English acres, 326

Quassia wood, 643

Quas, a fermented Russian beverage, 308

Quercitron, 443
485

_Quercus tinctoria_, 443, 485
_suber_, 504

Quintal, the Spanish cwt., equal to 1013/4 lbs. English,

Quinine, imports of, 636
manufacture of, 635

Quillai, bark of, used for soap, 574

Quinoa, 310
species of, 507

Railways, large consumption of oil for, 513

Ramos (Mr.) his dessicating agent for sugar, 140, 162

_Ramalina fufuracea_, 486

Ram-til, 535

Ramsay (Mr. C. J.) on beet sugar manufacture, 200

Ranunculus, properties of, 626

Rape oil, 609

Rape seed, quantity imported, 563
oil, 513
cake, 564

_Raphis fabelliformis_, 314

Red pepper, 429
Sanders wood, 445
Sandal wood, 378

_Reseda lutea_, 452

Revenue from sugar, 143

Rhamnus, varieties of, 442
leaves of, used for tea in China, 105

_Rhizaphora mangle_, 493, 506

Rhubarb, 644

Rhus, species of, 450

_Ricinus communis_, 542

Rial, a Spanish coin worth 6d., 135

Rice starch, 344
imports of, 303
produce per acre, 356
meal for feeding pigs, 383

Rice imported, 218
starch, Jones's process, 303
consumption per head in the East 297
price of in China, 298
time it may be kept, 292
threshing mill for, 288
grown in Demerara, 292
history of, 283
American crop of, 285
returns of produce in Carolina, 291
weight per bushel, 290

_Richardsonia scabra_, 641

Rimu, or red pine, 505

Robertson (Mr.) on the collection of Paraguay tea, 133

Robiquet (E.) analysis of aloes, 629

Rocella dye, 452
species of lichens, 486

Room, an Indian dye stuff, 443

Roucou, a name for arnotto, 447

Rotation of crops, 243

Root crops, 355
prices of in New Brunswick, 254

Rollers, proportionate advantages of those with 3 & 4, 168

Roxburgh on the sugar cane, 179

Roses, cultivation of, 570

_Rottlera tinctoria_, 442

Royle's (Prof.) productive resources of India, 103

_Rubia cordifolia_, 484
_tinctorium_, 478

_Ruellia tuberosa_, 625

Ruellia, a dye stuff, 443

Rupee, an Indian coin worth about, 2s

Russia, production of beet sugar in, 199
consumption of tea in, 92
tea sent to, 87

Rye, analysis of, 258
imported, 218
meal, imported, 218

Sappan wood, 445, 446, 447

Salisbury (Dr.), analysis of