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



EXPORTS. 



1849- 50 lbs.2,64 } 096 Rs. 1,12,270 



1850- 51 lbs. 3, 13,697 Rs. 86,614 



1851 52 P bs - 2 > 36 > 378 Rs - 95 > 286 to England. 



i lbs. 1,07,260 Rs. 44,726 to Bengal and Bombay, 

 fibs. 2,32,000 Rs. 99,713 to England. 

 1852-53 ( lbs< 6 5 3 609 Rs. 27,083 to Bengal and Bombay. 

 r t lbs. 43,000 Rs. 15,434 to England. 



( Wax * (lbs. 10,602 Rs. 3,760 to Indian ports. 



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Candles \ lbs<1 ' 89 ' 886 Rs - 7o \ 834 to England. 

 ^ an GS ' I lbs. 19,776 Rs. 16,377 to Indian ports. 



f lbs. 85,615 Rs. 31,054 to England. 

 1854-55 Wax.... { ^ Rs 35)646 to Indian portg> 



IMPORTS RE-EXPORTED. 



1849- 50 lbs. 10,976 Rs. 4,048 



1850- 51 „ 2,412 „ 1,327 



1851- 52 „ 4,482 „ 3,266 



1852- 53 6,660 2,623 the larger proportion went to Pegu. 

 Soap. — The ingredients for making soap are ever at hand, and 



available to the most humble workman. Although the quantity of 

 this substance used by the native population is, it is to be feared, 

 very small, yet the trade would afford ample employment, to a large 

 establishment. A large quantity of the common chunam or coun- 

 try soap, is imported from Bombay, and sold at 1 anna per lb., 

 and upwards. The amount of hard soap annually manufactured in 

 England is stated to be 53,400 tons, of which about 17,800 tons, 

 are made from palm oil, which is imported for this and other pur- 

 poses to the extent of 50,000 tons per annum. 



"We are not, however entirely without soap manufactories in 

 South India; Messrs. Kohlhoff, and Prudhomme atTanjore; Dr. 

 Flynn, and C. Bauloo Moodelly, at Madras, make soap to a greater 

 or less extent. Mr. Kohlhoff of Tanjore, who manufactures soap 

 on a large scale, (chiefly from Illoopoo oil,) for exportation to the 

 Mauritius, as well as for local sale, at 80 Rs. per candy, of 500 lbs., 

 has kindly placed the following remarks on the relative value of 

 soaps, made of various Indian oils at my disposal. I can also add 

 my testimony, to the superiority of the soap made from Illoopoo oil, 



