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practice of aɔokin; un lor Movarnant
supervision and sovore restruint will not
be replaced by the azoking of owaled opiwn, clumbatinely and not unfor the control
of Government; und, secondly, thut the use of
opium will not be replaced by injections of
morphia or otior Jrus, practicos much wore
injurious tiaan opium amokin, mich in the
pust have boen sapocially rife in Malaya and
have given inzanas trouble in raprasaion.
There is the further dan, or of alcohol
waich raplacin opium vill require to be carefully
zu.rded usinat.
It muut also be borne in min! that
the industries of Hadays and British North
Tormo Jeps..d to a large extent on the
supply of Tinose i gruntu, and that totul
raprasuion of opiwa woking in the British
Jopo..Jongins wil - the consuluption of opium is
allo-ed in the nei;hbour.nefutch and French]
territories, mi, ut lead to a very serious
divoraion of labour sway from ritish
territories taureby crippling industries
vithout any corrosjonûiniminution in the
consuption of opiwa; vo taut further
pro r9ss would appour to unpond on conenttad
uotim batwom the various countring
similarly a.tusted with ropṛd to labour
supply.
This is u m.tter in which the
„ctivities of two lowus of Istions, in
collectin, and co-ordinatin inï'oration and
giving, publicity to the uncertainad facta muy
be of much wasistance in effectin; «, onorul
und uniforu İproveont.