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ON  THE  PRODUCTION  OF  OPIUM  IN  ASIA  MINOR. 
even  at  its  present  reduced  price,  and  would,  besides,  be  much  * 
more  readily  detected.    The  purest  opium  is  collected  at  Ushak, 
Bogaditz,  and  Simav  ;  but  the  pieces  are  small  and  stick  together, 
which  makes  it  unsightly. 
Karahissar  and  its  environs  produce  one- third  the  annual 
crop,  but  the  quality  is  not  so  good,  and  the  pieces  are  usually 
larger. 
For  the  following  statement  of  crops  in  different  districts,  and 
the  expense  attending  the  cultivation,  &c,  I  am  indebted  to  Mr. 
Wilkin,  a  gentleman  who  has  passed  several  years  in  the  opium 
districts,  and  who  is  well  acquainted  with  the  languages  of  the 
country. 
Subjoined  is  a  list  of  the  opium  districts,  wi  ththeir  amount  of 
produce  in  two  different  years — one  a  full  crop,  the  other  a  good 
average,  the  former  about  8000  baskets,  and  the  latter  2200. 
Last  year  (1853)  the  crop  was  only  1000  baskets,  and  this  year 
it  is  but  600. 
The  following  is  an  approximate  statement  of  the  expenses 
which  would  attend  the  cultivation  of  opium  by  paid  labor,  which 
gives  an  idea  of  the  average  cost  of  this  drug : — 
Estimate  of  Two  Crops  of  Opium. 
Good  fair  crop. 
Full  crop. 
'Karahissar 
.  400 
baskets 
500  baskets 
Afion  Cassaba 
.  50 
U 
100 
a 
Sandukli 
.  200 
(( 
250 
u 
Sitchanli 
.  60 
U 
80 
a 
Karamuk 
.  25 
a 
30 
U 
Tzai  .... 
.  30 
(c 
40 
a 
Bolavadin 
.  50 
a 
60 
« 
Ushak 
.  250 
u 
400 
a 
\  Ishikli 
.  100 
u 
200 
(( 
Ekme,  Takmak,  Coullah 
.  100 
a 
200 
(C 
Tzal,  Baklan 
.  80 
n 
100 
a 
Simav,  Gkediz,  Eneovassi, 
Taouchanli  200 
(( 
250 
(i 
Kutayah 
.  40 
a 
50 
n 
Boladitz,  Eskihissar 
.  30 
u 
50 
a 
Ak  Shair  . 
.  250 
u 
300 
a 
Yalavatz 
.  250 
« 
300 
a 
Karagatz,  Sparta,  Bourdroun         .  150 
a 
200 
u 
2265 
3110 
