contracting Powers on the invitation of
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Holland. It will, therefore, not be
necessary (as it certainly would not be
desirable) to put e.g. legislation
against morphine etc. into force
((
in the United Kingdom before, Germany.
The Chapters of the Convention deal
with Raw Opium, II Prepared Opium, III Medicinal
Opium Cocaine and Morphine etc., IV The special
relation of China to the Treaty Powers in these
matters and the possibility of making
illegal possession of the drugs a penal
offence and the supply to other Powers
of the laws etc. and statistics of the traffic.
As regards raw opium the
is almost entirely he for India. With
the possible exception of Article II which
binds Great Britain to limit the number
of ports for importation and exportation
of raw opium there does not seem to be
anything which affects the colonies
especially
rutrictims laid down
im
the Convention sither
W Can
have been beson sarily be adopted
für East. Colmin!
the for
DRAFT.
(with the sweption of what
farmer)
t
especially the Far East Hong Kong does.
import for re-exportation-but the Government
forbidd the importation of any kind of raw have already takon action to prevent res
M
Indian Opnum funters covered by a cntificati
export to promitionist countries and to
from the Gut fludio to the effect that it has been
control re-export to countries which allow
declared for shipment to, or consumption i
opium to enter on certain conditions?
China. In the S. 5. it appears that a longe quantity of mu opsion has rently hen hought for re-export to Macao:
raw
The quantity has hem
excess of what is remed
The whole for annuel
con
umption.
II. Prepared opium.
Article 6 binds Great Britain to take
measures to suppress the manufacture, internal
o "Maenor is thin free fares the conditions in each country permit a
"probally intended to be into China smuggled It Kong the Straits fills. Subject to the consent of The 70. it is proposed to mistinct the Jon & the S.S.
traffic, and use of prepared opium so far as
existing regulations have not done so.
Charding spective refulation of the chai
+
All feasible measures have already been
A
taken in the Eastern Colonies.
Under Article 7 importation and ex-
+ prohibit export & opan portation of prepared opium is forbidden;
to Macao except on
production Excntifica from the Patergores (mul that the optin is regnind to the use of the fort.
Fanner, Some
opmin
Júil my rust victims on
but the delegates were instructed to agree,
pubject to non interference with the arrange-
other part of the Empics
ments in Kalaya and elsewhery, which is a
matter of internal administration not coming
Frxport already saat in the SS. Of comit New
for any sumpition in
opiam camella troiue? for The Colony a neighboring melay
They
with
hout, I which ho
1x4M
mmupdy,
within
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