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was signed at The Hague on THE International Opium Convention 33rd January, 1912, by Germany, the United States of America, China, France, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Persia, Portugal, Russia, Siam, and
On the 17th December, 1912, by Great Britain for the following dominions, colonies, dependencies, and protectorates :--
Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Brunei, Cyprus, the East Africa Pro- tectorate, Falkland Islands, Malay Protectorates, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Jamaica, Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, Trengganu, Malta, Northern Nigeria, Southern Borneo, Nyasaland, St. Helena, Sarawak, Seychelles, Somaliland, Southern Nigeria, Trinidad, Uganda;
On the 27th February, 1913, for the colony of Fiji;
On the 22nd April, 1913, for the colony of Sierra Leone, the Gilbert and Ellis Islands Protectorate, and the Solomon Islands Protectorate;
On the 25th June, 1913, for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia; On the 14th November, 1913, for the Bahama Islands and for the three colonies of the Windward Islands, that is to say, Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent;
On the 30th January for the Leeward Islands.
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The "Protocol of Signature of the Powers not represented at the Conference provided for in the penultimate paragraph of article 22 of the International Opium Convention was signed-
By Costa Rica
By Mexico...
By Guatemala
By Montenegro (subject to the following declaration : "Opium not being manufactured in Montenegro, the Royal Government of Montenegro will for the moment confine them- selves to prohibiting the importa- tion of prepared opium, but they declare at the same time that they are ready to take the measures indicated in article 8 of the con- vention if experience proves their expediency")
By Roumania
By Switzerland (subject to ratification and with the declaration that the Swiss Government will be unable to issue the necessary legal enactments within the term fixed by the con- vention)
on December 22, 1913. on December 27,
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...
on December 29,
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The Powers who had not signed up to the 31st December, 1913, were the following:-
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Austria-Hungary, Uruguay,* Servia, Bulgaria, Greece,* and Turkey.
The convention has been ratified by Denmark, Siam, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, the United States of America, and Portugal.
By Belgium (subject to adherence or
denunciation
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By Luxemburg
By Panamá
By Ecuador
By Honduras
By Salvador
By Hayti
By Venezuela
By Brazil
By Argentina
By Spain
as regards Belgian
By the Dominican Republic
By Paraguay
By Denmark (for Denmark, Iceland, and
the Danish Antilles)
By Colombia (subject to the approval of
the Legislative Body of Colombia).
By the Republic of Cuba
By Bolivia...
By Chile
By Nicaragua
By Pern
By Sweden (subject to the following declaration : "Opium not being manufactured in Sweden, the Swedish Government will for the moment con- fine themselves to prohibiting the importation of prepared opium, but they declare at the same time that they are ready to take the measures indicated in article 8 of the con- vention if experience proves their expediency)
By Norway
on April on May
25, 1912. 15,
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on June
17, ,,
on June
18,
13
on June
18,
on June
19,
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on July
on July
on
July
5, 30,
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21, "
31
16,
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on August
on September 10,
on October
on October 17, 27
on October
23, " on November 12, " on December 14,
on December 17,
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on January
15, 1913.
on May
8,
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on June
4, "
on July
2,
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on July
18,
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on July
24,
on August
27
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on September 2,
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Uruguay, Bulgaria, and Greece have declared that they would shortly sign the convention.
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