LEAGUE of NATIONS. C.14.M.10.195/.XI. O.C.23(I)20. Geneva, December 13Th, 1930. TRAFFIC in OPIUM AMD OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS. AFFI
LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
C.14.M.10.195/.XI. O.C.23(i)20.
Geneva, December 13th, 1930.
TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AMD OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS.
AFFIIAL REPORT FOR THE FRENCH COLONIES AMD MANDATED TERRITORIES DURING THE YEAR 1929.
Communicated ey the French Government.
Nate by the Secretary-General.
The Secreiary-Geneial has the honour to circulate the
attached report for the information of the States Members and non-
Members of the League, and the Advisory Crmmittee on Traffic in
Op '_lUEl and other Dangerous Drugs.
Report by the French Government for the year 192 on the French Colonies and Mandated Territories.
French West ^frica.
II. Union of Indo-China.
III. French Indies.
IV. French Establishments in Oceania.
New Caledonia.
V. Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, Guadeloupe,
Mart ini que and Guiana.
VI. Togrfland, Gameroons.
VII. Madagascar, Reunion.
VIII. French Somaliland. "REMGH FC^JATOPIAl AFRICA
FREFCH ' "EST AFRICA.
*o illicit use of or i urn or manufacture ;oti
ASIA.
UNI Ob OF IFDO-OEIKA.
A . G-exeral. The Opiu:a Convyn t i ©n ef 1925 was by an Order cf Parch 22 -, 19?S.
By a Decree of September 12th, 1929, promulgated in
Indo-China by an Order of Fovember 6th, Customs officials ware
mpowered ta carry cut searches and inspections at any hour cf the day or right in opi urn-smoking divans or illicit retail establishments.
"he special surveillance cor;:s, covering a T~i en^ea, formed at longking in 1923 to combat s m û ' d i n p has been em.pl03red to hunt down convoys made up in Yunnan, which try to cross cur territory for the Durpose either of convey in--’ the drug in transit to Tong-Puny or of supplying bip native omu/r-'lers.
Pine armed bands • attained, 1,13b cases reported, and 458 brought b of ere -be courts, ihe quantity of opium seized was 14,045 k g ., or virtually the same as in 1928; fines amounted to 299,665 francs,, and dama ne s to 2,403,334 piastres. Further, 674 cases where the sums involved were relative
ly large were settled out of court, the total amount collected
"being 34,417 piastres .
B. Raw Opium. The General Government acquired in 1929 for
the Opium Monopoly 1,555 kg. of local opium, as compared with
1,018 kg. in 1928. This opium comes from La^s and Upper Tong-
king.
Under the contract concluded with the Government of
British India, there were imported in 1929 for the Indo-Chinese
Government, 93,071 kg. of raw opium (1,542 cases) as compared with 112,065 kg. in 1928.
The number of retail establishments and public
smoking divans declined from 2,239 and 1,274 respectively,
in 1923, to 2,277 and 1,224 in 19 2 9 (the population, according
to the last census, exceeds 20,000,000).
The total sales of opium prepared by tbs Monopoly amounted tc 70,495 kg.
The receipts were 13,937,000 piastres, as compared with a total revenue of 94,000,000 piastres for the budget as a whole.
0. Other Drugs. There is no illicit traffic in manufactured
drugs.
DRK CE IMPIES.
Mo new regulations were issued in 192 9.
The reports for previous years show in detail the system of supervision in force, wnich gives full satisfac
tion. - 4 -
The quantities of opium consumed in 1C2S were:
Pondicherry 80 sers
Karikel 110 ”
Chandernagore 12 mands
llahë 6 sers
Yanaon 65 "
The retail sale price is 2 rupees (about 19 francs)
per tola (12 grammes).
The number of consumers is approximately:
Pondicherry 100
Karikal 20 0
Chandernagore 3,000
Mahé 40
Yanaon 3,500
or a total of: 6,040
There are no Chinese domiciled in the French
Establishments.
Proceeds cf sales of opium amounted to 50,487
rupees, and the net receipts of the Administration were
If,043 rupees.
Two cases of infringement of the regulations were
reported at Chandernagore; the guilty parties were
sentenced to fines of 1,000 francs.
There were no exports and no consignments in transit of onium or manufactured narcotics. 5 -
TV.
pcirriA,
Fr 3 n ch Est a bl i shçien ts_ in _ 0 ce_ aria.
No new regulations were issued.
Opium is not used by the native population, but only by a few resident Chinese.
A certain amount nf smuggling is carried on by
ships1 crews. It being difficult to disembark consign ments at Papeete on account of the strict surveillance exercised there, illicit imports are effected mainly during c?lls at the archipelagoes (Leeward Islands) and are dir tribute! t"r coasting schooners.
25 sentences were passed, all the guilty parties being Chinese ; the fines varied from r0 frenin to £00 francs, and the terms of imp rise nr. on t from, ~ 5 ays to 2 months.
Manufactured drugs are imported only for medicinal, requirements and do not involve any illicit traffic.
NEW CALEDONIA.
No new regulations.
4 fines of from 50 to 1,000 francs for the illicit importation of opium.
11 fines of from £5 to 1,000 francs and sentences of from 5 days’ to £ months’ imprisonment for illicit sale, possession or consumption of opium.
All the guilty serties were Torgkinese. - 6 -
V.
AMERICA.
Isle.nds of St « P ierre and M iquelon, Guadeloupe,
M artinique..and Guiana.
Vo freph regulations.
In March 1^29, 5 Annamites were arrested in Guiana
for the illicit disembarkation cf 5.15 kg. cf Opium. They
were sentenced to fines of 20,000 francs, reduced to
10,000 francs.
VI.
MANDATED TERRITORIES „
Togoland, Cameroons.
Ho new regulations. The use of narcotics is
unknown. The substances imported were intended solely
for me-d 1 cin^ 1 ourpo ■'s s .
' -'AUAGASCAR HEÜHIOH.
Ho new regulations have been issued.
There is no opium-smoking den in these islands; the
narcotics imported are intended solely for medicinal purposes.
VIII
FRENCH SOMALILAND.
Narcotics are sold only by the Hospital Pharmacy on
the basis of medical prescriptions.
The inhabitants are not opium smokers, but the Arab
element is rather inclined to smoke hashish, the import of which is exprssslv forbidden.
The Convention of February 19th, 1925, came into operation on October 31st, 1928.