THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, [Oct. 2, ,893. 
rath»r common. Dimbala ; Doltot* ; Hana-giria. 
Vl. all the yoir ; pale yellowish-green. Alao ia 
In lia and Malay Archipelago. 
Wood htird, hoavy, olose-graineJ, gmooth, reddisli- 
brown. 
First noticed by Knenig, whose speoioien* are in 
Mu8. Brit. Moon gives the name 'Bat-hik' for tlji*. 
The leaves vary exiremely ; iu ttie dry regioQ they 
are freqiu ntly fcund 6tri>Dgiy i-errfte, f nd this form 
is oulka ' K»rukku-va) chchi ' by the Tamils. It is 
th s which h<'xburgh records (Hort. B-^ng. 18) as 
' Oejlon Te»,' under which name it was sent fr ni Cey- 
lon to the Bot, Garden, (Jalculta, by Gon. McUowall 
(S(e Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 639). 
TANNIN AND THEINE IN CHINA 
AND INDIAN TEAS. 
The London Lancet reports in it< is'ue of July let' 
the r( suits of au mveBtit^'aticn of Cbica an I Indian 
leap, based on the coi.Htilueuts oi tea as it is 
or.iinarily made and prese-tod to the drinker. 
The regui's to whioh these experimints have ^eJ may 
thus b« gmerdlizi'd : 
1. There i- an iaiportaut difference in the amount of 
ta uniii but not oF tbein ) iu these Uhiiia and India i teas. 
The Cbita teas contain from 5 to 6 pr r oen! ot tannin 
and the Indian ttai average of 10 pir cent. \:\ both 
the theine amounts to piactioally the bauie — averaging 
8.4 per cent. 
22. Distillt;'! or softened water to which carbonate 
of eoJa has been added, di'isolves the tannin more 
rapidly, but tSect'i no inoreaxe in theaujount of tbeiLe 
dinsolved ; the practioe ot adding ctrbonnte of soda to 
the wattr, therefore, ia not to be r<.c3mmended. 
Moderately hard woter usL-d the moment it re:iobe6 
boilin/{ point efieuts just an rapid a solntion of the 
valua e principle tbeiue ns distilled water, whilst the 
objecti nable tanniu is not so rapidly dissolved. 
3. Caina teas may salely be left to iufuse for a longor 
period of time tbaii the Indian teas ; for the former even 
titteeii oainutea may be allowed without fearof difsolv- 
in'^ an excess of thnnin, but for the latter not longer 
than five, or at ths mr) t seven minutes is advisable. 
4. Tannin, of course, imparts aftringeucy t > tea ; 
but this conBtitiient ix not wholly coDcerned in pro- 
ducing an infusion of the desirable body and strengih, 
for tbi) tbeiLe and tannin together nmnunt to only 
one-fourth of the total extractive matter present, 
except in some instances ot Imlian tear, vrbich are 
particular y and undesirably rich in tannin. 
5. The best robults are obtained when the tea is 
powdete I immediately before ur>e. The flavor is then 
exquisite, complete exti action o( the theine is insured 
and provided the infusion is allowed to sttnd for 
only five or seven minatea, a minimum of tannin is 
di^solv(d and no sacrifice of body or strength is 
percept ible. The remarks in sectinn 2 also apply here. 
Tbe Indian tea No. 4 used in tl is inves'igation v?aa 
obtiined by piivate purchase; the Chii a teas were 
supplied by the Russian-Ohina Tea Company, which 
has been established with the avowed object of supply- 
ing Chinese pUctation teas in tbe United Kingdom 
as imported into Russia, — Amencan Qrocer. 
BARK AND DRUG REPORT 
(From the Chemist and Druggist.) 
London, Aug. 17. 
At the driag-sale today remarl^ably little business was 
done -in fact, buyers appeared to be at a premium. 
Brokers came and brokers went, but iu nearly everj 
case without effecting sales, and catalogue after catalogue 
was gone through with apparently only a slender trans- 
acliou of business. 
AKECA-NTJT3.— Of 137 packages 33 sold, without reserve, 
at los 6d to X3s. Ttiis was apparently for very old 
stock, being more or less wormy. Another parcel of 4 
bags was sold at 8b. 
(JANBLLA.-BAKK.— Eight bales of good pale bark, con- 
siderably broken, were bought in at 30s. 
Cakbamoms.— There ^vas a limited supply offered, and 
nearly the whole was sold at good prices, considering 
that the quality was just about average. One parcel ot 
fiOi plump and white Mysore sold at 88 8d ; split of aboat) • 
equal size and colour '/t Id to Is 6d; small td medium, 
wuite, sold at ^^B. aud the smaUesi at xs id ; natural 
brown Iruit fetcbiug Is ad to is t"d. Ul the few c^aes 
of Malaburs offered all s.ld: medium in oize and coluof 
at 28 Id, and low brown at Is ad. beed sold at la 4d. 
KOLA-NuiB.— At the Bales 36 pacnages were ofleied, Lut 
only 2 B Id St •.d ; tde remBiuuer were «11 bought in. 
lissKKTiAL OIL.— At the auctions today there was a 
large variety of oils offered, but t'Usinetu was espi cially 
Biagnanl, and there t>eiug no demand everyibiog offered 
wab bought In, 
AREA PLANTED WITH TEA AND OTHER 
PRODUCTS. 
We are now enabled (after a greater expenditure 
of time and labour than we care to think of^ to 
present our readers with the all-important main 
results of the compilation and analysis of the re- 
turns for our Estates' Directory, now finally closed. 
These are as follows, and we include a compari- 
son with the results arrived at two years ago ; — 
CkYLON f^LANIATlONS IS Tea, CoKFEE, CACAO, CiM- 
CHOMA, UABDAMOMB, liC. 
Results in July IHHI. Aug. 1893. Difference. 
Acres. Acres. Acres. 
Total aica of 
Properties .. 687,832 721,805 Incr. 36,973 
Do Cultivated ... iW>,D63 36rf,vb5 do 18,^82 
In 'lea ... 24H,6t)6 ■/ri.MiS) do ■Ji.iM 
Uo C.flee (Arabian) 86,769 S0,ui»ti Deer. e,(J6i 
Do do (Lluer.auj.. iucr. ou5 
10 C'acaj ... li.oOo 16,406 oo 3,ii5(J 
Do Cardamoms ... i.nfii 4,7^3 Deer. ^32 
uo ClQODona trees... 9,176,1.01) «,9uki,ouO do ;<,196,oou 
An increase of 19,2ti2 acres to the area covered 
with tea in the two years may a considered 
moderate when compared with the '• rash " of 
lUu previous years, tiai as there ig about 7,(HK) 
ftcres oi lea b.youd our total, intermixed with cutfee 
vt ciuohous, wa.ch beiord long will, we fuar, be all tna, 
i( 18 sife to speak ot 260,UbO acres ea repretentiug 
the Tea Indusi-y uf Oeyiou towards the eud of lbi^3. 
i he increase lu cacao aud Liberiaa coffee ia very 
siiislajiorj. 
LONDON REPORTS ON TRAVANCORE 
CEYLON PRODUCE. 
TRAVANCORE TEA. 
(From Fatry <£• Patteur, Limited. Report of the 
Coloijial Markets for the Week ending 
Aug. 16th, 1893.) 
The 452 packages offered were not attractive, and 
prices ruled in favor of buyers. 
6 
p 
o 
03 
cm Ah 
8d 7d 
2 Q S 
PC-la 
O . B > 
6id . . 60 chests 7d 
6d 40 i-cha. 6id 
6id 48 chests ejd 
5d 149 „ 6id 
Glenmary 
Unas. 
Aneimudi 8§d 7d 6^d 
Arienkow 7Jd . . 6Jd 
Venture 7^d, 6|d, 5id 
7id 6id 
NagamaUy 7id 6Jd 6d ... 6|d, 61 „ 6id 
5id 
Linwood ... 6id 94^,, 6id 
Unas. 
Total 452 packages, averaging 6|d to 6|d per lb" 
against 7^d for corresponding week last year. 
