CHINESE TRADE. 



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is ufed in medicine, is procured from Slgan^ 

 a village in the province of KJangsi* Some 

 people prefer the gamboge of Siam to that 

 pf China. 



Gum Lac. 



THIS gum, employed in the compofitioii 

 of Spanish wax, ought to be chofen in bright 

 tranfpatent leaves. It is brought from ^(an* 

 toUy in the province of ^etcheu j but it is 

 much inferior to that of BengaU 



Curcuma. 



THE curcuma is a plants the root of which 

 \% hard, of a yellowifii colour, both withia 

 and without, and approaches near to that of 



ginger. 



