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Import of pruparod opium othorvisc than for note to (V) is forbiddon

"Article 8",

"The contracting Powors which are not yot rody to prohibit immediately the export of properud opium;

a) shell restrict the number of towns, porta, or other loo-lities through which propared opium may bu oxpoetod;

b) shall prohibit the export of prepared opium to countries which now forbid, or which may hereafter forbid, the Import there- of;

o) shall, in the meanwhile, prohibit the consignment of prepared opium to a country which desires to restrict its entry unless the exporter complies with the rogulations of the importing country;

a) shall take measures to ensure that every package exported sontṇining prepared opium, boars a special mark indienting the nature of its contents;

e) shall not permit the export of prepared opium except by special authorized persons.

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Export is permitted for medical scientific purposes only and then a deposition is also required showing that the import is approved by the competent authorities at destination.

In the last years no export existed.

The taking with oneself of a small quantity of prepared opium for private use during a sea-voyage, is not leonsidered as export when the possession of opium is allowed at the place of destination,

CHAPTER III. - MEDICINAL OPIUM,

MORPHINE, COCAINE &C.

"Definition,

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By "medicinal opium" is

Understood:

"Rew opium which has been heated to 60° centigrade and containe not less than 10 per cent of morphine, whether or not it be powdered for granulated, or mixed with indifferent materials,

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By "morphine" is understood: The principal alkaloid of opium, having the chemical formula

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