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cinnamon exported. The demand in London for them 
was always brisk and steady, and a large portion of them 
was used as a substitute for the quills. 
AREAS OF CULTIVATION 
Ceylon has held the cinnamon market for very 
many years, probably from the time at which it 
was first discovered. The plant has, besides, been 
cultivated in many other parts of the world, but 
with, however, less success. 
India . — The south of India has for a long time 
produced cinnamon in the form known as Malabar or 
Tinnevelly and Tellicherry cinnamon. For some reason 
this is inferior to that of Ceylon, though some planters 
have taken a great deal of trouble to turn out a good 
article. It is interesting to note that as early as 1593 
Garcia da Orta says that the Malabar cinnamon was 
very inferior to that of Ceylon. 
Java Cinnamon. — This has been cultivated in Java 
since 1825, and for some years, though the product 
was of inferior quality, the Dutch there held their own 
against Ceylon on account of the Ceylon export duty 
handicapping the Ceylon planters. The produce is said 
to rank in value between Ceylon and Tellicherry 
cinnamon. 
French Guiana. — The Cayenne cinnamon is almost 
as thin and long as the Ceylon form, but is paler in 
colour and more feeble in fiavour and odour, and the 
oil is more acrid. 
Brazilian cinnamon is very inferior, the bark being 
spongy and nearly scentless. 
Straits Settlements. — A good deal of interest was 
taken in the cultivation of this spice in Malacca in 
1851, by Mr. I. Ferrier, Kesident Councillor of Malacca. 
A number of trees were found which, it was said, had 
been planted by a previous Eesident Councillor, Mr. 
Salmond, at Pringit, near Malacca town, and with the 
aid of some Singhalese convicts (professional cinnamon 
