March  i,  1893.]  THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
57S 
exports  of  bark  FROM 
CEYLON. 
1892 
7.130.000  lb.  engl.  18S5 
14,097,142  lb.  engl. 
1891 
5,940,000 
1884 
11.923,190  „ 
1890 
8,SOO,OQO 
1S83 
7,296,671  „ 
1839 
9,233,729 
1SS2 
4,402,901  ,, 
1885 
12,697,146 
1881 
1,329,453  „ 
1887 
12,599,847 
18S0 
1,151,102  „ 
1886 
14,838,402 
ARRIVALS  IN 
CEYL'N  BY  RAIL. 
1892 
1,665  tons. 
1891 
1,520  „ 
1890 
... 
2,255  „ 
1889 
2,715  „ 
1888 
4,422  „ 
EXPORTS  OF 
BARK  FRC 
M JAVA 
during  the  season  from  1st  July  to  30th  June  in 
Amsterdam 
Amsterdam 
lb. 
lb. 
1891-92  7,204,000 
1886-87  2,230,275 
1890-91  6,564  000 
1885-S6  1,531,156 
1889-90  4,750,000 
1884-85  1,1 95,976 
1888-89  4.415,000 
1883-84  1,104,534 
1S87-88  3,492,913 
1882-83  420,668 
Exports  from  1st  July  to  31st  December  1S92 
3,736,000  Amsterdam  lb.,  against  4,560,000  Amster- 
dam lb.  in  1891. 
EXPORTS  OF  BA1IK  FROM  BRITISH  INDIA 
from  1st  Julv  to  30th  June 
1891-92  3,633,728  lb.  engl.  1889-90  1,943,264  lb.  engl. 
1890-91  3,256,979  „ 1888-89  2,763,685  „ 
BARK  SALES  IN  LONDON  COMPRISING. 
1S92  56,833  packages  1889  70,635  packages 
1891  53,850 
1888  90,470  ■ „ 
1890  67,528 
1887  90,435 
bark  sales  in 
AMSTERDAM  COMPRISING. 
Pkgs. 
1892  45,293  containing  about  5,960,405  oz.  Sulp.of  ( 
1391  42,520 
, 4,946,341 
,, 
1890  30,636  , 
4,286,126 
J»  »» 
1889  24,749 
, 2,721,277 
51  15 
1888  18,216 
, 1,781,137 
pa  ices  cf 
BARK  IN  LONDON. 
1st  Jan.  per  Unit. 
1st  Jan. 
per  Unit. 
d.  to  d. 
d.  to  d. 
1893  0 1J 
1888 
21  2J 
1892  0 1 
1S87 
3 a 31 
1891  l'i  D 
1886 
U 5 
1890  li  2 
1885 
6 7 
1889  1%  If 
AVERAGE  YIELD  OF  SULPHATE  OF 
QUININE. 
In  Ceylon 
Bark  2£  per  cent. 
In  Brit.  India 
!>  2 
In  Java 
„ 4 
Calisaya 
41 
» 
STOCKS  OF 
BARK  IN  LONDON. 
31st  Dec.  Pkgs. 
31st  Dec. 
Pkgs. 
1892  37,878 
1887 
59,619 
1891  49,142 
1886 
62,350 
1890  48,213 
1885 
61,690 
18S9  57,181 
1884 
80,500 
1888  56,754 
1883 
99,667 
Cocaine. — We  have  had  in  the  beginning  of  last 
year  large  arrivals  of  the  raw  material,  which  caused 
a decline  in  prices  of  Hydrochloras  of  Cocaine,  and 
only  toward  the  end  of  the  year,  the  larger  part 
of  the  stocks  of  raw  cocaine  in  Hamburg  and 
London  having  been  disposed  off,  prices  began  to 
recover. 
The  consum  has  been  satisfactory  and  the  stocks 
of  the  raw  material  having  become  small,  there  is 
every  prospect  of  a further  rise  in  the  near  future. 
We.  note  our  list  prices  for  Hybrid  of  Cocaine 
during  last  year  per  ounce : 
January 
March 
April 
May 
June 
23s  6d 
22s  Od 
21s  Od 
19s  6d 
19s  6d 
July 
August 
September 
October 
November 
19s  6d 
18s  6d 
1 8s  6d 
18s  6d 
19s  Od 
C.  F.  Boehringer  & SiiHNE. 
PLANTING  IN  PERAK. 
There  appear  in  the  Feral ; Government  Ganette, 
(Jan.  20th)  the  following  Notes  to  Planters  : — 
Notice  is  given  that  the  Circular  of  22nd  April, 
1891,  offering  land  on  special  terms  to  the  first  ten 
applicants  is  hereby  cancelled,  the  whole  of  the 
land  then  offered  having  been  taken  up.  The 
Government  of  Perak  is,  however,  prepared  to  grant 
to  a limited  number  of  approved  applicants  the 
following  special  terms,  that  is  to  say — Leases  in 
perpetuity  for  one  block  of  land  not  exceeding  500 
acres  or  for  two  blocks  neither  exceeding  500  acres. 
No  premium;  quit-rent  30  cents  an  acre  after  two 
years’  free  occupation.  The  Government  reserves 
the  right  of  levying  an  export  duty  on  produce  which 
may  not  exceed  21  per  cent  ad  valorem.  If  selected 
with  road  frontage  the  depth  to  be  three  times 
the  frontage ; bona  fide  commencement  to  open 
to  be  made  within  12  months  from  Government 
approval  of  selection ; cost  of  demarcation  and 
survey  (to  be  made  when  required  by  Government) 
and  registration  fees  to  be  borne  by  lessees.  If  de- 
sired by  applicants,  fi4  an  aero  and  no  quit-rent  will 
be  accepted.  Minerals  are  reserved,  and  with  the 
above  exceptions,  the  hind  would  be  subjected  to  the 
general  Land  Regulations  of  the  State,  which  will  be 
forwarded  on  application  to  State  Commissioner  of 
Linds,  Taiping,  to  whom  all  communications  in  con- 
nection with  this  circular  should  be  addressed. 
It  bemg  the  wish  of  the  Government  to  encourage 
the  plauting  of  fruit  trees  throughont  the  State, 
agriculturists  requiring  plants  and  seeds  can  obtain 
them  on  appljiDg,  with  references,  at  the  Govern- 
ment Gardens,  Kuala  Kaugsar.  A stock  of  the  fol- 
lowing plants  is  kept  oi\  hand: — Coconuts,  Para 
Rubin r,  Liberian  Coffee,  Cocoa,  Pomeloes,  Oranges, 
Lemons,  Limes,  Pepper  Cuttings,  and  plants  of  Native 
Fruit  ttees. 
4- — _ 
THE  DOCK  CHARGES  ON  CINCHONA  BARK. 
At  the  cinchona  sales  on  Tuesday,  Mr.  Samuel 
Figgis  read  a letter  from  a firm  of  importers  of 
African  cinchona  bark  in  which  they  complained  of 
the  heavy  charges  made  for  re-weighing,  and  sug- 
guested  that  the  matter  should  be  brought  before  the 
buyers  of  the  drug  in  order,  if  possible,  to  find  the 
means  of  foregoing  the  necessity  of  having  the  bark 
re-weighed,  in  the  case  of  parcels  recently  landed, 
in  which  there  is  practically  no  loss.  Some  little 
discussion  ensued  in  which  Mr.  David  Howard,  Mr. 
Tabor,  and  Mr.  Broicher  took  part,  and  it  was 
ultimately  proposed  and  carried  without  opposition. 
“ That  in  future  all  barks  that  have  been  weighed 
within  one  month  of  the  date  of  sale  are  to  Im 
taken  and  paid  for  at  ti  e landing  weights.”  This 
will  now  apply  to  all  barks  offered  at  the  cinchona 
auction,  but  it  is  not  clear  whether  it  will  do  so  also 
to  the  Loxa,  Huanoco,  and  red  barks  of  the  drug- 
sales.  The  charge  for  re-weighing  is  4|d  per  ewt. 
and  for  re  housing  also  4£d  per  cwt.  — Chemist  and 
Druggist,  Jan.  14. 
WASTE  PRODUCTS  MADE  USEFUL. 
By  Lord  Playfair. 
In  the  North  American  Uevieic  for  November  there 
is  a very  interesting  article  by  Lord  Playfair  under 
the  above  title.  It  is  cram  lull  of  facts  illustrating 
the  extraordinary  progress  that  has  been  made  by 
modern  chemi-try  in  the  use  of  waste  products. 
“Dirt,”  said  Lord  Palmerston,  “is  matter  in  the 
wrong  place."  Dirt,  says  Lord  Playfair,  i=,  of  money 
value  if  you  only  know  how  to  get  at.  it. 
THE  CASH  VALUE  OF  A LUCIFER  MATCH. 
Phosphorus  was  formerly  made  from  human  sewage  ; 
it  is  now  extracted  from  old  hones.  By  the  utilisa- 
tion first  of  sewage  and  then  of  old  bones,  Lord 
Playfair  calculates  that  every  man,  woman,  and 
child  in  the  country  saves  seventy-eight  hours  a year 
or  ten  working  days,  in  the  quickness  with  which 
