opium in Great Britain. 269 
Although the produce of such a crop has not yet been clear- 
ly ascertained upon a large scale, the follovv^ing may be taken as 
the estimate of one acre, from what has actually been produced 
in my experiment. 
Estimated value of the produce of one acre, ^ 
56 lb. opium, at 36s L.lOO 16 0 
36 bolls early potatoes, at 24s 43 4 0 
2501b. of oil, cold drawn at Is. 6d 18 15 0 
125 lb. ditto warm, at 6d, 3 2 6 
500 oil casks, at 18s. per 100, 4 10 0 
L. 170 
7 
6 
Expences, 60 
0 
0 
Total of profit, L. 110 
7 
6 
Or it may be taken this way. 
56 lb. opium, at 17s. 6d 
L. 49 
0 
0 
36 bolls of potatoes, at 24s 
43 
4 
0 
250 lb. of oil, cold drawn, at Is. 6d... 
18 
15 
0 
125 lb. ditto warm, at 6d 
3 
2 
6 
500 oil casks, at 18s. per 100 
■ 4 
10 
0 
L.118 11 
6 
Expences, 60 
0 
0 
Profit, L. 58 
11 
6 
Opium costs the wholesale druggist in London at this time 
(May 1819) 17s. 6d. per lb., which, with a duty of 8s. 8d. 
per lb., makes it L. 1 : 6 : 6, and they charge the apothecaries 
36s. per lb., which is the present London price of the article. 
The London price of opium varies so much, that about twelve 
ye^rs ago, it was as high as 84s. per lb., and it seldom falls so 
low as 24s. 
If the crop can be got plf the ground by the middle of 
August, it is proposed to have a second crop of potatoes or tur- 
nips, which will give, it is supposed, about L. 30 more. 
VOL. I. NO. 2. OCTOBER 1819. 
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