Statement of Annual Consumption and Value of Indian Opium in China, for the following Seasons:--

Seasons.	Patna and Benares.					Malva.					Total.
	Chests.	Price.			Value.	Chests.	Price.			Value.	Chests.	Value.
		Lowest.	Highest.	Average.			Lowest.	Highest.	Average.
1816-17	2610	1080	1320	1200	3,132,000	600	800	950	875	525,000	3210	3,657,000
1817-18	2530	1200	1330	1265	3,200,450	1150	600	800	612	703,800	3680	3,904,250
1818-19	3050	800	1200	1000	3,050,000	1530	600	850	725	1,109,250	4580	4,159,250
1819-20	2970	1150	1320	1235	3,667,950	1630	950	1400	1175	1,915,250	4600	5,583,200
1820-21	3050	1300	2500	1900	5,795,000	1720	1230	1800	1515	2,605,800	4770	8,400,800
1821-22	2910	1650	2500	2075	6,038,250	1718	1050	1600	1325	2,276,350	4628	8,314,600
1822-23	1822	1180	2550	1552	2,828,930	4000	1080	1500	1290	5,160,000	5822	7,988,930
1823-24	2910	1100	1900	1600	4,656,000	4172	800	1050	925	3,859,100	7082	8,515,100
1824-25	2655	900	1450	1175	3,119,625	6000	550	950	750	4,500,000	8655	7,619,625
1825-26	3442	800	1150	913	3,141,755	6179	560	850	723	4,466,450	9621	7,608,205
1826-27	3661	800	1250	1002	3,668,565	6308	860	1060	942	5,941,520	9969	9,610,085
1827-28	5134	815	1220	998	5,125,155	4401	950	1420	1204	5,299,920	9535	10,425,075
1828-29	5965	880	1100	940	5,604,235	7771	750	1250	968	6,928,880	13132	12,533,115
1829-30	7143	805	1000	860	6,149,577	6857	740	1030	862	5,907,580	14000	12,057,157
1830-31	6660	790	1050	870	5,790,204	12100	520	760	588	7,114,059	18760	12,904,263
1831-32	6060			953	4,234,815	8265			704	5,818,574	14225	11,501,584
1832-33	6931			798	4,459,170	14454			570	8,258,155	21385	13,757,290