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Companies. In section I a slight amendment was carried by a majority, adding the words "exceeding two taels in weight." I did not vote in favour of this but it is of no practical importance; for de minimis non curat lex.
Section 4, after amendment in Committee, is now so worded as to avoid any unnecessary interference with the Opium Farmer's monopoly of sale of prepared Opium during the currency of his Farm. The suspending clause, Sect. 5, was inserted at the desire of the majority of the Unofficial members, who seemed to feel that possibly the Secretary of State's attention having been directed specially to the Steamboat Company's Statement of the position of affairs, some considerations had not been submitted to him.
It seems to me that everything which could be said on the Opium Farmer's side of the question was said by his counsel, and that the Ordinance as passed is not fairly open to the greater part of the criticisms applied to the first draft.
It was because I anticipated great opposition to alterations of the Law during the currency of the existing Farm that I had ventured in my minute of 15th December 1898 to suggest that amendments should take effect when the Farm is next let.
I cannot assume that the Opium Farmer is privy to smuggling transactions which would infringe the Laws and Regulations, and it seems...
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Companies. In section I a
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slight amendment was carried by a majority, adding the words "exceeding two tads in weight ._ I did not vote in favour of this but it is op no practical importance; for de minimis non curat lex"
Section. 4. after anmendment in fommittee is now so wooded as to avoid
any unnecessary interference, with the Opium. Farmer's Monopoly of sale of prepared Opium during the currency of bis Farm. The suspending clause Sect. 5. was inserted at the desire of the majority of the Un-official members who seemed to feet that possibly the Secretary of State's attention having been directed specially to the Steambrat bompany's Statement
of the position of affairs,
some
some considerations had not been submitted to him;
It seems to me that every thing which could be said on the Opium Farmer's side of the question was said by his fore
sel and that the Ordinance as
passed is not favily open to the greater part of the criticisers applied to the first draft.
It
was because I anticipated great opposition to alterations of the Law during the currency of the existing Farm that I had ventured in my minute of 15th December 1898 to suggest
that amendments should take effect when the Farm is next let..
I cannot assume that the Opium Farmer is privy to sunggling transactions which would infringe thricese Layos and Requlations and it seems
to
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