Table IV.
Month.
Number of
Number
Seizures of Illicit Opium.
Amount of Prepared Opium and Opium Dross Confiscated during the year.
of
Seizures. Convictions.
Raw Opium. Prepared Opium. Opium Dross.
Dross Opium.
1919.
January, February,
38
23
Taels.
162.0
Taels.
Taels.
Taels.
698-39
100.5
15
2.490.0
312.25
118.0
March,
April,
27
13
3.540-0
1,673.40
26.5
28
18
295.0
1,313-11
20·0
May,
June,
25
16
*90·0
2,272-25
16.5
34
17
1,076-5
4,205.70
96.4
July,
18
11
2.614.0
853-59
11.3
August,
38
25
510.0
4,252.30
62.0
1:0
September,
36
22
8,796-0
1,617·90
277-0
October,
30
15
148.0
3,811-83
31.6
November,
53
37
958-0
3.645.48
202.5
+2
December,
37
18
45.0
3,605.88
8.5
Total,
379
223
20,824.5
28,262·08
1,000-8
2.11
Total for 1918,
419
220
42,231-0
27,982.30
746.4
0.8
10