JULY 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2089

FIRST SCHEDULE.

DANGEROUS DRUGS.

Raw opium—that is, the spontaneously coagulated juice obtained from the capsules of the Papaver somniferum L. which has only been submitted to the manipulations necessary for packing and transport, whatever its content of morphine.

Prepared opium—that is, opium prepared for smoking, and including dross and any other residues remaining after opium has been smoked, and also including any other form of opium other than raw opium and medicinal opium.

Medicinal opium—that is, raw opium which has undergone the processes necessary to adapt it for medicinal use, whether it is in the form of powder or is granulated or is in any other form, and whether it is or is not mixed with neutral substances.

Morphine—that is, the principal alkaloid of opium having the chemical formula C₁₇H₁₉NO₃.

Diacetylmorphine — that is, diacetylmorphine (diamorphine heroin) having the chemical formula C₂₁H₂₃NO₅.

Coca-leaf—that is, the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca Lamarck and the Erythroxylon novo-granatense (Morris) Hieronymus and their varieties, belonging to the family of Erythroxylaceae, and the leaf of other species of this genus from which it may be found possible to extract cocaine directly or obtain it by chemical transformation.

Crude cocaine—that is, any extract of the coca-leaf which can be used directly or indirectly for the manufacture of cocaine.

Cocaine—that is, methyl-benzoyl laevo-ecgonine ((a) D20° = -16° 4' in 20 per cent. solution of chloroform) having the chemical formula C₁₇H₂₁NO₄, and including synthetic cocaine.

Ecgonine—that is, laevo-ecgonine ((a) D20° = -45° 6' in 5 per cent. solution of water) having the chemical formula C₈H₁₅NO₃H₂O, and including all the derivatives of laevo-ecgonine from which it may be recovered industrially.

Indian hemp—that is, the dried flowering or fruiting tops of the pistillate plant known as Cannabis sativa L. from which the resin has not been extracted, and including—

(a) Resin obtained from Indian hemp;
(b) Preparations of which the resin from Indian hemp forms the base; and
(c) Extracts and tinctures of Indian hemp.

Any salt of morphine, diacetylmorphine, cocaine, or ecgonine.

Any preparation (including any of the so-called anti-opium remedies) containing more than one-fifth part per centum of morphine or more than one-tenth part per centum of cocaine or ecgonine.

Any preparation containing diacetylmorphine.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Cereoli Iodoformi et Morphinæ, B.P.C.
Emp. Opii, B.P., 1898.
Lin. Opii, B.P.
Lin. Opii Ammon., B.P.C.
Pasta Arsenicalis, B.P.C.
Pil. Hydrarg. c. Opio, B.P.C.
Pil. Ipecac c. Scilla, B.P.
Pil. Plumbi c. Opio, B.P.
Pil. Digitalis et Opii Co., B.P.C.
Pil. Hydrarg c. Cret et Opii, B.P.C.
Pulv. Create Aromat c. Opio, B.P.
Pulv. Ipecac. Co., B.P. (Dover's Powder).
Pulv. Kino Co., B.P.
Suppos. Plumbi, Co., B.P.
Tablettae Plumbi, c. Opio, B.P.C.
Ung. Gallae c., Opio B.P. (Gall and Opium Ointment).
Ung. Gallae Co., B.P.C.

And any plaster or other preparation containing not more than one-fifth of one per cent. of Indian hemp, in a form suitable for external application only.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

THE REGISTER OF DANGEROUS DRUGS.

A. Record of Dangerous Drugs purchased or otherwise obtained.