CO129-399 - Governor Sir May - 1913 [1-2] — Page 437

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4020/1912

6.9.

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Government House,

Hongkong 10th February, 1913.

love...

sir,

Gr 4 MAR 13

I have the honour to inform you that this

Government has had under careful consideration your letter

of the 25th of October on the subject of the smuggling of

opium from Hongkong into the Philippines, and is now about

to pass the Ordinance of which a copy is enclosed with a

view to strengthening the hands of the authorities in

coping with the increase in smuggling which the prohibition

of the import of opium into the Philippines and other

countries has undoubtedly created.

2.

By this Ordinance the control of raw opium

is increased (a) by the establishment and regulation of

warehouses for its storage, and (b) by regulating the

handling of it on import and for export or in transshipment;

(a) by increasing the penalty for breaches of the sections

dealing with the movement of raw opium from a fine not

exceeding $500 to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or, at the

discretion of the Magistrate to imprisonment not exceeding

12 months; while under the contract for the Opium Farm for

the 12 months from 1st March, 1913, to 28th "ebruary, 1914,

the Farmer will be allowed to use only a mimum of 540

cheats per annum for boiling for local consumption and of

120 chests for boiling for expert, under special permita

from the Superintendent of Imports and Exports, to

His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General,

MANILA.

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