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"tipped," to enable them to thrive and form into 
good bushes ; they must therefore be plucked, — but, 
remember, very lightly, simply tipped, that the bushes 
may be spared as much as possible. 
FOURTH YEAR. 
E. 
Tea seed, for planting at stake and for nurseries, 30 
maunds, at R70 per maund .. ... 2,100 
Importation of 70 coolies, at E100 per head land- 
ed on the garden ... ... ... 7,000 
Bonuses to 35 coolies for a two years' re agree- 
ment, say ... ... ... ... 800 
Engagement of 10 local labourers under a two 
years' agreement, at say R25 per bead ... 250 
Wages of 224 labourers at an average of say E4 
each per mensem ... ... ...10,752 
Establishment ... ... ... .. 3,672 
Loss on 2,000 maunds Rice, say ... ... 1,650 
Government revenue, fees, law expenses, &c. ... 500 
Station or Steamer Agent's salary ... ... 180 
Calcutta charges, say ... ... ... 750 
Discount, Feed of live stock, Stationery, Postage, 
and other Contingencies, say ... ... 1,346 
Total R29,000 
RESULTS AT END OF FOURTH YEAR. 
Receipts R.5,000 
Debit Balance ,. 1,13,000 
Yield. —This season we have 200 acres under plant, 
but we can only obtain leaf from J 50 acres, and of 
this area 100 acres must only be " tipped." We have- 
Three (rising four) year old bushes ... 50 acres. 
Two (rising three) ,, ,, ,, ... 50 ,, 
One (rising two) ,, ,, ,, ... 50 ,, 
We have assumed that hitherto the bushes have only 
been " tipped ;" that they have been spared as much 
as possible ; and that the garden has been kept 
throughout in the highest state of cultivation : con- 
sequently we may assure e that the three year old 
bushes, have proved themselves fine, strong, healthy, 
well-formed bushes, giving abundance of leaf. We 
may therefore safely calculate we have made from 
the leaf gathered off them, lj maunds of pucca tea 
per acre. Accepting of the same figures as we showed 
the last year for the other bushes, we obtain, a total 
of 83 maunds, or say in round numbers 85 maunds 
pucca tea, as cur outturn for this the fourth year. 
Taking into consideration that a tea-house complete 
in every respect is on the garden, a net average of 
at least 12 annas per lb. should be obtained for the 
same, without any difficulty. We should therefore 
have a clear return of at least R5.000 this year, 
and we note down this amount in the estimate under 
the heading of "receipts." 
Sugar and Cacao. — The quantity of sugar shipped 
to end of April, is = 23,863 hhds. ; and of cacao 
5,747,900 lb.— Trinidad Chronicle. 
Public Sale of Cinchona Bark. — Messrs. Robinson 
& Dunlop will put up for public sale on Saturday, 
25th instant, at noon, 14 lots of cinchona bark'. The 
first 5 lots are Stonycliff bark, 3 euccirubra and 2 
officinalis. The analysis by Mr. M. Cochran, of the 
stem and the root succirubra, lots 1 and 2, shews 
1'78 average yield of sulphate of quinine. Total al- 
kaloids 4'86. Lots 6 to 9 are P.ickarton succirubra, 
and lots 10 to 13 are mixed succirubra and officin- 
alis from Agrawatte, Carolina (Ambagamuwa), Wigton 
(Dimbula), Heenwelle and Hunucotuwa (Kotmale), 
the analysis by Mr. A. C. Dixon of the mixed stem 
pieces shewing L15 yield of sulphate of quinine in 
total alkaloids 397. Lot 14 is succirubra from Gava- 
tenne. Nothing extraordinary in quality, but good 
serviceable lots. 
AGRICULTURIST. [July i, i88i. 
Cocoa in Guiana. — We hear encouraging accounts 
of the Cocoa industry which has been put on foot, 
the young trees testifying that the soil -of this colony 
is admirably adapted for this cultivation, the late con- 
tinuous drought having had no bad effect upon them. — 
Georgetown Gazette, May 5th. 
Mr Aoostini's Coffee-piece at Coblentz is throw- 
ing out a most abundant show of blossom (Saturday 
30th), and will look still better to-morrow and Mon- 
day. The St. Ann's hybrid in particular, is magnifi- 
cent in its vigour and promise of a great crop. The 
little plantation — so near at hand — is well worthy of 
a visit just now. The hon. proprietor, delighted at 
his success, freely invites an inspection of hi-, ex- 
periment by the gentlemen of the town. — Trinidad 
Chronicle. 
Trinidad. — The shipment of cacao to date is 
5,367,270 1b. Cacao expectations from most quarters 
are only moderate or small ; but from Maracas Valley 
we have a very good account. Five coolie ships 
have come in from Calcutta this season, i.e., since 
September 30th last, and two more are due. The 
five arrived are the 
Imm. pd. d'ring pss'ge retur- 
arrived. l'nded pssge. bths. dths. ners. 
Jura," 
No. 10— 535 
3 2 
5 
10 
Br. Nati 
m" „ 27—499 
Dec. 77— 526 
2 
5 
18 
Sheila " 
3 4 
10 
18 
Neva " 
Feb. 8-471 
— 1 
7 
Bann " 
Mch. 16— 262 
— 2 
13 
— Trinidad Chronicle. 
The south-west monsoon threatens to be a failure 
in Ceylon and Southern India : at the present moment 
it is dry. and hot with no prospect of rain. We fear 
for the grain crops in India. As regards coffee, leaf 
disease is beginning again to appear in certain districts, 
and crops in many cases are not to fulfil the promise 
which the fine blossoms led planters to hope for. Still 
the trees look well even without what planters used to 
ihink should be the annual dose of manure. This 
is the report from Dimbula. As an evidence of the 
success of Mr. Schrottky's vapourizing with carbolic 
acid and lime against leaf disease, we learn that 
the fall of leaf on Gleneagles estate on the operated 
coffee compared with that on adjoining coffee not 
treated is as to 11 to 81 .' Mr. Schrotty leaves the 
island to-morrow to return possibly in September. — 
24th June. 
Coffee in Natal. — We had hardly anticipated hav- 
ing again to use this heading, but the meetings and 
journeys of the Coffee Commission have caused some 
little interest to be taken in this defunct enterprise, 
The Commission seem to be having rather a jolly 
time of it, "borer and bark disease" do not inter- 
fere with many a pleasant luncheon. All the Com- 
missioners have sunk money in coffee planting, and 
have taken to other pursuits they should therefore 
have little difficulty in determining the reason why 
everyone failed to make the enterprise pay. We hope 
the climate of this country will be compared by 
them with that of other successful coffee growing 
countries. Reliable data can now be secured for the 
pa3t 15 or 16 years, a period covering the birth and 
death of the enterprise. Reit Valley estate is con- 
stantly quoted as a successful coffee estate ; but before 
accepiing the statement it would be interesting to \ 
learn what the capital account now amounts to, and j 
whether a pound of coffee costs more to grow than 
it is worth. If enough money were forthcoming, it 
would be possible to grow coffee in England— under 
glass. Or perhaps the climate of Reit Valley, which is 
very different to that of the other localities in which 
coffee was grown, may compare favourably with that of 
successful growing countries.— Natal Mercury, May 
2nd. 
