Use of opium and traffic therein : Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the committee appointed by the Philippine Commission to investigate the use of opium and the traffic therein, and the rules, ordinances, and laws regulating such use and traffic in Japan, Formosa, Shanghai, Hongkong, Saigon, Singapore, Burma, Java, and the Philippine Islands, and inclosing a letter from the Secretary of War.

  • United States. Philippine Commission (1899-1900). Opium Investigation Committee.
Date:
1906
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Credit: Use of opium and traffic therein : Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the committee appointed by the Philippine Commission to investigate the use of opium and the traffic therein, and the rules, ordinances, and laws regulating such use and traffic in Japan, Formosa, Shanghai, Hongkong, Saigon, Singapore, Burma, Java, and the Philippine Islands, and inclosing a letter from the Secretary of War. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PROCEEDINGS OF THE OPIUM COMMITTEE. Proceedings of the committee, consisting of Maj. Edward C. Carter, major and surgeon, LI. S. Army, commissioner of public health for the Philippine Islands; the Eight Kev. C. H. Brent, bishop of the mission- ary district of the Philippine Islands, and Dr. Jose Albert, of Manila, P. I., appointed by the governor of the Philippine Islands to visit Japan, Formoso, Upper Burma, and Java, and such other countries as the civil governor may designate, for the purpose of investigating the use of opium and the traffic therein, and the rules, ordinances, and laws regu- lating such use and traffic, pursuant to the provisions of act No. 800, as amended by act No. 813, Philippine Commission. (See Appendix A.) Mr. Carl J. Arnell was designated by the civil governor as disburs- ing officer, stenographer, and interpreter for the committee. The committee met at 10.20 a. m., August 13, 1903. Present: The Right Rev. Bishop Brent and Maj. Edward C. Carter. The credentials of the committee and its letter of instructions, dated August 8,1903, were read, and are hereto appended. (See Appendix B.) Thecommittee decided to leave Manila on the steamer City of Peking^ due to sail on the l7th of August, for Japan. Mr. Arnell had already been directed to secure berths for the committee. The chairman had directed Mr. Arnell to secure the necessarv letter of credit through the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation on it.s coi 1 espondents in the Orient. Mr. Arnell was also requested to provide such bond as the treasurer of the Philipjnne Islands should lequire, and to provide the necessaiy stationerv supplies, and to hire a typewriting machine. . The committee then adjourned. Tl^ committee sailed on August 17, by the steamship City of PeUna, tor Hongkong, arriving there about noon August 19. Seven days were occupied by the committee in Hongkong in securing the proper equipment for its journeys and in putting itself in communication with Vicinity. to W® '“I™'’ considered OTovin, e ■ ■ ‘o suppress the use of opium in his 'nor ol 1 PI? '•“* asked and obtained from the goveinoi of the Plnlippine Islands tor the committee to proceed to Canton in its investigations. pioceea lo its^!vo?k the committee that it would begin committPP^h^IS^’ to Hongkong at a later date. Tffie committee theiefore sailed from Hongkong on the steamship