OPIUM.
PART I, PAPER VIII.

In Canada the importation, manufacture and sale of opium for other than medicinal purposes is prohibited.

The prohibition Act was passed on July zoth 1908, but six months' grace was given to persons having opium for other than medicinal purposes in their possession, to dispose of the same by export, provided the opium, whether crude or powdered, was deposited in a Customs bonded warehouse for export under regulations established by the Minister of Customs.

Persons violating the provisions of the Act are guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for three years, or to a penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars and not less than fifty dollars or to both.

Previous to the enactment of the aforementioned legislation, opium was imported into Canada, where it was prepared, sold and consumed by Chinese and others.

The following table gives the import of opium into Canada during the five fiscal years, 1903-04 to 1907-08, inclusive:—

The duty on opium at the time of the enactment of the measure to prohibit its importation for other than medicinal purposes was as follows :—

Opium, crude (the outer ball or covering to be duty free), per lb    $1.00 31    powdered, per lb.      1.35 prepared for smoking, per lb.      5.00

The following- table shows the amount of revenue derived from duties on opium imported into Canada, as compared with the total revenue of the country, during the five fiscal years, 1903–o4 to i9o7-08, inclusive:—

Appended are copies of the "Act to prohibit the iniportotion, manulacture and sale al Opium for other than medicinal parpos,v," and Regula&n,s- established by the Minister of Customs under the provisions of the said Act.

MORPHIA.

PART II, PAPER VI.
The Provinces of the Dominion have enacted measures safeguarding the sale of opium and its derivatives and compounds by classifying opium as a poison, and making- it unlawful to sell poisons unless the person making such sale is registered as a licentiate of pharmacy under the provincial legislation respecting the sale of poisons, and unless the box, bottle, vessel, wrapper or cover in which such poison is contained is distinctly labelled with the name and address of the proprietor of the establishment in which such poison is sold. The sale of any such poison to any person unknown to the seller is prohibited unless the purchaser is introduced by some person known to the seller. An entry in a book of such sale is required, setting forth the date of sale, the name and address uf the purchaser, the name and quantity of the article sold, the purpose for which it is stated bv the purchaser to be required, and the name of the person, if any, who introduced him, and to this entry the signature of the purchaser must be affixed, The provisions in this and other particulars are similar to those of the Pharmacy Act of 1868 of Great 13ritain.

In addition' to the Act to prohibit the importation, manufacture, and sale of opium for other than medicinal purposes, assented to on July 20 1908, the Parliament of Canada enacted on the same date an Act respecting Proprietary or Patent Medicines, which absolutely prohibits the manufacture, importing, exposing, selling, or offering for sale of any proprietary or patent medicine containing (a) cocaine or any of its salts or preparations ; (b) alcohol in excess of the amount required as a solvent or preservative, or not containing sufficient medication to prevent its use as an alcoholic beverage, and (c) except under precautions specified any drug contained in an appended schedule the name of which is not conspicuously printed on, and an inseparable part of the label and wrapper of the bottle, box or other container. This Act further requires the registration of all importers and manufacturers of proprietary or patent medicines in Canada, and the labelling in accordance with the provisions of the Act of all such medicines intended for sale or distribution in the Dominion.
The imports of morphine into Canada during the five fiscal years, 1903-04 to 1907-08, inclusive, were as follows:

*The fiscal year was changed in 19o7 so as tc, end on March 31, instead of on June 3o.

* The fiscal year was changed in 1907 so as to end on March 31, instead of on June 30.

The export of morphine has been trifling, and is not separately indicated in official returns.