Report by W. L. Mackenzie King, C. M. G., Deputy Minister of Labour, on the Need for the Suppression of the Opium Traffic in Canada (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Report by W. L. Mackenzie King, C. M. G., Deputy Minister of Labour, on the Need for the Suppression of the Opium Traffic in Canada Subsequent to the receipt Of the above communication, a deputation Of three from the Chinese anti-opium League called upon me, and strongly urged my assistance to Obtain the government's help in their efforts to discourage and prevent the manu facture and sale of opium. Mr. Tung cheng-ling, the attaché of the Chinese Legation at London, England, who came to Vancouver to be present at the inquiry into the Chinese claims, also spoke to me upon the subject, and expressed the hope that in the interests in his fellow-countrymen, measures might be enacted which would lead to the suppression Of this vice. I promised these gentlemen that I would give the matter attention, and took occasion to make a personal investigation of the factories in Vancouver, and to visit a number of so-called 'dens' where opium was being smoked. I also made inquiries from reliable sources as to the extent of the practice among Chinese and other people in the province. Since my return to Ottawa, I have received a communication from the Anti Opium League, containing the following resolution passed at its last meeting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.