CHINCHONA CULTIVATION IN BENGAL. 



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sold and rupees 240 annas 10 resulting therefrom, and from the sale 

 of some Wardiau cases, has been paid into the Treasury. 



18. The plants of C. succh'uh-a, planted out for experiment at ele- 

 vations varying from 1000 to 3800 feet of elevation, look promising. 

 The experimental plantations near Nunklow were severely cut by hail 

 in April, 1868, when hailstones 2 inches in diameter fell. The young 

 plants, even up to a gi-owth of 2 inches diameter of stem, have beeu 

 eaten through by locusts in some cases, 



19. Neither C. offielnaUs nor C. micrantha can be said to have suc- 

 ceeded as yet in these nui'series. 



20. A path of four miles has been made to connect the experimental 

 nurseries. The labourers' huts have been repaired, and good drinking- 

 water brought to them. About eight acres of ground have been 

 cleared ready for planting out. Mr. Biermann considers there is little 

 hope of the cultivation of the tropical Chinchonas being successful near 

 Shillong ; plants of G. succiruhra, which have been tried there by pri- 

 vate persons, have been severely injured by frost. 



21. Mr. Biermann considers that, in order the object for which he 

 was sent to the Khasia Hills may be attained, it is essential that the 

 nursery should be placed where facilities for communication exist, as 

 the great cost of coolie hire in the Khasia Hills must otherwise render 

 the transmission of plants, and the formation of paying plantations 

 impracticable. 



Number and Bhtrlhution of CJdncJiona Plants in the Government Plan- 

 tations of Darjeelinrj on the 'iXd of March, 1869. 



