HC Deb 30 April 1906 vol 156 cc233-4
MR. MACVEAGH

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he can state the value of the opium exported from India last year, what proportion went to China, and what revenue the Government of India derived from the trade.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. JOHN MORLEY,) Montrose Burghs

The total value of the opium exported from India in 1904–5 was £7,082,295, of which opium to the value of £5,541,040 was consigned direct to ports in China. The net opium revenue of India in the same year amounted to £4,050,999. This includes revenue from opium consumed in India or consigned to other than ports in China. That portion of the revenue which is derived from opium exported direct to China may be estimated at about £3,000,000.