CO129-482 - Public Offices - 1923 — Page 556

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60,000,000

The cost of tickets for a maximum number o tubes will be approximately 30,000 sicals, and the increase in clerical staff ill cost in the neighbourhood of 240,000 ticels per ennum, me king a total of 300,000 ticals ver an- num, but this sum ill be rell scent if the control which it is proposed to exercise is as effective as it aonerently ought to be. The consecutive numbers crinted on the tickets (paro,37) will prevent fraud by the retailer and will also greatly facilitr to the work of inscecting the sales and checking the stocks of opium in the retail shops,

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39. It may be thought that the retailer might make il- legal sales and unter fletitioud registration numbers on the tickets, thus confusing the official inspectors. has been foreseen me the la" (2,ction 32 -b-) accordingly provides tht rutilors my only supply persons register-

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ed in the Anchur 1strict in which the shop is situated. the Nai Aaphur har rogister of licensed smokers in his dis- trict, any fictitious number will it once be dotocted and the retailer cunishud.

40. A smoker registered in one Anchur district, and coming tumor rily into another must curchase his daily allowance direct from the officiels of the 'new district, and a ho is not 11oved to possuss - pipe, he must snoko His orium in n orium shop in that district on the sam dry, (Suction 30 of Liv),

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41. By the enforcement of the rbove provisions, 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, hovor, cutting the final provisions into force, viz., those relating to the registration of smokers (Title V of Orium Lar) it ill be necessery to take the following netters into consideration, namely the financial rscects of the subject, and the denger of smuggling of opium into the Country.

Financial Ascects

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Before gong into the financial escects of the quest- ion, es affected by the proposed eventual registration of £ll smokers, it ay be of interest to revie the monot-ry re-

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