CO129-487 - Others & Individuals - 1924 — Page 595

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existing smokers by the introduction of a system of

registration or licensing, No Licences are issued

to nw smokers and as the existing smokers die off, the practice disappears. This is the poâicy adopted

by the Japanese Goverment in Formosa and the Burmese

Government in Lower Bunnah. The process of reduc-

tion can be accelerated by combining with registration

a system of rationing.

The other method is to prohibit absolutely all

smoking after a fixed date. This is the policy

adopted by the United States Government in the

Philippines.

The first method that of registration and

rationing

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was embodied in the suggestione which were

at forward in the egolution of the Advisory Committee of the League and which the Colonial Govémments were

asked to consider. The results of their considera..

tion are not encouraging. The Hong Kong Government

declares that in the circumstances of the Colony both registration and rationing are impracticable, i Nor has it any constructive proposals of its own to put forward. The traits Settlements and Halay States dannot accept registration and rationing hat they suggest a scheme for working to:ards them which in the course of some years may make their adoption practicable. Borth Borneo would agree to some form

of rationing but not registration.

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It does not seem possible or desirable to fore-

curs individually upon the Colonial coverments measures which they

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It appears that there are three alternative co rsea open to the British Government. They are 1-

(1) Frankly to give up the attempt at gradual suppression of opium smoking: in the British PoS BO88- lons and to be content with maintaining the present systems of control for what they are worth on the

round that the relapse of China has entirely altered the position and made it hopeless to attempt to keep the Chinese immigrants from smoking. This course would be extremely difficult to defɑnd, The obligations undertaken by the Parties to the Convention in Chapter II of the Convention were not made in anyway de ondent on sivultaneous action by

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