SALE OF OPIUM
LEGALISED IN SHANGHAI. ENORMOUS REVENUE EXPECTED. (Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright.) SHANGHAI, August 28. The Opium Suppression Bureau headquarters in the Chinese City has issued a proclamation authorising the legal sale of opium for smoking purposes, acting in conjunction with the Nationalist authorities, for the purpose of replenishing the exchequers, which are sadly in need of funds to continue the war. Dealers and smokers are required to register. The average fee for the former will be £3OO, or a monthly license of £3O. A smoker’s license is equal to £l. The revenue expected to bo derived from the licenses will be enormous, as Shanghai is the centre of distribution for the whole of China. It is conservatively estimated that the monthly importation of Turkish, Persian, and Indian opium is 500 tons, valued at £10,000,000, in addition to native products imported from the provinces. It is estimated that- there are 200,000 smokers in Shanghai, and their failure to register at the buerau will entail severe punishment.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20190, 30 August 1927, Page 9
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