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stipulations of the Convention or with local laws Or regulations which in the opinion of the competent Government Department are equally stringent.
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In this scheme the co-operation of the Customs and Excise Department would only be required in connection with paragraphs 4 and 5, 1.e. in detaining consignments of imported or exported morphia or cocaine unless cer-
tain conditions are fulfilled.
It was explained to the Delegates that my Board have no power under the existing law to take the action suggested, and that the preliminary sanction of the Treasury would be required before legislation were intro-
duced with the object of conferring such power upon
them.
But, as the Delegates were leaving London almost
immediately for The Hagie, there was no time to consult
Their Lordships at this stage.
The Board have now received from the Board of Trade
a letter (copy enclosed) from which it appears that a
proposal has been submitted to the Conference "that the participating Governments bind themselves to prohibitTM
the importation and exportation of prepared opium").
copy of the Board's reply is also attached.
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