In the 'Balling Room'; where the opium paste is shaped into small spheres: 'Each ball-maker is furnished with a small table; a stool; and a brass cup to shape the ball in a certain quantity of opium and water and an allowance of poppy petals; in which the opium balls are rolled.

Every man is required to make a certain number of balls; all weighing alike. An expert workman will turn out upwards of a hundred balls a day'. Pictures From History