# Section 3.—Opium Shops
Art. 5. Returns shall be furnished within six months by the local officials through the provincial authorities to the Board of the Interior of the number, situation, capital, &c., of opium shops in their jurisdiction. No new opium shops must be opened.
Art. 6. Opium shops must have permits issued by the provincial authorities and changed annually. Fees of from 2 to 6 dollars will be charged for these permits, according to the capital of the shop.
Art. 7. Monthly returns shall be furnished by every opium shop of the amount of opium sold. No opium must be sold except to persons provided with permits. A general annual report shall be furnished by the provincial authorities to the Board of the Interior.
Art. 8. All opium shops should endeavour to establish some other line of business apart from the trade in opium, for this trade must cease entirely within the fixed time limit.
# Section 4.—Opium Divans
Art. 9. Under the instructions issued by the Government Council in Kuang Hsü 32 (1906-7) all opium dens were to be abolished within six months. Should there still remain any opium divans, or tea-houses, wine-shops, &c., providing facilities for opium smoking, they must be closed at once, under pain of severe punishment.
# Section 5.—Utensils for Opium Smoking
Art. 10. Instructions have already been issued in Kuang Hsü 32 (1906-7) for the closure of all shops selling utensils for opium smoking. The local officials must now investigate whether any shops for the manufacture or sale of such articles still exist, and if any are discovered they must be closed and the proprietors fined.
# Section 6.—Opium Smoking
Art. 11. The authorities of each province shall fix a time within which returns shall be furnished by each local official of the name, residence and age of every opium smoker within his jurisdiction. An annual report embodying these returns shall be made by the provincial authorities to the Board of the Interior.
Art. 12. Opium smokers must obtain a permit from the local officials, stamped by the provincial authorities, and renewable annually. Only those holding such permits may purchase opium. The amount of opium required for daily consumption shall be entered on the permit, and not more than that amount can be purchased.
# Section 7.—Cure of the Opium Habit
Art. 13. Offices shall be established by local officials for the purpose of issuing to medicine shops and philanthropic institutions anti-opium medicines recommended by the Board of the Interior. These medicines shall be sold at cost price or given free to poor persons. Provincial authorities should send to the Board for investigation samples of any good anti-opium remedies discovered by persons in their jurisdiction.
Art. 14. Local officials should encourage the foundation of societies for the cure of the opium habit, the publication of anti-opium literature, &c., but such societies must not be allowed to concern themselves with anything apart from the abolition of opium.
Art. 15. Local officials shall investigate whether any of the medicines sold by drug shops or other establishments in their jurisdiction are compounded with morphia, and shall take steps to prevent the illicit sale of that drug.
# Section 8.—Rewards and Punishments
Art. 16. A local official who has furnished by the proper date all the returns called for under these Regulations, may be recommended for favourable notice to the Board by the high authorities of his province.
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Art. 17. A local official who has enforced within the fixed limit of time all the prohibitions specified in these Regulations may be recommended for favourable notice to the Board by the provincial authorities.
Art. 18. If a local official succeeds within the space of one year, and without inflicting undue hardship on the people in his jurisdiction, in reducing the amount of land under opium cultivation, the number of opium shops, and the number of smokers by more than three-tenths, the Viceroy or Memorial Governor may present a recommendation that he should be granted some special mark of approbation by the Board.
Art. 19. A local official who fails to furnish the proper returns by the proper date, or who makes false returns, shall be reported to the Board for punishment.
Art. 20. A local official who fails to enforce within the fixed limit of time the various prohibitions specified in the Regulations shall be reported to the Board for punishment. A false return under this Article will involve still more severe punishment. The superior officials will also, if they were aware of the circumstances, be liable to the same punishment.
Art. 21. A local official who fails to effect within his jurisdiction in a year a decrease of at least one-eighth in the amount of land under opium, the number of opium shops, and the number of smokers shall be reported to the Board for punishment.
Art. 22. The present Regulations shall be carried out in accordance with those laid down by the Government Council. Details shall be arranged by the provincial authorities in accordance with local conditions.
Art. 23. The amount of fees collected under these Regulations must be reported periodically to the Board, and will go to meet the expenditure connected with the prohibition of opium. No other charges beyond the fees fixed by these Regulations may be levied, and should it afterwards appear advisable to increase the amount of these fees, a joint Memorial on the subject will be submitted by the Board of Revenue and the Board of the Interior.
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Section 3.-Opium Shops.
Art. 5. Returns shall be furnished within six months by the local officials through the provincial authorities to the Board of the Interior of the number, situation, capital, &c., of opium shops in their jurisdiction. No new opium shops must be opened.
Art. 6. Opium shops must have permits issued by the provincial authorities and changed annually. Fees of from 2 to 6 dollars will be charged for these permits, according to the capital of the shop.
Art. 7. Monthly returns shall be furnished by every opium shop of the amount of opium sold. No opium must be sold except to persons provided with permits. A general annual report shall be furnished by the provincial authorities to the Board of the Interior.
Art. 8. All opium shops should endeavour to establish some other line of business apart from the trade in opium, for this trade must cease entirely within the fixed time limit.
Section 4.- -Opium Divans.
Art. 9. Under the instructions issued by the Government Council in Kuang Isä 32 (1906-7) all opium dens were to be abolished within six months. Should there still remain any opium divans, or tea-houses, wine-shops, &c., providing facilities for opium smoking, they must be closed at once, under pain of severe punishment.
Section 5.-Utensils for Opium Smoking.
Art. 10. Instructions have already been issued in Kuang Hsü 32 (1906-7) for the closure of all shops selling utensils for opium smoking. The local officials must now investigate whether any shops for the manufacture or sale of such articles still exist, and if any are discovered they must be closed and the proprietors fined.
Section 6.-Opium Smoking.
Art. 11. The authorities of each province shall fix a time within which returns shall be furnished by each local official of the name, residence and age of every opium smoker within his jurisdiction. An annual report embodying these returns shall be made by the provincial authorities to the Board of the Interior,
Art. 12. Opium smokers must obtain a permit from the local officials, stamped by the provincial authorities, and renewable annually. Only those holding such permits may purchase opium. The amount of opium required for daily consumption shall be entered on the permit, and not more than that amount cau be purchased.
Section 7.--Cure of the Opium Habit.
Art. 13. Offices shall be established by local officials for the purpose of issuing to medicine shops and philanthropic institutions anti-opium medicines recommended by the Board of the Interior. These medicines shall be sold at cost price or given free to poor persons. Provincial authorities should send to the Board for investigation samples of any good anti-opium remedies discovered by persons in their jurisdiction.
Art. 14. Local officials should encourage the foundation of societies for the cure of the opium habit, the publication of anti-opium literature, &c., but such societies inust not be allowed to concern themselves with anything apart from the abolition of opium.
Art. 15. Local officials shall investigate whether any of the medicines sold by drug shops or other establishments in their jurisdiction are compounded with morphia, and shall take steps to prevent the illicit sale of that drug,
Section 8.-Rewards and Punishments.
Art. 16. A local official who has furnished by the proper date all the returns called for under these Regulations, may be recommended for favourable notice to the Board by the high authorities of his province.
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Art. 17. A local official who has enforced within the fixed limit of time all the prohibitions specified in these Regulations may be recommended for favourable notice to the Board by the provincial authorities.
Art. 18. If a local official succeeds within the space of one year, and without inflicting undue hardship on the people in bis jurisdiction, in reducing the amount of land under opium cultivation, the number of opium shops, and the number of smokers Memorial Governor may present a by more than three-tenths, the Viceroy or recommending that he should be granted some special mark of approbation by the Board.
Art. 19. A local official who fails to furnish the proper returns by the proper date, or who makes false returns, shall be reported to the Board for punishment.
Art. 20. A local official who fails to enforce within the fixed limit of time the various prohibitions specified in the Regulations shall be reported to the Board for punishment. A false return under this Article will involve still more severe punish- ment. The superior officials will also, if they were aware of the circumstances, be liable to the same punishment.
Art. 21. A local official who fails to effect within his jurisdiction in a year a decrease of at least one-eighth in the amount of land under opium, the number of opium shops, and the number of smokers shall be reported to the Board for punishment.
Art. 22. The present Regulations shall be carried out in accordance with those laid down by the Government Council. Details shall be arranged by the provincial authorities in accordance with local conditions,
Art. 23. The amount of fees collected under these Regulations must be reported periodically to the Board, and will go to meet the expenditure connected with the probibition of opium. No other charges beyond the fees fixed by these Regulations may be levied, and should it afterwards appear advisable to increase the amount of these fees, a joint Memorial on the subject will be submitted by the Board of Revenue and the Board of the Interior.
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