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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [August i, 1893 
natives in that part of tbe conntry had to liit'e 
need to work that laboni could only be procured 
with difficalty in June, Julv, and An(?QBt for cog' r 
and coftee estatee. The exportp, which concern 
principally West Java, showed a oonBiJerable de- 
cieaBe as compared with 1891, having only amounted 
to 18,895 tons. 
Cocoa. — A larger area ie gradually coming un'ler 
onltivation, bnt in oocsequence of Ur% propiticus 
weather last year's production was rather Fmalirr thun 
during the previous twelve monthi. Prices in tbf Euro- 
pean markets, however, wore somewhat biKheii and 
planters were thus parily compensated ior the small- 
nees of the crop. 
OiNOHONA. Babk. — The pioduotion of both Govern- 
ment and private estates (vide statittics) was con- 
siderably smaller than in 1891 and prices in Eur^iJO 
ruled low, so that this culture caunot be siid to be 
in a flourishing condition. Planters are discursicg 
the advisability of erecting a oinohota manufactory 
in Java in order to save tbe heavy charges now iu- 
onrred by tbe export of the bark, Nuihiog dttiaite 
has, however, yet been decided. 
OoPBA. — The exports last year were quile iuaigni- 
fioant; the oooonat trees, in coasequeuce of tbe 
wholesale manner in which the; bad been despoiled of 
their fruit during tbe previous s-sason, siulded this 
year little or none, beyond what was required for 
ooDsnmption in the country, and for tbe local extrac- 
tion of oil. It is expected thai a fsir crop will be 
obtained in 1893, but it is likely to be rather a late one. 
Annex I— Sugar Crop from July to June of 
following year. 
Conntry 1889-90 1890-31 I89i-3a 
Tons Tods Tons 
Europe .. 172,5»7 IM.'-Tl 216,431 
Australia .. 81,168 32,185 48,410 
China .. 62,688 79,460 98.668 
America .. 46,301 83,114 60,768 
Snndries .. 13,834 23,460 16,518 
Total 829,878 4ia,780 439,705 
Xnnez 2.— Government Java Coffee Sales during 1892. 
Piculs Average 
fl. 0. 
Preaoger Sept IS lo.ooo 62 oo 
MalangS do 15,000 68 76 
Bisir WIP Oct. 20 4,000 68 33 
MalangS OP '1o 21,000 61 li 
Sisir WIP Nov. 24 400 88 66 
MalangS OP do S4.400 6a 83 
Batoc WIP do 21,0 67 90 
Karangau WIP Dec. 29 786 0<i 50 
Sisir do 496 63 80J 
Malanga OP do 23,718 61 16j 
Total Piculs 100,000 
First quality, April 5 
Second quality, do 
First quality, June 28 
Second quality, do 
First quality, Sept. 27 
Second quality, do 
First quality, Dec. 27 
Second quality, do 
Piculs 
Average 
fl. c. 
8,190 
180 
43"'00 
22,316 
700 
32"'80 
11,345 
420 
25""50 
14,326 
i30 
37""52 
PLANTING PROGRESS AT THE STRAITS. 
From the Report of Mr. C. H. A. Turner, Senior 
District Officer on the Sepang district in tbe 
Selangore Government Gazette, June 23rd ; we 
quote as follows : — 
The District is purely an agrioultutal one at present, 
and, with the exception of the large concession at 
Sepang, planted with gambier and pepper (10,111 
acres), the other holdings are only small ones. The 
onltivation of arecanuts had been abandoned for the 
more remunerative product, cofiee. About 350 acres 
are now grown with padi, the culture of which has 
been patronised by H. H. the Sultan, by a very sub- 
stantial loan of over $3,000 to the people in the 
District, who have promising fields in Tanjong, 
Poablas and Qtber places, 
The Raja Moda'i property at Bandar ha« no lorgcr 
the melancholy aspect of o<>glect which it fcure laet 
year. The email MaUy bo'dirg* a e being ■Jowly 
cUar>'d under the iufluence of tb« Pengbuluti of th« 
mukim*. Tlie »mall ccfT.^ plantations tiu Jugra Hill, 
worked b) Tnu i)<, i;- pro»perir^, aud I am ^lad lo nay 
that a neglected coffee gardf □, held nuder a loan from 
Government, has cbanged hands, aud with the tborl 
attention it bae rece.ved looks promising aud remu- 
nerative. Tha Javau>tse Kardens at Klananit are all 
that fan be desired, and a great many of lhe*e useful 
and industrious peopl<'. who la»t ytar derrritd their 
holdings, are returning. Attempts bace been mude at 
Klinsng, by Cbint-se and Jsvabeke, at iLdigo, tobacco 
and paicbouli, which gave good rebultii, t>ut the minds 
of the agriculturiels of the District are now aet on 
coflee, the prerent price of which I hope will con- 
tinue for some time in tbe interest* of tbe people 
arid Uiftrlct. 
Planting in Lob Clieng Krng'a large estate at Sepang 
cciitiLues ti extend, bnt I think it is more in favour 
of pepper than gambit^r. Tbe output of |:ep(.er from 
the estate was greater than last jear, bat that of 
gambier was lesv. 
The s»il Isid bare by the opening of tbe KUug- 
Ltu^'at Ktad is f^nrprisiogly rich, oo which coffee, 
But;ar, iiidigo, pad', fruit and v< fetablra c .uld be 
grown successfully and rtmuneiatively, an>t with a 
little pecuniary help from the Oovernojeot and some 
spread of a knowledge of a District fo little known 
in planting c rclea, I see no ressoD why the whole region 
between Bandar and Pangkalao Ba'u ibou'd not t>« 
opened up and coltivattd On the whole, I consider 
thiit aKricultare has progressed during tbe year, as indi- 
cated by the large export of garden produce, etkob at 
pepper, areoanuts, indigo, A,o., over last jear. 
THE DUTCH MARKET. 
AMSTEbDAH, June 16. — The einclions-anotiotb to be 
hnld in Amsterdam on Juiy 6ih will cons'St ot 246 
cases and 6,364 baits, about 557 to >f, divi'^el ma 
follows: — From (iovernment plnotstijus, 313 bales 
(abont 33 tons;; from private plantations 6,021 bales 
and 246 oaats (about 524 tons.) This quun.iiy con 
tains : Of druggists' bark — Succirubra quills, lt^6 
caces ; broken quilU and chips, 68 bales huj 48 cas's; 
root, 23 bales. Officinalis quills, 12 oases. Of mano- 
facturing bark— Ledgeriana broken qnills and chips, 
4,615 bales ; root 912 bales. Hybrid broken quilln aud 
chips, 492 bales ; root, 08 bales. OflSoinalis broken 
quills and chips, 154 bales ; root, 32 bales.— C'/ifmt$^ and 
Druggist. 
THE QUALITY OF CEYLON TEA. 
[The most serious view yet expressed bearing oq 
the " Bitter Cry " diecussion is surely that sent out 
from LoDdoQ by the veteran London correspondent 
of the local "Times" with a full realization 
of his responeibility. — Ed. T.A.'\ 
Yoa will not have failed to notice a passage in the 
afttr- Jinner speech oi your Governor, on the 14th 
lost., {in which he cautions CeyKn plante ra as to the 
policy of maintaiiing the good name they have wen 
for their tea by not allowing the quality to fall 
off. This advice was well intended, aud was well 
timed if the assertion 60 often made by your 
'annexation" conteraporary is correct — that planters 
can make as good tea as they have ever made if 
it would pay; bnt that it does not pay. Now that 
point is one that deserves special attention at the 
present (ime, when Indian tea-growers are constantly 
asserting that Cey'on is going back in the quality 
of much, if not most, of its tea. 1 have diecussed 
tbe matter with any number of Oeylon men and 
CeyloQ brokers, and, however unwillingly, they have 
had to confess that, owing to some unknown cans e 
a number of once well-known teas which took % 
