OTHER USEFUL PALMS. 123 
In addition to these purely Indian exports and imports, it 
must be remembered that this Palm is extensively cultivated, 
and everywhere equally useful. The culture has greatly 
increased in Ceylon, as well as on the Malabar coast of India. 
The imports of Oil we here see have greatly increased, and 
amounted, in the year 1853, to 164,196 cwt. ; and will probably 
continue to increase, as it will be long before there is a limit to 
the demand. Of Coir, about three millions of pounds used to 
be manufactured in Ceylon, when the Dutch held that colony. 
In the year 1838, there were imported into this country—of 
Coir rope and twine, 5842 cwt., and of Coir fit for making into 
mats, 167 tons 15 ewt. 
Of the imports of Coir, &c., from Malabar and from Ceylon, 
we may form some idea, from the following note, from the best 
authority, that of the Messrs. Noble, who state respecting the 
“imports from Cochin of Coir yarn, rope, junk, and fibre into 
this country, that there exist no certain data in this article 
on which to form a correct judgment (a great portion being 
taken into the same ship, both at Cochin and Ceylon, as broken 
storeage, of which a very uncertain account is kept), a general 
idea can only be given of quantities, which are as under: 
Coir Yarn F , - about 1300 tons annually. 
» Rope : ‘i : » 800 5 
» Junk < . ‘ » 1000 9 
» Fibre é . ‘ » 150 re 
“From Ceylon we get rather over 2000 tons of yarn and 
about 900 tons of rope. Junk is now only a small article from 
this port. Of fibre we get about 260 tons to 300 tons.” 
OTHER USEFUL PaLMs. 
To the above list of useful Indian Palms, we might easily add 
some, such as Zalacca macrostachya, used for making baskets 
and for tying Nipa leaves (p. 36), as well as mention the native 
names of others employed for many of the same purposes as 
the foregoing. But these would in many instances prove to be 
the same plant under different names in different districts ; 
showing the necessity of appending a correctly ascertained 
scientific name to any local one under which a traveller or 
