RESTRICTION OF OPIUM TRAFFIC.
REG 32157
REG 8 JUL 16
An Inter-Departmental Conference met at the Colonial Office on the 19th of June to consider the possibility of taking measures to prevent illicit dealings in opium, especially as regards the smuggling of opium prepared for smoking (known as chandu) from the United Kingdom to the Dominions, Colonies and Foreign Countries.
There were present:
Mr. G. E. A. Grindle, C.M.G., Colonial Office
Mr. K. Delevingne, C.B., Home Office
Mr. W. G. Max Muller, C.B., C.V.O., Foreign Office
Mr. H. Fountain, C.I.E.
Mr. G. E. Baker, Board of Trade
Mr. E. C. Cunningham, C.B., Board of Customs
Mr. J. C. Ledlie, Privy Council Office
Mr. J. R. W. Robinson (Colonial Office) acted as Secretary.
The Conference had before them a memorial from Messrs Alfred Holt and Company and a memorandum from the Home Office on the subject. They agreed in thinking that the only method which offered a prospect of success in dealing with illicit transactions in opium was to control the raw material from its first entry into the United Kingdom. At present there is nothing to prevent a broker selling considerable amounts of opium to any person who offers to buy except liability to prosecution under the Poisons and Pharmacy Acts. The evidence for such a prosecution is not easily obtainable and if it results in a conviction, a fine of £5 or £10 is usually inflicted.
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RESTRICTION OF OPIUM FRAFFIC.
REC
32157
REG 8 JUL 16
An Inter-Departmental Conference met at the
Colonial Office on the 19th of June to consider the
possibility of taking measures to prevent illicit dealings in opium, especially as regards the smuggling of opium prepared for smoking (known as chandu) from the United
Kingdom to the Dominions, Colonise and Foreign Countries.
There were present; -
Mr.G.E.A.Grindle,C.1.G., Colonial Office
Nr.1.Delevingne, C.B.,
Home Office
Mr.W.G.Max Muller, C.B...V.0. Foreign Office
Mr.H.Fountain, 0.1.0.
Mr.G.E.Baker
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Board of Trade
Mr.E.C.Cunningham, C.B.
Board of Customs.
Mr.J.C.Ledlie
Privy Council Office.
Mr.J.R.W.Robinson (Colonial Office) acted as Secretary.
The Conference had before them a memorial
from Nesars Alfred Holt and Company and a memorandum from the Home Office on the subject. They agreed in 'thinking that the only method which offered a prospect
of success in dealing with illicit transactions in opium
was to control the raw material from its first entry into
the United Kingdom. At present there is nothing to prevent a broker selling considerable amounts of opium
to any person who offers to buy except liability to
prosecution under the Poisons and Pharmacy Acts. The evidence for such a prosecution is not easily obtainable
nd if it results in a conviction, a fine of $5 or £10 is usually inflicted.
The importation of râs, medicinal, er prepared opium except to linapsed importers, should
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