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"Article 5."
The contracting Powers shall not allow
import and export of raw opium excopt by & ly authorized rsons".
This is fulfilled (Sao notes to Art.1 & 3).
CHAPTER II.
PREPARED OPIUM"
bfinition. By "Prepared opium" is understood :
The product of row opium, obtained by a sorics of special operations especially by dissolving, boiling, roasting and fermentations esigned to transform it into an extract suitable for consumption. Prepared opium includes dross and all other residues remain ing when opium has been smoked,
"Article 6"
"The contracting Powers shall take measures
or the gradual and effective suppression of the manufacture
interntional trade in, and use of prepared opium, with due ard to the varying circumstances of ench country concerned unless egur tions on the subject are 1rendy in existence".
The chandu is preprod in Government
retory, which is Armed Fctory of the opium-Rogic. Except when it be destined for modionl use (see note to V), where the same
gur tions oxist for medical opium, the manufacture and the slo of properud opium, other than by the Govemment, is forbidden. hos-b is no by Government officinis, The opium is sold Exclusively in olosed mot^llic tubos,
As alrondy mentioned (300
V to VII Inclusive) the Government goes on to prohibit the use f opium entirely, where it is possible, and everywhere elso to limitiks much as possible.
As long as no sufficient international easures are taken, by which an end is put to the smuggling of deleterious drugs, the abolition of the Government monopoly in the Dutch East Indies will not contribute to the decrenso in the use of ppium,
"Articlo 7.
"The contracting Pomors shall prohibit the Import and export of propred opium; those Powers, however, which pre not yet rondy to prohibit immodi toly the oxport of propred