THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[March i, 1894. 
impossible tor thif, among other reasons, to offer 
B oomparison between the results of the Sales as 
a whole. The only way in which reliable com- 
parisons can be made is by taking the experience 
ot an individual proprietor selling of same tea in 
Colombo and London, and it would really 
require him to divide his crop into two parts 
Bending one-half from time to time to Colombo, 
and the other to London, and to continue this 
for a year, before a final and indubitable com- 
parison oould be ofifered Has any tei estate or.'oer 
in Ceylon done this ? — There are no doubt two 
sides to the experience in this as in many other 
matters: for iuatanoe one upcountry man sajB. 
" I know sellers who could tfll Btorioe of the 
sacrifice of their valuable tsas"; while on the 
other hand a bip Colombo buyer is itrepared to 
give us dozens of instances during the past year 
where tpas bought in Colombo have sold at a heavy 
loB3 in London, and from his aoiuaiutance with 
both markets he is certain that th? planter who 
will fairly divide his crop, as we propoFe, will, 
at the end of the year, find that he has done 
better by local than by home sales, if he allows 
for interest on money, itc. 
Our morning contemporary has put forth the fol- 
lowing statement which may be given here for 
purposes of comparison: — 
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46,901.554 — 
68,274,420 45 5 
71,153,657 4-2 
84,406,064 18-6 
The figures ia the firsi three lines of the second 
column are taken from tbe annual reports of the 
Planters' Assooiation. Thote iu column 4 are from 
varioua sources and the rest are oompated from these 
data. 
Tbe result of the unfortunate dei^line in the vftlue 
of oar staple if>, that whereas in 1891 there was an 
increase in the pred iction of 45*5 per cent, tbe crop of 
that year realised only 323 percent more th»n that 
ot 1890. In other words, there wiS a reduction, 
(ezrluaive of exchange) of 13°2 per cent in tbe planters' 
profits. In 1892 there w.is an increase in the produc- 
tion of 4'2 per cent, but a decrease in the amount 
realised of one per cent. Tbe planters proituced 4*2 
per cent more tea and got 1 per cent less for it I In 
1893 the crop exported was larger by 18 6 per cent 
than in 1892, but the proceeds were only 12-4 per cent 
increased showing a reduction of prcfit (exclusive of 
exchange) of 62 per cent. 
In any reckoning of profit such as the above, the 
cost of production has to be taken into account, 
and we suspect on tbe majority ot tea estates in 
Ceylon, this has fallen oonsiderably even be- 
tween 1890 and 1893. 
Since the above was put in type there 
has come to band by the mail,, the following 
interesting statement of the position of Cdylon 
tea for five years, worked out by Messrs. Shand, 
Haldane & Co. This is done in a monthly form 
and it gives a clearer idea ot the position than 
if made out as a weekly return. "It is curious," — 
says our tea authority, remarking on this table, — 
" how one price of tea seema to fluctuate with 
exchange : can the mysterious person who invents 
lashions, also control the prices of tea an d silver !" 
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The Bulgarian Otto-of-eosk Indcstbt. Mr. 
Ilia Stokow, Deputy for l^azanlik in the Bulgarian 
Sobranje, has brought in a Bill providing for strict 
Government control over the manufaclure ot otto 
of rose. — Chemist and Dru^ist. 
