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'File E8/4 II: Interdicts: Import of Opium into Bahrain' [‎398r] (694/863)

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The record is made up of 1 file (490 folios). It was created in 28 Mar 1939-4 Jul 1943. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Show weight in kilogrammes. If
impossible, state clearly the weight
used in the table.
Quantities less than one kilogramme
should be omitted from the figures
entered in this report.
Figures should be shown without
full-stops or commas.
Only net weights should be entered
in the table (i.e., excluding packing
material, such as cases, bottles,
tubes and other containers, wrap
pers, etc.).
Unless otherwise indicated, only the
weight of the pure alkaloid content
should be given in the case of
crude alkaloids and of salts and
preparations. (See table of equi
valences at the end of this form.)
GL I. Quantities confiscated:
[a] On account of illicit import**
{b) On account of illicit export
GL II. Methods by which the con
fiscated substances were dis
posed of:
[a] Quantities destroyed . . .
{b) Quantities added to the "Go
vernment stocks "*** . . .
(c) Quantities added to the
stocks held by the Govern
ment for other than Govern
ment purposes**** ....
[d) Quantities released to manu
facturers and wholesalers. .
Quantities released for direct
consumption in the country
for medical and scientific
purposes
(/) Quantities otherwise disposed
of (specify method) ....
RAW OPIUM
G
Kg.
1
x-
MEDICINAL
OPIUM
G
Kg.
OPIUM
in the form of
tinctures, ex
tracts and such
other prepa
tionscontaining
more than
0.2 •/, but not
more than 20%
of morphine as
are made direct
from raw or me
dicinal opium
(State weight in
terms of medi
cinal opium —
1.e., ten times
the morphine
content.)
G
Kg.
COCA
LEAVES
G
Kg.
INDIAN
HEMP
G
Kg.
INDIAN
HEMP
In the form of
galenical
preparations
(extracts and
tinctures)
and
preparations
based thereon
(State weight
in terms ot In
dian hemp.)
G
Kg.
INDIAN
HEMP RESIN
and
preparations
whose basis is
resin of
Indian hemp
(such as
hashish,esrar,
" chiras,
djamba)
G
Kg.
MORPHINE*
Note 1
DIACBTYL
MORPHINE
(dlamorphlna,
heroin)
and its salts
and
preparations
GL
Kg.
GL
Kg.
CRUDE
COCAINE*
(State weight in
terms of crude
cocaine and en
ter under
" Remarks" the
pure cocaine
content.)
GL
Kg.
COCAINE*
Note 3
GL
Kg.
Dihydro-
hydroxy-
codemone*
and its salts
(EUCODAL)
and
preparations
GL
Kg.
13
Dihydro-
codeinone*
and its sails
(DICODIDE)
and
preparations
GL
Kg.
14
Dihydro-
morpninone*
and its salts
(D1LAUDIDE)
and
preparations
GL
Kg.
15
Acetyl-
dihydro-
codeinone*
and its salts
(ACBDICONE)
and
preparations
GL
Kg.
Note 3
GL
Kg.
»7
Methyl-
morphine
(CODEINE)
and iis salts
L
Kg.
18
hine
Ethylmorphi
(DIONINE)
and its sails
L
Kg.
73^ ^
* The Board draws the attention of the Governments to Article 18 of the Limitation Convention, which reads as allows:
" Each High Contracting Party undertakes that any of the drugs in Group I which are seized by him in the illicit traffic shall be destroyed or converted into non-narcotic substances or appropriated for medical or scientific
converted ^ Government or under its control, when these are no longer required for judicial proceedings or other action on the part of the authorities of the State. In all cases diacctylmorphine shall either be destroyed or
**
a foreign
The Board would appreciate it if the Governments would include under this heading all confiscations made in the interior of the country if it is known that the substances confiscated had been illicitly imported from
country, for m all such cases the quantity already lawfully in existence in the country is increased by the quantity confiscated.
r.\\"? 0Ver 4 . nn | ent / t0 u k f " Sh0 u 1 ? J ' v S f u r ^ P ossible ' h f regarded as including only stocks under Government control for the use of the military, naval and air forces of the country or to meet exceptional circumstances
* , * Any stocks of substances held by the Government for normal domestic consumption by the civilian population, whether such substances are to be sold or to be distributed gratuitously by the Government are to be considered
as held by the Government for other than Government purposes . b / / , " v
REMARKS: (Please give here such other information as may be useful in regard to the confiscations reported and to the methods by which the confiscated substances were disposed of
Governments are also invited to give the information required under GL II for substances confiscated in previous years, but only disposed of during the calendar year under report.)

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Correspondence concerning the gathering of statistical information to the Permanent Central Opium Board of the League of Nations in accordance with the Drugs Limitation Convention of 1931. The file contains correspondence between the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bahrain and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Customs House, Bahrain; the Arabian Mission Hospital, Bahrain; the State Medical Officer, Bahrain; and the Quarantine Medical Officer, Bahrain.

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Foliation: This file has a circled foliation number that begins on front cover and end on back cover.

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