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cocoanut oil is done In Cocliin, as will be seen from the exports 



for six years : 



Europe. India, Burma, &c- Total Tons- 



oil 



1884-85 6,613 6,066 12,679 



1885-86 3,494 7,237 10,731 



1886-87 4,967 5,382 10,349 



1887-88 6,300 6,048 12,348 



1888-89 6,193 7,775 13,968 



1889-90 4,048 8,264 12,312 



very imperfect idea of the supply and demand for this 



omit 



th 



is expressed. This is largely exported to foreign countries 

 and sent from one province of India to another. 



In 



the imports were 125,222 cwts., valued at Es. 11,76,799, 

 and the exports 9,337 cwts., valued at Rs. 79,836. The 

 imports come chiefly from Ceylon and the Straits Settle- 

 ments, and are almost exclusively delivered in Bengal and 

 Bombay. The exports go mainly from Madras, the greater 

 part to Portugal, Persia, Russia, and Arabia, each receiving 

 from 300 to 500 cwts. Of the imports by far the larger por- 

 tion was received in Bombay. 



Borassus flabelliformis, Linn. Rheede, Sort. Mal.^ i., 

 i^' 9, 10, is the Palmyra palm of the English, and the Roudier 

 a ^ventails of the French. In Sanskrit it is called T^la, and 

 in the vernaculars T^l, Td[d, Tdr, and Panai-maram. The 

 properties of the various parts of this noble palm are described 

 in detail in Sanskrit medical works. The root is considered to 

 ^ cooline and rfisinrative : the saccharine juice obtained from 



itoxicating 



fruit 



tible; the gelatinous contents of the unripe seeds refreshing 



ng; the embryo of the germinating seed, and the 



terminal 



and are con- 



of the 



8pathe is given as a remedy for enlar 



