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in stock is only five taels.
The Kamshan brand which is the most expensive
and supposed to be composed mainly of Indian Opium, was
sold in large quantities at a time, and it is very doubtful
if any was actually consumed in the place.
A very
typical period of sales is covered by the dates 4th to
6th December 1926, when the sales of this brand were
1231, II and 5 taels respectively.
The Horse brand i.e. the Flying Horse, so
constantly seized in Hong Kong during the currency of the Yue Ding's tenure of the farm, was sold in wholesale quantities for from $2.20 to $2.40 per tael payable in Hong Kong notes and it may have been sold for more at times, as mostly no note was made in the account of the price per tael, while it is known that it was retailed in Kacau at one time at $2.81 per tael.
Large sales of Horse brand were made on credit especially to persons known to be connected with the Company. This brand was sold in one tael brass tins, and was evidently used largely outside Kacau.
The Mun Brand was also sold in large lots and at times on credit, on Aril 2nd 1926 $9,100 worth was sold, on April 7th 1926 only $231 worth was sold. Gales varied considerably from day to day, on February 1st 1926 there was sold $24,063 worth, un February 7th only $4,082 worth, while on the 1st March 1926 only $480 worth could be sold.
There is no indication that any dross opium
was sold; "Horse" was always said to be largely drous boiled up with little fresh raw opium.
No indication was found of any sales of
prepared opium for export direct by the Company to Paraguay as reported by the official monthly returns
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