426  CINCHONA  CULTIVATION  IN  BENGAL. 
22.  At  the  same  time  a  considerable  portion  of  the  more  ad- 
vanced trees  were  pruned  by  the  removal  of  the  lower  branches. 
There  was  stored  from  the  thinnings  and  prunings  in  all  2400 
lbs.  of  dried  bark. 
23.  The  only  private  plantation  in  Sikhim,  which  (so  far  as  I 
know)  is  extending  cinchona  planting  on  a  considerable  scale,  is 
that  of  Mr.  Lloyd  and  Colonel  Angus,  known  as  the  Darjeeling 
Cinchona  Association,  and  which  occupies  the  north  side  of  the 
Rungbee  valley.  This  Association  has  now  about  500  acres  of 
permanent  plantation  of  C.  succirubra,  and  has  cut  a  considera- 
ble quantity  of  the  three-year-old  bark  during  the  late  cold 
weather,  and  sold  it  in  the  London  market. 
24.  The  Government  cinchona  plantations  at  Nunklow,  in  the 
Khasi  Hills,  was  formed  for  the  supply  of  cinchona  plants  to  the 
planters  in  Assam  and  Cachar.  Seed  is  now  easily  transmitted, 
and  I  believe  the  discontinuance  of  the  plantation  at  Nunklow 
has  been  decided  upon  by  Government. 
Number  and  distribution  of  Cinclioria  plants  in  the  Government 
plantations  near  Darjeeling  on  the        Ifarch,  1870. 
• 
Name  of  species 
of  cinchona. 
Number     in  permanent 
plantations. 
Number  of  stock  plants  for 
propagation. 
Number    of  seedlings  or 
rooted  cuttings  in  nur- 
sery beds  for  permanent 
plantations. 
Number  of  rooted  plants 
in  cutting  beds. 
Number  of  cuttings  made 
during  the  month. 
'  Total  number  of  plants, 
cuttings,  and  seedlings. 
1 
G.  succirubra 
1,055,100 
20.000 
164.615 
None 
None 
1,239,715 
C.  calisnya 
4.000 
10.000 
8,758 
32,274 
2.000 
57,0,32 
C.  mtcrantha 
29,667 
None 
None 
None 
None 
29,667 
C.  officinalis, 
and  varieties. 
406.899 
10,000 
205.952 
307,853 
Ditto 
930,704 
C  pahudiana 
5,092 
None 
None 
None 
Ditto 
5,092 
Total 
1,500,758 
40,000 
379  325 
340,127 
2,000 
2,262,210 
C.  B.  Clarke, 
Officiating  Superintendent,  Botanic  Garden,  and  in  charge  of  cinchona 
cultivation  in  Bengal. 
— London  Pharm.  Journ.  Aug.  6,  1870. 
