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however efficient the preventive
service may be), to stop completely
the smuggling of opium into the
Colony. As suggested by Kr.Lloyd
in paragraph 12 of his report, it
would appear that the only really
effective way of dealing with the
problem is to supplement the ordin
preventive measures by concentrati.
special efforts on the detection a
prosecution of the capitalists who
finance the actual smugglers.
9.
The operations of various
individuals and firms domiciled in
Hong Kong who carry on an illicit
trade of enormous dimensions throu
out the Far East, have been the But,
of considerable correspondence betw
us;
but from Mr.Lloyds' report it
would appear that there are many
wealthy
waelthy persons interested in
smuggling opium into Hong Kong
It is, in my view, equally
important that no efforts should be
itself.
spared to bring to book the
principals domiciled in Hong Kong
who operate both within and outside
the Colony. I see little hope of
suppressing the trade except by
making it so hazardous that these
wealthy individuals and firms will
hesitate to be concerned in it.
10. It was for this purpose
that, in my despatch No.120 of the
9th of June, I suggested that you
should enact legislation on the lines
of the Dangerous Drugs and Poisons
(Amendment) Act 1923.
I have now
received your despatch No.323
submitting an Ordinance dealing with
Dangerous Drugs, and I observe from
the Attorney General's report that
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