Even though the Dutch monopoly on nutmeg and mace was destroyed by the transfer of nutmeg trees to Ceylon , Singapore and other British colonies in 1817 after the capture of the main Island Bandalontor in 1810 by Captain Cole leading to the decline of the Dutch supremacy in the spice trade , there are still nutmeg trees growing on Run today . The Dutch monopoly on nutmeg and mace was destroyed by the transfer of nutmeg trees to Ceylon , Grenada , Singapore and other British colonies in 1817 , after the capture of the main island , Bandalontor , in 1810 by Captain Cole , leading to the decline of the Dutch supremacy in the spice trade . There are , however , still nutmeg trees growing on Run today .