This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government
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CHINA TRADE,
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
14 NOV 08
[October 31.]
SECTION 3.
Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.
(No. 501.) Sir,
Foreign Office, October 31, 1908. On the receipt of your despatch No. 410 of the 14th ultimo, I took steps to ascertain the nature of the Regulations governing the commerce in opium in the United Kingdom.
I now inclose copies of letters from the Home Office and the Local Government Board containing information upon the subject, as well as the text of "The Pharmacy Act, 1868," and "The Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875," which bear upon the question.*
I am, &c.
(Signed)
E. GREY.
* Home Office, October 26; Local Government Board, October 27, 1908; "Pharmacy Act, 1868" "Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875."
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