CO129-394 - Governor Sir May & Public Offices - 1912 [12] — Page 525

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THE HAGUE.

January 20th, 1912.

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With reference to that portion of your despatch

No. 17 of the 13th instant which relates to the in-

clusion of powdered and granulated opium in the defin-

ition of raw opium, we have the honour to report that

at the Conference Session of the 17th instant Mr. Max

Müller made the following declaration on the subject.

"The British Delegation desire to make a state-

ment in regard to the definition of raw opium.

It will be within the recollection of the Con-

ference that the definition as originally brought up

from the Programme Committee contained the following

second paragraph: L'opium brut comprend également les

formes connues sous les noms commerciaux d'opium en

poudre et d'opium granulé.

This delegation felt from the outset that the

terms powdered opium and granulated opium were not

free from ambiguity, and that so far as they related

to

he Right Honourable

Sir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P.

&c., &c., &c.,