The same reliable authority, the Statesman's Year-Book for 1918, has this to say on the subject. On page 130 we read: "Opium: In British territory the cultivation of the poppy for the production of opium is practically confined to the United Provinces, and the manufacture of opium from this region is a State monopoly. The bulk of the exported opium is at present either sent to the United Kingdom, or supplied direct to the Governments of consuming countries in the Far East; a certain quantity is also sold by auction in Calcutta at monthly sales. Opium is also grown in many of the Native States of Rajputana and Central India, which have agreed to conform to the British system." The following tables, taken from most reliable authority, give some idea of the exports to the "consuming countries of the Far East." Note that Japan began buying opium in 1911-12. We shall have something to say about the Japanese smuggling later. Also note that it was in 1907 that Great Britain and China entered into agreement, the outcome to be the suppression of the opium trade in China. But see the increasing imports into the treaty ports; up till almost the very last moment British opium being poured into China. In the second table, observe the increasing importation into England, (United Kingdom), synchronous with the increased exports to Japan, which will be discussed later. STATISTICAL ABSTRACT RELATING TO BRITISH INDIA 1903-4 TO 1912-13 EXPORTS OF OPIUM ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | 1903-4 | 1904-5 | 1905-6 | 1906-7 | 1907-8 | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | 1908-9 | 1909-10 | 1910-11 | 1911-12 | 1912-13 | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ China | 1,610,296 | 1,504,604 | 1,130,372 | 1,031,065 | 1,215,147 Treaty | | | | | Ports | 2,703,871 | 1,234,432 | 2,203,670 | 3,614,887 | 3,242,902 ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ Hongkong | 3,576,431 | 4,036,436 | 3,775,826 | 3,771,409 | 3,145,403 | | | | | | 2,230,755 | 3,377,222 | 3,963,264 | 3,019,858 | 2,400,084 ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ Straits | 1,365,743 | 1,262,834 | 1,163,529 | 1,150,506 | 1,169,018 Settlements | | | | | | 1,032,220 | 1,234,763 | 1,692,053 | 1,099,801 | 704,870 ------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ Java | 63,402 | 78,383 | 70,960 | 78,117 | 113,343 | | | | |