Reduction of Number in Amoy by Japanese Amoy, Jan. 22.
As a result of the negotiations con-[ducted between the Amoy City Government and the Japanese Consular authorities, the latter have consented to reduce the number of Formosan-operated opium dens in the city from 300 to 250 as beginning from February 1.
From then on fifty dens will be! closed down every six months, and the whole number is expected to be wiped out within three years, All Japanese citizen" addicts in Amoy," nearly all of whom are Formosans, are required by the apanese Consul here to register with the Formosan Association. " They are given two years to cure their hablt—Central News,
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