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relating to the previous contract (September, 1903, to April,

1909) which show the following table:-

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Number of Balls boil-

Years and Months.

-ed for con-

Number of Balls boiled for ex- -portation.

-sumption.

1903 - September to December

11,063

36,770

1904 - January to December

28,487

80,680

1905

January to December

27,114

88,290

1906

January to December

26,363

73,620

1907

-

January to December

18,509

72,740

1908

1909

-

January to December

22,455

64,620

January to April

3,046

Total

137,037

416,720

In a period of 58 months, the monthly aver-

-age of Opium boiled for local consumption was 2,015 balls, and the monthly average of Opium boiled for exportation was 6,128 bells. These averages are much higher than the limits of pro- -duction prescribed by tae existing contract: this reduction in

the limit ordered by the Portuguese Government was one of the causes that resulted in a great falling off in the annual rental

of the contract.

3.

The separation of the limits for Opium intend- -ed for local consumption and for Opium intended for exportation deters the Concessionaire from applying the latter to a purpose other than for exportation to kexico and other places where it is legally permitted. The Opium Bureau verifies the quantities ex-

-ported at the time of shipment, and at the Farm there remains on deposit the whole quantity of Opium yielded after boiling for exportation minus the amount actually shipped.

Thus practically the Concessionaire has for

disposal

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