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The same line of conduct will have to be
followed with regard to contractors and the workmen in the latter's service.
Might it appear unavoidable in exceptional cases, where large interests are at stake, to take on opium smokers for certain duties, then recourse may not be had to this,
In the relative before the Government has given its sanction. proposal it must be clearly shown, thot the employment of certain
•pium-smokers is unavoidable.
When sending in any such proposals, it must however be taken into account that the sanction referred te, will nover be given for those parts of Netherlands India, where the possession of opium is forbidden to every one, or to persona of the nationality to which the workmen in question belong..
Those in charge of works are held personally responsible for the proper observance of the regulations laid down in this circular, and for any expenses which may be incured through the returning of opium-smokors and which are the result of the non-observance of rulos laid down above, or of any other fnet..
XI.
The licence-systems described in IX, since oalled "finished", were first introduced in the districts where the
In most of number of opium-smokers was still comparatively small, these districts they have been bebeficial,
The more ene went in for the application of the system in districts where there were still comparatively mony opium-smokers, the less cooperation from the population was to be exposted. The continuance of the system consequently beenme continually more difficult,partially because the towns,
big
from which it is often onsy to bring regie-pium into the
In this connection forbiddon aron, were approached more and moro, it must be observod that the continual improvement in the mons of convoy neo, the inoronsod freedom of movement given to verious soctions of the population, and the incro scd communio-tions with the rust of the world, continu-lly modo the minton-noc of regulations such as those undor discussion, more difficult.
The prohibitod import-tion in districts, heron 11conco-system was in operation, from noerby 1-rge towns hed her and thoro assumed largo proportions.