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REPORT BY ASST. SECY. TO FINANCIAL COMMR., BURMA. 257
LETTER No.
133—11-E., DATED 5TH
MARCH 1894, FROM THE ASSISTANT
SECRETARY TO THE FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, BURMA, TO THE
REVENUE SECRETARY TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER, BURMA.
*1. No. 859—11-E., dated the 27th January 1894.
2. No. 55—11-E., dated the 3rd February 1894.
†1. Letter No. 11—34, dated the 1st December 1893, from
the Deputy Commissioner, Bassein.
2. Letter No.
3124—14-29, dated the
13th December 1893,
from the Deputy Commissioner, Amherst, with enclosures.
3. Letter
No.502—14-R./14-93,
dated the 1st December 1893, from
the Deputy Commissioner,
Akyab.
4. Letter No.
6—62-R., dated the 13th December 1893,
from
the Deputy Commissioner, Rangoon Town District, with
enclosures.
5. Letter No.
315—56-E., dated the
20th November 1893,
from Commissioner, Pegu, with copy of answer to question
35.
6. Letter No.
494—20, dated the
2nd December 1893, from
Chief Collector of Customs. (Copy of enclosures forwarded
with
Secretary to Financial Commissioner's letter No.
55—11-E.,
dated 3rd February 1894.)
7. Letter No.
1322—37-93, dated the
19th December 1893,
from the Officiating Commissioner, Arakan, with
enclosures.
8. Letter No.
9—1397, dated 12th January 1894, from
the
Deputy Commissioner, Toungoo.
9. Letter No.
232—14-E., dated the
16th January 1894, from
the Commissioner, Southern Division.
10. Letter No.
18—20/30, dated the 24th January 1894,
from
the Deputy Commissioner, Mergui.
11. Letter No.
464—136, dated 30th
January 1894, from
Commissioner, Tenasserim Division.
With reference to
paragraph 3 of your
letter No. 16—2-E.-19, dated
the 2nd
November 1893, and in continuation of
this office letters cited in the margin, * I
am directed to forward, for the Chief
Commissioner's information, copies of the
replies†
received from the officers
who
were consulted concerning—
(I) the smuggling of ganja; and
(II) the success of the
system of prohi-
bition which has been adopted in Burma.
On the first point the
information supplied by the Deputy Commissioners of the four
sea-
port towns shows that the smuggling of ganja is steadily
increasing, as will be seen by the
following summary of cases of smuggling detected,
viz.:—
1890-91. |
1891-92. |
1892-93. |
||||
Tolas. |
Tolas. |
Tolas. |
||||
(I) Rangoon |
8,423 |
9,771 |
13,115 |
|||
(II) Moulmein |
932 |
213 |
92 |
|||
(III) Akyab |
245 |
567 |
1,018 |
|||
(IV) Bassein |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
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TOTAL |
9,600 |
10,551 |
14,225 |
The increase is most
marked in Rangoon and Akyab, where Indians form a
considerable
portion of the population. In Mouhnein there has been a large
falling off. No reason has
been given by the Deputy Commissioner for this decline.
2. Colonel Butler, Deputy
Commissioner, Henzada, who was also consulted on the two
points, is unable to furnish any information, and no report of any
kind has been furnished by
Lieutenant-Colonel Adamson, Commissioner, Central Division,
although, as previously stated
an urgent reminder was sent to him on the 20th January
1894.
No. 11—34, dated the 1st December 1893.
From—The Deputy Commissioner, Bassein,
To—The Secretary to the Financial Commissioner, Burma.
With reference to your
letter No. 337—116-E., dated
11th November 1893, I have the
honour to state that there has been no case of smuggling of ganja
into this district for the
years 1890-91, 1891-92, and 1892-93.
No. 3124-14-29, dated the 13th December 1893.
From—The Deputy Commissioner, Amherst District,
To—The Secretary to the Financial Commissioner, Burma.
With reference to your
letter No. 337—116-E., dated
11th ultimo, I have the honour to
submit herewith statement showing the quantity of ganja smuggled
into Moulmein in
1890-91, 1891-92, and 1892-93. There has been no case of smuggling
of ganja in the Amherst
sub-division. No reports have been received from the sub-divisional
officers of Thaton and
Gyaing: they have been reminded to submit the same at
once.
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