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these drugs by countries which produce them, the efforts of

a country like Hongkong which is merely a distributing

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centre must be greatly hampered.

I understand that all the

morphine that reaches Hongkong comes either from Germany

or England, and as it does not seem reasonable that this

Government should take steps to stop the export of morphine

and other derivatives of Opium to Kiautschow, the import

to which is prohibited, unless Germany take steps to stop

the export of these drugs from Germany to countries which

prohibit their import, I have not thought it desirable to

include the German Colony of Kiautschow in these Notifica"

-tions. As I am not aware that any of the druga mentioned

are exported to this Colony from the countries mentioned

in the Notifications, their names have been included.

I notice from Your Lordship's

Despatch No. 44 of the 8th. of February that no steps have

(7957 R*** yet been taken by His Majesty's Government to stop the

export of morphine to China and to this Colony, and I

venture to express the hope that action may soon be taken

in the matter.

3.

With reference to the 3rd. para-

-graph of Your Lordship's Despatch, I have to observe that

if