Revenue from Opium.
Total Revenue.
PERAK
1897
$ 648,645
$ 3,837,558
1898
671,015
4,575,842
1899
1,055,547
6,579,740
1900
1,237,554
7,636,126
1901
1,201,827
8,532,594
1902
1,330,743
10,320,774
1903
1,387,556
11,667,323
1904
1,364,798
11,332,272
1905
1,508,000
12,242,897
1906
1,538,089
14,282,484
SELANGOR
1899
738,303
5,446,305
1900
916,196
6,303,165
1901
871,666
6,544,796
1902
894,316
7,978,736
1903
946,827
8,457,622
1904
876,152
8,241,766
1905
974,947
8,857,793
1906
944,516
9,803,184
NEGRI SEMBILAN
1901
285,627
1,669,353
1902
269,680
1,832,772
1903
312,400
2,130,706
1904
354,429
2,223,004
1905
377,385
2,335,534
1906
372,282
2,487,089
PAHANG
650,718
Figures not available (1906)
N.B. In Pahang the opium duty is collected by a farmer; in the other states the Government collects the duty.
Thus the Federated Malay States are not nearly so dependent upon the opium revenue as are the Straits Settlements. They have, e.g., the tin duty which amounts to an enormous sum each year. Mr Birch, the Resident of Perak, in his report for 1906 said "it may be said that the tin duty constitutes the surplus, the other sources of Revenue paying for the expenditure (of Perak). The system adopted in the Federated Malay States also is different.
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