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SPICES 
CHAP. 
The greater part of the Indian ginger goes to 
England, and the countries importing it are given (for 
1893) hj Mr. O’Conor [Dictionary Economic Products 
Ind.) as follows : — 
United Kingdom 
Austria . 
France 
Germany . 
East Coast Africa 
United States . 
Aden 
Arabia 
Ceylon 
Persia 
Turkey in Asia . 
Other countries 
lbs. 
3,827,990 
230,434 
57,042 
81,116 
77,987 
546,025 
811,405 
708,682 
106,609 
328,198 
121,569 
21,624 
6,918,681 lbs. valued at 7,03,981 Ks. 
lbs. 
Of this Bombay produced . 3,120,555 
„ Madras ,, . 2,881,710 
„ Bengal ,, . 913,352 
„ Sind „ . 3,164 
6,918,691 
The prices given for this product differ considerably 
from different districts. Thus the above quoted quantities 
were valued at : — 
Bengal 
. 57,361 Rs. 
10'6 Rs. per cwt. 
approximately. 
Bombay . 
. 3,17,245 
9-9 „ 
>5 
Sind 
280 
11-6 „ 
Madras . 
. 3,29,105 
8-7 „ 
5J 
Ceylon . — It does not appear that ginger has been 
cultivated to any great extent in Ceylon at any time. 
In Matale West it appears that it was a failure owing to 
unsuitability of soil. A few planters here and there 
seem to have had a try at it, but it gradually was 
abandoned. Only a few acres represent the planting 
area at the present day. 
The records of ginger cultivation recorded give : — 
