December i, 1888.J THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
wore bought in, ttio limits not being obtainable, 
for others tho holders seemed to meet the market. 
Tho result of tho sales leive tho articlo slightly 
weaker, although not perhaps to a quotable extent, 
and tho unit value, may be placed at Tho follow- 
ing aro tho approximate quantities purchased by the 
principal manufacturers and agents: — 
Lb. 
AgentH for Messrs. Bbliringer & .Sons ... 118,855 
„ the American and French works 112,686 
,, tho Auerbach works ... 107,161 
Messrs. Howards & Sons ... ... 47,723 
Agents lor the Brunswick worUn ... 35,304 
„ Messrs. /Simmer & Oo, ... 35,304 
Mr. Tuns. Whiifen ... ... 10,610 
.Sundry buyers ... ... ... 8,205 
Quantity sold 
Uought in or withdrawn 
497,519 
225,246 
Total offered ... 722,765 
South American Baku.— The supply consisted 
mainly of Calisaya quills from the Bolivian planta- 
tions, of which 297 packages sold at lid to Is Id. per 
lb. for good stout to hold silvery quill, and at 6d to 
1 LI for moro brokou and damaged lots For 117 
bales Soft Colombian bark td was refused, the prioe 
being id per lb. more. Of 11 bales new Uarthagena, 
part sold at lid for souud, and 4d for damaged. 
Oupri a in good supply, but mostly bought in ; 64 
bales of new import (vis Havre) aro limited at Gd 
por lb. but only 3d was offered. Thirty packages 
very common, imported in 1883, sold at JJ per lb.* 
A parcel of common red bark was bouglit in, from 
Is Id to Is Gd being askod for the best lots. 
Ci.vr.oN and Bast India Bark. — The following prices 
were realised : Sncciriibra, dust lid to 2d.; branch, 
1 '.d lo 3id.; chips, small and woak mixod to good 
atom, l.Jd to Sd. ; spoke shavings, dull to fine, 2ld 
to 0d.; root, 2d to Id ; renewed shavings, coarso to 
fine rich 2d to lid.; quill fair silvory, Od. Officinalis, 
branch, 2Jd to 8d ; chips, mostly mixed with branch, 
Ac 3d to IJd ; spoko shavings, Id to Cd ; root, 6*d 
to 8id. Ilybrid, Ac. chips, mixod to good, 2dtoGd; 
spoko shavings, 2Jd to JJd ; root, GdtoOid. ; renewed 
fair to tine, 5d to 94d.T 
Java Bark. — The en'irr supply, consisting mostly of 
Ledgeriaua hark sold at 'Id to '.Id for medium to line 
nouud stem chips,- 2M to lid for damaged ditto, root 
AM to 10d, dust 5d to 9d. one lotroalising ls2d per lb., 
tho highest price paid for any bark at the auctions. 
African West Coast Birk: 10 bales— together 1,120 
lb. — dull thin quill of " crown " character, sea and oil 
damaged were brought in at Id per lb, no bids being 
made. The parcel was imported from or via the Island 
of St. Thomas. 
Cocaine.— Tho Gorman manufacturers report a 
somewhat better enquiry, but prices have not been 
altered, and there does not seem much prospect of a 
change. 
Ouuhiis. — The quotations are nominally unchanged. 
Nineteen bugs were imported here per "Doucalion," 3 
bags per M Patroolus," and 2 bags per " (rlaucus"— oil 
from Singapore. 
Qui mm.. — Towards tho end of la3t week sales of 
about 15,000 oz. second-hand qniniuo (Auerbach, 
Jobst, and P. Lombardii brands) are said to bavo boeu 
made on tho i^pot at la 3d por oz. cash. The roanu- 
factnrers are said to havo sold scarcely anything 
until today, when 5,000 oz. Bnrnswick quinine, March 
delivery, were sold by the agents at Is Id per oz. 
Tbu B. A S. agents havo advanced their quotations 
from la 4d to la 4 id for Decombor, and Is 5d for 
Mtroary dolivery. Jobst and Zimmer quiniuo ia 
quoted at N .id to Is 5Jd per oz. nominally. 
Simcm. — Of 101) bags rather common Ceylon Cinna- 
mon chipi, sevurnl lots were cold at auction at '£[A 
per lb. In Cl oves n steady trade baa been done at 
* Ono halfpenny per lb. What with cost of pro- 
duction, freight, xtorage and interest on capital, thoro 
uniiit havu been a low of fully Is. por Ib.ou this lot. 
—Et>. 
• Sun ly all prices uudur 3d. luft a 1 j... .'—Ed. 
8id in the begining of the week, but subsequently 
at an advance, spot and forward delivery, closing at 
up to 8|d per lb. None were offerod at the auctions. 
Trade in Ginger remains exceedingly quiet, and the 
only sales made at tho auctions consisted of a quan- 
tity of small to bald, cut, wormy Cochin at 24s 6,1 
to 42s, and Jamaica, fair Rhatoou at 56s, and medium 
up to 08s per cwt. Mace is obtainable at lower rales 
ordinary to good red Penang 2s 4d to 2s 7d ; West 
India 2s 3d to 2s 5d ; good bright wild Bombay 9£d 
to 9;Jd per lb. Nutmegs dull and tending lower. Sales 
have been made of Peuangs (67's to 151's) at 3s oA-d 
to Is 9d per lb., and West Indian (90's to 127's) at 
2s 4d to Is lid per lb. Pepper, black dull, with 
very little business. Pepper, white has declined to 
lid for fair Ponang, Pimento animated, and still 
rising at the auctions ; 3Jd to 3^d per lb. was paid for 
fair Jamaica, but since then 3 7-10ths d. to 3.\d per lb. 
has been conceded. 
THE DUTCH MARKET. 
Amsterdam, October 24th. 
Cinchona, — The next public sales will take plaoe 
on Novomber 8th, and will contain 257 cases and 
1,395 bales Java bark, consisting of about 97 ton 
manufacturers' bark and about 31 tons druggists' bark 
or: Ledgeriana, quills 64 cases; broken quills and 
chips, 24 cases 866 bales ; root, 302 bales ; Officinalis, 
broken quills and chips, 54 bales ; Schuhkraft, broken 
quills and chips, 58 bales ; Caloptera, quills 9 cases; 
Hybrids, broken quills and Chips, 10 cases 6 bales; 
Succirubra, quills, 150 cases ; broken quills and chips 
76 bales ; root, 33 bales— total 257 cases 1,395 bales. 
Of these 1,054 packages, 24 cases and 609 bales were 
imported by the Netherlands Trading Company for 
account of tho Government. The total quantity offered 
contains tho equivalent of about 172,800 oz. quinine 
sulphate. — Chemist and Druggist, Oct. 27th. 
Sulphide of Potash. — An American contemporary 
gives the following particulars of a successful experi- 
ment with sulphide of potash in the suppression of 
mildew on roses. It says: — "A'stockof some 20,000 
young rose plants become infected with mildew to 
such an extent that their leaves were curled up as 
if quite withered showing only a dull grey. No green 
surface appeared on all the foliage. They were treatc 1 
to sulphide of potash a quarter of an ouuee to a 
gallon of water, syringed with a very fiue rose. Iu 
the morning the remedy was applied again and tho 
pl.nts kept close. Before night nearly all the plants 
had expanded their foliage, and the fungus was evi- 
dently destroyed. They were then syringed with clear 
water and havo since made a good growth.'' — Indian 
. [gricuHturitt. 
Quinine in Cholera and Fever.— Tho following 
hints may perhaps be useful to Planters in most parts 
of India : — Vlccan Times, on tho authority of Dr. 
Lawric, the Residency Surgeon, Hyderabad, says that 
a preventive for cholera has been found in quinine : 
" While the disease is about, every one ought to t.iko 
from 3 to 5 grains of it before each meal. No one 
who does this, Dr, Lawrie is persuaded, will take 
tho disease." A correspondent of a contemporary 
asks, has quiniuo ever been brought forward in this 
light before '/ With regard to the articlos which havo 
been appearing lately about " heroic doses " of quinine, 
I may mention that five years ago wheu abjut to 
laavonomo for this country, my brother, who was 
just then commencing to pructieo as a medical man, 
told mo to disregard the advice of all men who tot. I 
mo to take 3 to 5 grain doses, tho proper thing, 
ho said, was to take as much as was possible with- 
out permanently injuring ouesolf, say SO to 9 1 
grains, and then retire to bed, making up one's miud 
for a couple of hours' splitting headache, and buzzing 
iu tho ear'. When those symptoms subside, the 
f. v , r is gone for good — at least that partie iUr doso 
of fever, I havo tried this treatment with snore" 
ou myself ,ind on coolies. Siunll doses aro bent Ukeb 
as a preventive only.— Indian Tfk Gastttt. 
