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bition will, of course, involve the Expenditure of 
money and for any possible deficit, I will ask you to 
mark the measure of your sympathy with the move- 
ment by the amount of guarantee that you are pre- 
pared to give. When we remember the enormous 
benefit that such an Exhibition must confer upon 
Kingston, I have no fear that a substantial guarantee 
will be obtained. The time is propitious, and although 
there is a lull at present, business is improving. The 
black bat, Adversity, Lias flown away behind us, and 
already, we see bright Prosperity soaring towards us 
on golden pinions, and let the venture succeed, as I 
believe it will, or let it fail to pay its way, at least 
'twill show that Jamaioa is up and doing, ready to 
stand in the forefront, and to take her natural position 
as the Queen of the British Antilles. — Gleaner Packet 
Edition, Sept. 25th, 
JOHORE NOTES. 
Oct. 31st, 1889. 
I am glad to see in your paper that Michaelstowe 
tea is gaining ground in Singapore. This is as it should 
be : for I always maintain that Singapore should 
help its next door neighbour whenever it can. 
I have just visited the tea estate myself and can 
testify to the excellent appearance of the bushes and 
to the nice flavoury tea that they produce. The 
pekoe especially is so sweet a tea as almost to suggest 
its having been artificially scented : but Mr. Mackenzie 
assures me that this is not the case. By-the-bye, 
he told me a very good story of his trying to 
do business in Singapore. Among other places he 
went to a hotel and introduced himself to the worthy 
proprietrix who immediately cried out " Oh ! You 're 
the man that sent me that bad tea ! " On enquiry 
he found that the good lady had allowed it to stew, 
as you can, with impunity, stew the chopped straw 
that is sent down from China ; but the result of stewinj 
Johore tea was that " mine hostess's " head was nearly 
blown off by tannin ! She went on to say that she 
had to get her tea now from Maynard & Co., and 
showed him a sample which he recognised as his own 
tea, supplied some time ago to Maynard & Co ! 
Let me recommend those who have not yet tried 
the Michaelstowe tea to do so without delay ; pekoe 
for choice. Mr. Mackenzie delivers it at Holley Stables 
and ha is not too proud to execute a 2 lb. order. — 
8. F. Press, Nov. 5th. 
BARK AND DRUG REPORT. 
(Prom the Chemist and Druggist.) 
London, October 31st. 
Annatto. — For 1 small bag of fair bright Ceylon seed 
2£d per lb. was paid, and 9 baskets dry hard br tzilian 
roll annatto were bought in at Is per lb. 
Aebca Nuts. — Thirty bags sold at 15s per cwt., which 
is rather an improvement, we think, upon the last sales 
at auction. 
C ^bdamoms. — A rather heavy assortment was offered 
today, about 250 paokages being placed in auotion, 
of which about 110 sold at lower rates all round, the 
decline being irregular, but ranging between 3d and 
6d per lb. Ceylon Mysore : fine bold pale 2a 9d to | 
2s lid; medium 2s 2d to 2s 3d; small Is 3d to Is 7d 
per lb. Medium, long pale Is 9d ; medium size, full, 
but grey colour Is 6d to Is 7d; small ditto Is; bold 
ditto Is lOd; small to medium brown 7d to Is. Ceylon 
Malabar: fair medium brown round Is 8d; small Is ; 
small to medium pale grey round la 5d to Is 7d ; small 
brown Is 3d; ordinary 6d to 7d ; specky and loose 
shelly mixed 7|d to 8d per lb. Thin Wild Ceylon, 
without reserve 5£d per lb. Seed, from Is 4d to Is 8d 
per lb. 
Cinchona. — At today's auctions South American 
barks sold well for some varieties ; one lot of good 
Loxa at Is lOd ; Guayaquil, good long silvery quill 
lOd to lid ; ordiuary split and damaged 5d to 6d per 
lb. ; fancy brands bought in at Is 6d per lb. Forty 
bales spurious Calisaya, bright colour, very bold and 
hard, were partly sold at Is 2d per lb. for sound. 
The exports of cinchona from Java during the first 
two months of the season (July and August) have 
been as follows : — 
1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 
Govt. Plant., 
Amst., &c 95,263 83,282 119,559 11,021 122,143 
Private 
plantations 128,971 285,094 502,501 424,432 634,190 
To al 224,234 368,376 622,060 436,453 756,333 
Our imports this week have been 322 packages, 
and for next Tuesday's auctions 1,220 packages have 
so far, h;eu declared, including 842 Oeyl.ju, Java 
and India, 206 West Coast Africa, and 172 Boli- 
vian Calisaya. 
Coccdlus Indicus brought au advance of 50 per cent 
on the price last paid at auction, 26 bags of good 
quality being sold today at 12s per cwt.; damigesand 
sweepings at lOspercwt. 
Quinine. — At the end of last week a pretty consider- 
able business took place, the Auerbach agents alone 
selling 100,000 oz- December-April delivery at Is 2Jd 
per oz. Since then the market has been very quiet, 
with sales of about 50,000 oz. altogether at Is 2Jd, 
usual terms, and Is 2gd cash on the spot, aud Is 3d 
November-February. 
THE DUTCH MARKET. 
Amsterdam, Oct. 30th. 
Cinchona. — The sales which will be held at Amsterdam 
on November 7th consist of 2,188 bales and 114 cases, 
totalling about 189 tons, and classified as follows: — 
Java bark from Government plantations, 446 bales 48 
cases, about 39 tons ; from private plantations, 1,742 
bales 66 cases, about 150 tons. Druggists' bark : 
Succiru^ra quills, 25 cases ; broken quills aud chips 160 
bales 78 cases ; roots, 80 bales; C, Schuhkrafft quills 
6 cases ; broken quills and chips, 34 bales 2 cases. 
Manufacturing bark : Officinalis, broken quills and chips 
55 bales; Le tgeriana, broken quills and chips, 1,546 
bales; roots, 213 bales; Hybrid quills 2 bales 3 cases ; 
broken quills and chips, 32 bales ; root 66 bales. The 
manufacturers' baric amounts to about 160 tons, and 
contains about 6,420 kilos, sulphate of quinine, or 65 
tons, or 4 per cent on the average, viz : — About 4 - 5 tons 
contain 1 to 2 per cent sulphate of quinine ; 37*3, 2 to 
3; 66 4, 3 to 4; 17'5, 4 to 5; 12-8, 5 to 6; 9'9, 6 to 7; 7"4, 7 
to 8; 4-5, 8 to 9. 
TOBACJO IN SUMATRA AND CEYLON. 
We extract the following from the D;li letter 
(31st Oct ) of an ex-Oeylon planter : — 
" I am extremely busy at present, aud no time to 
write you at length, but I may say that I have read 
the Bremen report on the small parcel of Ceylon 
tobacco, but do not like you consider it encouraging- 
far from it. 
"I am inclined to the opinion of a correapoudent 
of yours, who, when ppeaking of tobacco, aptly 
quotes : 
' Muckle ory and little oo, 
Aa the Deil aaid, when he clippit the soo.' 
Prices for our tobacco this year have been of an 
extraordinary character; some eatate3 getting excep- 
tionally high prices, and other woll-known and 
favourite marks fetching far below paying rates, 
with the result, that unless we oan continue to send 
corer leaf of a very light colour and texture, many 
estates will have to shut up. 
"The heavy expenditure attending the cultivation of 
a tobacco estate makea it a serioua matter for a pri- 
vate individual, if there is even only a slight loss, 
hence the great run there haa been lately iu the 
London market, iu forming companies, to all of which 
I wi9h every suoceaa. Wiahing all iu Ceylou every 
luck, be it iu tobacco, tea, or anything else." 
INDIAN TEA NOTES. 
Dehea Don, Oot. 16th. — Seasonable weather is the 
news from the Duo. We have nearly finished plucking 
and are getting in very little leaf. 
