Packing Dept This One Filled with Smaller Pots & Tins 1915

Black and white photograph of a man standing at a table with scales and tins of opium at a factory, Hong Kong, China. This picture is part of a series on opium production in Hong Kong. The photograph shows a man with his back to the camera, in front of scales, containers and equipment at a government monopoly factory. This photograph was taken in 1915, towards the end of the opium trade. The opium trade between Britain and China with was the result of two wars (1839-42 and 1856-60), and had a detrimental impact on the people of China where the drug was sold, and the people of India, where the drug was farmed.