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Rec 21 FEB 12
1911.
CUSTOM HOUSE
LONDON.
c:Customs and Excise No.39919
ard of Trade No.C.10116.
Sir:-
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20th December 1911.
I
am
In reply to your letter of the 20th instant,
directed by the Board of Customs and Excise to acquaint
you that they have no power under the existing law to
prevent the importation or exportation of opium. If,
however, the Government decide to adhere to the proposal
made at The Hague Opium Conference that the importation
and exportation of Prepared Opium should be prohibited,
and if suitable legislation in this sense were passed,
my Board would do their best to make the prohibition ef-
fective so far as the Customs machinery could be adapted
for the purpose.
I am to remind you, however, that duty-free goods
are not examined by the Customs on exportation.
(Signed)
I am &c >
E.C.Cunningham.
e Assistant Secretary,
(Commercial Department),
Board of Trade.
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