VII 
CASSIA BARK 
235 
Imports for 1884-1885 
Cwt. Value in Rupees. 
To Bombay 
To Bengal 
To Madras 
. 13,308 2,01,944 
2,226 41,460 
235 4,940 
14,769 2,48,244 
Of this China sent 13,557 cwt., valued at 2,24,805 
rupees, and the Straits Settlements 1,212 cwt., valued at 
23,536 rupees (this latter was probably Malayan cassia). 
The bark, re-exported, went to Persia, 2,785 cwt. ; 
Arabia, 980 cwt. ; and Turkey in Asia, 715 cwt. Thus 
at least the greater part of the cassia bark in commerce 
is derived from the Chinese Cinnamomum cassia. 
In French Indo-China some interest has been taken 
in this bark by the French colonists. M. Eberhardt 
and Professor Perrot published recently an article on 
“ Les Canneliers dTndo- Chine,’' in the Bulletin des 
sciences pharmacologiques, in Paris. They come to 
the conclusion that there is only one type of cassia bark 
tree, and that is Cinnamomum ohtusifolium, Nees, the 
cassia bark of Cochin-China ((7. Loureiid, Nees) and 
the Chinese cassia {C. Cassia, Bl.) being only varieties 
of the Annamese {(7. ohtusifolium). 
There is one fairly extensive plantation of the tree 
in Quang N’gai (Annam) of 1,000 trees, a few plants 
in the Tea Gardens of M. Lombard, near Tourane, and 
some native cultivations in Bink-Na. 
The different sorts of Annam cassia are valued by 
the Chinese buyers according to appearance and source. 
The most highly valued is the “ Cannelle Eoyale ” of 
Thank Hoa, which is valued at more than its weight in 
gold. 
It is obtained exclusively from wild trees. The 
writers estimate that a tree, 15 to 16 metres tall, giving 
this class of cassia, brings 1,200 to 1,500 francs to the 
owner. Mr. Crevost {Bull, e'con. Indo-Chine, No. 77, 
1909, p. 150) states that the average price of the bark 
of Thank Hoa cassia ranges from 202 to 337 francs a 
