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a large percentage of the ɑhinese population, the consumption of opium per head of that population my also be expected to be high.
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7. It my be noted incidentally that the quality of Goverment chandu in far superior to that of the mɛgled artials, and any change which leads to the substitution of the Gevezmmt article for the angled artiale ja bihabe goed,
figures of seizures,
i-tails]prove that there
is prastiaally ➡ muggling of Hong Tơng deverament okanin gut of the Colony. The bulk of the opim seized is chinese from Amoy, which is regarded as clear evidence of the existence of an unsatisfied demand the Oolony.
The table brings out very clearly the increasing success of the present Governmt preventive measures, The detailed figures of selmares are noteworthy for the large müber of seizures of mall quantities of illicit opium; resulting from the intensive sampaign againgi divans.
Alse the figure of consumption which show a steady decline from 1918 / 1921, and a rise in 1922, mupport the view that more mokers are again thing to Government chamdi,za a result of the intensive preventive
The Goverment of Hong Kong suggest hat, reviewing the position mnerally, it appénze to be reasonably well established that:-
(4) There is an increased (and possibly întressing) demand for
GOTerament ohanku, due to (1) a progressive increase in the Chinese
population of the Colony, and (2) restricted facilitime for muggling
resulting from the ingrossing mosses of the intensive preventive moɑSİzm undertaken by the goverIOONI.
(3) If provision is not made for an increased supply of Goverment
shanda to be available to meet this demand, sunggling will become së
profitable that the best preventive system in the world will be unable to
pub a step to it; sora spim will be smoked; with consequent harm to th
confuser, ham to the laterests of order and good gerermmit, and harm to
the sense of opium sontrol,
Thay accordingly urge that in estimating the legitimate requipament of the Colony due allowme ought to be made for these factors;
if this allowance is made, the Golemy's requirements for 1925 are ɛhèut #s chests per month, and that for future years 50 chests per month is:
reasonable mai-mu figurë.
The key to the situation is the restriction of production at the BOUT GO | grated which, the virtual suppression of consumption by a high organized deremment such as that of long bing wuld be a comparatively
shuple natter.