February i, 1888.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
539 
Analysis of Ceylon Bark offered at Public Sale :— 
Natural 
Rewd. Stem. Eoot. Brnch. Total. 
Pkgs. Pkgs. 
1883 4,524 11,498 
1884 11,402 5,443 
1885 13,754 3,720 
1880 13,007 22,056 
1887 (1) months).. 13,035 10,190 
Pkgs. 
928 
1,320 
2,111 
3,431 
3,299 
Pkgs. 
11,795 
13,711 
22,990 
11,013 
2,419 
Pkgs. 
28,745 
31,872 
42,575 
50,707 
38,543 
50,922 01,897 11,095 02,528 192,442 
Average Weight of Packages Imported from Oeylon. 
rkgs. Imported, lb. Imported. Average. 
1883 25.3IS 5,360,320 211 lb. each 
1884 84,282 8,742,160 255 „ „ 
1885 49,109 11,914,000 242 „ „ 
1886 51,312 12,872,384 251 „ „ 
1887 (9 months) 41,607 say 10,410,750 say250 „ „ 
Estimating the average percentage of Quinine con- 
tained in the various descriptions, as follows : — 
.Renewed 
Natural Stem 
Koot 
Branch 
3 por cent. 
14 
14 
* » 
Tho supplies of Coylon offered at auction in each 
year woula work out as follows : — 
1883 8,040,893 lb.— containing 1 per cent of Quinine 
1881 13,050,000 „ „ „ „ 
1885 14,883,847 „ „ „ „ 
1880 21,299,358 „ „ ,, „ 
1887 (9 mouths) 
18,902,000 „ ,, „ „ 
Percentage of Boot Bark of total supplies of Cey- 
lon offered at auction. 
1883 1884 1885 1880 1887 
. (9 months) 
32 42 4-9 6-7 8o 
Ceylon Sliipmonts offered at auction containing 
Root Bark separated from general total ; — 
Natura 
I 
Renowd 
Stem. 
Koot. Branch. 
Total. 
Jan. -March, 1834. 
. 320 
145 
241 
375 
1,031 
April-Juno ,, .. 
. 516 
361 
265 
285 
1,460 
July-Sept. „ .. 
. 1,002 
433 
50-1 
1,059 
3,003 
Octobur-Deo. ,, .. 
, 477 
232 
316 
686 
1,711 
2,3-15 
1,179 
1,320 
2,105 
7,255 
Jan.-March, 1885 . 
. G22 
168 
435 
708 
1,931 
April-Juno „ .. 
794 
138 
756 
1,410 
8,098 
July-Sopt. „ .. 
682 
134 
490 
1,191 
2,497 
October-Dec 
. 867 
243 
430 
1,319 
2,861 
2,965 
683 
2,111 
4,628 
10,387 
Jan.-March, 1880. 
. 751 
568 
720 
1,503 
3,548 
April-Juno ,, . 
. 6-14 
1,120 
925 
324 
3,319 
July-Sopt. ,, . 
. 826 
1,625 
966 
559 
3,976 
October-Dec. „ . 
.1,202 
1,780 
814 
239 
4,035 
3,423 
5,399 
3,431 
2,625 
14,878 
Jan.-March, 1886. 
. 2,372 
3,122 
1,039 
481 
7,613 
April-June „ . 
. 969 
1,640 
767 
220 
3,596 
July-Sopt. ,, . 
. 1,307 
1,745 
894 
152 
4,098 
4,648 6,507 3,299 853 
Percentage of Root Dark in above. 
15,307 
1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 
Jnnuary-Marcu ... 22.3 22.5 20.4 31.5 
April-Juno 18.1 24.4 27.8 21.3 
July-Suptumber... 16.7 19.6 24.3 21.8 
OotoUr-Dooumbor lM.6 15.0 20.2 
Avorago ... 18.3 20.3 20.3 215 
Number of Marks of Coylon Dark offend at tho 
various Public SiiIcb throughout tl | »ar wi'li Root 
CQIBPyd with number of Marks without Koot. (N. 
B, — I'ho following table cannot bo taken oh renro- 
loptlim number of l-l-.i a Mending Dark to market, 
but m limply u summary of our Monthly Circulars, 
ami many if not uiost of tho Marks recur in suc- 
ctseivo Males.) 
Shipments with Root. Without Boot. 
No. of ltoot. Total No. of Total. 
— Marks. — 
Pks. Pke. — Pks. 
January-March, 1881. 
241 1,081 201 3,970 
April-June 1884 
205 1,400 252 4,807 
July-September 1884. 
504 3,003 422 9,362 
Octobor-Docember 1884. 
316 1,711 337 6,412 
Marks. — 
48 
Grand Total. 
No. of Totals. 
Marks. — 
— Pks. 
107 
60 
280 1,320 7,255 1,272 24,017 1,552 31,872 
Jan.-March 1885. 
79 435 1,931 372 8,373 451 10,304 
April-Juno 1885. 
120 756 3,098 375 8,838 495 11,935 
July-September 1885. 
89 490 2,397 315 7,166 404 9,663 
October-December 1885. 
93 430 2,861 380 7,811 473 10,672 
381 
124 
131 
136 
135 
10,387 1,442 32,188 
January-March 1886. 
3,548 355 8,851 
April-June 1886. 
3,319 500 11,000 
July-September 1886. 
966 3,976 385 7,661 
October-December 1886. 
814 4,035 393 8,317 
2,111 
726 
925 
1,823 42,574 
479 12,399 
631 14,319 
621 11,637 
528 12,352 
526 3,431 14,878 1,633 35,829 2,159 50,707 
January-March 1887. 
222 1,638 7,613 480 11,133 702 18,746 
April-June 1887. 
99 767 3,596 166 3,314 265 6,910 
July-September 1887. 
134 894 4,098 364 8,789 498 12,887 
455 3,299 15,307 1,010 23,236 1,465 38,543 
The averago number of packages shipped to each 
mark were :- 
With Root 
Without Koot 
Avr. of total 
1884. 
25-9 
193 
20-5 
1885. 
273 
22- 3 
23- 3 
1886. 1887. 
28-3 33-6 
219 230 
235 268 
For comparison we give Analysis of Shipments from 
a large well known Estate, on which the trees have 
been mostly cut down: 
1879 
1880 
1881 
1882 
1883 
1884 
1885 
1886 
Ke- 
newed. 
lb. 
6,800 
10,500 
8,4d0 
Natural 
Stem, 
lb. 
178,130 
69,640 
179,120 
78,450 
22,890 
14,770 
11,380 
5,360 
Koot. 
lb. 
14,520 
2,880 
98,760 
81,960 
4ii,f.8D 
6,600 
11,400 
3,600 
Branch, 
lb. 
21,840 
10,320 
51,160 
10,080 
Total, 
lb. 
214,490 
82,7-40 
329,040 
177,290 
74,070 
29,770 
22,780 
8.960 
1879. 
25,700 559,640 260,400 93,400 939,140 
in which tho percentage of root was — 
1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1886. 1886. 
6-7 3-5 300 402 
C 
51 9 22 1 50 0 402 
M. & O. WoodiioI'se. 
THE HANKOW TEA GUILD. 
"Mercory " writos to tho London Standard : — Revort- 
iug to thetologramson this subject from your correspon- 
dent in China, as set forth in your ismio of May 18th 
and 19lh, alio to my letter to tho Standard of July 
Hh last, corroborating your representative's messages 
— at that time credited by a very small portmu of 
the Tea trade iu this country — it is now evident that 
your informant was far ahead of his neighbours in 
his gr*>Bp of the situation and prospects of tho com- 
modity bo carefully "protected" by tho above Goi d. 
