435
Raz Opium
56.
17.
Undr the Hague Convention, the signatorius arc to control the production of raw ocium. This country prod duced a certain amount and under the nur law the poppy plant can only be cultiv tud under license, (Orm Law, Scction, 4).
57. The ram ocium used for the preparation of Rugle opium is now obtained from the Govement of India et a fixed prico, under the terms of an agromont troviding for a na ximum supply of 1700 chuste pur year, From this a- mount, 1,850,000 tamlungs of Rogie Opium are properuð.
Orium Factory.
50. This factory, erected at a total cost of 1,300,000 ticels has "orked satisfactorily d noc 1913. Tho machine Boiling Plant hea a capacity for boiling and pruparing 1800 chusts of raw opium per annum at a much low-
r cost than the old method of hand boiling. The packing plant has a capacity of 60,000,000 tubus per annum, tho amount of orium packed depending on the sizes of the tubes isgued.
The plant is designed to produce five different Bizos of tubus, as follows:-
Tubo N⭑
N° of tubes to 1 tamlung
Weight of orium
Equivalent
prekod in hoons
in grins.
1234 6
10
10
3.75
20
5
1.87
30
3.1/3
1.25
40
2.1/2
0.94
50
1.2/3
0.625
Annoxo V. shows the count sold in the different sized tubes during the yorr 2460 (1917-18) to B.E. 2462 (1919-20)
Saugling.
59. Snuggling is, of course, the gruntust difficulty hich a country attempting suppression has to deal with, If it or not for this question, any country rould be free to teko stups, homever arrstic, to deal -ith the internal traffic in ocium. It usually follos, however, that mor sures taken for restricting inter/l control Fret once followed by the smuggling of opium from other countries. Opium is
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