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within the next few years of the import of foreign
opium pari passu with the decrease of native opium,
so that both may be absolutely prohibited by the ex-
piry of the time limit of ten years.
Besides Indian opium the drug is also imported
from Persia, Annam, and the Dutch Indies in no small
quantities. In the case of Treaty Powers negotia-
tions should similarly be entered into with their re-
presentatives in Peking to effect the prohibition of
such import; while with non-Treaty Powers, we can
exercise our own prerogative in strictly forbidding
the import.
All Tartar Generals, Military Lieutenant Gov-
ernors,
Governors General and Governors should also
direct their subordinate authorities and Commission-
ers of Customs to take preventive measures along the
trade routes and frontiers to stop smuggling.
As regards morphia and the instruments used for
its injection into the skin, the effects of which
are even more injurious than those of opium itself,
proper effect should be given to the stipulations
laid down in Article XI of the British Commercial
Treaty, and Article 16 of the American Commercial
Treaty, and instructions be issued to all Customs
Houses to disallow the import of any morphia and in-
struments into China which are not for medical use;
while a strict prohibition must be enforced against
any shops in China, whether native or foreign, manu-
facturing morphia or instruments for its injection.
Article XI. All Tartar Generals, Governors Gen-
eral and Governors of Provinces should direct the civil
and military authorities in their jurisdiction to is-
sue proclamations promulgating these rules for general
observance.
Treaty
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