572 EXPORT OF PERUVIAN BARK. App. E. 



authentic account has been obtained ; so that the total amount annually 

 ex^x)rted from South America may be estkaated at considerably over 

 2,000,000 lbs. 



There being no duty on the importation of Peruvian bark into Eng- 

 land, the returns of the amount imported are much less carefully kept 

 than was formerly the case. The returns, too, are in packages, and not 

 in lbs. or cwts., and these packages vary in weight from 120 lbs. to 

 60 lbs. The number of packages of Peruvian bark imported into England 

 in 1858 was 19,831; ui 1859 the number was 10,651; in 1860 it was 

 10,456 ; and in 1861 it was 20,748. Taking the average of the weight 

 of the packages at 80 lbs. each, the quantity imported into England 

 during the last four years would be 4,934,880 lbs,, and in the year 1861 

 about 1,659,840 lbs. 



The quantity of Peruvian bark imjwrted into England during the three 

 months ending on March 31st, 1861, was reported to be 306,300 lbs., and 

 during the same period, in the present year, 310,700 lbs. At this rate the 

 annual import would be a little over 1,200,000 lbs., which is probably 

 more correct than the above estimate from the packages. 



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