Octouer i, 1888.J THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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DfiUQ TRADE EXPORT 
London, Aug. 30th. 
CINCHONA. — Notwithstanding the fact that heavy 
shipments have arrived recently, only a small quantity 
of bark was offered for salo on Tuesday, the catalogues 
comprising a total of 3,270 packages, divided as follows: — 
Ceylon bark 1,946 of which 1,535 were sold. 
East Indian bark 210 
Java bark 22 
South American bark 1,002 
17!) 
13 
170 
Total 3,270 1,807 
The assortment was only a medium one, although it 
contained several parcels of good renewed succirubra 
root and Ledger shavings. A pretty steady competi- 
tion prevailed, but the prices realised were not quite up 
to those obtained at the previous auctions, and the unit 
is quoted at ljd to 2d at the outside. The principal 
buyers were the agents for the American quinine 
makers ; but next to them Messrs. Howards & Sods, 
the Auerbach Quinine Works, and Lohringer & Sons 
also secured a fair share each. The following prices 
were paid : — South American Hark : 45 bales common 
dusty 1'itayo, imported in 1882, Jd per lb. for sound and 
\d per lb. for damaged ; M serins ordinary Soft Co- 
lombian (lion's head over B brand), 1384 import, 
5d for sound and 4d per lb. for damaged. Oali- 
saya — 7 packages thin broken and damaged, partly 
silvery cultivated Bolivian quill, 8M to Is per lb. ; 
ordinary sound ditto, G£d per lb. For a large 
parcel of old Ouprea bark, 3d per lb. is asked. 
Ceylon Bark : Succirubra dust at Id to 3£d ; branch, 2d 
to 2id ; chips, small quilly to fair 2!a\ to 5id ; shavings, 
ordinary to good 2.',d to 51 ; root, 5d to 4}d ; quill com- 
mon dull and brokeu,3d to 3id, renewed, common woody 
to fine 8d to 9d. Officinalis, branch, 2d to 3d ; chips, 
small to fine, 2id to 8d ; shavings, 4Jd to 7/.d ; root, 
3jd to ll)d ; renewed, medium to fine, 5d to Is. " Hybrid, 
dust, 2d; chips, 3d to Is; shavings, 2d to Is; root, 
8!jd; renewed 4Ad to lOd. East Indian Bark: Offici- 
nalis, natural chips, 4Jd to 5d; good strong ditto, Cd ; 
fiuo renewed stem chips, lid. Succirubra, natural 
stem chips, -Ud ; renewed 0.V1 ; good stout silvery 
druggists' quill, Is ; thin weak broken quill, 3A-d to 
Id. Java Lark: (!ood Ledgeriana root, 7d ; shavings 
8.Jd. Succirubra root 3d ; quill, thin weak long, 3id ; 
fair stout, 44d per lb. Dusty Succirubra chips held 
at 2Jd. 
Cinnamon - . — The quarterly sales of cinnamon were 
heir] on Monday, a fairly heavy quantity, viz., 1,357 
bales, mostly firsts and seconds, being catalouged. There 
was a very good demand and over 1.200 packages found 
purchasers at steady rates for ordinary and medium 
and full to slightly dearer prices for fine qualities. 
Tho following figures were realised : — Firsts : super- 
Is 3d; good to fiue, W!A to la Id ; ordinary 
to fair, 8d to 'JJ. Seconds :" superfine, Is 2d; lino 
lljd to Is ; common to fair, 7d to 9.Jd. 
superior, lid to Is; good to fine, 9dtol(Ud 
tti medium, •"> .'. I t.i 7;d. Fmrths : tine, lild ; medium, 
to guoil, OJdtoPJd; common, Gd to Od per lb. 
Cinnamon Chii's.— Only a small proportion of tho 
309 packages offered for sale was disposed of at 4jd 
to 6u per lb for quill and cuttings, and 2d for com- 
mou chip". 
Quinine. — After having boon qnite lifeless nntil tho 
middle of tho woek, German bulk, being offered at 
la Id poro/.., but finding no buyers at that price, tho 
agents for the B & S brand rednccd their quotation 
to Is .'tjd pur «/.., at which oil Wednesday they sold 
10,000 oz. for October delivery. — Chemist and Druggitt. 
Thirds : 
common 
THE AMSTERDAM CINCHONA AUCTION'S. 
(Tef 1 gram from our Correspondent.) 
AnarrHRDAM, Aug. 80th.— Oi tho 2,791 packages cin- 
chona bark olfered for public sale today 2,460 were 
disposed of, with fair competition, tho unit ranging 
fnun lit • to II- per hilf kilo, or 1 I . ll.d lo 2d per 
lb. i<xnctly at par with that of tho London auctions 
pi the day before yesterday. Tho principal buyers 
were l ho Aitcrbnch quinine works, and next to I he 111 
the Lruuewick factory. The priced obtained run M 
follows :— Druggists' bark in quills, broken quills and 
chips, 20c. to 72c. (=3;d to Is Id per lb. J ; ditto, root, 
2:Sc. to 30c. ( lid to 5d per lb.) ; manufacturers' hark 
quills, broken quills, and chips, 'Jc. to 103c. (=lgdto Is 
Od per lb); ditto, root, 17c. to 80c. (^=3Jd to Is 2Jd 
per lb.) — Chemist and Druyflixt. 
THE DUTCH MARKET. 
Amsterdam, Aug. 29th. 
Cakawat Seed. — Tho wretched rainy weather baa 
much damaged the growing crop. Tho quality is 
bad, and farmers ask high prices, 13Af. to Iff. per 50 
kilos, for new seed. Old seed, the quality of which 
is much superior to the new. is held on 10f., which 
price is said to have been paid in some instances. 
Cinchona; — The next auction here, to be held on 
August 30th, will contain 500 cases and 2,245 bales 
Java bark, and 10 bales Ceylon bark, consisting of: 
Succirubra, quills, 218 cases ; broken quills and chips, 
29 cases, 87 bales ; root, 49 bales. Ledgeriana, 
quills, 51 cases . broken quills and chips, 83 cases, 
I, 033 bales; root, 347 bales. Calisaya Schuhkraft, 
qnills, 32 cases ; broken quills and chips, 44 
bales; root. 11 bales. Hybrid, quills, 29 cases; 
broken quills and chips, 53 cases, 27 bales ; root, 8 
cases, 9 bales. Officinalis, broken quills and chips, 
9 bales ; root 12 bales. C. Anglica, broken quills and 
chips, 7 bales; root, 10 bales. Ceylon, broken quOls 
and chips, 40 bales ; weighing together 217 tons, of 
which 180 tons are manufacturers' bark, containing 
the equivalent of 18,815 lb., or 44 per cent, sulphate, 
of quinine on the average. From these 180 tons 
manufacturers' bark about 12 tons analyse 1 to 2 per 
cent. s. q. ; 33, 2 to 3 ; 31, 3 to 4 ; 46, 4 to 5 ; 30, 5 to 6; 
27, 0 to 7 ; 21, 7 to 8 ; L}, 8 to 9 ; A, ?_ to 10 ; 2A, 10 to 
II. There are thus 110 tons above the 4-per-cent. 
standard alluded to in my former letti rs, in which I 
state as my opinion that the 4-per-cent. standard is 
the vital question of a successful plantation of cin- 
chona trees. 
Ccbkjus. — Fifteen bales of cultivated cubebs of good 
quality, recently imported from Java, are firmly held 
at 3f. 50c. per h kilo. ( = 301. per cwt.), whilst usual 
genuine berries may still be had at the equivalent of 
27/. to 28/. per cwt. There is not much left of the 
last crops, and at least six months must pass beforo 
the new crop may be expected. The price last paid 
for spurious cubebs (big grain) was 2951. per 50 
kilos, or 242. IS*, per cwt. — Ohejniat and Druggist. 
Thf, Java Coffee Crof3. — Says the Hamburg 
correspondent of the London and China Express, wri- 
ting on Aug. 15th: — Some figures have been published 
lately regarding the coffee crops of the past ywar and 
former years in Java. In 1887 the Government crop 
was not more than 5,2S0,0OO piculs, a quantity which 
is very small when compared with the crops during 
tho last fifty years. Formerly a small outturn of 
the crop was always succeeded by a larger one iu 
the following year. Tn 186-1 there were gathered 
433,000 piculs, but in 1865 949,419 piculs; in 1871 
110,201 piculs, but in 1872 985,901 piculs. In 1875 
the crop was 493,120 piculs, but in 1876 the outturn 
was abundant, being 1,266,196 piculs ; and tho crop 
of 1880 of 558,281 piculs was followed iu 1882 by a 
quantity of £,00.7,839 piculs. Tho prospects for tho 
crop of this year aro again unfavourable, which will 
greatly injure tho interests of those concerned in tho 
cultivation, and especially of tho nntivo population, 
tho revonuo of which aro already very small. In tho 
ycar» 1**1, 1**2, I**:!, and 1**1 the population in 
Java earnod about 11 million guilders by cultivating 
Government coffee, but tho amount was only four 
millions in 1887, while the Government revenue sus- 
tained also a considerable loss. Under tho present 
circumstances the question is being asked, what should 
bo done to improve this gloomy condition, and from 
various sides it is urgently advised that such measures 
should be introduced as may lead to tho benefit both 
of tho Government aud the native population. 
