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THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
[June r, 1881 
CEYLON AT THE MELBOURNE 
EXHIBITION. 
COFFEE AND TEA AWARDS. 
Prospbcts op Ceylon Tea in the Melbourne 
Markets. 
Melbourne : March 14th, 1881. 
Dear Mr. Bruce,— When I telegraphed and then 
wrote to you the result of the jury awards respect 
i"g Ceylon coffee, as communicated to me, I could not 
doubt that ere the departure of the mail for which 
I am writing the full details would have been published, 
so that we might see how we compared with India, 
Fiji, &c. As yet, however, there is nothing made public 
regarding coffee or cinnamon. You in Colombo, there- 
fore, will have known the awards for Ceylon coffee 
some three weeks before those awards are made public 
in Melbourne. I have heard the delay in publication 
attributed to the loss by a juryman of some papers, 
but I am assured that no alteration is likely to be 
made in the awards as communicated to you. It is 
possible that in to-morrow's paper the coffee and cin- 
namon awards may appear, or at any rate in the Argus 
of the 16th, so as to enable me to see what 
the comparative position of Ceylon is as regards coffee.* 
The proof of the tea awards having been brought to 
me for correction I was able to telegraph to you 
"Tea 36 awards, 11 being Firsts." I now forward a 
copy of the Argus of March 10th, in which the thirty- 
six awards are underscored. Enclosed you will find 
separate list of Ceylon award? and synopBis : 
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 
1880-81. 
Tea Awards. 
Jury. — MessrB. D. Gibson, J. Everard, W. J. Cow- 
deroy, A. Harvey, W. Pitt Brown, and E. S. Harley. 
ORANGE AND FLOWERY PEKOES. 
First Order of Merit, Ceylon.— Keir, Dundas & Co. 
Loolecondera Estate, Upper Hewaheta : 
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The Ceylon Company (Limited), Koledenia Estate, 
Third Order of Merit, Ceylon.— Keir, Dundas & 
Co., Loolecondera Estate, Upper Hewaheta ; G. H. D. 
Elphinstone, Windsor Forest Estate ; Mackwood & 
Co., Galbodde Estate ; Keir, Dundas & Co., Loole- 
condera Estate, Upper Hewaheta. 
pekoes. 
First Order of Merit, Ceylon. — Haliane and Anton, 
Calsay Estate, Dimbula ; A. J. Stork, Blackstone Estate. 
Third Order of Merit, Ceylon, — A. J. Stork, Black- 
stone Estate ; P. R. Shand, Dunedin Estate ; Mack- 
wood & Co., Galbodde Fstate. 
PEKOE SOUCHONG. 
First Order of Merit, Ceylon. — Keir, Dundas & Co., 
Loolecondera Estate. 
Second Order of Merit, Ceylon. — P. R. Shand, Dun- 
edin Estate. 
Third Order of Merit, Ceylon. — Mackwood & Co., 
Galbodde Estate ; G. & W. Leechmau, Agrawatte 
Estate ; Ceylon Company, Hope Estate ; Ceylon Com- 
pany, Sogama Estate ; G. H. D. Elphinstone, Windsor 
Forest Estate. 
SOUCHONG. 
Second Order of Merit, Ceylon. — Keir, Dundas & Co., 
loolecondera Estate, Upper Hewaheta. 
* loth March. The coffee awards are in to-day's 
Argus. 
Third Order of Merit, Ceylon.— Mackwood & Co., 
Galbodde Estate ; G. & W. Leechman, Agra- 
watte Estate ; G. H. D. Elphinstone, Windsor Forest 
Estate ; Ceylon Company, Koledenia Estate. 
BROKEN PEKOES. 
First Order of Merit, Ceylon.— Keir, Dundas & Co., 
Loolecondera Estate; Ceylon Company, Sogama Estate. 
Third Order of Merit, Ceylon. — Mackwoods & Co., 
Galbodde Estate ; C. S. Armstrong, Rookwood Estate, 
Deltota ; Mackwood & Co., Galbodde Estate. 
CONGOU. 
Third Order of Merit, Ceylon.— J. A. Smith, Lon- 
may Estate; Keir, Dundas & Co., Loolecondera Estate. 
MIXED TEAS. 
Third Order of Merit, Ceylon.— T. C. Owen, Oonoona- 
gala Estate. 
BLENDING AND PACKING. 
Second Order of Merit, Melbourne. — Ceylon and Foo- 
chow Company. 
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS. 
First Order of Merit, Ceylon.— Keir, Dundas & Co., 
Loolecondera Estate, Upper Hewaheta. 
Second Order of Merit, Ceylon. — Mackwood & Co., 
Galbodde Estate. 
India takes 35 First Orders of Merit, Ceylon 11, 
Japan 1, Melbourne 1 (blending and packing). 
India takes 77 Second Order of Merit, Ceylon 3, 
Japan 2, Melbourne 1 (blending and packing). 
India takes 104 Third Order of Merit, Ceylon 22, 
Japan 14. 
India exhibits 339 samples, 216 awards ; Ceylon 78 
samples, 36 awards ; Straits Settlements 1 sample ; 
Japan 35 samples, 16 awards; Melbourne and China 
54 samples, 2 awards. 
COFFEE. 
Jury. — E. S. Harley, W. P. Brown, M. Benies, J. 
Hutchens, R. W. Wilson. 
First Order of Merit.— Ellembellary Estate, 
Madras ; Cootamundra Estate, Madras ; Hillgrove 
Estate, Madras ; Nedembally Estate, Madras ; Seaforth 
Estate, Madras ; Glenvan's Estate, Madras ; Ingle« 
wood Estate, Madras ; Stanes and Co. Estate, Madras ; 
Balmadies Estate, Madras ; J. T. Baker, Yakkabenda- 
kelle Estate, Ceylon ; Lee, Hedges, & Co., Ceylon ; 
Colombo Commercial Company, Ceylon ; Whittal & 
Co., Ceylon ; Mackwood & Co., Ceylon ; Loolcondera 
Estate, Ceylon; Courthope, Bosanquet &Co., Ceylon. 
Second Order of Mbrit. — Waverley Estate, Madras; 
Hallacarey Estate, Madras; Chowdikadu Estate, 
Madras; Eliza Estate, Madras. 
Third Order of Merit. — Sussex Estate, Madras j 
Goatfel Estate, Madras ; Thottullgalla Estate, Ceylon; 
Delmege, Reid, & Co., Ceylon ; Langdale Estate, 
Ceylon ; Kintyre Estate, Ceylon; Tillicoultry Estate, 
Ceylon ; Armitage Bros., Ceylon. 
PURE PLANTATION GROUND COFFEE. 
First Order of Merit.— R. Harper, Melbourne ; 
Parson Bros, Melbourne; J. F. M'Kenzie and Co.; 
Gregg and Co., New Zealand. 
essence of coffee. 
First Order of Merit.— Dunn and Hewett, Lon- 
don ; A. Elder, Edinburgh; E. Delacre, Brussels. 
ROASTED COFFEE. 
First Order of Merit. — Parsons Bros., Melbourne 
(Ceylon Plantation, Peaberry, Jamaica, and Java.) 
Second Order of Merit.— J. F, M'Kenzie and Co., 
Melbourne (Ceylon plantation) ; R. Harper, Melbourne 
(plantation and peaberry). 
CORAL AND SHELLS. 
Hon. Mention.— Ceylon Government, coral and shells. 
