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OPIUM.
The imports and exports of certificated opium during the year are as follows:-
Import, Export, Chests. Chests. Malwa. Patna. Benares. Total. 10 10 10Ten chests of certificated opium were exported to Kwong Chow Wan.
Three hundred and seventy-one (371) chests of Persian opium were imported during the year, and 8 chests were exported to London, 13 chests to Singapore, and 350 chests to Formosa.
Eight hundred and sixty-nine (869) chests of uncertificated Indian opium were imported: 374 chests for the Macao Opium Farmer, and the remaining 495 chests for the Government Opium Monopoly.
The table below shows the total imports and exports since 1911:-
1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 Stock in hand on 1st January. 329 253 799 977 1,303 2,256 4,580 5,560 7,587 Imported during the year, 1,214 1,805 1,835 2,032 2,826 5,383 10,088 14,388 20,822 Total, 1,543 2,058 2,634 3,009 4,129 7,640 14,668 19,948 28,409 Boiled by Opium Farmer, ... 36 667 1,113 761 Boiled by Government, 377 539 352 365 340 413 Spurious Opium destroyed, 1 13 17 19 Missing or stolen, 1 4 2 Exported during the year, Total,...... 837 1,265 1,469 1,667 2,469 4,911 9,419 13,264 20,061 Stock remaining on 31st December......... 329 253 799 977 1,303 2,256 4,580 5,560 7,587Emigration and Immigration.
Fifty-nine thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine (59,969) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year 1919, (43,830 in 1918). Of these, 25,303 were carried in British ships, and 34,666 in Foreign ships.
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