26457
(No. 260.) SIR,
58
No. 91.
HONG KONG.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 12 August, 1912.)
Government House, Hong Kong, 16th July, 1912. IN continuation of my despatch, No. 253, of 6th July,* I have the honour to transmit in duplicate the statistics asked for in your Circular despatch of 16th May, 1912.†
During Year.
1907
1908
I have, &c.,
1909
F. H. MAY,
1910
Governor, &c.
1911
Total
Malwa.
Enclosure in No. 91.
TABLE I.
(1) Imports and Exports of Raw Opium for five years to 31st December, 1911.
Imports.
Exports.
Patna
khh tness
Persian.
Turkish.
Chinese.
Total
Cheste.
Malwa.
Patna.
Benares.
Turkish.
1907
6,119) | 23,220 10,232 2,217
50
1908 |5,607 | 22,424 10.266 | 3,490
1909
|6,2494 | 19,168 || 8,355 |2,644
1910
1911
4.934416,222 6,470 2,8934 |4,4801 9.770 5,221 $1,804
| 40,842;|| 5,704
28 141,821) | 8,651
22,404 10,620 8,675
21.093 9,700 3,1021
8,470 2,680
22 35,734 | 5,9325 | 19,419 1,223 31,743 4,607 14,102 21,2884 2,60TI 9,906
6,197 2,214
6,272 2,2821
གླབ། །*
2
(2) Destination of each kind of Opium exported since 1907.
1,223
Year.
59.
TABLE II.
Opium prepared in Hong Kong. Chests drawn by the Farmer for boiling.
Patna.
Benares.
Pervian.
Chinese.
Total Chasta
605
79
41
725
802
23
960
864 1,044
771
1
782
658
100)
3
761
3,796
179
47
154
4,176
Sales of prepared opium, &c., during the year 1911 from 1st January to 31st
૪૫૫૩ કર્ની ? |
Chesta.
Total
106 42,530
39,609
95.932 28,333
20,CHIU
December, inclusive.
*Local consumption :—
Prepared opium
Dross opium
Native or Persian opium
Prepared opium exported by opium farmer during :-
1910 1911
Taels.
Chins, Fornia Straits.
Philip N. and C.
pines,
Other
Total
America Canada, Egypt. London.
Porte.
Chests.
5,700
1 5,681
5,3321
4,597
2,597)
2 22,404
621,093
4 19,419
Malwa.
1907
5,700
1908
5,080
1909
5,3324
1910
4,597
1911
2,5924
Patna.
1907
1908
21,271 20,698
1900
| 18,959
1910
1911
13,622 9,881
| | | | មន្ទីរ
5
10 11
| | | | │
223
307
9 592
48
280
***
456
468
Benares.
1907
8,810 1,348
8
428
1908
8,421 1,191
1909
7.924 541
1910
6,053 132
10
1911
1,975
286
11
Persian,
1907
1,396
1,209
120
149
1908
1,574
1,200 !
1909
965
1,673
15
1910
917 1,181
9
1911
1,062
600
33
Turkish.
1907
3
1908
1909
1910
1911
('hinese.
1907
106
1908
28
1909
22
1910
1,223
1911
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ONAL CUELL
PHIL
1500 100
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24036: not printed.
† No. 18.
Taels. 666,135,055 105,777,000
8,768,200
127,900 (from March 31st, 1910.)
52,700
180,600
Full details for the working of the farm are not available till 1911. of Patna opium produces, roughly, 1,100 taels of prepared opium.
TABLE III. Morphia.
3 14,102
Balance from 1906
1 9,300
•
1907
"
"
"
1908
2❘ 10,620
1909
"
"
1
9,700
1910
1.
•
4
8,472
1911
1
6,1 7
Balance at end of 1911
5,273
Total
778
16
3,675
276
46
3,102
28
11
2,692
20 2.214
337 209 2,282)
17
5
| | | | |
51
106
1909
28
1910
22
1911
1,223
One chest
Years.
Importe.
Exports.
lbs. tz.
lbs.
02.
Local Consumption.
lbs.
UZ.
2,325 1
→
9,694 10
9,469 0
7,053 7
9,129 2
7,400 0 6,692 9
7,235 0
600
0
4,082
4
4,037 3,248 0 975 0
0
2,555 9
Q
4
37,257 15
34,093 2
3,164 13
Various regulations restricting this trade have been passed from 1910 onwards, and it has now ceased except for medicinal purposes.
Years.
Cocaine.
Importa.
Exporta.
lbs. OZ.
108.
68 12
Dz. 12 S
Local Consumption.
lbs.
02.
115 5
201 9
151 11
445
*
6 3
665 12
659 9
G 3
Total ...
Trade in cocaine has now ceased except for medicinal purposes.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
C.O. 885
22 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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1907
1908
1909
1910 1911
Years.
60
Compounds of Opium.