[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
OPIUM.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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RECO
REGE 8 MAY 14)
[March 27.
SECTION 1.
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Sir,
No. 1.
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.-(Received March 27.)
Downing Street, March 26, 1914. WITH reference to previous correspondence, I am directed by Mr Secretary Harcourt to transmit to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir Edward Grey, the accom- panying copies of ordinances passed by the legislature of Mauritius with a view to carrying into effect the provisions of The Hague Opium Convention.*
2. I am at the same time to request that instructions may be given for the signature of the convention on behalf of the colony of Mauritius and its dependencies.
drc.
I am, (For the Under-Secretary of State),
H. J. READ.
* Not printed.
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