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opium constantly rubbed with a steel spatula till a a powder 
is obtained. 
; Adultépation of Opium. *_The articles used by the culti- 
4 vator for adulterating opium may be classified as follows :— 
3 J. Adulteration with fresh green parts of the poppy a 
including watery extracts. 
2, Adulteration with foreign extractives, and degetable ‘ 
- matter, such as the inspissated juice of the Opuntia Dillenii and__ 
 Calotropis gigantea, extracts of the tobacco plant, cre and 
_ hemp. 
3. Gums and resinous saattona- A gum resin dolived from 
different varieties of Ficus, andcalled Lassa. The resinof Shorea 
robusta (s4l), pulp of Bael fruit, gam from seeds’ of Talim- 
_khana pzscoplalie: irae tamarind pulp, gum from aes a a 
Ogle Bo ah ap ie 
ota 5 ne Saga det ices: poppy. gots 
seeds of leguminous plants, and esculent tubers and roots. 
é starchy matter is often heated for along time before being 
sed ; hence iodine reaction may fail. : 
5. Vegetable substances containing tannin and colonting 
matters. Catechu, “Gab” (Diospyros embryopteris, juice of — 
ruit), turmeric, flowers of Bassia ee betel-nut, extract of 
_ pomegranate bark. 2 
6. Saccharine’ matter ; vegetable oils nat ghee ; BP ba | 
charcoal, and semi-burnt opium ; cotton and paper ; cowdung 5 = 
earthy and siliceous matter; pounded bart — impure s 
’ carbonate of soda, &c, : 
ees i 
Opium found to be seriously sdateeted may be confiscated. 2 
r a fine ‘can be levied. At the Benares. Agency, during, — 
868-69, the gross receipt of opium of all kinds amounted to: 
ied rears out of which fines were lovin. on 181 manu 
