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Let we see the draft

circular to the Colonies when

prepared

The Opium Convention and the

"Protocole de Cloture” were signed on the

23rd of January.

In the letter was to be

was appended inserted A Declaration by the British Delegates

after their signalines to the forvention)

to the effect that the convention, if ratified

by His Majesty's Government, shall apply to

India, Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, Hong

Kong and Weihaiwei in all respects as to the

United Kingdom but that His Majesty's Govern-

ment reserve the right of separately signing

or denouncing the convention on behalf of any

other Dominions, Colonies, Protectorates, etc.

The final "protocole" as sent to the Colonial

Office by the Foreign Office does not contain

this declaration bubit is to be assumed

that the declaration was added above the

Delegates' signatures at the time of signing,

The effect of this declaration is

therefore that if the convention is ratified

the United Kingdom and the Eastern dependencies

mentioned