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1838 to 1840, £G1., and 1841 to 1846, £4,540. 
a year, but fell in 1847 to £169.—An Excise 
duty equal to 4d. per lb. on home-grown roasted 
Chicory, would either produce not far from 
£200,000, annually, or, if it checked the con¬ 
sumption of Chicory, the blank would be filled up 
either by British Plantation Coffee, paying 4d, 
or, by Foregn Coffee paying 6d, per lb. Cus¬ 
tom’s duty. In either way the revenue would be 
benefited to a very considerable amount.” 
JAMES COOK & Co. 
40, Mincing Lane, 
(From the Colombo Observer March 29) 
EXPORT OF COFFEE. 
Memorandum of Coffee exported from Ceylon 
from the year 1836 to 1S48, inclusive. 
Year. 
Quantity. 
1836 . 
60,329 
1837 . 
43,164 
1838. 
49,541 
1839 . 
41,863 
1840 . 
* 
63,162 
1841. 
80,584 
1842 . 
119.805 
1843 . 
94,847 
1844 . 
133.957 
1845 .. 
178,603 
1846 .. 
173,892 
1847 -. 
293,220 
1848 . 
. j? 
279,715 
(From the Colombo Observer March 22, J 
