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dealt with until the India Government considerably.
reduces the amount produced in India.
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This Association has been officially informed
by the Japanese Government that the Japanese monopolies
of opium at Tsing tao, and in the lensed territories
of Kuan tung will be abolished by the end of the fiscal
year, March 31st. It is most desirable for the moral
and social welfare of the Far Eastern countries that the
Opium monopolies of Hong Kong, Singapore, and Macao,
the latter dependent on the Hong Kong Opium monopoly,
should also be abolished. It has been frequently
asserted that the Hong Kong Opiun monopoly will be aboli-
shed in the course of a few years, but the renewal of
the Opium contract for the supply of opium for another
five years at a fixed rate, made with the India
Government seems inconsistent with this.
This Association therefore begs most
respectfully to direct the attention of the Commission of the League of Intions dealing with the traffic in
narcotica to these particulars.
I have, &c.,
(Sgd)
ARTHUR SOVERBY,
General Secretary,
International Anti-Opium Association,
Feking.
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