59* 
THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST.  [March  i,  1893. 
Of  other  Growths — 350  bags  Trinidad  sold,  mixed 
red  to  good  at  70a  to  74s  6d,  fine  at  79s  ; 100  bags 
Grenada  at  67s  to  70s;  121  bags  Dominica  at  66s  to 
68s ; 70  bags  St.  Lucia  at  68a  to  70s ; 222  bags 
Jamaioa  at  66a  to  66s  6d,  with  12  tags  fine  red, 
cured  like  Java,  at  80s;  180  bags  St.  Domingo, 
Sanchez  at  67s  to  68^,  and  Jeremie  at  62s  6d  to  65s, 
and  350  bags  Guayaquil  at  71s  to  92s  per  owt.  The 
African  sold  last  week  amounted  to  nearly  1,000  bags; 
this  week  further  sales  of  800  bags  ar6  reported  at  683 
to  69s,  a few  very  low  at  63s  por  owt: 
1892.  1891.  1890.  1889.  1888. 
cwt.  cwt.  cwt.  cwt.  cwt. 
Total  Ceylon  ship- 
ments ..16,819  20,532  15,961  19,054  12,906 
The  following  table  shews  the  movements  in  England, 
France,  and  Hamburg  during  the  past  six  years : — 
1892. 
1891. 
1890. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
Imports  in  the  year- 
-England  . .13,684 
13,940 
12,440 
Franoe  ..24,123 
23,978 
26,504 
II  !> 
Hamburg  9,453 
8,917 
7,268 
Total  . .47,260 
46,835 
46,212 
Delivered  in  the  year — England, 
Home  use..  9,280 
9,643- 
9,020 
n >> 
England, 
Export  . . 3,970 
3,930 
3,184 
Fiance, 
Home  use.  .14,330 
14,186 
13,954 
France, 
Export  . . 9,282 
8,853 
9,621 
>»  >» 
Hamburgh, 
tot  tl  ..  9,152 
9,078 
7,683 
Total  ..46,014 
45,690 
43,462 
Stocks  at  close  of  year— England,  5,090 
5,110 
5,030 
France,  9,180 
11  052 
12,233 
>1 
Hamburg,  1,090 
788 
942 
Total  ..15,360  16,950  18,205 
1889. 
1888. 
1887. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
Imports  of  the  year- 
-England  ...11,935 
13,199 
12,260 
France  ...18,626 
24,392 
20,080 
II 
Hamburg  6,092 
8,031 
6.934 
Total  ...36‘653 
45,672 
39,274 
Deliveries  in  the  year — England, 
Home  use...  8,343 
8,137 
7,086 
II 
II 
England, 
Export  ...  3,640 
3,541 
3,610 
>t 
II 
Frauce, 
Home  use. ..12,668 
12,148 
12,537 
II 
If 
Frauce, 
Export  ...  7,705 
6,318 
6,187 
» 
Hamburg 
total  ...  7,474 
7,244 
6,658 
Total  ...39,830 
37,388 
36,078 
Stocks  at  olose  of  year— England  5,230 
5,778 
4,641 
Franoe  ...  8,858 
11,717 
7,877 
» 
» 9 
Hamburg  1,337 
2,719 
1,882 
Total  ...15,425 
20,214 
14,4.00 
Tea  in  Australia. — In  one  of  the  “ Around  the 
World”  papers  by  Dr.  F.  E.  Clark,  of  Boston,  is 
an  interesting  description  of  a monster  tea  mtetiiig 
in  Melbourne,  Australia.  “There  can  be  no  doubt,” 
he  says,  “ about  the  national  beverage  of  Australia. 
It  is  tea,  beyond  a question  ; tea  in  the  morning, 
tea  at  nooD,  and  tea  between  meals.  Whenever  a 
oaller  sits  down  for  a few  minutes,  he  is  hospitably 
offered  a cup  of  tea  ; and  the  last  thing  before 
going  to  bed  at  night  we  take  our  evening  dram 
from  the  teapot. — M.  Times , Feb.  13. 
BARK  AND  DRUG  REPORT. 
(From  the  Cliemist  and  Druggist.) 
London,  Jan.  26. 
Cinchona, — At  Tuesday’s  cinchona-auctions  a moderate 
quantity  of  bark  was  offered  for  sale,  the  catalogues 
being  composed  as  follows  : — 
Pkgs.  Pkgs. 
Ceylon  bark  ...  ],i50of  which  9u9  were  sold 
East  Indian  bark  ... 
623 
do 
423 
do 
Java  bark 
52 
do 
do 
African  bark 
242 
do 
152 
do 
South  American 
bark 
402 
do 
144 
do 
The  assortment  of  bark 
2,431 
was  a 
mediocre 
1,630 
one, 
and  did 
not  include  any  parcels  calling  for  special  notice.  At 
first  the  tone  was  fairly  steady,  but  it  slacked  off;  pretty 
soon,  and,  upon  the  whole,  tue  sales  were  slightly  tower 
than  the  last,  the  unit  averaging  onlyabout  1 l-.6ths  d. 
Nearly  one-fourth  tf  the  b .rk  offered  was  bought  in. 
The  following  are  the  approximate  quantities  purchased 
by  the  principal  buyers  : — 
Lb. 
Agents  for  the  Mannbeim  and  Amsterdam  factory  117,258 
Agents  for  the  Auertach  works  ...  ...  83.623 
Agents  for  the  Brunswick  works  ...  ...  44,094 
Messrs.  Howards  & Sons  ...  ...  ...  35,195 
Agents  for  the  American  and  Italian  works  ...  30,738 
Agents  for  the  Paris  works  ...  ...  30,095 
Agents  for  the  Frankfort  o/M  and  Stuttgart  works  13,120 
Sundry  druggists. . ...  ...  ...  40,599 
Total  quantity  of  bark  sold  ...  ...  424,725 
Bought  in  or  withdrawn...  ...  ...  113,393 
Total  quantity  offered  ...  ...  538,118 
It  should  be  remembered  that  the  weight  of  bark  pur- 
chased is  no  criterion  to  the  quantity  of  quinine  acquired 
by  the  buysr. 
AUSTRALIAN  GEM  STONES. 
Many  persons  think  that  there  is  a prospect  of  valu- 
able finds  of  gem-stones  being  made  in  these  colonies, 
if  only  the  work  of  searching  for  them  was  gone 
about  in  a systematic  and  proper  manner.  It  seems 
that  a dealer  in  precious  stones  in  London  has  taken 
up  a large  area  of  land  in  Western  Australia,  in  the 
belief  that  he  will  be  able  to  find  gem-stones  in 
quantities  that  will  warrant  some  considerable  ex- 
penditure in  the  search  for  them.  From  time  to  time 
we  hear  of  discoveries  of  precious  stones  in  the  various 
colonies,  but  the  work  of  searching  for  them  has  not 
been  carried  on  systematically  anywhere  except  in 
New  South  Wales,  and  there  with  but  a very  moderate 
degree  of  success.  Many  years  ago  diamonds  were 
found  at  the  Ovens  in  Victoria,  when  the  miners  were 
sluicing  the  decomposed  granite  for  gold,  but  the  gems 
were  small  and  were  few  and  far  between,  like  the 
proverbial  visits  of  the  angels.  In  other  parts'  of 
Victoria  gems  have  been  found,  and  what  are  called 
rubies,  that  is  garnets  and  topazes  are  tolerably 
plentiful  in  many  places,  leading  to  the  belief  that 
with  proper  management  a commercial  operation 
might  be  carried  out  in  searching  for  them. 
It  is  estimated  that  in  New  South  Wales  the 
number  of  diamonds  found  in  that  colony  to  the 
end  of  1887  was  50,000,  the  largest  of  which  weighed 
16'2  grains.  In  1889  one  company,  near  Tingha, 
found  diamonds  weighing  2,195|  carats,  valued  at 
£878  5s.  The  business  of  searching  for  these  stones 
does  not,  however,  appear  to  pay,  nor  for  emeralds, 
which  have  been  found  in  some  quantities.  Sapphires, 
rubies,  opals,  garnets,  topazes,  and  other  stones 
have  also  been  found  in  New  South  Wales,  whilst 
in  Queensland  works  for  finding  opals  have  been 
carried  on  for  many  years.  In  Tasmania  gems  have 
been  found  at  various  times,  and  probably  many 
more  would  be  if  they  were  searched  for,  but  the 
question  is,  could  the  work  be  made  to  pay  ? That 
there  is  a market  for  all  sorts  of  gem  stones  appears 
from  a letter  recently  addressed  to  Signor  Bernacchi 
from  C.  B.  Klein,  of  Liehtield-street,  Christchurch, 
New  Zealand,  who  seems  to  have  an  idea  that  such 
stones  may  be  found  at  Maria  Island.  Mr.  Klein 
states  that  he  is  prepared  to  buy  regular  supplies 
of  yellow  crystal,  brown  crystal,  blue,  brown,  yellow 
and  water-coloured  topaz,  blue  sapphires,  and  other 
