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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [Nov. r, 1893. 
for 1893, Either therefore the returns of planted 
extent are below the actual figure? — not improb- 
able— or the average yield per acre cons derably 
greater in India and this is oo doubt the oaee. 
Still, aa respects profitable te* ooocerna, 
Oeylon can undoubtedly hold her own, and this 
can best be seen by a comparison between a cer- 
tain number of Indian and Oe>lou Tea Companiea 
as follows : — 
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There are some otiier (Jeylon 
dividends of from 10 to 12 
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Oompanies with 
per oent for a few 
years back whioh might be added ; but, of course, 
it is open to our Indian critics to say that our local 
experience is but limited. However, the Oeylon 
Tea PiaiitatioDS Company with plantations in low and 
medium as well ae high dietciots, is about the best 
and olJeat repr* santative that can be offered for 
local pro fitable concerns ; and although the profits 
must be a good deal less in the case of Ceylon tea 
grown on the older coffee lands, yet the comparison 
must always be for comparatively virgin soil on both 
BidiB. 
MINOR PRODUCTS IN THE PLANTING 
DISTRICTS : 
CASTILLOA RUBBER FOR LOWOOUNTRY 
DISTBIOTS AND AS SHADE FOR 
COFFEE. 
We thoroughly endorse the opinion expressed 
in the following interesting communioation as to 
the importance of adding new, even if minor, 
products to the cultivation of our staples, and we 
are pleased to learn that Caatilloa ubber ia doi^g 
better than we expected. We trust the example 
set bv our oorrespor dent wi'l be widely followed. The 
sample he Bends us peems to bn s very Batis- 
factory and merchantable rne. We shall try and 
get an expert's opinion on it : — 
" I read w th much interes'' yonr r^w^'k* npon the 
Mexican experimor-t of growing CastiUoa elattka at 
sbaie ftBionset coffoe. 
"The C i^tiMoa ruViherhse not been thoaebt mocb of 
in Ceylnn, bnt j „ni aiKpnBi>d to think it may h«»e 
been oniler-rated. I ne^d you a B»r«ip!« which L%« 
ben lying oo my denk some moDthn eiponed, and 
wh'ch ooRht Barely to ha^e been spoiled if not good 
•tufl, "nd yon can gee yourself how good the sabstinoe 
an'1 elasticity are. 
"Mv oP'U'On ja that »honM rot overlook tneh 
valnabte a"xil:ary eu'tWutinng aa rubber in the lo»- 
coartry eBtate«, and though we are cert'in'v im- 
proving i" many respert*, bv the introdnctioa 
of various Hinor prodiicte, tHe'e is still room for • 
VRBt deni mofo to be flore. There »re al wai 6 putrbea 
of the l^w-l^ingr place* that wnu'd ^tvo for such 
cul'ivfttiong and on which thp main enterprise may 
nnt be fo 8ucceR«'ijl »nd then there a'e i'o»''i and r'ver- 
Bide», »n'^ C'Btil'oa mny prnv" good nhaile for coffee 
where Liberinn or Coorg '8 beinij newly prown. There 
is no queftioii iibon^ the Alhi-zin. Mdliiccoiin w' ich 
you once wrote about, beinir on* of the finest 
poseih'e sb«''e trees for crffee and tea ; but Cxnlilloa 
would, if it is suited for ehsde, be irore valuable, 
from its prodac" ' e'ntr an «nniiiil crop, whereas the 
Alb'zzia to be ut'lized for timber, ba« to be altogether 
dacrifice'l. 
"I f iu'id mv C<stilloa trees grew sl^^wly, and it ii 
a tree that does not br»noh "ut mnob — and is not 
Bngg»stive of being a pood ^ha^e t*e« in thni respects, 
nor to afford the ^ol'^did fertilizing litter of the 
Al^>izzia — but it would be a splendid help. 
"C*'ara i* a fftihire^f >r fihude — and if) injarioue I tbiolc 
to both coffee and coff^a. I remember be<ng taken io 
Dumbara to a tnaei ifiofnt cocfR tree close to an 
equally fine Cears, ag a proof th» t Oeara did not injure 
ooooa, but I never believed il a'^d pnt mv Ceira 
separate, and it has fallen into complete disrepate 
in Dumbara. It is, of course, diacourasirg to hear of 
the vast supplies that the Ameriosn and African 
forests mu'it oontaiu of ruhber, but nevertheless we 
hsve snme adra' tiges here in respect of labor and 
transport, and reallv the enterprise could be gone on 
with steadily and without great risk of losa. — J. M." 
BARK AND DRUG REPORT. ■ 
(From the Chemist and Druggist.) 
liondon, Sept. 2l8t. 
CiNOHON'A. — As already foreshadowefl bv os Ust week, 
the cinchona-sales which t^ok plice here on Tues'lav were 
the smallest in extent known (or many years, while the 
qanllty of the bark offered was mostlv very p'-or, not a 
single parcel of rich grey or yellow barks beinglehown. 
The seven catalogues embraced of : — 
Packages Packages 
Ceylon cinchona 278 of which 2?9 were sold 
East Indian ciachona 302 ,, 224 „ 
West American ,, 66 „ 68 „ 
646 
549 
The total amount of bark placed on sale contained the 
equivalent of ahont 4.000 lb. sulphate of quinine, or say 
2-56 per cent on th» average There was rather more 
animation In the competitiin than has been observed 
lately, principally because one of the German factories 
which abstained from buying on the last occaei n now 
again entere'1 the market, and also because the druggists 
bought a considerab e quantity of bark ; but no aftoal 
alteration in price can be reported, the unit remain- 
ing per lb. 
The following are quantities secured by the principal 
buyers : — 
Lb. 
Agents for the Mannheim and Amsterdam works 40,364 
Agents for Anerbach factory ... ... 22,746 
Agents for the Frankfort-o/Maia and Stuttgart 
works ... ... 1S,898 
