ABSTRACT
We believe we shall not over-rate the whole export produce of opium from India, at 24,000 chest a year; nor the export value of every chest at £120 sterling; making a total value of £2,800,000 … Probably a larger sum than is paid by foreign nations for all wines exported from France, Spain and Italy. In Indian agriculture, the poppy may be said to take the place of the vine and olive in southern Europe.
