THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[June i, 1881. 
JAMAICA CINCHONA BARK. 
Mr. Morris s^nds us sheets of the Jamaica Gazette 
containing the account sales of 180 bags of bark from 
Jamaica sold in London on 30th November 1880, to- 
gether with a memorandum by himself on the 
results of the sale. These are summarized as follows : — 
Crown bark, 
O- Officinalis 
Bed bark. 
Yellow bark, 
C, Cnhsaya? 
bti . 
£ & 
v. 3 
.2 „r S 
"So 
'3 
Gross 
Shi] 
Deduct 
Samph 
w 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
7,791 
930| 
6,860* 
6,314 
8011 
5,512£ 
£s. d. £ s. d. 
0 5 6 1,889 17 7 
0 3 H 886 13 2 
0 3 
40 1 
Total... 14,397 1,778^ 12,618| 0 4 5 2,796 12 2 
In explanation of the difference in price of this con- 
sign ment as compared with, the former one, the 
brokers write : — 
" The reduction in price upon some of the marks 
as compared with previous consignments arises from 
the market having fallen Is. to Is. 2d. per pound ; 
and also quinine is now offering at 10s. 6d. to lis. 
per ounce, whereas in August last, (when the last 
consignment was sold,) the price of quinine was from 
12s. 8d. to 13s. per ounce." 
This bark was all from trees blown down or damaged 
by the hurricane of August last, and prepared so ex- 
peditiously that the whole was ready for shipment 
within six weeks from that occurrence. Sun heat 
alone was used for drying, Mr. Morris remarking on 
the superiority of this to drying in sheds. The qualities 
and prices of the shipment are shown in detail in 
the following table : — 
Marks Sate Total Total, 
ajad Kinds. Weight, per lb. Amount. Weight, Amount. 
Crown Bark, 
C. Officinalis. lb. s. d. £ s. d. lb. £ s. d. 
No. 2 Root bark 662 7 8 238 8 8 
,. 1 ,. ,, 52i- 7 0 18 5 9 
1 Trunk „ 790 7 2 283 7 1 
■ 2 „ „ 388 5 6 106 14 0 
,. ..• „ „ 3,902f 5 5 1,056 19 10 
„ .', „ „ 399J 5 4 106 9 4 
Twig „ „ 542| 2 4 63 6 5 
Garblings „ 163J 2 0 16 6 6 6,860J 1,889 17 7 
Red. Bark, 
C. Succirubra. 
No. 1 Root bark 1884 3 8 34 11 2 
,, 2 „ „ 360 3 2 57 0 0 
„ ,. „ „ 873 3 1 134 11 9 
„ 1 Trunk „ 320 4 0 64 0 0 
„ 1 „ „ 1,6203 3 11 317 6 0 
„ „ .', 617* 3 2 97 15 5 , 
„ „ ., 3502 3 0 52 12 3 
Twiir „ fi84i- 11 37 1 7 
Cablings „ 2&SJ 2 11 42 0 9 
209| 2 10 29 14 3 5,512J 866 13 2 
Yellow bark, 
C- CaUsaya ? 
No 1 Root bark 22J 4 2 4 12 9 
„ 2 „ „ 58'i 3 4 9 15 10 
„ 1 Trunk ., 58? 4 5 12 19 6 
„ ., „ „ 35J 4 2 7 6 10 
Twig „ 71 1 « 5 6 6 246 40 1 5 
.... 12,618f2,796 12 2 
TSic average price for officinalis was 5/6 per lb. and 
of red bark 3/l£, against 6j7 and 3/1 If for the 
previous consignment, but, if the fall in the market 
be taken into account, it will be seen that the relat- 
ive pricee have been maintained The average price 
of the whole consignment was 4/5, being a fall of only 
3d on the previous one. Mr. Morris quotes from 
Colonies and India a statement showing that the 
Jamaica red and crown barks went higher than the 
Ceylon and Indian, but whereas all the former bark was 
sold a good proportion of the Ceylon was withdrawn. 
At the end of his memorandum Mr. Morris states 
that the bark sent as C. Calisaya, but which Mr. Morris 
always considered as a hybrid has now been proved 
to be so, and will in future be sent on its own 
merits as the produce of the " hybrid variety." It 
realizes a better price than the red bark, and if it 
will grow at lower elevations than the crown its cultiva- 
tion will be extended. 
COFFEE MIXTURES AND ADULTERATION 
We cannot believe that rhe Committee of the Chamber 
of Commerce will persist in refusing to join the Planters 
Association in memorializing the home Government 
on this subject. The question is one which excites a 
great amount of interest throughout the country and 
estate proprietors will certainly feel that their Colombo 
Agents care little about their affairs if they decline to 
meddle in this matter. A correspondent writes : — 
" I cannot but feel that we owe it as a duty, alike 
to the Government and to the coffee planters, to show 
how the prevalent practice of adulteration and ad- 
mixture has affected the consumption ! We had no 
such facts to show when previous representations were 
made. We could then plead the unfairness of the 
practice, and express a belief that the event of an in- 
crease of consumption might be due to this cause. But 
now, the further development of the evil, and of its 
formal though qualified legalization, prove clearly to 
have caused a declension of serious amount when in- 
crease oupht surely to have taken place. If, then, it 
be granted that it is 'proper to point out the injurious 
effects produced by the practice, how could we con- 
sistently avoid asking for its prohibition ? It seems 
to me that after pointing out the unfairness of a 
practice and its injurious consequences, we should 
simply stultify ourselves if we were not to ask for 
this manifest righting of a wrong ! I believe that since 
the exposure of so much sophistication of tea from 
China the public mind has been much stirred, and 
the evil of adulterations generally has become much 
more fully recognized at home. Apart from the bug- 
bear of date coffee, I think this time is opportune for 
such a representation as that contemplated by the 
draft memorial. I think we might well hope to get 
the order in Council amended in so far as necessitat- 
ing a statement of the proportions of such mixtures as 
bears the title of ' ' coffee mixtures. " 
CEYLON TEA. 
2 Great Tower Street, London, 12th March 1881. 
Dear Sip, — We had a sample submitted to us re- 
cently of Ceylon tea the produce of the Sembawattie 
Estate, Yakdessa, and we are glad to notice a marked 
improvement in leaf and liquor. 
The leaf is desirable, being blackish, fairly twisted and 
mixed with gold tip ; the liquor, although lacking the 
fulness of some of the fine Darjeeling marks,is brisk and 
pungent. With care in the manufacture we believe this 
could be obtained, and the result would be a really 
valuable tea.— Yours faithfully, 
Geo. White & Co. 
The way to catch Cockchafers at night, accord- 
ing to Mr. H. Wright, is to hang a common estate 
lantern in a good-sized tin, at the bottom of which 
is a sufficient quantity of kerosine oil to kill the 
beetles, , which, attracted by the light reflected from 
the tin, will precipitate themselves into the trap. 
