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nut palm — Production in Brazil and Malabar — Cocoanuts imported 

 into Bengal — Statistics of products of the cocoanut palm exported from 

 British. India — Statistics of trees and produce in Ceylon — Exports — 

 Details for Cochin China, Straits Settlements, and the Eastern Archi- 

 pelago ; Ne"w Caledonia, Pacific Islands, Tahiti, Marquesas, Navigators' 

 Islands, Friendly Isles, Fiji and Tuamotus Archipelago; the West 

 Indies, Jamaica, and Triaidad 220 



The Afeican Oil Pal:^!. — Description and distribution of the tree — Oil 

 supply — Oil rivers — Mode of preparing the oil — Statistics of British 

 trade in palm oil — Palm kernels — Value of the oil obtained from them 



— Analysis of the oilcake — Exports of palm kernels from Lagos , . 245 



The Gomuti Palm. — Description of the tree — Its commercial products — 

 Ejoo fibre — Toddy or sweet sap — Sugar — Sago — Meal — Fruit as 

 sweetmeats 248 



The Wild Date Palm of INDL4. — Different species of the Phccnix — Sugar- 

 yielding species — Fruit species — Extent of the culture in India — ■ 

 Tapping and extracting the juice — Processes of manufacturing the 

 sugar — Native names for the kinds made: Kliaur, Nimphool, Dulloah, 

 Gurpatta, Jerunnee, Dobarah — Implements used in tapping the tree — 

 Classification of the date trees — Kinds of goor made from the sap — 

 Estimates of yield — Manufacture of sugar from goor — Estimate of 

 date-sugar crop . . . . 250 



The Palsiyka Palm. — Wide distribution — Acres under culture in Madras 



— Various uses of the palm — Its leaves — Toddy — Jaggery — Timber 



— Keliugoes — Punatoo or pulp of the fruit 263 



The Sago Palm. — Varieties of the tree — Its products — Farina — Fruit — 

 Immense yield — Mode of collecting and preparing the sago — Statistics 

 of exports from Borneo, Labuan, Celebes — Wide distribution of the 

 tree over the Eastern Archipelago — Singapore the entrepot of manu- 

 facture and export — Statistics of imports into the United Kingdom — 

 Chief uses of sago • 267 



The Bastaed Sago, — Products : Sugar, sago, kittool fibre, for brush- 

 making — Seeds used as beads — Sago from the Cycads 276 



The CAENArBA Palm op Brazil. — Its economic uses — Wax from the 

 leaves — Its employment — Exports from Ceara and Aracati — Pre- 

 paration of the wax — Fibre from the leaves — Its extensive employment 



— Useful as a paper-material — Wood useful 277 



The Betelnut Palm. — Wide distribution — Extensive commerce carried 

 on ia the fruit — Average production — General use of the betelnut 

 as a masticatory — Various native names for the palm — Statistics of 

 exports from eastern ports — Quantity produced in various countries — 

 Mode of preparation — Superior quality of the Mysore nut — Statistics 

 of exports from Ceylon 282 



The Betel Peppee Leaf. — Its cultivation and use 285 



The Date Palm. — Its wide distribution — Produce of the tree — Nume- 

 rous distinct varieties of dates — Production in Northern Africa, and 

 mode of preserving the fruit — Other useful products of the palm — 

 Number of date palms in Egypt and Tunis — Production in Bussorah — 

 Varieties and prices — Consumption of dates in England 286 



The Spnrr Date of Afeica. — Its products 291 



The Wlne oe Bamboo Palm. — Its distribution — Use of the fibre of the 

 leaves for mats, &c. — Sap for palm wine — Fruit for oil , . 291 



