CO129-394 - Governor Sir May & Public Offices - 1912 [12] — Page 517

In any further communication

on this subject, please quote

No.

2980/12.

and addresK-

The Under-Secretary of Stato,

Foreign Office,

London.

C O 503 2372

January 23rd, 1912.

ediate.

13.0.20€3.

Sir:-

With reference to my letter of the 20th. instant,

I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to transmit to

you herewith, to be laid before the Secretary of State

for the Colonies, copies of two further despatches from

the British Delegates to the Opium Conference at the

Hague.

It will be observed that the draft Convention

enclosed in the first of these despatches differs in

certain respects from the previous drafts which have

been sent home by the Delegates. The new points which

appears to Sir E. Grey to be of the most importance are

the following:-

1. The insertion of the word "règlements" after

"lois" in Article 9 and other articles.

2.

The absence of any mention of the substance

"codeine" amongst the derivatives of opium.

3.

The insertion of the words "Treaty Powers" in

Article 15 and subsequent articles.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

4.