INDEX. 



513 



Raisins, produced in South Australia, 



435 

 Eam-til, 421 



Eapadura, a coarse cake sugar, 146 

 Eape seed, 413 

 oil, 422 



statistics of imports into the 



United Kingdom, 416 

 Raven sara nuts, 488 

 Ravison seeds, 418 

 Rice, 313 



average yield per acre, 321, 332, 



335 



- — chemical analysis of different 

 kinds, 315 



comparative weight of grains, 318 



culture in Africa, 329 



culture in Borneo, 328 



culture in Brazil, 328 



culture in China, 324 



culture i]i Formosa, 325 



culture in India, 317 



culture in Italy, 316 



culture in Japan, 326 



culture in Java, 326 



culture in Louisiana, 331 



culttu*e in the Philippines, 328 



culture in Siam, 324 



culture in the United States, 329 



enormous number of varieties re- 

 cognised in India, 318 



enumerations of species, 314 



land under culture with, 335 



owe sources of supply, 314 



proportions of water in different 



kinds, 315 



statistics of exports from Italy, 317 



statistics of exports from India, 



322, 323 



statistics of imports into the 



United Kingdom, 314 



wine, 326 



Ricinoleone, 412 

 Roncon, 388 

 Rouge vegetal, 375, 379 

 Rousette, or flying fox, 226 

 Rum made in St. Croix, 207 



our sources of supply, 133 



produce of, in Grenada, 190 



production in British Guiana, 



138, 142 



Safplower, 374 

 carmine, 374 



imports into the United King- 

 dom, 378 



oil, 418 



Saffron, 379 



Sago, exports from Borneo, 270, 271 



from the wild date, 250 



meal from the Gomuti palm, 250 



palm, 267 



varieties of, 268 



Sago, process of manufacture, 256 



statistics of imports into the 



United Kingdom, 273 



Sagu, Malay name for bread, 268 



St. Michael's orange, 442 



Sake, or rice wine, 326 



Salangore cane, 145 



Samp, 310 



Sassafras barks, 489 



nuts, 490 



Sawa millet, 311 



an upland rice, 327 



Seala, 254, 261 



Seer, definition of, 253 



Sesame seed, 418 



seed, prices of, 421 



seed, statistics of imports at Mar- 

 seilles, 420 



Shamay, 340 . 



Shanghai, the leading tea port of 



China, 87 

 Simsim, 419 



Singapore, the centre of the sago trade, 

 256 



South, dried ginger, 483 

 Sorghum, analysis of, 337 



species of, 336 



sugar, 128, 218 



Spice bush and spice wood, 490 

 Spices of commerce, 474 



statistics of our imports from 



China, 492 

 Spiked millet, 341 



analysis of, 342 



Starch in rice, 315 



producing plants, 343 



sugar, 217 



Succatosh, 310 

 Sufifed-til, 419 



Sugar— aggregate and individual con- 

 sumption in different countries, 131 



average yield from sugar-cane 



per acre, 138, 142, 185, 215 



average yield from beetroot, 215 



canes, chemical analyses of, 1G6, 



187 



canes, varieties of, 133, 162 



cane, varieties suitable as fodder 



plants, lo6 

 cane, weight of, to make 1 lb. of 



sugar, 152 



consumption in France, 217 



culture in Straits Settlements, 



167 



in Tor tola, 187 



from the date palm, 251 



from the Gomuti palm, 248 



from maize stalks, 311 



millet, 339 



Maple tree, 211 



culture in India, 153 



I — — in Java, 168 



! in Louisiana, 148 



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