THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [f"EB. i, 1894. 
On looking over the list of casea for trial in tho 
Supreme Court, I find burglary with theft anij 
murder are on the increaee. 
The question ie why is this ? Are our ordinancee 
defeotive or are tbey not properly admiDistered ? 
It ia now Bald the Supreme Court ia against Magis- 
trate granting aearoh warrants unless the applicant 
can swear that he is positive the stolen pro- 
perty is in the man's house which he wishes to 
search. 
This ig no doubt right when application is made to 
eearch the house of a man of good repute ; but when 
it is made to geareh a man's house, who was before 
convicted, or is a well-known suspected thief, 
receiver or gambler though never convicted before, 
then a sesroh warrant should be granted at once ; 
and aa private as possible for there is always a 
lot of haogcra-on in our Courts who on hearing 
of a search warrant being appliad for at once ; 
s"nd the man word (knowing criminals pay well 
for such iaformation) and the man can protect 
bimseif for the search warrant. We have the 
born tbiet who cannot allow a chance to rob 
escape him. It is these thieves we must watch 
and when caught give them a savfre punishment ; 
yat some of these men can be made good citizens if 
properly managed. L^ok at our Australian Convict 
Colony and even in Ceylon we have some, after ser- 
ving out their Benlences have become good oitizcos. 
Uatortucatly there is many false cases brought 
to our Courts and very great responsibility rest 
with our Magistrates to sift the evideccs. Often 
the false evidenca is given fearlessly by hirad 
witnesBBB who have been well trained what to 
Bay, On the other hand there is some truthful 
witnesses who hesitate in giving their evidence 
which Magistrates often think or say to make 
up false evidenca, whereas in point of fact they 
are most anxious to speak the truth and beeitaie 
as tbey do not wish to tell an untruth, I have 
been in Courts and beard Eome cases tried in 
which the side that biougbt forward the false 
evidence gained the day fur the very reason above 
quoted. 1 kaew the whole facts from both sidts, 
but could sij nothing as I was not a witness. 
Yet I could not b'ame the Magistrate as I should 
have given a similar decision on the evidence, 
I being behind the scene with proof that the evi- 
dence on the side that gained the case was as 
false as it could be, was unable to give the help 
to the innocent party aa the Magistrate told me 
when I got up lo speak— as I was not on the 
witness list to sit down. This refers to a case 
decided some years ago at Panwila. If conviction 
IB obtainei by false evidence, that brings haired 
and a man wrorgly convicted very often when he 
returns from jail beoomes desperade and looks to 
have revenge un his falsa accusers and so even- 
tually becomes a criminal himself, whereas there 
are others who suffer in preference to take revenge 
and return again to jail; in these cases the Salva- 
tion Army has done a geat deal of good in 
leoovering crimiaale from their bad ways. 
HOLLOWAY. 
TEA-BOXES. 
Paper in the Planter's Gazette contains a report 
of" an inteiview with Mr. F, Boullbee, of the firm of 
Mescrs. A. Ya'es & Co., of Laddenden via Msnoh- 
eafr, upon the enhject cf tea-boxes. Mca-r<. Tatts 
are said to be "practically famous the world over" 
as saw-mill Bngiueers and wood-wotking macbinists: 
and Mr. Boultbee ia referred to as having had verj 
wide txperience as a caw-mill Eagioeer ia the Far 
p;«i,)tt_He ba» given epeoial ditteotioa to th@ aabjesli ^ 
of prodaoing good tea-hoxee at low price*. Seeing 
that the tnaia ciusa of the present expense it to 
be found in ibe distance the "abooks" have to be 
carried, the remedy that uatarally 8u«Kested iualf wu 
to produce them on the spot. Experimentt buve beeu 
tried and the outcome of tbem is that Measrt. Yatcw 
Lave patentei aa ioTeotioo for machiaery and plaut 
for tea-boi making, which tbey are dow aupplyioK »*• 
a figure that ia within the reach of all planter», and 
the adoption of wbiob Bhould lead t) a very couaider- 
able saving in their annual outlay, while at tbe saoiH 
time rendering them independent of any oattide 
aupply. Many tea f;ardens have ample power fur 
driving the box-making plant during the montba 
when tbe power ia not required for mauafacturiug lea. 
And even wljere this ia not the oate a central bui- 
making factory might be eatabliahed. Hitherto the 
great expeoxe has been in the coat of bringing the 
log to the factory to be " broken down " and pre- 
pared for aawing up, and when aawn up, abippiog to 
the varioas gardeHB. In the ordinary way tbe " break- 
ing down " would have to b* done by • Rack Bench, 
Timber Frame, or Band-Sbaw, which are tot OLly 
most expensive in themBelves, bat require heavy and 
expensive foundaticna on whifh to work with great 
power to drive them. Meaer^ Yatea i Co. claim thai 
the machinery which they have patented aa tbe reault 
ef Mr, Boultbee'a reaearchea, entirely obriatea alltheae 
obstacles. They maintain that all that is required 
is that the tree in the jungle aheuld be croat cut 
into short suitable lengtba wbictt can be easily split 
up by a simple and effeotiTe machine into any size 
that may be reqaired for cutting the " ehooka." 
Tbia machine can be worked either by hand or 
power, requiring "only cm horae nomiaal " to drive 
It. When not required lorfplitting log« for " staooka " 
it can, by a fimple and ii,expeoi<ive attachment, be 
coLverted to the parpore of aplittiog op firewood fur 
heating the boilers or even utilised io preparing tbe 
tea. Some of our planting readers may be interested 
in reading the following description ot the plan 
The Patent Log Splitter and Breaking Down 
Machine is capable of dealing with logs ap to 3ft. 
in diameter and 3ft. 6in. in length, and iB reokoned 
to prepare sufficient atoff for 35U tea chests per day 
or if not employed oo this, to split up from 3,000 to 
6,000 billets of 6rewood, according to size io the 
same time. The stuff having been "broken down " 
into convenient aizes, is then hauded over to the 
"shook cutting tench," which is known in this connlry 
[England] as Yates and Boultbee'a Patent Self-Feeding 
iSaiety Saw Bench. This unique machine is per- 
fectly automatic in its action, altolutely safe, and 
will acoorately saw up a sufficient number of "shooks ' 
or strips for 250 to 300 boxes (according to size) per 
diem of eight hours. This bench is also arranged for 
oross-cDttiBg ends and for jobbing purposes generally. 
In addition to the above macbioes it la recommended 
that an improved Box Maker's Planing and Thick- 
nessing Machine, fitted with tongneing and grooving 
Httacbmeut for jointing the " sbooks," and a eheokiog 
machine for sides and ends be added, which complete 
little plant would tarn out first class tea chests 
accurately made, giving equal tares, and saving 
'bulking," which is a vwt important comideration, 
Messrs. Yates supply a complete plant as describe! 
above for £300.— Jf. Times. 
COFFEE MACHINERY. 
French makers of decorticators, pulpera, and 
winnowers specially suited for treating coffee, should 
send their price-lists and models of machines. It 
would also be well if some coffee-producing 
countries could be mentioned where any maker has 
placed his machinery. All price-lists, prospectuses, 
and catalogues in Spanish should state the exact 
amount of work done by each machine. The 
" hacendados," or landed proprietors of the Yungas, 
would prove very profitable clients for such 
apparatus capable of being actuated by men, 
horses, mules, or QX^a.—French Ch<irgi d' Qfcim g 
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