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SELECTED ARTICLES. 
In 1826 there were importpfl into France 6.583 kilogrammes. 
Of which the mean is 11.173. Suddenly in 1832, the year of 
the cholera, from the influence of Hygienic instructions, which 
recommended the use of farinaceous articles, the amount increas- 
ed to 28.588 kilogrammes; in 1833 it diminished to 12.545, to 
be increased during the following year to 18.725. 
The remarkable augmentation just stated in the consumption 
of sago, from 1826 to 1834, appears to be owing to the in- 
troduction into commerce of two new species of sago — the 
white and the rose-coloured. At first a prejudice existed 
against the white sago, and upon the faith of the Dictionaire 
des Sciences Medicales, it was admitted that it had deteriora- 
ted; but soon, at the recommendation of M. Planche, the 
principal commercial houses trading in farinaceous substances, 
adopted the practice of washing it in cold water, and then 
drying it by a stove, and this very white sago, in the first 
instance the most inferior, became the most sought for, and 
possessed characters equal to that of the rose-coloured. 
Description of the different varieties of Sago, of their 
Origin, of their External Characters, and of their Che- 
mical Properties. 
The researches of M. Planche relate to six species of sago, 
of which he has determined the nature with the most scru- 
pulous exactness, by eliciting all the information attainable 
upon this subject. 
The first comes from the Maldives. 
The second from Sumatra. 
The third from New Guinea. And 
The three last from the Malaccas. 
1827 
1828 
1829 
1830 
1831 
13.994 
10.545 
14.494 
10.017 
11.404 
Total, 
67.039, 
