THE OPIUM CURSE.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION,
APPALLING FIGUPvES
(Received 10.34 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, this day.
A deputation representing 40 social and political societies waited on Sir Win. Lyne, and sought total prohibition for opium used for smoking - . Sir W. Lyne replied that he had no power under the Customs Act, which recognised .opium by placing a duty of from liO/ to CO/ per pound on it. He would, however, consult his colleagues with reference to passing legislation. New South Wales imported in 1901 18,754 lbs. of opium; Victoria, 7725 lbs.; Queensland, 17,784 lbs.; and other States smaller quantities.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 230, 26 September 1903, Page 5
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