NATURAL HISTORY. 



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The greater part of these quan- 

 4^ities of casia came from China. 



Under the denomination of casia 

 budSj the following quantities of 

 the receptacle of the cinnamon 



berry were imported and sold at 

 the East India Company's sales in 

 the years 1804 to 1808 inclusive, 

 together with the sale amount, and 

 average price per cwt. : — 



China exported in the year 

 1805 into the British settle- 

 ments in India the product of the 



cinnamon plants, under the <leno- 

 mination of casia and casia buds, 

 to the value of 72,670 rupees : — 



Calcutta imported to the value of rupees . 19,134 



Bombay 51,190 



Madras 2,346 



Some part of this casia was ex- 

 ported from Calcutta to London. 

 Bombay supplies the market of 

 Massuah, Judda, Aden, Bushin, 

 &c. and a great part of the con- 

 sumption of this article in the 

 Arabian Gulph. 



In 1810 and 1811 China ex- 

 ported from Canton in country 

 ships to the British settlements 

 casia to the amount of 3019 pi- 

 quels, or 401,527 lb. : in regular 

 ship.s, 6 peculs 998 lb. In the 

 same season Avere exported from 

 Canton, in American ships, 1604 

 peculs, or 199,977 lb. 



This quantity of casia is im- 



ported into Canton from the Soo- 

 loo. Archipelago, and other islands 

 in these seas, and the different 

 ports of Cochin China. We have 

 no good authority for believing 

 that any of it is produced in 

 China. 



The following is a statement of 

 the quantity of cinnamon prepared 

 in Ceylon, the quantity rejected 

 on inspection, and the number of 

 pounds exported annually on ac- 

 count of the East India Company, 

 from the year 1804 to 1814 in- 

 clusive, with the annual expense 

 of the cinnamon department from 

 1807 to 1814 inclusive :— 



