rx SINGAPORE. 
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these 62 men, whose wages amounted to % 24/. 50, or individu¬ 
ally each man consumed opium to the amount of 4^2 • 97c’, while his 
wages amounted to 97c’ leaving him with a balance of to feed, 
clothe and house himself, in fact for every other purpose that money 
is required for, but some did not confine themselves to their wages, 
but actually exceeded them, as is shown in the following Table. 
Table No. 7. 
Quantity of 
Opium consu¬ 
med daily. 
No. of years 
addicted to 
ifae vice. 
Wages. 
Excess of Expenditure over 
income. 
1 
6 hoons 
7 
years. 
80 
~k 1-40 
2 
6 
T) 
3 
ii 
1 2 . 
1 . 60 
3 
4 
n 
5 
ii 
2 . 
40 
4 
6 
zy 
8 
ZZ 
3. 
60 
5 
7 
r) 
20 
ii 
4. 
20 
6 
5 
10 
ii 
2. 50 
50 
7 
4 
» 
7 
51 
2 . 
40 
8 
5 
« 
10 
11 
3. 
Income and Expenditure equal 
9 
4 
5 
51 
2 . 
% 40 Excess. 
10 
5 
V) 
10 
11 
2 . 
1. 
11 
5 
M 
8 
» 
3. 
Equal. 
12 
6 
» 
10 
17 
3. 
60 cents Excess, 
13 
5 
51 
15 
11 
3. 
Equal. 
14 
5 
11 
25 
11 
3. 
ditto 
15 
7 
11 
22 
11 
3- 
Dr. ]. 20 Excess, 
To a moral certainty these men were worthy of a Jail. 
This class, and these few of this class are all that I can statistical¬ 
ly prove to be mainly indebted to their Opium smoking for their po¬ 
verty, but hcnv many more can be truly supposed to be so when it is 
borne in mind that perhaps 15,000 of the adult population are addic¬ 
ted to the vice, and that above % 400,000 are annually so consumed; 
surely this is enough to improverish a people that number little more 
than 65 to 70,000. These 62 Paupers received at one time move than 
the average amount of wages current at present in Singapore, quite 
sufficient to have kept them comfortable, and fed, and clothed then- 
families ; now their existence is dependant on charity, and that cha¬ 
rity allows them their rice and 5 doits daily or per month. Thou¬ 
sands who are not inmates of this wretched abode are not better off, 
for what they have beyond that allowance Is spent in chandu, the 
only difference is that not being incapacitated by diseased they can 
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