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protection of the commanding officer of the 31st Regiment of the Manchurian Army, various options could be given by the company to its clients, the army, navy, or police would protect the opium, the navy would land the opium, the opium could be stored in various military Headquarters or on gunboats stationed at various places. For these services the company would only charge $1,200 per chest, a much cheaper rate than the old company with whom they would compete.
compete. The company had also the monopoly of transporting the other 100 chests mentioned direct to the consuming districts, and so intercepting the Shanghai middleman's profits; this opium would be covered by revenue labels issued by the company, which would protect it from all official interference.
New type of Opium.
Amongst a miscellaneous lot of opium seized, originating in Foochow, was found a distinctly new type. It was impossible to classify it either as prepared opium or raw opium; it was of a jet black colour, very hard and brittle with a fracture similar to that of bitumen; it had something of the aroma of raw opium, but contained practically no moisture; it easily softened under the influence of heat; its smoking properties were pronounced to be equal to those of good Bengal opium; it was put up in 16 tael packets, with the maker's name and trademark on a fancy label printed in colours. The label gave a guarantee that the whole of the contents were produced in China, and appealed to the public to support home production; the letterpress went on to state that the contents were specially prepared for eating, and recommended it as a panacea for many ailments. Heat had been applied in the manufacture, but probably it had not been boiled with water, but simply worked up in a hot pan over a fire till it had attained a very thick consistency and would readily set hard on rapid cooling.
Anti-opium medicine.
Small amounts of prepared opium were met with, which had been issued by various Anti-opium bureau, and bore the official label describing the contents as medicine for the cure of opium smoking. The contents, however, were in every case just ordinary prepared opium of fair quality. Why the official revenue-collecting bureau should resort to this subterfuge in describing their products is hard to fathom, seeing that the description would deceive no-one except non-smokers or the ignorant.
VII. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.
During the year, valuable information was supplied to the authorities in India and Malaya, Germany, Japan, Netherlands Indies, Indo-China, the Philippine Islands, Honolulu, United States of America, and the Chinese Maritime Customs. Valuable information was received on several occasions from the Authorities in the Netherlands Indies.
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protection of the commanding officer of the 31st Regiment of the Manchurian Army, various options could be given by the company to its clients, the army, navy, or police would protect the opium, the navy would land the opium, the opium could be stored in various military Headquarters or on gunboats stationed at various places. For these services the company would only charge $1,200 per chest, a much cheaper rate than the old company with whom they would compete.
compete. The company had also the monopoly of transporting the other, 100 chests mentioned direct to the consuming districts, and so intercepting the Shanghai middleman's profits, this opium would be covered by revenue labels issued by the company, which would protect it from all official interference.
New type of Opium.
Amongst a miscellaneous lot of opium seized, originating in Foochow, was found a distinctly new type. It was impossible to classify it either as prepared opium or raw opium, it was of a jet black colour very hard and brittle with a fracture similar to that of bitumen, it had something of the aroma of raw opium, but contained practically no moisture, it easily softened under the influence of heat, its smoking properties were pronounced to be equal to those of good Bengal opium, it was put up in 16 tael packets, with the maker's name and trademark on a fancy label printed in colours. The label gave a guarantee that the whole of the contents were produced in China, and appealed to the public to support home production, the letter press went on to state that the contents were specially prepared for eating, and recommended it as a panacea for many ailments. Heat had been applied in the manufacture, but probably it had not been boiled with water, but simply worked up in a hot pan over a fire till it had attained a very thick consistency and would readily set hard on rapid cooling.
Anti-opium medicine.
Small amounts of prepared opium were met with, which had been issued by various Anti-opium bureau, and bore the official label describing the contents as medicine for the cure of opium smoking. The contents however were in every case just ordinary prepared opium of fair quality. Why the official revenue-collecting bureau should resort to this subterfuge in describing their products is hard to fathom, seeing that the description would deceive no-one except non-smokers or the ignorant.
VII. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.
During the year valuable information was supplied to the authorities in India and Malaya, Germany, Japan, Netherlands Indies. Indo-China, the Philippine Islands, Honolulu, United States of America, and the Chinese Maritime Customs. Valu- able information was received on several occassions from the Authorities in the Netherlands Indies.
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