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THE TROPICAL AGRICllLT URIST. jtf° VEMBER l > im - 
DRUG TRADE REPOBT. 
London, September 20th. 
Annatto. — There is no chauge in values, which 
remain very low. At today's auctions only a few lots 
Ceylon seed were offered, 2d per lb. being paid in some 
instances. 
Bael Fruit. — Ten cases shrivelled dried apple, slightly 
wormy, were bought in at 4d per lb. 
Cardamoms. — The auctions today included 91 pack- 
ages of rather better quality than the usual average. 
There was a steady competition, and the bulk sold at 
full to 2d dearer prices for the better lots, but occa- 
sionally cheaper for more ordinary parcels. Mangalore, 
smooth bold pale, 2s 7d ; fair heavy "COO" brand 
2s 4d ; medium ditto Is 9d ; small pale Is 2d per lb. 
Ceylon Malabar, good bold heavy pale but warty 2s to 
2s 2d ; ditto, yellowish Is lid ; medium, plump pale 
to yellow Is Gd ; fair grey Is 5d ; skinny and speeky 
brown Is Id ; small long yellow Is ; ordinary lOd to 
Is per lb. Mysore, good medium to bold pale, long 
and plump mixed Is lid to 2s ; fair medium rather 
warty Is 7d to Is 8d ; fair bold smooth being Is 6d 
to Is 5d; small pale Is Id to Is 2d. Dull Wild Ceylon 
3d per lb. Seed Is to Is Id per lb. The following are the 
figures relating to the exports from Ceylon during 
the period between October 1st and August 23rd 1887-9, 
290,057 lb. ; 1886-7, 302,066 lb. ; 1885-6, 220,178 lb. 
Cinchona. — At today's auctions there was a pretty 
large show of South American C'alisaya bark, partly 
of the thin cultivated " imitation flat " bark, which 
did not sell, and some wild fiaj Calisaya, which is 
arriving in large quantities. For the latter, rather 
small and scft and somewhat damaged, Is 7s was paid: 
a badly damaged lot fetching Is per lb. Several parcels 
of Crown bark also sold at 9d to Is per lb. for fair 
rusty quill. Next Tuesday's auctions are likely to be 
rather heavier than the average of recent sales, 3,151 
packages being already announced, including 1,366 
Ceylou, 381 East Indian, and 1,404 South Ameran 
bark. 
The Tropical Agriculturist estimates the world's re- 
quirements in Quinine and the supply of Cinchona 
from the Eastern hemisphere during the next four years 
as follows : — 
1889 1890 
Exports 
Average 
Exports 
Average 
Bark 
Standard 
Bark 
Standard 
lb. 
per cent. 
lb. 
per cent 
Ceylon 
...9,000,000 
2 
7,000,000 
9i 
Java 
...5,000,000 
6,000,000 
4 2 
India 
...2,000,000 
2 
2,500,000 
2 
Total 
16,000,000 
15,400,000 
1891 
1892 
Exports 
Average 
Exports 
Average 
Bark 
Standard 
Bark 
Standard 
lb. 
per cent. 
lb. 
per cent. 
2| 
Ceylou 
...6,000,000 
2| 
6,000,000 
Java 
...7,000,000 
H 
8,000,000 
44 
lhdia 
..3,000,000 
2£ 
3,000,000 
2* 
Total 
16,000,000 
17,000,000 
1889 
1890 
1891 
1892 
Qu.iuino. 0 z. 
oz. 
oz. 
oz. 
Required . . 7,500,000 
8,250,000 
9,000,000 
10,000,000 
Contained in 
total 
bark 
exports ...6,500,000 
7,000,000 
8,750,000 
9,500,000 
Deficiency 1,000,000 750,000 250,000 500,000 
It would have been more interesting if the Tropical 
A grieultwist had published at the same timo the 
data* upon which its estimates arc based, and it 
should bo said that it is careful to add : there must, 
of coutho, be great uncertainty as to future exports 
from Java, and, indeed, from Ceylon; for no one can 
say how far a flight rise in the price of bark would 
tempt Ceylon planters to harvest in any one year, 
though, of course, the exports in later years would 
buffer in a corresponding degree. — Vl/cmist and Drwjtjist. 
* All given in our Handbook,— Ed. 
BARK AND COFFEE. 
(From James Cook <£ Co.'s Mouthy Despatch.) 
London, Sept. 20th, 1888. 
BARK. — A much firmer market since our last, and the 
moderate supplies of East India have realized higher 
prices, generally about 2jd per unit for good qualities. 
For Quinine there has also been more enquiry, and con- 
siderable sales o£ (ierman make at advancing prices. Is 5d to 
Is 6d per oz in bulk. 
The large sale in Holland on the 30th August, and which 
comprised 500 cases, 2,300 bales Java Bark, much of it very 
fine quality, ranging from 4 per cent up to as high as lid 
per ceut quinine, went off at full prices. 
COFFEE. — The market on the spot 6» to 8s dearer. Good 
and fine qualities of colory sell from 82s to 95s, and fine to 
fine ordinary from 71s to 78s 1 per cwt. There is a 
divided feeling as to the future, same valuable opiuions 
incline to the idea that there must be a marked advance 
throughout the present year, and that sellers of Rio, even 
for next Spring delivery at 53s or thereabouts, calculat ing 
on ample supplies, will lose money. The disorganization 
of labour has much to do with the delay, but more re- 
cently it is the rainy weather that has retarded receipts 
and the continued reduction in the stocks has favored the 
speculative movement for the rise, thoroughly in opposition to 
legitimate trade operations. Numerous orders lodged in Bio 
ou the point of execution have been frustrated by the advance 
of lis to 8s per cwt. in the Rio market. 
Some ten years since stocks of coffee were in a moderate 
compass : 1879 started with less thau 100,000 tons, but 
since then they have, until the last three years been accu- 
mulating. 
Brazil Season, Price, Fair 
General Stocks KioaDd Santos Channel 
Tons. Bags. Rio. 
December 1879 115.037...1878-9 4,759,233 69/ 543,505 
Do 1883 224,551. ..1882-3 6,235,903 51/ 644,088 
Do 1884 2i8,069... 1833-4 5,047,555 41/6 622,781 
Do 1885 230,650.. .1884-5 0,2(32,281 34/6 653,367 
Do 1886 157,745.. .1885-6 5,272,360 55/ 678,677 
Do 1887 138,923. ..1886-7 5,893,707 78/ 552,836 
September 1880 101,023.. .1887-8 3,194,000 64/ 391,018 1 
Estimate 1888-9 6,500,000? 8 mouths J 
In Caracas the crops promise well, early, as excellent 
in quality. The first parcel was expected in the market 
during September. The exports during August were 
569,690 kilos ; from La Guayra in July, 10,089 bags, and 
PuretoCabello 10,761 bags. Guatemala also sends very favour- 
able information with regard to the yield, which will be 
marketed early, but not quite as soon as was expected a short 
time since, Costa Rica decidedly small. 
The quality of the first arrivals of new Java proved 
very satisfactory, but the further receipts from East Coast 
are described as being inferior. Of the Menado crop the 
Government estimate on the 30th June, was 6,300 piculs. 
The shipments of Java coffee, in parchment, for the year 
euding- 30th June, was 80,881 piculs. The London imports 
in parchment continue on the increase, very little short 
of 80,000 bags having this season passed through the 
London mills, chiefly Costa Rica aud Guatemala, but in- 
cluding some washed Rio, sold early in the month at 
73s to 76s for good colory, leaving a substantil again to 
importers. 
The Dutch sale on the 11th instant, 31,057 bags 708 
eases, went off well at 2 to 4 cents advance. Good ordinary 
43j = 72s 9d per cwt. 
The Jarnal do Coinmercio, the .principal Rio newspaper, 
most trustworthy and careful in its statements, reports 
that the Rio coffee trees are said to have flowered well, 
and that the harvesting of the present crop is progress- 
ing favourably. The export to 15th September, is 
387,000 bags, against 141,000 aud of Santos 289,000 against 
88,000. 
The Continental Exchanges have been advanced swiftly, 
the receivers of coffee, September delivery, have the 
matter apparently in their own hands, and have put up 
prices considerably ; but the fluctuations have been very 
severe, especially in Hamburg, from 79 pf. on the \->t 
instant, to 95J pf. then to 185 pf., and to 250 pf. ; subse- 
quently sellers were found at 135 pf., more re- 
cently 110 was paid, and today's quotation is 72 pf. Sept- 
ember, 67| pf. October, 62J pf. December, aud 60| pf. 
March . 
It is impossible to fathom the mischief occasioned by 
the manipulation of the cornering in Hamburg ; some 
restrictions are now being enforced, the Caisse, before 
recognising sales, requiring that Bills of Lading should 
be shown or shipments guaranteed, but this caution comes 
late, and may probably Rive more assistance to present 
holders of coffee lor their operation than to those who 
have to deliver, the advance of the deposits in Havre 
to 100 fcs. per bag for September-October delivery, and 12 
fcs. per bag for subsequent delivery, may also assist such 
a course. The movements are startling and losses serious; 
fortunately, a large proportion, it is expected, will fall 
upon outside speculators, but dealers arc necessarily mixed up 
in tho misfortune, aud weakness is declared iu Continental 
markets, as well as in Loudon. 
