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THE TROPICAL AtSWCOLTURIST, 
[May 3, 1892^ 
‘^heons; currant, raisin, and grape vine cuttings 
or rooted vines. It should be noted that whilst 
rooted vines cost about per acre, i.e., six times 
the cost of cuttings, the former give an earlier 
yield, and the growth is more certain. 
The charges mentioned in the following estimate 
are necessarily approximate. Definite quotations 
will be supplied on application for the preparation 
and planting of specific allotments selected by 
purchasers. 
Estimated Expenditure. 
On one 10-acre Horticultural Allotment at Mildura 
purchased on the 5 years’ Time Payment System, 
one half, i.e., 6 acres, planted with Oranges, and 
the remainder with Itaisin Vines, at the Comi)any’s 
Current Bates for Planting, Irrigating, and Culti- 
vating Holdings for Eosident or non-Kesident 
Owners. 
First Year — Rate. 
Deposit on 10 Acres 2/-/- 
Twelvo Monthly Instal- 
ments, Byears’ system 3/19/2 
Title Charges . . 
Clearing 10 Acres (open 
country), say . . 
N.B. — If Timbered Land 
be selected, the Cost of 
Clearing will be from 
ill lOs. to .£4 lOs. per 
Acre. 
Cultivation. — First Year — 
Ploughing or Scarifying 
about IH inches deep . . 1/.5/- 
Clearing small roots and 
sticks; (stick picking) 
about 
Grading or Levelling, cost 
varies from 20s. to 60s. 
per acre, according to 
confifjurfttion of ffroundj 
say 2/-/- 
Planting, Cnltivating, and 
Irrigating for 12 Months 7/-/- 
Water Kates. — About 6,'- 
per acre per annum . . 
Plants.— 5 Acres Oranges 9/12/- 
„ „ Raising 
Vine Cutting . . . . 1/-/- 
Fencing. — Cost of 1 Rnd, 
7 chains . . . . . . 15/- 
Half Cost of Division 
Fence, viz., 2 aides and 
1 end, 37 chains , . 7/0 
Gate . . . . . • 
Total Expendituiik First Year 
Second Year — 
Twelve Monthly Instal- 
ments, five years’ 
system . . . . 3 19/2 
Cultivation. — Cultivating 
and Irrigating . . . . .5/-/- 
Water Kates, — About (i/- 
per acre per annum . . 
Total Expenditure Second Year 
i' B. 
20 0 
47 10 
3 12 
10- 5 0 0 
12 10 0 
.3 0 0 
20 0 0 
70 0 0 
0 0 
13 17 
3 15 
47 10 0 
50 0 0 
3 0 0 
200 9 
this was bought in at 11 a for slightly damped fair grey 
8ee>l fri>m Colombo ; some ordinary brownish seed from 
CoGonnda boM at 88 9d per cwt. 
Qut.viNK.* Quite fiat and easier. Second-hand German 
hulh is hawked about Sfd per oz. on tho spot. At the 
Amstcriiam bark sales in January last )7.85d kilos sul- 
piiato of quinine wore offered, against 7.559 kilos in the 
January auction of 1891. lu the February sale of this 
year iH,lu5 kilos were offered, against O.^l'J kilos in B''e> 
bruiiry isyi. The total amount of quinine in the bark 
offered lu Amstordam during tho first two months of 
^his year oxcee’s considerably the total offerings during 
tho first four months of 1891. 
London, Feb. 24. 
Cinchona.— Tuesday’s auctions were unusually heavy 
The catalogues numbered of; — 
Packages rack.iges 
('oylon 
978 of which 884 were i 
East Indian 
1,447 
do 
1,316 
do 
South American 
4(K5 
do 
208 
do 
Java 
173 
do 
173 
do 
African (West Const) 
fC.3 
do 
563 
do 
Total 
3,567 
Jo 
3.151 
do 
The greater part of the 4l.*i package.? which remaiued 
unsold at the auctions have snbsequently been disposed 
of at the equivalent of the sale value The large pre- 
ponderance of Indian barks at tho sales was again a 
somewhat prominent feature — India may, in fact, be 
said to have ousted Cey on from tho loBding position 
she has of Into years opcnpled upon our market. Tho 
supply of West African burk, too. was larger than we 
believo it has ever been before, 
Tho following are the approximate quantities bought 
by tie principal buyers : - 
Lb. 
Agents for tho Brunswick works ... 181,87.5 
Agents for tho Maunheim and Amsterdam works ld8,080 
Agents for the Au«>rbach works ... ... 8‘.l,794 
Messrs. Howard &. Sous ... ... (19,518 
Ageuts for tho Italian aud'American works .. ()7i<93 
Agents for the Frankfurt o/M and Stuttgart works 0.3,411 
Sundry druggists ... ... ttu,4lj‘2 
Totabquautity of bark sold ... ... (193,393 
bought ill ... ... 105,004 
Total quantity of bark offered ... 798,397 
The auctions showed rather irregular results, but, 
contiidering tho largo quantity of bark offered, they 
proceeded very steadily. At first there was some im- 
proveiurnt noticeable, but that was afterwards lo^t. The 
unit reuiHiuB steady at l^d per lb ou au average. Much 
of the cinchona • ffered was of gooii quality, and there 
was a much larger percentsgoot Ledger bnrk than usual. 
The f llowlng figures represent the e.vports from Java 
during the second halves if the last five years;— 
1891 1'90 If-ao 1888 1887 
Amster- Anister- Ainster- Amstor- Amster- 
dam lb. dam lb. dam lb. dum lb. dam lb. 
Private i>lau- 
ions 4,«t»3,7l7 3, 851, .381 2,221,745 1,8’4.1«H 1.635,729 
Gavemment 
plautaiious 459,823 ;i70.318 202,915 a35.4.‘13 381,477 
Total 5.153, .')70 4,121,099 2,514,000 2, 190, .321 2,017,2(10 
Fob. 2.5. 
Kbsknti&l Oils.— L emongrass flat at I91(ithsd. per 
07,. OU the spot. To arrive there offers at IJd o.i.f. 
CitroQOllu offers ou tho spot at Id per oz. iu bottles and 
^1 per oz. in tius. The c.i f. quotatiuu for tins is lO^d 
per lb. 
Total Expenditure First Two 
Years, 5 years’ system £300 19 G 
„ „ 10 years’ system i‘322 19 6 
Tho third year’s outlay will also bo £100 lOs., after 
whicli the yield should bo ample to cover all ex- 
penditure, including instalments on land. 
1st October 1891. 

LABK AND DRUG REPORT. 
(Prom the Chemist and Druggist.) 
London, 18th Feb. 
ANNATTO.— Eleven bags bright seed from Ooylon sold 
at 2d to 2 id per lb., and a large quantity of dull annatto 
seed realised from Id to 2d. 
Nux Vomica.— R ather dull of ealo, and somewhat 
easier, bixty packages were shown, and the bulk of 
Java Tea.— Last year was not a very good ope 
for Java tea, tho priooa being low and the crop 
a small otic. Towards the end of the year higher 
prices were obtained in AmalfcrJam than in Lomion 
but it is a (piopfcion whetlier this would have 
been so had the whole crop been put on the 
Amalerdam market. The attempt to get the tea 
direct to the consumtrs iu IloUsnd haanutwi h 
so much BUQoeps that further efforts aro being 
made in that direction. In future Java tea will 
bo exolufiively used in the Netherlands Indian Army* 
and the Ohioeee, with an eye to businefB, have 
succeeded in getting hold of some tea plantations, 
which is dep'oved becauio the Chinese find ways 
and moans of marking a profit which others would 
unwillingly resort to.— S. F. Fress, March 8. 
