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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST 
[Nov. 1, 1893. 
THE AMSTERDAM BARK-SALES. 
AmsterdAiu, October 5. 
At today'! auotions 3,350 balea of J»va cinebOD* 
bark, repreeentiDg about two-thirdi of the qaantity 
offered. Bold with fair oompetition at aDadrsDoeof 
6 per cent, the aoit areragicg now 2°7Uo (or id per 
lb.) which makes the AtDaterdam qaotatioos eqa*l to 
the London ones. The figures realised were: — For 
manufactnrers' bark in cbipa and broken quil's 4|c 
to 28|o (equal to jd to 4Jd per lb.) ; ditto in root 7^0 
to 19Jo (equal to Ijd to Sidpcrlb.) For druKgiets' 
barke the prices «ere: b^o to 112o (equal to Jd to la 
8d per lb.) for quills aw* ohipi, and 5Jc to 6^0 (equal 
to Id to lid per lb-) for root. The chief buyers were 
Mr. Oustnv Briegleg, the Auerbaoh Workii, the Fr*iikfort 
Works and the Brunswick Factory,— CAew is/ and 
Druggist. 
THE PACKING OF DUSTY TEA. 
In eoDsequence of the complaints of country tea 
dealers about loss of weight in dnsty taa, owing to 
insecure packing, the London wholesale Tea Dea:ers' 
Association urged the planters about a year ago to use 
metal packages for daaty teas. Eiperienoe now seems 
to have led them to change their opioion, as the 
following correspondence shows. In tbis they augf^rest 
as we did in our issue of July 28, the use of a 
canvas wrapper in addition to the ordinary packa|i;i- : 
To the Editor Home and Colonial Mail. 
Deab Sib, — Kindly give inaertioo to the followiug 
letter from the London Wholesale Tea Dealers' Ae- 
sociation on the subject of packing dusty teas so as 
to avoid loss of weight and subsequent claims, aud 
oblige,— Yours truly, 
Ehnest Tye. 
Secretary Indian Tea Districts Assooiation. 
Brnesl Tye, E«q., 
Se'c^e^1ry, Indian Tea Districts Association. 
Deab 8ib. — My Conamittee were pleased to note by 
your favour that notice has been called to the subjtct 
of more securely packing dusty teas, and they sug- 
geat the desirability of using a canvas wrapper in 
preference to metal oases, which do not appear to be 
acceptable to buyers in the country, and therefore 
mit{ht prejudice the sale of the tea to a certain 
extent. — Yours faithfully, 
(Signed ) R. Sbdowick. Hon, Sec. 
London Wholesale Tea Dealers' Association, 
4, Fenohnrch Street, E.G., Oct. 2, 1893. 
TEA SAMPLES FROM INDIA. 
The foltowin^ is a continuation of the correspondence 
which we published last week : — 
General Post Office, London, 
Sep^. 28, 1893. 
Gentlbmen, — With reference to your further letter 
of yesterday's dste, I beg leave to info'm you that 
the Department has already telegraphed to the Post 
Offire rf India, directing attention to the fact that 
ti>a is not prohibited from importation into the 
United Kingdom by sample post] — I am, gentlemeu, 
yrur obedient servant, 
(Sitrned) W. Roche, for the Secretary. 
Mepsrs. D. M. Stewart and Co. — H. and C. 3fail. 
SANDISON'S FAMOUS TEA SEED. 
We are requested from Maskeliya to make a 
ooxreotion in our recent reference to Mr. W. G, 
Sandison and his tea seed. Mr. Sandison, we are 
reminded, had three seed gardens, Aroady, Asoka 
and Sans, distant three to six miles from each 
other, from wbioh he gathered his seed. Although 
oalling it ail " Sana" seed, bis famous " Sandison's 
Oroited Indiganoui " (see numerous references in 
the T, A. and Observer) is grown on Aroady, and bis 
" Sitiglo Hybrid " on Aaoka and Sana. It was on 
Aroady, and not on Sana, that he planted the 
Manipuri Indigenous ("wild lea") seed obtained 
by himself from the villagers on the spot lu India, 
and gathered from seed bearers growing wild in the 
jangle. 
TOPICAL DITTIES. 
Thx Tea Bbcuek. 
In this spic^ charming Isle 
I am sure twould you beguile, 
If I eang a little while 
Of the tea brokers. 
All about the Fort they ewarm 
They are not at all forlorn, 
'iiic^v're as common ae the worm, 
Are the tea brokers. 
Do a palate they poBbebs 
For your pekoes when they're leaa 
Than they ought to be ? O yes, 
Do those tea Lrokers. 
But if samples you send roimd, 
Not two of them I'm bound 
Will ag^ee, this has been found 
Of the tea brokers. 
" Oh ! is blackish greyish brown, 
Liquors weak, and O my son 
Too much red leaf "I So says one 
Of the tea brokers. 
Another voncbes him your friend. 
So your pekoes him you send. 
But he swears it is a blend 
Of Indo Chinal 
Then you try another man, 
Wtio ae taster has a fame, 
Who is second unto none 
Of the tea brokers. 
Here's the burden of his song, 
For he would not do you wrong. 
He can stretch his conscience long 
Like elastic. 
" Oh its brownish blackish grey, 
Liquors prime, 'tis truth I say. 
Never tasted better tea." 
Writes this tea broker. 
And as he thinks it's nice 
Just to say 'twill fetch a price. 
He then valnes it at twice 
What the others did. 
Bat after auction sale, 
W^hen you bitterly bewail 
That the " bids " were such a fail — 
— ure for those pekoes, 
He'll condole, but cannot tell 
How your teas he could not sell 
At his valuations — well 
But — that's the tea broker. 
Had the "liquor" been too strong 
That his valuation's wrong ? 
Well, perhaps your coarse souchong 
May have done it I 
" Still they're such a flavoury lot, 
Tho' this market's gone to pot, 
Ton can ship 'em, yes, why not ?" 
Says that tea broker. 
But withal you must agree 
Tho' they often slang your tea, 
They're as jolly as can be 
All those tea brokers. 
Yes they're right as right can be, 
Tho' they never do agree 
On the merits of a tea — 
Good old tea brokers ! 
L. G. 
