3S 



TAHITI. 



are sugar, cocoa-nut oil, and arrow-root. The following statement 

 was furnished me of the quantities produced. 





SUGAR. 







Tahiti, . 



. 105 tons, estimated value §8,000 



Eimeo, 



. 22 " " 



u 



2,000 



Raiatea, . 



. 15 " " 



(t 



1,300 





> 





1 1 ^00 





1 X jOlfl/ 





COCOA-NUT OIL. 







Tahiti, 



. 55 " " 



(( 



3,500 



Eimeo, 



. 20 " 



it 



1,500 



Huahine, *. 



. 60 " " 



u 



4,500 



Borabora and l 

 Raiatea, $ 



. 50 " " 



u 



3,800 



i *t *tnn 





1 o,ov/u 



24,600 



Of arrow-root there are about fifty tons produced, valued at nearly 

 $4,000, which revenue, included with the above, will make the sum 

 of nearly $28,000 as the value derived from the agricultural produc- 

 tions of all these islands. If they were under proper cultivation, this 

 amount would be greatly increased ; and from the estimate of a com- 

 petent person, it was believed that the productions might yield, if 

 properly attended to, a revenue of $300,000, as coffee, cotton, and 

 indigo might be added to the above articles ; but this is undoubtedly 

 an estimation one-half too great, and would require an amount of 

 labour that the present native population are inadequate to perform, 

 and which their climate, wants, and desires will never probably excite 

 them to, or render necessary. 



TRADING CANOE. 



