December i, 1887.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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ing Tekoes and Broken Pekoes under la 3d, which 
are Id to Ijd lower. The value offering in remark- 
able for this time of tlio season, and it is doubtless 
owing to this that dealers have been able to cope 
with the quantity so well. There have been some 
useful invoices from Assam, notably the . Kondolc 
Assam Company, and Upper Assam Company. Dooars 
and Terai teas havo fallen off in quantity, but some 
better Sylhets have coino forward." 
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Oct. 7th. 
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THE ItirON PLANTING COMPANY, 
LIMITED. 
Mr. Ahmedblioy Ilubibbhoy presided yostorday 
adi inoon at the third ordinary annual general 
tin , ting of tho sliar'jholdors of the BipOD Planting 
Company, Limited, held at the registered offices, 
Klphinstono Circle. The notice calling tho meeting 
having b«en read, the chairman proposed tho adop- 
tion of the following report, which proposition was 
unanimously agreed to : — 
The hoard now submit their report for the year 
ended BOth .June last, together with the audited ac- 
counts for the aamo poriod. The cinchona is re- 
ported to be coming on well, tho total area under 
cultivation now being some £>(H acres. There is 
very little more land suitable for cinchona. The 
experiments on a small scale with tobacco and tea 
havo not proved such success as to warrant any 
land being specially set apart for their cultivation. 
The board havo done their best to reduce expendi- 
ture on all heads to the lowest possible limit, com- 
patible with the efficient working of the estate. The 
superintendent has reduced his estimate for the year 
ending 30th June, 1888, from about E3, 000 to about 
E2.500, principally by accepting a reduction in his 
own remuneration and by economies in weeding. 
The secretaries and treasurers have also reduced 
their remuneration to R75 per month from August 
last, on the understanding that any arrears due 
to them for oflico allowance will be made good to 
them at some future date when the company's 
affairs are in a more prosperous condition. It is 
expected that these economies and the proceeds of 
sales of bark (as may be available from time to 
time), will place the Company in sufficient funds to 
allow the whole of the cinchona to come to full 
growth. The prospects of the gold mining industry 
in the Wynaad district have of late somewhat im- 
proved, and some hope is now entertained of the 
industry ultimately proving a success. This is 
satisfactory, as the Company has retained the min- 
ing rights over the property, and has all the machin- 
ery in good order and condition on the spot, which 
will be a valuable consideration to would-be pur- 
chasers, seeing that it is very difficult and expensive 
to transport machinery to the district. 
Messrs. KagoonathNarayen Khote and Pooranchund 
Panalal, the retiring directors, were re-elected, Mr. 
Ahmedbhoy Hubibbhoy being again selected to 
officiate as chairman for the ensuing year. Mr. 
Hcugh S. Symons having been deputed to audit 
the books of the Company, on a remuneration of 
R50, the meeting closed with the usual vote of 
thanks to the chairman. — Times of India, Oct. 28th. 
TEA IN JAPAN. 
From the report of Mr. Vice-Consul Longford on 
the trade of Japan for 1880 we extract as follows : — 
Tea. 
The export of tea from Japan during the last seven 
years has been : — lb. lb. 
Iu 1880... 40,436,877 In 1881... 35,766,000 
1881... 38,483,854 1S35... 41,214,718 
1882... ^7,734,845 1836... 47,595,651 
1883... 37,146,914 
These figures ohow that the export for ISSGexceeded 
that of any previous year in ho current decade by over 
6,000,000 lb., and the average export during tlio period 
1880-85 by over 9,000,000 lb. 
The only market for Japanese leas is found in the 
Cnitod States and Canada, and practically tho whole 
export of 1886 was to those two countries. Id tho 
lumptiorj 
lead of 
Taking the same low rate for Canada, the total annual 
consumption by the two countries amounts to Dearly 
711,110' i,i i(H i II),, two-thirds of which may bi said to Con- 
sist of green teas, and large, therefore, ns was the ei- 
port from Japan during 1»S0, there is no reason why 
it should not be maintained or even extended in the 
future, if the Japanese producers are careful to consult 
the American taste for quality and flavour, nut, as bus 
becu done in tho past, ruthles-dy sacrificing both in tho 
expectation of profitably rushing e\e« -mm- qii.iut it n ■. 
upon the markcU. Careful preparation aod delicate 
fragrance first brounht Japanese teas into favour with 
Americans, and euibled them to supplant to a Urge ex- 
tent those of China. Only the line grndi > of .1 up oi I. \ 
were at first exporteJ, and all were shipped in their nat- 
ural condition. Hut, as time weutou, growetf, in their 
desire for quicker and greater profits, grew more and more 
cateless iu their pickings, and foreign shippers in Japan, 
in order to hide tin" steadily di creasing quality "( the iu- 
Tinted states, the rale of consumption of tea is calcul- 
ated to be about 1J lb. per head of the population. 
