.eOMMERCB. 



The preceding calculation is but little augmented by the 

 small quantity of ' vicuna wool, fhe annu'al exports ;ot' which 

 maybe estimated at ten thousand" piastres and ''b'y the two 

 thousand quintals of cinchona, or Peruvian bark, of Piura, 

 -Chachapoyas, and Huambos, which, at the low price of 

 twenty-five piastres the quintal, amount to fifty thousand pi- 

 astres. A peculiar species of the latter article has been recently 

 procured from the mountainous provinces of Huanuco, Tar- 

 ma, and Xauja ; but in such inconsiderable portions as not 

 to merit a commercial consideration. As its superior quality 

 has given it a decided preference over all the other kinds which 

 have been discovered in America, it is to be hoped that abun- 

 dant supplies of it will hereafter be obtained. It is known by 

 the name of roxa^ or red bark; and differs essentially from 

 the other varieties, which bear the appellation of arrollada, or 

 quilled bark. 



V The national laws strongly recommend the introdu6tion 

 and cultivation of the wool trade, .which cannot, however, 

 be advantageously prosecuted in Peru. In addition to the ex- 

 pences of cleansing, carding, and combing, which arc rated 

 very high, the charges of its transport by land and sea are sp 

 considerable, that it does not hold out ^any ultimate; iidvani- 

 tage to the exporter. The arroba* ^ iwool,/ of twenty-iive 

 pounds weight, on the spot where it- is. sheared, is estimated 

 at a piastre ; its freight from the provinces-of . Xauja and Pasco 

 to Lima, at four reals ^ the .expencesx)f.ideainsing, &aL:at 

 two piastres ; and those of its transport to Cadiz^ at three 

 piastres. As it is there subject to a heavy duty of three piastres 

 three reals, independently of the commission, risk, and in- 

 terest 



