Messrs Guinness, Ell, Meredith, and Major Steward commented upon the injurious effects of the drug, and urged the Govern ment to give effect to the prayer of the petition. " "

•Mr WARD said the Government were fully alive to the desirability of restricting the importation and sale of opium, and intimated they intended to introduce legis lation with that object, if not this, at any rate next session.
