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THE TROPlOmL AtWW3W.TOm8T- 
[May 2, 1892. 
^heons ; currant, raisin, and grape vine cuttings 
or rooted vines. It should be noted that whilst 
rooted vines cost about £6 per acre, i.e., six times 
the cost of cuttings, the former give an earlier 
yield, and the growth is more certain. 
The charges mentioned in the following estimate 
are necessarily approximate. Definite quotations 
will be supplied on application for the preparation 
and planting of specific allotments selected by 
purchasers. 
Estimated Expenditdee. 
On one 10-acre Horticultural Allotment at Mildura 
purchased on the 5 years' Time Payment System, 
one half, i.e., 5 acres, planted with Oranges, and 
the remainder with Raisin Vines, at the Company's 
Current Bates for Planting, Irrigating, and Culti- 
vating Holdings for Besident or non-Besident 
Owners. 
First Year — Rate. £ s. d. f s. d. 
Deposit on 10 Acres 2/-/- 20 0 0 
Twelve Monthly Instal- 
ments, 5 years' system 3/19/2 47 10 0, 
Title Charges . . 3 12 0 
Clearing 10 Acres (open 
10/- 
0 0 
6/- 3 0 0 
country), say 
N.B.— If Timbered Land 
be selected, the Cost of 
Clearing will be from 
£1 10s. to £4 10s. per 
Acre. 
Cultivation.— First Year- 
Ploughing or Scarifying 
about 18 inches deep . . 1/5/- 12 10 0 
Clearing small roots and 
sticks; (stick picking) 
about . . 
Grading or Levelling, cost 
varies from 20s. to 60s. 
per acre, according to 
configuration of ground, 
.say 2/-/- 
Planting, Cultivating, and 
Irrigating for 12 Months 7/-/- 
Water Rates.— About 6/- 
per acre per annum . . 
Plants.— 5 Acres Oranges 9/12/- 
,, ,, Raising 
Vine Cutting . . . . 1/-/- 
Fencing. — Cost of 1 End, 
7 chains . . . . . . 15/- 
Half Cost of Division 
Fence, viz., 2 sides and 
1 end, 37 chains .. 7/6 
Gatje 
Total Expenditure First Year 
Second Year — 
Twelve Monthly Instal- 
ments, five years' 
system .. .. 3/19/2 
Cultivation. — Cultivating 
and Irrigating . . . , 5/-/- 1 
Water Bates,— About 6/- 
per acre per aimum . . 
Total Expenditure Second Year 
Total, Expenditure First Two 
Years, 5 years' system 
260 9 
100 10 0 
.£360 19 6 
,, ,, 10 years' system £322 19 6 
The third year's outlay will also be £100 lOs,, after 
which the yield should be ample to cover all ex- 
penditure, including instalments on land. 
l.Ht October 1891. 
bAltK AND DRUG REPORT. 
(From tbe C'hemint and Drug(jht.) 
London, 18th Feb. 
AiMATTO. — lilleveii bags bright seed from Oeylon sold 
at 2d to '^{i per lb., and alar^e quantity of dull annatto 
Heed realised from Id to 2d. 
Ni;x Vomica.— Kather dull of sale, and soaiewhat 
t-HBior. BUty packageu were uhown, and the bulk of 
this was bought in at Us for slightly damaged fair grey 
eee'i from Colombo ; some ordinary brownish seed from 
Coconada sold at 8s 9d per cwt. 
Quinine.- Quite flat and easier. Second-hand German 
bulk is hawked about 9^d per oz. on the spot. At the 
Amsterdam bark sales in January last 17,856 kilos snl- 
pnate of quinine were offered, against 7,559 kilos in the 
January auction of 1891. In the February sale of this 
year 18,195 liilos were offered, against 9,312 kilos in Fe- 
bruary 1891. The total amount of quinine in the bark 
offered in Amsterdam during the first two months of 
tnig year excee'^s considerably the total offerings daring 
the first four months of 1891. 
London, Feb. 24. 
Cinchona.— Tuesday's auctions were unusually heavy 
The catalogues numbered of: — 
Packages Packages 
Ceylon 978 of which 864 were sold 
East Indian 1,447 do 1,316 do 
South American 406 do iOB do 
Java 173 do 173 do 
African (West Coast) £63 do 563 do 
Total ... 3,567 do 3,151 do 
The greater part of the 413 packages which remained 
unsold at the auctions have subsequently been disposed 
of at th« equivalent of the sale value The large pre- 
ponderance of Indian barks at the sales was again a 
somewhat prominent feature— India may, in fact, be 
said to have ousted Cey on from the leading position 
she has of late years occupied upon our market. The 
supply of West African bark, too, wa« larger than we 
believe it has ever been before. 
The following are the approximate quantities bought 
by tte principal buyers : — 
Lb. 
Agents for the Brunswick works ... 181,875 
Agents for the Mannheim and Amsterdam works 168,08p 
Agents for the Auerbach works ... ... 82,794 
Messrs. Howard & Sons ... ... 69,518 
Agents for the Italian and;American works .. G7,i93 
Agents for the Frankfort o/M and Stuttgart works 63,411 
Sundry druggists ... „. 60,4i2 
Totali quantity of bark sold ... ... 693,393 
Bought in ... ... 105,004, 
Total quantity of bark offered ... 798,397 
The auctions showed rather irregular results, but, 
considering the large quantity of bark offered, they 
proceeded very steadily. At first there was some im- 
provement noticeable, but that was afterwards lost. The 
unit remains steady at Ijd per lb 00 an average. Much 
of the cinchona i.ffered was of good quality, and there 
was a much larger percentage of Ledger bark than usual. 
The fullowiug figures represent the exports from Java 
during the second halves of the last five years:— 
1891 1;90 1889 1888 1887 
Ameter- Amster- Amster- Amster- Amster- 
dam lb. dam lb. dam lb. dam lb, dam lb. 
Private plan- 
ions 4,693,747 3,851, .381 2,221,745 1,8:4,188 1,635,729 
Government 
plantations 459,823 270,318 292,915 335,433 381,477 
Total 5,153,570 4,121,699 2,514,660 2,190,321 2,017,206 
Fob. 25. 
Essential Oils.— Lemongrass flat at 1 D-I6ths d. per 
oz. on the spot. To atrive there offers at Ijd c.i.f.. 
Citronella offers on the spoi at Id per oz. in bottles and , 
J.i per oz. in tins. The c.i f. quotation for tins ia IOjIt 
per lb, 
Java Tea.— Last year was not a very good one 
fpr Java tea, the prices being low and the crop 
a small one. Towards the end of the year higher 
prices were obtained in Amsterdam than in London 
but it is a question whether ihia would have 
been so had the whole crop been put on the 
Amsterdam market. The attempt to get the tea 
direct to the cooBumers in Holland hasmttwiih 
so much suooees that further efforis arc being 
made in that direction. In future Java tea will 
bo exclusively used in the Netherlands Indian Army, 
and tbe Chinese, with an eye to bueineee, have 
succeeded in getting hold of some tea plantations, 
whioh is deplored because the Chinese find ways 
and moans of marking a profit which others would 
unwillingly resort to. — S. F. Ptess, March 8. 
