VIII 
PEPPERS 
295 
Exports 
Piculs. 
Value. 
1875 
1880 
Pepper, white and black 
55 55 
426,491 
272,625 
4,712,089 
3,076,377 
White 
Pepper. 
Value. 
Black Pepper. 
Value. 
1885 
1890 
1895 
1900 
1905 
43,944 
97,756 
100,914 
80,285 
83,880 
1,277,278 
2,207,062 
1,648,148 
3,513,888 
3,126,257 
291,198 
406,813 
263,245 
204,567 
253,838 
5,481,444 
6,122,301 
3,591,134 
5,950,723 
6,702,266 
Borneo . — Pepper is extensively cultivated in 
Sarawak. Indeed it is tke most important crop in 
that country. The cultivation is entirely in the hands 
of the Chinese, and the area of the cultivation very 
large. We have, however, no actual figures. 
In British North Borneo, it is now only grown for 
local consumption, the low price (1910) having killed 
the export trade. One Chinaman has some hundreds of 
acres under pepper, but the poor markets have caused 
him to neglect the cultivation. 
In 1908, 385*58 piculs of the value of 4,584 dollars, 
and in 1909, 417*55 piculs valued at 4,742 dollars were 
exported. 
Siam. — Pepper, next to rice and teak, is the principal 
product of export from Siam. In 1893, 1,175 tons 
were exported, a little less than that exported in the 
previous year. The price that year fell, ranging from 
22 ticals a picul (30s. lOd. a ton) for white, and 16 to 
10 ticals (22s. 3d. to 13s. 7d. per ton) for black. 
In 1888 it sold for 88 dollars a ton. The profits 
were made by Chinese middlemen who bought the stand- 
ing crops. The pepper sold at Bangkok comes from 
Chantabun. It is gathered in March, and sold at 
Bangkok in April. When the fruit is picked, it is 
