18. The whole of the Chinese raw opium seized was the produce of Yunnan. It is doubtful if any came from Kweichow province; it is not yet known how the produce of the latter can be distinguished, and so far as is known it has never come to this Colony nor has any mention ever been made of it in any of the thousands of documents relating to opium which have been examined by me during the past 12 years. It may well be that it is blended with Yunnan in Kwangsi and sold as such, the quality being reckoned as distinctly inferior.
19. A new type of Chinese raw opium was encountered during the year, in several seizures. It occurred in stone-hard blocks each weighing exactly one pound. It was blackish with a black-brown fracture. Each brick was covered with Chinese cream-coloured soft texture wrapping paper, on which was stamped the Chinese characters meaning number two. At first breaking, no smell of opium was apparent, but on slightly warming, the typical smell of Yunnan raw opium was at once apparent. The shape of the bricks and the weight corresponded with that of Persian opium, but the interior appearance was distinct. Ordinary raw Yunnan opium had apparently been heated to drive off all moisture, and the result then melted and pressed into bricks while still hot. The place of manufacture could not be ascertained, but there was some evidence that it came to Hong Kong from Pakhoi, a port from which in former years a considerable amount of Yunnan opium was exported to this Colony. None of the seizures were made on any importing ship.
Persian Opium.
20. There were six seizures of Persian opium, only one of which was found on the importing vessel, a junk which had come direct from Macau to the island of Cheung Chow where the opium was seized.
Smuggling to Malaya by Japanese Motor Schooners.
21. As the result of information received, a considerable amount of time was devoted to the investigation of smuggling by Japanese motor schooners to Malaya. As the result, indirectly, of information given by this office, part of the opium landed from a Japanese motor schooner was seized on islands off the East coast of Johore, about 150 miles from Singapore. It had been known to the Singapore Monopoly Department that at least three such vessels had already landed opium nearby, but no large seizures had been made. These tiny craft may be seen frequently anchored off Wanchai; they are generally manned by Formosans with a Japanese captain, and they have long been a source of trouble here, as they rarely enter or clear unless compelled to do so. Until recently, their chief source of income has been smuggling into China, but after the capture of several by Chinese Customs cruisers, they seem to have diverted their
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18. The whole of the Chinese raw opium seized was the produce of Yunnan. It is doubtful if any came from Kweichow province; it is not yet known how the produce of the latter can be distinguished, and so far as is known it has never come to this Colony nor has any mention ever been made of it in any of the thousands of documents relating to opium which have been examined by me during the past 12 years. It may well be that it is blended with Yunnan in Kwangsi and sold as such, the quality being reckoned as distinctly inferior.
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19. A new type of Chinese raw opium was encountered during the year, in several seizures. It occurred in stone-hard blocks each weighing exactly one pound. It was blackish with a blackbrown fracture. Each brick was covered with Chinese cream-coloured soft texture wrapping paper, on which was stamped the Chinese characters meaning number two. first breaking no smell of opium was apparent, but on slightly warming the typical smell of Yunnan raw opium was at once apparent. The shape of the bricks and the weight corresponded with that of Persian opium, but the interior appearance was distinct. Ordinary raw Yunnan opium had apparently been heated to drive off all moisture, and the result then melted and pressed into bricks while still hot. The place of manufacture could not be ascertained, but there was some evidence that it came to Hong Kong from Pakhoi, a port from which in former years a considerable amount of Yunnan opium was exported to this Colony. None of the seizures were made on any import- ing ship.
Persian Opium.
20. There were six seizures of Persian opium, only one of which was found on the importing vessel, a junk which had come direct from Macau to the island of Cheung Chow where the opium was seized.
Smuggling to Malaya by Japanese Motor Schooners.
21. As the result of information received a considerable amount of time was devoted to the investigation of smuggling by Japanese motor schooners to Malaya. As the result indirectly of information given by this office part of the opium landed from a Japanese motor schooner was seized on Islands off the East coast of Johore about 150 miles from Singapore. It had been known to the Singapore Monopoly Department that at least three such vessels had already landed opium nearby, but no large seizures had been made. These tiny craft may be seen frequently anchored off Wanchai; they are generally manned by Formosans with a Japanese captain, and they have long been a source of trouble here as they rarely enter or clear unless com. pelled to do so. Until recently their chief source of income has been smuggling into China, but after the capture of several by Chinese Customs cruisers they seem to have diverted their
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