concert with China to prevent smuggling
of opium (of either description) morphine
etc. 1
in to China ; they will adopt.
measures for the restriction and control
of opium smoking in their leased
territories, settlements and concessions in
China, for the prohibition of smoking in
public shops (divans) and the suppression
of existing divans. These arrangements require
no action by the Secretary of State, as
Weihaiwei has already adopted more
stringent measures.
The Contracting Powers who have postal
agencies in China are to take effective
measures to prevent smuggling through
the Post. The Protocole de Clôture urges
-the International Postal Union to take
measures for the general regulation of
postal transmission of raw opium or drugs
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and the prohibition of the transmission of
prepared opium. This part would seem to be
a matter for the General Post Office
V Illegal possession of opium or drugs.
The Convention demands that the
Powers shall examine the possibility of render-
ing illegal possession a penal offence
(passible de peines).
So far as the Eastern Colonies are
concerned it is already punishable: in the
Straits the illegal possession of a syringe
in the case of old offenders aganist the Drug Laws /not infrequently feads to banishment. So far
as this country is concerned the matter is
one for the consideration of the Board of
Trade.
Finally all laws,
regulations,
and statistical information affecting the
traffic e to be communicated as soon as
possible.
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