hest ever obtained for
cinnamon, for 17s. 8d. average would give about 22s. for the first
sort. In later years we find the deliveries and prices to have been as
follows:--

s. d.
1824 5,934 bales sold at 6 6 all round.
1828 3,918 " 6 0 "
1830 5,849 " 7 8 "
1842 1,018 " --- "
1845 3,245 " --- "

The comparative exports of cinnamon from Ceylon in the first six
months of 1853, as compared with the same period last year, are as
follows:--

1853. 1852.
lbs. lbs.
Quarter ending 5th January 99,778 93,291
" 5th April 73,815 135,248
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Total 173,593 228,539

The diminished export was caused by the prospective abolition of the
export duty, which came into operation on the 1st July last. The
quantity that will be sent to the English market by the close of the
year (1853) will be something prodigious compared with the average
consumption. From October 10, 1852, to July 22, 1853, the shipments
were 406,326 lbs.

RETURN OF CINNAMON EXPORTED FROM CEYLON, SHOWING THE QUANTITY AND
VALUE.

Quantity. Value.
Year. lbs. L
1836 724,364 --
1837 558,110 --
1838 398,198 --
1839 596,592 --
1840 389,373 --
1841 317,919 24,857
1842 121,145 15,207
1843 662,704 66,270
1844 1,057,841 105,784
1845 408,211 40,821
1846 491,656 49,165
1847 447,369 44,736
1848 491,688 49,168
1849 733,782 73,378
1850 644,857 64,485
1851 500,518 50,051
1852 427,667 42,766

The question of the export duty on cinnamon has, during the last
twenty years, occupied a considerable space in Ceylon correspondence
and the Island journals. This duty was first imposed in 1832, on the
abolition of the Grovernment monopoly, and was then fixed at the rate
of 3s. per lb. on all qualities. From the 19th April, 1835, it was
fixed at 3s. per lb. on the best, and 2s. on the second quality. It
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