t h e E c o n o m i c P r o d u c t s o f I n d i a .
T r a d e i n O p i u m .
P A P A V E R S o m n i f e r u m
T R A D E .
Tabular Statement of the number of Chests of Bengal and other Indian Opiums Exported to Foreign Countries.
OFFICIAL YEARS.
Bengal
Chests sold.
MALWA OPIUM PASSED ON
PAYING DUTY.
TOTAL OF
BENGAL AND
MALWA.
EXPORTED FROM INDIA.
GRAND
TOTAL OF CHE S T S
EXPORT
-ED.
BENGAL OPIUM.
MALWA OPI UM.
Indore. Ahmeda bad. Ajmír.
To
China. To
S t r a i t s .
T o o t h e r
countries. Total. To
China
To
other
countries. Total.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 1 12
13
1 8 5 9 - 6 0
25,253 30,488 2,416
T h e A j m í r A g e n c y w a s e s t a b l i s h e d i n F e b r u a r y 1 8 7 7 , b u t t h e s c a l e s w e r e m a d e u s e o f f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e i n N o v e m b e r 1 8 7 7 .
58,157 22,329 3,483 1 4 8
25,950 32,534 197½ 32,731½ 58, 681½
1860-61
21,363 43,057 3,074
67, 494
15, 688
3 , 8 1 0
1 0
1 9 , 5 0 8
43, 691
2 6 5 43, 956
6 3 , 4 6 4
1861-62
2 4 , 0 6 3
33,719
3 , 3 2 8
61, 110 21,332
5 , 1 9 2
4 8
2 6 , 5 7 2
35, 680
1 1 0 ½ 35, 790½
6 2 , 3 6 2 ½
1862-63
32,833 46, 875
4 , 3 5 3
84,061 25, 846
6 , 7 8 4
3 1
3 2 , 6 6 1
49, 485½
7 0 ½ 49, 556
8 2 , 2 1 7
1863-64
42,620 23,351
2 , 3 2 4
68, 295
33, 815
8 , 7 6 5
4 0
4 2 , 6 2 1
28, 210½
2 ½ 28, 213
7 0 , 8 3 4
1 8 6 4 - 6 5
51,46 31,932
690
8 7 , 1 0 8
40, 915
9 , 2 8 8
7 4
5 0 , 2 7 7 34.213½
½ 34, 214
8 4 , 4 9 1
1865-66
56,011 34,193
1 , 9 2 7
92, 131
42, 697
1 1 , 5 4 9
2 7
5 4 , 2 7 3
34, 166½
34, 166½
8 8 , 2 3 9 ½
1 8 6 6 - 6 7
38,680 29,260
1 , 3 3 2
69, 272
3 7 , 2 7 9
4 , 4 4 4
3 4
4 1 , 7 5 7
33, 081
1 7 33, 098
7 4 , 8 5 3
1867-68
47,999 36,101 2,999
87, 099
41, 672
6 , 3 5 2
2 2
4 8 , 0 4 6
38, 883
1 ½ 38, 884½
8 6 , 9 3 0 ½
1868-69
47,235 29,787
1 , 1 8 5
78,207 37, 985
6 , 1 6 7
1 0 3
4 4 , 3 5 5
30, 690
1 0 ½ 30, 700½
7 4 , 9 5 5 ½
1869-70
45,680 35,828
3 , 5 4 3
85, 051
4 3 , 0 5 4
6 , 6 8 0
2 2 8
4 9 , 9 6 2
38, 716
7 38,723
8 8 , 6 8 5
1870-71
49,030 37,608
1 , 8 9 8
88, 536
39, 669
8 , 0 5 4
2 9 2
4 8 , 0 1 5
40, 992½
6 7 41, 059½
8 9 , 0 7 4 ½
1871-72
49,695
37, 591
1 , 1 6 3
88, 449
41, 569
7 , 8 4 3
4 3
4 9 , 4 5 5
39, 334½
7 ½ 39, 342
8 8 , 7 9 7
1872-73
42,675 42,688
1 , 3 1 5
86, 678
34, 009
6 , 4 3 8
3 8
4 0 , 4 8 5
42, 369
8 0 42, 449
8 2 , 9 3 4
1873-74
42,750 42,112 2,845
87, 707
34, 820
8 , 4 6 4
5 3
4 3 , 3 3 7
4 5 , 3 0 1
86½
45, 387½
8 8 , 7 2 4 ½
1874-75
45,000 47,982
1 , 5 7 9
94, 561
36, 678
8 , 9 3 9
9 1
4 5 , 7 0 4
48, 845½
1 8 8 49, 033½
9 4 , 7 3 7 ½
1875-76
45,510 38,753 3,051
87, 314
35, 673
1 1 , 0 0 5
9 0
4 6 , 7 6 8
41, 517
9 41, 586
8 8 , 3 5 4
1876-77
47,240 48,018 1,768
97, 026
37, 426
9 , 7 0 1
1 9 4
4 7 , 3 2 1
49, 430½
1 2 1 49, 551½
9 6 , 8 7 2 ½
1877-78
49,500 41,617
1 , 4 9 3
1 7 1 92,781
40, 234
9 , 3 5 7
1 1 5
4 9 , 7 0 6
43, 083½
3 0 ½ 43, 114
9 2 , 8 2 0
1 8 7 8 - 7 9
55,500 32,897½
3 , 7 7 1 ½
2 1 1 92,380 45,891
8 , 8 8 1
1 5 0 5 4 , 9 3 1
36, 262
1 0 36, 272
9 1 , 2 0 3
1879-80
59, 100 46,204½
6 8
4 5 9 ½ 1 0 5 , 8 3 2
48, 722
1 0 , 5 8 6
7 9
5 9 , 3 8 7
46, 114½
6 ½ 46, 121
1 0 5 , 5 0 8
1 8 8 0 - 8 1
56,400
36, 649
1
5 5 5 93, 605 46, 707
9 , 6 2 3
1 4 1
5 6 , 5 3 0
35,626
3 6 ½ 35, 662½
9 2 , 1 9 2 ½
1 8 8 1 - 8 2
56,400 32,009½
380 88,789½ 45, 731 10, 005
7 5 9 56, 495 32,825½
2 0 32, 845½
8 9 , 3 4 0 ½
1882-83
56,400 36,103½ 1, 185½ 315
94, 004 44, 961
1 0 , 3 1 6
7 6 8
5 6 , 0 4 5
35, 736½
1 9 35, 755½
9 1 , 8 0 0 ½
1 8 8 3 - 8 4
54,400 38,717½
8 8 2 ½
1 7 7 ½ 9 4 , 1 7 7 ½
45, 498
7 , 3 2 0
9 0 1
5 3 , 7 1 9
3 8 , 2 3 1
1 4 ½ 38, 245½
9 1 , 9 6 4 ½
1884-85
46,698 39,013½
3 5 0 ½
1 3 6 86, 198
36, 714 10, 134
1 , 0 4 6
4 7 , 8 9 4
38, 679½
6 ½ 38, 686½
8 6 , 5 8 0
1885-86
50,994 38,967
89, 961 39, 223
1 0 , 7 2 8
1 , 1 0 3
5 1 , 0 5 4
3 6 , 8 9 2 ½
9 36, 901½
8 7 , 9 5 5 ½
1 8 8 6 - 8 7
54,750 40,839
205½
9 5 , 7 9 4 ½
41, 920
1 1 , 3 9 6
1 , 3 0 0
5 4 , 6 6
41, 204½
1 8 41, 222½
9 5 , 8 3 8 ½
1 8 8 7 - 8 8
57,000 36,799
415
94, 214
43, 128
1 2 , 3 6 8
8 8 9
5 6 , 3 8 5
33, 687
2 4 33, 711
1 0 , 0 9 6
1888-89
57,000 30,315
29
14 87,358
42, 493 13, 995
8 7 0
5 7 , 3 5 8
3 0 , 3 9 8
3 3 30, 431
8 7 , 7 8 9
1 8 8 9 - 9 0
57,000 30,564
87,56440,942
1 3 , 7 4 9
1,294
5 5 , 9 8 5
29,16021 29,181
8 5 , 1 6 6