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who  are  the  professors  and  students  of  ordinary  schools  and
colleges  or  of  military  or  naval  schools  and  colleges  are  also
hereby  ordered  to  cease  smoking  within  six  months  from  date.
Article  X.  The  prohibition  of  the  import  of  foreign  opium
is  one  of  the  ways  to  root  out  the  source  of  opium  smoking.  The
prohibition  of  cultivation  of  the  poppy  and  of  the  opium-smoking
habit  are  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  internal  administrations.
Foreign  opium,  however,  concerns  foreign  Powers.  The  Waiwupu
is  hereby  instructed  to  negotiate  with  the  British  Minister  to
Peking  to  enter  into  a  convention  to  prohibit  the  importation  of
opium  gradually  within  a  certain  term  of  years,  so  as  to  stop
such  importations  before  the  term  for  the  prohibition  of  opium
smoking.  Opium  is  imported  from  Persia,  Annam,  Dutch  colonies,
and  other  places  besides  India,  and  the  Waiwupu  shall  also  open
negotiation  with  the  Ministers  of  these  treaty  powers.  In  case
of  a  power  where  there  is  no  treaty  China  can  prohibit  the
importation  by  her  own  laws.  The  Tartar  Generals,  Lieutenant
Generals,  Viceroys,  and  Governors  shall  order  the  Commissioners
of  Customs  to  find  a  way  to  stop  such  importation  from  the
frontiers  either  by  water  or  by  land.  It  is  also  known  that
morphia  is  injected,  and  the  habit  is  worse  than  opium  smoking.
It  is  mentioned  in  Article  n  in  the  Anglo-Chinese  Commercial
Treaty,  and  in  Article  16  of  the  American  Chinese  Commercial
Treaty,  that  except  for  medical  purposes  no  morphia  shall  be
imported  to  China,  and  it  is  also  strictly  prohibited  to  sell  or
manufacture  morphia  or  syringes  for  injecting  the  same  by
Chinese  or  foreign  shops,  so  as  to  stop  the  bad  habit.
These  regulations  shall  be  promulgated  by  the  local  civil
and  military  officials  in  cities,  towns,  and  villages,  for  the  informations ­
  of  the  general  public.

Peking,  December  8.
The  British  Minister  to  Peking  has  expressed  deep  sympathy
with  the  Chinese  authorities  regarding  the  prohibition  of  opium
smoking,  and  the  Waiwupu  has  expressed  its  gratitude  for  the
sympathy  expressed.  The  following  proposal  has  been  made
to  the  British  Minister  :—
1.  By  taking  the  average  of  the  total  sum  of  the  imports  of
opium  in  the  last  five  years,  the  amount  of  opium  allowed  to  be
imported  to  China  annually  will  be  decided,  and  such  amount  will
be  gradually  reduced  so  as  to  discontinue  the  importation  of
opium  in  ten  years.
2.  A  Chinese  delegate  will  be  sent  to  India  to  investigate
the  actual  amount  of  opium  imported  to  China  from  India,