THI? TtfHWRAL AQRieULTOmST 
[AoaesT irr*S5i. 
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Init Tir«««nf. t<nt «»ett »i>iir now will b« 
fftnnrt in Onntrnl Aula anA ijia intaHnr of A fri>« wblob 
will bain to baap Aown aiooVa; ao fbat fabiofi’ thfooa 
alto^thar, wa mav aafalv aaaar* that tba nroanocla 
of the planting antarpri*a In WrnaaA are *nAav at 
haiaht aa they have been at any Hma In the naat.-> 
Madrai TVmej. 
♦ 
TOBACCO PLATJTIXO TN DRLT, ROTATBA. 
(From an old Crylon Plant rr.) 
T lotenii writlnsf you a brief letter very abortly i 
in the rneantime tblnva ar" at very low water at 
pretant ; prioee for onr tohaeoo ranolna from lOn 
to 1(50 per eent* lower than laat veer. — 1 S (13 will 
ahow a vary praat Almonltlnn in the plantinit area, 
anO It will RO very harii with a praat many 
pealetanta anil manaoerR after Ootnher of thifl year. 
ISatataR are belna reiiiieeO ami oloRefl all rnnnii. 
I mveelf am floina well ; phall he very alafl to rob 
any old Ceylon frienda who may think of taking 
a look roand herei 
THE TITTTCH MABITET. 
AMRTRhnAM. .Tone 2fith. 
riWoJfoNa. — The cinohona Bale to he held here on 
.Tn'y 10. 1091, will oonei't of 3,.'i4R hales and 400 
easea, about .3.9.3 ba'Ic. From Oovernment plan- 
tationa. 2H9 hales 71 oases, shoot 28 ton' : from private 
plantationa 3 2flfi hales 835 easea. shout SOB ton«. 
The hark is divided as follows: — I)ru<iaisis’ hark: 
Rneoimhrs qn'llB. 310 eases; broken quills and chips. 
114 hales 45 easea; rO“l, 89 balea ; flalisava SchnhkrsFt 
qnllla. 8 eases; broken qnills and chips, 9 hales 
11 eases. Manufnctvrinn hark : T,“dfferisna qnil'a, 3 
ossea ; broken quills and eh*ps. 2.351 halea 17 caafs; 
root, 885 hales ; offloinalis .piilla. 16 oases ; root, 49 
bales; hybrid quHls, 2 eases; broken quills and ohips, 
161 hales; root, 99 hates. Total 3,548 bales 400 oases. 
—FKtmUi and I>ruggist. 
THE EXTENHET) USE OP QUININE. 
The vatnable medieal properties of quinine as a 
medieioe, the advisability of th? druq heme more ex- 
♦ensively need, and the possibility of a decline In the 
enltivstioP of elnehnpa, the source h*' 
called forth a pro*e.t snd a warning from a cores- 
pondent in the Frimamitt avainst 
deelaves to be the nnroasonahly high P"®«" 
it is sold hy retailers. Accord, n<r to ‘h • 
pondent. who seems to he well ” s‘ 2. 
is en'd to the pnhiio in vsrions parU 
6s to its per ounne, it can he pnrchnsed from the mi t 
Toted SnnZtnrrrn hy *heret«i1«r at 1, 6d per onnce^ 
Hiepnlsrlv enouph. thoimh ten or f'®™" y'*” “ 
the wholesale priee was 12' sn ennce, 
oome so oheap store 1880, the retailers of ‘h® “rog 
;^ner;tlly declined to follow t»'« /holesa^e 
market. And thonvh it is st present sold st aorne 
store, at 2s - :;T, the Vest 
t"he'’’pnht reoneemod -• ihe retailers have “prsoti. 
esllv rnoorod^ in ‘’prohibitory 
,0::rO%hr"men.nn^o,^q^^^^^^ 
T0«C\nffeV^ frei" 
"-cncniso its valne. It . . ^ , that could be 
s. op„ eh. best '’.'^'’'’7;;7„rdiosl frsteridtv 
♦akeo dnrlne tha rpideraie. " . of this'iniquo 
sre woP aware that sn .jf- world at large.” 
dmg o-nnot f,i, to be a heyefl. to j^the 
39,e high nrlee at wbieh ,t is "O d to , J*. j,. -opp 
eorresnoodrnf. faet. he correct, not only deprlye poo r 
• Impossible I 100 per cent less would be 
At all! outconespondent mewis 50 to 75 pet cent. 
«». sr.si. 
pebnle of a nsefnl remedy, but, the supply being 
limited, the eultiyatlen of einobons is not so prnfliahie 
as it onght to he. At present, according to the best 
entboritioe, the normal eonsnmptlon of qnintne is 
7.000,000 onnoes, and the fell since 1880 in the value of 
the drag annually ennsnmed in the world ia put down 
at no less than 8,750,000 pounds sterling at wheiessle 
priees. There is s »Int in the market, heranae. i* is 
said, the retailer Bella the drog st sn onormnns profit, 
the result being that the trade in bark with flonth 
America has been prsetlonlly destroyed, and In f evlnn 
while the number of olnchnua trees wos 90,000,000 in 
1882, there are only abnnt 19.000,000 trees in the island 
now. Most of the bark imported into England, how. 
ever, comes from India. If the correspondent's facts 
he correct it is evident that the priee of quinine might 
i.e greatly reduced with advantage to all.— 3IaRcji«- 
ter Courier. 
THE MIOA INUUSTBT OF 
AUSTRALIA. 
SOUTH 
A £500 OKPgR VRCM AMRRTCA. 
Mr. W. Orooks, of Port Adelaide, reeeived alette^ 
on Wednesday from Messrs. Henry W. Peabodv * Oo.* 
of N"w Eork, riving seme interesting Infermstinn res- 
pectiiig seme samples of mica that bad been forwarded 
to them, and enclosing an order for sn experimental 
shipment to the value of £500. Messrs. Peshndv il; 
Oo. order l.OOOlh. of mios of sir.es varying from 3x6 
inohes np to 7x9, and at prioes rsngiegr from Ra 4d 
per lb. to 148 8d por lb., delivered in New York, the 
pnehaeers paving the dnty. The vaino of this ijlOO 
lb. will, at the prices named, exceed £.500. The prices 
show that America is a decidedly better market than 
«iPenmental order Messrs. 
Pesbodv & Oo. plain y indicate that if the shipment 
is ssliafsctory it will lead to further business In 
»» to shipment they memioti 
thit tn« flrst tninc; to do m prHparin? micft for lh« 
American market is to get patterns made of hard 
wood and for the exact size. They n,o a pattern 
made of black wslnnt about 1 inch in tbiekness and cut 
with regnlar shears made for the pnrposos. In entting 
mica care should be taken not to out ever oraoks and 
imperfections. The mica as it comes from the mines 
ehonld be split up into thioknnasea 1-16th of an ineh so 
that the cutter can hold the piece up to the light 
and see that tha pattern is not placed over 
cracks and imperfections. After the mica ia e.ir Ir 
ia then taken by the cleaners and each aiza Mrted 
and weighed up in ponnd psekagea aeoording to size 
and packed in boxes of 100 ft each. Messrs. Peabody 
soem to lay stress on the necessity of having mica 
property 'nd put up in a proper manner. They 
indiosto that the total sale for first-elnaa mink 
throuvhont tbo United State, doe, n„t . a 
«2fi0^ per annnm There are mica mines in Jhe 
country, and importations are likely to ho restrinJnd 
owing to a recent doty of 35 per Ie„t pl'oH ^ 
mioa by the McKinley tariff. With regard*^ to 
the quality of sanipleB sent thsm by Messrs 
Oreok & Brooker. Messrs. Peabody A Oo. ,"aVe 
that miioh admiration ha, been expressed as to 
the quality and «,z9 of the larger pieces, but un. 
fortunately a proportionate inorease of priee is not 
scoured, owing to the large-size sheets having to he 
cut in sraaller pieces before being marketable Of 
the’ smaller pieces of cut mioa sent the quality vsiried 
appeared as '* jisd been takon near the surface. If anoli 
IS the case, and the mine holds out, it ia likely to hecome 
.further down. Another element 
which IS onHcised >- the iron which is mixed to a coT 
aidershle extent cth the mica, which renders it 
u.sele8s for electricians' purposes. They thought, how- 
aver, that certaui veins of the mine would be clear 
from this element. A quantity of mica is iranorted 
from India and owing to the cheapness of labour 
India would probably he a strong competitor to non- 
tend agamat. Nearly all the mica shipoed from Tn.lia 
is forwarded in a out state, and arrives ready for 
market. Another criticism regarding the mica’from 
