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No women nor persons under 18 years of age
may be admitted to the duns. Originally the number of duns was fairly large; now-a-days a permit is only given when there is abso- lute need for a den in a place, (for instance with a view to the large number of persons passing through). The few dons for women, to which mon had no admission, which formerly existed, have now been abolished,
The number of dens diminished from 16 at
the end of 1914 to 72 at the end of 1921.
The very considerable diminution in nearly evory district since the introduction of the rugie is indicated in
ppendix 1.
From that it also appears that the number of opium-retailshops in nearly every district is also greatly reducod. This reduction is carried as far as possible without encouraging smuggling, and the re-sale of opium too much,
The hours during which the opium-rutailshops
ro open for the sale of opium are also being gradually reduced, Where that is at all possible, those shops are closed on Sundays and holidays. In districts where there exists a system of licences (see below), it is bocoming more and mora a practice no longer to soll opf, every day in the smaller places, but only once or twice
a wook,
C. Rugistration.
In districts also whore the introduction of a licence-system had not got been thought of, the buyurs were rugistured at bech retailshop as far as that was possible with the available staff.
This registration was gradually extundod. Thereby data wor. obtained which were of use in the investigation into the possibility of introducing restrictions in certain districts.
IX.
As was already stated in § III, the roady previously oxisting regulations, whoroby it was forbidden to overy one in curtain districts to possess optum, wuru as far as possiblo kept in forco when the Opium-rogio was introduced,
(1) Cons..quently it is possible to do with a smaller staff, as a
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which was formorly ruqutrud for one placo, can now surve two or more placus.
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