Cinchona. — Although small supplies were catalogued for auction 

 on Tuesday, only a languid interest was shown in them, owing 

 to the heavy auctions at Amsterdam next week. Importers, 

 however, were anxious to meet the market, and the average 

 unit declined to \\d. against \\d. paid at the last London 

 auctions. 



The following table shows the quantity of bark offered and 

 sold : — 



Packages offered. Packages sold. 



South American Cinchona - - 940 910 



East Indian Cinchona - - 336 288 



Java Cinchona - 236 44 



Ceylon Cinchona - 228 155 



1,74" L397 



The following were the approximate quantities of bark purchased 

 the principal buyers : — 



Agents for the American factories - - 59,332 lbs. 



Agents for the Brunswick factory - - 28,933 » 



Messrs. Howards & Sons - - 26,770 



Agents for the Imperial factory- - 26,179 



Agents for the Mannheim and Amsterdam 



factories ----- g f2 j > 



Agents for the Paris factory - 9,046 „ 



Agents for the Frankfort and Stuttgart factories 8,660 ,. 



Druggists, &c. - - 29,603 „ 



Total quantity sold - ! 97>793 >> 



Bought in or withdrawn - 74o^4 ,, 



Total quantity offered - 27 3,3 77 



The prices paid were as follows:— 

 South American. — About 900 bales Bolivian cultivated Calisava 

 quill offered and suld at from G\d. to \o\d, and broken quiil 

 at from j^d. to S^d., 7 bales of flat cultivated Calisava sold at 

 is. 3-W. for sound. 



Java. — Ledgeriana chips, 6d. per lb. 



Ceylon. — Ledgeriana original stem-chips, $%d., branch 2^d., hybrid 

 original stem chips and shavings, ^id. to 4%d., red original 

 stem, 3§</. per 11). 



East Indian.— Ledgeriana stem chips, 2d. to 5-V-, branch 4^/. and 

 root 3d. to ~jd. Succirubra, original stem, \\d. to 3fd., branch, 

 id. and root, 2\d. to ^\d. Officinalis, stem chips and shav- 

 ings, 2\d. to 5%d., branch, $%d. to 5 1*/., renewed chips, 3^^/. to 

 g\d. and root, S\d. per lb. 

 To the Amsterdam auctions to bo held on August 29, T ,629 bales 

 and 46 cases Java bark, totalling [39,804 kilos, have been 

 added, so that the total amount to be offered is now 7.740 



