§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Home Secretary whether he will state, for the year 1924, what was the 1176W quantity and what was the country of origin of the raw opium imported into this country; and what quantity of imported raw opium was supplied in that year to the two morphia factories?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe statistics for 1924 are not yet completed, but I can give the hon. and gallant Member provisional figures. The imports of raw opium amounted to 135, 792 lbs., of which 74, 400 came from India, 58, 888 from Turkey, 653 from Persia and 1, 851 from the Balkans. The two morphine manufacturing firms obtained during the year, by import or by purchase in this country, 109, 004 lbs.