Month.
Number of
Number
of
Seizures.
Convictions.
## Table IV.Seizures of Illicit Opium.
Amount of Prepared Opium and Opium Dross Confiscated during the year.
Raw Opium. Prepared Opium. Opium Dross. Opium Skins. Dross Opium.
| Year | Seizures | Convictions | Raw Opium (Taels) | Prepared Opium (Taels) | Opium Dross (Taels) | Opium Skins (Taels) | Dross Opium (Taels) | |------|----------|-------------|--------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| | 1917 | | | | | | | | | January, February, March | 22 | 18 | 228.0 | 1,381.0 | 38.0 | 24 | 12 | | | | | 1,420.0 | 2,886.1 | 5.0 | | | | | 19 | 15 | 19.0 | 1,179.2 | 66.0 | | | | April | 36 | 20 | 124.0 | 1,623.5 | 39.0 | 5,200.1 | | | May | 29 | 25 | 330.0 | 489.8 | 24.5 | | | | June | 15 | 10 | 130.0 | 615.0 | 9.0 | | | | July | 32 | 27 | 344.0 | 855.0 | 56.0 | | | | August | 34 | 22 | 1,480.0 | 2,777.0 | 18.0 | | | | September | 29 | 21 | 131.0 | 1,863.0 | 17.0 | | | | October | 32 | 21 | 3,835.0 | 4,675.5 | 12.0 | | | | November | 21 | 12 | 8,275.0 | 3,585.5 | 50.85 | | | | December | 33 | 20 | 849.0 | 2,327.5 | 7.6 | | | | Total | 326 | 223 | 17,165.0 | 24,258.1 | 342.95 | 5,200.1 | 7.22 | | Total for 1916 | 335 | 229 | 87,176.0 | 21,886.7 | 756.60 | | |E 10