Aug. i, 1894.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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I happened to get the Englishman of Ma7 29lh, and 
the Ceylon Observer of the 22od May on the Sime 
day. Regarding the r'nerrnse of Lunacy in Ir land 
the Englishman says: — " The tea commonly used in 
Ireland is the cheapest China rubbish." 
The C bserver says : — " In nearly every case the 
extending use of Indian teas is assigned as the leading 
contributory cause." 
Would you kindly refer your own Loudon cor- 
respondent to the i bove-quoted para in (he 
Englishman, and ask him to have the matter 
Eettled definitely at home, before we become 
alarmed.* 1874. 
DRUG REPORT. 
(Fro n Chemist and Druggist.) 
London, June 28tb. 
Cinchona. — A moderate quantity of cinchona-bark was 
ffl'ered for sale at Tuesday's auctions. There were six 
catalogues altogether, divided in f llows :— 
Packages Packages 
20a cf which 180 were sold 
393 „ 3«8 „ 
318 „ 318 „ 
414 „ 414 „ 
211 ,. — 
Ceylon cinchona 
East Indian cinchona .. 
Javan cinchona 
West African cinchona 
Cuprea bark 
1541 1289 
The assortment was no' remarkable io any way, save, 
perhaps, for the fact that the Ceylon bark, in point of 
number of packages offered, again stood at the bottom 
of the list. The supplies of Eabt In<liau bark will pro- 
bably keep up for some months longer, and occasional 
consignments of West African cinchona may help to ma1;e 
np a decent show at the fortnightly ;mc!ions ; but prac- 
tically tl e London market, si far as cinchona-bark is con- 
cerned, now derives whatever importance it s" ill possesses 
from the old stocks store I here, which are still fairly 
considerable, although shrinking rapidly. 
The bark offered to lay was fairly w^ll competed for, 
principally by two German factories who, between them, 
necured nearly two-thirds, by weights of the bark sold. 
The tone was firm throughout the sales and the unit 
may be put at fully &i per lb , or quite equal to tint of 
the previous auctions. 
The following were the approximate quantities purchased 
by the principal buyers : - 
Agents for the Auerbach factory 
Agents for the Brunswick factory 
Messrs. Howarls & Sons 
Agents for the Frankfort-on-the-Main factory and 
Stuttgart-works 
Ager.tsf^r the Paris factory 
Agents for the American and Italian works 
Agents for t ho Hannbeim and Amsterdam works 
Druggists 
Total quantity of bark soli .. 
Bought in or withdrawn 
Lb. 
78 492 
71,975 
31,170 
16,164 
14,348 
13,420 
27,048 
Total quantity of bark effered. . . . 2H4.580 
It should bo rcmembe-ed that the proportion of bark 
secured by a buyer is no indication of the percentage of 
the total amount of quinine in the -ales represented by 
his purchase. 
The prices paid for sound bark were as follows :— 
Ceylon Cinchona.— Original :— Eed varieties : Poor 
woody to fair bright quilly stem and branch chips Id to 
|d ; rather dusty root 2d to 2jd per lb. Grey va- 
rieties : Low dull thin to fair bright strong stern and 
branch chips Id to 2g per lb. Renewed— Red varieties: 
Small thin to good bright stem and branch chips ljd to 
2d ; "line Btem sii'ivingi 3J3 per lb. Gn-y varieties: Or- 
dinary to fair bright Btem chips 2d toijd; good shavings 
*l<i per lb. 
Javan Cinchona.— A parcel of 318 packages (all declared 
to be of direct import) sold readily at the following rates : — 
Original yellow branch and stem chips l|d to 3d ; renewed 
ditto 4d to 5$d ; root 3d to 3Jd ; line quilly chips 7d to 
7J 1 ; g .<>d 5jd to CJd pi r lb. 
WEST AFRICAN Cinchona.— Several consignments of re- 
cent import via Lisbon, aggregating 414 packages, found 
ready buyers. Pair medium to bold, somewhat irregular, 
quill of suceirubra oharacter at i;jd to 2jd ; chip*, more 
or less quilly I \ I to 2d per Vi. 
Coi'Kka BARK.— The usual snjnll assortment of Cuprea 
bark of 1882-64 import was brought out again todiy, but 
n t a single acceptable bid could be obtained, and the whole 
wai bought In, fair quality per lb. 
* Certainly.— Ed . T.A. 
Quinine.— Very dull. There are sellers of second-hand 
German at Kid per oz., but no business 11 reported. 
Tbe manufactures' quotations remain a9 follows:— Ho- 
ward's, in l-oz. Vmls, is 3d to Is; 4d in tins Is 2d to Is 
3d per o/. ; Whiffen's in vials Is 3d ; in tins Is Id per 
oz. ; Pellaier's, in vials Is 51 to Is SJdpercz.; Fabbrlca 
ouibar.ia, in viais Is 3d ; in tins Is Id per oz. ; all the 
German brands, iu tine Is Id per oz, 
'■ Tkopical Agriculturist," — Tiour Editor's de- 
parture in supplying District Maps and descriptions 
io lLo cuixiiug year is attracting much attention, and I 
expect a very large increase to the present subscribers 
— every estate ought to have this Magazine — for it 
contains so much of interest. So many people fancy 
they do better by selling tea in the local market. 
Let them study local sales and Mincing Lane's 
which are so carefully recorded in the Tropical 
Agriculturist, and I think the Loudon market will 
carry the day. The way to do this is to note the 
prices of say Dolosbage or Lowcountry tea in the 
local market sales as recorded in the June Tropical 
Agriculturist] and then study the July number of 
Tropical Agriculturist containing the Mincing Lane 
sales as recorded in Gow, Wilson & Stanton's 
Circulars therein embodied — allowing on these cheap 
teis Id or" ljd for London charges which include 
the Brokers' charges, not, however, included in 
Colombj averages. 
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