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the Governor of Kiangsu, as well as the high authorities of other provinces, the Revenue Council, the High Court of Justice, and the Governor of Peking.
This Memorial has been drafted by the Board of Laws after consultation with the Imperial Commissioners for Law Reform and the delay in submitting it has been due to the time required for exchanging correspondence on the subject.
On the 16th July the following Imperial Decree was issued: "Approved."
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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[October 8.]
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Tokió, October 3, 1908.
Sir C. MacDonald to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received October 3.)
IMPORTATION of morphia into China.
Please refer to your despatch No.204 of the 13th August.
Instructions have been telegraphed by the Japanese Government to their Chargé d'Affaires in Peking to notify the Chinese Government of the Japanese assent to the prohibition of the importation of morphia.
(Repeated to Peking.)
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