INTRODUCTION. 
XX1U 
NATIVE STATE OF COCHIN. 
Exports and Imports of Fish Oil by Land and by Sea from 1030 to 1039, Malabar Era. 
18 54-5'S‘ 186 3-64 
Years of 
Malabar Era. 
EXPORTS BY 
SEA. 
IMPORTS FROM 
TRAVANCORE. 
IMPORTS 
BY 
SEA. 
Total Duty. 
Quantity.' 
Value. 
Duty. 
Quantity. 
Value. 
Duty. 
Quantity. 
Value. 
Duty. 
Pa rails. 
e 8 
■5 13 
id tD 
Rs. 
As. 
P. 
Rs. 
As. 
p 
Parahs. 
a. § 
Rs. 
As. 
p. 
Rs. 
As. 
p. 
I Parahs. 
Edin- 
yalies. 
Rs. 
As. 
P. 
Rs. 
As. 
p. 
1030 
724 
l 
517 
3 
5 
26 
li 
2 
26 
11 
o 
1031 
. . 
. 4 
60 
42 
13 
9 
2 
9 
2 
2 
9 
2 
1032 
48 
34 
n 
5 
1 
li 
9 
49 
i 
34 
if 
5 
1 
li 
9 
1,711 
2 
1 222 
4 
6 
61 
2 
i 
64 
9 
7 
1033 
28 
2 
20 
0 
0 
1 
2 
3 
56 
4 
40 
0 
0 
2 
4 
7 
1,100 
l 
785 
12 
7 
36 
12 
4 
40 
3 
2 
1034 
431 
7 
309 
5 
8 
18 
8 
•1 
1,295 
1 
924 
l 
2 
55 
9 
3 
1,801 
2 
1,286 
9 
2 
59 
13 
9 
133 
15 
4 
1035 
1,125 
9 
804 
3 
5 
41 
14 
5 
3,377 
7 
2,412 
10 
4 
125 
11 
5 
1,336 
4 
9,543 
13 
9 
418 
15 
10 
586 
9 
8 
1036 
456 
6 
326 
2 
3 
17 
4 
4 
1,369 
8 
978 
6 
11 
51 
13 
0 
2,647 
2 
1,S90 
13 
9 
93 
0 
0 
162 
1 
4 
1037 
52 
8 
37 
11 
5 
1 
14 
2 
52 
8 
37 
11 
5 
1 
14 
2 
94 
8 
67 
11 
5 
4 
1 
1 
7 
13 
5 
1038 
110 
. . 
55 
0 
0 
2 
12 
0 
219 
8 
109 
2 
3 
5 
7 
7 
47 
3 
33 
9 
2 
2 
0 
6 
10 
4 
1 
1039 
2,150 
1 
1,352 
12 
7 
81 
12 
0 
6,450 
3 
4,607 
5 
9 
245 
4 
0 
11,952 
9 
8,537 
12 
6 
383 
8 
11 
710 
8 
11 
Total 
4,442 
3,122 
14 
9 
166 
15 
3 
12,871 
4,144 
1 
3 
489 
11 
9 
33,440 
2 
23,928 
8 
11 
1,088 
10 
10 
1,745 
5 
10 
The State of Travancore has a much larger sea-board than that of Cochin, but is not so great 
an exporter of fish-oil, which may be due to the shoals of fish not being so numerous to the south 
as they are opposite Cochin. Also there have been great changes in the duties and modes of 
levying them, which may have occasioned more or less discouragement to the trade. At the end 
of the year 1037 Malabar era (a.d. 1861-62), the 5 per cent, import duty was raised to 6 per cent, 
and the 8 per cent, duty to 10 per cent.; in the middle of 1039 M. E. (a.d. 1863-64), the old duties 
were reverted to. The same remarks apply to the exports, the tariff for which was revised in 
1036 M.E. (a.d. 1860-61), when the duty on fish-oil was raised to more than three times what it 
previously was, or from rupees 3, annas 1, and pice 3, to rupees 9, annas 13, and pice 2, per cwt. 
The duties were also raised from 5 to 6 , and from 6 to 8 per cent, but in 1863-64 were again lowered 
to what they originally were. On referring to the tables, one observes that the export of 
fish-oil fell off immediately on extra duties being imposed, in fact it totally ceased until the year 
1863-64, which was the one in which the old rates of duties were returned to. Referring to the 
returns of the Cochin State, one does not perceive a total cessation of the export of fish-oil at 
these periods, although there is certainly a great decrease in the amount exported : the same 
decrease is also apparent in the exports at these periods from Malabar, without doubt it was 
partially due to a diminution in the shoals of sardines, but there can be no question that high 
duties are most detrimental to this species of trade. 
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