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84 cents, per diem (N.B. Both these figures have been taken as low as possible, for confirmed opium smokers and those to whom the habit is deleterious probably smoke far more) the following percentages result:-

(a) The number of persons who smoke dross opium is 1,012

-7,228.5 giving a percentage of 1.785 per cent.

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(b) The number of persons who smoke prepared opius in divans is

607.936 .084

7,237.3 persons, giving a percentage of 1.787 per cent.

(c)

is 910.925

The number of persons who smoke prepared orium outside divans

= 10,844.3 persons giving a percentage of 2.678 per cent. .084

Total number of opium smokers

-6.250 per cent.

25,810.1, and the total percentage:

laking the population male and female, over 15 years of age, and

excluding the New Territories, the percentages are :-

(a) dross smokers 2.754 per pent

(b) prepared opium in divans 2.758 per cent

(c)

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outside divans 4.132 per cent

Total percentage of smokers 9.644 per cent.

Finally, taking only the male population over 15 years of age, and

excluding the New Territories, the percentages are :-

(a)

dross suokers 3.696 per cent

(b)

prepared opium in divans 3.701 per cent

(c)

H outside divans 5.545 per cent

Total percentage of smokers 12.942 per cent.

It must be borne in mind that these are the highest possible percentages, as it is probable that confirmed opium smokers in many (if not most) cases smoke more than 22 cents worth of dross opium or 34 cents worth of prepared opium per dien.

June, 1908.

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