432 



SCITAMINEM, 



trade in cardamomSj full statistics are not available^ but exclud- 

 ing the transfrontier trade by land, it was last year valued 



at Rs. 25,11,053. 



In Travancore the cardamom cultivation and trade are a 

 monopoly of tbe State. The drug is grown on the Cardamom 

 Hills, and is broi _ 



ported. The following table gives a Statement of the sale of 

 Travancore cardamoms during the last sixteen years : 



Statement of the Sak of Travancore Cardamoms, 1875 



Year M. E. 



1051 



1052 

 1053 



1054 

 1055 

 1056 

 1057 



1058 



1059 



1060 



1061 



1062 

 1063 



1064 

 10C5 



1066 



Cardamoms 



in candies of 



600 E. lbs. 



275 



47 

 133 

 140 

 248 

 188 

 158 



62 

 303 

 484 

 148 



88 

 256 

 176 



84 

 326 



Average price per 

 candy in Rupees. 



Total amount realized 







Rs. 



838 



1,600 



1,719 



2,353 



1,966 



1,833 



1,427 



1,825 



1,018 



769 



682 



863 



492 



776 



590 



534 



Rs. 



2,30,268 

 74,692 

 2,28,526 

 3,28,176 

 4,87,596 

 3,44,320 

 2,25,855 

 1,13,397 



3,08,601 

 3,72,278 



1,01,101 

 75,892 



1,26,053 



1,36,018 



49,787 



1,74,817 



This table includes all cardamoms sold. Some will be 

 exported by sea and some sent by backwater to Cochin, so 



