Edible Products. 



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[December, 1910. 



The following is the report of the 

 United States internal revenue bureau 

 on the tobacco industry for the past 

 fiscal year : — 



The total internal revenue collections 

 on tobacco during the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1910, amounted to $57,889,351.59, 

 as compared with $51,887,178.04 in 1909, 

 an increase of $6,002,173.55, according; to 

 the preliminary annual report of Com- 

 missioner Cabell of the Internal Revenue 

 Bureau. Every grade of tobacco showed 

 an increase in revenue collections, the 

 largest being on chewing and smoking 

 tobacco, amounting to nearly 13,000,000, 

 and the smallest on cigarettes weighing 

 more than 3 pounds per thousand, they 

 being $6,898. 



The total collections for the two years, 

 with the increases, were as follows : — 



1910, Increase. 



Tobacco. 



Cigars weigh- 

 ing more thau 

 3 pounds per 

 thousand 



Cigars weigh- 

 ign not more 

 than 3 pounds 

 per thousand ... 



Cigarettes 

 w e i gh in g not 

 more than 3 

 pounds per 

 t housands, 

 36 cents per lb... 



Cigarettes 

 weighing not 

 more than 3 

 pounds per 

 thousand, 18 

 cents per pound. 



1910. 



Increase. 



21,197,710.43 939,991.57 



580,748.40 24,149.61 



7,325,801.88 1,761,405.76 



589,680.66 85,281.09 



Cigarettes 

 weighing 

 more than 3 

 pounds per 

 thousand 



Snuff 



Tobacco, chew- 

 ing and smok- 

 ing ... 20,210,461.45 2,885,022.22 



64,364.12 6,898.31 

 1,920,602.65 299,424.99 



Total 



57,889,351.59 6,002,173.55 



The withdrawals of tobacco on which 

 tax was paid during the year were as 

 follows : — 



Cigars weighing more than 3 pounds 

 per thousand, number 7,065,903,447, an 

 increase of 313,330,524 over 19C9. 



Cigars weighing not more than 3 

 pounds per thousand, number 1,073,126,- 

 667 [which includes six million cigars at 

 75 cents per thousand], an increase of 

 42,388,167. 



Cigarettes weighing not more than 

 3 pounds per thousand, number 7,852,875,- 

 622 [which iDclndes 6,619.359,400 cigarettes 

 at $1.08; 1,092,001,222 at 54 cents and 

 141,515,000 at $1.25 per thousand], an in- 

 crease of 1,766,583,714. 



Cigarettes weighing more than three 

 pounds per thousand, number 21,424,707 

 [includes 120,000 cigarettes at $3.60 per 

 thousand], an increase of 2,275,437, 



Snuff, 31,969,111 pounds [includes 122,800 

 pounds at 8 cents], an increase of 

 4,949,483 pounds. 



Chewing and smoking tobacco, 436,608,- 

 898 [includes 696,378 pounds at 8 cents], an 

 increase of 47,851,576 pounds. 



PLANT SANITATION. 



AMOUNT OF COPPER IN TEA 

 SPRAYED WITH BORDEAUX 

 MIXTURE. 



[H. E. Annet and S. C Kar, in Journal 

 of Agricultural Science III., September, 

 1910, p. 314. Abstracted by 

 J. C, Willis.] 



Tea was picked from sprayed and un- 

 sprayed areas, and the former contained 

 half grain of copper per lb., the latter 

 1/12 grain. Tea thus, like so many other 

 food stuffs, contains an appreciable 

 amount of copper. The amount remain- 

 ing on the sprayed leaves was almost 

 inappreciable. 



INVESTIGATION OP FUNGUS 

 DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



In the absence of the Mycologist who 

 will be away from the Island for a year 

 from the beginning of October, general 

 advice on the subject of fungus diseases 

 will be given by the other members of 

 the Royal Botauic Gardens Department. 



It will not, however, be desirable for 

 planters to send in bulky parcels of 

 rubber stems, tea roots, etc. , f op deter- 

 mination since no facilities will be avail- 

 able for the determination of the less 

 common species of fungi, whilst the 

 commoner species should be recognisable 



