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TEA IN UVA: SPLENDID GROWTH OF 

 YOUNG NURSEEIES. 



14th .January 188G. 



DiivK SiE. — Nearly a whole year has elapsed since 

 I had tlie pleasure of visiting one or two of the 

 crack estates on the Kundii xiile of the country, 

 as we U%'aites are wont to designate every acre of 

 land after passing Nuwara Eliya Kandywards. 

 The impression left on my mind with regard to 

 the prospects of tea was deep, and it has proved 

 lasting. What I then saw produced in me a mental 

 breach of the tenth commandment, and 1 returned 

 with serious misgivings as to our ever being able 

 to comijete with those whom I looked upon as 

 more favored. These envious feelings have how- 

 ever declined in proportion corresponding to the 

 progress made by our own young fields of tea 

 during the jjast twelve months, and a state of 

 mind which is far more comforting, has taken their 

 place, so that at the present time we are calmly 

 and deliberately coming to believe that Uva will 

 grow as good tea, and yield as large returns as any 

 other part of the country. 



Now and again one of our member pays a visit 

 to the other side, and brings back a report which 

 is vastly flattering to us, but the strange part of 

 it is, that, notwithstanding the fact that our young 

 clearings now compare favorably with any in the 

 country, there still exists a feeling of great incred- 

 ulity as to our being able to produce the 

 shrub at all. With the idea of bringing about a 

 change of opinion in this respect, I have taken 

 advantage of a cooly proceeding to the railway to 

 send you a case containing a couple of tea plants 

 taken from the clearings on Uva estate, Hewa Eliya. 

 Both plants honestly represent the average growth 

 in the fields from which they were taken. The 

 larger of the two was grown from seed planted at 

 stake on the loth January 1884, so that it is now 

 exactly two years old from the seed. The bushes 

 were cut down to 20 inches three months ago. The 

 shoots developed from the old wood wiU give you 

 a good idea of the growth. The younger plant has 

 seen 12^ months of life in the field, and the laud iu 

 which it was planted wan patuna. 



I trust the plants will reach you in fairly fresh 

 condition, and I hope you will not mind letting 

 them remain in your office for a day or two iu 

 order that anyone in Colombo who takes an inter- 

 est in the prospects of tea in Uva may have an 

 opportunity of seeing what it is like. Your own 

 opinion, 1 need scarcely add, will be greatlv valued. 



ICH DIEN. 

 [Our ovra opinion is, that finer bushes, for their 

 age, could scarcely be seen anywhere. IIV have 

 always believed in Uva as a good tea country. — Ep.l 



Crops of Native rBOoncE is Ceylon in 1586-fi.— 

 A corre.'jpoudent supplies the following review: — 



" The crop.-! of^ coconuts ne»rly every estate 

 in the Western Province will be less than J for 

 the first six niODtbo as compared with the same 

 period last year. I fit.d tbat the crop already taken 

 on many estates is about <^ of what was taken iu Jan, 

 1»&,5, this it is said is owing to tlie drought that 

 prevailed early last ycnr, but it is eipeoied that the 

 crops during the closing mouths of the yeiir will be 

 nearly equal to that of Inst year. It is however 

 positive uiat the total crops will be less than last year 

 aud this Is the more to be regretted a.s prices ;ire at 

 prt'-ient anything but favorable. [I regiet to .say that 

 •be same will be the case with cinuaiuon.] Oue coconut 

 estate to my knowledge that gare S3,f)0l.1 nuts last year iu 

 .Tan. gave only 13,000 in Jan. this year, and another 

 that gave 17,000 only gave 7,100. I am afraid from 

 all tuguiries that I have ni-ide that lor .some time to 

 come prices will not improve," 



