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produce less Quinine, and are used by the Cascarilleros only to mix 

 with the better barks. 



The experience at first acquired should plead for the correctness of the 

 assertion of many Dutch naturalists, who have frequently raised their 

 voices in this important cause, and for the merited confidence which 

 was reposed in their opinions by the present Minister for the Colonies, 

 M. Charles Pahud, under whose direction, doubtless to his own satis- 

 faction, this matter was begun and has been so far successfully carried 

 out; indeed the culture is already begun, as we think we have esta- 

 blished in this communication ; but particularly by advices from Java, 

 by which we are informed that the culture of the Quinquina is so far 

 advanced that they are of opinion that it is imposdble for it to fail. 

 These foreign plants. have been so acclimated, multiplied, raised from 

 seeds, planted out, and all with such good success, that the Quinquina 

 plantation is reported as being in a very flourishing state. 



We are convinced that unless great and not to be foreseen calamities 

 befall them, we shall in a few years see Quinquina plantations at Java 

 yielding the best sorts of Peru and Bolivia. The number of trees 

 which may be raised in a few years is incalculable ; but if we take for 

 the basis of our calculation, the fact that a small tree, which arrived 

 at Java three years ago, is now five feet and a half high, and has 

 given off sixty striplings, then, in a few years, by a proportionate conti- 

 nuation of the culture, the number of trees will be increased to millions. 



Thus we have succeeded in carrying out a matter in which the whole 

 human race has an incalculable interest, and which was undertaken, not 

 for the Netherlands alone, from thirst for gain or commercial specula- 

 tions, but for the real benefit of mankind. We flatter ourselves that 

 the Netherlands, on this account, may reckon on the approbation of 

 the whole civilized world. 



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Cuba Bast in Jamaica. 



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