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OPIUM SALES AT CALCUTTA, &c.
OPIUM SALES AT CALCUTTA.
To be held in 1874.
Date.
Behar | Benares Chests. Chests.
Total
Chests.
1st Sale on or about Monday,...
5th January,..
2209
1541
8750
2nd Brd
"
Wednesday,
4th February,
2185 1565
8750
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Thursday,
5th March,.
2185
1565
3750
4th
99.
Monday,.
6th April,.
2185
1565
8750
5th
..
Monday
4th May,.....
2185
1565 3750
6th
""
"
Thursday,
4th June,.....
2185
1565
8750
7th
""
Monday,.
6th July,..
2185
1565 3750
8th
#1
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Wednesday,
5th August,.
2185
1565
8750
9th
""
Monday,......
7th September,...
2185
1565
8750
10th
"7
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Wednesday,
7th October,......
2185
1565
3750
11th
"
Friday,.
6th November,..
2185
1565
3750
12th
17
Thursday,......... 3rd December,.....
2185 1565
8750
Total Chests...........
26,244 18,756 45,000
AT THE SALE AVERAGE
OF THE MONTH OF
OF
AVERAGE OF
Averages, &c., realised at the Opium Sales in Calcutta, held
during the year 1873.
INCREASE OVER THE BUDGET DECREASE UNDER THE ESTIMATE OF Rs.. 1,200. BUDGET ESTIMATE.
ΡΑΤΝΑ. Benares.
From Patna. From Benares By Patna. By Benares.
January
Rs. 1402
Rs. 1267
Rs. 429,250 Rs. 92,125
February
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March
1380 1362
1269
,, 382,500
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1222
**
"
April
1330
??
May
1293
1201 1176
**
344,250 276,250
94,875 80,250
19
1,375
**
"
,, 197,625
Rs. 88,000
June
1276
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July...
1288
1227 1246
161,500
17
""
37,125
17
**
,, 187,000
*9
63,250
August
1275
1218
92
September.... "
1260
1208
,, 159,375 127,500
"
24,750
11,000
October
1246
99
19
November
1235
"7
""
December
1312
1195 1203 1311
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97,750 74.875 ,, 238,000
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6,875
35
4,125 152,625
Rs. 2,675,375 | Rs. 511,500
Rs. 39,875
The Year of our Lord 1874 corresponds to
The years 5634 of the Jewish Era;
7284 since the Creation, according to Hales;
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2627 since the Foundation of Rome;
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6587 of the Julian period;
*1
1290-91 of the Mohammedan Era;
2621 of the Era of Nabonassor ;
=
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2650 of the Olympiads;
98-99 of the Independence of the U. S. of America; 1243-44 of the Parsee Era of Yezdejerd;
2417-18 of the Religious Era of the Siamese ; 1236-37 of the Civil Era of the Siamese.
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