ON COCHINEAL. 
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Note added by Mr. Wood, Mr. Faber's Clerk. 
Granilla is imported from the same places as the cochineal, 
namely, Honduras and Mexico, and consists of the very small 
immature insects. Its value is from 2s. to 4?. per lb. accord- 
ing to quality. 
Garblings consist of the broken pieces of the insects, mixed 
with the dust and extraneous substances that must of course 
be gathered with the insects in taking them from the plants. 
As garblings contain generally a good proportion of the broken 
particles of matured insects, they are frequently preferred to 
granilla, unless the latter be of unusually good quality. The 
value of garblings is 2s. to 2s. 6d. per lb. Each bag of co- 
chineal is sifted here on importation, and it is in this manner 
that the garblings are obtained, as they are seldom imported so. 
The following is a table of the quantities of cochineal ex- 
ported from and consumed in England in the last twelve 
years: — 
lbs. 
lbs, 
1833 
1834 
1835 
1836 
1837 
1838 
309,125 
405,350 
516,132 
604,425 
517,882 
536,044 
1839 1,010,193 
1840 1,330,295 
1841 1,439,742 
1842 1,207,920 
1843 1,457,456 
1844 1,569,120 
Chem. Gaz. from Pharm. Journ. 
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