§ Mr. GILBERTasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what proportion of the total revenues of the Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, North Borneo, Brunei, and Sarawak, respectively, is derived directly or indirectly from opium?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREFor the year 1921, which is the latest year for which complete figures are available, the net revenues derived directly or indirectly from opium by the Governments of the Straits Settlement, the Federated Malay States, Brunei and North Borneo formed approximately 37, 16.7, 16, and 12.3 per cent. respectively of the total revenues collected by those Governments. In Sarawak the opium and certain other monopolies are leased to a syndicate con-2324W trolled by the Government for an inclusive rent. I regret that I am not in a position to state definitely what proportion of this rent is in respect of the opium monopoly, but inquiry will be made of the Government of Sarawak.