246 WILD MEN AND WILD BEASTS. 



The net average amount of our opium revenue during the 

 last five years, for which the accounts have been laid before 

 Parliament, has been 5,781,890. 



In the year 1867-68, the last for which the accounts have 

 been laid before the House, it rose, after all expenses had been 

 paid, to 7,049,447 between one-fifth and one-sixth of our 

 whole net revenue. 



