Show cloves main source of ln income com nine tenths ot of the worlds supply or ol cloves comes from the island of zanzibar a british protectorate on the east coast of africa the government receives as a tax one bale out ot of each five As many as bales have been produced in a season the lie industry which has long been the salvation ot of the little island with its ita scant population really had bad its beginning in 1860 when an arab planted shrubs sold said Bur bargash Burg gash aeh sultan ot of the island saw the commercial possibilities of the plant and caused cloves to be set out by his people A cyclone in 1872 devastated the island ind nd uprooted the trees but within a short time the sultan had them replaced since then the industry has bag grown steadily |