The Illustrated History of the British Empire in India and the East ... to the Suppression of the Sepoy Mutiny in 1859. with a Continuation [By Another Author] to the End of 1878
The Illustrated History of the British Empire in India and the East ... to the Suppression of the Sepoy Mutiny in 1859. with a Continuation [By Another Author] to the End of 1878
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...all pass through Bombay, where, in order to keep down its production, it is charged with a duty of four hundred rupees ( 40) per chest. The merchants in India purchase the opium either on their own account, or for mercantile houses in China or elsewhere, and it is then shipped in fast-sailing vessels capable of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...all pass through Bombay, where, in order to keep down its production, it is charged with a duty of four hundred rupees ( 40) per chest. The merchants in India purchase the opium either on their own account, or for mercantile houses in China or elsewhere, and it is then shipped in fast-sailing vessels capable of carrying from five hundred to a thousand chests. Of late years the monthly steamers of the Peninsular and Oriental Company have carried cargoes of the drug to China. The quantity thus imported into China from both sides of India now exceeds seventyfive thousand chests, roughly estimated at 8,000,000 sterling. A portion also goes to Singapore for consumption throughout the islands of the Eastern Archipelago. On arrival in China (say at Hong-Kong), the opium was at one time transferred to large receiving ships stationary in the harbour, but of late years it has been stored largely on shore with the permission of our authorities. From thence supplies are forwarded in small schooners and other fast-sailing craft to different points on the coast, according to the demand. At these coast stations there is no other trade carried on but that in opium. The drug is transferred from the small schooners to ships permanently anchored there, and the local Chinese government makes no attempt whatever to interfere, as it is enriched by the bribes or fees of the native dealers. These dealers come off in boats to purchase the opium, bringing silver in payment; but if the station be the outer anchorage of one of the free ports, --such as Shanghai, Fouchow, Amoy, or Canton, --the sale is usually made on shore in exchange for silver or Chinese produce, and an order given on the ship for delivery of the quantity sold. The opium being thus conveyed into the country..
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