n 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
| L | L | L | L | L
------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 1908-9 | 1909-10 | 1910-11 | 1911-12 | 1912-13
| L | L | L | L | L
------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
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
| | | | |
| 88,410 | 138,035 | 386,825 | 362,120 | 383,408
------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
Siam | 93,323 | 58,000 | 47,062 | 30,150 | 4,383
| | | | |
| 17,533 | 0 | 10,217 | 190,657 | 263,177
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