Opium (British Burma). Copy of Memorandum By C. U. Aitchison, Esq., Chief Commissioner of British Burma, Addressed to the Government of India 1880, on the Consumption of Opium in British Burma; and Other Papers Relating Thereto.
Consumption of Opium in British Burma.
[London]. [Colonial Office]. 1881. Stock ID #174107 Detailed submission by the then Chief Commissioner of British Burma, Charles Aitchison, on the rapid increase in the use of opium and its deleterious impact: "The papers now submitted for consideration present a painful picture of the demoralisation, misery, and ruin produced among the Burmese by opium smoking...[it] enfeebles the constitution of succeeding generations". Aitchison left Burma in 1881 to take up office as the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab but this issue was taken up by his successor and "the number of licensed opium shops was then reduced to one-third of those previously licensed, and the consumption of licit opium was reduced by two-fifths". (DNB). When referring to this item please quote stockid 174107.
Parliamentary Paper, Tables and Appendix, 19pp. 32.3 x 20.3cm, stab sewn in title wrappers, slight marginal spotting to the first leaf, but very good.
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