CO129-207 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1883 [1-3] — Page 541

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which is borted on prepared here, both for local consumption and Export and it is with it we are chiefly concerned - St is imported from India in chests of 40 balls. Each chest weighs on the average stall = 1/3 ounces

In the preparation of Opium, Everything is counted in taels weight. A ball Patuca is called 40 taels, when boiled and made ready for the pipe a ball weighing 48 taels raw is reduced to about 25 taels and

the various contracts rammed it may be taken that one-Chest 1.2.40 balls = 1920 tael, raw opium

16 taels = 1 Catti: 100 Catties : 1 Picul

2/3 opium produces 1000 taels, prepared.

It is put up in tins of 5 taels Each and there tins are packed in cases for California, or 120 tins the cases for Australia. That is each case contains 500 taels or 600 taels according as it is intended for one place or the other. This is necessary to bear in mind these details in order to understand the Statistics appended.

In 1870 see page 128 of the Government Gazette of that year Mr. Cecil Smith reported that during 1869 a large business had been done in prepared Opium " the " exports to Australia and California reaching

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10 538 which is borted on prepared here, both for local consumption and Export and it is with it we are chiefly concerned - St is imported from India in chests of 40 balls. Each chest weighs on the average stall = 1/3 ounces In the preparation of Opium, Everything is counted in taels weight. A ball Patuca is called 40 taels, when boiled and made ready for the pipe a ball weighing 48 taels raw is reduced to about 25 taels and the various contracts rammed it may be taken that one-Chest 1.2.40 balls = 1920 tael, raw opium 16 taels = 1 Catti: 100 Catties : 1 Picul 2/3 opium produces 1000 taels, prepared. It is put up in tins of 5 taels Each and there tins are packed in cases for California, or 120 tins the cases for Australia. That is each case contains 500 taels or 600 taels according as it is intended for one place or the other. This is necessary to bear in mind these details in order to understand the Statistics appended. In 1870 see page 128 of the Government Gazette of that year Mr. Cecil Smith reported that during 1869 a large business had been done in prepared Opium " the " exports to Australia and California reaching

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which is borted on prepared here, bolt for

local consumption and Export and it

15 with it we are

chiefly

concerned - St

imported from India in cheats of

40 ballo. Each chert wright in the average stall = 1/3 ounces

In the

།

120 calls = 1920 lael-

preparation of Opuime Everything to counted in lacts wright_ to a ball Patuca is called 40 lach, when boiled

and made ready for the pepe a ball wrighing 48 lacts raw is reduced to about

25 lacts and

Jurn

the varion's contracts

rammed it may be taken that one-

Chest 1.2.40 balls = 1920 tael, rans

opains

16 lach =/ Catti:/

100 Calles : 1

-2/3

opruime produces 1000 tail, prepared.

It is fuck ups in time

100 of

of t

5 lact, Each and

there tins are packed in cares for

California,

ht 120 hûs the cases

• for Austration.

That is rack case contain's 500 lacts on

boo tails according as it is intended for. meplace or the other. This necessary to

bear in mind there details in order to

Understand the Elâtirties appended.

In 1870 Ree page 128 of the Government Gazette of that year Mr. Qeil Smith

reported that during 1869

a large business

had been done in prepared Opuim " the

" exports to Auchalia and California reaching

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