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Previous to inserting the other table, T may 

 here remark that in 1B26 the exports of garabier 

 amounted ta 06,353f ir piculs and, of black pepper, 

 to 7,627fh piculs : in the first quarter of 1827^ 

 viz. from the 1st January to 31st March, the ex- 

 ports of the former amounted to 26,350* piculs, 

 and, of the latter, to2,101i piculs, which, superfi- 

 cially viewed, would indicate encrea^ing prospe- 

 rity ; but it must be held in remembrance that 

 this short*ltved rise in the exports is to be traced to 

 the remo\ral of the export duty, whilst they actu- 

 ally remained a drug in the market to which 

 they were sent, the injury not being felt by the 

 exporters until 1828, or the following season. 



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