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28TH JUNE 1893, Nos. 576, 576A, 576B, 576C, REVENUE.
At the close of the last year, there remained in stock 416,858 lb. of barkMysore Durbar ,
making in all 536,341 lb. Of this quantity 173,992 lb. were disposed of during
the year as follows :—
Used in the factory for the manufacture of quinine and febrifuge.
LB.
171,717
Sold to the Medical Stores Department, Madras ...
.. . .. ...
1,000
Bombay ...
. . .
. . .
8 0 0
Sold to the Mysore Durbar ...
...
...
...
...
300
Supplied to the Imperial Institute ...
...
...
...
175
Total ... 173,992
and there remained in stock at the end of the year 362,349 lb.
VIII. BUILDINGS .—All the buildings on the several estates have had the neces--
sary annual repairs executed, and the total outlay thereon was Rs. 1,098-0-5, detailed
thus :—
RS.
Dodabetta . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
146
A.
6
P.
6
Nedivattam ...
...
...
...
...
•••
•••
. . .. 801 7 0
Pykara
...
...
...
•••
...
...
...
... 150 2 11
Total ... 1,098 0 5
IX. FACTORY.—The work in the factory was carried on continuously during the
whole year, with the exception of a month in the autumn when fuel for the boilers fell
short, and for three weeks in January when the place was closed for the Christmas
holidays and some alterations which had to be made in the machinery and other plant.
In July last, the Carter's Disintegrator used at Nedivattam for grinding bark was
broken, and though the leading firms at Calcutta and Bombay were telegraphed to, a
new one could not be procured in India ; but Messrs. Richardson and Cruddas of
Bombay wrote to say that they had a "Devil Disintegrator," which they thought
might answer the purpose of a " Carter's." Under the sanction of Government
accorded in G.O., No. 3294 of 20th July 1892, Revenue, the Director proceeded to
Bombay, but after seeing the " Devil Disintegrator " at work, it was found that it
would not be suitable for the requirements of this department, as the bark turned out
by it was of too coarse a quality and was also charred. The broken parts of the
disintegrator were then sent for and there and then mended by Messrs. Richardson
and Cruddas and taken back to Ootacamund
During the past year, 4.933 lb. of sulphate of quinine were manufactured at the
fact ory at Nedi vat t am. At t he cl ose of t he previ ous year, t here was i n st ock 2, 652 l b.
10 oz., making in all 7,585 lb. 10 oz. ; of this quantity 3,203 lb. 13 oz. were disposed of
as follows :—
LB.
Issued to the Medical Stores Department ,: Madras
... 2,090
oz.
0
..,
Bombay . . .950 0
"
"
Mysore
...
100
33
0
Sold to private parties.
. . .
31 15½,-
Made up into powders for issue to Collectors in paper packets
121 13½
Total ... 3,203 13
and there remained in stock at the end of the year 4,381 lb. 13 oz.
Of febrifuge there was manufactured during the year 3,139 lb. and there remained
in stock at the end of last year 1,355 lb., making in all 4,494 lb. ; of this 2,608 lb.
8 oz. were disposed of detailed thus :—
LB.
Issued to the Madras Medical Stores
...
...
. . .
. . .
1 , 6 0 0
OZ.
0
Issued to the Bombay Medical Stores Department
...
... 1,000 0
Sold to private parties ... ... . . . ••• . . . 8
8
Total ... 2,608 8
and there remained in stock at the end of the year 1,885 lb. S oz.