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on conteratively low salaries.
The cost of tickets for a maximum number ✰ 60,000,000 tubes will be approximately 30,000 ticals, and the increase in clerical steff :ill cost in the neighbourhood of 240,000 tice)s per ennum, neking a total of 300,000 ticals ver an- num, but this sum ill be rell spent if the control which # is proposed to exercise is as effective as it apterently ought to be, The consecutive numbers crinted on the tickets (para,37) will prevent fraud by the retailer end will alse greatly freilit to the work of inspecting the sales ar checking the stocks of opium in the retail shops.
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39. It may be thought that the retailer might make il- logal salos and unter fictitioud registration numbers on the tickets, thus confusing the official inspectors, has been foreseen red the la. (2,ction 32 -b-) accordingly
rovides tht ret lors y only supply persons register-
As ed in the Anthur istrict in which the shop is situ toð. the N1 Amphur his rogister of lionsed smokers in his dis- trict, any fictitious number will it once be detected and the retallur punished,
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40. A smoker registered in one Anchur district, and coming tunoor:rily into another must curchese his daily allowance direct from the officiels of the now district, and she is not -llowed to possess ripe, he must enoko his orium in 'n orium shop in that district on the same day. (Suction 30 of Le).
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By the enforcement of the rbovo provisions, it is hoped that no smokers will be prevented from teking to the habit and that smuggling out of the country will be of- fuctively prevented.
Before, how.vor, putting the final crovisions into force, viz., those relating to the registration of smokers (Title V of Ociun Lar) it ill be necessary to take the following atters into consideration, namely the financial ascects of the subject, am the denger of smuggling of opium into the court.
Financiel Aspects
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Before gang into the financial pacects of the quest- ion, ce affected by the proposed eventurl registration of ell smokers, it a-y be of interest to revie” the nonet ry re-
The mistake is sults of the monopoly up to the cresent,
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