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pitayo  is  a  rich  bark  from  Peru,  a  very  high-level  species,  said 
to  be  found  growing  through  the  snow. 
17.  During  the  year  both  C.  sueciruhra  and  C.  officinalis 
ripened  seeds  ;  5f  ounces  of  the  former  and  5J  ounces  of  the 
latter  were  distributed.  One  ounce  of  seed  will  raise  nearly 
50,000  plants. 
18.  There  were  distributed  from  Rungbee  during  the  past 
financial  year  cinchona  plants  as  under  : — 
C.  sueci- 
ruhra. 
C.  cali- 
saya. 
C.  offici- 
nalis. 
Mr.  Werniche,  Kursiong  .  . 
Dr.  Jameson,  Saharunpore  . 
Mr.  Robson,  Tukvar  .... 
Col.  Strutt,  Kangra  Valley. 
2500 
1500 
50 
260 
200 
12 
500 
Total  .  .  . 
4000 
522 
500 
19.  The  amount  of  propagation  having  been  greatly  reduced, 
a  considerable  number  of  the  old  frames  and  glass  were  sold. 
The  receipts  for  the  past  year  of  the  cinchona  plantation  paid 
into  the  Darjeeling  treasury  were  as  under  : 
Rs.  As.  P. 
Rent  from  land  let  .  .  .  .  1130  0  0 
Price  of  a  wardian  case     .       .        .  10    0  0 
Sale  of  cinchona  plants  .  .  .  156  4  0 
Sale  of  old  glass      ....         187    8  0 
Total    .       .     1483    12  0 
20.  The  total  expenditure  for  the  year  on  the  Sikhim  cinchona 
cultivation  was  Rs.  50,224,  being  Rs.  18,642  less  than  the  esti- 
mate, and  Rs.  18,040  less  than  that  of  the  preceding  year. 
21.  The  C.  sueciruhra  trees  stand  6  feet  by  6  in  the  planta- 
tions, and,  as  an  experiment  in  January  last,  a  small  portion  of 
the  denser  plantation  was  thinned  by  cutting  down  three  trees 
out  of  every  four.  This  was  found  to  produce  300  lbs.  of  dried 
bark,  worth  about  Rs.  250  per  acre. 
