December i, 1888.J TME TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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9. Gross annual receipts past year. 
10. Commission to manager. 
11. Net profit. 
12. Value of machinery. 
13. Value of premises. 
14. Total capital invested in Estate. 
Now, while there is no harm in many of these 
questions, a considerable number nro of a distinctly 
inquisitorial nature. Hie Government has no power 
under the Municipal Ordinance, or any other Ordi- 
nance, to compel any one to answei them. Com- 
prehensive as tho section quoted hy the District 
Officer of Nibong Tubal no doubt is, it certainly 
08 it be stretched into giving him power to make 
a man state his income. — Strait* Times. 
~ SIAM NEWS. 
(Mam Gazette, 20th October.) 
Rich Export and Paddy Cultivation. 
The Rice Export has been:— 
1877 3,082,507 Picula 
1878 2,354,547 do. 
1879 3,999,654 do. 
1880 3,430,040 do; 
1881 3,070,773 do. 
1882 3,308,995 do. 
1883 2,6'20,950 do. 
1884 4,683,360 do. 
18H5 3,<;48,G15 do. 
1886 3,618,497 do. 
1887 6;662,620 do. 
To arrive at an approximate amount of tho whole 
out turn of Rice, we must take into account the 
home consumption of (his article. The population of 
.Siatn is believed to be from 6 to 7,000,000. If each 
inhabitant consumes during tho year 4 piculs of rice 
in food or in other form, as cakes, spirits &c, some 
24,000,0(10 piculs ought to be added to the above table 
to indicate tho approximate amount of a yearly crop. 
Wo should have then 
1*77 27,082,507 
1878 26,354,547 
1879 28,999,6:') 1 
1880 27,430,040 
1881 27,670,773 
1882 27,808,995 
1883 .. v 26,620,950 
1884 28,683,360 
1885 27,648,115 
1886 27,618,497 
1887 30,'i52,r.20 
l'Vom ls77 till 1886, there was no manifest pro- 
gress. Iu 1887 there is an observablo increase of 
3 millions, and in 1K88 an increase of probably 
l.i ,000 piculs on lSNO. Is this increase due to 
increased cultivation or only to exceptionally good 
crops ? Wc bolieve tho latter is tho case. A surplus 
of about 10 per cent, on the wholo crop can bo 
easily realized by a good harvest ; and tho three 
last crops have been exceptionally good. There is 
no doubt that on the very few new canals that 
have been cut within tho last few years, many new 
fields have boon opened, likewise in the eastern pro- 
vinces, whore high inlluenco plays a role in Stoam 
llieu Mills, but wo are sorry to im'ico that in many 
provinces fields are loft idle. — Straits Time-:. 
Emancipation vni> Ooffbe Planting in Brazil. — 
Tho Madras Mail winds up an article on thid 
subject as follows : — "Tho irresistible conclusion is 
that, except under tho most favourable oircumstincos, 
bucIi as short and easy transport, good estatos in 
high cultivation, hoalthy and pleasant climate etc., 
European labour cannot bo profitably employed in 
ooffoo cultivation in Brazil. Every effort i:; being 
made by tho Government, in combination with the 
planters, to give immigrant labour a lair trial, and 
by tho oloso of tho presont year somo 100,000 Ita- 
lians will be on tho plantations, bosidoa mon of 
other nationalities. It snoms, howovor, as if the 
Brazilian coffee planters arc now pausing into u 
condition which will rondor the survival ol all but 
tho tittost amoD;: them impoodiblo." 
Liquorice Root. — A report on tho trade of Da- 
mascus for 1887 states that there has been a remark- 
able falling off in the export of Liquorice root 
(Glycyrrhiza glabra) both in quality, quantity, and 
value. In 1886 there were 15,944 bales of the value 
of £10,362 exported ; whereas during last year 
the exportation declined to 3779 bales, of the value 
of £1492. For tho past two years there has been 
a brisk competition in the trade in this article, which 
has caused a considerable fall in the price aDd an 
overstocking of tho market. The demand consequently 
diminished much during last year, the United States 
being tho only country where the article is in request. — 
Gardeners' Chronicle. 
Cobsican Wink-Growehs are beginning not only 
to supply their own market and drive foreign wine 
away, but also to export in considerable quantities. 
Tho export of wine for 1887 was 71,503 gallons over 
that of 1886, but tho import at the same time decreas- 
ed from 489,953 to 79,562 gallons. The British Con- 
sul at Ajaceio, in his last report, says that although 
tho phylloxera has ruined many acres of vineyards, yet 
it has not caused such ravages as in France, the centre 
of the island being especially free from the pest. Ameri- 
can grafts have been introduced, and in the neighbour- 
hood of Ajaceio many new vineyards have been recent ly 
planted. By the last returns it appears that there were 
about 42,000 acres planted in vineyards, which, taking 
the average production of 750 gallons to the acre, and 
allowing for the grapes consumed in the island or ex- 
ported, wonld yield about fivo million gallons of wiue. — 
Australasian. 
Phylloxera in France, — The Minister of Agricul- 
ture in France states in his report of the wino depart- 
ments of tho country, that flooding the vineyards 
has been followed with excellent results, and that; 
the reinstating of tho vineyards by means of grafting 
on the American Vines has warranted the experiment. 
Moreover, tho French varieties, when so grafted, 
gain in oarliness, and bear considerably, even iu the 
Medoc district, without loss of fine flavour, After 
a good deal of research, a method has been dis- 
covered by which the vineyard can be restored to 
fertility in three years. Among other results of 
grafting, it has been found that vai ieties of Medoe 
Grapes oan be got to fruit well in tho Gironde, 
where, by direct planting, no good result was attain- 
able. Vines which have been planted iu very sandy 
soil, as on the bank of tho Gardou, and iu the vicinity 
of Aigues Mortcs, make great progress, and are proof 
against rhylloxera. Wo learn that iu Medbc sulphur 
and bisulphide of carbon havo been successfully em- 
ployed against the Phylloxera, and the Bordeaux 
solution (sulphato of copper) against mildew, with 
similar results. — Gardeners' Chronicle. 
DISTRIBUTION OF CEYLON EXPORTS 
(From 1st Oct. 1888 to :>'Jth Nov. 1888) 
Countries. 
Co flee 
C'chona 
Branch 
* Trunk 
Tea. 
Coon 
Uarda- 
QIUIUS, 
cwt. 
lb. | 
lb. 
ewt . 
lb. 
To United Kingdom ... 
21039:16 
<031M8 
88 
m.v, 
n Marnoilles 
il Genua ... 
- 
" 10 
„ Venice 
1001 
37239 
,, Trieste 
697 
"' 70 
,, Odessa ... 
,i UamtmrK 
"xm 
074 
,, Antwerp 
"' 00 
„ Bremen ... 
1 
,, Havre ... 
u Kotterdnm 
„ Afrl s* 
"lOO 
I, Mauritius ... 
3000 
,, Iixlis ft Ittstwar I ... 
7411 
WIS 
H Australia 
1GJ 1 
Jl lis.) 
30 
•I America 
1S.1 
W700 
lOi 
Votal Kxjxirt" (nun < 1 •( . 1 . 
lssn to Ni'i . .".i, |sss 
Do 1887 do 1887 
Do l*H6 do 
lh> 1SS0 do 18*6 
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