THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, [Sept. i, 1893. 
Lord Kipon in the last Colonial Efport published, 
testifies to the value of the work which Ib being 
performrd by the able AdmiDistrator, Sir \\ illiam 
Macgregor, who is of couree backed by the prestige 
of the British Government and the AuBtralian Colonies. 
The Imperial Biitish Bast Africa Company have 
recently issued a Bbport to their Sbart holder*, fhew- 
ing that in four years they have spent £378,042 of 
the Shareholder* mcney, £30,000 contributed by Her 
Mijestj's Government and £26,435 presented to them 
by the Church Missionary Society, or a total expen- 
diture of £434,477, whilst the reoeipts for the esme 
period amount to £45,037 from Customs, kc, and 
£26,080 from other Bonroos, or a total of £71,117. 
British Bechoanalaiid was taken possession of by the 
Go»ernment in 1884, and after seven years a revenue 
of £45,313 was secured by an expenditure of £159,545. 
Daring the whole period the imperial Treasury baa 
ooQtributed by Parliamentary grants a sum ol no 
less than £446,437. 
OOMPABATIVB STATEMENT. 
Expenditure. Revenue. 
Total for 4 Totul for 4 
years (1888-91) yetrs (1888-91) 
British New Guinea ... £(iO,000 £13,153 
Imperial British Eist 
Africa Company ... 434,477 71.117 
British Beebuanalaod ... 422,108 92,779 
B itish North Borneo ... 284,501 314.126 
The total trade of New Gu'nea for this period 
amonntei to £98,308, whilst that of British North 
Borneo reached £1,483,300. 
The German Colonies on the West Coast of Africa 
and in New Guinea, which have been establishtd 
eioce the formation of the British Ncrth Borneo 
Company, are not yet making any material prrgress 
and continue to be a heavy ohargo on the Impi rial 
Treasury; whilst the coUapte of the German i bart- 
ered Company on the East Coast of Africa cost the 
Imperial Government £1,500,000 in subsides. 
Mr. W. H. Treacher, the Company's first Governor 
(than whom no one is more competent ti express an 
opinion) baa recently written a small bouk on Boruer, 
in which the following paragraph appears :— "The 
question may be asked, what bas the Company done 
for North Borneo? A brief reply to this question 
would include the foUowiDg points : The Company bas 
paved the way to the ultimate t xlinction o( the practico 
of slavery ; it bas dealt the final blow to the piracy and 
kidnapping which still lingered on its co&sfs; it has 
substituted one strong and just Government for numer- 
ous weak, cruel and onjust ones ; it bas opered 
Courts of Justice which know no distinction between 
races and creeds, between rich and pocr, be- 
tween master and slave, it is rapi lly adjusting 
ancient blood feuds between the tribes and put- 
ting a fltop to the old custom of head-hunt- 
ting ; it has broken down the berner erected by tlie 
coast Malays to prevent the aborigines having access 
to the outer world, and is thus enabling trade and its 
Bocompanying civilisation to reach the in' erior races ; 
and it is attracting European and Chinese capital 
to the country and opening a market for British 
traders." 
After obtaining a Charter H. M. Government in 
1881, the Directors took possession of an uncultivated 
country, inhabited by barbarous tribes, similar, in 
fact, in every respect to British New Guinea, to 
which a reference has already been made, and from 
nhioh neither trade uor revenue of any magnitude 
conid be expected, except as the result of ekilful 
opening up and development, extending over a great 
number of years, A British Colony has since been 
successfully founded on the basis of the Charter, which 
baa been further strengthened by the establishment 
of a British Protectorate creating " The State of 
North Borneo." Outside capital amcnnting to over a 
Million sterling has been attracted to the country, 
the annual revenue has been raised from §51,000 in 
1888, to ^357,000 in 1892, and the volume of trade 
has increased in the same period from $690,000 to 
over $3,000,000. To have carried out this work, do. 
frayel the cost of administration aiid paid two sdibH 
dividends (Uying meantime the foundations of u<w 
indueiriea and enterpriser, capable nf enormous ex- 
tern ion in the near future and likclj to add largely 
to the revenues of the rompaoy) must generally !-'<: 
fdmittt'd to be a considerable and promising le-ult 
from small beginnings, acliieved under many dis- 
couraging circumst'nee'. 
INDIAN l'ATKNT8. 
Calcutta, the 13th July IWA. 
No. 79 of 1693. — Alfred George Woodward Reid, 
Executive Engineer, Pubjab IrrigaMon, Ludbiana, 
for raising and holding at every required height llie 
gates used for regulating the admisHion of water into 
the minor distribution channels on irrigatiwn canals. 
(Filed 2ilth .June 1»93.; 
No. 133 of ICS'S.— Messrs. O. Bowen, A. S. Tomkiae 
and J. Cobeldick's invention for an improvement in 
the manufacture of charcoal. (Specification filed lltb 
April 1889.) — Indian Jiiigincer. 
UlGll PRICE ruK TEA IN CALCL'TTA. 
At the ua sales in Calvuita ou iLe 27tli iiutaLi, 
some 01 ibe piiuts ie..ide(l <i.re reunrkabl/ Ui^u. 
I'lin prui uce 01 the Baiasuti lea C .tuiiauy Daijeeliug, 
Bolo ai particularly ii.gb raiw. liiuty-luur cuuta ot 
Uiango i.^tkoe Wciv noiu at Kl-lU ; inent/ chcsis oi 
Pekoe at Kl-3 i htieeu cueoto il leeoc ouuth.ug 
at A6l;^'9 ; an I iHeuiy ctieble ottiiuken OraU^t Pckuo 
Ht Kl 1'2'b per lb. illc I'luis i.il.^g i'ea Co. Jjarjeelilig 
has a.su doue remaikaily wcii. Among iis caica weir 
iweiiL^-oue ihestB ol Bioktn Ui»ug« Ptkoe which 
told ai Itl-J i ihiily ctitBta ut OiaU|je Pikue ai U.16; 
iLuly-five cLiSi6 ol Pekoe ai 1-0-6 ^t-r ib. Ibe aver- 
age o: Balaauu wua ill-5-3, alia ol Tiug LkOg 
1(1 3-4, Latt year Ite beet avcrsgcs from tuese twu 
(iarueuB were i-Cl-9-2 ana itl-0-11, rispecuvtly. The 
best invoicca arc laie iLi; year ana arc rtiil to come. — 
Madras .)/ait, Jul} '61. 
SELECTED E^ULlbli PATENTS. 
No. 20,964.— Tea.— J. Y. Johnson, 47, Lincoln's Inn 
Pields, iUiaaiesex.— ( VV . Jackson; (Joiv<mt>u, UeylouJ. 
Koliiug Macnincs. — L/onsisis in luiaus lor pieveuling 
a rise ot teuiperatiue aiuiug lue rolling. Air is lu- 
troauced luiu, or lUuwn iioui, me spaue lu Auicti 4iie 
rolling takeb piace Uy means ut a lau, air puuip, elc. 
lu Uic ariaugeiueut sli0v\u a lau ariveu tioin llic shalt 
vvnicu actuuieb Ibe loliiug suiiaces ib couuccied wuli 
petluialeu luoes exienuiug along ine biaes ol lUe 
casing and cunimuuicaiiug wuii t,lie rolling chamber. 
No. 2(J,!»('.?. — lEA.— J. 1. Johnson, 4/, Elncom s iun 
iieKls, iUiuulesex. — t^W. Jackson; Colomhu, (Jeyiou., 
— Kulliug AiacliineB. — Order to laciUtale me cucuia,- 
tion 01 lue cnaige ol tea leal, the under suilace ol llie 
upper plate, elc is turmed wiih a dome-snaped on 
Convex projection. — luUian t'liymixi. 
BABK A^D DBUG EEiOhT 
(From the Chemist and Drugyist.) 
London, July 6. 
CocoA-BUiTER.— At ihe auction on Tuesday Sju l-cwt. 
cases of Cu-Oury's cocoa-butler sold at an advance oi 
about 1 9-itin8 d. per lb. ou the preceding sales— viz., 
at iTbm js 3U 10 is 3Jd per ib. 
Gamblek. — Block gambler remains inquired for. A lair 
amount of business is reported, mostly lor airival, ut 
liom i&s 3d down to lbs per cwt accfroxng to p<.Bitiun. 
July 13th. 
Cinchona.— The fortnightly auctions which were held 
on Tuesday were amoug the most insiguilitant in point 
of quantity, as well as of quality, whicn hive ever fatten 
pUge in Loudon. The eight cauiogues comprised;— 
