CO129-258 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1893 [1-4] — Page 458

more realous and efficient

than

any

that could be

organised by the Government.

The measure

of the difference

of the price to which opium could be brought and at which it could be maintained.

The measure of the difference under a Government bonded warehouse system compared with the farming system is the difference between the real and efficiency of the preventive service employed and constantly supervised

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supervised by the farmer whose fortune is at stake, and that of a preventive service employed and paid by the Government. The extent of that difference can be fully appreciated only by one who has some acquaintance with local conditions and the circumstances of the case. Personally I have no doubt that if a bonded warehouse system were substituted for the farm, local consumption would in a short time be at least

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more rigorous and efficient

than

any

that could be

organised by the Government.

The measure

of the difference

of the price to which opium could be brought and at which it could be maintained.

The measure of the difference under a Government bonded warehouse system compared with the farming system is the difference between the real efficiency of the preventive service employed and constantly supervised

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supervised by the farmer whose fortune is at stake, and that of a preventive service employed and paid by the Government. The extent of that difference can be fully appreciated only by one who has some acquaintance with local conditions and the circumstances of the case. Personally I have no doubt that if a bonded warehouse system were substituted for the farm, local consumption would in a short time be at least

A

very

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more rigorous and efficient

than any that could be organised by the Government.

The measure of the difference of the price to which opium could be brought and at which it could be maintained under a Government bonded warehouse system compared with the farming system is the difference between the real efficiency of the preventive service employed and constantly supervised by the farmer whose fortune is at stake, and that of a preventive service employed and paid by the Government.

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The extent of that difference can be fully appreciated only by one who has some acquaintance with local conditions and the circumstances of the case. Personally I have no doubt that if a bonded warehouse system were substituted for the farm, local consumption would in a short time be at least very considerable.