Table IV.
Seizures of Illicit Opium.
Amount of Prepared Opium and Opium Dross Confiscated during the year.
Month. Number of Seizures. Number of Convictions. Raw Opium. Taels. Prepared Opium. Taels. Opium Dross. Taels. Dross Opium. Taels. January, February, 23 15 3888.585 162.0 698.39 100.5 March, 27 13 3,540.0 1,673.40 26.5 April, 28 18 295.0 1,313.11 20.0 May, 25 16 190.0 2,272.25 46.5 June, 34 17 1,076.5 4,205.70 96.1 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 41 October, 30 15 148.0 3,811.83 31.6 November, 53 37 958.0 3,645.48 202.5 0.2 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 0.8E 10