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The Health Committee, however, did not find it possible to

enbdivide the figure of 450 milligram es in the way asked for. Sepurate estimates have been supplied by 24 Governments for their

morphine and heroin requirements,

The Committee has also invited the Ho:1th Committee to

continuo its investigations into the world's reguitor.cnts and

so obtvin further fi urcs zo es to provide a wider basis aer a

Coner:l estito. The Health Committee has agreed to do this and

also to prepare a similar estimate for cooling.

When the Commit toe considered the possibility of limiting the production, of raw materials, the question was rained as to that

crops could be substituted in the areas now occupied by the

cultivation of the opium poppy and of the coca leaf in certain

ccw.tries. In order to clear up this question, the Secretariat ves

instructed to get in touch with the International Agricultural

Instituto in Rome, taking it to make a study of the possibilities of substituting other crops in place of opium and coca lect and the

approximate time necessary for the change of crop to take place in

Agriculturel the producing countries, This the International/Institute has

agreed to undertake.

For the purposes of the First Conference the Preparatory

Committee instructed the Secret rit to communicate with the

Goverments of France, Great Britain, India, J pan, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sign, renesting those of them which had not alrezay

Cons so to supply detailed figures of the annual concurry tion of

propered opium in the Far Eastern territories for the years 1921,

1922 and 19 and the figures of the Chinese male population in

those territorice over 21 years of care. The Governments of the

comtrics quoted above were also suked to supply information ca

to the 1 disposal of the Aross producca,

After having studied all the material laid before tilen,

hombers of the Preparatory Committee considered the repartion of

a draft programe for the first end of a draft progrume and Croft Agreement to be submitted to the cecond Confercnee,

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