THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [Sept. i, 1893. 
total proceeds from the sale of produce Bmounted to 
£18,477 I'Js Oi acd deducting from this the total 
expenditure in Cf-ylon and London, there remaine a 
prctit of i;2,171 10b Id on the year's work-ng. To 
Ibis has to be added the Eum of £2,555 148 8d brought 
forward from last ytar, makioK a total of £4,727 48 
9d at the credit of profit and lose. 
On the 14lb January' last an interim diviilend of 
1} p(r cent waa paid on ihe capital of the Compao}', 
and ttie Directors recommtnd th»t a further divid-;n<l 
of 2J per cent be now declarf-d, making 4 per cmt 
for the year, and leaving £1,527 4s 9d to bo carried 
forward to nexi acconn*. 
For Seaacn 1890-91 the crop of coffee was 3,465 
cwt., while tor the year at)ove referred to, the coffee 
necured all told, amounted only to about 1,100 cwt. 
The net proceeds from this product for the two 
eeaeons were respectively £17,287 48 8d and £5.G31 
12s 8d, fhowing a reduction in value adverse to crop 
1891- 92 of no Iobs than £ll,t50j 12b. In the face of 
this great reduction in rtlnrns from coffee, Ihe 
Board consider that great credit ia due to the Manager 
for having worked the Spring Valley with aach 
economy that a fair profit whs earned. 
Crop 1892-93. 
The coffee crop tor this eeaaon is now estimated 
at 1,200 cwt., bnt from the reports which cumc home 
early in the seaeou, it was at one time feared that it 
would not reaob more than half the above estimate. 
While the Board are glad to report the above im- 
provement in the year's crop over the small eetimate 
at 006 time given, it must be remembered that the 
outturn of coffee will be but little better than 
BeaEon 1891-2, and that it ia being secured off the 
same area, viz. 872 acres. In view of the reports 
which have come to band during the past six mouths 
the Board feel bound to take into congiderition the 
possibility that they might at any time have to face 
a complete failure in the coSee crop, the trees, already 
weakened by diBtase, not having sufficient vigour to 
mature their crop should they have to contend with 
an Qufavoarable season. As the area of tea on Spring 
Vulley is by no means large, the Board have resolved 
to plant up in tea during the preseat year some 200 
acres of the coflee area, and about 100 acres in each 
subsequent season, always stKoting for this purpose 
only Buoh areas of coffee as are uol expected to yield crop. 
From Kf porta received during the last few itails 
an improvement had sat in iu the condition of the 
coffee; this may or may not be only of a temporary 
nature, but if it is found that the improved state 
of the coffee is likely to be at all permanent, ibe 
instructions of the Board with regard to the extension 
of the tea aroii will bo modified accordingly. The 
tea on Spring Valley is not yieldiug quite up to ex- 
peotatiouB, but from the satisfactory appearance and 
growth of the bushes, this is only attributed to passing 
conditions brought afeout by a not altogether lavour- 
able Beaton, and the Board have no reasoa at all to 
doubt that a full average yield will be secured as the 
bushes develop with age. 
The crop of tea from Spring Valley for Sessou 
1892- 93 is now estimated at 170,000 lb. and irom 
Oolanakaude at 23,000 lb. 
TEA. 
The area under tea is as follows : — acres. 
Spring Valley over live years old 601 
Planted Nov. /Dec, 1888 20 
„ 1890 100 
OolanabanCe over five years old 150 
Total area under tea 771 
Total area under coffee 872 
PLANTING AND AGRICULTUEAL PROGRESS 
IN THE STRAITS. 
{From Mr. Bellamy's Report on Kuala Sdangor.) 
"With regard to agcionlture in the District, I am 
able to report very tavourably. Large tracts of land 
are under permauept cultivation and all the piaDta< 
tious of young cocoDots are in excellent order. I 
have used ev ry effort to encourage tbis kind of oul- 
titra'ion, as the soil here is emiiietilly fitted fur the 
growth of tlo o'lcotiut palm. I feel perfectly eertaiu 
that the ezioDt of tbe plautatu ns in this District in 
not kaonn at bead-qa%rterB. The work of aa esairg 
tbe hold'Ug- in the Dittriot gave an etreUent oppor- 
tuLity to the District officer of making bim*«lf 
familiar wiiii tbe various mokims, and I wa« afclon- 
ifrhed St the maguifioebce of some (>f tbe coconut 
plantaticnB at Jersm, Pe'niataog, and Ujoug Permat- 
ang. Tbef>e are a constant »ource i f reveDoe to their 
owners, and tbe Peugbulus work hard to iodace 
people to open cp new lai.d f r thi< crop. Padi 
planting al>o received gre*t encouragemett ly the 
Uovernmeni ojakiug sinall advances to people wiabiog 
to make ladangs. At Api-Api abont 8U avrea ol land 
ii under padi, and hfr* the butfulo haa been uaed 
with great success. At Sungei Boroug lo which place 
the new Beruam Road bas given access, over 6U people 
have got ladangs, covering aometbing between 2U0 
aud 300 acres. All tbete people were aesiBted by 
GovernmeDt, and I am glad to report well of their 
work. Padi planting without Govetumeut assibtance 
has also been carried on in Djoug Permatang, 
I'ancbang Pedenn, Bagan Nakhodu Omar, i$abak aud 
Ijok, and good reports are received from all these 
places nitti tbe exception cf Ijuk. wliere the Peoghulu 
confesses he is not a skilfulpadi jilauter. He desrrveB 
considerable credit for having mado tbe trial. Padi 
cultivation, however, vriU never gain a care bold ia 
this DiBtriot anlesa tbe buffalo is utilised, and I 
trust that in tbe present year Oovernment will be 
ic^dooed to make advances to tbe settlers tu enable 
them to parohase these useful aoimals. Ia the old 
Malay times buffaloes were very plentiful here, and 
psdi cultivation was carried on to afar greater extent 
than it is now. I feel sure that if the people are given 
the means they «ill rai^e aa heavy crops of paoiaa the 
place bas ever known. All tbe District here is suitable 
tor padi cultivation, but tbe n.itive, unaided by bia 
buffalo canciot keep down tbe tremendous growth of 
grass and weeds that spring up in a very abort time 
alter a clearing basi been abaudoned. A much larger 
population of padi plauterB is needed for tbe Distiict 
and it has siruck me that, owing to tbe land in the 
interior of the State haviug now become so valuable 
for tin-mining, padi sawabs are being bought up by 
Chinese miners, it would be a good thing it Govern- 
ment were to transport the agricultural population 
from the interior Districts to the coast DiBtriote, 
where there is do tiu-miniog to interfere with their 
padi fields. The "anak dagang's '' objeotion to 
dealing witb tbe "aoak uegri," or settling near him 
is, I believe, the reason why foreign settlers do not 
come to Euala Selaugor, but if tbey were backed up 
by Government they would, I fancy, willingly come 
here. For instance, the people from tbeSetapak Valley, 
a place much coveted by llie tin-miner, could settle 
iu this District, where they would be free from 
molestation, aud I venture to piedict their crops of 
padi would be quite as heavy as those raised in tbe 
interior, while tbey would be able lo live beie at a 
cheaper rate. 
Tee Flantbbb and others connected with the 
staple industries in British Guiana are turning 
their attention to tbe question of endeavouring to 
secure some of the Chinese cheap labour which will 
very shortly be leaving the United States en masse 
as a ooneequenoe of the late legislation. " John 
Chinaman " is unquestionably patient, persevering, 
very praotioal, and withal very cheap, but he seems 
not to ha\e been altogether a success in most 
countries. Tbe States will have none of him, 
Australia rejects him, and we believe Cuba has 
been endeavouring to diminish his numbers within 
her borders. Will Demerara do any better witti 
him ? An article in the Chronicle seems to regard 
his acquisition as only a pis aller, and not to be 
looked to as a oooetant factor.— iSitjrar Cane, July 1. 
