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 furnishes nearly 50 per cent. of tannin, it is largely used by curriers.  It is imported into Liverpool from Rio de la Hacha, Maracaibo, and Savanila. 400 tons of the seed pods and bark of the Algaroba, or Locust-tree (Prosopis pallida) were imported in 1849 into Liverpool from Valparaiso, as a substitute for divi-divi in tanning. 3,200 lbs. of divi-divi were exported from the port of Augostara, in 1846.

Specimens of divi-divi which had been raised at Calcutta were shown in the Indian department of the Great Exhibition.

Dr. Hamilton states that, according to some admirably conducted experiments of Mr. Rootsey, of Bristol, undertaken at his request, the pods of divi-divi contain above 50 per cent. of tannin.  It appears also, from trials made, that one part of divi-divi is sufficient for tanning as much leather as four parts of bark, and the process occupies but one-third of the time.

The average produce of pods from a full-grown tree has been estimated at 100 lbs. weight, one-fourth of which consists of seeds or refuse, leaving about 75 lbs. of marketable matter.