Opium not being produced either in Austria or in Hungary, no opium is exported from the Dual Monarchy.

On account of the small imports of opium into Austria-Hungary the official statistics do not show the exact quantity of imported opium; the yearly import of opium is estimated to vary between 1,400 and 2,000 kilogrammes ; the average yearly consumption is therefore about o.o5 grammes per head of the total population. Nearly the whole of the imported opium is shipped from Constantinople to Trieste.

The import of opium derivatives is not important. Kodëin is imported from Germany and about 7oo-1,000 kilogrammes morphine is imported from England every year.

The import duty for opium and its derivatives is Kronen 36 or about LI 12s. for one hundred kilogrammes.

Opium, morphine and its derivatives are used for medical purposes only.

In the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy opium for smoking purposes is not manufactured.

The cultivation of poppy is insignificant and the poppy produced in Austria-Hungary is not rit for the production of opium.

The same restrictions are in force for the trade with opium and its derivatives as for the trade with poisons.

According to the Austrian Regulation dated 2ist April, 1876 the box or bottle which contains poison has to be distinctly labelled with the word "Poison " and under § 361 Penal Code any person who sells poisons, in contravention to the existing rules and regulations for the trade of poisons, is liable to a penalty of lo Kronen to ioo Kronen—ios. to ,4.8—or of prison of one day to eight days.

In Hungary similar laws and regulations are in force.