of America in Guatemala, or of any citizen of Guatemala in the United States, without having in the country of his decease any known heirs or testamentary executors by him appointed, the competent local authorities shall at once inform the nearest Consular officer of the nation to which the deceased person belonged of the circumstance, in order that the necessary information may be immediately forwarded to persons interested. The said Consular officer shall have the right to appear, personally or by delegate, in all proceedings on behalf of the absent heirs or creditors, until they are otherwise represented. IV. The present Convention shall come into effect ten days after the day upon which the ratifications are exchanged, and shall remain in force for ten years after such exchange. In case neither of the Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other, twelve months before the expiration of the said period of ten years, of the intention to terminate the present Convention, it shall remain in force until the expiration of one year from the day on which either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given suck notice. V. The present Convention shall be duly ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the approval of the Senate thereof, and by the President of Guatemala, by and with the approval of the National Legislative Assembly thereof, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in Washington or in Guatemala. In faith whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this Treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Guatemala, this 27th day of August, 1901. (L.S.) W. GODFREY HUNTER. (L.S.) JUAN BARRIOS M. REGULATIONS relative to the Sale of Opium and Poisons in the British Central Africa Protectorate.-Zomba, October 24, 1901. Notice. THE following Regulations made by His Majesty's Commissioner, and allowed by the Secretary of State, are published for general information. Zomba, October 24, 1901. ALFRED SHARPE, His Majesty's Commissioner. King's Regulations under Article 99 of" The Africa Order in [No. 4 of 1901.] Council, 1889."* Poison and Opium. 1. THESE Regulations may be cited as "The Poison and Opium Regulations, 1901," and shall come into operation on the 1st day of November, 1901. PART I.-Poison. 2. For the purposes of these Regulations "poison" means any of the substances mentioned in the First Schedule to these Regulations: Provided that the Commissioner may by public notification direct that any substance not mentioned in that Schedule shall be added thereto. Any notification directing a substance to be added to the said Schedule shall take effect one month after the date of the notification. "Medical practitioner" means a person authorized to act as a medical practitioner in the United Kingdom or any British posses sion. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or keep open shop for selling any poison unless he is licensed in that behalf. A licence to sell poisons may be granted by the Collector of the district, subject to any directions of the Commissioner. Where a licence is refused by the Collector, the applicant may appeal to the Commissioner, whose decision shall be final. Every licence shall describe the premises on which the person licensed is authorized to sell poison, and each licence shall cover one set of premises only. A licence under these Regulations shall be valid for one year from its date, and unless revoked, every licence shall bear a revenue stamp of 10s. 4. Every holder of a licence under these Regulations shall, on every sale of any poison and before delivery, make or cause to be made an entry in a book to be kept for that purpose, stating in the form in the Second Schedule the particulars there indicated, which entry shall be signed by the purchaser. 5. A wholesale dealer in poisons shall not be required to take out a licence under these Regulations; but any such wholesale dealer shall not, unless he is a holder of a licence, sell any poison to any person except a licence-holder or a medical practitioner. 6. On every sale of any poison the bottle or other receptacle or package containing the same shall be conspicuously stamped or * Vol. LXXXI, page 301. marked with the word "Poison," and shall also bear the name of the seller, the address of the shop or place at which the sale occurred, and (unless the seller is a medical practitioner) the name of the poison so sold or the ingredients thereof. 7. Where any poison is sold by any medical practitioner to his patient as medicine, the ingredients thereof must be entered with the name and address of the patient in a book to be kept by the seller for the purpose. PART II.-Opium and Bhang. 8. For the purposes of these Regulations, "opium" includes any preparations of opium, and "bhang" includes ganja. 9. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell by wholesale or retail, or to possess for sale any opium or bhang unless he is licensed in that behalf. 10. A licence to sell opium and bhang by wholesale, for which an annual fee of 257. shall be paid, shall authorize the licensee to possess at any one time any quantity of opium and bhang, but shall not authorize the licensee to sell less than 10 lbs. in weight at any one time. A licence to sell opium and bhang by retail, for which an annual fee of 107. shall be paid, shall authorize the licensee to possess at one time opium and bhang in any quantity not exceeding 50 lbs., whether of opium or bhang or of both. Every licence shall describe the premises on which the licensee is authorized to sell opium and bhang, and each licence shall cover one set of premises only. 11. Bhang shall not be sold either by wholesale or retail, or possessed by any person otherwise than in an unprepared state, or prepared for smoking purposes only. 12. Bhang shall not be grown or cultivated by any person in the Protectorate. 13. Every holder of a licence for sale of opium and bhang by retail shall observe the following rules: (a.) He shall not sell or deliver any opium or bhang between the hours of 8 P.M. and 6 A.M. (b.) He shall not sell at any one time to any individual more than 200 grains. (c.) He shall not permit any opium or bhang to be consumed on his premises. (d.) Opium or blang sold or offered for sale shall not be adulterated or deteriorated in any way. (e.) Opium or bhang shall not be sold to any person apparently under 16 years of age. (f) Wearing apparel or other goods shall not be received in barter for opium or bhang. 14. All licences under this Part may be granted by the Collector, subject to the directions of the Commissioner. Every licence shall bear a revenue stamp or stamps corresponding to the fee, and shall be valid for one year from its date, unless revoked. 15. Opium and bhang shall not be sold or possessed or offered for sale by any person holding a licence for the sale of poisons, but not holding a licence under this Part of these Regulations, unless he is a medical practitioner; and in that case shall be sold only in a prepared form as a medicine, in accordance with the prescription of a medical practitioner. Where any opium or bhang is sold by a medical practitioner, the provisions of Part I of these Regulations shall apply as if opium and bhang were included in the First Schedule. A medical practitioner shall not, unless he is licensed under Part II, possess at any one time more than 5 lbs. in all of opium and bhang. PART III.-General. 16. The Collector, or any Magistrate, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause for suspecting that any poisons or any opium or bhang are sold or kept on any premises in contravention of these Regulations, may authorize any officer of police to enter and search such premises at any time of day or night, and if any poisons, opium, or bhang are found on the premises, the officer may seize the same, if in excess of the amount authorized by any licence (the production of which the officer is hereby authorized to demand) or otherwise authorized by these Regulations, and may apprehend any person appearing to be in occupation or charge of the premises, and shall take him, together with anything so seized, before a Magistrate for adjudication. 17. Any breach of the above Regulations may be punished by a fine not exceeding 25l., or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and a repetition of the offence may be punished by both fine and imprisonment. When any person convicted of any such breach is a licensee, his licence may be revoked. Zomba, October 24, 1901. Allowed: ALFRED SHARPE, His Majesty's Commissioner. LANSDOWNE, His Majesty's Principal Secretary D |