HC Deb 28 February 1911 vol 22 c340W
Sir HERBERT ROBERTS

asked the Under-Secretary for India the amount of opium issued in the Assam Valley districts; the amount of duty levied; and the Treasury price per seer in the years 1907–8, 1908–9, and 1909–10, respectively 1

Mr. MONTAGU

The figures are:-1907–8—Opium issued, 62,410 seers; duty realised. Es. 17,78,684; Treasury price, Rs. 37 the seer. 1908–9—Issued, 60,370 seers; duty, Rs. 17,20,551; price, Rs. 37. 1909–10—Issued, 57,829 seers; duty, Rs. 17,72,567; price. Es. 40.