[207] Consul Cumberbatch, Trade Report for 1871, presented to Parliament.
[208] The largest lump I have seen weighed 6 lb. 6 oz., being part of 65 packages which I examined 2nd July, 1873.—D. H.
[209] Aegypten, Forschungen über Land und Volk während eines 10 zehnjährigen Aufenthalts, Leipzig, 1863.
[210] Naturgeschichtl. medicin. Skizze der Nilländer, Berlin, 1866. 353.
[211] Pharm. Journ. iv. (1863) 199.
[212] Polak, Persien, ii. (1865) 248, &c.
[213] Powell, Economic Products of the Punjab, i. (1868) 294.
[214] Thus in the Trade Report for Foochow, for 1870, addressed to Mr. Hart, Inspector-General of Customs, Pekin, is the following table:
| Malwa. | Patna. | Benares. | Persian. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports of Opium in 1867 | chests | 2327 | 1673 | 724 | 300 |
| ” ” 1868 | ” | 2460 | 1257 | 377 | 544 |
| ” ” 1869 | ” | 2201 | 1340 | 410 | 493 |
| ” ” 1870 | ” | 1849 | 1283 | 245 | 630 |
[215] Letter from Mr. Merck to Dr. F. 1863.