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 1936 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION-OPIUM. JANUARY 23, 1912. also be roposed by the Governments to their psgrliaments or legislative bodies within this same period of six mont, and m any case at the Erst session which sha.ll ollow the expiration of this period. ,,'§,§’,_'*° ‘°‘ ¤°*"‘ *“*° The date from which these laws, regulations, or measures shall go into effect shall be the subéect of an agreement between the signatory Powers, at the instance o the Netherlands Government. d,.§’,§§‘,§,{‘},‘,§Q§t{§{,’;‘ °‘ In case questions shall arise relative to the ratification of the present Convention, or relative to the going into effect of the Convention, or of the laws regiglations and measures which such Convention involves, the Netherlan Government, if these questions cannot be decided by other means, shall invite all the Si§atory Powers to designate delegates who shall assemble at The ague to come to an immediate agreement on these questions. Article 25. D·¤¤¤¤*=¤¤¤· If it should happen that one of the Contracting Powers should wish to denounce the present Convention, such denunciation shall be notified in  to the Netherlands Government, who shall immediately commumcate a certiied copy in conformity with such notification to all the other Powers, informing them at the same time as to the date on which it received such notification. F*'•¤*— The denunciation shall have no effect except with respect to the Power who shall have given notice thereof and one year after such notice shall have reached the Netherlands Government. ¤*¤¤¤*¤¤¤- In witness whereof, the Plenipotentiaries have affixed their signatuxbes to therpreséant Conpention. _ winch one at e e anuary 23, 1912, in one smgl' e co, ` shall remain d in the archives of the Governmeiiltl of the Netherlands an copies of which, certified in conformity, shall be delivered through diplomatic channels to all the Powers represented at the Conference. [Here follow signatures.] PBOTOCOLE DE CLOTURE OF 'I‘%l§_gENTERNATIONAL OPIUM CONFER- rumpmmn. The International Opium Conference, ro osed b the Government of the United States of America andpcogvoked gy the Government of the Netherlands, assembled at The Hague in the Palace of the Knghts, December 1, 1911. covemmaas repre- The vemments, the enumeration of which follows have taken ’“‘°°‘*· art in the Conference, to which they had designated the Delegates hereafter named. [Here follow names of Governments and Delegates.] In a series of meetings held from the lst of December, 1911, to the 23rd of January, 1912, the Conference determined upon the text of Convention hereto annexed: The Conference has further expressed the following wishes: - ¤l:gf¤ii2EY I. The Conference is of the opinion that there is reason to draw the attention of the Universal Postal Union: 1° to the urgency of regulating the transmission by post of raw Opium; 2° to the necessity of regulating, so far as possible, the transmission by post of Morphine and ocaine and their rmpective salts, and of the other substances contemplated by Article 14 of the Convention; 3° to the necessity o prohibiting the transmission of prepared Opium by thelpost. hgg¤¥¤¤ ¥¤di¤¤ II. The Co erence is of the opinion that it is advisable to study the question of  Hemp from the statistical and scientific stan - point, with a view to regulating its misuse, should the necessity