The Archive · 1937

Current Licensing Method

In Chinese territory, at present, two kinds of opium smokers' licences are issued, They are really carrier's permits. One kind of licence costs $5 and entitles the holder to carry ten days' allowance—that is, ten times the prescribed daily allowance. It is thus left to the addict's will-power to limit himself for ten days to the daily maximum. He is not strictly limited, however, to one purchase of ten days' ration. 'He can buy that amount at various retail hongs, only he is not Supposed to carry more than ten days' allowance at one time, The permit is valid for six months and is Representations Will Be

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