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of February), bear no relation to the
actual rate of consumption; and that in
spite of the stringency of the provisions
of the Opium Ordinance and the keenness
and efficiency of the preventive service, there
Lis
is no really effective control of the
consumption of opium in the Colony.,
3. In short, it would not appear
unreasonable to conclude that the only
¡persons who, under the existing regime,
need purchase Government Chandu are
want chil pad product for och Expanda (1) those who are prepared to pay a
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high price for a high grade product,
and (2) those who (as sugested in
paragraph 5 of your despatch No.178 of
the 16th of May) prefer to pay a high
price rather than risk detection in
the use of the cheaper smuggled
article.
4. It has been submitted to me
wimmed fo 2 that both the classes of persons
would be equally well provided for
under a system of registration of
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confirmed
(Copy sent to Si M. Delevingne
do July).
3. In the light to report of his facflic
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system)
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increared, Chile the preventati ence wo. I named awed at its fearing hit berl qofficiame
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confirmed opium smokers resident in
the Colony, with perhaps some
adjustment (which it should not be
difficult to devise) to meet the
case of smokers who spend only part
of their time in the Colony, or even
visit it for short periods.
.
The only class of persons
who would not be provided for under
such a system would be the casual
population which drifts into and out
of the Colony. It
It would appear
from the Superintendent's report that this class is already virtually independent of Goverment Chandu,
and it has been subitted to me that
the additional sling which might
be caused by their. exclusion from the
operation of a system of registration,
would not ye a serious matter.
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The British representative
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