Following upon information received regarding the location of stores of opium, both contraband and for sale, and searches undertaken in different directions,. the French police have seized a considerable quantity of the drug. At the same time a quantity of apparatus connected with its sale or smoking has also been taken, including scales, copper basins for the preparation of opium, containers, and even prospectuses and price lists, On Wednesdty morning the men charged with the illicit. traffic were beters the French Mixed Court, when the opium. was ordered to be confiscated and the following penalties imposed:—Ling Yung-dai,, No. 49 Rue Montauban, fined $500 and one year in prison, with the alternative of the payment of $1 for every day's imprisonment ordered; Tsang Yongon, No. 10 Rue Colbert, $300 fine; Tsang A-lo, No. 24 Rue clu Moulin, $300 fine; and Dai Ling-sing, No. 26 Due des Peres, $500 fine, and one year in prison (redeemable as above by a monetary payment).
The fines and sums necessary for the conversion of the terms of imprisonment into a monetary penalty were immediately paid.
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