May I, 1891.] 
THE TROPICAL AQt?10ULTUR1ST. 
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very rapid cliaiige in this respeot. For instance, wo 
import four-fifths of all the sugar we use ; the amount 
of cano sugar imported last year was no larger than 
that of the year before, while tlie importation of beet 
sugar was nearly four times greater than it was 
the previous year. This was an exceptional in- 
crease, to be sure, but the growth has been steady 
for some years past ; and when to these singnificanfc 
facts are added the successful commencement of beet 
sugar making and the tremendous interest now being 
taken in the possibilities of the industry, it will be 
seen that the probabilities are altogether in favor of 
both tho production and consumption of beet sugar 
in this country soon exceeding that of sugar made 
from cane. The position of beet sugar among Buropeau 
produots is thus stated in a pamphlet issued by the 
Oxnard Beet Sugar Co., of Grand Island, Nob. : 
“ Beet sugar paid the the Prussian war debt iu Prance, 
and has done more to make the people wealthy than 
any other thing. Lift year Germany produced 
1,220,000 tons of beet sugar— more tlian any other 
nation. Austria followed with 730,000 cons, France 
with 700,000 tons, Russia 480,000 tons Belgium 
with 195,000 tons, HoUand ' 60,000 tons. Total pro- 
duction 3,415,000 agnijist 2,761,4.57 tons in 1886, and 
2,451,900 tons in 1887. This is the most successful 
agriculture in Buropo. It will soon make the farmers 
of Nebraska who raise sugar beets rich and stimulate 
all other interests.” 
[The above is from the Sugar Bawl,” published 
in Nev/ Orleau?. In the same paper occurs the 
following paragraph on the very exceptional riches 
in saeohai'ine matter of sugar cans grown in 
Louisiana : — 
As A Sugar CovflTS,Y-— Louisiana Equals the Tropics, 
— Judge O. B. Sansum, a native of the AVest India 
island of Bermuda, we believe, where be was reared 
as a sugar planter, is enthusiastic over the fumre of 
sugar in Louisians. He says last season we grew 
richer cane than he ever heard of in that country, 
and he thinks we can compete with the world in sugar 
production. To prove this, he shows an analysis of 
cane which he grow on the pine lands of Tangipahoa, 
which polarized 16'1 per cent in sugar 1 Not only the 
pins lands, but al.-^o many other sections last year made 
cano nearly as rich in sucrose. 
—Ed. t. a.] 
BARK AND DRUG REPORT. 
(From the Chemist ami Erucigist.) 
London, Feb. 20th. 
Cinchona.— Tuesday’s bark sales offered a fairly ex- 
tensive supply, distributed as follows : — 
Packages Pacliages 
Ceylou bark 
956 of which 
665 
wore sold 
Ease Indian bark 
1,526 
do 
1,203 
do 
Java bark 
6 '5 
do 
4U 
do 
South American 
bark . .. . 
183 
do 
5o 
do 
Total 
2,731 
do 
1,9.54 
dj 
Tho assortment was 
a pon* 
one, 
and 
the auctions 
were altogether l icking in spirit, largo piles being bought 
iu at nominal prices because the limits fixed for 
them could uot be obtiiiicd. On the wboie the m-irket 
was decidedly easier, and iho unit price can scarcely be 
said to have ereragod l.[di)or lb. 
The following are the quantities purchased by the 
principal buyers : — 
XjUB. 
Agont.s for the Brunswick work .... 15i,r!70 
Agents for the JI>iiiuheim nml Amsterdam works 1 19,’2sl 
Agents for tho Auerbach works .... <il',7S2 
Messrs. Howards & .'^on.s - 33|s:i^ 
Agents for the French, ttalian, &c., works 3-i,U75 
Agents for tlio Kraulifort o/M. and 8tuUgart works 29.UU.S 
Sundry druggists 37 018 
Total quantity sold .. 466,:i7,i 
Bought in or withdrawn ... ... 158yjl:i 
Total quantity offered ... f-25,llS 
(}uiMNK.— Busiuess'has hocn very quiet this week, and 
tho market closes w'onk and lower. A low days ago 
5,000 oz. second-hand German bulk wore reported sold 
at 103d per oz., and today there are further sellers at 
that price, but no one ventures to buy. 
Londoh, March 12th. 
Annatto.— B right Ceylon seed is repored to have been 
sold privately to some extent at the rate ofS^dper lb. 
Cinchona.— The supply of bark offered at Tuesday’s 
auctions was exceedingly small. The ca'alogues com- 
prised ; — 
Packages Packages 
Ooylon bark 
675 of which 
561 were sold 
East Indian bark ... 
587 
do 
476 
do 
Java Bark 
3 
do 
— 
do 
South American bark 
360 
do 
248 
do 
Total 
1,525 
do 
1,285 
do 
The assortment was a poor one. and does not call for 
any special observation. A quiet tone prevailed, and 
there was no quotable change in the prices. The unit 
remains at about l:ld per lb. Flue bright Siucirubra 
chips and shavings for druggists are scarce and realise 
comparatively high prices, with good competition. 
The following arc the quantities purchased by the 
principal buyers : — 
Lbs. 
Agents for the Brunswick works ... 56,080 
„ Mannheim and Amsterdam works 145,117 
„ Frankfort o/M and Stuttgart works 24,468 
,, Americauiand Italian works ... 22,042 
,, Auerbach works ... 20,266 
Messrs. Howard & 8011s ... ... 18,090 
Mr. Thomas Whiffen ... ... 1,780 
Sundry druggists ... ... 19,090 
Total quantity sold 
Bought iu or withdrawn 
288,033 
52,829 
Total quantity offered ... ... 340,862 
Java Cinchona, — Three cases good druggists’ stem quilts 
were bought in at Is per lb. 
SOUTH Amkrioan Cinchona.— Of 246 packages culti- 
vated Bolivian Calisaya, 2i5 packages were sold (27,180 
lb.) at 7jd pier lb. for fair broken quill ; 5d to 5|d for 
quilly chips , and l|d per lb. for very coinmou twigs. 
Twenty-nine bales damaged Pitayo, and 4 bales ditto 
soft Colombian, via Hamburg, sold at 2d per lb. A parcel 
of 75 bales damaged Carthagena, also via Hamburg, is 
held for 6d per lb. The next Amsterdam sale will 
take, place on April 2nd. The shipments from Java 
continue large, the steamer “Sumatra ” which left Batavia 
on January 29th, carried about 75 tons of bark. The 
exports of cinchona from Java are given as follows by 
ilesBis. Bbhirnger & Sons From July 1st, 1890 to 
February 27th, 1891, about 2,400,UUO kilos.; from July 1st, 
1889 to March 1st, 1890, 1,758,000 kilos. On the other hanu 
the arrivals^ by rail in Colombo show a considerable de- 
cline, the figures being: January 1st to February 23rd, 
1889, 5/5 tons; same preriod 1890, 415 tons; January 1st to 
March 1st, 1891, 260 tons; 
The arrivals from Southern India this week have been 
very heavy, the S. 8. “ Steiitor,’’ which arrived on March 
5th, aloue brought 1,729 piackuges from Calicut aud 480 
from Beypore. 
Essential Oils. — Citrouella without business, at Sri 
to per oz. Lemon grass also quiet at l^cl to l|d 
per oz. 
IjirORTATJON OF UNiSOUND TMA. 
u Luatoms having been requested 
by the Colonial Ireasuier to report on the state- 
ments of a deputation to Ihe tllect that unsound 
tea condemned in Meibource was being imjiorted 
into bydney, forwarded to Ihe Government Analyst 
SIX eainples of the questionable tea, and asked 
for a report the three points to bo determined 
b.ing (1) ^ Whether the tea was of the following 
standard— 30 per cant, of extract, 3 per cenL 
o^f soluble a, sh, calculated on tho dry tea 212 decrees 
8 per cent, of total °ash. 
(2) Whether tiie tea representeJ by the samples 
contained any ingredient injurious 10 the health 
ot possible consumers, And (.3) Whether the tea 
was unlit for human consumption. To these ques- 
tions the Govsmment Analyst replied as follows : 
Government Laboratory, Sydney, 25Ui February, 
hir, — 1 have the honour to submit tho result 
of my analyses of tho, samples of tea, which are 
