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- Io the following table is. shown the analysis of samples of. 
Patna and Behar provision opium, Malwa opium and pasewha.* 
These analyses are interesting, as they indicate the amount of 
extractive obtained by the action of cold and hot water on the 
drug. ‘The amount of extractive as well as the alkaloidal 
, content varies within narrow limits from year to year. Analyses 
4 of Behar and Patna provision opium, arranged as -shown in. 
this table, are yearly placed before the merchants at the annual ” 
inspection | of opium, which takes place before the first sale of 
the season :— 
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« 2 O° Be: Bis 128 <3 3 
: 2 as8 *- oa. 2 : ze a2 ‘es 
: s oO > > = : = of 
Variety of Opium. | F> |F SEES] 8885 ope tae Ad 
BS le Seals| Bae So) 622 | Soo | ss 
: eS SR geais tees) Bae | See ee 
=) oO se |= Zz; = a 
Oe * a 7 7 
Behar a Noe yy : « 
ufa: 
May 1883 Serres ,€4-25| 65:54] 6-91} 3-86 | ... 
Janu Ear 168s age 29°97. 68°8 |. . 64°57 5:91 4°58 
Malwa opium, 3lst : 
March 1883 .........| 8°56 65°90 | _ 68-58 6-81 4°92 |11-73 
asewha from Benares| ' a 
District, 1886 ...... 119-75 66°31 70°46 5-04 3°19 | 8+23 
Pasewha from Benares —* ‘ 
District, 1888 ...... aes 72°05 76-16 4°10 }. “85 | 4°95 
. Rogardince the amount of morphia in Malwa opium, accord- — 
_ ing to Dr. Smyttan, formerly Opium Inspector, Bombay,: the — 
: best Malwa opium yields 8 per cent., Fliickiger’s analysis — 
_ gives 14:4 per cent. of crude and 6:1 per cent of purified morphia, 
_alarger yield than that obtained by Mr. Gregory, who only — 
found 4°92 per cent. On the other hand, while Flickiger — 
analysis affords 6°81 per cent. Fliickiger’s analysis of Patn 
_ garden opium, in which 8°6 per cent. is given on the conte 
poriied morphia, is an exceptional yield of the alka 
V0 The analyses of Malwa opium and pasewha | have been k 
y Mr Gregory of the goed ae 
