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area. It is interesting to note that whereas officinalis has done well in 
the Nilgiris, Calisaya has hitherto thriven badly there, and is, indeed, 
now little cultivated. 
* Grey bark, though rich in the — me is found to be poor in 
quinine. The cultivation of the ies yielding it (C mi icrantha, 
nitida, and peruviana) has, therefore, [see pra actically abandoned for some 
years, The 29,000 old trees in permanent plantation look well, and are 
growing rapidly. . 
* Summary of the year’s work.—During the past year 166,285 plants 
of Cinchona succirubra and 44,500 of C. Calisaya have been added to the 
permanent plantation. Propagation has been carried on vigorously, and 
the seed and nursery beds at present contain 600,000 young plants o 
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thinned. This has taken a great deal of time and labour, but I am con- 
vinced they have not been ill-bestowed. A ene extent of new 
land has been cleared and prepared for Planting, and will be covered with 
Cinchona as soon as the weather is ie rable. . . 
“ Yield 9, 7 Bark.— Nearly 116,0 0 Ib. of green ‘bark Md to about 
the sake of. its bark. In petiere ith the recommendation of the 
Cinchona Commission, a quantity of the best of this bark has been packed 
for transmission to England. The smaller bark, which it is considered 
more profitable to utilize in the manufacture of alkaloid, has d 
to the instruction of Government been stored up, pending the appoin 
ment of a quinologist. 
* Expenditure and Seed —The budget allotment for the past year 
for all purposes was Rs. 63,621, and the expenditure Rs. 50,4 463-13-5, 
showing a saving of Rs. 13 157- 2-7. The present is the first year in 
which revenue has been received for the sale of bark. During the 
7016 Ib. were = by auction in the London market. The on be 
very varied in q roportion of it pem of small q 
of little value. The eerte pi id p per Ib. was a Bout ls. 5d., and 
the total amount received was equivalent to Rs. 5068-1-2. the 
mixed quality of the bark is tegens E think the result of this, the 
first sale, may be looked dece as fa vourable. : 
It has indeed been demonstrated that Cinchona trees can be debe 
cessfully up to about the age of ten gis and that their bark is q eus 
rich in alkaloids as that obtained from the South American bos. E 
whether they aturity remains seen a 
however, a matter of satisfaction that substantial rogress has been made 
towards the realization of the = object n Government had in view 
in undertaking this s experiment, namely, ‘to secure for the dever-stricken 
millions of India the varpa blessing of. an abundant and ir 
supply of the only specific for the most deadly of all Indian diseases. 
