CO129-482 - Public Offices - 1923 — Page 590

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Proper identification was obtained by stipulating that opium was only allowed to be supplied at the reta 1.1-shops to those who had an identification-card with photograph which complied with requirements to be laid down. The objections which some have to getting a photograph taken, and which had formerly led to this not being demanded of all licenses in areas with a licence-system, vora set aside, as one was of the opinion that it was otherwise impossible to ort in proper identification of persons,

Fly hervy oxpenses were incurred by

It this measure and the supervision required to enforce it. was expected, however, that if the identifiertion was properly cerriod through ith "duqurtu mens, it would immoditely led to roduction in the turn-over, boc use the smuggling of rugio- opium to other places is obstructed thoroby, nd loss will "lso be used loo-lly, Exporiones hrs trught, that depend~blc ro- gistration has o restrictive offuet on the log.

Later on, hun 11 buyers are properly known.

on which the amount which nd provided with personal liconce they are alleged to buy is indicated, it would probably be possi- ble to refuse opium to new huyers and to the crews of ships,

The Identification system" 70s brought inte

force at Cheribon, Djoodjakarta, Palembang, Menndo nd Maccasser.

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Before it could be introduced elsewhere, however, the temporary prosperity in trde and plant-tion circles crused the use of opium to incruse to an 1-rming extent. One

hich "ould hed therefore to have recourse to comb tivo me surus immodi toly lord to diminution of the consumption in the runs "hich were not included "mongst the prohibition runs, with or "ithout liczno-system. If this nd a to bo "chieved, then on had to stert in the first plow by trking stops in the o plons. Thor both the import-tion of smuggled opium from outside of Netherlands Indi", and the clandestino export of smuggled

As his rundy opium to the prohibition "re's more the gr.."tust, bon gathered from the pr. vlous pergraph, very grunt difficultius ly in the way of introducing restrictive musures in those plecos

It could not bo nd still grunter ones in the enforcing of them. oxported that system "thereby the destin^tion of opium is closely looked into, would immodictly opur to sit ought

It was a fret, on the other nor that it would not lend to buscs. hand, that a long as better control of the dustin tigh of opium

to,