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The following figures show the exports of arrowroot from 

 Bermuda : 



1830 

 1831 

 1832 

 1833 

 1834 

 1835 

 1836 

 1841 

 1842 

 1843 

 1844 

 1845 

 1847 

 1848 

 1849 

 1850 



Ibs. 

 18,174 

 77,153 

 34,833 

 44,651 

 54,471 

 65,500 



91,230 

 136,610 

 151,757 

 173,275 

 224,480 



854,329 



Value of the exports. 



8,682 

 10,974 

 8,084 

 4,716 

 4,747 

 6,760 



In the spring of 1851, 201,130 Iba. were shipped from Ber- 

 muda. 



In 1843 the quantity of arrowroot in the rough state made in 

 Bermuda was 1,110,500 Ibs. 



ARROWROOT EXPORTED FROM ANTIGUA TO 



1835 



1836 

 1837 

 1838 

 1839 

 1840 

 1841 

 1842 

 1843 

 1844 

 1845 



Great Britain. 

 Boxes. 

 1,075 

 681 

 100 

 472 

 682 

 453 

 289 

 582 

 744 

 376 

 402 



B. N. America. B. W. Indies. 



Boxes. 

 20 

 43 

 42 

 20 



Boxes. 



Barbados exported in 1832, 16,814 Ibs., value 469 ; in 1840, 

 387 packages ; in 1843, 302; in 1844, 790 packages-, in 1851, 306 

 packages ; these average about 30 Ibs. each. 



Ceylon now produces excellent arrowroot. In 1842, 150 boxes 

 were exported ; in 1843, 200 ; in 1844, 300 ; in 1845, 600 boxes. 



From Africa we now import a large quantity : 250 boxes were re- 

 ceived in 1846. Not unfrequently arrowroot from Africa has been 

 sent to the West Indies in the ships with the liberated Africans, 

 and thence re-exported to England, as of St. Vincent or Ber- 

 muda growth. The duty on arrowroot, under the new tariif, is 

 equalised on all kinds to 4|d. per Ib. 



The imports and home consumption of arrowroot have increased 

 very largely, as may be seen from the following figures : 



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