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SIR,
No. 129.
MALAY STATES.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.
(No. 463.)
Downing Street, 1 November, 1912.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 454, of the 24th of September,* reporting that the Rajah of Sarawak has now agreed to the signature of the Hague Opium Convention on his behalf.
2. I enclose a copy of a letterf which has been addressed to His Highness by my direction.
I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.
34296
SIR,
(No. 153.)
No. 132.
GIBRALTAR.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
[Answered by No. 137.]
Downing Street, 14 November, 1912.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 194, of the 23rd of October, transmitting the draft of an Ordinance to give effect to the provisions of the International Opium Convention.
2. If you consider it desirable, the penalty provided under the ninth section may be reduced as suggested by the Attorney-General in his report. Otherwise I approve the enactment of an Ordinance on the lines of the draft.
33275
(No. 325.) MY LORD,
No. 130.
NEW ZEALAND.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR. [Copy to Foreign Office, 12 November, 1912. L.F.]
Downing Street, 8 November, 1912.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 147, of the 13th of September, forwarding a copy of a memorandum from your Prime Minister on the subject of the Hague Opium Convention.
2. I learn with much satisfaction that your Government agree to the signature of the Convention on their behalf.
3. I note that your Ministers regard the provisions of the Convention relating to export as having no application to New Zealand. I would, however, point ont that acceptance of the Convention by New Zealand binds the Dominion to enact certain legislation in common with the other parties and consequently requires that no distinction should be drawn between provisions which may be necessary in local circumstances and those which are not.
I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.
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No. 133.
UNION OF SOUTH
I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.
AFRICA.
THE ACTING GOVERNOR GENERAL to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(No. 715.)
SIR,
(Received 23 November, 1912.)
[Answered by No. 176.]
Governor-General's Office, Pretoria, 31 October, 1912.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you herewith, with reference to your despatch,
No. 442, of 25th September,† a minute, No. 929, from Ministers, dated 30th October.
on the subject of the International Opium Convention.
I have, &c.,
DE VILLIERS,
Acting Governor-General.
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No. 131.
WESTERN PACIFIC.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.
(No. 221.) SIR,
[Answered by No. 147.]
Downing Street, 13 November, 1912.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 241, of the 30th September.§ and to inform you that the circumstance that there are no opium consumers in the Gilbert and Ellice and Solomon Islands Protectorates is not, in my opinion, a valid reason for postponing legislation to give effect to the Opium Convention; and I consider, therefore, that King's Regulations, or one King's Regulation, should now be enacted for those Protectorates on the lines suggested in my despatch Miscellaneous," of the 4th ultimo.
**
The question of further legislation on the subject in the New Hebrides and in Tonga may be allowed to stand over for the present.
I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.
(Minute 929.)
Enclosure in No. 133.
30 October, 1912. With reference to His Excellency the Acting Governor-General's minute, No. 3/1072, dated 17th October, 1912, transmitting a despatch from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State on the subject of the International Opium Con- vention, Ministers have the honour to inform His Excellency that they had hoped during the ensuing Session of Parliament to deal with public health legislation containing provisions in respect of opium, but they now find that, owing to the very heavy programme of legislation to be submitted, they are unable at the present time to give any definite assurance that it will be possible to introduce health legislation either during the ensuing session or during the session of 1914.
Ministers also desire to state that, owing to the amount of legislation of a very important character that requires to be undertaken, they are unable to deal with the question of opium in a separate measure, and, under all the circumstances, they have to express their profound regret that the Union Government find it altogether impossible at this juncture to become a party to the Convention, the signature of which would commit the Government to a definite course of action which they will be unable to carry out.
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LOUIS BOTHA.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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