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SPICES 



CHAP. 



The great demand for this perfume latterly in the markets 

 of Europe has brought large profits to the planters of it, and 

 the plantations have multiplied on all sides to such a degree 

 that the next crop will double that exported this year, which 

 amounted to 24,854 kilos, and the quantity which will appear 



Lip in section. 

 VANILLA FLOWER. 



in the market towards the month of August next is calculated 

 at about 40,000 kilos. Unless circumstances arise which 

 are at present unforeseen, the colony can produce in two or 

 three years from 50,000 to 60,000 kilos of vanilla. I learn that 

 the cultivation is also extensively carried on in Madagascar and 

 Mauritius, and it is feared by persons interested that by this 

 extended cultivation prices will go down. 



