APPENDIX. 
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TTn re-printing Marah’s useful Essay w© 
have determined to add to its value by 
appending a few articles of more or less 
interest in connection with the Coffee 
Trade of Ceylon; and which, in a collec¬ 
ted form, will be useful for reference. 
Editors Colombo Observer.] 
(From the Colombo Observer y March 19, 1849.^ 
CHICORY. 
To a Mercantile Friend we are indebted 
for permission to copy a document of the 
highest interest to our Planting friends 
and indeed to every one connected with 
Ceylon. There is no escape from the po¬ 
sition taken by the Memorialists:—that 
so long as the Customs duty on Coffee 
is retained, an equivalent excise ought to 
be levied on its competitor. 
“London, 1st January, 1849. 
With reference to the present anomalous 
position of Coffee, as exhibited in the an¬ 
nexed account, we beg to give the sub¬ 
stance of a Memorial now before the Lords 
of the Treasury and the Board of Trade, 
tracing it to the footing on which Chi¬ 
cory is at present 'placed, and suggesting 
the remedies, that without any further 
delay, ought to he applied. 
