CO129-272 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1896 [5-9] — Page 133

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Enclosure 240 A13113

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R. 22 JUN 2:

Miinute by the Acting Attorney General.

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Non : Colonial Secretary, to

The Crown Solicitor has furnished

me with

a

copy of the grant to the prevent Opium Farmers, from which I note that the Farmers have been

granted the cove and exclusive privilege of keeping divaus, and of licensing them, and that the prevent grant will not expire until the 12th March, 1898. Section 11 and 17 of the prevent Prepared Opium Ordinance, N. 21 of 1891, deal with the licensing

and

farming of opium divans, but seeing that these rections have, owning

to the

concession of an exclusive monopoly to the Prepared Opium Farmer, re= mained a dead letter ever since they

wvere