Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
the Ordinance to amend and consolidate the laws relating to opium and its compounds (No. 23 of 1909) came into force. The general scope of that Ordinance was described in Sir F. H. May's report on the Blue Book for 1909,* and I need only add here that during last year two further Ordinances (No. 11 and No. 33) were passed with a view to making its provisions more effective, while the Pharmacy Amendment Ordinance (No. 9 of 1910) increased the powers possessed by this Government in controlling poisons, including morphine and cocaine.
The export of morphine and compounds of opium from Hong Kong to Siam, the Netherlands-India, French Indo-China, Japan, the United States of America, and the Philippine Islands is not permitted except on production of an official certificate from the country concerned that such morphine or compounds of opium are required for medical purposes or by the Government of the country. These measures took effect on the 1st April, 1910.
His Majesty's Government made the Colony a grant of £9,000 for the year 1910, on account of a loss of $225,860 incurred during that year in respect of opium revenue.
I proceeded to England on leave on May 1st, returning on November 1st. During my absence the Government was administered by Sir F. H. May, Colonial Secretary.
I have, &c.,
F. D. LUGARD,
Governor.
The Right Honourable
Lewis Harcourt, M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.
* Colonial Report [Annual], No. 659.