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this Colony, on the ground that such pills and, wins afford a means of resons from the degrad ing vice of upin-smoking, such pills and wine containing many other ingredients in addition to opium or dross." Those people say that they can call evidence on the point, and in the last paragraph of the petition they suggest that if the Government is not satisfied with what is stated here a commission should be appointed. Now
There
sir, what have the Govermeal done? has been a kind of muret investigation by the Registrar-Central,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 19TH, 1904.
come here very often practically with their case prejudget.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY-That is irrole- vant.
Hon. Mr. POLLOCK-The Colonial Secretary may call it irrelevant, but it is a somewhat disheartening position for a member to occupy in this Council The hun. member may think it irrelevant. Int I think the correctness of it cannot possibly be denied. But if the matter has bus prejudged it seems to me that if your Excellency desires unbiased opinion from the Hi EXCELLENCY-I do not think you are members of this Council by leaving the official entitled to call it weret.
members absolutely free to vote as they Hon. Mr. POLLOCK-It is entirely seerolliko that will be a very fair solution of that dieulty. Again I say it is very unsatisfactory from this Council; that is what I mean
that the should be before us without L The ATTORNEY-GENERAL-Official, Hon. Mr. POLLOCK-It is a juurely unofficial commission having gone into it and the whole enquiry so far as this Council is concerned. mattor being threshed out. I oppose the second
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL-It is conducted reading. by a high officer of the Government and mast he official.
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to agree
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL.--It is brought in illicitly, secretly.
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businesses that they lost? Can it be doni. ed that various dealers in spirituous liquors have of late owing to the large increase in the price of licenges olosed their businesses? Or will anyone contendi that they should be Mr. Anderson compensated because they could no longer take Mr. J. A. Anders`n
Mr. P. Bagot a lease? How did the opium farm ever come
Did hon. members know that Mr. J. Bacot
Mr. P. G. Bayliss into existenos ? in days gone by the preparation of and dealing Mr. F. Bayliss in opium was licensed ut to licencees, and Mr. It. B. Besttiv this torrnment for its own objects, wanting Mr. R. J. 1 irbock to control the traffle in opium, swept away
Mr. & Mrs. R. Boggan W.5 Bissell these licencees and put the "licones in the hands of one man. Did anyone claim at the time that Mr. EA, Bonner these licencees whose businesses had boun
Mr. E. swept away, should have been compensated ? But by reclaiming the right to place this monopoly in the hands of one man to the exelu- sion of all others, I say, that careful investiga. tion shows that these petititioners, those of them Hon. GERHOM STEWART Your Excellency, who have been dealing in these pills have got no I had no intention of uitdressing the Council real claim for consideration. They were licencees en such a technical matter as opinm until Mr. for three years, from 1395 till 1898, to leal in Hon. Mr. Fuck-I do not agree with the
Pollock made his concluding remarks in these pills. They admitted that when they were Attorney-General. It is carried out by un
which he left it to be inferred that the unofficial licensed they were trafficing in opium. Sub-. Ji official but is not official. At any rate it is not
public enquiry, or by a commission of some sabers were entirely with his in opposing sequently, owing to the smaliness of their other public body such as parties have a right this Bill. I have had one or two conversations basinesses, the opium farmer considered it Now the price to expect at the hands of this Government. | alint; it and I must say I support the Govern not necessary to license them. These parties are proparód to call wibus toment, and think their contention is quite a fair for smoking opium has been enormously raised show that in some cases at all events the taking in protecting the pins farmor in his owing to the large increase in the fees, and the very Government find that their business had no of opium pills has had beneficial effects monopoly. Opium is a subject of a in weaning people from the habit. 1 quite technical nature and ons is naturally averes to donht increased, at the same time the sale of agree with the hum. Attorney-General--it is giving an opinion about the inner workings the opium farmer's opium has decreused. If
it. At
Lize I think we believe that the trade of these dealers in one of the few points on which I can agree with of
there are certain principles on which I pills and opium has increased because people him that it is a pity that people cunnel, resme themselves from this habit by mere strength | fail
with Dr. Ho Kai and wish to avoid the opiuzi habit there might be It has been up to the prosent surthing in their cry. Bet this is what wo of will. We must all feel that, but we must also Mr. Pollock. fool that some people are so constitutes that these moment entirely a lawyer's battle. Inte that find written in one of the leading Chinese particular means are ueeiled to woan thou, nodile I only cater with diffidence. At the same nowapapers in an article against this very Bill doubt gradually, from the habit of opium shok time it seems to me there are other aspecte beside This shows, I think, what the real business of I do not agree with those opium pill dealers has beou of late ing and I submit, sir, thure being this strong the strictly legal ones.
Dr. Ho Kai and Mr. Pollock that the words of
"Swallowing anti-opiam pills is more handy body of Chinese opinion against this measure,
Mr. C. settle timn amoking opium with lang sad, pipo. Opin Ordinance that at all events the least the Gavorumont the Prepared could de would be to hold a public canonission the question altogether. The Ordinance lays Opium smokers who happen to be travelling or in mourning or watched by their parents or of enquiry, I think it will be found that in down that prejavid opium is flat which has
You go a relatives prefer to use anti-opiums pills as a England in recent times at any rate has such been subjected to artificial best.
littin further", What is artificial heat ? It substitute for opium. Prices for prepared measure as this been passed affecting several firmas without full enquiry of some sort having us to me it is reasonable contention to say opium will undoubtedly be raised on account of boon hdd into it. As say, there sims to that you cannot make eqňuta into a pill without the fee for the opium monopoly being consider. sort of enquiry by the sudjecting it to some best, and it Fees to mo ahly incroanod. Ceolies of the poorer elas have been Home
far that it is best other than flat generated by the who cannot afford to smoke opium will be Registrar-fierul, but do not think s at the Council is concerned that we know opinn itself that must be used; I do not think compelled to use anti-pills instead. If they anything about the particulurs, oxcepting the pills can come into being in the natural cannot obtain anti-opium pills they will leave your Excellency, the Attorney-General, and this way. The legal aspect of it I will leave you the Colony and the result will be a lack of There is one point that emolie labour in the Colony." That is to way Registrar-General. We as a body do not know lawyers to fight out. to what extent the Registrar-Geisral has pro- seeins odd and that is to fix that there the man in the street looks at this Bill, a very bed into this matter, what enquiries he bus mars, are places which deal in opium. I thought diferont light indeed from that in which to view has been prosented to us. I find on investi- Tri fiat, case we may or what answers he has got. We are only toll there was only one.
It is an unfair gation that the sale of opiura pills in the a partial result of his negotiations by the bare a thousand apparently.
Large Attorney-General. This is out a satisfactory thing for these petitions to come here and say Colony is about 9,000 bottles a year. way of dealing with the mafter, and it is not a that those people who bay the pills are those bottles are sold at 25 conts and small ones at way which would comment itself to those who who seek relief from the opium habit. Dr. Ho cents. If we strike an average we will are most anime as everybody should be not to Kai kas informed us that the opium farmers that the sales amount to between $2000 and interfere with people's business except after the cannot deal in raw optam. Is it then bought 3300 per annum, and this is the enormous and fullest enquiry. Of course every member of at anctions here or is it brought into Heny valuable trade that we are accused of latorforing this Council must feel that it is a big sum kong? The. Attorney-General's terms muy with Gentlemen the onlypoint to my mind that
has been made to-day was perhaps that of the Mr. F. T B. Hewitt which the opium farmer has to pay for the appear harsh. Int still this opium must be
wholesale dealers of these pills who deal in them Lieut. Col. Holbeker monopoly in this Colony, but I agree with Dr. brought in clandestinely. Ho Kai that that is a matter which ought to heE
for the purpose of export. There are such Mr. Holborow
Mr. J. E. Hamilton flenters, and no doubt their trade is very An afraid it is not entirely-irrelevant to the
tlunt of the retail Mr. D.
Hudig present disenssion. The question is whether
Joffries this Council by passing this measure will be
dealers who are simply trying to cut into Mrs. H.
I do Mr. Joffrey doing an act of justice injustice
the monopoly of the opium farmer.
Mr. King and I submit that upon a private equity
not know whether the Government would by a Government official the Government
he able to arrange anything with the farmer in Mr. J. B. Leo. Longalaf Miss is not justified in putting through
the matter of Licensing these wholesale dealers
Mr D. N. Lowe a commission being
and placing those valuable goods which have appointed, and then we shall see and probably
come from Cauton in bond while in the Colony be convinced that such a measure as this in
and allowing them to expert them out of bond; desirable. But we cannot be convinced now.
but on behalf of the Government I undertake Here is a business to-day; you propose to amke
to try and arrange something of the sort it illegal to-morrow, and as a foundation for
so that no suspicion of injustice may rest that measure you have simply to go on
upon ourselves. (Applause). of the Govern officer the report of an ment who I have no doubt, Ims gone into the matter to the best of his lights: but still we do not know what has bea the scope of his investigations, and it been conducted apparently from the point of view of the Government, with the idea of supplying the Government with some answers to these peti- tious which have been sent. în. I think the Bagistrar-General could hardly have approached the subject with an unbiased mind. What is a decidedly unbiased commission should ha appointed and the whole question gone into need hardly point out that it is a general principle of law which is gonorally followed on by courts of law that so far as possible--alone can give him; that is the short and chary are our courts of depriving anybody of long of it. 1 have not come here with it nor has the Gorerament pre- rights without compensation--an Ordinance or prejudged, axtatute should be construed in such a way Judge it. What the hon. member meant was
For comprehensiveness and practical service as not to take away a man's rights without his that the Government had well considered
We were forced to take this this Work stands unrivalled. All the new words receiving compensation. The courts always the matter. lean towards such construing of an Ordinance.action because it was brought to the notice of which the Chinese have of late years been com- They recognise that it is prima facie unjust this Cincil that in the mattor of the introduc. peiled to coin to express the numerous objects ir to take away man's business arbitrarily tion of opium into Hongkong the spirit of the machinery, photography, telegraphy, and in without compensation, and yet the Government Ordinance could be infringed if not the latter science generally, which the rapid advance of proposes to take away those people's rights The intention was to give the opium farmer in foreign relations has imposed upon them, are without giving them any compensation wlutso. return for a large sum of money paid hore given in extenso. Each and every word is over. That, as Dr. Ho Kai pointed out. is into the revenue an exclusive monopoly. Once fully illustrated and explained, forming erercises for students of a most instructive nature. Both a very important principle; the taking away of you adhalt the principle of a mononoly you are Isoplo's rights is very unjust and unfair, and inund to admit tho principle of the absolute the Court and Panti pronunciations are given, point upon which hop, members of Council and fall protection of it. I will not take up the the accents being carefully marked on the best should take a firm stand. It is radically unjust Council any more because I have fully explained principle hitherto attained. The typography to take away people's rights in this way and the position of the Government. This is no displays the success of an attempt to make the members of Council should not parties new law. Hon. Mr. Pollock took the narrow Chinese and English type correspond in the size to it. It is mest unsatisfactory that all view of it: Possibly he has an unconscions of body, thereby effecting a vast economy of olosiness not previously we should have to go upon in coming bias after he has been considering it pro-space, achieving a
this attained, and dispensing with those vast margins to a decision on this matter is merely the fessionally to those who object to report of a Government officer which is not matter, and it may be that it will not be and vacant spaces which have heretofore charas- before us at all. The Attorney-General stuted safe for ns to follow blind-led whore we should terized Chinese publications. that the opium farmer could come here to-day otherwise be prepared to go, if they were sure and say. I stand upon my legal rights and he was absolutely unbiussed in the matter. I demand nothing but justies." Language like can only say he has charged as with coming here that sounds very beautiful from the oping with the case projudged, but as ho had been farmer to us, but he does not stand upon bis rarefully considering and offering advice Jegal rights; the drawback is that that is not to those who opposed this measure, in the correct. What he says is, I find I have not eqinion of this Council his opposition to the Bill sufficient rights; I want to be protected and I did not come with that weight which would Again, despite all the grammars and other want sufficicat legislation to support me." Be otherwise attach to it. With regard to the pro-elementary works as yet published; the student does not stand upon his present legal rights at socation at the Magistracy, which was brought of this difficult language absolutely requires ox all. He wants the Government to alter the by the opium farmer, the case failed because amples to display the various applications and Ordinance, to extend his rights and privileges you camiot get a man to come forward and equivalents of different words wich have one by law, and as showing that the farmer feels the swear that he saw heat applied to it and there- general meaning. Of those examples this work weakness of his position, and that his legal ud-fore the Magistrate dismissed the case with contains more than five times as many as nuy visers know it also, one has only to consider costs. We now ask you to alter the definition other Dictionary hitherto publishod.
For practical purposes the arrangement of the those sops which were referred to by the Atter- so that the opium furraer may be protected from ney-General. The former in return for the these illicit dealers. It was asked by the hon. work is so complete that a reference to its pages business of the dealers in opium wine and pills member why the case was not taken to the enables a person who understands English to which the Attorney-General admits to be large Supreme Court. I do not know what the decision comunicate effectively with nativer, who nudor- in the aggregate--for getting all this into his there might have been. What we ask this Council stand nothing but Chinese. In this respect the would do in to do is to give effect to that protection of the work will be found indispensable to all Europeans pocket he is propared to do what his place to dole out certain concessions. He opian farmer which it intended. Your residing in China, and to the natives themselves does not stand upon his rights but wants his Excellency I submit that nothing that bus it explains subjects fully with which very fow rights altered, and as the return for extending fallen from either the hon member for indeed of them see perfectly acquainted. To his rights at the expense of other people he the Chamber of Commeres or from Hon. partios resident in England and interested in doles out some concessions. That, sir, is his posi- | Dr. Ho Kai-the first port
of whose China it cannot bat be invaluable occasionally,
It comprises upwards of two thousand large tion. I do not know that there is any other speech was extremely interesting historically point. I should refer to, but it shows the has any relevance to the subject, and I move quarto pages.
4 Vol. IMPERIAL QUARTO, Price $20. ! disadvantage an unofficial is under when that the Bill be read a second time.
A Large REDUCTION in PRICE is made he comes here, for he finds the Government has prejudged the whole question.
this measure without
HIB EXCELLENCY--I object to that remark of the hon number that the Government come here with the whole case prejudged.
Hou, Mr. POLLOCK-I will explain. This Bill has been postponed for two months or nearly two months.
His ExcLEscr-If raw opium is legally larger than brought in no one can have it in his possession. Hon. Mr. STEWART--The opiam does not grow here so it must be brought, in and if so that privilege of the farmer is being infringed, With regard to these small shops where the opium traffe is carried on, I think if they were allowed to multiply they would to the Colony a great deal of harm. The biggest mistake the Government could jeommit would be not to keep us much control as possible prer that objectionable habit. The opium farmer in this case was, I think, acting quite within his rights in working protection from these small dealers. I understand the Government took steps to counteract the morphine habit. This Bill to-day is merely an application of the same principle. On moral grounds and general principle of fairness I think we should protect the opinn farmuar.
the
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL-Your Excellency, I have nothing to withdraw of what I said. What have said is that owing to the illleit introduction of opinn into this Colony and tho preparation thereof in the Colony and owing to the difficulty of prevention, from the faulty language in the definition, the opiam farmer requires that protection which an Ordinance
On a division there voted for the second read-
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Mr. L. Leaward
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for Peri
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HIS EXCELLENCY-Gentlemen, the Govern- ment has been around of bringing in this Bill to interfere with vested interests and thereby doing an injustice to certain tenders in this Colony. In the first place I claim for the Government an absolute right of dealing with a drag like opinn in any way, as it is the undoubted right of the Government to deal with the way it HIS EXCELLENCY-To meet the convenience sale of alcoholic liquor in any
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