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In any further communication

on this subject, please quote

No. 5454/12.

and address---

The Under-Secretary of State,

Foreign Office,

London,

Sir:

FOREIGN OFFICE

February

47

1912.

I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to trans-

mit to you herewith, to be laid before the Secretary

of State for the Colonies, copies of the International

Convention which was signed at The Hague on the 23rd

ultimo for the purpose of regulating the trade and

controlling the use of opium, morphia and cocaine

etc., together with copies of the Final Protocol of

the Conference.

I am to point out that the declaration as to the

adherence of the Colonies was appended by the Dele-

gates as a reservation to their signatures, and to

request you to draw the attention of the Marquess of

Crewe to the urgency, in view of the terms of

Article 23 of the Convention, of obtaining before the

end of the year, the adhesion, in the manner provided

for, of all of His Majesty's dominions, colonies,

dependencies

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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