2.
owing either to trade depression, abundance of
opium on the market by individual musters
or the abandonment of
evident
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the habil
for example, that the
decreased sales them the sternment opian
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could not fairly be claimed
as
a
in 1919 and 1920 deliberate reduction
19191 arbitrary reduction of 10%/%
by the Government. The Singapur Government in did actually attempt
found on the quantities normally supplied to retailers, but
This had to be thandoned
merely to create
stocks.
4.
A
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another middleman who "cornered" to frame
Sin Malcolm considered that the time had come
definite proposals for comflying with Article 6. His first proposal
img
for the
the "form" universal abolition of
system and of private retailers. His second and more formidable proposal
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for registration of smoters
the first essential for any offective rationing septem.
agreed with him that this was
of
logically the only posible!
"reduction" (as against
de crease
in
in
M: Swetten hann
demand) throud. I doubted of it would be practicable Hougtong inthe outs migratory population
from the Monopoly had given it as
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his opinion
that such a system would in due course be practicable. in Malaya, but a telegram to Houphany
a
definite
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replied
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par form 1
In view of
his
& the
and.
off the
to bu Sin Malcolm altered the
following
licensing
Ipoal :- "The posibilities of the system of registration which has already been introduced in some
For Eastern porsesions should be thoroughly exploed". He also
agreement added that the states having for Eastern possessions should
attempt to
come
to some
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