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This, howuvor, is oublished in Dutch, and is
thorefore not of much use in combating the use of opium, for the suctions of the population in "hich most of the opium smokers aro found. b not know the Dutch language,
VIII.
Busidus the restrictions elrendy discussed, mesures, "hich had alrundy formerly been taken to make the use of opium diminish, moru also gone on ith,
t.
The price at which rogic-opium was sold was gradually raised. In this attor, when the rugio was introduced, it was necessary to unite 1th the farm, and only off tor the rugie had operated for some time in a cortain dis- trict, could e buginning bu made with raising the salo price. It gous ithout saying, that one had to go very car..fully about this mottur, as one would othur-
while the local iso cause smuggling to incronso, conditions had also to be taken into account, as for instance the prices of the regie-opium in the Straits Settlements and the Federated Melay States for the por-
tions of
of Netherlands Indie adjacent to the Malay Penin-
sule.
Reduction in the number of dens, opium-retail shops and the sale hours.
Contrary to the farm, the Opiumregie Service has confined itself solely to the sale of opium, but itself has never had a place where opium could be smoked. It is forbidden to every one to provide an oplum-den (an opium-smoking-house) who he perrit from the Resident to convert buildings, to be indicated in that permit, into dens, that is apartments, where persons entitled to be in possession of opium the regie-opium brought with them.
can use
(1) The increase in price has been very great for some parts. For Celebes and attached territories, for instance, it was raised from
For the prices per thail in 1922. f 3.- per thail in 1907 to f 30.- at the introduction of it see appendix 3 of the annual report for 1915. In September 1922 the sale price per thail was raised to fla for the districts Tandjoeng, Pinang, Lingga and Karimon of the Resi-
20.- for the districts Pulo dency Riouw and attached territories Tudjuh and Indragiri of the residency named and the district Bengka- lis of the Government East Coast of Sumatra, 1,25,- for the remaining portion of this government and for Tapanuli, Aohin and attached tor- ritories and the Western Residency of Borneo, and f.30,- for the russining parts of Netherlands India,
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