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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. Managers 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 qualified physician,

Sle to other than the above-mentioned persons

is forbidden.

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CHAPTER V.

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Article 20.

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"The controting Powers shall make inquiries

into the possibility of proclaiming laws or regulations by which the unlawful possession of rav opium, of prepared opium, of morphine, of cocaine and their respective anita, is ponalized, unless lows or regulations on the subject are nlro-dy in existenco,

ponalized.

Unlawful possussion of those substances is

Artiol. 21".

"The controting Poors sh 11 sond onch other communications through the Dupartment of Foreign Affairs of the Notherlands upon :

) the text of the existing dministrativo 1s nd regulations rogerding the subjects referred to in this Convention, or which "ro procl imed on the ground of its stipul tions;

b) strtistio 1 dete rugarding the trade in row opium, properod opium, morohino, coc-ing and their respective sits, as woll s the trdo 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 ne

for as possible.