June i, 1891.] FHE TRlOPiOAL AQRIOULTURHST. 849 
BA.KK AND DEUG KEPOKf. 
TEA IN GEEMANY. 
(Prom the Chemist and Dmygist.) 
London, April 9th. 
Cardamoms.— The following figures refer to the ship- 
nientb of cardamoma from Ceylon in the period between 
January 1st and March Kith; — 1891, 71,487 lb.; 
96,333 lb.; 1889,48,572 lb.; 1888, 83,0381b. 
Cinchona.— Tnesda;, ’s bark sales were moderate in ex- 
tent and consisted almost wholly, so far as saleable 
barks are concerned, of Ii.iliau-grown cinchona. Mot only 
re<, but also grey and yellow barks were weli repre- 
sented. The catalogues tvere composed of the following 
assortment ; — 
Packages Packages 
Ceylon bark ... 208 of which 154 were sold 
East Indian bark ... 1,605 do 1,521 do 
South American bark 616 do 114 do 
Total ... 2,4.59 do 1,789 do 
No Java b.rrks were ofCerel. A dull tone prevailed 
throughout the auctions, and prices declined about 10 
per cent, as compared with the previous London anolions, 
thus falling to about par with the last Amsterdam sal-s- 
The unit ranged from Jd to Id i>er lb., the latter limit 
being scarcely exceeded even for the best gra les of bark. 
The following are iho approximrte quantities purchaoed 
by the principal buyers ; — 
Lbs. 
Agents for the Brunswick factory ... 143,541 
„ Mannheim anil Amsterdam factories 75,799 
,, American and Italian factories ... 47,6i0 
,, French works ... ... 38,120 
,, Stuttgart and Frankfort o/M svorks 37,936 
Messrs. Howard & Sons ... ... 25,610 
Agents for the Auerbach factory ... ... 23,060 
Mr. Thomas Whiffen ... ... 17,670 
Sundry druggists ... ... 15,430 
Total quantity sold 
Bought in or withdrawn 
421,806 
83,956 
Total Ciuantity offered ... ... 808,762 
The following report *is given of the result of the last 
Amsterdam auctions so far as pharmaceutical bark is 
concerned The assortment, which was exceedingly large, 
was a fairly good one of all grades. There were several 
parcels from private plantations of exceiition dlj good 
appoarance and carefully dried ; first quulicy long quill 
from the Guvernment plautatians realised 81 to I2n 
cents; short ciuill 60 to 61 cents: second quality was nut 
offered ; broken quill and coarse chips, 1 1 bales of 
medium quality sold at 11 cents per had kilo. A few 
parcels of the barks grown on private p’.aut.ations sold 
as follows :—Suociruhra : Grey without moss, iO"g quill 
40 to 52 cents ; short ditto 34 to 47 cents ; smooth b own 
long quill 25 to 40 cents; short ditto 20 to .35 ceUM; 
broken quill, no dust 25 cents. Lancifolia : Handsome 
long quills 59 to 61 cents; short ones 16 cents. Galisaya: 
Schuhkiaft, long tuin quill 29 to 30 cents ; Calisaya, 
one parcel ol badly-dried thin quill went cheaply at 8 
to lu cents— the supply of this quality much exceeded 
the demand, and 313 cases were bought in ; a few parcels 
were badly cured, and cousequeuoly had a musty smell, 
and the planters are particu arly cautioned against any 
eurelesness in the drying of their bark The quill of 
thru bark should not be rolled so as to obtain the ap- 
pearance of stout quill. If carefully and regularly 
rolled and of good airpearance, thin small quill is always 
in demand, but the section nf it should sh w an incom- 
plete circle, and not a spiral form, such as is obtained 
by rolling it round several times. 
At the Amsterdam bark auctions on Thursday of last 
week, out of 7,40l packages offered tor sale, 6,200 were 
sold, ut an average irrice of 5Jc per unit (equal to Id 
irer lb.) The prices pud for manuf.icturers’ bark varied 
from 3c t • 58c ; ditto root, from 9c to 49c. Druggists’ 
bark, chips and qu lls, obtained 7c to 126c: root Oc to 
12c. 3,604 kilos sulphate of quinine cout iined in tlie 
bark wore sold at 5c per unit ; 5,916 kilos at 5,Io per 
unit ; 5,666 kilos at 6c per unit ; 2,197 kilos at 65c per 
unit ; 582 kilos at 7c per unit, according to published 
analyses. The chief buyers were the Brunswick Works, 
tne Auerbach Works, Mesers. Matthes & Bormoestcr 
(Amsterdam), C. L. bchepi) & Zouen (H iterdau,), and 
Gust. Briegleb (Amsterdam ) On the day following the 
sale, must ol ihe bought-iii imuufa 'luring barks were 
sold, but the prices have remained secret. 
Coca Leavk.s. Thirty-five p ickagos Java leaves sold by 
auction at Amsterdam on Tluirsflay last at the tollow- 
iug piiccs :— Crushed leaf, .3,5 to 5t cents (equal to 6id 
to 9id per lb.) : rolled leaf, 30 cents (equal to oid 
per lb.) 
Coco.t Buttuu.— T he monthly auctions which took 
place here on Tuesday resulted in a decline. 500 2-cwt. 
gases of Cadbury’s brand selling at la to Is ojd per lb. 
Those of our readers who have uuticed the recent 
articles in this journal on “ Tea in France and 
“Tea ini’aria” (wUtre such vigorous eft'oris are being 
maue to popularise our vauured English bevtrago 
among the eminently soc.ab.e and biuulous Freocn, 
Will perhaps be inuresteu to fiatu that, lu its turn, 
the big neighbour ol 1 ^ raiiC '2 across toe Eoiiie is now 
to be buhjectrid to a similar peacctui mvasioii. 
The Indian tea planter is on the war-path; Au.siraiia, 
America, Belgium, F.auce—each ha.s been atiuckea 
wiihiu the last lew years ; and still, like Lars I’orsena, 
East and west, aud south and north, 
He bids his medsengers lide lorih ; 
And none shad say him nay. 
A movement 1 as lately baeu set on foot uiiJor tbo 
auspi.es of the Indian Tea Association of Uakiuta 
for the introdumiou into Germany of pure Indian ton, 
as such, and this by means of an organised packet 
trade. 
The tea, which consists oi three specially selected 
blends, is prut up iu attractive little packets of jib, 
I lb., aud I lb. (German weight), rhe labels of which 
set forth in two languages the v.ruies of the con- 
tents, aud b ;ar, moreover, clearly printed on each, 
careful ins ruotiuns for tea making, together with net 
weights aud recailiug prices, fine latier, we believe, 
have been fixed at I, 5, aud 6 marks per | mlo, which, 
iu Germany, where G marks is quite a common price 
for quite a common tea, should prove an attraction iu 
itselr. 
The services of a Hamburg firm have been secured 
as a sort of general agency or distributing centre for 
the German Empire.', and wo understand that a contract 
hr.!, been entered iiuo lor a lorm ol ytars, which in- 
cludes several valuable p.ovibions. Among tiie.se are 
one by wmch the ag<nt agrees to purchase a fixed 
miuimum— and yet nut a very small — quantity oi tue 
,ea ioedchye-ir; and by another, to establish i.t least 
one depot for the sale ol the new article iu every town 
Ol over kUjOLlO inhabitani.s, aud not It.ss than twenty 
Ddcn depots within the first year. 
VVe are only sorry not to observe any arrange- 
menc for the opening of tea rooms or other p.aues 
f> r the piuciical conversion of the Teuton from the 
■' bier-seidoi ” to the tea cup; nut doubtless this 
imiiortant point nas not been overlooked, anil it 
will be merely a question of time and — time’s twin 
money. 
Eossibly their reernt experience of the rather 
costly amusements with “Palais Indiens” and the 
like in Pans, has a little dampi-d the ardour of tho 
dauntle.ss Indian tea zealots ; or haply they are but 
pausing lor a moment to retlect upon the excellent 
Italian maxim, * Gin va piano, va Tono.’’ However 
lias be, we are persuaded that iu Germany the enter - 
pa.siug planter nas before him one of tho most promis- 
ing field- in Europe, aud it ue be wise in his generotiou 
h > will look to It that this new movement m search 
of tea consumers do not languish for lack of his euer'-etio 
supp rt. “ 
Already wo hear rumours of German Governmental 
patronage for the euierprise, piobably ou temperance 
grounds. Grea, is the faith ot the Teuton in the magic 
of ufiicial favours, aud rccognitioii ot tue UndertakinK 
by those having authority should in his couutry go lar 
Cowards ensuciug success. “ 
Certaiuly there is iimcu room for the extension of tea 
CO sumption m Germany. Lot us glance at the fixates 
ot iho question. ° 
With a population of over 48,000,000 the Fallierland 
now consumes only some 1,500,000 lb. 01 tea jicr annum 
or say U'UO tb. per nead, wnde iis pro.-p .r.,us iiuio' 
neighbour, Holland w,th lutie over 4,000.000 mbauitants 
laaes nearly 0,000,000 lb. auniully, or say lA lO uer 
bead. '■ 
4t follows that, could we persuade the usually not uii- 
thirsty German to absorb even one-bait uS much 01 our 
fragrunt bever.igo as the apparently sull 111 re thustv 
DatoUnisii, tho tea trade of Gormauy would at 01100 be 
.ncreased seven or eigbtl'old— say to 00,000,009 ib. pet 
