great extent, the cultivation^ Gbittbir, at likpiv 



they^ derive a large re% < mie from its impCKEtatioii 



aiitl t'xtrnsive consiniiptioii in .Itiva : n prnlHl)itury 

 (Intv lichi^i" uho pljR'ci] ii}Hiii:iU (iniiil»ir jtroduci'd 

 ill t'uruigii settlcineiits, lias still furtlier caused 

 diift inoreaise, and sffll fcia'ie^eiogj preparation of 

 it at Rhio, I am fedeMed to the kindness of a 

 mrrcantilp *ir'iitleman at Singapore, wlio visited 

 and re-idetl for soinc timo at Hliio, for tlie 

 ibJlowiiio' observations upoD tlie cnltivation 

 and prupar^tlob of ihi QmMw at tliat ^^4-^ 

 ment, together with the qtsantil^ «raiially 



ported. 



TIh' i-land of I^intann; contains aliont six tlioii- 

 sand Giuubir plantations, the larger ones consist- 

 ing each of Irbm eighty to a hundred thousand 

 43feeiS i ihe smaller pIanta<iom, or, t» ti«tmedfey 

 the Malays, <i.'ardeii>, contain from three to four 

 thousand. The slirnhs are in full bearing, and 

 covered with foliage, tea months in tiie year ; 

 hut duinng December and January, the lea\ es 

 ehaage t^ & yellow Q6i<my m^L flott^eqn^tly atre 

 tilt n iu m imfit stata for produdiag the extract. 



Of course, at some jjarts of tlu^ycar, the (ianil)ir 

 inaiiniaeturrrs have notbing to ilo, theslirnhs not 

 being in a fit state for pruning; but if the de- 

 mmd fbr th^ (f.ttrfW5t if; vt*ty great, tlie rac5k« 



