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[Class IV.

TAXXIXG MATERIALS IX EAST IXDIAX COLLECTION, &c.

1 to 6. Oak bark -7 and 8. -

9 and 10. I.arcli bark

11. Mimosa bark -

12. Babool bark -

13. Cork-tree bark

14.

15 and 1G. Hemlock 1bark - — — j

17. Sumach — -

13 and l.t. Valonia20 .

21 .

22. Divi Divi . -

23.

24.

25. Myrobolans -

Quercus pedunculata England.

•* „

Flanders.

Pinus larix — —

Scotland.

Acacia sp. - -

( New Southl Wales .

Acacia Arabica —

Bengal.

Quercus suber —

Laruche.

Rabat .

Abies Canadensis

United States .

Kl:us coriaria —

Sicily .

Quercus segiiops-

Snnrna.

5? » "

Trieste.

5' 5?

Ca?salpinia coriaria

Morea.

Maracaibo ,i Rio de la

j* jj

1 Hache.

_

Savanilla.

Terminalia sp. —

Bengal.

2Gand27. Terra Ja-1 i • 0 *

ponica — — f ^ auc * ea Cainbir- Singajiore.

28. Cutch - — Acacia catechu, &c. Pegu.

29. Cutch, black - - Calcutta .

The Jury awarded a Prize Medal for this complete andinstructive series.

A considerable number of tanning materials are alsoshown by Messrs. Bkvixgtons and Sons, as illustrationsof the process of tanning generally (Class XVI., p. 518).The specimens exhibited are small, but valuable, as beingshown in conjunction with the prepared leather, andtherefore as illustrating the practical application of theseveral substances; the Jury deemed this series worthyof Honourable Mention.

An instructive and highly useful series of these sub-stances are also shown in the collection of Liverpool Im-ports ; these are as follows;—

Commercial Xamc. Plant. "Whence Imported. ISIS 1819

Tons. Tons.

Oak bark - —

Quercus sp. - -

Holland; Belgium

296

514

Cork-tree bark —

Quercus suber -

Rabat —

—

-

160

Divi divi - -

Csesalpinia coriaria

Maracaibo

—

-

„ - "

Rio de la Hache

-

n — —

Savanilla

-

-

Algarobilla —

Prosopis pallida -

Valparaiso

-

-

400

Valonia - -

Quercus segilops —

Smyrna -

—

-

M - -

—

Camatena

—

-

Myrobolans -

’Terra Japonica -

Terminalia chebula

East Indies

_

-

183

851

Acacia catechu —

East Indies

-

- )

Cutch - — -

-

Calcutta -

-

(

" [

903

742

—

Singapore

-

- )

Kassu — — —

Areca catechu -

Cep lo n —

-

—

Rare.

Sumach, ground

lihus coriaria —

Trieste -

-

-)

m “

- -

Palermo —

-

-L

93

93

5 —

jj ~~

Marseilles

-

-

Sumach, leaves -

55 _

Trieste -

-

-J

Specimens of oak bark, gambier, myrobolans, sumach,and valonia are included in the collection of Hull Im-ports; the yearly importation of these substances intothe port of Hull is about 2,500 tons.

A fine sample of pure Palermo sumach is exhibited byJ. Kitchin (126a, p. 205*), as ground for the use oftanners and dyers.

Besides the tanning materials already imported, a con-siderable number of new or little known astringent sub-stances are shown in the East Indian collection, some ofwhich appear well to merit the attention of practicalmen. Amongst those exhibited are the following :—

1. Terra juponica, kut or cutch, and catechu, the well-known extracts of the Acacia catechu, and certain alliedplants, from Rutnagherry, Calicut, Moorshedabad, Patna ,Calcutta , Kohilkund, &c. Gambier, the extract of theNauclea gambir, from Singapore .

2. Acacia or Babool hark, the bark of Acacia arabica,and A. catechu , &c., from Madras, Scinde, Shahjehanpore,Kohilkund, and Assam .

3. Mangrove bark, the bark of the IVnzopora Mangle,from Arracan, Malabar, and Singapore .

4. Turwar or cassia bark; Avaraputtai, Tangadajigota ( Cassia auriculata \ from Yizagapatam ; and Sara-condraputtai, Cassia Jistula, from Madura and Tinne-velly.

5. Saul-tree bark, Shorea robusta , from the Saulforests.

G. Pomegranate rind. Tunica granatum ; Darunkapucke, Dadima jegota, from Kemaon and Vizagapatam ;Dalumka khola, from the vicinity of Calcutta.

7. Jamoon bark, Eugenia jambolana, from Cuttack ,and the Chota Nagpore division.

8. Samak bark, from Singapore .

9. Peal bark, from Cuttack.

10. Dhak gond, pulas, of butea kino, the red astringentexudation of the Butea frondosa, from Kajpootana, Cut-tack, Vizagapatam , and Meerut.

11. Vangay or gum kino, Pterocarpus dalbergoides,from Malabar.

12. Kino, or astringent extract of the Buchanania lali-folia (?', from the district of Chota Nagpore.

13. Majoophul, or gall nuts, Ficus infeetoria , See., fromChota Nagpore and Kohilkund divisions.

14. Sumrut ool Use, or tamarisk gall, Tamarix indica ,from Bombay and Lahore .

15. Divi di\l, Casulpinia coriaria, recently introducedfrom South America , contributed by Dr. Falconer, fromthe Botanical Garden at Calcutta.

16. Teree, Cctsalpinia sp., contributed by A. Sconce,from Chittagong.

17. Myrobolans, the dried fruit of various species ofTerminalia, extensively used both in dyeing and fortanning; Terminalia belerice, Baheera bhnra (or hurrah),from Mirzapore, Kohilkund, and Calcutta ; Terminaliachebula, from Kohilkund and Patna . Terminalia citrina ,from Patna, Moorshedabad, Cuttack , and contributedalso from Assam by Captain Smith (p. 881). Terminaliaelata, (?) Marada, from Mirzapore. Terminalia angusti-folia, humtokee, from Calcutta.

18. Emblie myrobolans, aomla berries, Phyllanthus em-blica, from Kajpootana.

19. Mochrus, Bombax malabaricum and B. heptaphyl-lum , from Meerut.

20. Gaub, the fruit of Diospyros glutinosa, from Cal-cutta .

From the Cape of Good Hope M. Thalwitzer sendssamples of tanning bark (3 and 27, p. 949, 950\ apparentlythe bark of a Mimosa. Deserving of Honourable Mention.

Some good samples of hemlock bark, illustrating itsuse as a tanning material, are exhibited by J. Allon, ofMontreal (100, p. 195). These the Jury deemed inte-resting, and deserving of Honourable Mention.

Specimens of the bark of the hog-plum tree, Spondiaslutea, abundant on the banks of the river Berbice , andwhich is commonly used in British Guiana for tanning,are shown by T. B. Duggin (56, p. 980). A sample ofCourida bark, Avicennia nitida, a tree very common onthe eastern coast of Demerara, likewise used in tanning,is exhibited by D. Shier (58, p. 980).