March i, 1894.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
597 
Quality. — Planters have evidently been most care- 
ful in the manufacture of their teas, wh'ch except 
diu'iug periods of adverse weather, have invariably 
been as good as the individual gardens could be 
expected to produce. It is satisfactory that the 
demand has been maintained both for Home Con- 
sumption and for export, and that the deliveries 
shew a slight increase : the average price, however, 
was barely up to that of 1892. 
Manufacture — We would direct attention to the 
remarks on this head on the first page of the Indian 
portion of this circular. 
Average Price : 
per lb. 
1893 ... 846,762 packages, average 9|d 
1892 ... 789,231 do do 9ii 
1891 .. 755,.562 do do 9Jd 
1890 ... 535,611 do do lO^d 
1889 ,. 431,043 do do lid 
1888 ... 303,284 do do lljd 
1887 .. 182,955 do do Is 0|d 
TRAVANOORE TEA. 
(From Patry & Pasteur, Limited, Report of the 
Colonial Markets for the Week ending 
January 10th, 1894.) 
Prices shew little or no improvement for all classes 
of leaf tea, and light liquoring pekoes, especially, 
were difficult of sale. For broken pekoes demand 
was brisk, and these sold readily at full rates. 
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Glenmary ... 7^6 .. SJd 4|d 94 chs. 7id 
Glenbrittle 10±d 6d, . . 5d, ojd 36 ^-chs. 7d 
bid bid 
Poonmudi 9d 6d SJd ... 6id, 110 chs. 6Jd 
5icl 
Braemore 8id 5|d 5id 6lj chs. 6id 
bid 
Bonaccord 9d 6id . . 5d 5|d 125 do 6f d 
OMR ... 6id,un. .. 4Jd ... 48 chs. 6id 
Seonikali 7id 5Jd .. 5d 5J, 35^-chs. 64d 
5jd 
Rockwood 6|d 5§d ... 4id 5d 129 chs. GJd 
Mount 9id 6d,5id ... 6d 6Jd 53 do 6id 
Granby ... 6d .. 5-id ... 20§-chs.6d 
Total 711 packages, averaging 6|d per lb., against 
same rate last week. 
DRUG REPORT. 
(FroiH Chemist and Drugyist.) 
London, Jan. lltli. 
CiXCHONA. — The first auctious of the year wore held on 
Tnesd.iy, wiicn n moderate quantity of bars was offereU by 
six bro«er-t. Their catalogucb aggregated of— 
Pad. ages Pacages 
Ceyl-u cinchona .. 32si of which 329 were sold 
East Indian cinchona 606 do 397 do 
West African .. 283 do iiSJ do 
Cuprea bark . . a77 do — do 
1783 loOO do 
Suocirabra barks were in pjor supply, and of Ledger's 
also very few tarcels of any biguificauce were ofiered. 
Tiie buU of the Ceyloa and Inaiau barks consisted of 
original and renewed Ofticinalis, tonlainiug from 4 to 
about Gi percent of quinine. These were very well com- 
peted fur, a id occasijually a lot wuull be run up toqinte 
oouble the starting price. The sales were undoubtedly 
very firm throughout, and in eomc ca-es higher piices 
were p-.iM, the unit being generally <inite up to that of 
last Amstenluni sale. It may be put at barely per lb 
a» a general qu<jtatiou. 
The following were the quantities of baik purchased 
by the ctiief competitoiti :— 
Kilos. 
Mejsrs. Howatds & Sons .. .. «9.u.tl 
Agents for I ho iVuerbach works .. 17,210 
Agents for iho Mauuheim and Amsterdam worku .J.'.au.i 
Atiouitt lor the Aweiicftu KUd Itajiau works. . 'ilM'^ 
Agents for the Brunswick works . , . . 14,672 
Agents for the Paris works .. .. li!,fGO 
Agents for the Frankfort-on-the-Main and Stutt- 
gart works . . . . 3,076 
Sundry druggists .. .. 21,475 
Total quantity sold . . . . 2^8,067 
Bought in or withdrawn . . . . 73,919 
Total quantity of bark offered .. 301 ,970 
It should be understood that, owing to the wide range 
of alkaloidal value, the quantities cf bark purchased by 
the buyers give no indication of the weight of sulphate 
of quinine secured by them. The following prices were 
paid for soimd bark : — 
Ceylon Cinchoxa.— Original, red varieties, dust Ijd : 
ordinary weak^havi□gs IjJ; dull woody;to fair bright quuly 
stem and branch chips ijd to 2d per lb. Grey varieties : — 
Ordinary dull to fair bright qnilly branch and stem chips 
2d to 3|d ; low weak stem chips per lb. ; good strong 
root 4|d per lb. Yellow vaiieiiies :— (iood briglit quilly 
chips oid to 5id ; root l§d per lb. ; hybrid chips l^dper 
lb. Renewed, red stem chips l\A ; hybrid shavings 2|d 
to 3d per Ib- 
East Indian Cinchona.— Original— Common red chips 
Id; grey varieties, ordinary dull dusty to good bright 
quilly stem and branch chips, Jgd to .3Jd per lb. ; yellow 
stem and branch chips„fair to good bright quUly ^§d to 4jd per 
lb. ; common branch chips id per lb. Renewed— Grey va- 
rieties ordinary to good quiliy branch and stem chips 
3'^ I to 4td ; fine brigho rich ditto i\tX to rgd per lb. 
partly broken quill b\\ to ffd per lb.; fair yellow chips 
ad per lb, 
African Cinchona.— A parcel of 283 bales imported vi 
Lisbon, sold at .3Jd toSidper lb. for gooJ, partly irregnlir 
quill of Succirubra character; ana at 2^d to i|d per lb.> 
tor chip's of ihe same kind. The barn was much better 
packed than usual, only a few packages being couniry- 
damaged. 
CUPREA-EABK.— Three hundred and seventy-seven bales 
of old stock were shown, but all bought in. liids ran 
from fdto lid per lb., while the owners askei from Ijd to 
2^d per lb. accordiug to quality. Uaviug held the bark 
so long, they probably luink that they may as well 
keep it for another while, until ttiere is a better prospect 
of a rise. 
The increai>ing alkaloidal richness of the Java cin- 
chona is shown by the following figures, ishowiug the 
qUiiniitles of bark, of various quinine percentages, offered 
at the Amsterdam anctioiiS uuimg the last three years ;— 
1893 1892 1891 
Per cent Kiloj. Kilos. Kilos. 
1 to a 167, if4 1j8,4v6 at3b,au2 
2 to 3 764,057 6lt),09j 7u8,601 
3 to 4 1,18U,913 1,U51,430 »77,e9D 
4 to 6 1,151,774 1,GU8,(31U 731,2U3 
5 to 6 8i-.;,34tj 589,492 455,b80 
6 to 7 485,755 240,967 2Ui,l»5 
7 to 8 22b,y01 lB3,2al 103,I;jr 
8 to 9 70,833 56,5155 £6,041 
9 to 10 20,780 18,015 b.OcO 
Above 10 10,531 43,5s5 4,8iJ0 
The proportion of root to stem and branch bark offered 
at the Amsterdam sales in 1893 ehoWs a considerable 
decrease upon the previous year— a fact which contra- 
dicts the assertion frequently made, that large quantities 
of trees are still being uprooted iu the island. Jdere are. 
the figures ;— 
Stem and Per Cent. 
Sales in Koot-bark Branch Bark Of Koot-barfc 
Kilcs. Kilos. Kiks. 
1893 757,670 4,151,667 about 15^ 
18t2 3,167,ob5 7u7,93<j about ITj 
1891 2,b3j,tt0S 774,7.^5 about 2lj 
The sales of quinine (in the bara), bot\ at auction nuJ 
privately, in Amsterdam are estimated as follows : — 
1893 1892 1891 
Kil.JS 14tf,663 131.020 13-^,395 
The first-hand stocn of cinchona-bark in Amsterdom cn 
January Ist was : — 
1893 1893 1891 
Packages. . 14,181 11,263 5,279 
The average quinine-content of the bark offered at auction 
has been :— 
189i) 1891 189i) 18S9 18S8 
Per cent 4-60 4-50 4-oS 4-oO 4-12 
The quantity ol quinlLe in the barn offered for 
sale on luesiay was aoout 11,000 lb. It is auuouncoi 
by cable from Java that the shipmenis of ciuchou.i dur- 
ing l>ecembi-i' have been small- namely, only 4ao,0uu Imif- 
kllos as compared with about l.oW.iO" lu Ueciuibtr 
l6»;i. The entire shipments Irom Jauuary lo ueccuioer, 
however, exceeded Ihoee ol loi-' by about one millluu 
ha)t-kilo3. 
Another shipment of 18 bales Loxaoark is ua tbe »aji 
from Eueader. The btock,s of bark in Lundou, ou January 
l8t were .j7,3S7 bake, oompi'Sed as follows : — KaSt lU'linn, 
Ceyloa aud Java 15,^42; tjoft Conuubiao, ^'«w tjtftn»dliuj, 
