650 



INDE3L. 



tor, an instrument for testing 

 .il. 



Arbor alba, 566 

 Areca nuts, value of the exports from 



"> 679 , 

 palm, 577 



,'f, 511, 621, 626 

 A rin >t 1<>, 447 

 Aqmit, a French land measure, about 



one-seventh less than an acre, 251 

 Arracan, exports of rice from, 297 

 A rrm u/'ha MMffoftto, 355, 375 

 Arnu k, 556 



used to flavor tobacco, 621 



Arroba, a Spanish weight of 25lbs., 



tin: fourth part of a quintal. 

 Arrowroot, Benzon's analysis of, 3!8 



culture and commerce of, 



345 



made from the Palmyra 



shoots, 376 



starch of, 331, 334-35, 337 

 Arsenic for steeping grain, poisonous 



effects from, 233 

 Artocarpus inciifd, 318, 330 

 Arum colocasia, 364 



esculentum, 364 



Rumphii, 365 



Asafoetida, 633 

 Asdcpias curassavica, 625 



gigantea, 494 



ting ens, 442 



Assamec, an Indian name for the ryot 



or cultivator, 467 

 Assam, introduction of tea culture, 94 



tea sales, 98 



Company, origin of, 98 



manufacture of tea in, 126 



Assaroo, rain sowing, 468 



. tfoiformii, used as tea at 

 Santa Fc, 80 



Attap leaf for thatching, 405, 559 

 Attar of roses, 570 

 Auckhmdiii, 438 

 Auracaria Jiidu-illii, 377 

 Australia, consumption of tea in, 87, 88 

 sugar cultivation recommen- 

 ded, 139 



Austria production of beet-root sugar 

 in, 197, 200 



"H tomentnsa, 444 



Avocado seed yields a dye stuff, 444 

 Awl tree, 443 

 Babool wood, 493 

 Bahu, a land measure in Java, equal 



to 71 acres. 

 Bajrrr, tin 1 Indian name for llolcits 



:>06 

 Bales of Cuba tobacco, size of, 613 



Balfour (Prof.) on the starch in po- 

 tatoes, 330 



on species of rhubarb, 



647 

 Ball's account of the cultivation, &c., 



of tea, 103 

 Banana, starch in, 331 



used as a shade for the cacao, 15 



]}n/,tinta tinctoria, 4-53 



Earbacue, a platform for coffee drying, 



69 



Baphia nitida, 447 

 Barbados arrowroot, 337, 353 



culture of aloes in, 630 



cost of cultivating sugar, 189 



ginger, 415 



sugar crops of, 149 



yam, 334, 335, 337, 338, 362 



Barcelona, exports of cacao from, 13 

 Bark of the larch, its utility, 376 

 Barks for tanning, 492 

 Burli'V, history and consumption of, 255 

 imported, 218 



meal imported, 218 



produce of in England 



Wales, 248, 256 



average prices of, 256 



and 



Barrel of rice weighs 600 Ibs. net, 291 



Barus camphor, 634 



Barwood, 445, 447 



Basket of rice, a measure equal to 55| 



Ibs , English, 

 Bassia butyracca, 136, 512 



lonyifolia, 511 



oil seeds of, 537 



Batatas edulis, 330, 331, 357 

 Banhinia ran'cgata, 492 



Baylcy (Mr.), on consumption of tea 



in the manufacturing districts 

 Bay rush or tapioca, 376 

 Beans, analysis of, 264 



and peas, quantities imported, 313 



imported, 218 



Bearing time of different plants, 9 

 Beck (Prof.) on various wheats, 222 



on the American bread- 

 stuffs, 226 



Beet root sugar produced on the Con- 

 tinent, 144 



cost of producing, 189, 



204 



Beet, varieties of the root, 191 



Belgians, large consumers of coffee, 40 



Belgium, production of beet root su- 

 gar in, 200 



Benares, production of indigo in, 475 



Ben, oil of, 523 



Bcncoolen, pepper grown in, 423 



spice culture in, 412 



