Dec. 1, 1893.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
flavour, for wtiich a taste might be quickly acquired ; 
but at presei t we cannot express any opiDioa as 
to whether this would ba so or noV The Oustoms 
ofiSciiils are no doubt convinced that, techDically 
this product is not tea, as they have piss-d it free 
of duty. This bping so, its name is misleading, 
and Bhou'd, we think, be changed. The importa- 
tiOQ of tt few ha'f-fhests vaiy s>,em an insiguific^nt 
matter; but neve ■tbeless it may prove to be of con- 
eiderable import luce, as there is no reason why lan e 
quantities should not be produced, and it is quite 
possible thit it may become an important tea snbsti 
tnte, used alone, or blend<;d as chicory is blended wit- 
oofifee. If OQ analysis and practical experi-^nce ' offee- 
tea' proves a wholesome beverage (it may hive valu- 
ttbla lueiioinal properties,) we see no objection to its 
use; but it should have a dis ire ive name — 'coffee,' 
for instance — and pay its contribution to the revenue 
aa other beverages ha"e to do," 
TnE Law Abodt Adtjltekated Coffke, — The anoma- 
lous SI ate of the law aciout tbo ssla of obicory and c-jffee, 
to which we have frequently called attention, is referred 
to by the pu-ilic analysi'r for Paddington. Says this 
oflSolal : " You are invited to ' Try our cele' rxted ocie 
shilling coffee.' If you do so, yon probably find, 
on reading through the printing on the pa kage, that 
it is described as a ' mixture of chicory nnd 0 fiee.' 
Analysis shows the chicory to form usually from . 50 
to DO per cent, of the wei^bt. Should you prosecute ihe 
voador, you will fiiid that half the magistrates on the 
beneli bold that you, havinar asked for " colTee," have 
aright to have that and nothing elsa. The other half 
hola th»t you ni ly be served with anything contHining 
some coffee, if o jly it is labjUed ' a mixture,' whafevor 
you might have asked for or the vendor have adver- 
tised to SfcU." 
The Development of Cinchona Cultivation in 
India. —Ciuohooa cultivation in India has had a che- 
quered his'ory, but it now bi is fair to achieve its 
philanthropic end simultaneously with a due regard 
for the exiiiencieg of finance. " Since January last," 
we qnote from 2'lie Times, " any incliviOinl of the 
71,000,000 who foim the population of Bongiil can 
obtain a dose of quinine at the ni arest pjst-(iffice for 
exactly oi:e furthiuK." And the extent to which the 
native populatio ) has availed itself of thin boon may 
be gauged by the fac • that m September 120,000 of these 
gra'n packets were served out iu Beng*!. The ex- 
p. riment has proved so successtul that if the supply 
can keep pace with the demand, a similar system 
will be organised throughout the other province". 
In view of the prevalence of the influenza epidemic 
in this count' y, it were much to be desired tha'; th 1 
poorer oiastes amoug us should be similarly pr 'vded 
with the m^ana of obtaining some trustworthy ►peeifio 
at an equally reasonable rate, As matttr.4 si and, 
they prefer in ft great m;iny cases to feive absurdly 
high nriccH for the ooncoctioDS of charlatane. — S, and 
C. Mail, Nov. 17. 
YATIYANTOTA TEA COMPANY 
At an extraordinary general meeting o( thi 
Company held on Deo. 2nd, in the office of Massrg. 
Whittall & Oo., a special resolution was confirmed 
inserting "BIOO.OOO" (or "K30,000'' in the articles 
of Association, and saoctionirg the isBue from time 
to time of debrnture bonds for such amounts as tha 
directors think proper, tha whole not to exceed 
B75,000. 
VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL NOTES. 
Developing the Coffer Berry. — A few week 
ago I rjferrcd to the never-tml ing energy and 
enterprise of Mr. Alfred L. Jonoa, a w-llknown 
Liver lool shipowner, who is closely cuntu-cted with 
the African trade, and to whom is mostly due the 
evelopment of Qrand Canai^. It ia now reported 
hat Mr. Jones intends to organise a large coffae 
a ntation somewhere near Lagos, acquiring for 
that purpose an area of some fifty or sixty 
thousand acres. Mr. Jones is, I believr, an 
excellent judge of coffee, and, unless my memory 
fails me, or my calculating powers are not what 
they ought to be, I have myself seen him dispose 
of no less than six cups of the finest black at a 
snug little lunohing-olub not many miles away from 
Cook Strest, Liverpool. Mr. Jones's intention 
to develop the coffee-berry may in some away account 
for the rumour that he is shortly to be made C. B. 
— Messenger, 
Tea-making — The Lon'^on Spectator, whioh 
strains painfully alter effeot, has this on making 
tea : — " Most sen-ib'e people brew for five 
minutes. The large maj uity of foolish persona 
brew eiihir a draught as bitter as Lethe, or a 
waeh that is no better than the yellow oontf-nta 
of the kitchen boiler.'' Judging by the amount of 
fairly good t( a one g^ts to flrink, even at railway 
refreshment rooms, this estimate puts the number 
of tool-' in the world much lower than Carlyle set 
it."— r/ie Planter. 
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