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Records indicate that the British earned considerable revenue from Ceylon pearls; for instance, from March 1828 to May 1837 alone, Sterling Pounds 227,131 were credited as revenue into the Ceylon Treasury on account of the pearl fishery (Siriweera, 2011)

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Thank you. According to JL Siebal's record, it was £233,851, equivalent to Rs. 2,334,774, according to the account records left by Forbes. Considering the expenses the government bore during the said period, which were £ 27 861, it was held with a good profit margin. 1808 (based on Bertolacci's records), Ceylon spent £287,418 to import rice, roughly equivalent to £349,650 in 1830 in purchasing power. So, cinnamon, arrack, aracanut, coffee, tobacco, and pearl were the primary export income of SL at the time, which, in return, needed to cover the expenses for rice, grain, cloths, and sundry importation. Ceylon was barely managed even in those days, yet we had no debt, as I assume.

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