June i, 1894.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
853 
DEUG REPORT. 
CFrom Chemist and Dntgrjist.) 
Lcndou, May 3rd. 
CIXCHOXA.— At Tuesday's cinchona-auctions eight cata- 
lofiues weie prcseute.t. They comprised of— 
PacKagea Packages 
Itt of which — were sold 
\m „ 1203 „ 
510 „ 444 „ 
40J „ 107 ,. 
Ceylon cinchona 
Bast Indian cinch^ na . . 
West African cinchona 
Cuprea bark 
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The most importaut feature of the auctions was the 
fact that, for the first time, the snpplieii from Ceyhn 
wofe pract cally nil, only 16 paclsages (oil yellow bark; 
from that island being offered, aod not a single one 
soM. The East Indian cinchona embraced some very 
nice parcels, chiefly of grey baik. This supply included 
274 biles (ab-iut 14 tons) of Neilgherry crown bark, iii 
chips and quills, which realised fair prices, Thia lark 
w.'s now oflered for ihe second time, the previous occa- 
sion having leeii about a year ago. when prices equiva- 
lent to about ^d per unit were offerei for it. In thU 
iusta'.ce. therefore, the owner has profited by having kept 
his g ods for a twelvemonth. The tone at the auctions 
was rather dull, and more than cue-third of the cinchona 
offered was bought in. There is no quctable alteration 
in price, but the average unit value is probably nearer 
jd than Id per lb. 
The (ollowing are the apdroximate quantities purchased 
by the principal buyers : - 
Messrs. Howar.ls & Sons 
Agents for the Brunswick factory 
Agents for the Auerbach factory 
Agectsfjr Ihe Paris factory 
Agents for the Mannheim and Amsterdam works.. 
Agents for the American and Italian works 
Agents for i he Frankfori-on-the-Main and Stuttgart 
works 
Various druggists 
Total quantity of bark sol I . . 
Bought in or withdrawn 
Lb. 
68,G'J9 
66.093 
48,610 
40,36(5 
37,164 
23,49a 
14,200 
47,967 
34tj,536 
125, 36» 
Total ijuaiitity offered .. .. 471,955 
It should be remembered that the pr. portion of bars 
secured by a hujer is no indcaiion of the pe-centage of 
the total aiU 'Uiit uf quinine in the ales represented by 
his purchase. 
Coca.— Coi.a-leaves are now specilioally mentioufd 
among th^^ iirlitles exported from .Java. The shipments 
from the i land from July 1st, If 83 to February iS b, 
1884 were M ca-:es. 
CUBEBS.— The foUowina figures represent the exports of 
cubebs from Java iu the eight-m^n h periods between 
July lit and February 28th of i he fuUowiug years : — 
18 3-4 1892-3 I8S1-2 1890-1 18SS-90 
Picul8...9 3 1,817 1,172 6'.4 539 
QtilNiNE. — Hardly any businerS is reported this week. 
The market is d"ll, aud it would probably be p:)83ible 
to buy sond-haud German at Ujd per tz. It is saidec 
thst IJid per oz. has been accepted for a small quantity. 
VAEIOUS AGRICULTUEAL NOTES. 
An IsiECT Pest. — The short grajs in Kulu last 
summer and auiiunn has been fully acouunted 
for by the appearance recenily of large swarms 
of a Biieoies of Tipula, or crane fly, " daddy- 
long-legs." The •' wire worms," as the larvic are 
called, letd upon the roots of grasses, and when 
they abonnd to oiioli an extent as the numbors 
of the perfect inaeots show that ihey miis: have 
done last yi-ar, they do immenae damage to grass 
and all other roots. — Indian Engineer. 
Heavt Hail — A YercHud correspondent vaites : 
— " A hailstorm of unusual severity raged here for 
nearly two hours yesterday evening ; over three 
inches o£ rain full and the ground au well as walls 
ro.'fp, etc., looked exactly as if covered with snow. 
The hailstones were as large as pigeons' eggs and 
were lying still unmelted this morning. A native 
child who was exposed to them was killed, and a 
hailstorm of such severity has never been wit- 
nessed here. The roads and lanes are so thickly* 
etrewn with fallen leaves as to form a perfect 
carpet and trees and shcubs everywhere look cut 
aai beaten topieoea ae after a oyolone oo the ouast. 
— jlX. Mail, 
The Ooming Coffee CEcp.—One who has recently 
been through Dimbula au-l Dikoya writes:— "The 
coffee is going to give a nice little crop— a welcome 
addition to many a plant r, aud company, too, for 
th(t matter. A good deal of the blossom did not fet, 
but that was to be expected. It is e really pleasant 
sight to see rows of strong healthy berries on the trees. 
In Dimbula an I the Agras particulirly the tree? seem 
to be carrying their crop well, and those who have 
kept any coffee are reaping their reward this year 
I hope it will all mature." 
The Diminishing Shellac-supply.— The Indian 
Planters' Gazette assets that the production of 
shellac and other preparations of its kind has 
fallen off m recent years on account of the 
diminished supply of stioklao (from which shellao 
IS manufactured) in the chief producing districts 
of India— viz., the Central and Eastern Provinces, 
the Ohattifgurh plateau, and the Chuttia Nagpore 
territories. The result is a considerable and, in 
all probability, a permanent enhancement in the 
price of shellac, especially of the finer marks. 
The opening-up of the Bengal Nagpore Bailway 
and the enormous olearinga of jungle lands oon- 
sequent thereon, couplad with the emigration of 
coolies from the jungle tracts to the tea districts, 
are the chief causes of the reduced out-turn of 
stioklao.— C/iemis< and Druggist. 
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