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OPIUM.
Five hundred and twelve and a half (512½) chests of Persian Opium and 112 chests of Turkish opium were imported during the year;
2 chests of Persian Opium were exported to London, 510 chests to Formosa, and 109 chests of Turkish opium to Formosa; 3 chests used for Medical purposes by A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd. of Hongkong.
Nine hundred and one (901) chests of uncertificated Indian Opium were imported; 576 chests for the Macao Opium Farmer, of which 226 chests exported by Tai Seng, the Old Farmer, and 350 chests by Lee Seng, the New Farmer, from July to December, 1920; 100 chests for Kobe; and the remaining 225 chests for the Government Opium Monopoly.
The table below shows the total imports and exports since 1912 :-
Stock in hand on 1st January, Imported during the year, 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 Chests. Chests Chests Chests. Chests. Chests. Chests. Chests Chests. 329 253 799 1 525 1,290 1,259 977 1,303 2,256 4,580 5,560 7,587 1,657 1,706 1,873 3,059 9,108 12,361 Total,..... 1,854 1,543 2,038 2,634 3,009 4,129 7,640 14,668 19,948 Boiled by Opium Farmer, 667 1,113 Boiled by Government, 225 377 539 Used locally... Spurious Opium destroyed, Missing or stolen, the year, 352 365 13 340 413 17 19 1 4 2 9 Exported during 1,297 837 1,265 1,469 1,667 2,469 4,911 9,419 13,264 Total 1,525 1,214 1,805 1,835 2,032 2,826 5,383 10,088 14,388 Stock remaining on 31st December... 329 329 253 799 977 1,803 2,256 4,580 5,560Emigration and Immigration.
One hundred and five thousand two hundred and fifty-eight (105,258) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year 1920, (59,969 in 1919). Of these, 70,234 were carried in British ships, and 35,024 in Foreign ships.
One hundred and twenty-two thousand four hundred and thirty-eight (122,438) returning emigrants were reported to have been brought to Hongkong from the several places to which they had
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