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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[Dec. I, 1886. 



Proviuce of New Brunswick, Province of New Bruns- 

 wick 5. 



New South Wales. — Official Catalogue, Progress and 

 Resources, Progress and Resources, the Year Book 4. 



V'ictora. — Year-book, Catalogue, Illustrated H;in('- 

 book. Royal Commission ou Vegetable Products 4. 



South Australia. — South Australia 1. 



Queensland. — Queensland, Queensland Catalogue 2. 



West Australia. — ^West Australia, "West Aborigines, 

 West Geology, W* st Catalogue 4. 



New Zealand. — Catalogue, Hand-book, Geological 

 Catalogue, Fieli foi Emigration, Colonization Circulars. 



Fiji.— Hand-book 1. 



Cape of Good Hope. — Catalogue, Hand-book 2. 



Natal. — Hand-book, Catalogue 2. 



S'nits Settlements. — Notes on, Notes on Perak 2. 



Biitish Guiana. — Catalogue 1. 



West Indies. — Hand-book 1. 



West Africa. — Hand-book 1. 



Malta.— Hand-book I. 



Cyprus. — Oa alogue 1. 



h N. B( rneo. — Hand-book 1, 



West Australia. ^Timbers 1. 



Messrs. Ramsonie Sons and Jeffries Catalogue 1. 



TABLE OF COLONIAL Tx^AS : 



.U'STRAIiASIA. 



Victoria. 



lb. Value 



Import 1884-85 .. 11,.5'24,205 .. £667,8(0 



Duty .Sd per lb. Price Is 6d to 2s 6d per lb. 



Imported A. J, and whole chests of about io lb. 



Chiefly imported from Assam, China and parts of 



India, principally Calcutta. 



Queenslaud. 



lb. value. 



Imports from U. K. 1.5, .550 £' 738 Duty 6d per lb. 



.. N. S.Wales 1,077,263 60,946 £65,004 8s 3 J. 



., Victoria 387,467 21,222 



„ N. Zealand 410 28 Export 88,715 lb. 



., Hongkong 528,.%6 20,063 



.. China 744,503 35,099 £4,683. 



„ India 3,(590 219 



\T r> ■ I - 1 Average retail 



., NewGmnea 4:, 1 ^J^^M. 



S. S. Islands 



43 



2,757,277 £138,318 

 Imported in chests, J-che&ts and boxes. 

 Import lb. New Souih AV.iles. 



1881 7,4ii9.541 ) Customs value Is 9d per lb. 



1 882 8,^76,930 ( Duty 3d per lb. 



1883 7,588.709 j Retail price same as Eng ml 



1884 5,732,011 J Chiefly i, i and ^ chests 1 



Customs Revenue in 1884— £99,954 

 Chiefly from China ; hardly any fromludia. 



West Australia. 

 Import in IssS— :wo,9901b., Customs value £22,066 

 Duty levied four pence per lb. average retail 

 prices, Is 9d to 2s Gd 

 Size of packages from 101b. upwards. 



lb. 

 Imports United Kingdom ... 1,247 



„ Vic tori t ... ... 88,4)5 



„ South Australia ... 56,189 



„ New Sjuth Wales ... 6)0 



„ Queensland ... ... IsO 



„ HoQgk.ng 49,71-1 



3,229,993 115,369 



Entered for home consnmption 2,220,099 lb. Groaa 

 amount received £27,750 158 3d. Duty 3d per lb. 

 Nf.w Zkalanp. 

 Imports in 1884, U. K. . . . . 9,525 



„ N. S. Wales . . 125,081 

 „ „ Victoria .. 1,112,345 



„ „ Queensland . . 51 



,. 1^'iji 942 



.1 „ Hongkong .. 189,240 



•I „ Bengal . . . . 38,355 



„ China .. .. 1,704,803 

 „ South Seas . . 24H 





3 180,590 

 Duty 4d per lb. Entered for home consumption 

 4,391,809 lb. Value £180,301 lb. Custom receipts 

 £73,196 16s 5d Retail price Is 4d to 3s. 

 West Indies. 



•Jamaica 



Barbadoss .. 



Trinidad 



Dominica .. 



St. Kitts and Nevis 



Montsiirat 



Antegua . . 



St. Lucia . . , 



Tobago 



Grenar'a .. 



St. Viice t 



British Gu ana 



British Honduras . 



Bahamas 



Quantity, 



lb. 

 . 23,077 

 . 35,961 

 . 27,151 

 488 

 4,500 

 . 225 

 . 6,785 

 . 913 

 . 1,698 

 . 2,701 

 . 3,168 

 31,170 

 7,2.50 



Value. 



£ 



2,307 



2,697 



1,723 



59 



326 



14 10s 



452 



65 



121 



216 



246 



1,462 



434 



374 



Duty. 



Is per lb. 



3d ,. 



6d „ 



6d „ 







4d „ 







6d „ 



6d „ 



6d „ 



6d „ 



6d „ 



1b „ 



Is ,. 



Retailed 



..4,493 



Practically all imported from the U. K. 

 from 3s to 5s per lb. 



Imports from United States subject o ad valorem 

 duty of 10 per cent. Canada. 



Import. Value. Entered 



home con- Value. Duty, 

 sumption. 

 S lb. 



41,667 1^7,371 



174,537 



43, \: 8 



S 

 4,3^9 SO 



Black teas 

 Grf en and 

 Japan 1,642,494 257,7c5 1,837.5 2 290,^58 29,086-09 



Green and Japan 

 from U. Kingdom 



„ China 



,, .Japan 



,, British East Indies 



Black from V. Kingdom 

 ,, China 

 ,, Japan 



,, British East Indies 

 St. Pierre 



lb. S 



2,765,829 f32,e45 



1,424,335 299,741 



4,859,857 857,704 



640 153 



9,050,101 1,790,443 



6,260,602 1,210,667 



1,072,430 228,186 



31,326 5,330 



23,438 4,258 



380 90 



Impoit in 1880... 



I88L.. 



„ 1^82... 



1S83... 



7,38S176 1,448,531 



M.VUBITIDS. 



lb. Value. 



R 

 16,428 17,281 



39.748 42,971 



26,732 36,803 



24,846 31,624 



Duty RO-04 ct nts of rupee per lb. Average retail 

 price Wl per lb. Packag'=s of 1 and 2 lb. Usually 

 imported from India, Ceylon and Hongkong. 



Straits Skttle:ments. 



Cases. Value. 



S 

 Import in 1884... 69,944* 563,408 



No Customs 'uty. Indian tea is denrerthan Chinese 

 The bulk o the tea consuming population is Chinese. 

 Cases. Value. 



s 



92 2,906 from India. 



1,926 10,991 from British Burma. 



67,926 549,511 from China. 



69,944 563,408 



