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2. I regret that no separate statistics have been kept of the importations of , opium and its preparations, but this will be done in future as regards medicinal
opium and its preparations.
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No. 81.
I have, &c.,
D. C. CAMERON,
Deputy Governor.
NORTHERN NIGERIA.
THE ACTING GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received July 29, 1912.)
Government House, Zungeru, 6th July, 1912.
WITH reference to your circular despatch dated the 16th of May last, I have the honour to inform you that there are no laws or regulations in force in this Pro- tectorate relative to the matters referred to in the International Opium Convention.
I have, &c.,
H. S. GOLDSMITH,
for Acting Governor. (Absent on tour.)
SCHEDULE B. (SECTION 3).
No.
Description of goods.
Duty how chargeable.
Rate of Duty.
(No. 444.)
11
Opium Crude
15
...
per kilo.
Opium Refined
... per kilo.
::
Rs. 26
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SIR,
Enclosure 2 in No. 79.
The following statement shows the quantity of crude and refined opium imported in Seychelles from the 1st January, 1907, to the 31st December, 1911.
Year.
1907...
1908...
1909...
RIO...
1911...
Total
Crude opium.
Refined opium.
Kilos.
Kilos.
10:030
5-657
13-210
O-680
*75-4000
15-900
5-051
119-650
6-317
Kilos. 74 re-exported to Réunion by the next steamer.
Morphine, cocaine, and their respective salts are imported only by qualified medical practitioners, and are passed at the Customs as drugs. The quantity imported cannot be given.
2 July, 1912.
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No. 80.
B. HIRBS,
First Customs Officer.
SOUTHERN NIGERIA.
THE ACTING GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received July 29, 1912.)
(No. 423.) SIR,
Government House, Lagos, Southern Nigeria, 4 July, 1912. REFERRING to your circular despatch of the 16th May,* respecting the Inter- national Opium Convention signed at the Hague on the 23rd of January last, I have the honour to inform you that the only statutory provisions in force in Southern Nigeria relative to the matters referred to in the Convention are: (1) the Sale of Drugs and Poisons Ordinance, regulating the sale of medicinal opium and its pre- parations, and (2) Order No. 18 of 1912 prohibiting the importation of raw and prepared opium. Two copies of each of those documentst are transmitted herewith.
• No. 18.
↑ Not reprinted.
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SIR,
No. 82.
TRINIDAD.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
(Miscellaneous.)
Downing Street, 30 July, 1912.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 247, of the 21st of June,† in which you give reasons why it is inadvisable that the Govern- ment of Trinidad should agree to be bound by The Hague Opium Convention.
2. I have given careful consideration to the arguments which you adduce, but I regret that I am unable to admit their validity. His Majesty's Government cannot recede from the policy which is embodied in the Convention; and it is essentral to the success of that policy that the traffic in, and consumption of, opium should be suppressed in Trinidad as in the other parts of His Majesty's dominions.
3. I must therefore request that you will now inform me that the Government of Trinidad is prepared to agree to the Convention being signed on its behalf.
4. I see no reason, at any rate for the present, to impose further restrictions on the use of ganja than exist under the law now in force; and the revenue of the island will not therefore suffer to the full extent of £6,000. I may observe in this con- nexion that as the Convention cannot come into force for some time in view of the preliminary arrangements prescribed by Articles 22, 23, and 24, you will be at leisure to consider whether any revenue that may be eventually lost cannot be replaced by an increase of the duty on ganja.
5. I propose to transmit to you at an early date the draft of an Ordinance designed to give effect to the provisions of the Convention.
• No. 18.
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I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.
† No. 53.
D 2
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
mimimmimC.O. 885.
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