CINCHONA 



8ALK ()K oriMNK AT POST OFFICES Trade 



..HIT. II,. un-r riin-li<ni<i l.f</< i-hiiuf liaik, and the greater part of 

 remainder Hybrid No. 1 bark. Of the !.</</< rnnui Lark, Mtingpoo 

 >;.H94 Ib. ai\d Munsong 89,031 Ib." "The total quantity of 

 worked up in the factory was 798,500 Ib., made up of 513,180 Ib. 

 ( </</< ri<tini and 85,320 Ib. of Hybrid No. 1. The output of Quinine ..utput of 

 _.liaie amounted to 16,065 Ib. 4 oz., being an increase of 287 Ib. 8 oz. Q uinlnc - 



ir's output." The manufacture of cinchona febrifuge was 

 "ed for part of the year and only 2,652 Ib. were produced ; no 

 honidine sulphate was manufactured, so that the total output of the 

 rv \vas 18,717 Ib. 4 oz. The average yield of quinine sulphate in 

 bark supplied to the factory was 2 '68 per cent. 



Correspondingly the records of the Madras plantations and factory Madras 

 be reviewed. The chief districts are the Nilgiri hills, Malabar, Factory, 

 ivancore, Mysore and Coorg but mainly the Nilgiris. Mr. Standen 

 his Annual Report for 1903-4 speaks of the old plantations having 

 siste.d of 832 acres and the new extensions as being 440 acres, a total 

 1,272 acres. The production was only 116,289 Ib. of bark as against 

 3,220 Ib. in 1901-2, the difference being due to the policy of restraint 

 cropping during years of cheap private supply. But to meet the de- 

 ids of the factory 431,185 Ib. of bark had to be purchased from private Bark 

 lucers. The issues from the factory during the year were 15,040 Ib. P urcha8C(L 

 of quinine and 3,359 Ib. of febrifuge. The supplies go to Madras and 

 rsore, Bombay, the Central Provinces, United Provinces, Rajputana 



Central India, Hyderabad and Burma. The net profit of the Profits, 

 irtment during the year was Rs. 83,340, a highly satisfactory state 

 affairs. 



Net Results. Practically, therefore, the Government of India's endeavours Practical 

 acclimatise the cinchona plant may be said to come to this ; the annual * 

 jrts of the drug on behalf of the Government have been discontinued ; 

 has been given a liberal supply of an invaluable drug at a remarkably 

 price ; the working of the two sets of plantations and factories have 

 ren lucrative employment to a fair number of persons ; lastly a net profit 

 been secured of Rs. 1,39,660 a year (say 9,310) a truly credit- 

 le record. Recently the Government of India took into considera- 

 the desirability of lowering the price of the packets sold at the post 

 ices. It has been resolved that in future seven in place of five grains 

 ill be given for one pice (one farthing). This has had the immediate increased 

 ect of increasing the demand, and the future must of necessity witness Demands, 

 msiderable expansion both of production and manufacture. 

 TRADE. It has been shown that the two Government factories in 

 )3-4 supplied between them 27,061 Ib. of quinine to the hospitals, jails, 

 st offices, etc., of India. In addition there was imported during the pre- 

 ling five years an annual average of 54,000 Ib. of quinine chiefly from 

 United Kingdom and mainly into Bengal. In 1904-5 the imports were imports. 

 .1; is Ib., valued at Rs. 6,92,329, and in 1906-7, the latest year available, 

 1,237 Ib., valued at Rs. 6,28,430. These are significant figures. They would 

 en i to show that a successful industry might be organised by private enter- 

 prise, to meet the demands that create these imports. But it has to be 

 recollected that in Java both the climate and soil are peculiarly favourable 

 to the cultivation of cinchonas with a high percentage of quinine. Java Jaran 

 will, therefore, always hold its own against India, and thus lessen the 0ontroL 

 prosperity of any resuscitated industry. The indents on Government 



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