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Enclosure 2 in No. 115.

REPORT UPON

"THE OPIUM ORDINANCE, 1912."

(Ordinance No. 10 of 1912.)

This Ordinance gives effect in this Colony to the measures decided upon in the International Opium Convention signed at the Hague on the 23rd of January, 1912.

As recommended by the Secretary of State for the Colonies in his despatch of the 26th July, 1912, it is a copy of the Gold Coast Colony draft with the amend- ments suggested in the despatch, and with such minor alterations as local conditions and law made necessary.

In my opinion, His Excellency's assent may be properly given to this Ordinance.

Chambers,

St. George's,

N. JULIAN PATERSON,

Attorney-General.

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12th June, I have the honour to forward herewith copies of regulations respecting the importation of opium into Northern Rhodesia for transmission to the Secretary of State.

2.

As regards the statistical information asked for in Article 21 (b) of the International Öpium Convention, there is no record of any of the drugs specified in that article of the Convention having been imported into this territory during the past five years ended December, 1911, the introduction being prohibited except for medicinal purposes.

3. The small quantity of opium imported for the use of the Medical Depart- ment has not been specified, being entered under the general heading of ordinary drugs.

I have, &c.,

The Imperial Secretary,

High Commissioner's Office, Pretoria.

R. GOODE,

Secretary to the Administration.

Grenada, B.W.I.,

31st August, 1912.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

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RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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No. 116.

MALAY STATES.

THE HIGH COMMISSIONER to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 19 October, 1912.)

(No. 454.) SIR,

[Answered by No. 129.]

Government House, Singapore, 24th September, 1912. WITH reference to your despatch, No. 325, of 22nd August, 1912.* I have the honour to inform you that I have again represented to His Highness the Rajah of Sarawak the desirability of the Convention being signed on behalf of Sarawak, and that he has now intimated his willingness to agree to the Convention.

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SIR,

No. 117.

SOUTH AFRICA.

I have, &c.,

ARTHUR YOUNG.

THE HIGH COMMISSIONER to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 19 October, 1912.)

(Miscellaneous. No. 592.)

High Commissioner's Office, Pretoria,

September 30th, 1912.

WITH reference to my despatch, No. 517, of August 26th,† I have the honour to enclose, for your information, a copy of a letter, No. 122, from the Secretary to the Administration, Livingstone, dated September 5th, 1912, on the subject of the International Opium Convention.

(No. 122/12.)

SIR,

I have, &c.,

REGD. C. HART,

High Commissioner.

Enclosure in No. 117.

Administrator's Office, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia,

September 5th, 1912. REFERRING to my letter, No. 116, of the 30th August last, and to the High Commissioner's despatches, No. 11/71, of the 23rd August, and No. 10/37, of the

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• No. 96.

EXTRACT from the Regulations respecting the Importation of Opium. (High Com- missioner's Notice, No. 69, of 1906).

60. (1.) No person except a registered medical practitioner, dentist, or chemist and druggist, shall import into Barotziland 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 Secretary to the Administrator, which permit shall expire one month after the date

thereof.

(ii) The Controller of Customs may detain any such substance imported into Barotziland until a permit granted under this Regulation has been produced in respect thereof.

61. 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.

62. 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 Proclamation (Barotzi- land), 1906; and any such substance as is mentioned in the preceding Regulation No. 60 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.

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SIR,

No. 118.

THE BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received 19 October, 1912.)

[Acknowledged 25 October, 1912.]

37, Threadneedle Street, E.C., 18th October, 1912, WITH reference to your letter of June 11th, 1912,* No. 15833/1912, respecting the International Opium Convention, I am directed to transmit to you herewith a copy of a despatch from the Acting Governor of British North Borneo, enclosing copies of certain Administration Regulations and statistical information relating to the trade in opium in the territory.

• No. 38.

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I am, &c.,

HARINGTON G. FORBES,

Secretary.

Not reprinted.

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