AnnualReport-1916 — Page 139

Table V.

Varieties of Certificated and Un-certificated Opium Imported and Exported during the year 1916.

CERTIFICATED UN-CERTIFICATED Grand Total Malwa Patna Benares Total Persian Patna Benares Total chests chests chests chests chests chests chests chests chests Stock on 1st January, 1916, 327 427 219 9731/2 117 173 40 330 1,803 Imported during the year 1916, 31 4 35 641 *75 *955 1,671 1,706 327 458 223 1,008/ 758 248 995 2,001 3,009 Exported during the year 1916, 111 72 80 263 734 +75 †595 1,404 1,667 216 336 146 745 24 173 400 597 1,342 Boiled by Government Monopoly during the year 1916, 87 278 365 365 ... Spurious Opium destroyed, Balance on the evening of the 31st December, 1916, 2161 386 143 745 24 86 122 232 977

* For Hongkong Government Monopoly and Macao Opium Farmer. † For Macao Opium Farmer 500 chests and 170 chests returned to Calcutta, see note (1) to Table VI.