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This, however, is published in Dutch, and is

therefore not of much use in combating the use of opium, for the suctions of the population in "hich most of the opium shokors aru found. not know the Dutch language.

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Bosidus the restrictions @lrondy discussed, mesures,"hich had already formerly been taken to make the use of opium diminish, were also gone on ith,

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The price nt which rogio-opium was sold was gradually rolsod, In this ttor, "hen the rugio was introduced, it was necessary to unite 1th the farm, and only af tar the rugie had operated for some time in a cortain dis- trict, could e buginning be made with rising the salo price. It gos "ithout saying, that ono had to go

as one would othur- vory car.fully about this mottur,

while the loerl "130 chusu smuggling to incrunso, conditions had also to be taken into account, as for instance the prices of the regie-opium in the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States for the par-

tions of Netherlands India adjacent to the Malay Penin-

sule.

Reduction in the number of dens, opium-retailshops and the sale hours.

Contrary to the farm, the Opiumregie Service has confined itself solely to the sale of opium, but itself has never had a place where opium could be smoked. It is forbidden to every one to provide an opium-den (an opium-smoking-house) who has permit from the Resident to convert buildings, to be indicated in that permit, into dens, that is apartments, where persons entitled to be in possession of opium the regie-opium brought with them.

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(1) The increase in price has been very great for some parts. For Celebes end attached territories, for instance, it was raised from

For the prices f 3.- par thail in 1907 to F 30. per thail in 1922.

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at the introduction of it see appendix 3 of the annual report for 1915.

In September 1922 the sale price per thail was reised to :f18 for the districts Tandjoeng, Pinang, Linggo and Karimon of the Resi-

f20. for the districts Pulo dency Riouw and attached territories Tudjuh and Indragiri of the residency named and the district Bengka- for the remaining 11s of the Government East Coast of Sumatra, f,25.- portion of this government and for Tapanuli, Achin and attached tor- ritories and the Western Residency of Borneo, and f.30.- for the Temaining parts of Netherlands India,

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