March r, 1888J THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 623 
of Lyons points to a " king ol' hybirdsj" the Saiat- 
Sauveur, Obtained from seeds' o£ the American 
Jaaquez {E^ivalia) gathered in Frauco, which is said 
to resist both mitdew and the phylloxera and to 
give a i excellent wine. The Villa (at first earned 
h\ Tontate) another French seedling from the 
American Clinton (Ripairia), h also highly spoken 
of as a stock on which to prat's the European vines; 
and there is a third hybird between the Spanish 
urapo Pedro Ximaues — tlio nine -o colled was p >pular 
in England 30l) years ago as IV*.er-sei;-mo — and ''. 
lilf/pestris, a common will thing kiown in America 
as the bush-grape, tlreat things a ,- u prophesied for 
this novelty. These three varieties are, in reality, all 
thlt arc left standing by 111 : discussions inthe con- 
gresses. Meanwhile the stern fact stares them in 
tho face, that the French vintage of list year pro- 
duced little more than two-thirds of tho average of 
the list ten bad years, being a falling-off from 1885 
of 750,000 gallons.— St. James's Budget. 
REPORT ON THE ADMINIS TRATION OF 
COORG FOR THE YEAR 1880-87. 
By General Sin Harry Prenderoast, k. c. b., 
v. c, r. e., 
Offg, I'liief Commissioner. 
CoFbiii". — Tho export of coffee amounted to 3,003 tons. 
The price of coffee has risen from li'24 per cwt to 1145 
and that of cardamoms from R80 to R180 per 
cwt. The total area assessed for coffee was 80,570 
acres, of which about 15,000 acres, situated on the 
steep ghut slopes and other uncongenial localities-, 
are not under cultivation. 
Minks and (^tarries. — There is nothing of importance 
recorded under this heal. Recent researches indicate 
traces of gold and silver in several localities, but U) 
practical result can be exp 'eted until the auriferous 
area lias been surveyed by a trained mineralogist. 
ApBJCTjLTURE;. — The extent-of land under cultivation 
with rico and other food grains shows a steady increase, 
being 75,17- acres as compared with 7-1,905 acres iu 
the previous year. There is but little arable laud in 
the province which has not been occupied. The excep- 
tions are in the &iggatna 1 Ttluk where 'he population 
in the southern portion is sparse, and inthe north-seat 
district outside, the "harries" which mark Ooorg pro- 
per, where tho land has been thrown out of cultivation 
from failure of the old irrigation works which have 
not beou restored. The area of laud cultivated with 
coffee exhibits the considerable increase of 8236'3S 
acres; the figures for the year under report being 
«0,67(l - 3S acres as compared with 72,331 acres iu 1S85- 
80. This increase arises largely from tho inclusion iu 
the revonuo accounts for tho first time of the banes 
which have been roughly measured and assessed at 
coffee rates. 
Inclusive of the bane cultivation now included, the 
urea of laud now held by Europeans and Natives res- 
pectively is as follows: — 
Aoros. 
Europeans 89,061 -26 
Natives 40,900-12 
80,570*38 
The return for ISS.VhC gives the following: — 
Acres. 
Europeans ... ... ... ... 36,816 
Natives 30.010 
78,83*1 
making the uet increase in area B,986'S8 acres. Out 
of the total of 80,57') acres in occupatio i, it is com- 
puted that 52,111.8 acres comprise the area nf plants in 
bearing, but tlKise figures are subject to some modifica- 
tion, for they include Auvural cslat s o.i the Sampaji 
liliuts and Forest - in which fir p'ml-. i : , r r.Mi.-hm„' 
maturity have from various cm Ol beoODDC unproduc- 
tive, aud iu cousequenoe of which th-» Assessment b is 
been reduced for a p. riu I ol 7 t« HI yeirs by two- 
t i 1 1 1 Is or half nrcordiug t > eircuuistanoes. 
The actual urou iu bearing may be lakeu approxi- 
mately at 30,700 acres, and computing tho outturn of 
Coffee at 3,663 tons, the yield per acre will b > found to 
be very nearly 2 cwts. per acre. 
Experimental Cultivation. — Patau paJdtj. — The 
endeavours which have been made by a planter for 
several years to naturalize this grain have failed and been 
finally abandoned. The quality of the rice was consider- 
e ! good, but no sale cool. I be found for it and the yield 
of straw was short and scant. — Favourable reports have 
been received regarding the plants of Eryihroxylon 
Coca, tit. Mirhael Orange and Jamaica Lemon, which 
have been im potted and distributed. 
Labor. — It was mentioned in last year's report that 
owing to the economy introduced in the working of 
estates, reu lered necessary by the low pric*) of coffee 
then prevailing, the demand for estate labor bad been 
reduced, and this had affected the regular supply. 
This state of things has continued and many planters 
have suffered from tho scanty importation of labor 
from the Mysore country, whouce the supply was 
formerly abundant. This has been partly compensat- 
ed by an increased supply from Malabar and Smth 
Oauari, anil on the whole no serious inconvenience has 
been felt during the latter part of the year. No change 
has taken place in the rates of wages. 
Weather avd Chops.— The rainfall registered dur- 
ing the year is as follows : — 
Inches. Cents. 
AtMercara 116 68 
., Somvarpst 84 77 
„ Auandapur (South Coorg) 69 90 
,, Fraserpet ... ... 36 29 
„ On the Western Chits (Kadaraakal) 236-02 ... 
Tho rainfall is somewhat below the average at 
Mercara where the mean for 10 years is 129 inches, 
but generally the average has been fairly maintained. 
Tue rainfall was very unequal within the province. 
At Morc.ira the rain guaged during tho months of 
M irch and April la80 was 81 cents, while iu South 
Coorg the rainfall in the same period amounted to 
3*89 inches. The unusually heavy rainfall of 10*40 
in the month of May coining upon a late blossom, 
affected prejudicially a large number of coffee estates, 
especially iu North Coorg. Indeed, throughout Coor^, 
the actual outturn was generally much below the 
estimate. 
HORTICULTURE. — No new land has been opined for 
cinchona cultivitiou during the year. The system of 
growiug the plants between tho coffee trees is being 
abandoned iu South Coorg. According to Returns 
furnished by the Plauters tho area under cultivation 
on 31st March 1887 was l,707ij acres as compared 
with 1,80-1 acres iu the previous year, and the number 
of plauts of various kinds 13,06,237. The outturu of 
bark during the year was 49,744 1b. Theprio ordi- 
narily realized was at the rate of 61. per lb., but as 
much as lOd. per lb. has been realized. 
Tbadh. — Exports. — Tlie exports of Coorg produce 
are limited to the following articles, viz., coffee, carda- 
m mis, grain, hides, timber, fruit and wax. Coffee Ex- 
ports.— 'Viit: quantity of coffee exported iu 1880-87 as 
taken from the toll-gate returns amouuted to 3,031 tons 
or 72,620 cwts., vaiued at U32, 07,900, avenge sell- 
ing price locally being K45 per ewe ; while tho rat>) 
iu the previous year was It 24 per cwt. This rem irk- 
able reboun I after several years of low prices ciused 
the gre itest activity in the market, but coming at a 
seasou when the outturu was as a whole unusually 
small, tho plauters did not benefit as they might have 
douo otherwise. On the other hand, the comment st 
native coffee, as well as the most inferior kinds of 
plantation coffee, wore in great domaud, boinsf pur- 
chased chiefly by French and Her man firms on tho 
west coast, aid obuiuel frequently as high prices 
us the superior kinds. Most of tho ooffee f rom Ooarg, 
estimated at threr-fo irths of the whole, was despatch- 
ed to the soa-ports on tho west coa-t, the remainder 
being sent to the cm in ; est ihlUluuents at Huusur an 1 
ilaugnloro to the eas' ward. Cardamoms. — The qn tntity 
ol cardamoui export -d is returned at M0 OH (a, v..'.ue 1 
at Rl,41.000. Tile cr ip Wa> a ihorl one, being. It ll 
estimated, about one-fourth to half ot the usual out- 
turn. Thj prioa which iu tho oily pari of ibu year 
