546
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but will be detained by magistrate until the disposal
proceeds to the officer who discovered,
osal there
en the
opium.
bey
the
of has been intermined, Governor in Council,
respor
In the copies of
cor
this subject
which have been placed before The Committee of this Chamber I find only the following
ences to the disposal of opium
ferences
after confiscation
a.
letter of 5th June 1891 to Mr. Alfred Webb, M.P. where a
Caje
of the
return of opium to the Farmer
is mentioned; and another in
C
letter dated 14 February 1892
from the Acting Colonial Secretary
to Mr. Thomas Arnold informing
him by direction of His Excellency the Governor the proceeds of certain opium confiscated
were to be paid into the Treasury, and $50 awarded out of such
proceeds.
It is probable that, in many cases there may be difficulty in establishing the origin
of confiscated opiums, whether it has been purchased from a licensed opium shop or otherwise obtained, but without any intention of smuggling or contravention of the Opium Ordinance, it is the opinion of my Committee that if His Excellency the Governor in Council, in the exercise of the discretion vested in him, were
to direct that in no case should opium seized for smuggling, even when covered by the Opium Farmer's permit, be handed over to the Opium Farmer, but that the proceeds of it should be paid into the Colonial Treasury
546
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but will be detained by gistrate until the disposals
proceeds to the officer who discover,
osal there
en the
opium.
bey
the
of has beers
intermined, Governor in Council,
respor
In the copies of
cor
this subject
which have been placed before The Committee of this Chamber I find only the following
ences to the disposal of opium
ferences
after confiscation
¿
a.
letter of 5th June 1891 to Mr. Alfred Webb, M. P. where a
Caje
of the
return of opium to the Farmer
ie mentioned; and another in
C
letter dated 14 February 1892
Colonial Secretary
from
the Acting
to Mr Thomas Arnold inform-
ing
that
him by direction of His
Excellency the Governor the pro- eeeds of certain opium confiscated
cvere-
pair into the Treasury, and $50 awarded out of such
proc.
(se)
It is probably that, in
many cases there
be
dif.
may stablishing the origin
in establ
ficulty in
of confiscated opiums, whether it has been purchased from a li-
censed opium shop or how of sained, but without
any intention offor-
charge of.
muslating with smuggling
a
CONTAC Mina
of
the fart the Opium Temer, it is the opi- nion of my Committee that if His Excellency the Governor in Council, in the exercise of the discretion vested in him, were
to direct that in no case should
opium seized for smuggling, even when covered by
by the Apium Farmers permit, be handed over to the Opium Farmer, but that. the proceeds of it should be paid into the Colonial Incasury
being
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