CO129-396 - Public Offices - 1912 — Page 556

courtant changes in the Chinese population,

the registration system is impracticalle. Sort Taufe has sopted the probing & discouraging consumption by forcing up the finice so far

is consistent with non encouragement of the

the

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morphine or cocaine halita (in Irking) b tiniting the supply. In in I and almost throughout

& The mally, takes often in how a hou? monopoly + strictly controled.

have her taken by the When öffective measures

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counties which export morphine re control the traffic it may he possible to

take more stringent

measures in Itthong

& Malaya, but it is not safe to do so at present.

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" the manner adopted by the Convention

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Administration of the traffic in Opium, and

in Morphia and other drugs in British Colonies since the meeting of the Shanghai Opium Commission in February 1909.

By far the greater part of the traffic is

carried on in the British Colonies and Protected States

in the Far East, and the questions involved are of little importance elsewhere. It is accordingly con- sidered best to dispose first of the few changes which have been made in the legislation of other British Dominions since the meeting of the Shanghai Commission and then to state the alterations of the system of control in the Far Eastern Possessions.

I.

The Government of New Zealand, which pro- hibited by law the importation of opium in any form suitable for smoking, added a further restriction by statute No.30 of 1910 which enacts that opium in any form which though not suitable for smoking may yet be made suitable may only be imported by permit issued by the Minister of Customs.

In the Transvaal the importation of opium was prohibited by law in 1909 except under permits issued only to chemists and druggists.

II.

Far Eastern Territories.

The legislation as to opium and as to morphia and other drugs in these colonies and protected states, although connected, are best considered separately.

(a) Opium.