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Subject.
Peze.
August G (Rec. Sept. 2.)
August 19 (Rec. Sept. 3.)
Transmits, in reply to No. 1, copy of
Ministers' minute regretting they are. unable to recommend the adherence of the Union Government to the Convention, for the reason that they cannot undertake to introduce the necessary amending legislation.
Transmits copies of the Opium Regula- tions, 1902, the only Regulations in force which appear to affect specifically the matters dealt with in the Con- vention; the statistics required by Article 21 of the Convention cannot he supplied, and a revised Ordinance is under consideration to put the whole matter on a proper footing.
Reports that his Government is prepared to agree to the Convention being signed on its behalf.
Transmite, in reply to No. 18, the documents and statistics asked for.
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Serial No.
From or to whom,
Despatch No, &o.
Date.
Subject.
Page.
Serial Xo.
From or to whom.
Despatch No., &c.
Date.
89
The Governor-Geu- Canada,
eral.
424.
1912.
July 24 (Rec. Aug. 7.)
90
The Acting Govern- | Jamaica,
or.
276.
91
The Governor
22
Ditto
Hong Kong. 260.
Ceylon, 400.
July 19 (Rec. Aug. 8.)
July 16 |(Rec. Aug. 12.);
Encloses copies of a Privy Council minute expressing the opinion that, if in any respect the provisions of the Opium and Drugs Act are insufficient to enable the Dominion Government to conform fully to the terms of the Convention, it will be sufficient to issue departmental regulations.
Furuishes information in reply to No. 18
56
99
The Acting Govern-Union of
or-General
South Africa, 511.
1912.
August 12 (Rec. Aug. 31.)
100 The Acting Govern- | Uganda,
57
or.
325.
Transmits statistics asked for in No. 18
58
July 24 |(Rec. Aug. 12.)
Forward statement showing the quan- i 60
tity of opium and cocaine imported during the five years 1907-11, together i with copies of the Ordinances and proclamations now in force.
101
Ditton
Trinidad, 340.
93
Ditto
Bermuda, 85.
94
The Governor-Gen- Canada,
eral.
431.
August 2 (Rec. Aug. 13.) July 31 (Rec. Aug. 15.)
Explains the contradictions in Nos. 12
and 23.
61
102
The Governor
Straits
August 15 Settle (Rec. Sept. 9.)
62
ments, 319.
103
Ditto
Jamaica, 310.
August 24 (Rec. Sept. 12.)
95
The Governor
... Mauri- July 11
tins, 155. (Rec. Ang, 16.);
96 To the High Com- missioner.
Malay
August 22
¡States,
325.
97
The Acting Govern-
or.
Gold Const, 531.
August 6 (Rec. Aug. 26.)
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48
The High Commis- Cyprus,
sioner.
160.
August 15 | (Rec. Aug. 26.)|
Forwards copy of a letter from the
Department of External Affairs fur nishing a statement containing the statistical information required under Article 21 of the Convention, together with a copy of the Opium and Drug Act.
Confirms No. 45 and forwards copies of the local laws and statistical informa- tion required; asks for copy of any Imperial Act of Parliament which would serve as a model for the local legislation that will be required to give effect to the measures in the Convention.
Iustrnets him, in reply to No. SŮ, to represent to the Rajah of Sarawak that if the opium trade is left un- restricted in Sarawak the difficulty of suppressing it in North Borneo and Brunei will be greatly increased, and to urge him to come into line with all other civilized Governments and agree to sign the Convention.
Quotes certain of the provisions of the Druggists' Ordinance, 1892, which is the only law in force in the Colony dealing with the sale of opium and similar drugs; states that arrange- ments have been made for the pre- paration of the statistical information required in future, but regrets that no anch information will be available for past years.
Reports that "raw opium no "prepared opinm” within thê mean- ing of the Convention is imported into Cyprus, and that opium- and cocaine-producing plants are not cultivated in the island and fur- nishes as far as possible the statistics required by the Convention; he does not propose to call upon doctors and chemists to submit returns.
101
Ditto
C3
New- found- land,
64.
65
105
The High Commis-
sioner.
South Africa, 517.
106
The Governor
66
Nynsa- land, 208.
August 30 (Rec. Sept. 12.)
August 26 (Ree, Sept. 14.)
August 10 (Rec. Sept. 21.)
States that the draft Bill transmitted in No. 77 will be introduced on the re- assembly of the Legislative Council early in 1913.
Transmits letter from Colonial Secretary enclosing the law existing in the Colony on the subject matter of the Convention—the Pharmacy Act, 1910) —and furnishing the only statistics which are available.
Forwards copies of correspondence with the Resident Commissioners of Basu- toland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and Swaziland, and the Administrators of Southern and Northern Rhodesia on the subject of the adherence of those territories to the Convention and the supply of the legislative en- actments and statistics referred to in the Convention.
Forwards copies of the Poison and Opium Regulations, 1901, the only law in operation in Nyasaland which regulates the sale of opium; regrets that no return of opium imported during the past five years can be given, but instructions have been irsued for a special record in future; states that no opium was imported in 1911, and that instructions relating to an annual return have been noted.
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73
74
70
107
Ditto
11
For ! C6
Bermuda, September 7
.95. (Rec. Sept. 23.)
States that steps will be taken to furnish
the annual statistics required in future,, but they cannot be supplied for past years.
79
108
To the Acting Gov- | Trinidad,] September 23 | Transmits copy of No. 28 and requests
ernor,
324.
him to introduce the draft Ordinance therein enclosed into the Legislative Council with the amendments indi- cated and any necessary local altera- | tions.
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