CO129-486 - Public Offices - 1924 — Page 222

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The exporting countries will undertake to regard the

norm obtained, reduced by 10 per cent, as the maximu

for their annual exports and at the same time engage

duly to check contraband traffic.

These

The exporting Fowers, however, will never be favour-

ubly disposed towards any restriction, unless all other

Powers should bind themselves to desist from the exporta-

tion of coca leaf or raw cocaine, as long as the agree-

ment shall be in force, also in so far as their colonies,

protectoratus and the like are concerned, an exception

being made for the six cocaine-producing Powers.

Powers, with the exclusion of others, manufactur、 cocaine

also for export purposes and, therefore, transactions in

the raw material may exclusively be carried on among

these countries mutually. It would not be fair if this

condition were not fulfilled, as, side by side with

exporting countries restricting their culture, there

yould be others that extended it without having been

confronted by the cares and troubles attendant on

restriction.

it is essential to see that the

growing of ooga leaf continues to be a profitable oulture

in the future.

Moreover,

In order to ensure the efficiency of the agreement,

not only the exporting countries but also the other

Powers sould undertake to give at short intervals a

general publicity to their import, /

production,