OcTOIiEK I, 1 88 I. j 
with cinchona, 
or two now and 
with but very lit! 
these young esta 
look about then 
gangrene unci dis 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
367 
Dear Sib,'— I notice y< 
I cannot say now lb pays, 
to pay handsomely.— 
FENYENT FULE. 
IODUCE IN LONDON, 
nibo. September 1881. 
article on coconut oil 
ou supply for general in- 
36 are made up by Reu- 
II estate proprietors that 
rices that barely covered 
reparing their produce, 
alculathig interest and 
ve are told this has 
stom officials making 
to create a " big stock," 
hen, ou au •inspection 
irough tlie dock com- 
itity), No one 
le in cinnamon 
kes caused by 
offici- 
diffi- 
; date 
tliey had been receiving low p 
the expense of peeling and p 
indeed making a dead loss, c 
outside expenditure, whilst -\ 
been caused by the home cu 
such a blundering mistake, a9 
and to be over 7,000 bales, w 
asked by those interested tl 
panics of the real quantity or 
their present stocks to be oul 
and 2,707 bales China compar 
2d to 3d per lb.) this China 
ently added to the stocks of 
(2,707 bales in excess of act 
but those connected with the ] 
can well feel the result of su 
purchasers at home believing 3,000 bales of an over- 
stock to be si ill for sale in London 
It is little satisfaction to bo told 
al mistake. Continued small t-hipnu 
eienees of over 2,000 bales on this 
of last sale, or 1,200 up to 80th August in cinnamon, 
»nd over 1,000 bales in the case of chips. These actual 
deficiencies of shipment and 8,000 bales of a mistake to 
slock naturally made home speculators see their way 
to business. Great deficiency even for next peeling will 
I believe still bo shewn by the failure of rain, through 
a dry season or no monsoon at all. 
I c mie to coll'ee. Does the quantity in stock include 
all shipments afloat ? Take Renter's telegrmn of 23rd 
August. Wo there find 1 0,000 tons in stock, week's 
{Hidings 000 tons, and week's deliveries 1,100 tons. 
T il. ' their wire of 30th a week after. We find again 
19,000 tons in stock, week's landings 700 tons, week's 
deliveries 1,000 tons. In the former week wo have nn 
over delivery of stock of 200 tons. The total stock 
may be correct, but in the latter week we have still 
19,01)0 tons in 't"ek, with an over-delivery between 
the Former and latter week of 300 tons \» itliout affecting 
•took in the least. Fur my part I cannot understand it. 
Attain taKe coconut oil. I am told eomo time ago, 
•tocka in London wore made to include what was nlloat. 
Well, even if this » .is eo, we have during tho Inst six 
months a gradual decline in qu»ntit> shipped lo tting, 
W(> to 80 th August, nearly 1,000 tons less tlinu lust 
year. No doubt the homo stocks are largo, find as you 
atute, it is almost certain, owing to the continued dry 
, shcwiiu 
of our 
=e, Wilso 
affecting cinnamon as well 
to February and March of 
1 specially short supply of 
f oil will find this * out 
of June and August have 
In looking at home stock 
i this article go up and 
3. Up today, and down 
cs 2nd August 1881, 8,928 
ind Ceylon, by last advices 
;ons with the London price 
we have 12,401, 
present with a Lc 
1870 w 
nee of £35 at £ 
about 8,000 tons for 
have 
we have 
In L874 
have at 
10s. In 
irmer 
1875 and 1S7G we hav 
with £30 10s and £30 
1S70 with £37 its price, shewing for 3 years con- 
tinuous stocks averaging heavier then present stocks, 
we then had prices averaging £34 per ton or £7 10a 
more than this year even with less stocks than 
at present. 
These figures speak for themselves, and I trust, in 
the interests of coffee, cinnamon and coconut pro- 
prietors, that we shall have renewed activity for our- 
principal staples, and that deficiencies in crops will 
be made up to them by better prices all round, but 
when stock's reports are incorrectly given and speculators 
take advantage of such reports, t eylon produce ex- 
porters have great reason to complain. — Yours truly, 
CEYLON. 
CINCHONA IN HAPUTALE : 90 LB. WET BARK 
FROM ONE TREE EIGHT YEARS OLD ! 
Craig, Haputale, Sth September 1881. 
Dear Sib, — I uprooted one Cinchona tree today, 
with the following result, in wet bark, weighed by 
myself. The tree was planted either in 1873 or 1S74. 
Elevation 5,150 feet. 
Quill bark 
Twig bark 
Root bark 
■ Yours truly 
90 lb. 
The tree was stunted in height, considering the 
dimension of the stem. At the surface, the girth was 
'We suppose the tree to be succirubra ? And taking 
32 lb. as the weight id' dry, marketable bark, wo have 
thus one tree giving at least £4 worth of crop ! — Ed.] 
CINCHONA CULTIVATION IN D1MBULA 
AND SELECTION OF TREES RICH 
IN QUININE BY THE EYE. 
Agrnkanda, Lindula, 10th Sept. 1S3I. 
DEAR Sin,— I notice in your leader of September 
8th, the following remarks : — "A very good illustra- 
tion of this fact is afforded by a recent experience 
in Dimluila, where, in counection with some nourish- 
ing hybrids, two or tbiee gentlemen who have visit- 
ed Java and studied under Mr. Moens, and who 
have since paid closo attention to the subject, 
were asked to eay of the varying types, which 
which wa3 the best Tho result of analyst?, however, 
proved that the trees they selected were decidedly 
inferior, while tho one tree thoy pronounced bad 
yielded 077 oi quinine!" 
As (>'77 of quinine, 9'0fl of sulphate of quinine, 
is tho exact amount of Mr. David Howard's analysis 
