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My Lord,

Government House

7th. November, 1910.

1.don't see how we can effectively protect Chipa

and our far Eastern Colonies from being flooded with

morphine cocaine &c. except by international action,

which must wait for the Conference. But we ould at any rate restrict the supply if we too: power by Act of Parlia-,

ment to prohibit export from this country to

consigned to the Govt. of that Colony

places to be mentioned in an 0.

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the Govt. to control distribution for necessary

the serious atten

purposes. I think we should call

tion of the F.. and tae . of T. to the matter, and

say that it seems desirable to pass an Act of Parl. as soon as possible. It will be an example to

other nations, and we need not put it into force

by 0. in C. immediately ). And ask F.0. if they

can't do anything with the Portuguese

the epian.morphine traffic at Macao..

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Despatches:-

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With reference to the correspond-

overnor's No. 273 of 24th.September, once noted in the margin, I have

1909, (paragraph 3). Gov. 3v 248/ng cretary of State's No. 335 of 31st, pecomber, 1909, (paragraph 3). ecretary of State's No. 44 of 8th.

33780 February, 1910.

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No. 357 of 21st. October, 1910.

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the honour to inform Your Lord-

-ship that at the last Meeting of

Legislative Council on the 27th.

ultimo, Mr. H. Stewart moved the following resolution:-

That this Council desires respectfully to draw

the attention of the Secretary of State for the

Colonias to the port of origin of all the mor-

-phine, and one-third of the compounds of opium,

entering this Colony; and humbly prays him to lay

before Parliament the propriety of assisting

this Government in its endeavours to discourage

ho opium vice in its most injurious form by

restricting the export from England of the means

of gratifying it:

and, in accordance with the undertaking then given by Sir

Henry May, I forward the enclosed report of the debate

RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF CREWE,

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