6i4 The tropical agriculturist. [March r, ^894. 
and Cioinposition of Japan and other Tea. 3 — 
Extract from the Jouroal of the Chemical Society, 
1887, on the Composition of Tea Leaves, with Tables. 
4. — Extract of letter from the Sub-Divisional Officer, 
Sunamganj, to the Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet 
re Cost of Lime for Manurial or other Purpose. 
5. — Analysis of Tropical rain for Nitrogen and 
Chlorine. 6. — Extracts, &c., from letters received 
from Managers and Agents, rt Manurial Experiments 
7. — Tables, &c., showing the Results of the Silcoorie 
Manurial Bxperimeuts, Cachar. 8.— Table showing 
Results of Experiments at Larsingah, Cachar. 9. — 
Table of Manurial Experiments at Amluckie, Assam. 
10. — Tables of Manurial Experiments in Nowgong, 
Assam. 11. — Tables of Manurial Experiments at 
Doloo, Cachar. 12.— Tables showing the Value per 
unit of Manures in 1888. 
And, finally, from the Preface we qaote a few 
pasBsges : — 
In this work on the Chemistry and Agriculture 
of Tea, an endeavour has been made, without en- 
tering into the minute details of cultivation, <tc., 
to lay before the p'anter the main chemical and 
physical facts affecting all the processes included 
in the cultivation and manufacture, and to point 
out, where necessary, the means that may be adopted 
to increase or modify tlie natural influences at 
work. 
A brief account is given of the original introduc- 
tion of the plant from China as collated from Ball's 
" Cultivation and Manufacture of Tea." and For- 
tune's " Wanderings in China," and tlie discovery 
of the Indigenous Variety in Assam; also of the 
soi!s on which it is grown in the former country, 
in order to contrast them with those which have 
been selected for its growth in India. 
The functions of the various parts of plants and 
their importance in the vegetable economy are fully 
dealt with to point out - the effects of plucking, 
pruning and root cutting, and to show the neces- 
sity of performing these operations on scientific 
principles as well as in a practical manner. 
As tbis book is chiefly the outcome of the inves- 
tigations on tea soils and manures in 1891 and 
manufacture in 1892, it will probably be expected 
that certain manures will be recommended for 
application to particular soils, and as far as possi- 
ble this has been done ; but the experiments, which 
have been made, have not been sufliciently satis- 
factory, or conducted over a period long enough to 
warrant any more definite statements on this sub- 
ject. The composition and relative value of different 
kinds of manure (chiefly those procurable in India) 
have been given to assist the planter in selecting 
those, which, if employed, would yield the most 
satisfactory results, and to prevent the useless ex- 
penditure of money on unsuitable material. 
In dealing with the manufacture, I have neces- 
sarily been somewhat brief, as the experience that 
can be gained in only one season, and in a single 
district, is not sufficiently large to enable me to 
speak confidently on every phase of this subject in 
regard to all the districts where tea is grown, es- 
pecially as climate influences so largely affect the 
various processes employed; the chemical changes how- 
everinduced in the manufacture have been explained, 
which should enable the planter to modify the latter 
according to his surroundings, and as his own es- 
perience may suggest. 
NOTES FROM KUSSiA: TEA GROWING- 
OdesBa, Deo. 20. 
■ 'Besides grain, Russia is going to grow other produce 
- to cover her own wants — and to export, if the 
'jjrodiiotion grows large enough. They are tryirg now 
with tea. In the district of Tcharokin, near iiatuo), 
in Oauoasia (Russian Armenia) tea plantatioDs are 
being laid out, and the Eugl'sh steamer " MjTinidon" 
has brought 1,200 cases oontainiDg tta trees from 
Hankow to Port Said, where they were shipped on 
board the " AzofF," an Odets* China trading steamer, 
which brought them here, Alonx with these tree* 
fifteen Chinese arrived ta teaoh the icethod of grow- 
ing aud hiodliog tbe te*. Duriog tho last few miotha 
•Iso the "Cbin» Trading OoDipany, Leon liabiDovicb, 
Limited, ■ here h>8 been registered by the Gov rmseot 
a'ld has commeuced operationr. Aa lo aooiher 
iroportaot article of the fu'ur. , J may qu toe oo:toi. 
Of this alreidy 7C0.O00 poods (3ti lb Kngli.b eaeb; 
were grown this year in the d strict of Erirsn only 
(Kussiaii Armenia), which makes 15 per osntmore 
ban io 1892.— B/-i7i»A TrwU Journal 
YATADERIA TEA COMPANY. 
At the annual meetirg of the Ebareboldera 
at 13 Queen Sireet, Mr. Starry in the chair, the 
report was adopted and dividend declared as per 
Report :— *^ 
The balance of profit (including Rll,217-2.'; bronffht 
forward from last year, after writing off for deprecia- 
tion of buildings and machinery, and also a further 
1.") per cent on the amount in the New OrienUlBank 
Corporation, as shown by the accoantH) is R7a,4M-4(j. 
Of this sum 23.750 has been absorbed in paying an 
interim dividend at the rate of 12^ per cent ; and the 
Directors pmijose that a further dividend of 12J per 
cent, and a bonus of 5 per cent, absorbine R3:i,250, be 
declared and made payable on the 23rd P'ebruary and 
that the remainder of RLLlal 4ti(after paying Rl.ooii 
special feel voted to the Directors at the last General 
Meeting) be carried forward: It will be seen that the 
property representing capital stands in the Balance 
Sheet at approximaU^ly R2b« per acre cultivated, as 
compared with about R279 in the previous y<ar'8 
accounts. The additional Roller ana Drier referred 
to in the last report have been erected, new troughing 
and silt boxes of iron have been supplied for the 
water course, and a dam for storing waterisinproceaa 
of construction. The permanent bungalow lot the 
Superintendent has not yet been built. 
The total tea crop was 485, 448 lb., or 2.748lb. more 
than estimated in the las' report: and but for unfav our- 
able flnsliing weather in December, the excess might 
have been larger. The plucking area was 579 acres 
28,224 lb. leaf, producing 7,092 lb. tea was purchased 
at a cost of K2,0rj6-01. 
The total quantity of tea for disposal was 492,.>K)lb. 
of which 27.5,940 lb. were sold locsllv averaging .H4 72 
cents per lb., and 216 CoO lb. were shipped to London 
averaging 36-2.S cents per lb. The cost of the tea 
delivered to buyers, inclading|all charges and deprecia* 
tioa of buildings and machinery, was 22'6(i per lb. 
(beitJg 1"43 cents less than in 1892). The net value 
realised from sales was 35 38 cents per lb. 2 46 cents 
less than for the previous crop). The sum written off 
for depreciation represents 2-C5 cents per lb. of the 
cost. 
The Company's property (including 51 acres 
purchased during the year) consisted on the 31st 
December, 1893, of : — 
700 acres Tea — viz.: — Average yield from 
579 acres = 838 lb. 
Acres Tea lb per acre 
172 planted in 1885 ; yield in 1893 907 
208 „ 1887 ; „ „ 884 
100 „ 1888; „ „ 885 
41 „ 1889, „ ,. 822 
6 „ 1890; „ „ 552 
52 „ 1891; „ „ 381 
121 „ 1892 ; not in bearing: 
253 ,, Forest, &c. 
958 acres as per last repost. 
51 acres purchased from natives in 3 893 (a further 
40 to 50 acres is being arranged for.) 
1.004 acres. 
The Directors prcpope an extension of about 70 to 
80 acres in 18S.4. Tbere were no extensions in 1893 
but the whole area was supplied as thoroughlv as 
possible. The estimated crop for 1894 fs 525,475 lb., 
tea. 
