The Archive · 1926

The Traffic in Opium

Questions Arising from India's Reduction London, Dec. 6.

Mr. Cecil Wilson (Labour) asked in the House of Commons to-day [whether, qs a result of the Government of India's decision to reduce by 10 per cent, annually the export of opium except for medical and scientific purposes, imports into British dependencies in the Far East would be proportionately reduced.

The Secretary of State for the Colonies, replying, expressed the opinion that no such reduction was practicable in the present cireum-

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