Quarree, a Spanish land measure, about 53/4 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