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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [March i, 1894. 
Pitayo, aud Ciiprci I4,3')4 ; Carlasiena avo ; Sjuth American 
red b:irk tti; dlcto Orowu and grey barKl.lUO; CallHay^ 
flat and in quilU 5,7'r,i bales. 
COOMNE is gradually crceijing up. The raaiiufact'.rerB 
have again raise! thair prlcus by la cd per u/.. tliis 
weeli, 10;-oz. lots beipg now quoted at li'B, 23-IijO-oz. 
lota at Itfi M, 3,a<l soaalior quamilies at lija 6d per oz. 
The rim is attributed CD the alvance of the price of 
urudo material. 
"MAZAWATTIE TEA." 
It will be withia tho reoolleotion^of most of our 
readers that when the Meaera. Deoshani oommenced 
their exleasive Bydtem of adTertiaio^ toi under 
the above deaigoation, objeotiona were raised 
on aoaount of ita similarity to the name of 
one of our mo3t famom tea cjtatea " Maria- 
watte." Meaars, Deaaham deolarod the similarity 
to be purely acoidental. They asserted that "Maza" 
was an Indian word meaning " luaoious" and 
that "watue" was simply geuerio for any plaoe 
of tea growth. Nevertheless, iu spite of thii 
disolaimer, the Ceylon Assoaiation in London for 
Bomo time oontemplatoi prooeedinga agiiost Mtesrs, 
Denaham with the object of oompelling them to 
refrain from the me of the word. It was felt 
to be entirely miiilsBding. The employment of 
the Sinhalese word " wattie" is confined entirely 
to this island, and the fact is probably well- 
known to the majority of tea purobasers throughout 
Great Btitaia. It ia therefore possibly the case 
that nearly all who purohase Mazawattie tea, 
do eo und>-r the impression that they are served 
vrith the produce of a Ceylon estate b3ariDg that 
name. Now Msssr^. Densham do not profess to 
limit their aales to the teas of Ceylon. They sell 
under the title they have assumeJ, Indian, China, 
and any other tea tbat is offering upon the London 
market as also blenda of all those kinds. It is 
certain' that the cheaper packets sold by them 
contain very lUtle of the Ceylon tea to wliioh 
ttey give prominence in their many advertiee- 
ments. They have themielvos, wa are told, ad- 
mitted this to be a fact ; only asserting that their 
higher-prioed packages are mainly composed of our 
teas and that too in an almost unblended condition. 
However, at the time that proceedings Were 
threatened against them by the Ceylon Association 
in London, Messrs. Densham pleaded in reply that 
they were doing an immense deal of work in 
advertising and pushing Ceylon teas. The Planters' 
AsEOoiation deprecated the continuance of the system 
of prosecution for fear of " harassing " the trade, 
and this induced the London Aasooiatioa to allow tha 
use of the term " Mazawattie " to continue unohal- 
Ijnaed. Nevertheless, most people connected with 
Ceylon felt that the term was misleading, and we 
cannot help thinking that the enormous 
sale aohieTed for thia Mazawattie tea has 
been partly due to the supposed designation. 
But we now learn from our Loodon correspon- 
dent's last letter that the sword of Damooles ia 
hanging over the heads ot the Messrs. Densham. 
Emboldened by long impunity, and regardless 
of the very apposite proverb that " those who 
live in glass houses should not throw 
Btones " they contest*! at law the claim 
by a ' firm selling a medicated wine to use the 
first ey'.lable, " Maza," of their adopted title. 
Their eontention was defeated, and, as i' appears 
to ua ^n very reasonable grounds. The de- 
fendants to that case, naturally felt ag- 
grieved at the annoyance and expense that 
had been forced upon them by the Messrs. 
Densham. They in their turn ate therefore avail- 
ing themselves of a privilege allowed them by 
he law ruling Trade Marks, to move for a^ re- 
jnotyal from the Hat ol auoh oi thu aame " mz^^ 
wattie" as misleading, not priptrly desoriptira 
and as being basul upon an inteiuioa lo dicaiv- 
tliu public. Wu need net go in'.o thi d-jtails of 
th-i eviden'je it i) oontetuplaled to adduie io nupa 
port of this motion. Thai was stated pretty 
fully in our London Letter. Nor ehill w ^ attempt 
to projudge the probable result to the motion 
to be made. At the same timo, it must be 
eaid that th'^re appr'ars to be soma chance of its 
reaul'ing aucoessfulty, and holding the view we 
d) as to th* cooditioos and intentions which 
induced the alopti ju of the title, we sbill not 
pretend to fcelunyihioglikedigt^tisfaotion if the title 
"Mazawattie " has to Ce ducontinued tor the future 
COLOMBO TEA SALliS. 
We are very pleased to see the following circular 
letter which has juU been issued by our letding 
Firm of Tea Brottere. The dieoaBeion started 
in our columns recently has thus birne fruit 
which we truU will afford permanent gatisfaslion. 
That can only be done, however, by aH'.he Brokers 
following the lead of Mes^rK. Forbe; A: Walker 
and declining to enter teas in their catalogaea 
for the following Wednesday's Siles, that do not 
arrive in Coli>mb} by Siiurd'ty evening. Such a 
rule would correspond eiaoily with the Calcutta 
one which is that no teas arriving after Sunday 
evening should b? placed for ih4 Euocoiding 
Thursday's sale. — The suggestion o' a chmge of 
sale-day lo Friilay arofe Bimply out of the difficulty 
of attending to eamplea sent out late with ft 
mail day (as in this week) intervniag. On Bound- 
ing leading buyers and brukere one day in the 
week before last, we found, howtver, that the 
majority were quite againat a change of day and 
that it was very undesirable on acejunt of ship- 
ments tu Australia taking place at the end of the 
wesk. We quite agreed, for this and other reasons, 
and in our issue of the 3Iit alL, wo announced 
that what was required was a rule about not 
cataloguing teis or issuing samples afier a eenaia 
day. TbiB ia what we find in the circular letter 
of Messrs. Forbes Ji Walker, of which we most 
fully approve and which we command to the careful 
attention of all planters sending tea to the Ooiombo 
market : — 
re TEA FOB FCBtIC SALX IN OOLOUBO. 
Colo nbo, Ist Feb., 1894. 
Dear Sir, — In order that samples of teas offered 
for sale should reosive fair and proper attention from 
buyers, it is very neeeessry ttat samples should 
roach them in f^ood time before tne day of sale, and 
not later than Monday afterooon for the following 
Wednseday's auction. 
To essare this, teas for Wednesday's ssle sfaoald be 
in Colombo not later than the previous Saturday ; and 
we shonld be greatly obliged if you would assist us 
in the matter by arranging that any teas you have 
for sale from time to time ma; be delivered in Colombo 
by that day, and we are confident that by your carry- 
ing out this suggestion we shall be matually benefited. 
Small Brbaes, — We take this opportunity of re- 
minding yon that oon-sampling breaks of tea (t. 
lota of less than 12 chests or 18 haif-ohests) seldom 
receive the same careful attention from buyers tk«t 
sampling breaks do, and consequently do not realize 
their full value. If, therefore, you are able to hold 
back smalt lots until a sampling break can be de- 
spatched, it would bo to the sellers' advaata^ as 
regards price, and to that of buyers and brokers by 
reducingthe number of lots to taste an-d ralue. 
We are, dear sir, yottrs faithfully, 
FOBBES <fe Walkbb, 
