This may be caused by the general want of success of all experiments with indigenous produce.

Although the jungles of Ceylon produce a long list of articles of much interest, still their value chiefly lies in their curiosity; they are useful to the native, but comparatively of little worth to the European.

In fact, few things will actually pay for the trouble and expense of collecting and transporting.

Throughout the vast forests and jungles of Ceylon, although the varieties of trees are endless, there is not one valuable gum known to exist.

There is a great variety of coarse, unmarketable productions, about equal to the gum of the cherry tree, etc., but there is no such thing as a high-priced gum in the island.
The export of dammer is a mere trifle--four tons in 1852, twelve tons in 1853.