CO129-252 - Acting Governor Barker & Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1891 [12] — Page 73

1884 with certain amendments.

3.

It deals with the

existent in this

Opium Farm, long

Colony,

and from which the Colony

will

has derived and still derived a

large portion of its revenue.

inf.

In reporting

or

the

present Ordinance, & propose only draw attention to the material

alterations in the law which have

been made.

In section 2 Implement,

opium, prepared opium, possession,

preparation are

newly defiired.

In section 8, bribery by excise officers is made punish-

able

by fine or imprisonment, and the non-retorn of their accoupe- ceasing to be fexcise

Officers

ments etc on

3

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Officers is also made punishable

with a

five in a similar manner to that in which Police Officers are

punishable for not giving up their accoutrements etc, under the Police

Consolidation Rrdinance.

3

In section 9, sub-section

an alteration has been effected.

It is a reproduction of the latter part of Ordinance te 1 of 1884 Sect. 2 which provided that no person

should have dross opium, i. e. the

opium

Ox

refuse of smoking, in his possession not the result of his own smoking

smoking on his own premises.

Opium dross or refuse opium is

a valuable commodity and

may ?

be reproduced as dross opium

arrd

utilized to the Farmers loss.

The