...Benares in the heart of opium country,…

...Benares in the heart of opium country, senior British officers direct some two thousand Indian agents who circulate among the poppy districts, extending credit and collecting opium.

Processed under strict supervision at the two Company factories, the opium is packed into wooden chests, each containing forty balls and weighing one hundred and forty pounds.

Bearing the Patna and Benares trademarks, ...