August r, 1893.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
BATU CAVES ESTATES, KUALA LUMPUE, SELANGOE. 
Crop from 1st Jamtary to 31st December 1892. 
Area in 
Aores. 
Field 
No. 
Date Planted. 
Age. 
Cherry 
in Boxes 
Outturn® 8.15, Clean coffee 
Boxestolpiculin Piculs and 
coffee. 1 cts. 
Yield 
per acre in 
Pla. ots. 
Hi 
9 
Si 
13 
17 
I 
II 
III 
mj 
IV 
May/June '84. 
December '88. 
November '87. 
6A-December '88 
7A-November '89 
June 88. 
8J years. 
4 do 
5 years 1 month. 
4 years 
3 years 1 month 
4 years 5 months. 
377 
222 
134 
|240 I 
407 
Monkey coffee 
at 8.15. 
Monkey coffee 
Monk^ coffee 
Monkey coffee 
do 
Monkey coffee 
do 
1 04 
46 24 
81 
27 22 
32 
16 43 
] 17 
29 43 
1 53 
49 92 
4 20 
3 11 
5 15 
3 85 
3 02 
63^ 
1380 
i74 11 
Bemarhs. — Many Duriana. Monkey eoffea 4 pis. 87 eta. 
KAMUNING, KUALA KANGSA, PERAK, 
Crop from 1st January to 31st December 1892. 
Area in 
Acrea. 
Field 
No. 
Date Planted. 
Age. 
Cberry in 
Boxes. 
Outturn at 8.36 
Boxes to 1 PI. 
Coffee. 
Clean Coffee 
in Piculs and 
Catties. 
Yield 
per acre in 
Pla. Cts. 
82 
56 
1 
2 
3 
4 
Oct./Dec. '88... 
Nov. '88 
4 years ... ... 
4 years and 1 month 
],125J 
1,504 
23i 
19 
At 8-36 per pi. 
137 50 
183 80 
2 80 
2 25 
1 67 
3 S8 
138 
2,672i 
326 35 
Remarks.— JjB.tgo percentage of supplies not in bearing. 
NOTES ON CEYLON PRODUCTS. 
Plumbago.— The Reichstag has passed the " Ger- 
man Army Bill " and dealers are ezpectiog a better 
time than before. They are in hopas of hpsrinp that 
Europe will send large orders fcr the Mineral, and 
that the laree itock— onrid sn-l uncared — lyinjr io 
the stores will icon disappear. However, the market 
ia still very weak, and th'>re is no demand what- 
ever for low qualities Ii q liriea are made for Chips 
and Bust of the finest quality only, which pome 
dealers call the " Ashk Bee " mark- Since my 
notes appeared, only two transactions have been made 
in the Colombo market in these two grades. In 
large lumps and ordinary no bnainera is being done 
at all. These remarks stand good for Galle too. Still 
the eloainir of pits is the chief topic among owners, and 
news baa been received here that aeveral pita have been 
closed and are biing closed at Pai-lnm Kora'e, too. 
Some ezcoptionally fine plumbago (uncured) turned 
ont from a pit at Karnnfgala ban found a purcba"er 
in a rioh European house here. The dealers are ver? 
ohary about makioc; purchases of the uuonred stuff 
bsfore finishing off the large quantity tbey have in 
hand; and the result is that the price of plumbago in 
its raw state at the mouth of the pits ia very 1 >w. 
Cinnamon. — Fairly sood supplies are finding their 
way to the market, both from down South and the 
Negoiobo district. As a rule, the cinnamon broueht 
from the South does not fetch a good price. The m»ke 
ia olnmg^ and the colour and flavour are poor ; while 
Negombo supplies the bef^t stuff and peelers pay 
special attention to the turning out of pretty quills. 
For the best plantation cinnamon from tbe Nigombo 
District the price varies from 30 to 42 cents per pound 
while the price for usual asairtment now prevailing 
in the market is 35 to 36 cents per pound. The supply 
of chips is also incroasini; slowly, but surely. During 
tbe taut week about one hundred candies found their 
way to Ovlombo market and the prices paid were 
from K36 to K40 per oandy. 
CoppEBAH AND CocondtOil. — The prloe bas gonc sp 
since tbe last notes appeared by 60 cents and the 
price paid tbia morning for " Calpentyu " was B61 per 
oaody. Madampe and Maravilla fetch E43 to K48, 
There has been no marked improvement in the trrivsla 
of tbe boats. It is believed tfaat this beinc; the season 
for tbe Festival of St. Anna, the oopperah Dealers and 
the Boatmen (tbe maiorily of whom ar^ Boman 
natholic) prefer to attend tbe services, and t lull in 
the market may possibly ensue. 
During last week about two dozen pipes of obekkoo 
oil arrived. Up till yesterday morning, K14'87J per 
cwt. was the closing price and today there was a de- 
crease of 12ic. Oil dealers are also doing very little 
business now. In the Fort, during the week endinfr 
jesterday onlv 500 cwt. of dealers' oil were pnrcbased 
by • firm at 316 per cwt. There is a demand for nil 
at Calcutta, Bombav and Singapore, bat Native 
sbippera cannot bnv ril at the rates demanded by the 
sellers. Tbia is chiefly due to the sndden rise in the 
copperah market. Chekkoooil cannot be shipped in 
the s<a*e in which it is purchased. It has to be cleaned 
and filtered, when it becomes merchantable. 
CocoNDT PooNAC. — There is nokliing doing in this 
stuff. A native "Miller" has in his hands three con- 
tracts to snpply mill poocaoto tbrre European Houses, 
The rontr'ots were made about a couple of months 
ago. R75 to ^0 per ton F O B is about a fair value 
for the article now. 
Caboamoms. — Native dealers have abont a eoople 
thousand pounds in their hands unsold. Some of them 
have oommenoed to ' bleach ' with a view of effecting 
sales sooner or later — (tbe latter more likely.) Tbe 
native dealers, aa a rule, find a market in Calcutta and 
Bombay; but there is not much of a demand now. ' If 
we get very cheap, we'll buy' is tbe sentiment of the day. 
As rheap as dust, of course ! and let tbe poor native 
dealer go to tbe ! One Calcutta merchant is offer- 
ing for sale locally about two tbonaind pounds of 
pood 'Mysore' for which he cannot find a market at 
Calcutta. 
Abeca Nuts. — The season for thea* nuts will be in 
very soon aad tbe Coast Moormen and Obetties who 
monopolise tbe trade are making preparations for re- 
ceiving and curing the large supplies expeoti d. 
Safan Woon. — No arrivals kt Colombo durinii last 
week. 0HIP3. 
— Local " Examiner," July 19lh. 
