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the export and import of these drugs I shall be glad to be notified, in order that this Government may take the necessary steps to co-operate with them.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1,
Notification No. 93.
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
OPIUM.
CONFIDENTIAL.
I have, &c.
F. D. LUGARD.
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THE following names of countries which prohibit or restrict the import of morphine, or of compounds of opium, are notified in accordance with the provisions
of section 52 of the Opium Ordinance, 1909 (No. 23 of 1909) :-
1. Siam.-Importation prohibited.
2. Netherlands India. Importation prohibited.
3. French Indo-China.--Importation restricted to medical purposes.
4. Japan. Importation restricted to medical purposes.
5. United States of America.-Importation restricted to medical
6. Philippine Islands.-Importation restricted to medical
purposes.
purposes.
Export of morphine and compounds of opium to 1 and 2 will not be permitted except on production of official certificate from the country concerned that the morphine or compound of opium is required by the Government of the country.
Export of morphine and compounds of opium will not be permitted to 3 to 6 except on production of official certificate from the country concerned that the morphine or compound of opium is required for medical purposes.
F. H. MAY,
No. 1.
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.--(Received May 13.)
[May C. O $215.96
RECO Rrof18 JUN 10
Sir,
I AM directed by the Earl of Crewe to transmit to you, to be laid before Secretary
Downing Street, May 12, 1910. Sir E. Grey, the accompanying copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong with regard to the desire of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine to be supplied at their meeting in 1912 with certain information on the subject of opium.
2. Subject to any observations that Sir E. Grey may wish to make, Lord Crewe proposes to inform the officer administering the Government of Hong Kong that, so far as can be seen at present, there will be no objection to meeting the wishes of the
3. A similar letter has been addressed to the India Office.
association.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
I am, &c.
H. BERTRAM COX.
Colonial Secretary's Department, April 1, 1910.
Colonial Secretary.
Enclosure 3 in No. 1.
Notification No. 94.
THE following names of countries which prohibit the import of prepared opium
or dross opium are notified in accordance with the provisions of section 36 of the Opium Ordinance, 1909 (No. 23 of 1909) :--
1. United States of America.
2. Philippine Islands.
3. Netherlands India.
4. Siam.
5. Japan.
F. H. MAY,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Department,
April 1, 1910.
Governor Sir F. Laugard to the Earl of Crewe.
My Lord,
Hong Kong, March 30, 1910. I HAVE the honour to forward for your Lordship's consideration the enclosed copy of a letter from the secretary to the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine, dated the 21st instant, on the subject of the opium question.
I have, &c.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
F. D. LUGARD.
Sir,
Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine to Governor Sir F. Lugard.
Hong Kong, March 21, 1910. I HAVE the honour to inform you at the first biennial congress of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine, held at Manila, Philippine Islands, during the 5th to the 14th March, the following report of a committee appointed to consider the opium. question was adopted, and I am instructed to forward you a copy of this report for such action as your Government may deem necessary.
The congress was attended by seventy-six medical men engaged in professional work in the Far East, and included official delegates from the Goveruments of India, Ceylou, Siam, Netherlands India, Federated Malay States, Straits Settlements, Hong Kong, Philippine Islands, Tsingtau (Imperial German Government), and Japan
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Report.
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Your committee, appointed to consider the opium question, regret that the time at their disposal precludes the possibility of giving the subject adequate consideration. They have reviewed the work done and the resolutions agreed on by the International Opium Commission, Shanghae, 1909,
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"With these resolutions your committee are in agreement, but it is to be regretted that the paucity of medical commissioners prevented the question being dealt with fully in its medical aspects.
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Any measures which are introduced for the control of opium must be adequate [2765 n-3]
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