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'File E8/4 II: Interdicts: Import of Opium into Bahrain' [‎487r] (857/863)

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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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Note 2. Cocaine: This heading refers to coca,ne in thefoUowin|forms: ^
of cocaine; (c) preparations which contain more ^O-i per ce made {rom any of the forms of
leaf; {d) preparations which contain more than 0 - 1 P e ^^ n . { coca i n e in an inert substance, liquid
cocaine mentioned in (a). (6) or (c) ; sol ^°" s ti n d in (a) (b) or (c), even if these solutions and
or solid, made from any of the forms of cocaine mentioned in w. [o) v h
dilutions contain o.i per cent or less of cocaine.
the presenifori^^e qusmtWesS^each 1 drug shoul^bnn^rted in^he'wan^c^mns.^dWon^ eolumrS
being '^^^romo^phme and its salts (paramorfan) and preparations; ^
Mofphine-N-oxide (genomorphine) and its preparations.
Thebaine and its salts and preparations;
Ecgonine and its salts and preparations, ..
^e SS exipt tLTyWhrne - and their salts and preparations;
The^therTthers o^mo^l^e^nd^hei^salts 11 (dionir^^d^^^a^foiK;
and its salts and preparations, and ethylmorphme a "f h ihvdrLorphinone.
^S^ld/hyXS dihydromorphine and their
The mo^Wnirae'dSvatives and the other pentavalent nitrogen morphine derivaUves
and their preparations.
Note 4. By imports "for Government purposes " is to ^
use of the military, naval and air forces of the country, by the civilian population, whether
as imports for Government purposes.
BEEN ISSUED. t . ... c
"Inportei ,rom Give the country which e*P-ted the ^
aulhorisation^has'heeii i^"'exerting cluntey is the conntry from which the goods were actually
'es^t^ed^t^tlie^mjrortmg^untj^t-ry ^hich imported the S^^^^^^^^^^^nt^auAonties
n-th certXle St^S ^importinVco^t ^y i S g the conntry to which the goods were
iCtU Import and export include consignments arnvmg or b 7 P?^' ware house, free port or free
Import is also intended to include entrance ^ r0 " 1 a roa , bonded warehouse', free port or free
zone, and export is also intended to include despatch a roa ' national Customs laws as technical
zone although such traffic may not ordinarily be Seated by the {rom a bonded
import and export; but care should be taken o ensure that goods posing tn^usto^ ^ trans .
ferred 0 frOTi^the ^ountry^tsdf "into ^ bo'nSwarehouse, free port or free zone situated in the country
^^r^li^S^ses in transit through the -"try to -other
^tr»wMch A ~ in SlLTshonldtt^ider it as ^n import and export, even if the
^Took^^ ^nTexporting country shall he
entered as exports by the one country and as imports by the other.
TABLE OF EQUIVALENCES.
(By " pure alkaloid " is meant basic anhydrous alkaloid.)
Opium: One kilogramme of tincture is the equivalent of 100 grammes of r pedicinal opium.
One kilogramme of extract is the equivalent of 2 kilogrammes of median alopm
Indian hemp : One kilogramme of tincture is the equivalent o about I00 J r f n Xn h Pm o
One kilogramme of extract is the equivalent of about 7 kilogrammes of Indian he p. , .
M orPhine: The principal morphine salts found on the market contain about 80 per cent of pure morphine
Diacetylmorphine (diamorphine, heroin): The principal diacetylmorphme salts ( lamorp ne,
found on the market contain about go per cent of pure diacetylmorphme.
Cocaine: Hydrochloride of cocaine contains about 90 per cent of pure cocaine.
Nitrate of cocaine contains 75 per cent of pure cocaine.
Tincture of coca ordinarily contains 0.2 per cent of pure cocaine.
Hydrochloride of dihydrohydroxycodeinone (eucodal) contains 78 per cent
(dicodide) contains 60 per cent of pure dihydro-
Dihydrtmorphittone: Hydrochloride of dihydromorphinone (dilaudide) contains 89 per cent of pure
Acetyldlhfd ^Zo ^none or acetyldemethylodihydrothehaine: Hydrochloride of acet y 1 f 1 ^ r ^ n d r e oXnon 0 e r
acetyldemethylodihydrothebaine (acedicone) contains 90 per cent of pure acetyldihydrocodeinone.
Dihydromorphine: Hydrochloride of dihydromorphine (paramorfan) contains 89 per cent of pure dihydro-
Benzylmorphine: Hydrochloride of benzylmorphine (peronine) contains 87 per cent of pure benzyl-
morphine.

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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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