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the chairman of the Chamber wrote to the Colonial *ecretary
pointing out that "the exempted medicines are nearly all those
"of one firm (Messrs.Burroughs, Welcome & Co.) and that the
alities of Hongkong firms are excluded even though they
are prepared and put up in England. Such a restriction
"practically amounts to giving Messrs. Burroughs, Welcome & Co.,
"a monopoly of this class of trade as a free gift and my
"Committee contend that had such a result been contemplated
"when the Bill was before the Legislative Council it would
never have become law, especially had it been seen that local
"firms, to whom all possible support should be extended, vis a
"vis firms having no local connection, would suffer a loss of
which "trade for the benefit of outsiders. A point would seems worthy "of special noticed that the Opium Farmer's monopoly in its
"original form was never intended to cover the sale of the drug 'as medicine and it seems unfair particularly in thifB8rt to
"bar a drug, expensive in itself, to such a degree as will make
"its use prohibitive in medicines in such common use as
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heumatic Mixture, Asiatic Cordial, Wild Cherry Cough Syrup,
"Balsam of Aniseed, etc., which are classed in Messrs. Watson's
*Schedule (e). The Committee therefore suggest for the
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'considerationof His Excellency the Governor that, if the
"Government are not able to allow chemists and druggists a free
"hand in dispensing opium and morphia as distinct from any
"other dangerous drugs, that they should be allowed to dispense
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"opium and morphia on condition that they record all their
transactions n these drugs in separate books which shall be
"open to a periodical inspection by the Government's nominee
*in order to safeguard the Opium Farmer's interests."
On the 2nd November 1907, Mr. Humphreys wrote to the Colonial Pecretary saying that by arrangement Messrs. A.5. Watson & Co. were praying the Opium Farmer $5.00 per tael
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