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to the so-called remedies to wenn one from the use of opium, also to :

2. Veterinary surgeons in places where a dispensary exists;

3. Persons, qualified to practise dental surgery;

4. Menagers of private hospitals. to whom the Head of the

Civil Medical Service has given his consent.

Further the possession is also allowed to those,

to whom it is prescribed by a qu-lified physician,

Sle to other than the above-mentioned persons

is forbidden.

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"CHAPTER V. 卝

Article 20.

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"The contreting Powers shall make inquiries into the possibility of proclaiming lows or regulations by which the unlawful possession of raw opium, of propared opium, of morphine, of cocaine and their respective anlts, is ponalized, unloss laws

or rugulations on the subject nru irendy in oxistence,

ponalized.

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Unlawful possession of those substances is

帖 Articl. 21".

"The contracting Perrors sh‍ll sund och other

nommunications through the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Nothorl nds upon :

the text of the existing "dministr tivo 18 and regul¬tions rog rding the subjects ruforrud to in this convention, or which re proclimed on the ground of its stipul tions;

b) statistio 1 deta rugerding the trade in row opium,prop-rud opium, morohinc, coo-ino and their respective grits, he well as the trade in other drugs or their slts or proportions, referred to in this Convention.

These statistics shall be furnished with as many particulars as possible and within as short a term as possible"

Article 21 is complied with regularly as

far as possible.

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