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definition, as this may give rise to the impression

that the preparations themselves are not subject to any of the measures of control prescribed by the Conven- tion. For the same reason it is undesirable to exclude from the definition of Deleterious Drugs, articles containing deleterious drugs, which may be exempted under

Section 40.

I presume that, since the list of preparations in the Second Schedule is practically identical with the list in Schedule II of the Regulations dated the 20th of May, 1921, made under Section 7 of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1920, it is proposed to exempt them, (i.e. the prepara tions alone, but not mixtures of the preparations and other ingredients) from the operation of the Ordinance

by rule under Section 40.

It is true that the se preparations, by reason

of the relative bulk of their constituents (andin 80 19

instances, their nauseating properties) are regarded by the authorities in this country as incapable of being put to any other than strictly medical uses, and are not liable to give rise to addiction. It is accordingly considered that their exemption from the operation of measures of internal control such as are laid down in the

is Regulations referred to in the preceding paragraph, compatible with Article 9 of the Opium Convention of 1912. The provisions of the Convention of 1912, how- ever do not permit of their exemption from the measure s

of