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doubt be arranged for the Malay States), and that the mount surrendered should be devoted not to purposes which the Government would normally undertake. but to further social aohemes. For instance, it should not be applied to the charge for ordinary education which any Government would have to undertake but, if education were selected as one of the purposes, to additional educational provision.
There was a general discussion on this subject, and it was suggested that the soheme, if adopted, might, in the end, effectively entrench the opium monopoly, particularly in the French and Fortuguese Colonies, as its abolition would then mean the end of such social benefits as hospitals, or the removal of slum dwellings.
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Sir Gilbert Grindle considered that this question of 'dirty money' presented a very real problem and he thought that the proposed scheme was worth investigation.
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Mr. Pountney agreed that there was a good deal in the suggestion, and he would like to go into it very carefully with his Government.
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Sir G. Grindle raised the question of the attitude of the Indian Government. If the British possessions were asked to suppress the smokers of opium, would the Indian Government be asked to prohibit the export of opium for smoking.
It was agreed that the two questions were closely connected.
Hr. Pountney said he had also been asked by Sir M. Dele- vingne whether if a system of registration and rationing were not immediately adopted, a limit could nevertheless be fixed for the import of opium into the Colony, based on the average of recent years.
He thought if this were done, it would lead to hoarding and speculation as soon as the decision became known. Malaya had already had experienc of such an experiment, which they had had to abandon after a few months' trial.
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