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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[August i, 1885, 



have not maile quite such fine tea as before. The average 

 price of tlie year's sales is Is 3cl per lb. 



The import from .Java shows no increase. These teas 

 do iiot yet sufficiently resemble Indian in liquor to com- 

 pete with any but low qualities, notwitbstaniling their hue 

 appearance ; .and tlieir value baa been but little affected 

 by the recent advance in the Indian market. 



The following are the statistics for the past three 

 seasons : — 



larpoET. 



1884-85. 1883-84. 1S82-83. 



Indian ... 01,472,000 61,535,000) ►„ -p„ r,nn 



Oeylon ... 2,482,000 1,500,000 J Ot'.'Ol^.OOO 



Ohina and Java ...142,476,000 1.52,222,000 148,6.35,000 



Indian 

 Oeylon 

 China and Java 



Indian 

 Ceylon 



China and Java 



Delivkky. 

 69,109,000 ) 

 2,047,000 1 

 160.918,000 lri5,261,000 158,407,000 



60,469,000 50,621,000 



British Indian Co. 

 Laud Mortgrage 



Bank 

 Borokai Co. 

 Indian Tea Co. of 



Cachar 

 Heelara 

 Subong 



Bndderpore 

 Chargola Co. 



Land Mortgage 



Bank 

 Land Mortgage 



Bank 

 Darjeeling Co. 

 Lebong Co. 

 Pashok Co. 



CaOhah. 

 1,523 386,314 



1.268 

 302 



293.386 

 238.400 



689 

 315 

 310 



207,360 



.iO.OOO 



104.000 



Sylhkt. 



JO 52 887 



!8 290,032 

 DAR.TKia.ING. 



834 



2.652 



1,586 



960 



abont 380 



151.633 



253 



231 

 297 



301 

 159 

 335 



1R9 

 319 



181 



C68.98S 252 



473.000 298 



292,580 305 



112,000 abont 300 



llf 



1 1 4-5ths 

 1 8 



1 3; 

 1 4i 

 1 2 



1 9 



1 15- 



1 11-lOtli 



29101hi 

 1 5 2-5I11S 

 1 4 1 .-.Ik 

 1 1 



Stock 1st Jdne. 



13,548,000 21,179,000) lonroAnn 



738,000 SOsiooO) 19.069,000 



36,279,000 54,717,000 57,765,000 



Proportion of Imlian 



and Oeylon taken 



for Home Oon- 



eumptiou ...about 40 p. c. a' out35p, c. about 33 p. c. 



We append a table sliowing the results obtained during 

 the past season for some of the crops sold iu London, 

 which we have received permission to print. The returns 

 comprize the produce of 49,283 acres, amounting to 17 

 million lb, the average of the whole working out at 

 Is 1 4-7d per Hi. The quantity sold in Calcutta, according 

 to circulars, was about 28 million lb. the average realized 

 being 8 as. 9, of which the equivalent to the planter is 



Tnrzum 



224 



1 8| 



Du()AKS. 



161 36,000 



CHITTAfiO-J,';, 



Land Mortgage 



Bank 350 76.743 219 1 o; 



Futtickcherra 299 94,030 315 1 5 7-16lhi 



' A small portion of this was sold in Calcutta. 



Table for 1882-83 comprised returns from 48,663 acres, producing 

 17,000.000 lb., average price Is 2d per lb. 



Table for 1883-84 comprised returns from 43,815 acres, producing 

 15,000.000 lb., averau^e price Is l^Jd per lb. 



RESULTS (IF CF.Vr.dN TliA .SOLD AT ArCTION. 



1884-85. Total— 37.400 packages, amounting to 2,500,000 lb., 

 :i\ei'ase price Is 3d per lb. 



1833-84. Tot:il— 22,800 packatjes, amounting to 1,500,000 lb, 

 average price Is 4 1-lOi per lb. 



Wm Jas. & Hy. Tuomp.son, 

 Brokers, 



CEYLON UPCOUNTRY PLANTING REPORT. 



what is to be DO.VE WITH CINCHONAS AMONG TEA- 

 PRICES POK BARK — A POOR COMFORT— SLANG EXPRES- 

 SIONS — EFFECT OF DROUGHT ON CACAO — BENEFIT OF 

 SHADE — helopfUis IN WATAGAMA— ROOT SHADING — TOO 

 MUCH OF THE R.A.IN. 



6th July 1885. 

 One of the problems of probl mi which is before 

 most of us ia that of knowing what to do with our cin- 

 chona which is glowing aiuong the tea. That it very 

 much checks the growth of the latler, is too m.Tr.ifest 

 to all cf us, but to take it out now is such a 

 sacrilice, that the pleasure of .seeing the two grow 

 afterwards will hardly compea;ale for the loaa 

 which wo have all totted np iu our sanguine mo- 

 ments, when we made our cinchona assets look, — well 

 perhaps "too handsome by i alf." And yet what is 

 to be done ? I went over a place just Lately with a 

 friend, aud found he was cndcelliug his brains on 

 the same problem. No one lioubts that the tea in 

 the open is ever so much better ; that under cin- 

 chona it won't do any good : but when to out it out 

 is the question? and how long can they be allowed 

 to grow with safety tide by side? As for the cin- 

 chona nLiiket, I have heaiii hy the mail now in, that 

 several rf the shipments of branch and t*ig, sold 

 just before the mail left, had not re.alized the amount 

 of freight .".nd charges ! We have had th.at sort of 

 thirg befoie and there is this comfort that when 

 things g.-t to their worst they mend, still it's poor 

 comfort after aU. It is like Carlyle's delinition of 

 ds|).air — a '' kind of hope.' 



Ia the «o -d " shuck " au exclusively slang expression 

 of Ceylon ? * I have not got the Slang Dictionary hesido 

 me to refer to, so as to see if it has ke-a netted there ; 

 but I certainly never hi ard nor saw it anywhere else 

 than iu this island and its literatu.e. Now that tea 

 has become our mainstay, and I's nomenclature an 

 everyday word with us, I hear tint tl ere is a new 

 slang phra?e t rying to warm ittelf into life, borrowed 



* We believe it is a Yankeeism for an Irishism from 

 "Shekin".)— Ed. 



