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(No. 48.) SIR,
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No. 190.
JAMAICA.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 26th February, 1914.)
[Copy to Foreign Office, 11th March, 1914. L.F.]
King's House, Jamaica, 12th February, 1914. WITH reference to Mr. Cork's despatch, No. 276, dated the 19th July, 1912,* and in compliance with the instructions conveyed in your Circular despatch of the 16th May, 1912,† I have the honour to transmit to you herewith a return which has been furnished by the Collector-General showing the importations into this Island of opium in the form of powder, or as the raw drug or solid extract of opium, for the years 1912-1913.
2. I also enclose copies of the Laws, Rules, and Proclamationst relating to opium which were issued during the two years to 31st December, 1913, and which are set out in the accompanying Schedule.§
3.
I regret that the return in respect of the year 1912 was not sent in due time.
I have, &c.,
W. H. MANNING,
Governor.
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December last, I now have the honour to transmit, for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure, an Act† which has been passed by the Legislature of this Colony, entitled "
An Act to give effect to the measures decided upon in the International Convention signed at The Hague on the 23rd day of January, 1912, and to regulate the importation into and the storage and the disposal of opium, morphine, cocaine, and similar drugs in this Island."
2. I also enclose a copy of the report of the Attorney-General on the Act. From this report it will be seen that important changes were made when the original Bill was under consideration in the Legislative Council. The main difficulty felt by the latter related to those provisions in the Bill which prohibited-in effect the use of certain forms of opium by veterinary surgeons; but as the reality of this defect is mentioned in your circular despatch of the 27th of December.t the time taken by the Legislature in passing the measure may be regarded as having been well spent.
Enclosure 2 in No. 191.
I have, &c.,
L. PROBYN,
Governor.
MINUTE BY THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
His Excellency the Governor may properly assent to this Bill.
Enclosure 1 in No. 190.
JAMAICA.
RETURN OF OPIUM IMPORTED INTO THE ISLAND DURING THE CALENDAR YEARS 1912
Chambers,
13th February, 1914.
C. P. CLARKE,
Attorney-General.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
C.O. 885
22 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC_
COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
Year.
1912 1913
(No. 583.)
AND 1913.
Quantity. 687 lbs. 236
Value. £687 10 0
236 0 0
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Enclosure 4 in No. 190.
GOVERNMENT NOTICE, No. 583.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Kingston, 19th November, 1913. WITH reference to Government Notice, No. 582, dated the 19th instant, it is hereby notified, for general information, that under the powers conferred on him by Section 15 of Law 15 of 1913, "The Opium Law, 1913," the Governor fixed the 14th November, 1913, as the day upon which such Law shall come into operation.
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By command,
P. C. CORK,
Colonial Secretary.
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No. 191.
BARBADOS.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 3rd March, 1914.)
[Sanctioned 21 March, 1914. No. 37. L.F.]
Government House, 17th February, 1914. WITH reference to previous correspondence on the subject of The Hague Opium Convention, and in continuation of my despatch, No. 25, of the 6th of
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• No. 90,
† No. 18.
Not reprinted.
REPORT ON AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE MEASURES DECIDED UPON IN THE INTER- NATIONAL OPIUM CONVENTION SIGNED AT THE HAGUE ON THE 23RD DAY OF JANUARY, 1912, AND TO REGULATE THE IMPORTATION INTO AND THE STORAGE AND THE DISPOSAL OF OPIUM, MORPHINE, COCAINE, AND SIMILAR DRUGS IN THIS ISLAND,
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The object of this Act is to prevent the importation of opium and similar drugs into this Island except for medical purposes. "Prepared opium (defined by Section 2) cannot be imported at all. Raw "opium can be imported only with the leave of the Governor-in-Executive Committee. And "medicinal
opium, mor- phine, cocaine, &c., can be imported only by medical practitioners, druggists, and similar persons. It is made unlawful to cultivate the opium poppy in the Island. An infringement of any of these provisions renders the offender liable to a fine of £100 or twelve months' hard labour; and illegally imported opium either raw or prepared is forfeited, and a search warrant may be obtained to look for and seize any raw or prepared opium that may at any time be unlawfully landed, kept, &c.
The title of the Act covers wider ground than the body of it, by reason of amend- ments having been made in the Legislative Council omitting all reference to a
store
for opium, and no step having been taken to alter the title to suit the Bill as amended. But I do not think that this fault will interfere with the practical working of the Act. The Act will not come into operation until it is proclaimed.
C. P. CLARKE,
Chambers,
14th February, 1914.
Attorney-General.
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† No. 1 of 1914: not reprinted.
Not reprinted.