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success: if the clarifying secret were better known, the oil would, no 
doubt, to a large extent, take the place of ghee; it is much better for 
cooking purposes, far cheaper, and more readily transported, while 
it cannot be easily adulterated. The consumption of the huile 
d’arachides seems to follow on the track of Indian emigrants : in 1880 
there were but very few Indians settled in Singapore, Penang, &c., 
and in that year the export of ground-nut oilamounted to only 10 
casks; in 1890 the shipments to these two ports amounted approxi- 
matively to 1,800 candies. The future of the export oil trade seems to 
wear a decidedly bright appearance, and there is no apparent reason 
why the development of the last few years should not continue at 
the same ratio for at least some years to come. The value of the 
traffic to Pondicherry is very great: besides the labour required to 
work the native mills, employment is given to a large number of 
rs 
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following statement shows the total number of casks exported for 
the periods named below :— 
Number of casks 18385. 1886. 1887, 1838. 1889 1890, 
exported ...... 10,403 10,255 17,727 16,093 19,365 18,485 
It will be seen by the above that the shipments during the last four 
years have not materially changed; the period of 1889 was excep- 
tional, the ground-nut crop being unusually large, and the prices 
generally low. 
The statement given below exhibits the highest, lowest, and 
average rates, per French candy of 529 lbs, English, during the 
several years mentioned :— 
1875, 1880. 1885. 1890, 
ne % Ke. 8. Re 4 Bae 
Highest quotations per — an. O70. 0 67 0. ee 
Lowest per candy ~< oe 12... OL 14:° 62 0 - “$628 
Average do. -. 4.3 80 8 8514 G2 4 
The exceptional low prices for 1875 are accounted for by the un- 
expected heavy crop of kernels, which was greatly in excess of the 
foreign demand, which caused the rates to rule low, and to offer 
unusually good advantages to local crushers, (Times of India, 
March 31st, 1891.) 
PonDICHERRY, 27¢h April 1893,—The number of casks exported 
in 1892 was the lowest since 1887, in which year the purchases for 
