CO129-487 - Others & Individuals - 1924 — Page 569

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view that a policy of total prohibition

would meet with no success whatever.

Smuggling has not, as yet, developed

into anything like the problem which it presents in Hong Kong, but the

Governor is convinced that if ill-

considered restrictions are placed on

the sale of Government opium before

the time is ripe, it would be

absolutely beyond the competence of

the authorities to prevent the entry

of opium (in the absence of any public opinion adverse to the practice of opium smoking) which inevitably

would be smuggled from China.

The Malayan

Committee have pointed out the

remarkable facilities for smuggling presented by the 1230 miles of coastline. There are innumerable creeks

running far inland and connecting with little known rivers and country roads and so to the main trunk roads and

railways; hundreds of sparsely inhabited jungle islands and secret rivers navigable for timber-laden junks and native craft, in any of which contraband can be concealed

with little fear of detection.

The same reasons for not

undertaking to adopt a policy of total prohibition at some definite future date apply with the same force to

Kelantan.

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#558907view that a policy of total prohibitionwould meet with no success whatever.Smuggling has not, as yet, developedinto anything like the problem which it presents in Hong Kong, but theGovernor is convinced that if ill-considered restrictions are placed onthe sale of Government opium beforethe time is ripe, it would beabsolutely beyond the competence ofthe authorities to prevent the entryof opium (in the absence of any public opinion adverse to the practice of opium smoking) which inevitablywould be smuggled from China.The MalayanCommittee have pointed out theremarkable facilities for smuggling presented by the 1230 miles of coastline. There are innumerable creeksrunning far inland and connecting with little known rivers and country roads and so to the main trunk roads andrailways; hundreds of sparsely inhabited jungle islands and secret rivers navigable for timber-laden junks and native craft, in any of which contraband can be concealedwith little fear of detection.The same reasons for notundertaking to adopt a policy of total prohibition at some definite future date apply with the same force toKelantan.22.49

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view that a policy of total prohibition

would meet with no success whatever.

Smuggling has not, as yet, developed

ints anything like the problem which it presents in Hong Kong, but the

Governor is convinced that if 111-

sonsidered restrictions are placed en

the sale of Covésment opium before

the time is ripe, it would be

absolutely bayend the competence of

the authorities to prevent the entry

which

of opium/(in the absence of any publie opinion adverse to the practice of opium smoking) would inevitably

be smuggled from Chân,

The Malayin

Committee have painted out the

linet

remarkable facilities for smuggling presented by the 1230 miles of coast There are innumerable erecks

running far inland and connecting with little knew rivers and country roads and so to the main trunk roads and

railways; hundreds of sparsely inhabited jungle islands and secres rivers navigable for timber-laden Junks and native eraft, in any of which dentrabwand can be concealed

with little fear of detection.

The same reasons formot

undertaking to adopt a policy of tot prohibition at some definite future date apply with the same force te

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