CO129-439 - Others - 1916 — Page 337

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Dear Mr. Robinson,

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27th June, 1916.

I have only one or two observations on the

draft report of the Opium Conference.

1. At the top of page 2 would not a little explanation be desirable as to the fine? Subject to confirmation or correction by Ledlie the sentence might read thus :- "there is nothing to "prevent a broker etc. offers to buy, except "liability to prosecution by the Pharmaceutical "Society under the Poisons and Pharmacy Acts.

"The evidence for such a prosecution is not "easily obtainable; and, when a prosecution is "taken, it usually results in a fine of £5 or £10

"at the most".

2. I see nothing in the draft about prohibiting the importation of opium. I thought

this

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