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a degree that the pasewa can drain off and be collected 

 and sent in separately for weighment It consists of the 

 most soluble of the principles of opium dissolved in dew 

 or in moisture, It contains meconic acid, resin, morphia, 

 and narcotine, Pasewa is not present in opium collected 

 during strong westerly winds or in the absence of dew. 



695. Leaves. The mature petals after being collected are 

 spread in a handful at a time over an earthen plate placed 

 over a slow fire. They are covered with a moist cloth above 

 whicli is pressed a damp cloth pad until the steam from the 

 cloth, acting upon the resinous matter contained in the petals, 

 cause them to adhere together. The thin cake of petals thus 

 formed is turned over in the earthen plate, and the process of 

 pressing and consolidation repeated on the reverse side. 

 These thin sheets pasted together with lewa or inferior opium 

 and pasewa, form the shell of outer casing of the opium expor* 

 ted to China. 



696. Trash. The pounded stacks and leaves of the poppy 

 plant when dry at the end of the season are used for packing 

 the cakes. 



697. Seed and oil have been already dealt with under 

 the head of oil-seed crops. 



698. In the Government Factories the opium brought in 

 by cultivators is examined according to consistence, colour, 

 texture and aroma, classified, mixed up, moulded into cakes 

 and packed. The constituents of an average cake are : 



Standard opium ... ... i sr. 7-50 chtks. 



Lewa 375 



Leaves 5-43 



Poppy trash ... ... '50 



699. One man turns out about 70 cakes a day. They 

 then require much attention and constant turning or else they 

 get mildewed. The mildew is removed by rubbing in dry 

 poppy trash, : Weak places are also strengthened by extra 



