CO129-385 - Public Offices - 1911 — Page 187

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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dose.

consumption of opium other than a room in

which the registered consumer can take his

In Hongkong, the Straits Settlements

and the Protected Malay States it has been

considered impracticable to institute a

system of registration; but steps have

been taken to limit the traffic as far as

possible.

In Hongkong the farm system

has been retained for the present, but the

farmer is only allowed to import a limited

no female or person under

number of chests/

the age of 16 is allowed to purchase opium,

and the opium divans which used to flourish

have been entirely suppressed.

In the Straits Settlements as

malan Peninsula

in the Federated (Malay States; the Government

has taken over the purchase, preparation

and sale of opium as a Government monopoly,

and has endeavoured to restrict the sale

by selling at the highest price compatible

with

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