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SIR,

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No. 32.

COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE.

[Answered by No. 41.]

Downing Street, 4 June, 1912. WITH reference to your letter of the 11th May* and connected correspondence on the subject of the International Opium Convention, I am directed by Mr. Secre tary Harcourt to transmit to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir E. Grey, the accom- panying copies of despatchest from the Governor of the Straits Settlements and the Commissioner of Weihaiwei. A copy of the Deleterious Drugs Ordinance. 1910." of the Legislature of the Straits Settlements is also enclosed for facility of reference.

2. Mr. Harcourt would be glad to receive any information bearing upon the point raised by the Governor of the Straits Settlements in the fourth paragraph of his despatch.

3. I am to take this opportunity to transmit a copy of a circular despatch. which Mr. Harcourt has addressed to the Governments of all Crown Colonies and Protectorates and to the High Commissioner of Cyprus and the Commissioner of Weihaiwei, asking that the information specified in Article 21 of the Convention may be supplied as soon as possible.

4. I am also to enclose a copy of a letter§ from the Secretary of the British North Borneo Company, from which it will be seen that the Court of Directors have agreed to the Convention being signed on behalf of the State of North

Borneo.

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H. J. READ,

I am, &c.,

for the Under-Secretary of State.

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the 7th March, 1912,* transmitting to me copies of the Convention and " Protocole de Clôture" which was signed on the 23rd January at the International Opium Conference, and requesting me to inform you whether this Government is prepared to agree to the Convention being signed on its behalf.

2. By the Cyprus Pharmacy Law, No. XIII., of 1900,† copies of which are attached, any person who is not a qualified chemist or druggist is prohibited from selling any substances scheduled as poisons without a licence from me, and it is thought that this law practically renders effective the measures decided upon by the Committee. The substances cited as poisons in the schedule to the Law do in fact include all the substances mentioned in the Convention, and, if you should think it necessary in order to make the schedule more explicit, the actual names of some of the substances mentioned in the Convention and not mentioned by name in the Schedule can be specifically added to the Schedule.

3. No." raw opium " or " prepared opium" within the meaning of Chapters 1 and 2 of the Convention is imported into Cyprus, and, if it should be thought ex- pedient, its importation can be wholly prohibited by Order in Council. Opium and cocaine-producing plants are found in a wild state in Cyprus, but are not cultivated, nor is it likely that they ever will be; even if they were, the product could not be sold except by a chemist or druggist.

4. Since, therefore, the licensed sale of the substances mentioned in the Con- vention or of any poisons is or would be subject-even when the sale is by qualified chemists or druggists-to regulations which can at any time be made under the Pharmacy Law, and so could also check any attempt at local productions, I consider that the present law in force in Cyprus is sufficient without any further local legis- lation to give substantive effect to the terms of the Convention, especially if the precautions suggested in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this despatch are taken.

5. I am, therefore, prepared to agree to the Convention being signed on behalf of this Government.

I have, &c.,

HAMILTON GOOLD-ADAMS,

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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(No. 38.)

SIR,

No. 33.

ST. HELENA.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

(Received June 8, 1912)

[Answered by No. 76.]

The Castle, St. Helena, 2nd May, 1912.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge receipt of your Circular despatch of 7th March last covering copies of the International Opium Convention.

2. In reply, I beg to inform you that this Government is prepared to agree to the Convention being signed on its behalf.

3. Referring to the 3rd paragraph of your Circular despatch under reply, no special steps are considered necessary to render the measures effective in this Colony.

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I have, &c.,

H. E. S. CORDEAUX,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 34.

CYPRUS.

THE HIGH COMMISSIONER to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

(Received June 8, 1912.)

[Answered by No. 74.]

Government House, Nicosia, 28 May, 1912.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Circular despatch of 14606: not printed.

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(No. 96.)

SIR,

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SIR,

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No. 35.

GIBRALTAR.

High Commissioner.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received June 10, 1912.)

Gibraltar, 1st June, 1912.

In reply to your circular despatch of the 16th ultimo, requesting to be fur- nished with copies of all the laws, proclamations, rules, &c., now in force at Gibraltar relative to the matters referred to in the International Opium Convention signed at the Hague on the 23rd January, 1912, I have the honour to state that I am advised that the only laws in operation dealing with opium and cocaine are:-

(a) The Pharmacy Ordinance, No 9, of 1898 (Sections 8 and 9 and the

Schedule).

(b) The Revenue Ordinance, No. 2, of 199 (Sections 33 and 35 and

Schedule C).

2. Copies of these Ordinancest are forwarded herewith.

3. Statistics for the preceding twelve months and copies of any laws, &c., issued within that period will be transmitted as soon as possible after the 31st December of each year in accordance with the instructions contained in the conclud- ing lines of your despatch under acknowledgment.

I have. &c.,

ARCHIBALD HUNTER,

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