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the value of nearly half a million sterling annually. It 
is grown principally in the upland districts around 
Padang, and finds a market chiefly in the United States. 
The great agricultural feature of East Sumatra is the 
tobacco industry of the Dili district, which is of recent estab¬ 
lishment, but has proved an unqualified success. The 
PALACE OF A SUMATRAN PRINCE, 
Sumatra crop has now actually exceeded that of Java in 
quantity, while the quality is much superior. The object 
is largely, though not solely, the growth of what are 
technically termed “ wrappers ”—-leaves of great excel¬ 
lence both in quality and appearance, which are used as 
the outer or folding leaves of Havana cigars of the finest 
quality. These are sent to Europe, and thence re-exported 
to Cuba, while the smoking-tobacco remains for home 
