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practice of aɔokin; un lor Movarnant

supervision and sovore restruint will not

be replaced by the azoking of owaled opiwn, clumbatinely and not unfor the control

of Government; und, secondly, thut the use of

opium will not be replaced by injections of

morphia or otior Jrus, practicos much wore

injurious tiaan opium amokin, mich in the

pust have boen sapocially rife in Malaya and

have given inzanas trouble in raprasaion.

There is the further dan, or of alcohol

waich raplacin opium vill require to be carefully

zu.rded usinat.

It muut also be borne in min! that

the industries of Hadays and British North

Tormo Jeps..d to a large extent on the

supply of Tinose i gruntu, and that totul

raprasuion of opiwa woking in the British

Jopo..Jongins wil - the consuluption of opium is

allo-ed in the nei;hbour.nefutch and French]

territories, mi, ut lead to a very serious

divoraion of labour sway from ritish

territories taureby crippling industries

vithout any corrosjonûiniminution in the

consuption of opiwa; vo taut further

pro r9ss would appour to unpond on conenttad

uotim batwom the various countring

similarly a.tusted with ropṛd to labour

supply.

This is u m.tter in which the

„ctivities of two lowus of Istions, in

collectin, and co-ordinatin inï'oration and

giving, publicity to the uncertainad facta muy

be of much wasistance in effectin; «, onorul

und uniforu İproveont.