Serial
From or to whom.
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No.
Despatch Nu, &o.
Date,
Serial
From or to whom,
Despatch
No.
No, &c.
Date.
Subject.
Page.
1912.
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The Governor
Wind-
June 21
ward Islands,
(Rec. July 9.)
(Gren- ada), 80.
57
Ditto
Barbados, 114.
June 22 (Rec. July 9.)
Encloses copies of the laws in force in 3
the Colony relative to the matters dealt with in the Convention; states that it is doubtful whether the sta tistical information required will be available, as there is practically no trade in the articles referred to, but the matter is being looked into.
Transmits copy of a Bill recently intro- duced into the Legislative Council to give effect to the measures decided on in the Convention; encloses statistical information for the past five years and states that arrangements have been made to forward information yearly in future.
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OT'.
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The Governor
The Acting Govern- Leeward Islands, 258.
Wind- 'ward Islands, 86.
June 22 (Rec. July 9.)
Reports that the Government of the Leeward Islands agrees to the Con- vention being signed on its behalf.
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June 24 (Rec. July 9.)
36
.58
Ditto
Bermuda, 70.
June 27 (Rec. July 9.)
59.
To the Governor
Straits Settle-
July 11
ments, 186.
2
GO
The Commissioner... Weihai-
June 25
wei, 37.
| (Rec. July 12.)
61
The Governor
Gambia, 207.
June 20 (Rec. July 16.)
62
The High Com-
missioner.
Malay States,
273.
June 20 (Rec. July 16.)
Reports that the three Colonies of the Windward Islands agree to the Con- vention being signed on their behalf; legislation will be required in Grenada to give effect to the Convention, and the draft will be communicated to St. Lucia, and, if necessary, to St. Vincent.
Reports that there is no local trade in raw or prepared opium, but only in medicinal opium, morphine, cocaine, &c.; encloses copy of the only local enactment in any way relating to opium, and observes that the prepara- tion of statistics must await the decision as to legislation.
Transmits, in reply to No. 21, copy of No. 41, and encloses volumes contain- ing the minutes of the Opium Confer- ence, and documents which will no doubt provide some of the particulars be requires.
Transmits copy of the Ordinance pro- hibiting the sale of opium and any other hypnotic, and a table containing such statistical information as it is possible to supply; arrangements will be made for the regular transmission of statistics relating to each succeeding year.
Transmits copy of Ordinance 6 of 1894, which is the only law in force relating to matters dealt with in the Conven- tion states that there is no opium. trade in the Colony.
Reports that consents to the Convention being signed on their behalf have been received from the rulers of all the Native States, except Trengganu and Sarawak; he anticipates no objection from the former, and has written for the consent of the Rajah of Sarawak.
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ix
1912.
63
To Foreign Office...
July 16
64
Ditto
Subject.
Page.
July 16
July 16
States that the Governments of the 30
Gambia, Gold Coast, Southern Nigeria,
and Northern Nigeria have agreed to
the Convention being signed on their behalf.
States that the Governments of Somali- land, Nyasaland, Uganda, and the East Africa Protectorate have agreed to the Convention being signed on their behalf.
States that, as some delay must occur before the Convention comes into force, the necessary legislation needl not be brought into force forthwith; [to Nyasaland and Somaliland only: suggests amendment of existing legis- lation so as to forbid the re-export of opium imported into the Protectorate and the cultivation of the opium poppy.]
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To the Governors,
&c.
Nyasa-
land,
191:
Somali.
land,
182;
East
Africa
Protec-
torate.
400;
Uganda,
293.
66
To the Governor...
Sierra
July 19
Leone,
Miscel-
laneous.
67
To Governors
3x
Gambia, Southern
July 19
Nigeria,
Northern
Nigeria,
(Miscel-
laneous).
BA
08
To the Governor
Gold Coast, Miscel-
July 19
laneous.
69
The Governor
Malta, 114.
July 17 (Rec. July 23.)
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70
Dittu
British
June 27 Guiana, (Rec. July 23.)
204.
Considers it desirable that there should be uniform legislation on the subject of the Convention in the West African Colonies, and encloses copy of the draft Ordinance enclosed in No. 28, which, if his Government agree to the Convention being signe on its behalf, should be submitted to the Legislative Council with the
dition indicated.
Considers it desirable that there shoul
be uniform legislation on the subject of the Convention in all the West African Colonies and encloses copy of the draft Ordinance enclosed in No. 28, which should be enacted with the necessary formal alterations and the additions indicated.
Approves generally the draft Ordinance enclosed in No. 28, subject to the ad- ditions indicated.
Reports that no laws are in force in Malta respecting raw or prepared opium, and encloses copy of law as regards medicinal opium and its pre- paration; requests reference to any special legislation which may have been enacted, and states that no statistics of import are available.
Transmits memorandum by the Comp- troller of Customs giving information with regard to the laws in force in the Colony dealing with opium, and furnishing the trade statistics for the last five years.
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