§ MR. R. N. FOWLERasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether, referring to the answer he gave on August 6th 1880, Her Majesty's Minister in Japan has been able to induce the Japanese Government to permit the importation of drugs and other chemicals into that country?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEHer Majesty's Government are not aware that there has been any interference with the importation of drugs and other 855 chemicals into Japan other than medicinal opium. Restrictions are placed by the laws of Japan on the sale of bad or spurious drugs, and they are submitted to an examination by the Board of Health before they can be sold to the Japanese. Complaints were made in 1879 that certain drugs had been unfairly condemned; but since that time no further complaints have been received.