54 



PAPAVEEACE^. 



hn- In+oK/ • t T 7i.T^i««. ^r. Jidlims the well-known missionary 

 t^in oftl^ out from personal observation^ the extensive cultiva- 



Onil ?f P^^ '? ^^^ north-eastern province of Shantung, 

 in north ?n=f ''""{/^^r q^^lity is now produced about Ninguta (lat. 44°) 

 ansite^^^^ Manchuria, a region having a rigorous wfnter climate. 

 thTt the i- °^.N^5^V^«g who visited this district in 1871, reports 

 ^PnediM^nr ''i ^^^P^««^te^ in the sun until hard enough to be 



Is pS ounea^^^^ '' *^^^ '^^ ^"^"^ °^ ^^'^ «P°^ ^^ ^^"^1 ^^ ^^^"^ 



cons^umeil °S '' '^'^ ^5 \' ^^" ^^^^' ^^'^ ^^^^ of Yunnan. But Chinese 



and rvouranr ^ Tf .'^. home-grown opium as inferior in strength 



It mus not ir^ ^ ^''. "f ^^^^ ^i^^^ ^ith the Indian drug.^ 



passedT^'otieed bX ot • ''^'' n^^ ^^^"^^^ °^ ^P^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^f 

 nature of the s^nrH "''^''' Government. Whatever may be the 



" rigorously '' proMbLd'rt TT^'^ *^ '^^' ^'^^'^ ^' -^-^^•^' ^^ "^'^ 

 the effect of the nrohibiAn i • '"i '^"^^ provinces, about ten years ago, 

 Thus at ShanclLT?n 1 SR ' ,^'^^ *^ stimulate the foreign importations. 

 pecuV beina niL H- ^^' S '"^V'^^'^^^^on of Benares opium was 2637 

 opium very" rareTv i"^^^ ^^^* ""^ *^^ Previous year, and Persian 



pec.ds besiL S^ to th^e extent of 533 



Ui the erowtli of f]-.r.\- i • -*-^-»^^ibii. 

 following ficrures^ will rl^ '''. ""P^^"^ between India and China, the 



" " ^'^^^'''' «o^e Idea : value of exnort. in 



1852-63 -£6,470,915. 



and® 



fS, • • .• • . 1872 

 ^^^^e, . . £13,365 228 



value of exports in 



1861-62 -£9,704,972. 



1871-72— £11,605,577. 



1873 

 82, 90S 



11,^26,280 



1874 

 88, 727 



11,341,857 



1875 



04,746 



11,950,972 



1876 



S8, 350 

 11,148,426 



of 



P 



f 6818 peculs, v^alued at ^^^Si'S^?^"^ ^*^^^' ^^^"^ stated to consist 

 r^culs), Benaies (3596 neo 1? p ' .^'' *^^^«' ^o^^ing fiom Patua (2158 

 ?"^key (3 J peculs). ^nS' ''^^^^*1 peculs), Malwa (10 peculs), 

 "nported in Amoy. *^^ "^^"^^ year 4043 peculs of opium were 



- Poppy cultivation in +1, 



described by Thorel,^ from who^''^^"^''^ *^^ China has been briefly 

 l)ih 1 °^ ^"^^^^- The pom3 ' t ''IT^J ^^ ^^^l*^ appear to be exactly 

 w ha three-bladedknife^^fal'^'^^l^-fl^we^^^ the head is wounded 

 J^U'led juice is scraped off and t''%'^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^'^i^al incisions, and the 

 tcZT^: K°^' the dil 3^ fi'^^f T''^ ^° ^ «^^all pot susp;nded at 



Wu'otu^ TP^^' that%het"tl|''^ ^^^ ^-- -*• ^ ^^^f ^^^ 

 ayTsrft t^' physical and cLmt i P'""'" '" sun-dried. But little is 



^•^HoftsuUtauceresemUhu'a'^;?^ properties. Thorel speaks of it 

 . ^^ ,., ^ '"'^ '^^^-^^t- I>r. R. A. Jamieson « describes 



' ^ W 0/^ f; '■^^''. June 28 I8-3 



^\"- ^' ISTm. 1874 "(ST^^^'i C'aW,'i871 ^^'e^^'J'^'^^-General, Calcutta, 1872-19»- 



Wae pecul 13^^ «■ '% 18, o), p. 4 33. /,„/; '"^'^'^'''"^ ^6.^rac< re?a;//i(/ ^tf British 



r .^'.^'■ff on <;^Vv:.,. . - (ct">«™ 1866-07 to 1875-76. Loiulon, 



fnj Z- ^^^ ^Mract relating 



/«^.a /rom 1866-07 to 1875-76. 

 ^77, pp. 51, 53: 



« 



J"^^ *- iVc- t;75 ^t^ttnient of 23 ^^'^^"""^ ^^ '^^ Coc/nncAf^e, Paris, 1S70. 



Report 



looted. 



