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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [December i, 1888. 
To the Editor. 
CEYLON AND INDIAN TEAS. 
Peermaud, 2nd Nov. 1888. 
Sir,— I send an advertisement cutting from a 
home paper, from which you will observe the light 
in which Ceylon and Indian teas are regarded 
and represented by certain dealers. — Yours faith- 
fully, D. M. 
[The advertisement referred to, from a Scottish High- 
land paper, says : — " It is well known that this quality 
of souchong and the finest monings have for many 
years been shipped to Russia, thence the introduc- 
tion in many cases by British merchants of some- 
what doubtful quality of Assams and subsequently 
Oeylons. Assams and Oeyions have found more or 
less favour of late in this Country, owing to the ab- 
sence of finest China teas. The subscriber holds a 
stock of teas varying from Is 3d per lb., up to the 
price of his direct importation of souchong 3s 9d 
per lb,"— Ed.1 
INDIAN TEA EXPOETS. 
Indian Tea Association, Chamber of Commerce' 
Calcutta, 3rd Nov. 1888. 
Dear Sir, — In their circular of the 14th April 
last the General Committee gave an estimate of the 
outturn of the present Season's Crop of Indian 
Tea based upon the following figures which they had 
been able to collect : — 
Original Estimate of Crop op 1888. 
Estimated Outturn of 
Crop of 1888. 
lb. 
Assam ... 40,432,979 
Oachar and Sylhet ... 30,542,905 
Darjeeling, Terai and Dooars ... 17,222,468 
Chittagong and Chota-Nagpore ... 1,630,960 
Dehra Dooh, Kumaon and Kangra ... 4,000,000 
Private and Native Gardens ... 2,000,000 
95,829,312 
Prom figures which have since been obtained a 
revised estimate has been prepared, based upon 
actual results to the 30th September, as follows : — 
Manufactured Manufactured 
to 30th Sept. to 30th Sept. 
1887. 1888. 
lb. lb. 
Assam 27,375,978 30,645,941 
Cachar and Sylhet 19,690,863 19,444,086' 
Darjeeling, Terai aud Dooarsll,672,722 14,602,295 
Chittagong and Ohota-Nagpore 972,415 961,623 
59,711,978 65,653,945 
Revised Estimate of Crop of 1888. 
lb. 
Assam ... 41,869,654 
Cachar and Sylhet ... 28,731,581 
Darjeeling, Terai and Dooara ... 17,808,714 
Chittagong aud Ohota-Nagpore ... 1,348,379 
Dehra Doon, Kumaon and Kangra ... 4,000,000 
Private and Native Gardens ... 2,000,000 
95,758,228 
It will be seen from these figures that while the 
estimates for Assam and Darjeeling, Terai, and 
Chota-Nagpore, are increased by about two million 
lb., those for Cachar and Sylhet, and for Chittagong 
and Chota-Nagpore, aro induced by the same num- 
ber of lb., so that there is hardly any difference on 
the whole between the original and revised estimates. 
The Exports to Australia, America, and other 
places during the past season amounted to 
3,641,790 lb., and if this quantity, together with 
the requirements of Northern India, calculated at 
1 £ million lb.be deducted from the estimate, there 
would remain about 90| million lb. for shipment to 
Great Britain during the season of 1888, but looking 
at the fact that the figures collected by the As- 
sociation are generally short of the actual results 
it is probable that the present season's shipments 
to the United Kingdom will total 92 millions — 
Yours faithfully, G. M. BARTON, 
Assistant Secretary. 
CINCHONA. 
Sir, — Can any of your Planter Subscribers verify 
the annexed table on Cinchona Barks ? It appers to 
be a very good returu if true. 
Yield per acre 
Yield per ton Shavings. Shavings. 
At 4 Qui- At 7 Qui- At 4 At 7 
years, nine, years, nine. year6. years, 
oz. oz. lb. lb. 
Succirubra oz... 5 1'25 14 2-25 250 560 
Officinalis „ ... 3 2-25 3 3 50 180 450 
Robusta „ ... 5| 2 00 14 3 60 250 700 
Ledgeriana „ . . 5 6.00 12 3 00 250 600 
Ooty, 25th Oct. L. W. G. 
[The above table looks very businesslike and 
compact, but is really very misleading : An "acre" 
may be anything in cinchona planting : from 500 to 
1,000 or 2,000 trees. Again " per ton shavings " must 
be a misprint for "tree" and "shavings" ought to 
be printed above the 4 and 7 years. We do not think 
that statistics have been kept in Ceylon so carefully 
as to verify these calculations in the form in which 
they stand: lib. or 16 ounces dry bark per tree at 7 
years' old has been obtained in Ceylon from succi- 
rubra and Robusta. — Ed.] 
COFFEE AND TEA DOING WELL IN THE 
AGRAPATANA DIVISION OF DIMBULA. 
Balmoral, Agrapatana, 10th Nov. 1888. 
Dear Sir, — Noticing in your London correspon- 
dent's letters remarks re the continued good quality 
of Ceylon plantation coffee, I send you by today's 
post a sample of what the coffee estates still culti- 
vated on the Agrapatanas are producing this season. 
This is not a picked sample, but merely a handful 
brought from the heap by my conductor to show 
me what like it was, as I am confined to my room 
at present by sickness. 
To show you what tea is going to do on the 
Agras, the writer has about 100 acres in full bear- 
ing, about 100 partially in bearing, and 100 just 
beginning to bear, and the daily gathering from 
this is over 2,000 lb. green leaf. — Yours faithfully, 
R. B. LAWRANCE. 
[The sample looks well : an expert pronounces 
it, " if ready for delivery as worth R1225 if the 
quantity be 500 bushels or upwards. For 250 
bushels and under R12-12J. The beans are not so 
perfect as the appearance of the parchment would 
lead one to expect." — Ed.] 
CINNAMON PLANTING AND THE RETURNS 
IN CEYLON. 
12th November 1888. 
Dear Sir, — I read with pleasure and interest your 
Siyane Korale correspondent's letters, though not 
always agreeing with his views upou agricultural 
matters. He is usually careful in his figures and 
quotations ; but in his letter of the " End of October 
1888," appearing in your issue of the 8th insianf, 
he transgresses in this particular. Writing on the 
subject of Cinnamon he quotes figures from the 
" Planting Molesworth " as given he says by " two 
old planters " ; and after making liberal deductions 
from the rates for cost of different works, he foims 
an estimate of what it would cost to produce a bale, 
or the expenditure on the upkeep of an estate per 
aore, the yield being taken at 100 lb. or one bale, 
