254 THE TROPICAL AGPJCULTURSST. [October i, 189: 
THE PROPOSED PLANTING ENTERPRISE 
IN PERU. 
In a letter which we publish today, as well as 
in produotioQS previously publibhed, a former wlU- 
known, ictelligent and experienced Uejlon planter 
sings the praises of the land of the luoas, from 
its Pacifio shores to its Trans-Andean expanses 
of exceptionally fertile soil under a cliraite ( which, 
with a oharaoteristio ebullit;0Q of disappomtmeot) 
he contrasts with that of Taamauia, which some- 
times tastes of the Antarctic it faces described 
by him as just perfection,— to a man, he means, 
who has spent a large portion of his hie 
in a tropical hill country, where torrid heat 
is tempered by coolotss due to altitude. 
But oven in Peru extreme altitude can produce 
cold as intense as arclic or antarctic blasts. 
One account ruus . — 
In all the lower regions of the country the 
climate is v/arm, but hcaithy ; iu tha uplands, 
and on the hiijheat plateaux, it is ofteu iuciemeut. 
Violent storms btat upon tho plitin of Titicacaaad 
terrific tempests, LC^ompauibd with thunder »nJ 
lightning, roll (rtquently around tlie table-lauds of 
Pa^co ; where, indeed, the climate is so cold, 
that bub for tho mines, wbicli h.ive aitiacted hither 
a numer als popu atioD, this region 'might bavo re- 
maiufcd nniiihabited. 
The simo as to cold may be st»id of Tasmania and 
its exceedingly rich miuiog regions which will yet en- 
able It to rival what Peru was in the days of it^ glory. 
On soil and climate, natural productions ana suit- 
ability for the cjlture of such products as eofiee, 
tea, cacao and tho like, our friend is an excellent 
authority. But he says nothing of the maUaia, 
which is not likely all to have forsaken the jungles 
of South America, since the cure of the Countess 
of Chiuohon, wife of the Spanish Viceroy, gave its 
name (mutilated by Linnnaus) to the valuable 
fever bark which, native specially to Peru and Bolivia, 
has been, mainly by the enterprise of Ceylon planters 
placed within reach of the siok poor, instead ot beiDg 
the oxpeaeive luxury of the rich. Mr. Sinclair's 
prejudices againss the native "Indians" (not a 
merely mutilattd but an absolutely misappropriated 
name), he avows, were removed by an incident 
which is interesting as showing that " one touch 
of nature" in the shape of hospitality "makes 
the whole world km." But .it has yet to 
be proved that tho Indians will prove to be 
good labourers on estates, or that labour other- 
wise is abundantly available. But granting that 
the reports brought up by the Oe^lon trained 
spies of the land of promise are favourabla on 
the points adverted to, we are reminded by the 
telegram just received of a fatal and devastating 
earthquake, that nature in America can in a 
moment exchange placid beauty for the moat terribly 
destructive and relentlessly cruel letiing loose of 
forces, which spare neitber property nor life, but 
entomb human bjings in the rums of their abodes. 
Nature, in faot, is aeiz3d by recurring fits of 
auarchy, a characteristic which the volcanic Andes 
seem to have imparted to tiio races who dwell on 
their slopes or inhabit the plains at their base. 
Our coirospondeut gives a painful account ot the 
effects of the war wagod by Onile againat Peru on 
tho latter country, for which it is possible that 
'Ohile has just been suujected, by way of retribution 
to the unutterable horrors of civil war. 
The occurrence of similar horrors in Peru 
ate not only possible, but, judging by the past, 
probable. In the striie of factious, equally reckless 
of punuiplo, what would bo the fate of foreign wealth 
invouled 111 plauialiouB and stores ? Would ei her or 
both parlies to civil strife hesitate to conlisoate 
to their own use capital or properly ? Such are 
a few of the rt flections per contra to the para- 
disaical descriptions of our gifted correspondent 
which occur to us. We shall await the regular 
report, but at the moment we are inclined to 
think that Ceylou and other British possessions, 
even poor uoprogressiva Tasmania, have advantages 
ot their own : a negative one in the absence of 
earthquakes natural or political. 
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THE DUTCH MARKET. 
Amsterdam, August 13. 
Cinchona. — The cinchona baik sales, which will be 
held in Amsterdam on September 3, 1891, will consist 
of 2,636 b^lei and 199 cases, about 218 tons back, 
p-m-ng which from GroTernnient plantatioue, 278 halr-s 
77 Cieee, about 29 tons ; for private pkn'atiun-, 2,40^ 
bijles 122 cast."!, about 217 tons. The bark iscjmpoeed 
as iu\l)Vih:—'Drii(/gists' baric: Siiccirubra ouill', 178 
c'.ses ; brok^'U q nils and chip-, 102 b .ks 6 cises ; root, 
42 bales. Mcawfactui ing hark : Officinal i.s br .kt-ii qu'lls 
ai.d chips, 30 iiales j LLdgeiiana quills. 3 case? ; broktn 
quills aud chips, 1,565 bales ; ro-^t, 64S bales ; hjhrid 
quills, 12 cut,es ; brok ri quills aud chip -, 183 bales ; root, 
117 b.l-a. Tutal, 2.686 bales 199 dAie^.— Chemist an<l 
Di uy<jist. 
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BARK AND DRUG REPORT. 
(From the Chemist and Brurjgist.) 
London, Aug. 22nd, 1891. 
Annatxo. — Eighly-three b.igs good dry ctljury mei, 
frc;m CoyloU, Mid at 2i 'i p jr lb. tol .y ; --.notlier smll l-jr, 
rather aull-jr, reatisdi l-^l, per 1". S;M;,;iy £jnr ba-l;eiB 
ot whut may once have neeu iir.:ziliaii roll Miaatto me 
of it was lujport' d ui ISfciOj were offered without reserve, 
but only one ioi old bard red aauatlo (1871 import )sold. It 
brouKht fid pt-r lb. 
CALUMiiA.— Of i61 packagfs offered today, only .16 aold, 
withuuirfservc, at 173 tjJ par cv/t. fjr ordinary brownish aiil 
tilighily wortny root. Good waihed Kiiteil calumbi wai 
bou;4ht in at 5iia per cvvt. today. 
Cardamomh.— The supply at today's auctions was small 
— only 72 packages; but a.;me parcels siaud over unlil Co- 
luorruw. Prictb are generally 2i lo 31 par lb. alvauce. 
'J'hj roll'jwinfj prices were paid : — -VIaa;^alore-i;haracter, 
pals round tiiediuuj, 23 6d ; ^mall 2s p=r lb. (bold are 
held for is 6J) ; spilt and specky. Is 6d per ib. Ocjloa- 
sori', bold pj.le round, oj od; medium size, 41 to iJs bi; 
small lo meamm, pnlo long and ihin m xed, 23 to is 
Id; yellow mixed. Is lOl to is lid; smoil yel ovi^ aud 
brown, partly splir, Is 5d to !< 61; rather be ner ditto, 
l3 81 ptr ib. Ceylon-Malabar, small to medium, (lool 
plump yellow, 'is od to iis 4(1 ; very smail round, Is :id to la 5d; 
split dull brown specky, la 61 per lb. Seeds sold very high, 
at k's 2 1 per lb. 
CoccuLUa iNWCOS.— The price is still rising slowly. At 
today's sak'S, 'M I'Oj^s realiaed lis per ewt. 
Oils (Essential).— Jitronulla oil iu tins is held for 
ll-16d per uz. 
Qui.vlNE.— The market has declined further, and lOd 
per cz. was accepted for German bu ij ou the spjt early 
in the week, since whtn abjut 1U0,0jO oz. have changed 
hands at that li^ure. A s ile ot iO,OdJ oz. N jvember-Decem'jer 
13 alio reported, at lOjd ptr oz. 

While news comes from the VVynaad that the 
coffee crop there is going to be a bumper one we 
are also told that gold is disappointing it . searchers, 
Ever^ one who is anyone m geological circles admits 
that there are rich auriferous deposits in the 
Wynaad tract, but the amount of capi.al required 
to properly develop the gold industry has never 
yet been utilised there, and bad results are the 
consequences. Soma of the mines there are doing 
so indifferently that large numbers of hands have 
beau turned adrift to swell the vast and discon- 
tented rauka ot tho unemployed. Some very hopeful 
planters toli us the El Dorada days of coffee planting 
are coming back to Wynaad. " Oh I let it be 8 con." 
— Malabar Spectator, 
