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Upper Burma first commenced. The high price of kernels through- 
out the season was no doubt the main cause of the falling off, but it 
is noticeable that there was a considerable decrease in 1891, when 
h nuts and oil were comparatively cheap. The average number 
of casks shipped yearly from 1887 to 1890, both inclusive, was 18,068, 
as compared with 15,390 for 1891 and 1892. The average quota- 
tions of the oil, for the same periods, were Rs. 59 and Rs. 70, 
respectively, per French candy of 529 Ibs. The trade with Calcutta, 
the Straits and Coast ports shows no signs of improvement, while 
Mauritius and Bourbon figures remain pretty much the same as in 
former years. The ground-nut oil trade—at least so far as its con- 
sumption is concerned—is an enigma. In Bourbon and Penang, 
where Indians monopolise the labour markets, very little of this 
generally indispensable culinary article is used, while in both Upper 
and Lower Burma the consumption is enormous, although the Indian 
population is, comparatively, very much less than it is in the former 
colonies. We must assume that the native Burmese is the better 
customer of the two. The price of the oil has risen in greater pro- 
portion than that of ground-nuts. In 1875 the highest quotation 
was Rs. 49 per candy and the lowest Rs, 32-12-0, when in 1892 
the rates were Rs. 86-8-0 and Rs. 69, respectively. As in the case 
of the kernels—which are grown almost exclusively on British soil— 
the great bulk of the ground-nut oil shipped at Pondicherry is 
manufactured in English territory, the village of Valavanur, a 
station on the Pondicherry-Villapuram Railway, supplying the 
greater part. The trade is saan in the hands of native operators, 
The approximate value of last year’s shipments may be taken at 11} 
lakhs of rupees. For the current year the prospects are, so far, 
encouraging. In spite of the high prices of the kernels, the ship- 
ments from the Ist January to the 31st March amounted to 3,928 
casks, as compared with an average of 3,888 casks for the same pace 
during the preceding four years. The average price was Rs. 73,140 
per candy, the highest Rs. 79-8-0, and the lowest Rs. 65-8-0, against 
Rs, 83-8-0, and Rs. 58-12-0, —— (Madras 
Mail.) 
Crotalaria paniculata. 
Dr. Mootoosawmy, in March 1890, sent a specimen of this plant 
for identification, It is used asa fish poison in Tanjore and _ 
places in Southern India, and is known by the Tamil nam 
