ver in
bales or baskets of from one to four cwt., the price being L18 to L25
per ton. About 450 cwt. of terra japonica or gambier is annually
imported into Hull from the East Indies. The imports of the two
substances into Liverpool is about 900 tons. Gambier is only worth L13
to L14 the ton; a few years ago it fetched 26s. the cwt. The imports
into the port of London average 1,500 tons annually.

4,679 bales, and 14,436 baskets of terra japonica were imported into
Liverpool in 1851, and 14,000 bales and baskets in 1852. The imports
of cutch were 10,290 bags, and 2,592 baskets, in 1851, and 11,873 bags
and baskets in 1852; the prices, which were from 16s. 6d. to 18s. per
cwt. for each article, in 1851, were rapidly run up in Liverpool, in
1853, owing to short supplies, to 25s. for gambier, and 22s. to 24s.
per cwt. for cutch, or catechu.

EXPORTS OF GAMBIER FROM SINGAPORE, WITH THE OFFICIAL VALUE IN RUPEES.

Piculs. Value in rupees.
1840-41 Exported 79,508 457,560
" Growth of Singapore 59,325
1841-42 Exported 93,340 470,790
" Growth of Singapore 47,696
1842-43 Exported 148,746 548,281
" Growth of Singapore 110,151
1843-44 Exported 139,050 584,449
" Growth of Singapore 121,791
1844-45 Exported 157,654 539,978
" Growth of Singapore 134,528
1845-46 Exported 110,766 425,643
" Growth of Singapore 75,797
1846-47 Exported 173,117 591,943
" Growth of Singapore 143,795

The exports of gambier from Singapore were as follows:--

To England. To the Continent. Total.
piculs. piculs. piculs.
1849 134,546 6,121 140,667
1850 87,611 16,166 103,777
1851 68,365 11,639 80,004
1852 68,045 9,006 77,051

The exports of cutch from Pinang, in the last four years, have
been:--1849, 3,693 piculs; 1850, 900; 1851, 4,143; 1852, 3,880; or, on
an average, 197 tons.

DIVI-DIVI is the commercial name for the curved pod of a leguminous
shrub, _Caesalpinia coriaria_, which is sometimes imported from
Carthage. Its tannin differs materially from that of nutgalls. The
quantity of mucilage which it contains precludes it from the use of
dyers; but, as it f