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1416. ZEDOARY, the root of a plant which grows in Malabar, Ceylon, Cochin China, &c., of which there are three different species. It is brought home in pieces of various sizes. Bombay ton 20 cwt.

1417. ZINC OR SPELTER; a metal of a brilliant white colour, with shade of blue, composed of a number of thin plates adhering together. Specific gravity of melted zinc varies from 6.861 to 7.1. Zinc Sulphate, or White Vitriol, is soluble in water; it is packed in casks of five or six cwt.

1418. ZINC SHEET. Rolls of Sheet Zinc are sometimes packed in cylindrical cases, say six feet long by two feet diameter. About 60 of these, 30 cwt. each, shipped in London, were placed in the bottom, and on them general cargo, including some hogsheads of Birmingham or other heavy goods. On arrival at Auckland, five or six of the cylinders were found to be so much crushed that the zinc had come in contact and had been damaged by bilge-water, for which the ship had to pay nearly £100.

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