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e Madras Government plantations sent bark to England to 
extent of 31 lakhs. Red barks first sold for 2s. per pound 
| Crown barks for 8s. The total export from India from 
ctober 1 to September 31 was:— 
“ 1886-87...... 1,286,900 Ibs. 
1887-88..,... 1,449,315 
1888-89...... 3,074,098 
Cinchona bark is sold by the unit of sulphate of quinine. 
_ The unit is the price in pence per pound of bark containing 
one per cent. of sulphate of quinine. In 1885 the price of 
3 bark reached 7d, per unit; at the present time, 1890, it 
* is not more than 2d. In 1885, a bark containing 3 per 
_ cent. of sulphate would have been worth Is. 9d. per pound ; 
at the present time the same bark would not sell for more 
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Instance, last year sold for 1s. per ounce. The price had been 
gradually en from 1877, when it was valued at 16s. 6d- 
‘per ounce in bu 
HYMENODICTYON EXCELSUM, Wall 
Fig.—Wight Ic., t. 79. 
hittagong. The bark 
 Vernacular.—Bhaulan, Barthoa (Hind.), Bandari (Tel.), 
Sagapu (Tam.), Kala-kadva, Bhoursal (Mar.). 
Hab.—W. Himalaya, Deccan, Central India, Tenasserim, 
yal 
