CO129-491 - Public Offices - 1925 — Page 443

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to sugaal a62 et tossatovat desert máž 10 27oug

Maaid0-obal of adrogER

ISRI nak memikat 10 angmod náð 67 248 sử donert sửa xi

at makati-abul ni moltɔmmamoo też seisa Landon to aidat & 067 OF LİYOR fomart adt has „moviy at 1201 và svež Long dane

of doubt on the sursa is whether

She consumption

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corresponding Table in the Roydy of the Fressh Goverment

to the sestienaire that the figures related to sales of

prepared epim. An allowance for less in boiling (my 40

per cent) has therefore to be made in comparing the 77anah

with the Indian figuZES.

It is also to be noticed that the French returns of

imports of raw opium from India into Indo-China as contain el

in the Reply of the French Goverment to the mentionaire

and the Report for 1921, vary consideraŭly in some years from

the Indian figures. The French figures from 1910 to 1921

are no follow to

1910

67832 kil.....

1911

1912

Н

1913

4110

1914

206718

1915

1916

1917

209100

1914

194880

H

1919 193800

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amm #1 asti z»énovat uk sözutakaoð mig Jaskt at TA

BAN ANİK-eðal et moi, J:

THE COST Z ŽMOGA

và anh bi buổi „Elianoi betubot/?

DET 62 18CE UBE to odat w63 ja dolde „kadragąć od ot anot

1920 117200 H

1921 585030

16 is difficult to relate these figures to the Indian

figures, era allowing for the fact that in one case they are imports ami in the other exports and that consigments to...ards the-gless of the your night appear as exports in one year and importa in the next. The figure for 1921 is two and a half times as larga na the Indian export for that year.

The

explanation of the difference is not know to the Home Offics. The explanation suggested by the Prewch representative on the Oylum Advisory Dowittee at its Fifth Session (Minutes

page 46) în not convincing.

Taking the own of ench of the sets of figures for the

the years 1924–1921, which are soverʊd by all the pets, following results are obtainedım

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#17 #taaqja 42 106 „mige besarang sa marigo way to named så

add ko dainaivion: NII KEAN WON AZ --25 102 Papua

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MOLES OBUTLLL mmm VưỚI ni meži pomanO

The total mumber of chesty ex ortaŭ from India during

1914-1921 ma 18560 = 1,168,364 kilos.

The member of kiles imported during those years mecording is the French figures is 1,637,596.

The number of kilos consumed during thom yours

according to the French figures ma 746,295 prepared spim. = 1,248,825 kilos raï opium,

It will be seen that while the French consumption figures tally fairly slosely with the India export figures, they are much below the French impert figures!

The si untion in generally se obscure as to justify inquiry being addressed to the French Government.

It mag be romariced here, în parenthesis, that the French Government in the Report referred to, sa ales 1,01inabant at the Conference, claimed the reduction in osmany Lion between 1917 and 1921 as proof of the efforts unde by Franse and the sincerity of its attitude,

It

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