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2. I submit herewith, as directed in the second paragraph of the despatch under acknowledgment, a copy of the laws and regulations* dealing with the sale of opium, &c. These consist of the Opium Importation Ordinance, 1905, of the Transvaal, which was applied to Swaziland by Proclamation No. 11 (Swaziland), 1905, and the Regulations framed thereunder; together with extracts from the
•Medical, Dental, and Pharmacy Ordinances of 1904 and 1905 of the Transvaal. The former of these laws was applied to Swaziland by the Swaziland Administra- tion Proclamation, 1904, and the latter by Proclamation No. 11 (Swaziland), 1905. The extracts from the Medical, Dental, and Pharmacy Ordinances deal more parti- cularly with the sale of poisons, a schedule of which is attached to the extracts, which includes opium and its preparations and preparations of poppies, cocaine, and morphine.
3. There is no record of any trade in raw opium and no permits to import this drug have been issued. I am not able to say what trade there is in prepared opium contained in patent and other medicines, as separate import records of medical preparations containing opium have never been kept. There is nothing to lead me to think, however, that these medicines are used other than for the purposes for which they are made. I may say that no chemist or druggist carries on business in this territory, and any person wishing to purchase any of the articles mentioned in Article 21 of the Convention, except where such drug is used in a patent medicine, would have to do so outside Swaziland.
4. The instruction regarding annual requirements has been noted.
The Right Honourable,
I have, &c.,
D. HONEY,
Acting Resident Commissioner.
Viscount Gladstone, P.C., G.C.M.G.,
High Commissioner for South Africa.
Enclosure 5 in No. 105.
(High Commissioner. No. 170.) MY LORD,
Resident Commissioner's Office, Salisbury, 13th July, 1912. REFERRING to Your Excellency's despatch, No. 10/37, of the 12th June, I have the honour to forward a copy of a despatch from the Administrator on the subject of the International Opium Convention signed at the Hague on January 23rd last.
2. Your Excellency will observe that steps have been taken to ensure that the annual requirements shall be promptly complied with.
His Excellency
The Right Honourable
I have, &c.,
R. BURNS-BEGG,
Resident Commissioner.
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I may state that arrangements have been made for the statistical information to be transmitted to the Secretary of State as soon as possible after the 31st of December of each year.
His Honour,
The Resident Commissioner, Salisbury.
I have, &c.,
W. H. MILTON,
Administrator.
SUMMARY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA LAWS AND REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE IMPORTATION OF OPIUM INTO SOUTHERN RHODESIA.
Section 16 of the "Customs Union and Tariff Ordinance, 1906," as amended by Section 13 of the "Customs Ordinance, 1910," provides that:----
The importation of
and opium except for medicinal purposes and under such regulations as may be framed by the Administrator, is prohibited.
Sections 62 to 64 of the Southern Rhodesia Customs Regulations provide that :-- Sections 62 (1). No person except a registered medical practitioner, dentist, or chemist and druggist shall import into this territory any gum opium, extract of opium, poppies, or preparation of poppies; and no such excepted person shall import any such substance without a permit stating the quantity to be imported, signed by the Chief Secretary, which permit shall expire one month after the date (2) The Controller of Customs may detain any such substance imported into this territory until a permit granted under this Regulation has been produced in respect thereof.
thereof.
63.
No person shall be in possession of any such substance as is mentioned in the next preceding Regulation except for medicinal purposes, unless he be a person to whom a permit has been issued under that Regulation.
64. Any police constable having a written authority from the Controller of Customs, a Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, or Officer of Police of the rank of Inspector, may exercise the powers of search conferred upon Customs Officers by Section 37 (1), (2), (3), and (4) of the "Customs Management Ordinance, 1906 "; and any such substance as is mentioned in the preceding Regulation, No. 62, may be seized and removed by such constable and may be declared forfeited by any Court on conviction before it of the owner or person found in possession thereof.
IMPORTATION OF OPIUM INTO SOUTHERN RHODESIA.
The following figures represent the value of opium imported into Southern Rhodesia during the four years ending December 31st, 1911.
Particulars as to weight have not been recorded except for the year 1908, and no particulars whatever appear to have been recorded for the year 1907 :-
Year.
1908
1909
1910
1911
Value. Weight.
£1
16 ounces.
£1
£26
£14
SIR,
Viscount Gladstone, G.C.M.G.,
High Commissioner for South Africa.
(Resident Commissioner. No. 196.)
4th July, 1912, WITH reference to your despatch, No. 123, of the 17th June, enclosing onc from the High Commissioner on the subject of the International Opium Convention signed at the Hague on January 23rd last, I have the honour to transmit extracts from the Southern Rhodesia Customs Laws and Regulations respecting the importa- tion of opium, together with the statistical information prescribed in Article 21.
↑ Forwarding Secretary of State's Circular of 16 May, 1912,
• Not reprinted.
(No. 11/71.) SIR,
Enclosure 6 in No. 105.
High Commissioner's Office. Pretoria, August 23, 1912.
WITH reference to Lord Gladstone's despatch, No. 56/1, of April 2nd, and subsequent correspondence, I have the honour to transmit to you a copy of a minute* from Union Ministers stating that they are unable to recommend that the Inter- national Opium Convention be signed on behalf of the Government of the Union.
2. There does not appear, however, to be any reason why [Basutoland] [the Bechuanaland Protectorate] Swaziland] should not be bound by the Convention, and, unless you see any serious objection, I propose to inform the Secretary of State
See Enclosure in No. 99.