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GENEVA, February 17th, 1938.
Sir,
With reference to previous correspondence in
regard to supplies of narcotic drugs for the League of
Nations Epidemic Commission to China and to the statement
in my letter of December 22nd, 1937, that it is proposed to
lay down in Hong Kong a general stock of medical supplies,
among which might be certain quantities of narcotic drugs,
I have the honour to inform you that certain quantities of
narcotic drugs have been ordered for this purpose and are
now being prepared for shipment to Hong Kong.
Narcotic drugs at present under order are as follows:
(1) Drugs ordered in France from Comar and Co.,20 rue
des Fossés, St. Jacques, Paris:
10,000 ampoules of morphine hydrochloride 0.01 and 20,000 pills of morphine hydrochloride 0.01, con- taining 300 grammes of morphine hydrochloride.
50,000 pills of codeine phosphate 0.02 containing 1 kilogramme of codeine phosphate.
(2) Drugs ordered in Belgium from La Pharmacie centrale
de Belgique, 12 rue du Téléphone, Brussels:
50 kilogrammes tincture of opium P.B.IV in bottles of 1 kilogramme.
These drugs are being shipped together with other medical
supplied consigned to Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Company,
Ltd., Hong Kong, for account of the League of Nations
Epidemic Commission, China. The drugs will be kept in stock
The Colonial Secretary,
HONG KONG.
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