in 1846, ......... 5364 "
1847, ......... 9296 "
1848 to 31st July, 5768 "
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221,598.68 valued at [?] 274,190.
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The whole of this has been sent to Great Britain, with the exception of 15 piculs to Mauritius. 470.68 to the Continent of Europe and 922 to the United States.
About 270,000 taban trees have probably been felled during the 3 1/2 years the trade has existed, and the value of each tree has thus, on an average, been about a dollar.
The price of taban in Singapore gradually rose from 8 to 24 dol-lars per picul, but last month it began to fall and is now about 133 dollars.
In our next we shall give some more exact details, and notice the mixtures of gutta percha, jelotong, gegrek, litchu and other inferior gattas, the products of different trees, which are sometimes used to adulterate the taban. A large lump was brought to me a few days ago consisting of gatta percha and gegrek enveloped in a coating of taban about a third of an inch in thickness.
