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Resolved, that all the conclusions reached by the Con-
ference shall be presented to the other nations not here re-
presented, and that their co-operation be asked with a view
to the advancement of such a noble cause.
To be inserted after the 1st. paragraph of Rule VIII.
The resolution referred to in the present rule is one
of such character as is destined to form the subject of in-
ternational agreement and consequently to require a careful
study beforehand; and does not include a resolution of-
fered in the course of the sitting of the Conference for
transaction of business.
With a view to assisting China in her efforts to restrict
the importation of opium into her dominions, the Governments
represented at the Conference are prepared to signify their
adhesion to the ongagement embodied in the Agreement signed
between the British and Chinese Governments on ay 8th, 1911,
to the effect that chests of Indian opium, unsealed and un-
accompanied by the special numbered permits issued by the
Indian Government, shall be refused entry into any of the
Treaty