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APPENDIX·LIII.
RETURN OF PROSECUTIONS IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND
FEDERATED MALAY STATES FOR OFFENCES IN REGARD TO OPIUM DROSS.
Offence.
I
Straits Settle-
I
Federated Malay States Number
ments Number of Convictions.
of prosecutions
1923.
1922. 1923. I
Selling except to Superinten·
dent ... ... 32 42 39
Possession oLmore than 1 tahil 42 35 30
Re-preparing by applying artificial
heat ... ... 6 133 106
Possession of reo prepared
dross ... ... 10 106 92
Possession of dross derived
from illicit opium ... 1 ... .. .
Importing dross ... ... 1 ... ...
I
Total ... 92 (a) I 316 (b) 267 (e)
I
Ca) Number of convictions 14. (b) Number of prosecutions 356. (e) Number of prosecutions 296.
APPENDIX LIV.
RETURN OF OPIUM DROSS COLLECTED FROM TEN *
PUBLIC SMOKING ROOMS DURING 1923.
Furnislled by tile S"perintendent, Gowrnment Monopolies,. Sh-aits Settl.ments.
Smoking Room
Number.
Prepared Opium
purchased.
Tahils. Tahils.
Opium Dross Collected.
Percentage of
Normal Product. (a)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1,308
486
1,434
1,056
612
1,320
606
627
1,170
891
160'0
85'0
150'5
152'0
70'5
198'S
90'0
71'0
142'5
. 103'5
%
31
44
26
36
29
38
37
28
30
29
• Smgapore Smoking Rooms chosen at random.
(a) Normal product of Dross is taken as 40 per cent of the prepared opium from which it results.