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In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
No. 5454/12.
and address---
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London,
Sir:
FOREIGN OFFICE
February
47
1912.
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to trans-
mit to you herewith, to be laid before the Secretary
of State for the Colonies, copies of the International
Convention which was signed at The Hague on the 23rd
ultimo for the purpose of regulating the trade and
controlling the use of opium, morphia and cocaine
etc., together with copies of the Final Protocol of
the Conference.
I am to point out that the declaration as to the
adherence of the Colonies was appended by the Dele-
gates as a reservation to their signatures, and to
request you to draw the attention of the Marquess of
Crewe to the urgency, in view of the terms of
Article 23 of the Convention, of obtaining before the
end of the year, the adhesion, in the manner provided
for, of all of His Majesty's dominions, colonies,
dependencies
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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