Captain HAYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India how many chests of opium have been sold by auction at Calcutta during each of the past three years and the places to which they were exported?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe number of chests of opium sold at the Calcutta auctions in the years ending the 31st March 1921, 1922, and 1923 was 1,550, 935, and 2,890, respectively. Detailed information as to the places to which this opium was exported is not available at the India Office, but I will obtain information from the Government of India.