No. 12.
STATEMENT showing the Receipts and Charges on account of the Government Cinchona Plantations,
Nilgiris, for the year 1895-96 prepared in accordance with the instructions issued in the
Secretary of State's Despatch No. 3, dated 11th February 1886.
Disbursements.
Amount.
R e c e i p t s , & c .
Amount.
To value of bark in stock on 31st March 1895
(195,129 lb.) as under—
RS. A. P.
To value of bark in stock on 31st March 1896
( 1 9 0 , 3 7 2 l b . ) a s u n d e r —
R S . A. P.
RS. A. P.
RS. A. P.
43,505 lb. of 1890-91 at 0 8 11.862 per lb. 24,440 4 8 26,953 lb. of 1893-94 at 0 14 0.085 per lb. 23,595 12 11
40,487 „ of 1891-92 „ 1 6 6.365 „
57,011 12 11
18,671 4 6
20,936 „ of 1894-95 „ 0 9 11.752 „
13,145 „ of 1892-93 „ 0 10 6.763 „
8,678 10 3 133,483 „ of 1895-96 „ 0 4 7.217 ,,
38,388 2 10
32,273 „ of 1893-94 „ 0 14 0.083 „
28,253 2 7
Total .. 80,655 4 3
65,719 „ of 1894-95 „ 0 9 11.752 „
40,089 7 9
Total .. 1,59,373 6 2 Bark supplied to Bombay Medical Department
105 0 0
"
" to private parties .. ..
27 2 0
To establishment and working charges
.. 82,560 5 11 Government Quinologist's fees
..
..
50 0 0
To value of quinine and febrifuge in stock on
Miscellaneous .. ..
..
..
..
8 1 6
31st March 1895
..
..
..
..
8 9 , 4 2 2
8 0 Febrifuge
30,479 15 8
Quinine ..
..
..
..
..
.. 71,810 4 5
Cinchonidine sulphate ..
.. ..
..
401 1 0
Total . . 1,02,881 8 7
Value of quinine and febrifuge in stock on
31st March 1896 ..
.. 67,741 0 0
Do.
packets to Collectors
.. 2,399 0 0
Do.
do. to Postmasters .. 3,415 0 0
Amount to be recovered under Miscellaneous. 10,128 13 9
Do.
do. from Bombay Medi-
cal Stores
..
..
..
. . ..
3,240 0 0
Loss on operations
..
.. ..
.. 60,895 9 6
Grand Total .. 3,29,856 4 1
Grand Total .. 3,31,356 4 1
OOTACAMUND,
(Signed)
D. HOOPER,
21st May 1896.
Ag. Govt. Botanist and Director.
READ—letter from the Government Quinologist, Government Cinchona Plantations,
Nilgiris, dated Ootacamund, 18th June 1896, No. 63.
ABSTRACT.—Pointing out a printer's error in the Annual report on the Government Cinchona
Plantations for 1895-96 submitted to Government.
ORDER—NO. 350, Revenue, dated 23rd July 1896.
No. 350, REVENUE, 23RD JULY 1896.
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Miscellaneous.
With the first of the letters read
above, Mr. D. Hooper, the Government
Quinologist, submits the report drawn up
by him as officiating Director of the Government Cinchona Plantations, Nilgiris, on
the administration of the plantations during the year 1895-96. The report which was
due with the Government on the 1st June was received in the Government office only
on the 15th idem. The delay has not been accounted for but should presumably be
ascribed to the short period during which Mr. Hooper held the Director's office. No
separate report on the analytical work done has been furnished this year, the results
of most of Mr. Hooper's investigations being shown in the present report and in that
relating to the administration of the Government Gardens and Parks which has been
separately reviewed in G.O., No. 326, dated 11th July 1896.
2. Mr. M. A. Lawson, the permanent Director, was in charge of the Department
for over ten months in the year under review, when owing to his sudden death (on the
14th February 1896), Mr. Hooper was placed in temporary charge and continued to
officiate as Director till the 23rd May 1896. The scheme for the separation of the
Cinchona and Botanical Departments which had been under consideration during the
greater part of the year, was, under instructions from the Government of India, given
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