746 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 
[May t, 1890. 
To afford comparison in respect of our principal 
staples, we repeat the figures for exports for four 
years as given b/ the Customs Department : — 
STAPLE EXPORTS: 
According 
To Customs Accounts. 
Tea 
Coo ja 
Cardamom 3 
Cinchona. 
lb. 
Cw 1- - 
lb. 
lb. 
1880 
162.575S 
121 
17,412 
1,161,189 
1881 
343,798 
28 i 
16,607 
1,314 554 
1882 
697,268 
864 
20,959 
,4,655 944 
1S83 
... 1,665,768 
3,376 
38,688 
7,489,005 
1884 
... 2,392.973 
9,241 
77,164 
11,865,230 
1885 
... 4,372,722 
7,466 
184,142 
13,736,171 
1883 
... 7,849,888 
13,056 
238,947 
14,675,663 
1887 
... 13,834,701 
17,460 
384,015 
13,113,067 
1888 
... 23,820,724 
12,231 
282,595 
12 499,949 
1889 
... 34,345,852 
18,849 
465,944 
9,455,661 
The discrepancy is due to the faot that the Customs 
enters each shipment as exported ; while the 
Chamber only enters the totals for each, vessel as 
it clears out of port. To afford a closer com- 
parison, we give the total exp >r!ts for 1889 accord- 
ing to the Customs accounts in order to compare 
with the Chamber's return : — 
CEYLON PRODUCTS EXPORTED 
DURING 1889 
(According to Customs Accounts.) 
,289 
Coffee Plantation cwt. 80 
do Native ,, 
do Total ,, 
CikchojTa Branch -nd 
Trunk „ 9,455 
Tea. lb.34,345. 
Cocoa cwt. 18 
Cahdamims lb. 465 
Cinsamo.v : Bale3 ,,2,061 
do Chios ,, 501, 
< oeonut Oil cwt. 37rt. 
Copra „ 51 
Coconut Poonac „ 133, 
88,935 
,641 
,852 
.849 
,944 
,606 
,102 
,936 
,960 
,924 
Coconuts 
Plumbago 
Toir Rooe 
do Yarn 
do Fibre 
Ebony 
Horns of Sor's 
Sapau Wood 
Orchelli Weed 
Kitool Fibre 
C'itronella.Oil 
O nnamon Oil 
No. 
cwt. 
5,409,962 
486,1.38 
10,321 
87,793 
33,6.36 
3,830 
2,203 
1,674 
502 
3,075 
10,818812 
32,004 
We have now an interesting comparison to offer 
in order to show the progress made in the last 
two years in our export trade. For this purpose 
we have turned the exports for 1888 and 1889 into 
" shipping tons " and the totals indicate the ex- 
tent of the demand on freight and tonnage of all 
the products specified during the two years given : — 
Quantity to 
Total Shipping 
Product. 
Shipping 
tons 
ton. 
1888- 
1889. 
Coffee 
cwt. 
14 
9,976 
6,291 
Cinchona Bark ... 
lb. 
1,750* 
7,255 
5,304 
Tea ... 
lb. 
1,000* 
24,381 
34,048 
Cardamoms 
lb 
1,000* 
287 
361 
Cocoa 
cwt. 
14 
939 
1,361 
Cinnamon Chips... 
„ Bales ... 
lb 
lb. 
1,200 1 ..... 
800 ( 
1,996 
2,376 
Plumbago 
cwt. 
SO 
11,286 
23,775 
Coconut Oil 
cwt. 
ict 
22,935 
22,286 
„ Copra... 
cwt. 
12 
11,548 
3,198 
,, Poona... 
cwt. 
20 
5,159 
6,811 
Coconuts 
nuts 1,000"' 
5,197 
5,004 
Coir Fibre 
cwt. 
„ Yarn 
cwt. 
11 
18,643 
20,155 
,, Ropo 
cwt. 
Ebony 
cwt. 
20 
608 
178 
Deer Horns 
cwt. 
16 
152 
123 
Sapanwood 
cwt. 
20 
137 
54 
Orchella Weed ... 
cwt. 
12 
40 
45 
Kllool Fibre ... 
cwt 
0 
298 
461 
Citro ii'lla Oil 
0/5. 
8,000* 
1,319 
1,282 
1 mnain >u on ... 
O'A. 
8,000* 
17 
12 
38 a> 
a .„ 
So 
3 .. 
Finally, we have, in view of the change of our 
Commercial Season adopted by the Chamber of 
(,'un uu-o to offer our estimate of the probablo 
Rqilal to so cubic feetj 
I Average 
export of our staples during the current year 
1890 :— 
Estimated Total Expobts. 
Tea 
Coffee ... 
Cinchona Bark 
Cocoa ... 
Oinuamon balei 
Cinnamon chips 
Cardamoms 
Plumbago 
Cocouut Oil 
Coconut Poonac 
Coconut Copra 
Coconuts 
Coir, altogether 
Ebony ... 
Deer Horns 
Sapanwood 
Orohella Weed 
Kitul Fibre 
CitronellaOil 
Cinnamon Oil 
Tobacco... 
Shipped in 
1889. 
lb. 34,013,035 
cwt. 88,082 
lb. 9,283,729 
owt. 19,054 
lb. 2,010,096 
lb. 562,543 
lb. 361,224 
475,516 
356,576 
136,2.37 
38,334 
5,001,511 
cwt. 
cwt. 
cwt. 
cwt. 
No, 
, cwt 
owt. 
1 cwt. 
cwt. 
, cwt. 
, cwt 
131,317 
3,572 
1,968 
1,080 
547 
2,771 
02. 10,263,433 
oz. 100,234 
cwt. .„ 
1st quarter 
1890 
about 
9,111,029 
42,761 
1,919,669 
6,931 
420,844 
79,350 
114,478 
85,433 
20,210 
24.973 
9,526 
1,546,005 
21,561 
1,438 
370 
110 
HI 
759 
2,131,844 
7,89 
of va'm f Jif 
Estimated for 
all 1890. 
43,000,000 
100,000 
7,000.001 
20,000 
2,000,000 
200,000 
350,000 
400,000 
300.000 
120,000 
40,000 
6,000,000 
120.000 
5.000 
2,030 
2,000 
6i)0 
3,003 
c.oo 1,000 
50,0 JO 
tbo year's 
We next give estimate 
Exports as follows:— 
Detailed Estimates for the Current Year's 
Exports : — 
Season 1890. — Probable Shipment of Staple Export* 
Tea 
Coffee 
Cinchona Bark 
Cocoa 
Cardamoms 
Coconut Oil 
Do. Copra 
Coconut Poonac 
Coconut 
Cinnamon 
Do. chips 
Plumbago 
Coir of all kinds 
Ebony 
Deer Horns 
Sapan Wood 
Kitul Fibre 
Orchella Weed 
Essential Oils 
Tobacco 
Quantity. Value 
43.000,000 lb. at 60 cents R25,800,000 
100,000 cwt. at R5"5 G,5O00,0qO 
7,000,000 lb. at 20 cents 1,400,000 
20,000 cwt. at R4-} 960,000 
300,000 lb. at 80cents 240,000 
300,000 cwt. at R14 4,200.000 
40,000 cwt. at R7£ 300,000 
120,000 cwt. at R4 480,000 
6,000,000 No. at 2j cents 150,000 
2,000,000 lb. at 50 cents 1,000,000 
201,000 lb. at 18 cents 36 000 
400,000 cwt R10 4,000,000 
120,000 cwt. at R8| 1,020,000 
5,000 cwt. at R5 25,000 
2,000 cwt. at R40 80,000 
2,000 cwt. at R30 60,000 
3.000 cwt. at R35 105,000 
600 cwt. at R50 30,000 
6 millions at 5 cents 300,000 
50,000 cwt. at R40 2.000,000 
Total. ..R48.686.000 
NOTES ON PRODUCE AND FINANCE. 
The letter of "Sigma" in oar last issue deserves 
the careful consideration of all those interested in tea. 
There is no need to demonstrate or insist in the 
necessity for more union. Individual members of the 
industry are always willing to admit that union is 
most desirable, but they seldom go bayond it. There 
are men of " light and leading " to be found amongst 
the numbers connected with the industry, and if 
some of them would meet together and shape a 
scheme for union of a practical kind, some gool would 
result. It is useless to bark, as our correspondent, 
"Kumaou," does this week, against the selfishness 
which prevents, or is likely to prevent, combination. 
If there has been too much of this individualism in 
the past necessity will teach the wisdom of a freah 
start for the future. Who will take the lead in in- 
augurating a new policy upon the lines indicated 
by " Sigma" ? 
The bu'king question is again to the fore, and there 
are complaints about irregular bulking on the part of 
the warehouse keepers. Thi members of the Indian 
Tea Districts' Associat'on have under consideration 
the question of responsibilities of warehousemen for 
loss caused by contracts repudiated ou the ground of 
imperfect bulking. 
The movement for converting the French nation 
into tea drinkers is m iking headway. The Ceylon 
planters aio doin.j their best to push Ceylon teas, 
