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In paragraph of this Despatch
and at greater length in the Memorandum enclosed with my 280 of this date, I have indicated the methods of
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dealing with this difficult subject which will I believe
best secure the interests which His Majesty's Government
has at heart. Of these the principal one is the limitation
of the amount of Opium which the Opium Farmer may draw from
Bond. This is a measure which must bring with it pari
passu the gradual extinction of Divans whose number will
be proportionately decreased and at the same time it will
insure that the reduction in the number of Divans will not
result in an increase of Opium consumption outside Divans.
Clause 3 of the Form of Grant to the present Opium Farmer
reads as follows:- *The Grantee shall have no Opium in
"possession except what is reported through the Imports
"and Exports Office; and, unless the special permission of
"the Governor to exceed that amount is obtained, shall not
"draw more than 300 chests in any two consecutive months
"of which not more than 175 chests shall be drawn in any
"one month". This clause has found a place in all con-
-tracts with Opium Farmers since 1891: but before that year
the allowance was 10 chests a day. That is to say, before
1891,
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