August i, i8qi.] 
THE TROPICAL AQRIOULTURI8T. 
127 
gluoosa disappears in favour of oane Sugar, as nearly 
as possible equal in quantity. The varying figures 
for protoids and fat are curious. Had the kernels 
been analysed, those of ripe nuts would, of course, 
have shown a largo proportion of fat:— 
0 / Milk of Ripe and Unnpo C'ocon«»s.-By 
miilT' Chemical Journal). Tho 
vail inf ■ was transparent like 
suepenaiou a little cloudy white 
? on Fn by filtra- 
aDDearaiinn * *^i*’*s''i** qu'to turbid in 
did not filter clear. The specific 
at *'y*l>i'>'ii>“eter, water by drying 
Gunning’s modification of 
ahiv dlammerbaoher’s analysis prob- 
ably refers to ripe coconuts. 
Milk of unrlpo Coconuts. 
No. 3. No. I. No, 6. 
Sp gr at ^ 
Water “is 
cent at 
Ash,l- 
4>“slkr,‘‘“® 
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(ether ex- 
tract) . . o*08t O'lOO n*l'is 
Journal, Chemical 8 clety. 
fe-L-S 
= g §JI’ 
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n-° ^ 
No. 6. No. 7. No. 8 
33U’0 lU9'ii 151'9 
l'U215 1-0410 1-0412 
95*27 
d6'43 
91*23 
01*50 
0-608 
0*603 
1-06 
1*10 
4*;JQ 
3*66 
trace 
- 
trace 
trace 
4*42 
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0*140 
0*005 
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0'145 
0*120 
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NT 
OF 
THE 
kekuna tree. 
print, literatim, a contribution sent to us as a 
specimen of what the author could do for a free 
Ofisercer. Ono sentence must be 
trini o T ■ • •'skuna does not grow- in any dis- 
lice. It ,a essentially a lowoounti-y tree which we 
-4 000 °,*^ recollect seeing at an altitude of over 
>'iWO feet. 
About Kakoona Tbees. 
T ia.-_i “»• Cpcomitry Jienidenl.) 
a small “I planters are glad to hear 
poonlo ® sbont these trees, although many 
Stands o ^ ''® “®<’er. 
teeo ^i, a “ ““““i** "hat for they are. The Kakoona 
do not P""* .growing tree in any distriot and 
n-rriefn? ‘Pyihing. These trees are 
poor illLgors “Poountry villagers, many of tho 
sin. oil fhev r*’° ** n'^® "louey to spend for Kero- 
to light’ only^ ir Uda^ houBBS 
villagers vary bn.y Vn i'’®"®, P°®* 
to alt years the tri '“„®'?“®»ti'iR these seeds ; from 3 
" toona,” and began to 1- ®? ‘traiglit as 
heavy crop is fri. »i?- * ^® ®’'°P ^ ‘"'°® ■ J®*''- ^he 
seeds’^ arc Hpen, aTl laUlnTH (‘''V®''-) When the 
collecting thomonoe a . la® ‘h® ob'lJrens «re 
After they collect tl e\®®d Thr“ . 
them from tho shells ® have to clean 
them weX when they *„n KV “'i® T 
theyhavetobreakiitby stone, 
oil. There are two wavs taldL^ m“.®' “"1.“; ““'‘® 
thteg’' pVs’s rthe^haJe'ma^e'' tL‘°hh’ °“’‘5 * “ ^ t* 
oil is taken out. the dust Ts Hko a" -® 
a very good manuare for them I th^ “ '® 
19 very good lot manuatiug tea! &’c 
BARK AND DBUCJ REPORT. 
{From the C/iemht and Druggist.) 
liondon, June 20th. 
CiNcnoNA,— A rather moderate snpply of bark was offered 
at auction on Tuesday, the total BUi.)pJy couaisting of 
Packagea Packages 
Oeylon cinchona .... 600 of which M5 were sold 
East Indian cinchona 1,116 do 1,031 do 
Java cinchona .... 18 do 18 do 
South American 
cinchona .... 3il do 83 do 
Total 2.05^ do 1,666 do 
The Dxoo^s lu the supply of ludian over Ceylon grown 
Dark, wnicu baa been uoticuable at our bark auotiouti 
for some months, is Htlll maintained, ihe East Indi a 
oineboua on this ocoamou comprisodono or two parco 
of unuaual alkaloidal nchneea. These were the produce h 
the well-known •• Wentworth ” plantation in Britiss 
India and were shipped from Calicut. One of Che parcel r 
In question consisted of 1,180 lb. of natural Ledgec 
shavings (said to ounlaiii an equivalent of 10 per cen 
8. q ). which after vigorous bidding, comoienoing at 7d 
jier lb. Was disposed of at I'M per lb. ; another (wliioh 
WHS reported to analyse 8 85 per cent e. q.), sold at lOd 
per lb. Tho proportion of yellow barks (Oalisaya and 
Lodger) at the auctions was unusually largo, whereas 
Uie grey varieties wore offered exceedingly sparinclv- 
The tone was a fa rly good one throughout the sales 
and over 01 per cent of the Eastcru barks sold, with 
pretty 8tea<ly competition, at unaltered prices, the unit 
ranging from to l^dperlb. 
The following are the approximate quantities purchased 
by the principal buyers 
Agents for the Mannheim and Amsterdam works 
Agents for the Uruuswick work 
Agents for the Frankfort o/M. and Stuttgart works 
Agents for the Auerbach works .... 
Agents for the Amorioam and Italian works .... 
Meosrs. Howards & tons 
Mr, Thomas Whlffou !./. 
Sundry druggists .... 
Total amount *of bark sold 
Bought in or withdrawn ... 
Lbs. 
135,073 
61,460 
66,553 
39.943 
33.080 
29,9 3 
1,990 
41,874 
412,415 
09,834 
Total amount of bark offered ... 482 239 
It should be 'well understood that tho mere weight of 
hark purchasod affords no guido whatever Co the quinine 
yield repreauutoa by it. lirma who buy a sm dl quantity 
oi bark by weight frequently take tho richest Jots 
and Vice versa. 
An atialyaU of the mlOi of mannfiotnrliK! barks effected 
at the last ABiabfirdam an.’CiiHis showB ihvt an oquiva- 
I I ^1,®* sulphate of quioiue sold at 0 cents: 
l.li'O kilos at ef cents : 2 -'So ki. is a, 7. and 347 kilos 
at 7 oenta per unit. Druj-gista’ barka In quilla were 
offered very sparingly. For long Snooitnbra quills of first 
quality the figure of la Sjd pec lb. was rraohed The 
i-ichest bark offered was a lot of 37 packages Govern- 
ment-grown Ledger bark in broken stem quills. It 
analysed 8-27 per cent q a., and sold at 6S to 67 cents 
per 4 kilo. The next Amsterdam sales will bs held on 
July loth. 
Coconut Oil.— Sluggish— fine Ceylon, 29b 3d : good 
Cochin, 34a per cwt. 
Orcublla.— C eylon weed la cheaper, a parcel of 33 
bales fait flat having sold at 203 pot owt. at tho 
auctions. 
Quinine The market has been very flat this week, 
and tho only sale of which we have beard was one of 
7.000 02. Brunswick In second hands at lOJd per oa., the 
flgnre showing a fresh deoliiie in value ; that is still tho 
nearest quotation today, but the manufactures thomaolves 
do not seem to oare to give any quotation at all near 
tho second-hand prioe. 
NOTES ON I’RODUCE AND EINANCE. 
The Dun on Tea. — On Wednesday in tho House 
of OommonB, ou tho motion (or tbs third reading of 
tho Uiistoms and Inland Revenue Bill, Mr. Fiotou 
oalled ntteuMon to the largo increase in the consumption 
of tea since the reduction of the duty. According to 
the statistics given by an eminent firm of teabrokers 
the increase in 1890 was between nine and ton million 
pounds’ weight of tea. It might be said that at the 
time of the redaction of tho twopence ou the tea duty 
a large amount of ten had been kept in bond and 
was suddenly drawn out. But the statistics, ns far as 
they were avsilsble, showed that tho increase had 
qontmuod, Thi8;wa8 an lodioation that the enjoyment 
