Ceylon and Weihaiwei it has
been found possible to institute a system
of registration of opium consumers, who
are only allowed a limited amount of opium
per annum. As no fresh entries can be made
in the registers it follows that, as the
registered consumers die out, the traffic
but
will gradually disappear. Opium divans
(or dens) are prohibited in Weihaiwei,b
in Ceylon the very few places which might
be considered as coming under this
designation have been permitted to continuc
since they provide no facility for the
consumption