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PLACES OF DESTINATION IN CHINA OF OPIUM EXPORTED IN 1908.
Malwa. Patna. Benares. Persian. Turkish. Chinese. Total. chests. chests. chests. chests. chests. chests. chests.
Total in tb.
By Steamers to Amoy, Augaur,.. Bagdad,.
22 72 2,420 4221 2,936 159,394 1 1 160 2 2 273
Bandar Abbas, 21 21 2,869
Bushire,... 21 21 2,869
Canton, 6,262 1,517 12 8,568 1,349,916
Chefoo, ... 5 800
Foochow, 1,0441 465 263 9162 2,6891 381,034
Hankow via Shanghai, 1 160 +
Hohow, 219 107 326 52,160
Hollow, 609 101 28 738 117,833
Jamaica, 1 133
Kong Moon, 245 1 246 39,360
Kwong Chow Wan,... 300 300 48,000
London, 276 276 37,720
Maçao, 3,183 46 3,229 316,640
Matupi, 1 1 160
Merida, I 136 ***
Namtao,
Newcbwang, New York, Pakhoi,... 39 5 14 7,040 1 1 160 546 110 125 235 37,600
Panama, 14 14 2,240
Sandakan, 2 273
Shanghai, 1,386 7,789 3,129 12,308 1,932,293
Straits Settlements, 11 1 12 1,896
Swatow, 1,982 1,088 709 17
Tansui, 61 1,191 1,400 19 3,796 2,657 554,109 392,320
Tamatave, 2 320
Timor, 3 3 480
Tsintau... Α1 593
Vancouver, 80 80 12,800
Victoria, B. C.,... 233 237 37,920
Wuchow, 1 1 160
Weihaiwei, 34 36 3,760
By Stram-launches and Junks to various adjacent Ports in China,
467 314 28 809 117,053
Total 1908, 5,681 21,093 9,700 3,102 5 28 39,609 6,112,710
1907, 5,700 22,404 10,620 3,675 25 106 42,530 6,563,556
The information in Column & above is on the following assumption :-
Patna and Benares, per chest, 160 B. 133
Malwa, Turkish and Chinese, per chest, 21 137
Persian, per chest.
Eighteen thousand one hundred and eighty-two (18,182) permits for export and removal were issued from this office during the year being an increase of 148 as compared with 1907 as follows:-
NUMBER OF PERMITS, &c., ISSUED.
1907. 1908. Increase. Decrease.
Landing Permit,...(Opium),... 377 332 8,704 45 162 +3 8,784
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" 8,827 43 "
(Opium Skin), 153 140 13
11 19 15
Export 167 160
Memo. of Exports to the Commissioner of Chinese Customs, Memo. of Exports to the Superintendent of Raw Opium
584 727 143
Department, Macao,...... 289 289