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HONGKONG IMPORTS AND
EXPORTS DEPT.»
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR 1993
MISCELLANKOVA, Senior Officer. Watt was responsible for.... the seizure of a large outfit for the print-
Persian opium daring the year. The proved that the opium had been packed cigarettes and opium was going on. In Government at Kladivostock also scem up in Amoy. It had apparently been this case detonators were found in the. to have given cortificates freely for the concealed, among the coal in the bunkers, Chinese, cook house close to the open import of Persian opium. Information "3-913 tdels on a private yacht under Ere. [om various arces was to the effect repairs on a slipway. This was appar that much of the Persian opium canently Chinese in origin: signed to these places was in fact out Mr. J. D. Lloyd, Superintendent of off into Chinese gunboats near the mouth Imports and Exports, in his Report fool the Yangtze large quantities of the year 1924 given the following infor Turkish opinn vera noticed on Japanese ships en runde from Marseilles to Japan,
DIVAN DODGEŇ, PA
mation:
LIQUORS.
The net revenue collected under the heading of Laquor was $1,376,139.5 as against 31, 190, 20:01 in 1002 The slight -increase-is-que-to-more-strict-measures
THE LEGISLATION.
The Opium Ordinance was completely ing for Foreign Banke Notes; a large must terast 38 Ordinance No. W-uf 10. The ber of forged notes were seized and two penalties have remained the same but persous arrested and convicted
Teater-powere-have been given in res-In six-cases quantities of lottery- pect of the collection of evidence, and tickets were seized and conviction obtain." The places from which most of the dealing in raw opium has been definitely ed.
opium seized came were Haiphong, declared unlawful, and powers has been Chief Preventing Officer Clacks earned Pakhoi, Hoihow od Kwang Chow Watt, given to prevent this Colony being used the bronze medal and certificate of the Kongmoon supplied a regular stream of as a base for the smuggling of opium into Rosal Humane Society for a plucky to prevent ernsion of duty in the case off prepared opium" in "t-txel-brans¬ting, so those countries which prohibit its raport, rescue of two Chinese” who had hyped” Chinese Liquor, but the collection of duty shaped as to ft "a matchbox or small Powers have also been given to deal with of the whart of the Canton steamers cigarette cartop. Owing to the failure the rich man who trade opium without on Chinese Liquor still remains unsatishe plum crop in the Fukica Province, er haring the drug ander his actual factory, the amount paying duty being qut to droughts Anoy was a buyer and control or ever seeing the opium at al Mightly under the figures for ines the first not a seller during the year. Macao It is hoped that the new provisions will war year, notwithstanding the very large increase in the Chinese population. The continued to be the chief source from be efficacious in dealing with the financ which the markets of Manila and the ing by Chinese Banks of operations in consumption of European Liquors shows a taited States were supplied. Demand; opium, «for without their assistance very slight increase on the whole cem from the Philippines and America con- piunt anuggling would only be confined pared with 1914. ...
tinued strong throughout the yenɛ. tosowali. Amounts. Detailed figures are as follows:-
1922
boase fees. 7,354.17 Licensed ware Chouse uver
the fees
202.00
1923.
-5,950.00
391.00
*$1,298,709.01 $1,276,152.87
Full particulars are shown in tables attached to the report.
TOBACCO,
י'
The net revenue collected under the Tobares Ordinance was 1,831,079.17 as compared with 21,474,677.50 for 1900. The smuggling of cigarettes referred to in the report for last year was chiefly confined to high grade, cigarettes of foreign manu- facture of which some large seizures were
made.
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The amount of tobacco seized was as follows:-
new
Chinese.
REWARDS.
DANGEROUS DRUGS
rig typhoon,
The ophins shroff at the head office was dismissed, and on the last day of the year the two shroffe in charge of the Taipo branch nice were arrested and charged with the possession of illicit spina in pots bearing false labels, and were subsequently dismissed,
Saven Chinese Revenue Officers were 'thsmissed, sine resigned and 'two abs oml- cd The force lost an unusual number of senior men, five of those dismissed. and three of those who resigned being 1st class. Considerable corruption and dis honesty were prevalent, and the stricter regulations passed for controlling the
ALLEGED BRIBERY.
CASE AGAINST AN INDIAN POLICE.
SERGFANT DISMISSED.
At the Magistracy yesterday afternoon the case brought by, the police against an Indian Palice Sergeant, named Meyer Husstir Shah, whom they charged with accepting a bribe of $1.20 from chair- bearers, was dismissed.
His Worship (Mr. Lindsell) held that the evidence for the prosecution was com ficting.
The illicit opium used in opium divans. was mostly composed of Chinese raw opium boiled in the Colony, in many cases on theThe amount paid out as rewards in Duties en Euro-
Divan connection with opium and drugs includ- pean liquors.. 458,374.897) 434,958.77 premises of the divan keeper.
keepers are supplied daily with small ing suidry, expouses in connection, with Duties on Chinese
prepared or raw seizures was 989,382.00. The largeness of liquors 230,668.14
610,325.10 quantities of
onium, generally, not, more than half a this is due to the heavy seizures Licensed, ware-
thel of prepared and up to taels of and to the intensified campaign against raw opium at one time. Regular dealers opium divaos, as all information has to grant of rewards for the seizure of con- send women and children to deliver the he paid for at a fairly high rate to entraband were mich resented for the time. and led to 3 generál dišinclination to daily supply to the various divans. Many courage informers to come forward.
make seizures. of the divans are managed by paid keepers, one man awning several places while the real owner keeps. in the back- The seizures during the year were as ground and is rarely caught After under:
$5.2034 ounces certain time a valuable goodwill attaches Morphine
231,400
*: to a floor or cubicle which has become a Heroin
49 95 popalar divan, and though the divan has Cocaina.... been raided and the keeper convicted and 19 seizures were made and 3 persons his opium smoking gear confiscated it is were convicted 2 being Japanese and i not very long before the same place is in full operation again under a
In some instances the tenant Heroin made its appearance for the keeper. of the floor charges a regular fee each first time, and has apparently rapidly. night for allowing one of the cubicles to become popular amongst Chinese. Ger- be used as a divan, so that one man may many has rapidly regained her supremacy ran it for a few days and then someone in the manufacture of opium derivatives, In one case the same foor was the actual distribution of which appears cise. found to be used a divan no fewer to be still largely in the hands of Formosan Japanese, sub- thaa five times, the keeper was convict Japanese or ed each time and in some cases went to jects. So far as could be ascertained 165 pounds prison, but the only thing which finally all the drugs seized were intended for 1,62
put an end to the use of this place as a use outside the Colony, In the Colony divaa was the demolition of the house there would pear to be at present little The gross revenue was $3,750,1-13.58 as The use of children to act as managers misuse of stich drugs. Canton has been is quite close to the Central Station. compared with $3,551,305-38 in 1993. The of divans is increasing, it being imposs- taking drugs in small quantities and there Price of prepared opium remained un-fle to imprison children, ar punish them 19 some indication that the trade there changed during the year. Sales main far doing what their parents or employers in drugs is reviving notwithstanding the tained a steady level throughout the year would punish them for refusing to do.facilities for the purchase of opium. Most of the morphia seized was intended for notwithstanding the large amounts of An attempt was made by divani keepers Chinese raw opiam which reached the in the Eastern District of the city to Amor, most of the heroin for Japan. It Colony. This was due largely to the form & matual protection society, but the is reported that the demand for heroin enterprise of Senior Revenue Officer Watt project was discovered in time and steps Canton came from one source chiefly, in conducting raids all over the Colony were taken to prevent the formation of the manufacture, of a popular patent. on Illicit Opium Divans at all hours of the society. According to information the day and night. The record of his received the objects of the proposed so- work for the year is as follows:ciety were to pay watchers, and engage solicitors whenever a member was arrest. Number of keepers of opium divana
convicted
A new Ordinance No. of 1923 was ed, and to pay compensation to any mem- ber who was sent to prison, and to set passed based on the Home legislation. New that the famous novel by Owen. him up in the business again as soon as The penalties are greatly increased and Lister has been adapted for the screen, he was released by providing him with a the import sale and use strictly regulated cinema lovers will have an opportunity new divan outfit. A fixed subscription in accordance with the system in force was to be paid every month, and from in England the funds accumulated it was proposed
Cigare
Cigarettes
Foreign tobacco
10,200 515,230
Chinese tobacco
OPEN MONOPOLY.
:1>
718
Number of annkers of illicit opium.
"convicted
3
Number of dealers in illicit ophth"."
convicted
386
Number of boilers of illicit opium
convicted
medicine.
Revenue Officer Ward did very good work in connection with drugs during the Spac
rt
| ARMS".
According to the prosecution, it was alleged that the defendant received the a hawker. The alleged incident is stated money from the chair-bearers through to have taken place in Old Bailey, which
Mr. G. K Hall Brutton appeared "for
the cirfence.
CINEMA. NOTES.
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
Students of history will sit up and.. count the number of men Virginia has to text-books recall George, Washington, given to bistory and without references Woodrow Wilson, Monroe and muny others.
of seeing this realistic picture of life
is only worth what he or she apcon
in the open where a man or a woman. Had another officer been available for to pay the fines inflicted on any member. The number of arms seized during the plishes. Kenneth Harlan and Florence The originators of the scheme were year was 1,885 including 11 machine Vidor give vigorous portrayals of the this work a far larger number of convic-Hakkas and it was reported that member guns: 148,153 rounds of ammunition were Western cow puncher and demure school- tions could have been obtained in the ship was intended to be restricted, to need, and 32 convictions were obtained. teacher, respectively. Backed up by am Kowloon Peninsula. The fines inflicted Hakkas, who conduct most of the opium The United States supplied the greater excellent east and with the most made proved no deterrent and in many cases divana patronised by the working classes number, even Mauser pistols of German of the opportunities for thrill, they make a second conviction was recorded against.
in the Eastern District.
manufacture being imported in large their parts real As a piece of enter– the same defendant within a few months,
quantities from this source. The makes tainment, the film is highly effective an The policy of appointing paid agents on
were Smith-Wesson Harrington and tonje for public oppressed by the The chief seizures were as follows:- 1.-231,096 taels of raw Persian opium Richardson, Colt, Mauser, Luger, and present bear and humidity." The Vir- Steyr Most of the ammunition was ginian" will be exhibited at the Queen's made to abolish the payment of commis-on a small uninhabited island at the West
a fixed salary was extended and by the end of the year arrangements' had been
W
MAIN OPLEM SEIZURES
sion for the sale of opium throughout entrance to the harbour by the Police manufactured in the United States Theatre from to-day till Monday at the the Urban Districts. The change has from Cheung Chow Island. The opian by the well known large ammunition 5.15 and 9.15 performances. been made without any friction, and I was found in a cave on which consider factories A certain number of Manser
THE COLONET.
** Kindred of the
have received no complaints that the paid able work had been done to St it up a Pistols bore the marks of an Aries With artistic touches punctuating the agents were neglecting their business Storehouse. The opium had been packed dealers in Paris, France appears to
The amount of raw opium seized was in & pound parcels which had been eli have developed a trade in second hand picture throughout, 284,824.17 taels in 250 · seizures. The closed in Hour bags. No evidence was Mauser pistols of German manufacture, Dust" has that blend of everything sa amount of prepared opium seized was ever discovered to indicate in any way imunition to fit Mausers is specially difficult to define, which meets with entire 15,850.05 taels in 1,005 seizures, most who the owners were. à campan was manufactured in France. There were no approval from present-day cinema pat It was shown at the Coronet tar most of the seizures being of small seized which was lying off the entrance seizures of Browning Automatics which con amounts under i tael. Most of the small to the cave, and on it were found auto- used to be popular among the pirate and the first time last night. Not only did seizures of prepared opium were made in matic pistols, ainmunition and a pair of robber class of South China. In three it sustain the reputation for good clear cases the seizure of weapons probably entertainment with plenty of variety but opizm livans, where a large part of the field glasses. The Chinese in charge was prevented a piracy, as the weapons were these present were treated to a powerful illicit opium used in the Colony is con- sentenced to a long term of imprisonment cleaned and ready for use, each with story that showed expert treatment. sumed.
for the unlawful possession of atras.
219,272 taels, about half of which was about 50 rounds. The crews of the Careful selection of the types undoubted- Bengal opium the remainder Chinees teamers were undoubtedly implicated, y contributed to the excellence of tins opium, on s.s. Tai Skat. This was con- but it was impossible to bring it home
nay single person. signed to Shanghai; one person who was
10
utmosphere and there was just the car- reet shade of sentiment. Marian Cooper, Ralph Graves and Lionel, Belmore were
all seen to advantage, each carrying out his or her part with studied perfection. Kindred of the Dust will be shown
HOME COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP.
POSITIONS TO DATE
County,
Middlesex Yorkshire Lancashire
Surrey Leicestershire Sonierset
Played
No fower than 284 persons were banish ed for opium offences. In 4 cases large quantities of Chinese documents relating to opium smuggling "were seized. The
5 cases and 103 sticks of dynamite, one work of examining and interpreting the a school boy and was not the principal mass of documents was extremely heavy, was arrested, and released on heavy bail, box and 2,099 detonators, and 21 coils of fuse were seized. In one case the but the result was well worth the time but absconded. apent as valuable details were obtained 3.-13,090 tacks of Chinese opium en an. dynamite in large quantity was found in of the extent and methods of opium Fen. On on her arrival from Haiphong. the crews's quarters, where smoking 'ol ngain to-day and to-morrow, Saturday. smuggling, and some powerful and The compradore and part owner was ar wealthy syndicates of smugglers were dis rested and convicted in respect of part persed, and their connections in the of the opium. The contract for the sale Colony indicated. The amount of Chinese of the opium was found in his safe on the raw pium mentioned in the documents ship, and documents found in his house fexamined amounted to oyer, con,000 taels, proved him to have beez a dealer in opium smuggled into the Colony in a period both prepared and raw for some time. of 12 months: To double this figure to 42,124 taels of Chinese raw opium account for those smugglers not discover-on sa Yunts by the Water Police in ed would give a fairly conservative cstian oil tank in the lamp trimmer's room. mate of the amount of opium hostly of All this opium had revenue stamps affixed Chinese origin which is successfully in-issued in Pakhoinity of Yunnan troduced into the Colony during 12-5-An unknown quantity of months. The documents examined go to opiam found in the wreck of a Canton show that not much more than a quarter Government armed launch which wIB" of this contraband was retained in the sunk in a collision in Kapshuimur Pass Colony for local use. During the year after leaving Yeamati harbour of refuge Canton, Kongmoop, Swatow, Amoy and in the middle of the night. Submersion Shanghai, as well as the places in Mirs for months had used the packages of Bay and over the border have been sup- opium to decay, but the remains found. plied with raw Chinese opium, especially rendered it probable that the original the popular Yunnan product, by dealera consigament, which was carried in the working from Hongkong, Kongmoon cabin of the launch, amounted to about and Canton are now drawing their sup 1,000 pounds. A consignment of Mauser plies direct, while the excellent promise pistola was also found in the same place. of the opium crop in the Foochow dis Prepared Opium trict fenders it improbable that the 500 taels of Macao opiura on .. markets of Swatos, Amoy and Shanghai wongeng just before she sailed for will need to draw on Hongkong during Manila, in the engine room sump in the the latter part of 1924 an
hollow core of the crankshaft bearing, Arlong the documents examined were The owners were fined. found references to the great" demand 2-7,940 taels of Macno opium on 6. there was in Shanghai for Indian and Kuming on the plates of the stokehold Persian opium This demand was met in bags ready to be taken anbore. The partly by direct shipments from the ship was on a voyage from Amoy to Persian gulf nominally consigned to Manila and went ashore a long way out places such as Vladivostock and Dalny of her course on the Island of Luzon, Dalay with a saial number of Chinese She was refloated and brought into Hong- and a small number of registered smokers kong for repairs The Chinese news- seems to have taken large quantities of papers in which the opium was wrapped!
Sussex Warwickshire Kant
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Since last season the system of scoring in the County Championship has been revised. The present procedure is
(1) To count five points for a win in n
completed match
(2) To an unfinished match the side leading so the first innings stores three points and their opponente one point
(3) Matches in which both aides first innings are not completed will be ignored. In view of the above the following matches are not included in the Cham ship tables
Surrey. Yorkshire (abandoned)
Nottinghamshire v. Warwickshire (ahandoned).
Northamptonshire Warwickshire (incompleted at innings). Nottinghamshire v. Sussex (incompleted ist innings),
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