The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom / Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.

by P. L. Simmonds

NUTMEGS EXPORTED FROM JAVA.

	Nutmegs. piculs.	Mace. piculs.
1830	1,304	177
1835	5,022	1,606
1839	5,027	1,581
1843	2,133	486

IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM.

NUTMEGS, WILD AND CULTIVATED.			MACE.
	Imports. lbs.	Home consump. lbs.		Imports. lbs.	Consumption. lbs.
1847	367,936	150,657	1847	60,265	18,821
1848	336,420	167,143	1848	47,572	19,712
1849	224,021	178,417	1849	45,978	20,605
1850	315,126	167,683	1850	77,337	21,997
1851	358,320	194,132	1851	77,863	21,695
1852	357,940	239,113	1852	61,697	21,480

MACE EXPORTED—ACTUAL GROWTH OF SINGAPORE.

	Quantity—piculs.	Value—£
1841	25½	583
1842	72	1,616
1843	40¾	943
1844	16½	359
1845	71	1,616
1846	8	179
1847	75	1,661

109 piculs of imported mace were also re-shipped in 1847.

40,000 lbs. of mace were imported into the United Kingdom from India in 1848.

GINGER, GALANGALE, AND CARDAMOMS.