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of February), bear no relation to the

actual rate of consumption; and that in

spite of the stringency of the provisions

of the Opium Ordinance and the keenness

and efficiency of the preventive service, there

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is no really effective control of the

consumption of opium in the Colony.,

3. In short, it would not appear

unreasonable to conclude that the only

¡persons who, under the existing regime,

need purchase Government Chandu are

want chil pad product for och Expanda (1) those who are prepared to pay a

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high price for a high grade product,

and (2) those who (as sugested in

paragraph 5 of your despatch No.178 of

the 16th of May) prefer to pay a high

price rather than risk detection in

the use of the cheaper smuggled

article.

4. It has been submitted to me

wimmed fo 2 that both the classes of persons

would be equally well provided for

under a system of registration of

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confirmed opium smokers resident in

the Colony, with perhaps some

adjustment (which it should not be

difficult to devise) to meet the

case of smokers who spend only part

of their time in the Colony, or even

visit it for short periods.

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The only class of persons

who would not be provided for under

such a system would be the casual

population which drifts into and out

of the Colony. It

It would appear

from the Superintendent's report that this class is already virtually independent of Goverment Chandu,

and it has been subitted to me that

the additional sling which might

be caused by their. exclusion from the

operation of a system of registration,

would not ye a serious matter.

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The British representative

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