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THE RESTRICTION OF OPIUM IN HONGKONG AND IN CHINA,

(Continued from page 3.) so than to be, u distinct probability that alcohol may replace opium. In Hongling the danger of alcoliol as a substitute for opin is a wal one, since cheap liquor-shops abound. Opinn is a serialive which tends to inaction, und thi

is "a courensus of opinion. that it is responsible for no crime, while alcohol is a stimulant which disposes towards negressive artis and adaidedly produces grime. The effects of opium are farely visible and are mover sexy in public place, Drakenness on the montrary in a cause of inconvenience in the public arcets, and is a degrading spectacle.

je | EATING OPIUM,

A secondalterative to the of alcole] ti

replace the sanding of opida is found in the rating ofthe drug ame hod hitherto partially makeño skein Chínu. Tar many kinds of "unti aphy pills which have been distributed gratis ar sold in vast quantities throughout Clion are all said to contain opinn, and thus the fabit of ling instead of smoking has been encourage This is Sir John Jordan points ont is a far more dangerous puoling and infinitily batdor to elicate. Dr. Main, is quoted in that public Press as stating that where his Mission

· formerly always had a large, mumber of persons under treatment for the cure of the habit they have ceased to come now that the pills can be proetred.

[DJ SIQH PHIA.

Another still more deplorable substitute is morphia whether in-nned internally or injected, hypalermically. Dr. Morrison, correspondent of The Tires, bears witness to the immense increase in the consumption of mephia, and

lays special stress on the fact that its importa tion cannot be checked by an increase in duties. In 1904 the duties were, inised front 5 per cost. to 200 per cent, and the eveorded import fell from 195,133 oz. in 19 2 to 96 vas. in 1907, but there is no uson, he says, to doubt thand at the present time the import is nearer to ten ton (smuggled). He adds that “orders have been given for 1,000 lbs, weight in one Dumaction

, tins, four in a case. This emaggling

Smoking

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THE HONUKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 15TH, 1909.

The P. & O. str. Delhi Taft Singapore for this port on the 13th instant at 16.30 am, with the oatward English Mails, and tone here on! the 18th instant at about 8 a.m.

that of the adult females (while the latter pre-shares found, buyers at 899, at which figure more | LATEST STEAMER XOVÉMENTS, dominate in China) the percentage of smokers shares are wanted: holders, however, demand an ix 6.25. These figures are challenged by a paper advance, Kowloon Lands are griot at $30, named Chiness Opinion which argues that it is while West Pointe are on offer at: 844, only the adult male population which I should Hongkong Hotels oh bo obtained at 887, ex Lys reckoned, and works out a percentage of the dividend at $3 per share paid on 8th instant. 8.31. Mr. Clementi's figuras for adult males Humphreys fetched $83, and Shanghal reports

a foir basizes in Shanghai Lands at Tis. 115.. are, however, more liberal, being 12.94 for Hongkong only. As the population of COTTON MILL-All Shanghai Mille have Chins is largely rural the lower estimate impraved: quotations are: Ewos buyers at Tls. is probabbly more correct, and allowing 116, Internationals buyers at Ta, 89, Lau for a proportion who smoke less than the Kang Mows buyers at Ts, 94, and Sonychices amount entenlated (though this again is probably buyers at Tis. 315. Hongkong Cottons gold at more than balanced by the excessive amokurs) | $9. it will probably be approximately correct to say There is I rajues to say some indication that not more than 1.5 per cent of the total that the Chines avsnment are waking up to population smoke opin, and not more than ton the danger. The Governor of Kiangsu saber cent of the adult males are anitted a Mesnerial to the Throne pointing aut are proportion of whom are only casually

addicted.

Quantity in grains, 2333 (4 maco)=12=2=1 L'ont...

... $132

11-147 cents cents couts. Thus to produce the same narcotic effect 1 2331 grs, of smoked opium. costing $1.32! The grain of injected morphin at a cost of 7 cents profit to the sellers of these pills is also, onor- ons for they are sold at four times the cost- 75 per out, profit. There is little occasion for Karpin that vendors and purchasers are ulike

ger to obtain them!

smokers, -a

DIFFICULTY OF GIVING UP THE HAHT.

It has been stated that great difficulty is Perienced in giving up the habit, but in the Hongkong gold drug is entirely prohibited with no ill esults beyond a little temporary

diarrhea

·CONCLUSION.

that, tlive was some chance of enring opium smoking, but no of curing the morphia habit morphin is cléainable at a motion of the cost. This led to the Edict of July 16th (imes, August 2208) in wick it is derved that, any Chines subjes selling morida (or making instruments for its 1) without a Cusion's permit shall be banished to

I have attemptor in the foregoing paragraphs But "pestilential frontier of the Empire"

to shew that those who may claim to be not the facts I have already posted, and the verdict of those who are in the best position to form a Raees, and in the welfare of the intelligent, in

less interested in the question of the Native opinion, show that the steje taken lav se fadastriousand ostinteresting population of China been inffective, and that spokers are being than the Mover and Seconder of the Resolution eators or morphia injectors,,

¡u Qie Honsis of Commerns, have semur doubts as While evils such as theso`nru imminent in

tu whether the common object we all have in China, which contains so large and intelligent

I have endeavoured to pro proportion of the human race it is time that thee en lust be achieved by the particular

methods propused. conscience of the Western Nations was touched, sent a reasoned opinion on this subject and to and that their efforts should be directed towards submit seine practical suggestions, without the real issues, which concern alike their hour going to largely into the immense field of and China's welfare, n. I earnestly wish that ssion which this subject opens up and while those who sa disinterestedly devote themselves in I trust I may daim to have vindicated to the eradication of opinn smoking, would turn the Colony of Hongkong from the charge of their attention to this terrible evil sæl be cons. fent with Regulation and C'outrol of Swoking..

·RESTRICTION OF MORPHINE IN HONGKONG,

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In Honkong a strict control is maintained over the sale of morphine and opiam compounds. The quantity for local consumption for 190 and 1907 averaged 5.000 lbs. of the latter. In order to enhance the price every person litensed to

and of having made no sacrifices to promité the Policy of the Home Government in this matter.

lean to the conclusion or inferences that I do not I trust nothing I have said in this Memo, may recognise the pile of the Opium Habit. I have quoted on page 11 froze the Indian Commission to shew that they are often exaggerated, but I

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to learn that their late champion Mr. P. W. Chess players in the Colony will be plasand Sergeant, still takes an active part in chess ovente in England. Playing at seventh bourd for Middlesex against Essex in the Southern Counties Championship recently be easily won his game.

He also recently played two. games in the British Chess Mugusine Corres pondence Tournament, drawing the first game and winning the second. Mr. Sergeant is a meister of the Hampstead Chess Cnh, which up

the morphin being packed in 7, 14, 21. od-25 has to pay Royalties to the Opium Farnach from Sir A. Hosis that in Szechnun they to the mitlille of February had not lost a match wholesale, while Chinese returning from that. ad the machinery at his disposal for are deplorable, mainly because the population in the First Division of the London League. Borneo, Java, Malay and Sim in a la detecting Bliet import and he is bright inte is very poor, and there is a tendency for heavy number of eqsex bring back morphin a sizes are only granted to qualitiekers to forego their food, and spend their Chemists of rente and to sick Chine to China.

The morphis is I believe orderet misists as had vested interests in the trade wholesale (chiefly from London) and transhipped before the introduction of the Legislation. If at stu for sanggling.

the business changes hands the lionses are not renowed.

iccuses are required to kep books recording all sales and to issue certificates to

all purchasers overal of these licenses to

The Powers are recently agreed that from 1.1.09, the importation of morphia into Chin shall be prohibited, while both they and China nudertake not to manufacture it in Ching,Chinese vendors bars lately been cancelled for The Chinese Government the upon isrand elaborate instructions to regulate the import for medicinal purposes These Regulations will no doubt be operativo as regards the 96 oz, legitim- ately imported, but since China has already she herself so entirely powerless to check smuggling over her 7,000 miles of land and 4,000 miles of sea frontier, it is to be feared

that little benefit will accrue from this conven- tion.

The Government of Hongkong has how ever, at once come forward to amist so far as it ean. Regulations to control more effectively the transit trade have been issued. making it obligatory to obtain a license nud to declare port of destination, and establishing one Gover meut warehouse only.

The present exports to all countries through Hongkong amounted to about 40 mes in 1907, -two which may be adel the trade in "pit compomuls", (which are chiefly in morphia pills), anouit.ng in 1906 aul-1907 to au reinge of 7,938 lbs.

DIORPACIA IN ANTI-OPLUM PILLS,

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many experts day that as long as a man is well money on opinm instead. He believed (as nourished, opia ameking does him little or no harin, since post uortom examinations have shown that the organs are entirely nuaffectel. The victim of indulgence really suffers from

starvation. In Hongkong therefore where wages are high, and employment easy to obtain, the confie sa afford to feed well, and also to

each of the regulations, and it is proposed not to renew the reminder after one year's notice. At present. exemption is only granted to for his woke and so little or no harm is done. But even in Hougkoug smoking is 'a certain well known medicines prepared in Europe great economie evil tending to the waste of time, or America (specified in a schedules, and to and of money in productive self-indulgence.. all prescriptios de up on the order of a 31 s le object so far as the general question qualified medical practitioner. Reproutations is consered has been to demonstrate have been made by the Chamber of Commerce and by one of the large European druggiste complaining of the restriction on trade, and

aiming exemption on all preparations in which

or nonphia is not the sole ingredient. but this would defeat the object in view, cia, to check the ule of the so-called "anti-opium"

to

(a) That it must be dealt with gradually and not by precipitate methods,

(b) And above all that there are other and worse, evils which unless foresight and care are exercised may prove worse than smoking. And in so far as this Colony is concerned I 'have hoped to show :—

(a) That we have not been ille and apathetic in the aspects of the question which seemed to is of paramenat impertauce.

(b) That owing to the control exercised and to the local conditions of the population, the evil here emnern very different aspect from what it does in some parts of China.

F. D. LUGARD.

GOVE NMENT HOUSE, October 18th, 1908.

Revised: February 25th, 1909.

SHARE REPORT.

all containing morphine, ete. To limit the quantity of spin or morbia contained in a pill would phriously be futile for several could should be possible I should, wish to prohibit the be taken to produce the result desired. If it sales all pills. powders.ordughts except on the prescription of a qualified medical officer) which bontained opium or morphia, unless in coins bination with some other drug in such propor. Morphis is not only imported in a liquid form

sagreeably operative- for injection, but also in the insilious form of tion that it would be d so-called "anti-opium pills, which are sold in say an aperient or an emetic-if the pills were

consumed for

The vast quantities as a cure for opinn smoking termission by post of opium, morphine or

03-medicinal purpose The Commissioner of Imperial Maritimet estolus

cocaine is prohibited and it is also proposed states that these inorphia pills are obtainable in abolish the bonded wurthouse for emapounds of every medicine shop in anton and their sale is

Messrs. Erich Georg & Co, in their weekly increasing. The offer of a reward of Tls. 15 forinta ad morphine hitherto maintained by the

Farmer and lo retsin a Government, warehouse share ist, dated 13th March. state-Our every 18 oz. detected produced no result, ma uly. The question is at the present moment market has rakel very strong for most stooks, proves how lucrative the business in The

under the consideration of the Government. many of which have risen in price, and a fair Cousal General at Canton sent mo some

The drastic Ordinance of Sptember 1893 business laas been done during the week under samples of pills for analysis. The contains for the suppression of the pernicious practice review. The sterling demand ante of exchange 1/7 1/12 1/3 1/21 1/26 and 1/37 grain

Gu Loaden elons at Is. 8. while rates on (13 to 17 grammes)

of injecting preparations of morphine by un- The Viceroy acting on the orders of the Central Government fed pervous," together with the provisions Shanghai are Th. 745 for a Bank T/T, and Tix. thereupon issued a Proclamation, directing that of the Preparel Opium Ordinanca" which 753 for a three days sight Private Bill, the rate

scheme must be devised for the supervision of

a Boyalty of $30 per tal for morphia in Shanghai on this for a free days night all shops selling anti-oplum pills, the amounts 600 per cent.ad valorem and $5 for opium, Private Draft being The 742. Barsilver in of males reduced, and the analysis more carefully have so effective in restricting the illicit Londen is quoted 23jd., and Consols £84. me of these druge, that whereas in the Straits The Bank of England's rate of discanut is 3 por made. He particularly laid emphasis upon the fact that in my letter to the Consul General I Oplam Report Hon. Dr. Galloway stated that cent, while the private market rate of discount pointed out that the vendors of the pills were in 39 out of a group of 595 prisoners taker at is.2 jer cont. many cases exhibiting sign-boards stating that mudom (72., 64 per cent) hore injection scars, they were sold under Government sutlierity, only one perma ko searrel was on a recent and in that case the Chinese Government were examination found in the whole of the inmates of merely substituting a worse form of opium both hospitals and gaols of this Colony.. consumption, after obtaining from India and the British Colonies, nuder false pretences, a co- operation which seriously affected their Eevenge. samples of pills from Shanghai wore slso Ferly

In 17 samplas ench pil contained from 15 to 1/10 of a grain of morphine, the remainder (al but tway contained lesar quantities.

The Government Analyst in Hongkong hus found as much as 26 per cent. of morphia in some of the anti-pum pills imported for sale hard, but the local restrictions to which I shall presently allude have been affective in excluding any containing more than about 16 per cent from the market.

Joren,

Exon in

In June 1908 a Pharmacy Ordinance was enacted under which morphine and cocaine and their preparations were seledule as Poisons with further restrictions as to their wholesale India, cocaine (though not at present abuse here) was made the subject of elaborate re gulations of a similar sature to those already in force regarding morphine and opinn eori- ponds in order to control the wholesale trailo and prevent illicit import to China.

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BANK SHARES-Hongkong and Shanghais have been in strong demand, but only few laro change haude at $905 to $925, the market closing with further buyers at 925. perhaps X930; London £85. 10. Nationals are unchanged.

MARINE INSURANCE SHARES-Union's sold at $825 8274 and 325, closing stronger with a this heading nothing has transpired and rates are unchanged.

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FIRE INSURANCE, SHARES-Hongkonge- en into demand, and sales took place at 8330 to :535 in the early part of the week cant divided, and later, on at $306 to 3308 ex the dividend of 27 per share paid on 10th & instant, the market closing with buyers at $308. Chinas have been done at $102 and $103, anil finally 106 and $106 has been paid, at which latter rate shares can be placed

SHIPPING SHARES Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Shares changed hands at $291, but no more shares are obtainable under $29. Indo-Chings sold at $58 to 60 (sferred and pre- ferred shares combined), the market closing with buyers at 860: Bhanghai quotes buyers at Tlx, 45, while Lulo rates, are: £3 15s. for preference shares, and £2 for deferred at $11, while Douglases remain steady at X34 shares. Chiun und Manilas have fallen to sellers with a small enquiry. Star Ferries a at old figures. Shell Transports have gone back to 54 buyers in sympathy with a drop in London te sellers at 558. 30. Union Water- boats are wanted at 310 ex the dividend of 60 cents per share paid on 9th instant,

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OPIUM CURES. {A) QUACK REMEDIES. A decoction of the leaves of the Combretum Sudaicum has been stated to here for the opium habit. The Director of the Botanical Dr. Graham Aspland writing from Peking Department, Singapore, informs me that it is a has addressed a very striking appeal on this complete fraud which only lasted three months, subject to the China Times. He says during which time the promoters made great nti-opium tabloids contain morphin in large gains. The only man he knew who tried it They are sold and prepared by became a wreck took to opium again and died. British firm doing both wholesale sad retail This was confirmed by the results obtained by business here in China. How many tons the Viceroy of Szechuan who imported a great of morphia tabloids are being sold in Chins quantity of the instance of Mr.lexander. at this prosent moment I would not like to venture to guess, but I am prepared to both the Straits Commission and M. Hardouin The elucution of public opinion, on which believe it is appalling. remote country villages morphiz tabloids and lay stress, is the only real method of curing the hypodermic syringes are frequently seen, habit. the more so that it is usually the rich and a condition of things which allows who smoke to excess. This view is rightly Chairman I know to buy daily a dram bottle of emphasised in the original decres, and there: Japanese morphis (60 grains) imperatively, calla

sooms little doubt that, throughout the Chinese for restriction if not prohibition. There can be Empire, among the better classes there has been

REFINERIES-China Sugars continued in no extenuating circumstances associated with the a very real progress in this direction. Smoking. sale of these anti-opium tabloids for 1 have is now prohibited in the Army, Navy, and Civil stealy denmand, and a fair number of shares act found one that contained any antidotai drug Services and in schools and colleges. The evils changet hands f 51421 to $150 upwards: souts Timo business has also been arranged, but aby. stimulant or toate ingredients, but simply of the opiam habit should be inculcated in ove the rates have no been made public. At tho

Foreign morrhin marle into a tabloid with ordiasry school not only in China, but in the

Concessions and British Colonies. But above elese a few shares are on offer at $150 cash. household flour, so that the sale is not gevota. ipanied with any honest intention of relieving all stress should be laid on the evils of Luzons have seller at 817. the suffering, but finding that there is a big eating opium and of eating or injecting market for morphia under the name of anti-morphia and also on the misuse of alcohol. opium tabloids and powders of foreign trading It may be of use to restate the facts as ta

follow this lucrative trade the loading of benefactors." The writer the prevalence of opium smoking. Sir John

DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNA, &c.—Hong- goes on to quote "the recent Editorial of the Jordar gave it as his opinion that only 8,000,000 China Medical Journal" a scathing demuoiation Bay 2 per cent) of the population of hina were, kong and Whampoa Docks sold at $864 to $85. of the Trade in "patent medicines" which addicted to the habit. Sir Robert Hart, I and have sellers at 1854. Geo. Fenwicks, as "reaks with filth and stinks to heaven with its beliere, estimated it fin 1881) at a much lower well as New Amoy Dock Shares, are unchanged. Egare. Dr. Ayres states that the Chinese Shanghai Docks have been done at declining gross and abominable selfishness."

Customs returns estimate the number of rates, down to Th. 87 having been accepted, but What the danger is may be gathered from smokers to population in China at 2 per cent there are buyers now at Tla. 86. Hongkong the report of the Government Analyst made (1863)-probably referring to Sir Robert Hart's und Kowloon Wharres have imprared consider after careful enquiry by my instructions, as to setimate. Mr. Clementi in a recent elaborata ably, up to $54 having been paid for shares, bat the comparative quantitios and cost of the four and very careful calculation pats it at on the market closes with sellers at £54. Shanghai methods of indulgence. He endorses the state-siderably less than 2 per cent for the whole of and Hougken: Whares have weakened, but our ent that 4 mace of opium (233) gmins) may China, but 4.4 per cent in the province of Bse latest wire from the north quotes Tls. 175 with

buyers. be considered as an excess smacker's quantum, ac chuan, where purely native opinra is smoked, while in Hongkong whore the adult male being in accordance with his own observations population (who alone smoke) is three times

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