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Show MANY LIQUOR PRESCRIPTIONS. VANCOUVER. B. C. April 6. Three hundred and fifteen thousand liquor prescriptions were Issued last year by British Columbia physicians, according to the annual report of the prohibition prohibi-tion commissioner. During the year, In all British Columbia, 25.000 gallons of rye were prescribed, and only 9051 of Scotch. Total sales amounted lo '$1,570,000. Amendments to the British Brit-ish Columbia act limit liquor preBcrip-I preBcrip-I lions here after to eight ounces, instead in-stead of two quarts as heretofore. |