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of clove cultivation in the island was practically finished 

 off in a few years by this pest. 



I am indebted to Mr. W. C. 

 Registrar of Imports and Exports, 

 figures as to the trade in cloves in 

 ments : 



Imports 



Pikuls. 



Kiln, the Acting 

 for the following 

 the Straits Settle- 



1875 



1880 

 1885 

 1890 

 1895 

 1900 

 1905 



1875 

 1880 

 1885 

 1890 

 1895 

 1900 

 1905 

 1909 



882 

 734 

 3,884 

 2,907 

 3,925 

 2,974 

 3,960 



Exports 



Pikuls. 

 1,478 

 613 

 4,496 

 3,036 

 4,096 

 3,234 

 3,867 

 4,000 



Value. 



S'pore $6,446 

 32,561 

 35,836 

 51,959 

 74,464 

 62,874 

 124,267 



Value. 



S'pore $54,085 



25,602 



110,301 



112,325 



82,155 



89,183 



134,313 



The pikul is 133J Ibs., and the present value of the dollar is 2s. 4d. 



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USES 



The primary use of cloves is as a spice, and those 

 most preferred and highly valued are large, full, not 

 wrinkled or brittle, of a good red colour with a purplish 

 bloom. These high-class cloves are chiefly obtained 

 from Penang, and fetch a better price than any others. 

 They are used when whole cloves are required, as for 

 inserting into hams, etc., and other such more or less 

 ornamental purposes. 



In former days it was the fashion to stick an orange 

 all over with cloves, so as to make a kind of pomander, 

 to be held in the hand and carried about for the perfume. 



Powdered cloves are also used as a spice, but are 







