CO129-385 - Public Offices - 1911 — Page 186

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The principal features of

internal administration of the opium traffic

in the Eastern colonies, territories and

as existing in 1910 protected states are given in the printed

paper Eastern No: 114, a copy of which is

annexed.

Since that Jate changes trave

reposed to law.

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In Ceylon and Weihaiwei it has

been found possible to institute a system

of registration of opium consumers, who

are only allowed a limited amount of opium

per annum. As no fresh entries can be made

in the registers it follows that, as the

registered consumers die out, the traffic

but

will gradually disappear. Opium divans

(or dens) are prohibited in Weihaiwei,b

in Ceylon the very few places which might

be considered as coming under this

designation have been permitted to continuc

since they provide no facility for the

consumption