January i, 1883.] 



THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



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3. The net cost of each pound of febrifuge is thus 

 shown to be Rll-l-S'3, which is a good deal above the 

 cost of last year's outturn. There are three reasons for 

 this increased cost : — 



1st. — Items amounting to R6,792, expended for casks, 

 steam and other apparatus, have been treated as part of 

 the ordinary working expenditure, while they might fairly 

 enough have been treated as capital charges. But the 

 factory has no capital account, and 1 am unwilling to open 

 one merely for the sake of impronng the appearance of 

 the results of the working of one year. 



2nd. — While the factory establishment necessarily remain- 

 ed pretty much the same as last year, the outturn of 

 manufactured product was less. 



drd. — Owing to a large proportion of branch bark than 

 usual having been used in the manufacture, the percentage 

 of febrifuge yielded was slightly smaller than in the previous 

 year. 



4. The amount of febrifuge disposed of during the year 

 exceeds that of the previous year by no less than 2.225 

 pounds. This increase is chiefly due to the large quantity 

 taken by the general public, the sales to whom have risen 

 at a bound from 3.151 pounds in 1830-81 to 4,680 pounds 

 in the past year. The issues to Government hospitals and 

 dispensaries exceed those of the previous year by 696 pounds, 

 the increase being chiefly due to a very liberal expenditure 

 in the fever-stricken district of Nuddea. The details of 

 the distribution are shown, in the following table: — 



lb. oz. 



To Medical Depot, Calcutta 3,386 



„ Ditto, Bombay 1,000 



„ Ditto, Madras 800 



„ Surgeon-General for Bengal (for district 



mechcal officers of Bengal) 995 4 



„ Inspector-General of Jails, Bengal (for jails 



and lock-ups in Bengal) 14 12 



Sold to the public 4,680 



Given as samples, &c. ... ... ... ... 2 9 



Total ... 10,878 9 

 ' 6. The J^ar was entered upon with a stock of 4,368 

 pounds of febrifuge in haud, and during the early part 

 of it the demand for febrifuge was rather dull. It was 

 therefore considered unnecessary to keep the outturn of the 

 factory at so high a pitcL as in the previous year. But 

 towards the end of the season the demand came with an 

 unexpected rush and, had it not been for the large reserve 

 carried over from 1880-81, I should have been unable to 

 meet it, the issues for the year having exceeded the manufac- 

 ture by 2,868 pounds. As will be seen by the subjoined 

 table, the stock at the beginning of the current year is 

 only 1,500 pounds and, as I consider this to be too low 

 for safety, I have increased the weekly outturn of the 

 factory from the very beginning of the current year. 



7\thle showing the amownt of fehrifuffe produced from 

 the commencemeni to 31st March 1882^ and. the 

 stock at the latter date. 



lb. oz. 



Supplied to Medical Depot, 



Calcutta 18,840 3 



Supplied to Medical Depot, 



Bombay 6,200 



Supplied to Medical Depot, 



Madras 1,900 



Supplied to Straits Settle- 

 ments 30 



Supplied to Surgeon-Gen- 

 era! for Bengal (for dis- 

 trict medical officers of 

 Bengal) 995 4 



Supplied to Inspector-Gen- 



I eral of Jails, Bengal (for 



jails& lock-ups in Bengal) 14 12 



OSold for cash 15.073 8 



'Samples, &c. 95 10 



Stock in hand on 31st March 

 1882 1,500 4 



Total ... 44,641 9 



6. In tlio plantation report I have .shown that thn crop 



of bark for the year cost at the r.ato of annas 2 pies 



10075 per pound, and that, in conformity with the usual 



practice, the whole of it haa been debited to the factory 

 at that rate. The bark collected ou the Sittong plantation 

 has also tor convenience of account been made over to 

 the factory at the same rate. Of the total crop thus made 

 over to the factory, part was used in manufacture, part 

 was sent to London for sale, and the balance remains 

 in stock. Account-sales have been received of the con- 

 signments sent to London, and (converted at the rate of 



Is. 8d. per rupee) the net results are as follows: 



Proceeds of sale of 44,600 pounds of yellow r. a. p 



cinchona bark, net £4,985 7s. 2d. at Is. 8d. 



per rupee 59,824 



Proceeds of sale of 27,880 pounds of yellow 



cinchona bark, net £2,382 Os. 7d. at Is. 8d. 



per rupee 28„')84 



5 



5 6 



Total ... .S8,408 10 6 

 7. The value of stock at the end of the year was, as 

 has been explained, much less than it was at the begin- 

 ning of it. This is due not only to the sale of so much 

 of the reserve febrifuge in In<lia, but also of a consider- 

 able quantity of yellow bark in London. The undernoted 

 comparative statomeut shows the exact result: — 



Stock on Slst March 1881. e. 



Chemicals and stores ... ... 6,600 



Febrifuge, 4,368 pounds 13 oz. at E9-3-10-625 



per pound 40,380 



Bark, -77,802 pounds over-head at annas 2 



pies 920.')3 per pound 48,044 



Total ... 94,924 

 Stock on Slst March 1882. 



Chemicals and stores 5,000 



Febrifuge, 1,500 pounds 4 oz. at EU.1-8'3 



per pound 16,661 6 



Bark, 198,^88 pounds, at annas 2 pies 10'075 



perpound 35,297 7 



A. 

 







Decrease in value 



66,958 13 

 37,965 3 



A. 

 



Total ... 94,924 



8. The various figures above given being put together 



(as I have done in the following table), the net result 



of the year's working is seen to be an excess of revenue 



over expenditure of E 1, 30,330-0-9 :— 



D>: R. 



To value of Stock ou Slst March 1881 . . . 94,924 

 „ value of bark yielded by the new (Sittong) 

 plantation during 1881-82, viz. 42,790 

 pounds, at annas -2 pies 1007:) per pound 7,594 1 9 

 „ cash received from treasury during 



1881-82 for expenditure on old plantation. . . 53,025 

 „ spent on bark sold in London ... ... 15,192 



„ cash received from trea.sm"y during 



1881-82 for factory 28,062 6 



„ stores from England 44 6 



Profit on the year's working 1,30,3.30 



10 11 

 1 5 



CV. Total ...3,29,172 



Py value of stock on Slst March 1882 ... 56,958 

 „ cash receipts from sale of febrifuge, 



seeds, plants, and bark 81,612 



„ credits from medical depots for febrifuge, viz : — 



H. A. p. 



Calcutta Si.illS 



Bombay 16,500 



Madras 13,200 



12 2 



„ credit from Surgeon-Gen- 

 eral, Bengal, for febrifuge 

 supplied to district medical 



officers of Bengal 16,454 



Less amount accounted for 



dui-ing 1880-81 124 



85,618 





 



16,330 8 



By credit from Inspector-General of Jails, 

 Bengal, for febrifuge supplied to jails and 



lock-ups in Bengal... ... 244 (I 



„ sale of bark in London 88,408 10 6 



Total ..3,29,172 U 8 



