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Appendix IV.
Prices of Illicit Opium in Hong Kong.
A. Raw Opium per tael.
1. Chinese from Canton $1.80 to $2.00.
2. Persian
from Wuchow $1.70 to $1.90.
B. Prepared Opium per tacl.
$2.30 to $3.20.
From Canton $2.90 to $3.60 ($3.20 was average price).
2. From Wuchow $2.70 to $3.20.
3. From Kongmoon $2.40 to $3.50.
4. From Kwong Chow Wan $8.00 to $4.90 (according to
5. Red Lion brand $4.45 to $5.20.
quality).
6. Locally prepared $2.00 to $3.80 (according to quality).
C. Dross per tael.
From $1.40 to $1.60.
More would be paid for genuine dross from Government Kamshan Opium.
Note:-A. The above are the prices paid by the actual smokers. The price to the original importers is a good deal less.
B. There is no regular local market for Persian Opium, prices quoted would be for that purchased for export to the Straits or Netherlands Indies.
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Appendix V.
Extracts from the accounts of a smuggler of Raw Chinese
Opium from Wuchow.
A. Received from Kong Kei, 1st consignment, of Wing Wo
brand:
Taels 1,011.1 net at $1.97-Canton $1,991.81 Commission
Packing
Sales account (i.e. Hong Kong Currency)
Sold 680.1 at $2.10
298.6 at $2.12
Less commission
Remitted
$1,428.21 038.08
$2,061.24 97.80
$1,963.44
2.02 36.00
B. Received from Ming Kei, 2nd consignment, of Wing Wo
brand:-
30 parcels net 1,530.4 at $1.97 Canton $3,014.88
Commission
Packing
Storage
Sales account (i.e. Hong Kong Currency)
Sold 492 at $2.12
$1,048.04 551.3 at $2.06 $1,135.67 412.1 at $2.10 $865.41
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Less commission
$3,044.12 145.50
Amount remitted
$2,898.62
3.08
54.00
153.00
C. Sales from 17th day of 4th moon to 20th day of 5th moon
(1933) 5,848.1 taels $11,381.34.
20 separate purchasers in quantities varying from 43.6 to 841.7 taels, at prices from $2.05 to $2.20 per tael.
The highest price obtained was in the 4th week of the 4th moon, the lowest in the 3rd week of the 5th moon. No reduction was made for large quantities.
N.B. $1 Canton small coin=70 cents Hong Kong.
Canton bank notes were at a varying discount com- pared with small coin.
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