CO129-417 - Public Offices - 1914 — Page 194

[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]

OPIUM.

[July 13.]

CONFIDENTIAL

REG 2714)

SECTION 1.

[31601]

No. 1.

(No. 56. Treaty.) Šir,

Mr. Chilton to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received July 13.)

I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith copy* and translation of a law dated the 20th ultimo approving the Opium Convention of the 23rd January, 1912.

The Hague, July 7, 1914.

I have, &c.

H. G. CHILTON.

Enclosure in No. 1.

(Translation.)

STAATSBLAD OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS.

Law No. 257 of June 20, 1914, approving the Opium Convention concluded at The Hague on January 23, 1912, between the Netherlands and other States.

WE, Wilhelmina, &c.,

Considering that the Opium Convention concluded at The Hague on the 23rd January, 1912, between the Netherlands and other States concerns legal rights;

Having regard to the second paragraph of article 59 of the Constitution;

Now therefore, &c.

Sole Article.

The Opium Convention, of which a printed copy is appended to this law, concluded at The Hague on the 23rd January, 1912, between the Netherlands and other States is hereby approved.

Charge and command, &c.

Given at the Palace, Het Loo, the 20th June, 1914.

J. LOUDON,

Minister for Foreign Affairs.

TH. B. PLEYTE,

Minister of the Colonies.

CORT VAN DEN LINDEN,

Minister of the Interior.

TREUB,

Minister of Agriculture,,Industry, and Commerce. BERTLING,

Minister of Finance.

Issued the 7th July, 1914.

B. ORT,

Minister of Justice.

WILHELMINA,

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