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the mractical impossibility of distinguishing between manufactured articles in which imorted Pritish and purely American materials have been used.
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It is under discussion whether or not a concession should be made in the case of manufacturing countries if an efficient control is exercised over tileir exports by their domestic legislation, and if the same principles as have been adonted by His Majesty's Government are applied, viz.,. that exort vill only be allowed where it can be shown that it is for legitimate medical and scientific purposes, In such onses it may srove unnecessary to insist on the re-export
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A con is attached of a memorandum prepared for the "se of the Pritish regresentatives at the Meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations at Geneva this autumn, recording the history of the progressive control of the Aru traffic and stating the resent position as affected by the ection taken by His Majesty's Government since their signature of the Opium Convention of 1912.
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