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Table XA.
CONTRABAND SEIZED BY THE POLICE, 1939.
Chinese Tobacco 818.88 lbs. Cigarettes 4,150 Chinese Spirits 551.93 gals. European Liquor 2.70 gals. Raw Opium (Chinese and Iranian) 1,420 taels Opium Dross 614 taels Prepared Opium (2nd and 3rd grade) 1.1 taels Diacetylmorphine Pills 381,638 Diacetylmorphine Hydrochloride 20.32 ounces Diacetylmorphine Admixture 8 ouncesTable XI.
PROSECUTIONS BY IMPORTS & EXPORTS DEPARTMENT IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON, & NEW TERRITORIES, 1939.
(1) Opium. Arrests. Convictions. Bail Estreated. Possession 1,484 1,420 13 Boiling 12 9 1 Exporting 1 1 (2) Arms. Possession (Dynamite) 7 1 (3) Tobacco. Possession Cigars 8 5 Possession Cigarettes 2 2 Possession Chinese Tobacco 280 250 9 Importing 2 Unlicensed Selling 4 2 24 (4) Liquor. Possession European Wine 3 3 Possession Chinese Spirit 129 121 3 Possession Stills 40 37 Distilling 1 1 Unlicensed Selling 20 15 (5) Dangerous Drugs. Possession Heroin 33 33 1 Possession Heroin Pills 809 777 Possession Heroin Pipes 683 668 Possession Morphine Sulphate 2 2 (6) Hydrocarbon. Possession Turpentine 1 1 (7) Miscellaneous. Unmanifested Cargo 15 14 Dutiable Motor Spirit 1 1 Forged Bank Notes 1 1 Larcenies (Bicycles) 3 3 Total 3,538 3,368 28