THE TROPICAL AQRIOULTURI8T, 
[April i, 189a. 
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Thi barks were of fair quality, though tbore wer« a few 
lots of an uuusnally good character. Among the Ceylon 
bark yallow varieties were better reprcBcnted than nsuAl, 
At first the sales showed a dccldealy firmer tendency, 
and there was a strong competition for almost all 
parcels. This firmness was maintained while several 
catalogues wore being sold, but towards the end thore 
was a decidedly easier feeling, and on the whole the 
sales showed no improvement over the last X/ondon 
auctions. The unit remained at from Ud to lldperlb. 
It is noteworthy that several hundred packages of East 
Indian and Ceylon bark, Imported four or five years ago. 
were sold today. 
The following wore the quantities purchased by the prin- 
cipal buyers 
Lh. 
Agents for the Mannheim and Amsiordam works... 247,679 
„ Brnnswlok works ... 126,513 
Messrs. Howards A .Sons ... ... ... 63 654 
Agents for the Auerbach factory ... ... 7i,960 
M Atnerioan and Italian w^rks ... 45,780 
„ Frankfort o/M and Stuttgart works .sa.iio 
Sundry druggists.. ... 40,859 
Total quantity sold ... ' ... 660,045 
Bought in or withdrawn... ... ... 194,568 
Total quantity of berk rffered 703,613 
QuixiNK.— Towards the t»loR« of Inst week the market 
reoovered somewhat, end 15,000 oz. Bocond-hand Germsn 
bulk sold at from lOd to lOJd per oz. on the npot, after 
which holders refused to make any more Halen at that 
price. Early in tho week the nmrket agaiu became fir- 
mer, and sales tf 90.000 ox. German bulk, second<hand 
were announced at lO^d to iO|d, with further buyers at 
the higher figure. Since then the drug bns remained firm 
with further saleH at lo^d per oa. for Uerman b'llk on 
the spot. For forward delivery from lid t*) Is per or. 
is now oakod. but these prices are as yet unattainable. 
There are Blill sellers on the spot at lo^d per 0 %. At 
last week’s bark-sulcs in Amsterdam 
Quinine (in the bark) sold at a unit of 
kilos. cents. 
2,211 .... C 
9.938 .... Ci 
3,817 .... 7 
370 .... 74 
zuaklDg an average unit of 000 cents. The tone of tho 
sales was brisk aud animated, and only 2C9 paukages 
manufaotriring barks were bought in. Pharmaceutical 
barks were exceedingly slow of rale, aud nearly all lots 
of this description had to bo bought in. The richest 
£ arcel of bark offered at tho sales w'as one of 63 bales 
edger stem bark from the Kortamanah plantation, 
which was equal to 7'83 per cent quiulne sulphate, 
and sold at 48 to oo cents por half kilo. Aliog*rtlicr 
there were 221 (Kickagos cf bark testing over 7 per cent 
sulphate of quinine. 
Jan. 28ib. 
QOTKiifE.— Tho following equivalents of quinine sulphate 
in the bark were bought by the chief purchasers at last 
week’s Amsterdam cinchona sales :—Mr Uuat. Uriogier, 
6.070 kilos ; Messrs. Buhrirger A Sons, 3.577 kilos ; Auer- 
bach works, 8,210 kilos Brunswick, 1,707 kilos ; Frank- 
fort. 986 kilcR ; Messrs. Matthes and Bormcester, 968 kilos; 
Mr. J. du Ligt, G37 kilos; Messrs. Hoppert 8c Heyso. 
466 kilos; Messrs. C. L. Schtpp & Zoou, Sdi kilos. 
TEA TO DRINK. 
The following is fiom the Paris edition of the 
New York Herald : — 
Qdautieb op the Ihduk, Ohinkbe .iSD Ceylon Leap. 
Too Mneu Tannin. 
The Indian Teas Condemned — Ceylon Produce 
Upheld and the Chinese Leaf Praised. 
Tho lleraU't recent editorial on Tea has been 
very much commented npon, Messrs. Dixon. Oibbs 
A Co., of 17 ruo de la Paix, the Paris branch of 
tho big English firm, speaking of it, said “ We 
thoroughly agree wi'.h the aiiicle on tea in the 
JVeiB York Herald- Having had Sir Andrew (’h.rk'a 
report on China tea sent to ns, we asked his v-er- 
mission to allow us to have his rcmRika printed. 
China teas we have always recommended as being 
the roost wholesome. Dr, Jonathan Hutchinson, 
the eminent specialist, recommends a pure China 
tea for invalids, and for this purpose out firm 
have made up a special preparation known as tho 
LapsoD^'BoneboDg. Tbia (on is neither injuriou 
to digestion, nor yet causes besdaobes. It has none 
of the bad efleots of the Indian teas, which are 
apt to injuriously affect the liver on account of the 
amount of tanmn in them, 
“ Sir Andrew Clark has given os special per- 
mission to publish the following extraot from 
his lectnre delivered to the students of the London 
Hospital while describing the appropriate treat- 
ment of a certain patient. It applies strongly to 
the Herald't article : — 
A IlLESSED DKVERAOK. 
‘“Let him,” ho said, ‘ have plenty of good feeding, 
and at tho close of his meal let him sip a cup of 
milk-and-water, or a cup of tea. And hero I must 
auso to speak to yon about tea. Tea is a blessed 
everage. I do not know what I should do without 
It. Ttut there is tea and tea; and one of the teas 
which T have in my mind is tho representation of 
all that is physiologically wicked. I go abnnt town 
a good deal, holding consultations hero and there; 
anil about five o'clock, when I got into a place, tho 
lady of tho house will say to mo, “Sir Andrew, 
on look so tired. Do let me give yon a enp of tea." 
say, “ Thank you very mucli.” Hut tlie tea has 
stood for half an hour; and h1-,o rcinarks, “ I know 
yon do not like it atrong, Sir Andrew," and tlicn 
she puts about a tablespoonful of lea into the cup 
aud (ills it up with water. Now I call it positive 
omolty to give tea like that to anybody, and I hope 
you gentlemen will always set your faces against 
such a beverage. 
“ ‘ Tea to 1)0 nseful should bo, first of all, black 
China toa— the Lidian tea which is being culti- 
vated has become so powerful in its effects upon 
tho nervous system that a cup of it taken early in tho 
morning, as many people do, so disorders the nervous 
system that those who take it actually get into a state 
of tea intoxication, and it produces a form of nerve 
disturbance which is most painful to witness. 
“ ‘ If yon want to have, either for yourselves or for 
your patients, tea which will not injure and which 
will refresh, get black China tea, putting in the rigtit 
measure — the old-fashioned teaspoonful tor each per- 
son, and one for tho blessed pot. Then pour on 
briskly boiling water, and within five minutes you 
must pour it off again, or it will become wicked 
instead of good. I.et this patient, therefore, have half 
a pint of milk-and-water or cocoatiua, or half a pint 
of toa, d la Clark, if you please.’ " 
“How do yon account for there being so much 
tannin in the Indian teas ?” asked the correspondent. 
“ rrincipally on account of the lack of draimigoof 
tho land." 
“ And you really think they are bad for the liver S'” 
“Well, there is a practical proof of tliat in the fact 
lb'!'*’ it yon go to London you will find that a taster 
of Indian teas will receive from iSKX) to fiibO more 
per annum than tho one who tastes Chinese teas.” 
“And the Ceylon leas?” 
“ They are very much better than tho Indian 
teas. Wo have here somo very lino Ceylon gold- 
tipped teas, which run into as high as 4(lfr. tho kilo. 
Hut although wo keep it Ceylon tea is not very much 
known." 
“And what do you recommend for persons with 
bad livers?” 
“ A pure Souchong.” 
“And what do you consider tho best way of mak- 
ing tea ■?” 
“No tea should be infused for more than five 
minutes— Chinese tea for tliat period, hut Indian and 
Ceylon tens only for throe or four miuntes, and then 
drawn off." 
“ How do yon account for Ceylon tea being better 
than Indian ?'' 
“Heenuso tho conditions are better, and probably 
the climate has much to do with it. Ceylon has 
been taking the place of Chinese in some instances, 
as it is not quite so pungent. Wo use the Ceylon 
tea, as also tne Indian, m small quantities, about 
1-lCth to tho pound, to give a little more body to 
tho Chinese teas. 
