762 
THE TROPICAL 
AGRlCULtURlST. [April a. 1894. 
import. This variety has not been shown at onr auctions 
tor some conBidcrable time, and on this occasion all of 
it bought in. It is said that, at the time o{ its im- 
portation, over 8b per lb. was rofuaed lor It. 
Here follow the approximate quantities of bark pur- 
chased by the principal buyers :— 
Kilos. 
Agents for the Mannheim and Amsterdam works 81,982 
Meesrs. Howards & Sous .. .. 48.ia9 
Agents for the Brunswick works . . . . 37,747 
Agents for the American and Italian works. . 30,685 
Agents for the Paris works .. .. 22,ll<0 
Agents for iho Auerbaoh works .. Jt5,150 
Agents for the Frankfort-on-the-Main and Stutt- 
gart workK > ., .. 4,480 
Sundry druggists . . , . 15,076 
Total quantity o£ bark sold. . .. 257,178 
Bought in or withdrawn ., .. 165,378 
Total quantity of bark oSered . . i,!2.5oi 
It should be well understood that the quantity of the 
bark purchased gives no indication uf the amount of 
quiniuc in the bark actually secured by the buyer. 
Tlie prices secured for sound bark were : — 
Cetlon Cinchona.— Orih'inal. Rel varieties : Dull to 
fair dusty stem and branch chips IJd to l^d ; fau shav- 
ings Ijfd to l^d ; dusty i-oot Igl to I|d per lb. Grey 
varieties, dull small stem chips IJJ per lb. Yellow va- 
rieties ; medium to fair bright quilly stem and branch 
chips 2jd to Sjd; root ;;Jd par lb. Hybrid: ordinary, 
dull ana weak stem and branch chips Ijd to IJ'l ; go'id 
shavings 3d to 'S^i. per lb. Kenewed. Kel varicles: — 
Ordinal y uull shavings Id; fair sti ra chipn 2fd per lb. 
Good grey quiily stem chips 3Jd per lb. Yellow fair to 
good bright stem and branch chips 3g I lo 4^1 per lb. 
Hybrid dull chips Ijd ; fair to goo 1 shavings 24d to 3^ i 
per lb; 
East Indian Cinchona..— Original. Red varieties: — 
Fair to good bright seem and braoch chips Ijd lo 2J i ; 
root 2jd per lb. Grey ivarieties : — Sweepings jld ; suiall 
thiu branch chips to good bright quiliy chips ijd to 4jd ; 
good br.ght shavings -lidperlb. Yellow varieties : — Small 
and dull branch chips ijd to 2^1 ; good bright ditto '/jd 
to 3d; th n twigs lid to i^l ; fair lo go d bright quiliy 
chips 3Jd to 4d ; small to good bright spokeshaviugs 2d 
to 3jd ; root 3fd to SJd per lb. Renewed. Red v..rieiies: — 
Dull to g^od blight stem and branch chips l^d to 2j 1 ; 
grey varieties :— ordiuary small to good bi gut quiliy shuv- 
ings aad chips ^Ji lo .ojd pjr lb. Yellow varieties :— 
good bright shavings 4ja ; meJium tj tine quilly chips 
3jd to 5Jd per lb. 
Java Cinchona.— Ninety-six packasej Javane(-e Ledger 
bam reahsed 3jd to 4d per lb for crushed chips 2id per 
lb for branch chips and ifd per lb for root. 
West afbican Cinchona.— One huodrei and eighty-two 
bales from San Th...me (Succirubra character) broughc 2d 
to 25d per la for fair to good boll quilly chips, and od per 
lb fur lair rather thin quill. 
South American Cinchona— Several lota of old soft 
Colombian bark [605 bales) were all bought in at f'Om 
2d to 3d per lo. Besides ranged from i|l to ijd per lb. 
For a parcel of 118 taies (^cwteach) cudivatej Bolivian 
Calisaya quill from MoUenuo, fair quality, partly irregular 
a bid of iid per lb was refused. 
The exports of cinchona from Java during the second 
half of thB year (July l to December 31) have been ; — 
1691 
Amster- 
dam lb. 
Ib9j 
1893 ' 18)2 
Amsttr- Amster 
dam lb. dam lb 
Govt, plan- 
tation 297,091 
Private plau- 
titiona.. 3,085.007 3,481,417 4,693,717 3,851,381 
1889 
Amster- Amster- 
dam lb. dam lb. 
422,867 459,823 270,3.8 
2 9?,915 
2,.321.745 
Totals.. .. 3,382,098 .3.904,281 5,153,570 4,iai,69j 2,514,660 
Cinnamon.— A sale of lOO bales (50 thirds and SQ fourths) 
at ; 1 1 per lb., c.i f. terms, February-April shipment took 
place last week. 
Cocaine.- The convention price remains undisturbed, 
but there are rather more sellers iu the sec ud hand, 
and it is jicssible to purchase Hydrochlorate from such 
holders at ISs per oz., which is I3 below the Conven- 
tion price. 
Quinine. — No business was reported until Welnesday, 
whcu 10,00J *z were sait'. 50 have changed hmiis at ll;d 
per oz, showing a decline of fully gd per oz. The market 
closes dull. The imports cf ciuohoua iiaris and iCi alka- 
loids into the United States during the last two years 
were asfoUi/ws:— 
1893 1892 
Cinchina bark.... lb. 2.138,128 3,144,284 
Qaiiiinesuli>hat6 aad othur 
6i«l»«tt* salts.. , , , 9Z, 2,777,567 
The following are the manufacturers' quotation<^ — Ho- 
wardB, bulk le 2d to Is i'd; vials U 3d to lu 4d. Whiffen. 
bulk Is Id ; vials Is 3d. Pelletier, vials le 6d to U 6^i. 
Fabrica Lombards, bulk la Id ; vikls la 3d. All GerniRn 
brands iu bulk Is Id l>er oz 
(From Cliemist and Lruggttt.) 
Loodou, Marob let. 
Cinchona. — Of South American barks only > few 
lota were offertcl today. Tiiirteeu bales eo-ca'led flat 
calitaja, bold bright piecex were bouglit \a at 1 s 8d 
per lb. (the owner ankH 1h 7d pur lb.;, and 2 baits 
very damnRed old M«racaibo were bnn({dt iu at 8d pur 
II). For a parcel of 6 bales bold flat damaged very 
dark Calisa)a from Uamliarg, the high price of from 
l» Scf to Is lOd per lb was paid. 
C0CA-LEAVE8.— Fair but broken and thin green Trux- 
illo leaves were bought iu at Is to 1« Id per lb.; but 
2 b.ileB rither ordinary Bold at 'Jii toJaj.' 
COBEBB.— Cultivated berriPK are arrived freely in 
Amsterdam and are beiug offered there at the equiva- 
lent of aVoul 758 per ewt.; but 00 buyers can be 
found willing lo pay this price The c^emsnd here 
remains very 8Ualr, aod at the pulilio sale tojiiy 70 
b.ig8 were all bought iu, a bi J of 45» for a lot of Bmall 
dusty and slight y stilky berries, which ar« held at 
503, beiBi? rt- jected. Privatily aalej of gooJ quality 
have been made at bQi. 
Vanilla, — A rather heavy supply was dispo'el of 
today with good conapetiiion at from 6J to Is 6d per 
lb. advKi.ce, the bold podi experiencing the greatest 
rise. Fiue chocolate 7 lo 8} in. brought 16i to^lU!>, g?od 
ditto 5 lo 7i in. 8s 8d to 13» 6.1, »mail crystallised 
chocolate 3 to 6 in. 69 yj to 8j 31; common brown 
aud loxy down to 25 9d per lb. A S-ychelles report 
Btaica the vanilla crop of la-t year was much above tbe 
average, bat that it is teared, rromthe scanty flowering 
of the vines during tbe seHson of 1S93, that tbe 1894 
crop will not be worth oonBideratioo. 
LONDON REPORTS ON TRaVANCOEB 
PRODUCE. 
(From Patry <& Pasteur, Limited, jEleport of the 
Colonial Markets for the Week ending 
February 21st, 1894.) 
TRAVANCORE TEA. 
In sale this week, with the exception of Arna 
kal, Aneimndi and Kuduwa Karnum estates, which 
were good, the other estates were only of medium 
quality. Prices realised were low, in sympathy with 
sales of Indian and Ceylon. 
Arnakal 
o 
Is Old 
9|d 
Aneimndi 
Kudu*a Kar- 
num 9d 
9id, 
7id 
7^d 
7d,6Jd 
. a 
6id 
6id 
63, 
anas. 
0 
77 chs. 
84 i-ch. 
Fairfield lOd 
Ashley Sid 
Isfield 9id 
Glenmary 
Atchencoil 7id 
6id 5|d 
5Ad . . 
6id, 5id, 
bid bid 
6d ... 
. . 5Jd, 528 chs. 
4Jd 
4id 80 do 
4id 4id 40 do 
5d, 106 do 
4id 
99 do 
23 pkgs. 
5H 
5i. 
Unas. 
liinwood 4|d, .., 4|d 57 J.ch. |d 
uuas. 
Total T94 packages, averaging 6|cl, pei 
5id 
5id, 
UA 
o 
Sid 
Tfd 
7Jd 
6id 
6id 
6id 
6d 
5id 
