CO129-252 - Acting Governor Barker & Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1891 [12] — Page 74

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The new

new part of sub-section 3 limits the amount of opium dross in possession to Ils 2 in weight but

enables the possessor to get rid of any by selling it to the Farmer.

of cess

Section 10 prohibits (inter

alia) as in the old Ordinance, the

preparation of opium except by the

Opium Farmer, as a

necessary : part of his privilege, with the exception of the preparation by certain persons for medicinal purposes. The present Ordinance also excepto the bona fide testing of samples obtained under the Raw Opium Ordinance 1887. That Ordinance allows the possession of sample Raw Opium

mi

quantities not exceedin

2

Flo

but questions have frequently arisen

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as to whether the possession of such samp les allowed the preparation of the raw article for purposes of

This is set at rest. testing.

Section 11 sub-section Ź

is new and allows the inspection

the Opium Farmer of licensed.

divano with view of

by

smoking

keeping

a check on the prepared

opium that is smoked there.

Section 12 sub-section 2

is

ned.

Persons et

charged

with the

a

possession of prepared opium are in the habit of putting forward bundle of certificates as covering the opicem of which they

are found

:.

in possession, sometimes the artificate do not belong to them, sometimes they

are old and have

no reference to the opium in question and it is often impossible to discover whether they really

do

ні

do not cover the opium inv

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question.