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The greater part of the Indian ginger goes to 

 England, and the countries importing it are given (for 

 1893) by Mr. O'Conor (Dictionary Economic Products 

 Ind.) as follows : 



Ibs. 



United Kingdom . . 3,827,990 



Austria .... 230,434 



France . . . . 57,042 



Germany . . . . 81,116 



East Coast Africa . . 77,987 



United States . . . 546,025 



Aden .... 811,405 



Arabia .... 708,682 



Ceylon .... 106,609 



Persia .... 328,198 



Turkey in Asia . . . 121,569 



Other countries . . 21,624 



6,918,681 Ibs. valued at 7,03,981 Es. 



Ibs. 



Of this Bombay produced . 3,120,555 

 Madras . 2,881,710 

 Bengal . 913,352 

 Sind . 3,164 



6,918,691 



The prices given for this product differ considerably 

 from different districts. Thus the above quoted quantities 

 were valued at : 



Bengal . . 57,351 Rs. 10'6 Rs. per cwt. approximately. 



Bombay . . 3,17,245 9-9 



Sind . . 280 11-6 



Madras . . 3,29,105 8-7 



Ceylon. It does not appear that ginger has been 

 cultivated to any great extent in Ceylon at any time. 

 In Ma tale West it appears that it was a failure owing to 

 unsuitability of soil. A few planters here and there 

 seem to have had a try at it, but it gradually was 

 abandoned. Only a few acres represent the planting 

 area at the present day. 



The records of ginger cultivation recorded give : 



