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185
(#1800 for
"1911)
1
dose.
consumption of opium other than a room in
which the registered consumer can take his
In Hongkong, the Straits Settlements
and the Protected Malay States it has been
considered impracticable to institute a
system of registration; but steps have
been taken to limit the traffic as far as
possible.
In Hongkong the farm system
has been retained for the present, but the
farmer is only allowed to import a limited
no female or person under
number of chests/
the age of 16 is allowed to purchase opium,
and the opium divans which used to flourish
have been entirely suppressed.
In the Straits Settlements as
malan Peninsula
in the Federated (Malay States; the Government
has taken over the purchase, preparation
and sale of opium as a Government monopoly,
and has endeavoured to restrict the sale
by selling at the highest price compatible
with