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Succirubra 
Calisaya 
On the way to London 
Officinalis 
Micrantha 
Pahudiana 
Total 
04,900 
44,600 
lb 
159,825 
109,500 
3,900 
3.977 
600 
277,802 
Table showing the produce of the Government Cinchona 
Plantations in British Silckim since 
their beginning. 
Mungpoo Division. 
Dry bark collected by pruning and 
thinning during 
Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 
Crop of 1875-76 
Do. of 1876-77 
Do. of 1877-78 
Do. of 1878-79 
Do. of 1879 80 
Do. of 1880-81 
Total 
Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 
lb 
1869-70. 
. 2,400 
1870-71. 
. 12,500 
1871-72. 
. 39,000 
1872-73. 
. Nil 
1873 74 
. 16,000 
1874-75. 
. 39,405 
£11,931 
207,781 
344,225 
261,659 
345,740 
348,560 
1,829,201 
Sittong Division. 
Dry bark collected by pmning and 
thinning during 1879-80... 15,850 
Ditto Ditto 1880-81... 28,965 
Total 
44,815 
George King, m.b., Surgeon-Major, Super- 
intendent, Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. 
Quinologist's Report pop. 1880-81. 
The operations at the factory during the year may 
be summarised as follows : — For a factory expenditure 
of R85.921-6-3 (including the cost of the bark used), 
9,296 lb. of cinchona febrifuge were produced, of which 
8,653 lb. 13 oz. were disposed of to the Government 
Medical Depots and to the public. 
2. The budget allotment of the factory for the 
year was R35 700, but of this sum only R27.784-10-9 
were spent, so that there was a saving of R7,915-5-3. 
The details of the factory expenditure are given in 
the following table : — 
Paid for 
acid, 29,007 lb 
packages for ditto 
carriage of ditto 
,, of empty jars 
soda, carriage & storage of ditto 
charcoal 
casks and other plant... 
carriage of ditto 
sundry expenditure 
labour in factory 
Quinologist 
travelling expenses 
carriage of febrifuge 
tins for ditto 
advertisement charges .. 
labour in packing, &c. 
R. A. 
p. 
5,424 8 
6 
222 8 
0 
3,026 12 
9 
1,552 11 
3 
5,950 5 
3 
202 13 
6 
472 14 
9 
201 13 
3 
1,075 0 
7 
2,596 6 
9 
3,912 14 
5 
206 4 
0 
731 10 
6 
1,192 5 
3 
557 4 
0 
45S 6 
0 
R. 
Total... 27,784 10 9 
Cost of bark, 218,005 lb. 
(crop of 1879-80), at an- 
nas 2-6-4147 per lb. ...34,534 2 3 
Cost of bark, 136,475 lb. 
(crop of 1880-81), at an- 
nas 2-9-2053 per lb. ... 23,602 9 3 
85,921 6 3 
By febrifuge produced, 9,296 lb., at 
R9-3-10-625 per lb 85,921 6 3 
3. These figures shew that the net cost per lb. of 
the febrifuge was R9-3-10'625, which is about (144^ 
