be decided to appoint one. Similar
suggestions are being made to the
Governors of Hong Kong and the Straits
Settlements.
3. On the suggestions which
form part of the Advisory Committee's
dirond
2nd Resolution
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I am to offer the
following observations:-
(1) Requires no comment,
(11) This policy was adopted in
the Federated Balay States some time ago;
the Governor of Hong Kong has also
recently agreed to do so; and inasmuch
as it would not materially change the
present policy of the Company, His Grace
hopes that the Court will see no objection
to its adoption in North Borneo. The change
will necessarily take a little time; but
His race suggests that it would be well to
proceed with it at once, us, apart from
the consideration mentioned in the Advisory
Committee's resolution, the complete
elimination
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elimination of the private trader
would, in His Grace's opinion, greatly
reduce the difficulties to be faced
when further progressive measures for
the control of the use of opium are
undertaken.
(111) is attractive, if for no
other reason than that its general
the adoption under the aegis of League of
Nations would at once remove one of the
grounds on which attacks on the Far
Eastern Colonies and Protectorates
have from time to time been made by
ill-informed persons or focicties. His
Grace is, of course, aware of une
difficulties in the way of the adoption
of a policy involving an arbitrary
restriction of the amount of Government
opium placed on sale, where hoarding and
profiteering are possible. Given,
however, a system of complete
Government control over retail sales
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