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TABLE showing the TOTAL IMPORTATION into HONGKONG of OPIUM, during the last 19 Years,

and also into China through Foreign Customs.

(Extracted from the Customs Returns.)

IMPORTED IN FOREIGN VESSELS INTO CHINESE PORTS.

HONGKONG,

YEAR,

Malwa, Patna. Benares, Sorts. Total.

Value.

1864,

1865,

16,412

27,488 . 17,823 9,601

piculs.piculs. | piculs. | piculs. | piculs.

29,998

5,063

610 52,083

1,221 56,133

taels. 20,233,200

Total Import.

piculs.

Value.

Excess over Entries at Treaty PortS.

Value.

taels.

piculs.

taels.

25,821,180 76,523

34,996,680 20,390

9,175,500

1866,

35,385

19,076

1867,

34,006 14,809 11,488

1868,

1869,

1870,.

1871,

1872,

1873,.

883

645 60,948

31,234❘ 12,315 9,179 1,187 53,915

29,284 13,990 8,771 1,368 53,413

34,045 14,443 8,671 1,658 58,817

35,050 15,281 8,023 1,316 59,670

37,803 15,473 7,039 878 61,193

40,910 14,974* 9,326

9,172

64,516

34,838.640 HK. Tls.

81,350

42,582,240 HK. Tls.

16,834

7,743,600

HK. Tis.

28,823,942

86,530

39,655.924

25,582

10,831,982

587 65,797

1874,

DE DA

43,706 17,422 7,916

800 69,844

1875,

1876,

1877,

1878,.

1879,

1880,.

1881,

36,481

1882,

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23,538,621 69,537

23,727,165 86,065

21,967,196 95,045

26,045,878 89,744 40,690,974 30,074

25,295,131 86,385

26,255,295 83,382

28,564,782 91,082

38,696 15,420) 7,521 1,312 62,949 25,355,065 84,619

43,909 16,020 8,618 1,304 69,851 28,018,944 96,985

41,705 15,237 10,822 2,415 70,179 30,257,812 94,200

37,005 18,588 12,373 4,458 72,424 32,262,957 94,899

40,139 21,151 16,279 5,482 83,051 36,536,617 107,970

32,892 16,504 17,297 4,961 71,654 32,344,628 96,839 42,823,721 25,185

17,996 18,067 6,530 79,074 37,592,208 98,556 41,691,567 -19,482 8,241,356

29,336 15,379 15,017 5,977 65,709 26,746,297 85,565 32,422,280 19,856 7,523,810

29,871,864 15,622

6,333,243

88,223,238 32,652

14,496,073

10,328,764 36,228

15,361,568

14,645,095

34,704,689 25,192

9,409,558

32,467,697 22,585

6,212,402

33,175,559 21,238

29,106,923 21,670

36,491,288 27.134

32,303,963 24,021

37,470,465 22,475

7,730,632

7,454,480

10.202,384

8,231,196

8,870,133

41,479,892 24,919

9,573,376

11,137,201

TABLE showing the quantity of the various kinds of OPIUM imported into HONGKONG

during the last six years.

YEAR,

MALWA.

PATNA.

BENARES.

SORTS.

TOTAL.

1877,

45,841

29,395

16,301

2,663

94,200

1878,

38,930

34,447

16,804

4,718

94,899

1879,

42,251

36,722

21,990

7,007

107,970

1880,

36,449

32,699

22,004

5,687

96,839

1881,

37,552

31,499

21,708

7,797

98,556

1882,

29,779

29,536

20,210

6,040

85,565