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I turn now to a brief review of the
suggestions which form part of the
dicond,
Advisory Committee's 2nd Resolution.
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DRAFT.
MINUTE.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Sir G. Davis.
Sir G. Grindle.
Sir H. Read.
Sir J. Masterton Smith.
Mr. Ormaby-Gore.
Duke of Devonshire.
"(1)
In your despatch No.178 of the
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16th of May; the receipt of which I take
this opportunity to acknowledge you have
agreed to adopt this suggestion. It
would, I think, be well to proceed at
ance with the gradual supercession of
the
existing system by a system of
direct Government retail sales; as,
apart from the consideration mentioned in
the Advisory Committee's resolution, the
complete elimination of the private
Trader will, in my opinion, greatly
reduce the difficulties to be faced when
further progressive measures for the
control of the use of opium are under-
taken.
I may observe parentheti-
cally that this policy was adopted in
Federated Malay States some time ago.
attractive, if for no other
the
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reason