Ixxxviii Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [April, 
issued, and until 1887 continued to be practically the sole 
product manufactured. King, however, did not remain content 
with this success but bent his energies to discover the secret of 
manufacturing Quinine. 
In this, despite discouragement from certain quarters, he 
ultimately succeeded, and in 1897 Quinine was first manufac- 
tured and over 300 lbs. issued. Since then the amount annually 
produced from the factory has gone on increasing, until now 
nearly 40,000 Ibs. are manufactured every year. 
e work of re-establishing the Botanical Garden, both 
horticulturally and scientifically, to a position surpassing its 
state pri i 
for more than the first decade of his superintendentship. 
During that period of organising activity his public con- 
tributions to botanical science were necessarily of limited 
extent, but show the same thoroughness, clearness, and accuracy 
that characterise his later and more important works. 
By 1887 both Departments under his care had made so 
much progress that King was able to devote more time to 
research work, and in that year appeared his magnificent 
Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Thereafter 
fepsarer inthe same publication a series of monographs by 
im on:— 
e 
tablish the high place that the @alcutta Garden enjoys in the 
otanical world 
