27TH JUNE 1895, No. 407, REVENUE.
No. 12.
STATEMENT showing the Receipts and Charges on account of the Government Cinchona Planta
- t i o n s , N i l g i r i s , f o r t h e y e a r 1 8 9 4 - 9 5 p r e p a r e d i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s i s s u e d
in the Secretary of State's Despatch No. 3, dated 11th February 1886.
Disbursements, &c.
Amount.
Receipts, &c.
Amount.
To value of bark in stock on 31st March 1894
(268,144 lb.) as under–
RS. A. P. To value of bark in stock on 31st March 1895
(195,129 lb.) as under-
RS. A. P.
RS. A. P .
RS. A.
P .
31,964 lb. of 1889-90 at 0 6 9 701 per lb. 13,601 8 2 43,505 lb. of 1890-91 at 0 8 11 .862 per lb. 24,440 4 8
57,313
„
of 1890-91 „ 0 8 11 . 862 „
32,197 5 10 40,487 „ of 1891-92 „ 1 6 6.365
„
57,011 12 1 1
40,487
„
of 1891–92 „ 1 6
6 3 6 5
"
57, 011 1211
1 3 , 1 4 5
„ o f 1 8 9 2 - 9 3 „ 0 1 0 i
6
.
7 6 3„
8 , 6 7 8 1 0
3
54,913 „ of 1892-93 „ 0 10 6 . 763 „
36,254 14 0 32,273 „ of 1893-94 „ 0 1 4 0 . 085 „
28,253 2 7
83,467 „ of 1893-94 „ 0 14 0 . 085 „
73,070 13 8 65,719 „ of 1894-95 „ 0 9 11 752 „
40,989 7 9
Total
159,373 6 2
Total. 2,12,136 6 7 Bark supplied to Madras Medical Department
266 0 0
„ „ to Bombay
„ „ to private parties"
136 12 0
Sale of seed and plants
12 0 0
To establishment and working charges
78,311 1 8 Percentage of the Quinologist's fees
40 6 6
Miscellaneous
381 8 2
'
Febrifuge
33,990 5 6
T o v a l u e o f q u i n i n e a n d f e b r i f u g e i n s t o c k o n 3 1 s t M a r c h 1 8 9 4 .
I 95,688 9 1 Quinine
42,472 12 9
Cinchonidine muriate
62 4 0
„ sulphate
132 0 0
Total. 77,494 0 11
Value of quinine packets supplied to Collectors 1,650 0 0
Do. and febrifuge, &c., in stock on
31st March 1895
89,422 8 0
Amount to be recovered from Bombay Medi -
cal Stores
12,000 0 0
Do. do. under Miscellaneous. 1,594 6 0
Loss on operations
44,601 12 3
Grand total 3,86,136 1 4
Grand total 3,86,136 1 4
ORDER-dated 27th June 1895, No. 407, Revenue.
With his letter read above, Mr.
Lawson submits his report on the admi-
nistration of the Government Cinchona
Plantations during the year 1894-95 and Mr. Hooper's report on the analytical work
done by him during the same period.
2. The rainfall registered in all the estates during the year under review was
considerably less than that of the previous year, but this does not appear to have had
any prejudicial effect on the condition of the plants or the outturn of bark. The quan
- t i t y o f b a r k h a r v e s t e d h a s , i n f a c t , r i s e n f r o m 8 3 , 4 6 7 l b . i n 1 8 9 3 - 9 4 t o 1 2 5 , 5 5 7 l b .
in 1894-95. The Government is glad to note that considerable improvement has been
effected in all the estates except Nedivattam, which labours under peculiar disadvan
-tages. Mr. Lawson, however, reports that the plants in general have been deterio
- r a t i n g a n d t h a t t h o s e n o w r a i s e d f r o m t h e m o s t c a r e f u l l y n u r s e d t r e e s a r e n o t s o
vigorous or long lasting as those raised from seed produced by the same trees twelve or
fifteen years ago. He therefore suggests that a fresh supply of seed should be
obtained from South America. This suggestion, which Government is prepared to
consider favourably, should be submitted for orders separately, as required by rule 7
of the rules circulated with G.O., Mis. No. 7772, dated 22nd December 1886. In so
doing the causes of the deterioration should be explained as far as possible, and it
should be stated whether the same tendency is observable in the Government Cinchona
Plantations in Bengal.
3. The total number of trees standing on the several estates at the end of the pre
- v i o u s y e a r w a s 1 , 7 4 6 , 2 1 0 a n d t h a t o f t r e e s c o p p i c e d o r u p r o o t e d d u r i n g t h e y e a r 2 2 , 7 4 2 .
There have been no new trees planted since the close of the year 1891-92 and none
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Miscellaneous.