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THE OOCOANUT PALM. 



In 1866 the collective products exported were to tlie value of 

 294,718Z., and in 1870 they consisted of the following : 





Qoantity. 



Value. 





478,677 No. 



17,185 





9,635 cwts. 



12,072 





46,764 „ 



28,616 





40,638 „ 



31,678 



Oil 



135,658 „ 



170,217 





237,009 galls. 



20,326 







280,094 



Not only does Ceylon use up the poonac or oil cake left from the 

 local oil-presses for manure and feeding poultry, but it also im- 

 ported 186,207 cwts., valued at 69,829Z., in 1874. 



The following table gives the export and value of the chief pro- 

 ducts of the cocoanut from Ceylon : 



Oil. 



Year. 



GaUs. 



Value. 



Com. 



Cwts. 



Value. 



1859 

 1860 

 1861 

 1862 

 1863 

 1864 

 1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 



1,118,638 

 1,549,089 

 1,040,428 

 1,429,531 

 1,878,585 

 2,249,402 

 1,176,784 

 1,042,853 

 1,345,485 

 1,423,853 

 1,292,065 

 1,688,199 

 2,577,700 



£ 



111,864 

 154,909 

 104,043 

 142,953 

 187,858 

 224,948 

 120,678 

 104,400 

 134,548 

 142,385 

 129,206 

 168", 819 

 257,770 



38,086 

 36,616 

 43,168 

 46,595 

 51,785 

 36,313 

 41,378 

 46,687 

 49,675 

 68,804 

 64,998 

 61,666 

 65,424 



£ 



25,945 

 24,864 

 31,883 

 37,648 

 39,103 

 27,386 

 31,637 

 33,035 

 34,446 

 46,607 

 43,013 

 43,430 

 45,448 



In the ten years ending 1871 the total quantity of oil exported was 

 over 16,000,000 gallons, and of coir 533,325 cwts., the aggregate 

 value of the two being 1,995,318Z. The oil shipped in the three years 

 following was as follows : 





Year. 



Quantity. 



Value. . 







1872 

 1873 

 1874 



cwts. 

 278,216 

 113,872 

 145,078 



£ 



330,689 

 141,818 

 169,373 





In French Cochin China there are more than 33,000 hectares of 

 land under culture with cocoanut and areca palms. 



The cocoanut is extensively grown over all parts of the Eastern 



