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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [Feb. i, 1894. 
paokages. If equalizalion of the presEure could 
be ensured by such means, probably we ehoald 
not have to suggest that much of the damage 
experienced to tea ohesta may result from force 
BO applied. Ba( is it not be impossible to 
guarantee this ? Mast it not be likely that some 
cbests, however carefully stowed, may so far 
project beyonl the others as to receive an undue 
proportion of the strain applied by the sorews ? 
Were the cargo entirely of a compressible character, 
such as bales of cotton or wool, it would not be 
likely that damages would follow such inequality 
of pressure. Bat a tea chest has no such pro- 
perty, and the protrusion of a single angle of the 
box beyond the face of the others muul ensure iiB 
destruction. We cannot of course, profees to gay if 
this view of what may take place on board Bbip 
may be accepted aa accounting for the com- 
plaints to which we have referred. There 
are those among our readers who are better 
acquainted than we can be with the methods 
used for ensuring tight stowage of the tea ohesta 
loaded in our harbour. But if the practioe,be as 
has been suggested, no one can deny that it 
IB likely to be re ponsible for the damage 
Btated. We should ourselves think that it must 
be possible to tightly stow packages bo regular in 
Bhape aa our tea chests without resorting to 
BUob forcible measures as that to which we have 
referred. There is, however, a further possible 
cause of injury that Euggests itself. It is a 
common practice, we believe, for ships to uee as 
dunnage— in packing up material — oooonuis in larga 
numbers. These, of course, have a commercial value 
on arrival, and we can, therefore, understand a 
preference being shown to their use for this 
purpose. Bat coconuts often have sharp points 
about them, They are, moreover, exceedingly 
hard, and if busked before being used as ouana^e 
they must be very unpleasant neighbours for the 
Boft wood of which our tea chests are mainly 
composed. The points mentioned seem to be 
worth the attention both of shippers and Bievedore?, 
and poBsibly some ioquiry might be attended with 
beneficial results. 
HAPUTALE EE VI SITED. 
Our planting contributor and ourselves omitted 
to refer specially to what is, next to the Bciilway, 
the most prominent sign of progress at the 
Haputale Pass, namely, the first-class Iron and 
Machine Works and btore of Messrs. Walker & 
Greig, where Mr. Stewart and his Assistants aie 
ready on the spot to serve the planters from the 
repair of a coffee pulper up to the erection of a 
first-olasa Tea Factory. What would not the 
pioneers of the "Forties" and "Filtiea" give to 
have had a busy Factory of thia kind within their 
reach No employers are doing more to promote 
habita of induatry, observation and intelligence 
among the natiyes of the island than the heads of 
our various Iron Works and other Manufactures 
throughout the planting districts as well as in 
Colombo, and Messrs. Walker & Greig, with their 
several brauchesj ate not the least important on 
the roll. 
THE TROUT EXPERIMENT AT 
NUWARA ELIYA. 
THE PRESENT STATEMENT OF AFFAIESi 
A correspondent writes to us 
Mr. Fowler has got everything in order to recieve 
the ova expected by the " Golcooda" about the 11th 
inat. Mr, Tringham, the Local Board Seoratary, goes 
20,000 ova from Burgess, of the MidUnd Conntife^ 
Fish culture establishment, Malvern Wells. The coi 
including freight is over £20 sterhog, The Committee 
has ordered altogether 60,000, as jou will see by the 
minutes of the meeting beld on November 8th 
and Burgess has sent 5.000 in excess of order The 
committee ordered 20,(A)0 irom An f -we ol CJuildlor.i, 
2(J,000 from Buri^eMi oi Maivtrn Wei «nd 20.000 
from Aroiieiead, of the Sul»a> Fishery, Dumtriee. 
IHK COMMITTKS. 
It may be well to publUb the namea of tbe Cam* 
mittte (who have power tj add to their number). 
The funds ail p&ee ibrcngb the Ltcal Board »ooouot«, 
but are exp' uded in uccoidauce wiih the ttsoluiiuLia 
ot tbe cumiDittee. The Oieuiiiers aie as folijwe : — 
Blr. 0. H. B«got, i..upt. U.\le>, M. a-re.O. Btck. A. 
F. Brouu.A. L. Cro»8, J. K. 'a Uiuk-Lao- er, A. H. 
Ununaure, T. F«rr, Gordon C. F. wUr, E. Jedrus, G. 
Tdibot, A. Tottittm, A. tt. W i ou-Wood, nud ibe mem- 
bets OI tbeLvCitl BuarJ: — Messis (i. Al. F w(er. Dr. 
Ciaib, J. Wicltw«r, C. Lieach.ujf, W. U. Uawkcs, aud 
J. il. Starcy. 
AN ExrKRT WAKTED. 
Mr. Fowler baa beeu tr>iu(( t« secure eome of 
tbe large tlsh ivt tbe btecoiug poiids, but su far 
has uujy ciught one, a ftmale fiab d 2^ lb., 
wnich be caugbt at iiita £liy>, aiid which is now 
in tte pond. Uue of ihe cuiumitiee men wei.t nut 
today, and in twu Loura cougtit ei^bt liout in tbc' 
Is'owara Eliya stream, ell ul which weru too •mull 
for tte br-ediug paudf, anO Were returued unhurt 
to tbe wa.er. This in very satisfactory aa ibew- 
lug tLat the tr'>ui turn- d lu u.( April bj Mr, 
Fowler have thriven. (I am afraid that it is only 
too certain that these are the bih turned in and 
not locally-bred fish ) Tbe large fish must be taken 
out before ttais year's fry are put in, and Mr. Fowler 
hope to secure a ^ood stock for tne pouds. Ko ouc baa 
yet responded to Mr. Fowler's appeal for atsistan-o 
trom some one who has had practical txpeitcuce 
at home of spawning fish artificially; but it is 
hoped that betore next cold seadun we shall hear 
of an " expert." For thia season there are ample 
Bupplies of ova from England ; but we look forward 
to tne day when we shall be independent of im- 
ported ova. The following is a hst of subscrip- 
tions : — 
Received np to 29th 
Novembe 
r...Bl,460 
C Murland .. 
30 
G. heck 
• • 
30 
A. W. Jackson 
30 
J. Boot 
30 
A, 0. RoU .. 
30 
J. FtrtiUfon 
30 
Hawtiey Thwaitee 
30 
Total up to date Bl,670 
In view of the liberal responsa to Mr. Fowler's 
appeal for luodp, tbe Ooinmittee largely ii.cr. a-ed 
liis estijj^te for ova, and iiirt al or only 20,U00 
Old rea 60,000 ; and other expeusea will of courae be 
higher aleo. 
MOBE FtJNDS EEQUIEED. 
A great deal still remains lo bs done, however, 
and more funds are requ.r d to make tbe hatchery 
complete. It ongbt to be eut rely rebuilt and en- 
larged, and the water supply ehould be made far 
safer than it is at present. Ttiia will be neces- 
sary ev«a if, as I confidently hepe, we eucoeed in ob- 
taining ova from Ueylon-bred fish, and it is to be 
hoped tbat tho-e interested in the matter will not 
wiihbold subscriptions on the ground that others have 
already subscrioed so much. Watchers to prottct tbe 
fich are absoluctly necessary and this wiil form a 
Berious item of expenditure if a suffioient number be 
employed. Of cenrse the Local Bourd cannot be ex- 
pected to do more than to p oteot the fi^h within the 
limits of the Board, but it will be advisab e to keep 
watchers tor oiher streims »Uo, at un or tbe new 
Ordinance, the trout ara legahy proteased io all 
watetSi 
