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Appendix III.
Items extracted from the accounts found in a large divan using 16 opium lamps in the district of Wanchai.
1. Rent for the whole floor per month $34.
2. Fees paid to Chinese Police or Revenue Officers every week, individual payments from 30 cents up to $3.
3. Takings cash varied from $250 to $310 per month.
4. 13 Ledger accounts outstanding were carried over at the end of the year 1932.
5. 16 Ledger accounts were active in the new year.
6. Purchases of prepared opium per month varied from 60 to 80 taels, in addition to some dross, and raw opium.
7. Prices for prepared opium in 1932, $2.20 to $2.40 per tael, in 1933 $1.90 to $2.10 per tael.
8. Expenses for February 1933:-
Opium $170.10
Rent $34.00
Wages of a woman $12.00
Food $10.00
Miscellaneous $31.20
Total $257.30