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circular to the Colonies when
prepared
The Opium Convention and the
"Protocole de Cloture” were signed on the
23rd of January.
In the letter was to be
was appended inserted A Declaration by the British Delegates
after their signalines to the forvention)
to the effect that the convention, if ratified
by His Majesty's Government, shall apply to
India, Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, Hong
Kong and Weihaiwei in all respects as to the
United Kingdom but that His Majesty's Govern-
ment reserve the right of separately signing
or denouncing the convention on behalf of any
other Dominions, Colonies, Protectorates, etc.
The final "protocole" as sent to the Colonial
Office by the Foreign Office does not contain
this declaration bubit is to be assumed
that the declaration was added above the
Delegates' signatures at the time of signing,
The effect of this declaration is
therefore that if the convention is ratified
the United Kingdom and the Eastern dependencies
mentioned