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it is quite different for a country to apportion itself spontaneously, in globo farà oven porhaps in detail) in the interior of the country itself on a busis which it has freely choson, having in view national public health and generous par-
To do this is ticipation in an international humanitarian work. quite a different thing from submitting to the imposition from outside of an apportionmont by interested producers who are in fact in possession of a quasi monopoly.
Things must be represented as they are.
It will be answered that if things are left to the choice of the different countries, quite a number of them will not, although anxiety for the public health should load them to do so, fix reasonable maximum quantities of raw stuffs to be imported, especially as they will be desirous of participating in a world commerce by export or re-export.
It will be explained in a moment low a country can defend itself against the surplus coming from an over-stocked country, and what will happen in countries which shall have admitted to their home markets more opium and coca leaves than they can
re-export;
j) Limitation of the number and permanent supervision by special officials residing on the premises (what we call "exercice" in Frence) and by inspooters who ce visits must be frequent, of the manufactures of morphine, heroin and coonine.
is a matter of fact, let it be said in passing, it appears difficult not to submit to the same régimo the manufactu ro
In Franco sugar of codoine, but this is a special question. factories and refineries are "oxeroés" and not & single kilo- gramme of auger enters or leaves without the cognisance of the administration. The internal circulation of morphine, heroin
and cocaine, even if it is destined to pharmaceutical chemista, and every dispatch to another country, will thus be com-
pletely controlled.
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