61
Also 69 parcels of the value of Rs. 17,547 imported by the Chartered Bank of India, weight not stated.
Preparations containing opium, morphia, heroin, &c., entered as chemists' sundries, figures not available.
F. G. TYRRELL,
Importa.
Exports.
Local Consumption.
lbs. oz. 15,383 8
lbs. 9,454
02. +
10,673 0
8,246 0
13,216 12
9,859 0
7,467 0
5,069 11
lbs. 1,702 3,654 2 3,357 12 2,397
0%.. 2
His Majesty's Customs,
Colombo, 11th July, 1912,
5
4,573 13
4,333 5
240 8
25518
51,314 1
36,962 4
14,351 13
For Principal Collector.
Total
This trade is now confined to the import of anti-opium pills by Messrs. Wendt and Company for export to Batavia for the Dutch Government there.
25381
(No. 409.) SIR,
R. O. HUTCHINSON,
(No. 85.)
Superintendent, Imports and Exports.
SIR,
No. 92. CEYLON.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 12 August, 1912.)
The Queen's House, Colombo, Ceylon, 24 July, 1912. WITH reference to your Circular despatch of the 16th May, 1912,* asking for statistical information referred to in the International Opium Convention signed at the Hague, I have the honour to forward herewith a statement showing the quantity of opium and cocaine imported during the five years 1907-1911, together with copies of the Ordinances and Proclamationst now in force.
2. Steps have been taken to furnish the necessary information annually.
I have, &c.,
Enclosure in No. 92. ISLAND OF CEYLON.
HUGH CLIFFORD,
for the Governor, &c.
STATEMENT showing the quantity of Opium and Cocaine imported during the five years, 1907-1911.
Articles.
Opium, prepared
Year.
Quantity imported.
Remarks.
Extract of opium imported from the United Kingdom by private firms.
Imported by private firme.
Imports by private firms censed on 30 September, 1910. See Ordi- nance No. 5 of 1910,
lbs.
1907
33
1908
76
1909
135
1910
70
1911
Nil.
Opium, raw..
1907
22,251
1908
16,291
1909
16,609
1910
14,167
1910
6,819
1911
11,781
Oz.
Cocaine and its preparations
1907
56
1908
10:83
1909
145
1910
380
retail dealers.
1911
544
• No. 18.
↑ Not reprinted.
Imported by Government.
Importation by wholesale dealers
only.
Importation by wholesale and
No. 93. BERMUDA,
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received August 13, 1912.)
[Answered by Nv. 109.]
Government House, Bermuda, 2nd August, 1912. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 51, of the 28th ultimo,* relative to the adhesion of Bermuda to the International Opium Convention, and to express my regret at the contradiction in the terms of Lien- tenant-Colonel Brook-Smith's despatches, No. 35, of the 12th of April, and No. 49, of the 8th of May,† respectively.
2. The following is the explanation of the matter.
On the 20th of March last your circular despatch of the 7th of that month‡ was referred to the Attorney-General for his opinion as to whether the Governor in Council could signify the adhesion of the Colony without reference to the Legislature and he was informed that the matter should come before the next meeting of Council if possible.
On the 28th of March the Attorney-General was asked in a second minute if. in default of Imperial legislation which could be applied locally, it would be necessary to introduce legislation to give effect to the objects specified in Articles 9 to 12, and 14, of Chapter III.
3. Mr. Gray replied first, on the 29th of March, to the second minute, and observed, inter alia, that he presumed that the question of adherence would be considered by the Governor in Council.
Having regard to the fact that at the time of Mr. Gray's reply to the second inquiry the point referred to him in the Colonial Secretary's first minute had been before him for over a week for urgent consideration, it was naturally assumed that his reply to the second embodied his views on the point raised in the first minute.
The question of adherence was considered in Executive Council on the 10th of April. The Officer Administering the Government was advised, the Attorney General being present, that Government should adhere to the Convention in ques- tion, and this decision was duly communicated to you in Lieut.-Colonel Brook- Smith's despatch, No. 35, of the 12th of that month.§
4. On the 6th of May the Attorney-General replied to the Colonial Secretary's first minute (of the 20th of March), advising that, inasmuch as our agreement would necessitate local legislation, the Governor in Council could not safely signify such agreement unless the Legislature had previously pledged itself to enact the neces sary laws. This view was reported to you in Lieut.-Colonel Brook-Smith's second despatch above mentioned.
It is a matter for regret that an explanation of these contradictory views and the circumstances under which they originated was not given in that despatch.
5. The Legislature being no longer in Session no reference to them is possible until October next, and in the meantime I will consult my advisers with regard to the alternatives suggested in the third paragraph of your despatch under acknowledgment.
I have, &c.,
G. M. BULLOCK,
Lieut.-General. Governor, and
Commander-in-Chief.
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† Nos. 12 anıl 23.
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§ No. 12.
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