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12 The Malay booklets obat perboenoeh madat"
("Medicine to do away with optum"), "Dari hal tjandoe" ("About chandu" and "Djacehkan dirimoe dari pada tjandoe" (Beware of Chandu) were bent out by the People's Libraries respectively 1607, 1041 and 1254 times, while 194, 114, 108 copies respectively thereaf were
11 Serat erang-erang" was lent out 1273 sold, The Javanese edition
For the Madurese edition, times and 266 copies of it were sold, "Pabinjebli", the figures were: lent out 123 times and sold 108 copies.
A subsidy was given to an Anti-opium hospital, established by a society subject to conditions, the purpose of which was to ensure that the treatment of the patients would be given under proper medical supervision, and that the hospital also When at an inspection by otherwise satisfied proper requirements.
the Medical Service it was observed, that those conditions were not
withdrawn, It was also made followed up, the subsidy was again
known by the Netherlands Indian Government, that if any one should succeed in discovering an anti-opium medicine, which contained no morphine or other substances injurious to the health, it was prepared
obtainable to make that medicine known everywhere, and to make it at cost price.
Further a Commision for combating the use of opium was appointed, which gives advice in questions of choice of combative measures, European, Native and Chinese members have sents in this commission.
the In fighting against the use of opium, Government certainly gets appreciation from certain sections of the population, but it is not supported by a powerful movement against opium set up by the inhabitants themselves.
An Anti-opium Society was certainly formed, Nothwithstanding that it had the promise, that it could count upon strong financial support from the Govern- ment for its propaganda-work, that society has known no sign of life.
A Society "de Nieuwe Akker" formed later, consisting of total abstainers, has ass duously taken up the battle against alcohol and opium, and amongst other things publishes a monthly paper.
(1) This was the lementsble result of circumstances,
on the will of that society.
not dependent
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