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really urgent when an appreciable and later on 

 a strong demand arose in the European and 

 American markets for clear comestible oil, 

 desiccated coco-nut and copra for human 

 consumption. If the truth is told, it will 

 probably be found that the initiative for this 

 improvement was mainly due to America. 

 Now that it has set in, it is pursuing its steady 

 progress Eastward. 



Once India and Ceylon showed the way, 

 and it was noticed that they reaped a mag- 

 nificent reward for their foresight and enter- 

 prise, other centres were forced to follow the 

 lead given them, and those that did not had 

 either to sell at very low prices in comparison, 

 or find that their goods were altogether 

 rejected as too bad. 



The reputation for excellence thus won by 

 the merchants of Colombo, Malabar, and 

 Cochin, &c., continues, so that their carefully 

 prepared products still enjoy' the highest 

 prices as shown below, and also prices for 

 1913 at the end of the book and it will be 

 a hard but creditable struggle for the others to 

 attain the same standard, much more to keep 

 it, and keep it unchallenged. 



COMPARATIVE VALUES OF COCO-NUT AND SOYA 

 BEAN PRODUCTS AT THE BEGINNING OF 

 APRIL, 1912. 

 Copra. Manila, May-June, ^24 75. 6d. 



paid. Cebu, April-May. ^25 75. 6d. sellers. 

 Java, April - June, ^25 175. 6d. buyers 



