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In 1848, Madras is said to have produced 1 40,000 tons of cane 

 jaggery and 25,000 tons of palm jaggery, but Watt says the palm 

 sugar figures must have been underestimated. 2 



Year. 

 1883-84 



1884-85 

 1885-86 



Tons of palm jaggery. 

 87,200 

 83,700 

 74,000 



The accompanying figures shew the total number of palms of all 

 kinds tapped for sugar making for the past five years in the following 

 Madras districts of Godavari, Kistna (5 taluks), South Canara, 

 Malabar and Tinnevelly. The figures were kindly furnished by the 

 Director of Agriculture, Madras. 



Year. 

 1906-07 

 1907-08 

 1908-09 

 1909-10 

 1910-11 



No. of palms. 

 2,636,655 

 2,588,410 

 2,133,139 

 1,934,820 

 2,342,446 



Messrs. Parry & Co. have kindly sent me the following figures 

 for the last three years shewing the quantity of jaggery bought by 

 themselves or other refiners and distillers in the Madras Presidency. 

 At the same time it must be remembered that a very large quantity 

 passes into direct consumption, 



Palm jaggery 

 Sugar manufactured 



1908-09. 1909-10. 1910-11. 



Tons. Tons. Tons. 



25,400 29,000 26,100 



10,800 13,000 13,000 



1 Watt's Dictionary of Economic Products, Vol. VI, Part 2, p. 226. 



2 Idem p. 227. 



