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which they re not permitted to take srey any orium. under the law, persons who do not hold ordinary smoking licenses will not be allowed in opium shops (see Orium Law Section 32 −8- ) and are liable to cunishment if found, the The opium denger of re-sale is practically done ay with,

stops are nearly all situated in comparatively rell-copu- Jated places, and are this subject to frequent inspection by officials. In nearly every Amphur district there are now two Revenue officials, one acting as accountant and the other es inspector, and among the latter's duties is the inspection of opium shopa. Eventually every Amphur district will have these two officials,

It is obvious that the duty of inspecting a few shops is a very much easier one then the ingrecting of the rivate residences of numerous registered smokers, if the latter were allowed to smoke at home, Under the system to be put in force in this country the control of smokers and the

are well pro- prevention of new #nokers taking to the habit vided for.

37. The question of control over retailers remains to be dealt with. The system ra devised for this country is as follows:-

Each retailer willbe supplied with rolls of tickets numbered consecutively like those used on tramways, ko.

The tickets 111 be of four different colours corres- ronding to the four sizes of the opiwn tubes supplied to smokers in opium shops,

Under the new law the consumer is required to present his pass book on making his purchase, vide finisterial

The retai

1er hegulations, Cleudo 6 and pare 21 above, will enter in his tass book the quantity taken, the dete

In practice this will be done end the number of the shop.

by using a hand stamp to indicate the size of tube taken, and another hand stamp to indicete the size and number of the shop. At the same time. he will rite on a ticket of the colour corresponding to the size of the tube, the customer's register number and will also stamp it with the date and number of his shop.

38. In this way every tube of orium supplied to con-

When the re- sumers will be rutonetically accounted for. tailer comes to the Nai Aarhur for further supplies of ocium, he will tear off from the roll the tickets already stamped and hand them over to the Nai Amphur as his re- turns of or'um sold, The tickets may then be checked, as regards number and name of license holder, with the register opium anokers conciled in the Nai Amchur's office, and the particllars entered either in ccount books, duclicate

This work nay be done by clerks, pass books or index cards,

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