November i, 1884.] THF. TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 



383 



1881. 



Howard's. 



s. d. 



Av. lis 5id 



July 2... 9 6 



„ 16... 9 6 



„ 30... 10 



Aug. 13... 10 



„ 27... 10 



Sept. 10. ..10 



„ 21.. 10 



Oct. 8... 9 



„ 22... 9 

 Nov. 5 



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 Dec. 3 



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Foreign tins. lYllctier's. 



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1882. 

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„ 25... in 

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 April 8...10 



„ 22... 9 6 

 May 6.. 



,, 20.., 

 June 3.. 



„ 17.. 



Av. 9s9d 

 July 1... 9 



„ 15... 9 



„ 29... 

 Aug. 12. .10 



„ 26...10 

 Sept. 9...10 



„ 23.. .10 

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„ 21... 9 3 

 Nov. 4... 8 3 



„ 18... 8 6 

 Dec. 2... 8 6 



„ 16... 8 G 



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1883. 

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„ 27... 8 

 Feb. 10... 8 



„ 24... 8 

 Mar. 10... 8 



„ 24... 8 

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„ 21. 

 May 5 



„ 19, 

 June 2 



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„ 30, 



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„ 28... 7 6 



Aug. 11... S 



25... 8 



8... 8 



23... 8 



6... 8 



20... 8 



3... 8 



17... S 



1 .. 8 



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1884. 



Howards, 

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5 



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5 6 

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May 17 



„ 31 

 June 14 



„ 28, 



Av. Gs 0|d 

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„ 26... 5 6 

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„ 23... 4 9 



Av. 5s ljd 



Foreign tins, 

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Pelletiers. 



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4s 9d. 



LANDING CHARGES ON TEA. 

 It may be of some interest to your planters to 

 know, and I have takeu some little trouble to pro- 

 cure, the landing charges upon tea and the percent- 

 age returned to the merchant at this end. The following 

 table will clearly show the rates : — 



Mi 



D ^ O .-O J 



8cs oa 



s. d. s. d. 

 Landing and 



housing rate 3 6 2 7 

 Management 



rate 4 4 3 3 



Bulking and 



taring 2 10 



cow 

 s. d. 



o.a oi o r2 OJ <" .o 



O O IOCJ t)f t-~ f 3 to 



SO I— -T IO CQ rr r-t :o <* i-h 



s. d. s. d. s. (1. d. d. 

 1 1 II. 1 , 



7 2 1 



1 5 



2 4 1 11 

 Kent per week 1 0J 0-i 0| 01 04, 11} 0] 

 Note that lauding and housing rate is charged when 

 goods are sold privately; management when goods are 

 sold publicly. Both are not charged. The private 

 warehouses have bteti gradually eating into the busi- 

 ness of the London and St. Katherine Dock Co., 

 by returning crrtain percentages to the merchant. 

 The charges from full rates were reduced by this 

 competition to 35 per cent allowed. Suddenly, and 

 lately, the Dock Co., to put an end to further opposition 

 and crush the private warehouses, are allowing 50 per 

 cent ; and the privateers, not to be outdone, have 

 responded with 55 per cent. When this big leap was 

 made, the private people tried to come to an arrange- 

 ment with the Dock Co., against the common enemy, 

 the planter, but all advances are so far made in vain. 

 The Dock Co. are very bitter and are determined to 

 maintain the low rates. I heard of one »an house 

 which last year showed a profit of £3,000 and is now 

 barely covering expeusts. Let planters take nolo, 

 however, that at, present they should r( ceive hack 

 at least, 50 per cent, and 1 will endeavour to advise 

 any chang.-.— London Cor. 



THE CACAO (CHOCOLATE) PLANT AND ITS 

 ENEMIES. 



THE CEYLON PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION SOB-COMMITTEE's 



REPOltT ON THE CACAO PEST : THINGS NOT SO BAD AS 



TU'Y SEEMED — HELOPELTIS NOT TUB ONLY SINNER : 



A REASSURING REPORT. 



(From Hit' Proceeding^ of the Ceylon Planters' 

 Association, October 6lli, 1884.) 

 Mi. Alexander Ross was called "ii by the 

 Chairman to bring up the report of the Sub-Com- 

 mittee appointed at the last meeting to consider the 

 questiou of c-icao blight. He paid : — Mr. Chairman 

 and gentlemen, — I have pleasure in bringing forward 

 the Report of the Sub-Committee on cacao blight, of 

 which 1 was a member, aud I can ouly say when 

 you hear it read, it will be found to embrace tin? 

 matter of the so-called inflect pest, and that it is 

 not in our opinion nearly so serious as it was at tirst 

 supposed to be. We have passed through the most 

 trying period of drought that I have seen in this 





