70 Observations on Provincial Exhibitions, [no. S, new series, 
" raised in a few villages on the coast to supply the fishermen with 
*' nets, it would become one of our staple products. Almost all 
** the land flat enough for rice fields has been taken up, but we 
" have many thousands of acres of land of the same quality as 
*' that upon which the Simn is growing, lying unoccupied." Coll. 
p. 156. He adds we have lately had an, instance in the case of 
Fish-Oil, and the ^ neighbouring country affords one. in that of 
Coffee, that a brisk steady demand is all that is wanted to intro- 
duce a new article of commerce. Coll. p. 182. So the Collector of 
S. Arcot writes " a few years ago the ground-nut ^ called Manilla 
*' Kotay (Arachis hypog(Ba) was unknown hereabouts, but no 
*' sooner was a remunerative price offered on the spot by a Mer- 
" chant of Cuddalore for such produce, than it was extensively 
*' cultivated, and the oil from it largely exported." Coll. p. 110. 
Hence it is evident that in proposing to the Natives to grow new 
products for foreign Markets, it is not enough that these are valu- 
able and in demand in such Markets, but we must take care that 
there are local Merchants who W'ill at once take them off the 
hands of the Native Cultivators. 
12. The same observations will apply, but in a still greater de- 
gree, if we wish them to cultivate articles, not known in European 
Markets ; that is, such as are possessed of valuable properties and 
■which might become important articles of commerce, from being 
likely to be useful in many established Manufactures, for instance 
a new dye, an oil seed or a fibre, as all such are in constant de- 
mand and would be readily employed by some Manufacturers. 
But if sent into an English Market with only their Indian names, 
and some account of their properties, they would be pronounced 
to be of " no value" because " unknown in the Market." In such 
cases, the substances which have most chance of being employed, 
are those which are most like in properties to others which are al- 
ready in use ; and for which they might be employed as substi- 
tutes, especially if they can be sold at a cheaper rate, and are 
likely to be supplied in large quantities. Some articles which 
have long been known experimentally would at once be employed 
by Manufacturers if there was any assurance of a regular supply, 
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