U\Y I, 1882.] 
THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST 
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materially altered. We are unable ourselves to give an opi- 
nion as to the probable, result, not being sufficiently behind 
the scenes. The above is the ordinary gossip of the trade. 
The consumption of Quinine, we believe, is supposed to 
be increasing yearly at about the rate of 7 to 8 per cent. 
Satisfactory as this may be, we should like, for the sake of our 
friends in Oeylou and India, whose bark in another year 
or two ought to be ready for shipment in quantity to see, 
this rate still further increased. Such a result is more likely 
to be obtained if we have a course of moderate prices, based 
only on the relative position of supply to demand. 
Our friends will be glad to hear that Mr. Howard speaks 
very favourably of the shaving system. The first shavings 
must not be taken as a proof of what this system can do, it 
being the second operation which generally gives satisfactory 
results. The Bark is then practically renewed, and Mr. 
Howard believes that the tree has suffered little or no harm. 
Messrs. Howards quote Quinine Sulphate at H)s; Quinidino 
Sulphate al 5s, < "michonidine Sulphate at 1's (Id, and ( 'inchonine 
(Mur.) Is 3d.—/. A. Rucker $ Bencraft's Weekly Price 
<■„,,,„/, ICtli Fell. 
1 25 
0 25 
PUBLIC SALE OF CINCHONA BARK. 
Mr. E. John put up for public sale this morning 
the following lots of bark : — 
Nonpar' il — Succirubra, R. c. 
240 1b. 12 bags twigs sold for... ... 0 10 
RoBsmore — Succirubra, 
920 1b. 5 large bales chips... ... 0 50 
5 bags root and small chips... 0 30 
8 „ twigs ... ... 0 16 
Greenwood— Succirubra, 
1,2401b. 27 bags twigs ... ... 0 27i 
HaDgran Oya — Succirubra, 
146 lb. 3 bags twigs, chips and 
shavings ... ... 0 32^ 
1 ,, broken quill ... ... 0 77} 
Bridwcll- Succirubra, 
75 lb. 3 ,, shavings 
Lindoola— Succirubra, 
562 lb. 11 ,, twigs 
Bunyan & Avoca— Succirubra, 
2,3261b. 56 bags stem chips and shav- 
ings ... ... .. 0 90 
2 ,, dust ... ... ... 0 17 
Florence— Succirubra, " 
12,165 1b. 10 ,, chips and shavings ... 0 45 
30 ,, bold twigs and chips ... 0 47J 
27 ,, shavings ... ... 0 87A 
3 ,, branch ... ... 0 25 
6 bales stem quill ... ... 0 92A 
Blbedde -Succirubra, 
3,1221b. 67 bags twigs and pieces ... 0 27.4 
5 ,, stem chips ... ... 0 77A 
5 ,, „ quill ... ... 0 95 
5 ,, papery brauoh ... 0 42 A 
1 ,, root ... ... ... 0 70" 
Loinoru— Succirubra, 
2,457 lb. 53 ,, bold twigs ... ... 0 30 
2 ,, chips and pieces ... 0 45 
1 „ dust ... ... ... 0 7 
Wavendon— Officinalis, 
10,1381b. 7 „ twigs ... ... 0 16 
89 ,, root .. ... ... 0 00 
1 1 ,, root dust ... ... 0 22 
142 ,, shavings ... ... 0 00 
49 „ tw^s ... ... 0 25 
1 broken quill, (succirubra). 0 00 
K. G.- -Officinalis, 
59 lb. root and chips... ... 0 65 
229 „ chips ... ... ... 0 60 
Rothschild - Succirubra, 
473 1b. branch ... ..0 40 
Waua Uaj.ih Succiruhi a, 
1,700 lb. brauch ... ... 0 40 
Officinalis 64-' stem .. ... ... 1 30 
Libkrian Coffee.— The Manager of the Uda- 
polla plantation reports a very fine blossom out and the 
suspension of crop-picking "f ir a period of tsveDty 
days" after which the gathering of ripe cherries will 
once more be in full force ! It is hard to pay where 
this satisfactory state of things is going to stop; a 
chronic state of picking seems to be the distinguish- 
ing feature of Liberian plantations with trees in bear- 
ing. We hear that several Colombo mills have an 
appreciable quantity of this coffee now being cured for 
the London and New York markets. 
itoms Reforms, 
;ksand wharves, 
•e to be shortly 
The Tea and Coffee Trade a 
— In connection with the work at 
it is understood that great chai 
introduced in the system of the 
the work of keeping an account of goods liable to 
duty is done twice— once at the central ofiice, and once 
at the clock or wharf. It is stated that this appar- 
ently useless repetition is to be put an end to, and that 
the work will be done at the bonded warehouse only, 
and that it is proposed at the same time to sweep away 
a mass of useless formalities which have so Ion" 
hampered the tea trade. At present, for instance, for 
every chest of tea that is cleared the customs ask 
for the ship's name, the place from which the ship 
came, the name of the person who warehoused the 
goods, and the date on which they were warehoused 
to be repeated on two separate papers. By the new 
system this clerical labour will be more than halved, 
for one paper alone will be asked for, and that will 
bear a customs number only, instead of al! the above 
details. Further, instead of the 48 separate papers 
now recpuired to cl'-ar 24 chests of tea by different 
ships at one warehouse, one piece of paper will do 
the entire work. The details of the proposed change 
have not yet been published, and the particulars which 
have been made known as to the new mode of paying 
duties are not altogether clear, but there appears little 
doubt that the tea trade is about to be released from a 
considerable portion of the almost intolerable customs 
routine that has hitherto oppressed it. It is to bo 
sincerely hoped that the opportunity will be taken to 
simplify the antiquab cl warrant and weight-note sy-tem 
and that the wharfingers will at auy rate keep abreast 
of simpldications effected by the customs, by content- 
ing themselves with the customs rotation numberand tbo 
package number, for the identification of goods. At 
present on documents with regaul to tea or coffee 
the whartiugers require, in addition to the package 
number, the ship's name, the port of export, the dock 
rotation number, the ship, the mark and the weight. 
That there is room for much simplification is evident, 
as with all other groceiies, including costly spices, 
delivery con be obtained by simply naming the ship, 
tho mark, and the numbers In some cases the date 
of import is also required, but in no instance does 
anything like the extraordinary complication of tho 
tea sy.-tem prevail, nor, it may be added, is there 
any other article sold by grocers in which such inter- 
minable delays in delivery take place. Whether this 
is duo to the piliug up of precautions and routine, 
which have been abandoned in every other modernized 
trade, is hardly open to question. The<ea trade, on 
the other hand, have the consolation of enjoying 
ingenious, intricate, and indeed theoretically perfect 
di cuments in the warrant and weight-note, while it 
is mainly the retail grocers who suffer by the coat 
and delay of tho system of clearing. In nil prob- 
ability the "small-" charge of the railway Companies 
which inllicts such hardship on tho grocers, would 
not have been invented had it not been for the com 
plications 111 obtaining deliveries of ten. Now that 
there is nn opportunity for simplification it is to bo 
hoped that it will be taken advantage of,— Product 
Ala It t< EtrUw. 
