It grows on the higher mountain slopes, and is still collected, for 20,232 pounds were exported in 1872, and a small quantity is worked up in the Islands.

The cocoa-nut is not planted in sufficient quantities to make it an article of commerce.
Only 950 nuts were exported last year.

Of pulu 421,227 pounds were shipped; this is a soft fuzz taken from the crown of a species of fern; it is used to stuff bedding, and is as warm, though not as durable, as feathers.

Also 32,161 pounds of "fungus," a kind of toad-stool which grows on decaying wood, and is used in China as an article of food.
There has been no lack of ingenuity, enterprise, or industry among the inhabitants.

The Government has imported several kinds of trees and plants, as the cinnamon, pepper, and allspice, but they have not prospered.