30%
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Appendix II.
Translation of an inventory seized in a rented divan.
Borrowed from Ah Pun Furniture and Opium Implements. In case of loss or breakage compensation will be paid on their full value.
List of articles is enumerated below:-
Two Opium Pipes.......
Four Opium Tops
One Tea Pot
Five Tea Cups
One Tea Pot Tray...
$14.00
4.00
.90
.25
.30
Two Opium Lamps
1.40
Two Opium Trays.....
.80
One Opium Dross Tin
.25
Four Scrapers...
.30
One Oil Pot.....
.15
Two Enamel Plates
.20
Two Opium Dross Plates
.10
Six Pillows
.75
One Brass Lock...
.15
One Set of Scales
.35
Two pieces of Matting
One Soft Pillow
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Appendix III.
Items extracted from the accounts found in a large divan using 16 opium lamps in the district of Wanchai.
1. Rent for the whole floor per month $34.
2. Fees paid to Chinese Police or Revenue Officers every
week, individual payments from 30 cents up to $3.
3. Takings cash varied from $250 to $310 per month.
4. 13 Ledger accounts outstanding were carried over at the end of the year 1932.
5. 16 Ledger accounts were active in the new year.
6. Purchases of prepared opium per month varied from 60 to 80 taels, in addition to some dross, and raw opium.
7. Prices for prepared opium in 1982, $2.20 to $2.40 per tael, in 1933 $1.90 to $2.10 per tael.
8. Expenses for February 1933 :-
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Opium
$170.10
Rent
34.00
Wages of a woman
12.00
Food
10.00
Miscellaneous
31.20
One Table Clock...
3.00
One Horn Pot (large size)
.80
One Horn Pot (Medium Size).................
.50
One Horn Pot (Small Size)
.30
With the exception of Opium Pipes and Tops, for other articles compensation will be paid at 70% or 80% of their value.
Total
$257.30
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