Jan. I, 1894.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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huve had splendid results by adopting the above plan. 
This of coarse is with sunk seed, floatage iaken out." 
— South of India Observer. 
LONDON KEPORTS ON TRAVANCOEE 
PRODUCE. 
TEAVANCOBB TEA. 
(From Patnj tO Pasteur, Limited. Report of the 
Colonial Markets for the week ending Nov. 22, 189.3.^ 
Enquiry having improved for low-priced kinds, 
prices show a slight advance on last week's rates. ^ 
« o a s ^ o 
P3 PL) CM 02 M C? < 
Penshurst gjd, 6Jd, 5id ... 7d, C|d 153 ches. 7id 
8jd 6id, 6d 
Poonmndi 6^ 5'id ... 7id,,';d 31 „ 7id 
Glenbrittle 9id 6Jd 5|d ... S^d 47 i-ch 7id 
Braemore 6d 7d, 5d 71 „ 7d 
Isfield .. 7Jd 6id .. .. 43 cht. 7d 
T.P.C. 75d e^d 5^d 53 „ 6^d 
(bid) 
E.G. 5id 5d 15 „ 5|d 
Total 413 packages averaging 7d per lb. 
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UVA PLANTING REPOET. 
Badulla, Dec. 9. 
The Monsoon has so far been a very seasonable 
one. Rain has fallen almost every day since its burst, 
and while there has been plenty of moisture there 
have been very few severe rainstorms and there has 
been much less damage than usual done by the 
monsoon burst. 
Tea. — A great deal of land is going into tea this 
season, and though there is still lots more planting 
to be done, many clearings are finished. As far as I 
know, the tea extensions are chiefly confined to plant- 
ing up or extending existing estates, formerly in coffee. 
I have not heard of any new estates being opened 
this year. The weather has been a little against 
tea this month, unpruned fields ehowiug a tendency 
to Oangy. But our eatatea have done so extraor- 
dinarily well this peasou that we must expect a alight 
check. Many fields anl mauy eatatea here. I am 
told, have averaged over filty poanJs made tea per 
acre per month since the commencement of the 
Bcaaon, and these months are our worst months. I 
fully anticipate phenomenal yields this year with 
ordinary weather in April and May. 
Peices too leave nothing to be desired and I am 
Burprizad that no one bss suggested " The Ouvah 
Olimate" as a factor in atand-out prices. Bo- 
gawantalawa, the Agras, and Kandapola are all more 
or leas " Ouvah" — a ud the Oavah Factories proper, 
whatever their elevation are certainly supporting 
tlie theory. 1 consider prices in the district 
wonderful, when the quaatity of bought leaf is con- 
sidered and the elevatioin of tha estates on which 
80 much of it ia (jrown. 
Coffee is looking fairly well, and Spring crops 
are much better than was at one time anticipated. 
Bug baa done us gre.it harm this year in the dislric; 
and Autumn crops, thou>;h short, have come up to 
eatimatea snd hav<s been of exceptionally good 
qanlity. 
L see the Eastern Produob and Bstates Company 
have commenced operaiioua in the lowcountry by 
purchasing forest prtsum^Lly for caca\ I ho'ievo that 
this in the ooiiiintnCBmeut of greut extensi ^na in that 
diotrict, and I bIieII he greatly surprized if iu ton 
yi lira lime, Kumbukkan is not the centre nf a lor<;o and 
p< pnlom district. Not o.ily cacao_but Liberia^) coffee, 
ooo"iuu«, (rts., will all grow there and long dispis^d 
Miin.rBgala, now, one of the most thriving cacao 
di»lricts, is proof that the clim»to is all that is 
required to this cult.vatioo, and there is no tiu3r or 
butter croppiog oAuio iu the island. 
The Passara Association Beeakfast to Mr. Fishef 
was a wonderful success. The ihoroughly cordial 
friendly feeling existing amongst the members wag 
mosb marke l, and (aa Mr. Fihher paid) the existence 
of 6iich a body was the best proof pissible of the 
change which ha3 heen brought about in the past- 
few years by tea. Everythiujj showed progress and 
pointed to belter times. 
CEYLON AND JAMAICA AT CHICAGO 
EXHIBITION. 
The Ceylon Commission were to contribute speci- 
mens of graphite, or plumbago, from the well- 
known veins in the mountain ranges in the southern 
part of the island ; acd Jamaica, the only other 
British possession represented, was to present a 
small collection of clays and pottery sand, ochre, 
salt from Turk's Island, and grey copper ore. Jamaica 
ia not yet a mineral-producing country ; but it ia 
believed to be rich in metalliferous minerals. At 
the time of the writer's visit to the Fair, neither 
the Ceylon nor the Jamaica collections had been 
received at the Mining Building. — Home Paper. 
TEA IN MINCING LANE. 
A circular was recently issued, with the namea 
of several large tea dealers and importers attached, 
suggesting that the offerings of Indian tea should 
be restricted to 30,000 pakages per week. It was 
also proposed that only those who joined anassoci- 
ation and paid a subscription should be allowed to 
bid at the Mincing Lane auctions. A meeting of 
the principal dealers has been held to consider tha 
matter, but no one came forward to support tha 
resolution. It was apparently felt that the scheme 
would never work. In the first place, it would 
have only led to a combination amongst the buyers 
not to oppose each other at the auctions ; and, 
secondly, if teas are to be sold by public auction, it 
would be impossible to put restrictions on would- 
be buyers. — Manchester Guardian, Nov. 13. 
BARK AND DRUG REPORT, 
(From the Cliemist and Druggist.) 
London, Nov. 16th. 
Cinchona. — Tuesd-iy's auctions comprised a somewhat 
larger quantity of bark than has been offered for acme 
time, but the greater part of it consisted of old Cnprea 
which scarcely counts from a quiniue-maker'a point of 
view. Of Ceylon cinchona only two small parcels were 
shov/n. The five catalogues aggregated :— 
Packages Packages 
Ceylon cinchona 154 of which 128 were sold 
East Indian cinchona 336 „ 244 ,, 
Java ... 56 „ 35 „ 
S. American (Cahsaya) 77 „ 40 „ 
Cuprca bark 
623 
6J9 
147 
1,272 736 
The quantity of Bolivian caiiaaya-bark originally ad- 
vertised was 100 packages (all J-cwt bales impjrtel via 
Hamburg), but the greater part of it had been sold pri- 
vately before the auctions commenced. 
The Ceylon and East Indian cinchonas contained a good 
deal of " druggists' " bark, and as a matter of fact a 
considerable prouoriiou of these varieties was bought by 
drug-firms. Competition was fairly active throughout 
the sales, but many of the lai'gesb parcels were limited 
above the current market-price, holders apparently feel- 
ing more confidence iu the future of the drug. The unit 
may be placed ac fully il per lb., or a ahade above 
that of ihe last London auctions ani slightly above the 
Amsterdam parity. 
The following are iho quantities purchaed by the princi- 
pal buyers : — Lb. 
Ageul- for the American quiuine-worka ... 43,637 
Messrs. Howards & Sens ... ... 37,601 
Agents for the Mannheim and Amsterdam works a^.SSO 
Agents for the Paris factory ... ... M,*2i) 
Agents for Auerbach factory ... ... I'.l-iO 
Agents for the Bruuswict factory ... ... J.:>33 
Various druggists ... ... 27,J73 
Total quantity of batk aold ... 
Bought iu 
Total quantity of bark offered 
151,720 
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