A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customes of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors : with the present practice of distillation in all its varieties: together with an extensive illustration of the consumption and effects of opium, and other stimulants used in the East, as substitutes for wine and spirits / By Samuel Morewood.

Morewood, Samuel

Date:: 1838

Credit: A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customes of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors : with the present practice of distillation in all its varieties: together with an extensive illustration of the consumption and effects of opium, and other stimulants used in the East, as substitutes for wine and spirits / By Samuel Morewood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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A Tabular View of the Opium Trade of Great Britain, including that of our India Settlements, with China:—[see page 136.] Years. Great Britain. Exported from India Retained Revenue Imported. Exported. for con- at 9s. per to China. sumption. lb. lbs. lbs. lbs. £ Chests. 1823 38,375 11,016 20,985 9,509 5,172 1824 87,142 40,309 22,752 10,199 8,080 1825 123,084 64,466 20,582 9,329 8,055 1826 79,829 49,776 28,329 11,348 10,743 1827 113,140 87,333 17,322 7,894 8,865 1828 84,186 95,739 20,680 6,483 11,111 1829 48,634 41,919 23,970 4,522 11,409 1830 209,076 170,080 22,608 4,528 15,643 1831 9,967 25,045 25,937 5,187 20,108 1832 68,378 19,562 30,258 6,052 15,823 1833 106,846 53,001 35,407 7,088 21,279 1834 48,216 31,604 28,467 5,700 20,213 1835 85,481 74,126 31,181 6,249 21,350 Table of the quantities of Arrack exported from Ceylon, as noticed in page 182:— Years. To Great Britain. To British Colonies. 1 To foreign States Value. 1833 1834 Gallons. 7,593 6,156 Leaguers. 3,250 2,022 Gallons. 98 £ s. 12,425 9 7,737 16 The duty on Batavia arrack, in 1826, was 4s. 6d.; in 1827, 7s. 6d.; 1828-9, the same; 1830,5s.; 1831,4s. 6d.; 1832,4s. 6d.; 1833,4s. 3d. The duty charged, in 1834, on the importation of this commodity into Great Britain from the East Indies, was 15s. per gallon, and 9s. from the Colonies ; and on other foreign arrack, £l. 2s. 6d.

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