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(b) Ganja is prohibited from being imported unless in ships of at least 30 tons burden, and unless in packages each containing not less than 20 lbs. net weight, and forming part of the cargo of the importing ship and duly reported to the Custom House.
(c) Both opium and ganja may be admitted with the sanction of the Collector of Customs in packages less than those set out above if imported by druggists in packets or in cigarettes not exceeding half a pound in weight, and declared to be for medicinal purposes.
(d) Opium and ganja are not permitted to be duty paid ex ship, but must be conveyed to the bonded warehouse to be there dealt with in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 of Ordinance No. 280, except when imported by druggists as in (c) above and as in Section 16 of the Ordi- Dance quoted above. This Ordinance also provides for the licensing of persons authorized to sell or deal in these articles, and prohibits the planting and cultivation in the Colony of ganja.
2. The import duty on opium and ganja is 15s. the lb., and the imports for the last ten years were as under:-
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If a large number of copies of these laws are required it will be necessary to have them specially printed.
2. The matter of the statistical information asked for in paragraph 2 of the circular is being looked into. It is doubtful whether any will be available, as, excepting small importations for medicinal purposes, there is no trade in the articles referred to.
I have, &c.,
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(No. 114.)
SIR,
J. HAYES SADLER,
Governor.
Year.
Opium.
Duty,
Ganja.
Duty,
1.b.
£
Lbs.
斐
1002 1943
3,279
2,459
4,321
3,213
3,397
2,547
5.438
4,078
1904
3,081
2,311
!
5,411
4.058
19 5
2,855
2,111
5,360
4,023
1906
2,877
2,154
4,956
3.717
1907
3,065
2,209
5,033
3,775
1908
2,736
2,052
4,633
3,475
1909
2,812
2,109
4,505
3,423
1910
2.732
2,049
4,610
3,457
1911
2,745
2,059
4,653
3,490
3. There are no exports, as far as the Customs are aware.
4. From 2 it will be observed that, notwithstanding the increase of the East Indian population, the consumption of both opium and ganja has not increased during the last ten years, indicating that the steps already taken for the control and The steps gradual suppression of the trade have met with a fair measure of success. already taken, together with further regulations to still more control the import and sale of these articles, to confine to medical purposes and to control the importation and sale of morphine, cocaine, &c., would appear sufficient to meet the requirements of the Convention, without prohibiting their entry altogether.
5. In addition to the loss of revenue which would be caused thereby, some £6,000 per annum, total prohibition would stimulate extensive illicit importation. particularly in ganja, from Venezuela, which would be almost impossible to suppress. owing to the proximity of the two countries. Ganja is, however, not included in the vœux expressed by the Convention, it being only suggested in Section 2 of the Convention, that it is desirable to study the question of the use of this article with the object of regulating its abuses should the necessity arise.
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II. B. WALCOTT,
Collector of Customs.
No. 55.
BARBADOS.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received July 9, 1912.)
Government House, 22nd June, 1912.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular despatch of the 16th ultimo,* on the subject of the International Opium Convention signed at the Hague on the 23rd of January last, and asking that copies of all proclamations, &c., referred to in the Convention, together with certain statistical information for the past five years, be forwarded to you, and that arrangements be made for the regular transmission of similar information for the preceding twelve months as soon as possible after the 31st of December in each year.
2. In reply, I have the honour to enclose six copies of a Billt which has recently been introduced into the Legislature, dealing with the subject, which I am advised will, when it shall have become law, be all that is necessary, so far as this Colony is concerned, to render effective the measures decided upon in the Convention.
3. The statistical information asked for in the last paragraph of your despatch for the past five years is herewith enclosed, and arrangements have been made for this, as well as the other information asked for on the subject, to be transmitted to you as soon as possible after the 31st of December in each year.
I have, &c.,
L. PROBYN,
Governor.
Enclosure 2 in No. 55.
RETURN showing the amount of Opium and Extract of Opium entered in Barbados for the five years ended the 31st December, 1911.
Year.
In Transit
Trade.
Opium.
By Chemists, Druggiste, and Regis tered Medical Practitioners Dis pensing their own Prescriptious.
By others.
Extracts of Opium, including Can. nibis Indica and its Preparations, including Bhang, Gange, Charme, and Hajoon.
9th May, 1912.
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(No. 80.) SIR,
No. 54.
WINDWARD ISLANDS (Grenada).
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received July 9, 1912.)
Grenada, 21st June, 1912.
REFERRING to your circular despatch of the 16th ultimo,* I have the honour to enclose two copies of the lawst in force in Grenada relative to the matters referred to in the International Opium Convention.
• No. 18.
Chapters XI, and CXI, of the Revised Laws: not reprinted.
1907
2(K) 18.
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
1908
1461 lbs.
Nil.
0," lbs.
Nil.
1909
120 lbs.
NII.
Nil.
Nil.
1910
Nil.
6 lbs.
Nil.
Nil.
1911
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
Total
4661 lbs.
6 lbs.
0 lbs.
Nil,
7th June, 1912.
• No. 18.
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S. S. PHILLIPS,
Acting Comptroller of Customs.
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