§ Mr. CAMPBELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for India, for each year 1923–26, the acreage under poppy cultivation in India; the total amount of raw opium produced; the total quantity of opium exported; and the revenue derived from opium in each of those years in British India and the native States, respectively?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe latest figures available are:1272W
Acreage in British India. Production in British India. Acres. lbs. 1923–24 … 133,500 2,122,000 1924–25 … 114,198 2,340,000
Exports from India. 1bs. 1923 … … … 1,196,160 1924 … … … 1,143,902 1925 … … … 939,982
Net opium revenue of the Government of India. Rs. 1923–24 … … 1,66,02,095 1924–25 … … 1,44,19,050 1925–26 … … 2,03,52,437 No figures are available in respect of the Indian States.