CO129-416 - Public Offices - 1914 — Page 492

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ZOVKJUB OFF102,

İREC

May 14

1914.

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Rea 18 MAY 14

air:-

with referencs to the letter from this Cffics of the

9th. ultimo i am directed by secretary dir S. Grey te

transmit to you herewith copy of a despatch from His

kajesty's Chargé d'Affairen at bienne, forwarding copy of

a note addressed to the staarland ¡ inister by the Austro-

Lungarian dovernment declaring their intention of adhering

as soon as possible to the international Opium Convention.

The declaration smears to „vir

rey to be satin-

factory and, subject to the concurrence of the loard of

frade, he would propose that the Convention should be rati-

fied by Nis dajesty's doverment so soon as the adherence

of Lermuds, the sole outstanding British Colony, has been

obtained.

A latter, of which a copy is enclosed, has been ad-

dressed to the Caloniel Offios with a view to securing the

Deora tary

to the board of Trade.

adherence