Other slaves pick off the buds from the stalks, and they are then 

 spread out to dry in the sun. being taken in every night. The cloves 

 are dried on mats in direct sunlight. The drying "is continued for the 

 space of 6 days or one week. 



Green cloves dry down to iibout hah their weight ; thus 1 frasila, 



ow held by (Joverninent every lortnight to allow open eompeti 

 specially to admit Kmropean merchant's. Zanzibar cloves are 

 differing much in this respect from (he IVmba produce. Zan: 



Tvllt as poss 



irble, 



as 



others 



.vise the 



loss from "shortage" 



° A good dry 







of Pen 



iba clove; 



i is smalle 



rand blacker- 







m" 







Zanzib 



r cloves are lar 



the red appei 





■e ol 



1 the , 



lried bu.l 





■stakeable, and t 



well-known as 



• ■'/. 



iauz 



ibar re, 



i-heads." 







Cloves are 



gen< 



:,-all 



y expc 



tl *r*\ 



louble ma 



Ua*8 <f< akan 

















difference is n 









"""double. 













The dil 



; " : iv ol 





'"!»" 







ght of the cloves e 





difference bet 





I X.- 



m/.ibar 



and Pei 











Shi, 





of both v 















bly mixe 



;d. .Vbo 1 



.arge exports o 









, 'r,., , 



»av ami \ 







The export- 



- of, 





■s t'ruiii 



Zanzibar 



•and I'e.n,; 



ba for 1890-91 



' 





nf time Zanzibar unfortunately hohls tin 

 market as regards prices. I annex qu 



reports of May 13, 1892:— 



77 packa-- \mboyn ;j at ;);«'. to ;)\ f (. 3SK l,;,!^" Zanzibar 



-old) 



CCXCIV.— MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



ately. 



e very poorly represented in etilti- 

 xceptional interest and decidedly 

 r there are about 70 specie; in 



