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Extract from Macau Gazette of 9th April, 1927.

No. 18.

OPIUM.

Having by Law No. 1847 on the 2nd day of March, 1926

approved for ratification, the conferences on Opium held in

Geneva on 2nd day of November, 1924, to 19th day of February,

1925. by the signature of the final Protocol of these confer-

ences, the Government has contracted to carry out the exclusive

sale of Opium, stipulated in the protocol of the Hague Con-

vention of 1912, the present contract will end on 30th day of

June of the current year and the Government agrees now to

establish the rule that from the 1st day of July, in the terms

of the final agreement of the same conferences, already

ratified by Portugal, to establish Government sale of Opium in

the Colony: The Governor of Macau in council in accordance with

instructions from the Minister of the Colonies decides

Art.1

To establish a Government Monopoly for the importation,

preparation, sale and distribution of opium administered

directly and under the control of the "Inspector of the

Taxes of Consumption" the post created by the Art. No.4

of the Treasury Notification No.17 of 6th day of April, 1927.

81 The right to import, to prepare, to sell and to distrib-

ute opium cannot be exclusively licensed out or delegated 2 The sale of opium by retail will be allowed through per-

sons who held licences from the "Inspector of the Taxes

of Consumption."

Art.2

The sale of Upium is strictly prohibited:-

(1) to persons under age

Unique. The Government of the Colony will use all its

to

efforts in every way/f stop persons under age for

smoking opium.

(2) Opium divans are prohibited.