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Oils of Southern India. [no. 5, new series, 



Illoopoo oil is procurable in large quantities (about 16,000 Gal- 

 lons,} and if advances are made to the manufacturers of Wood oil, a 

 good supply is obtainable, the quantity however at present extract- 

 ed for home consumption is very small. 



Castor, Safnower, Margosa, Pinnacotay, Kurunj, Brumadundoo, 

 Cat amunak and Poovana oils are all procurable in quantities vary- 

 ing from 5 to 250 Gallons. 



Table of Exports. 







1850 1. 



1851-2. 



1852-3. 



1853-4. 



1854-5. 



NAMES. 



























No. 



Rs. 



No . 



Rs. 



No. 



Rs. 



No. 



Rs. 



No. 



Rs. 



By Sea. 

























Gingeley oil. 



Mercal 



40 



107 



15 



67 



69 



180 



435 1,143 



135 



365 



Gingeley 



























Do. 



0 



0 



0 



0 



50 



36 



365 268 



2,575 



1,887 



Lamp oil.... 



Do. 



0 



0 



0 



0 



44 



115 



15 



40 



41 



108 



Lamp oi i 



























Do. 



6 



3 



0 



0 



2 



1 



30 



40 



56 



28 



Margosa oil.. 



Do. 



5 



12 



43 



107 



94 



236 



21 



52 



68 



170 



To Travail- 

























core. 

























Gingeley oil. 



Mercal 



1,094 



2,872 



591 



1,553 



1427 



3,747 



2,020 



5,303 



1,171 



3,075 



Gingeley 



























Do. 



14,462 



9,900 



5,043 



3,708 



19,751 



14,524 



17,333 



14,217 



7,584 



5,538 



Lamp oil. . . . 



Do. 



72 



189 



14 



37 



0 



0 



0 



0 



0 





Lamp seed. . 



Do. 



363 



148 



190 



94 



0 



0 



0 



0 



0 





Margosa oil.. 



Do. 



19 



48 



0 



0 



0 



0 



0 



0 



0 





Margosa seed 



Do. 



402 



474 



0 



0 



0 



0 



0 



0 



0 



j 



Total.. 





13,713 





5,566' 





18,839 





21 ,063 





11,171 



TRICHINOPOLY. 



< Most of the oils usually grown are produced in this district. The 

 supply however being insufficient to meet the local demand, the de- 

 ficiency is imported from Salem, Coimbatore and the neighbouring 

 Collectorates. 



VlZAGAPATAM. 



According to the returns furnished from this district the follow- 

 ing appears to be the proportion in which the several oils therein 

 mentioned are cultivated. Owing however to the great difficulty of 

 obtaining correct information, these numbers must be considered 

 only as an approximation. 



