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Isle of France. All those distributed to private individuals 
perished; and in spite of the care of skilful botanists, a most 
unremitting attention, and considerable expense, only fifty- 
eight nutmeg, and thirty-eight clove trees were saved. In 
1775, two of the latter bore blossoms, which became fruit in 
the following year, but it was small, dry, and light. Little 
hope of final success was entertained, and it was thought, at 
the time, the Dutch had been unnecessarily alarmed. How- 
ever, it appears that the enterprise and industry of the culti- 
vators were rewarded in the end. and they had the pleasure 
of seeing these spice trees flourish in their new location. 
"They were introduced into Zanzibar, from Mauritius, in 
1818, and are found to thrive so well that almost every body 
on the island is now clearing away the cocoa nut to make way 
for them. The clove bears in five years from the seed; of course 
time enough has not yet elapsed for the value and quantity of 
Zanzibar cloves to be generally known; and it may be said, 
the clove trade is still in the hands of the Dutch. It has been 
a monopoly ever since they obtained supremacy in the Mo- 
luccas; in their possessions, the cultivation of the tree is re- 
stricted to the single island of Amboyna. 
"Cloves are now 55 per cent, dearer than when first brought 
round the Cape of Good Hope, and are sold to the consumer 
at an advance of 125S per cent, on the first cost of production. 
The price for Molucca cloves, in the eastern market, is from 
28 to $30 per picul of 133 lbs.; for those from Mauritius, 20 
to $24 per picul. 
Cinnamon. — Colombo, in the island of Ceylon, having been 
touched at, the following notice of cinnamon is given: 
" Cinnamon is the most profitable of the vegetable produc- 
tions of Ceylon, and yields a considerable revenue to the 
government, being, for 1831, not less than ^106,434, sterling. 
Since 1832, however, several very important changes in the 
law relating to it have been made. Previous to that period, 
it was a monopoly in the hands of the East India Company, 
and its cultivation was saddled with many onerous restrictions. 
