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smuggling or private purposes is not punishable.
Art.21. H.M. India Office recently proved itself to be but ill supplied with reasonably recent etatistical information regarding opium
in India and elsewhere. Consequently there are
difficulties in the path of compliance with
Art.21.
The obligation, hitherto neglected, exists on the part of H.M. Government to
communicate:
(a) The texts of existing laws, etc..
(b) "Statistical information as regards the
trade in raw opium, morphis etc.
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referred
to in the present convention" } with such celerity
as may be possible.
ARRANGEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES, TRENCH AND
GOVERNMENTS.
This Association has directed me to beg
that a copy of the documents constituting the above arrangement may be handed to this Association.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
This Association trusts that there will
be no objection to the communicating by it of a
copy of this letter to the League of Nations.
I have, etc.
(Signed) ARTHUR SOWERBY.
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