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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[June i, 1894. 
Koladenija, Kolapatna and Gongalla, Knmaradola 
(•nd Und kdjoinine), Labookellie, Meddecoombrs, 
Norwood, Rothschild, Sogama, Vellai Oya and 
Wevekellie. Acres. 
Under Tea ... ... ... ... 9,760 
Under Ooffee .„ ... ... 92 
Under Ooooa ... ... ... 426 
Uuder Oardamoms and Snndriea ... 281 
Under Forcat Qrses and uuoultivated 
Lsnd ... ... ... ... 6,724 
Total 
17,273 
THE NEW INDIAN TEA CROP. 
We have been favoured by the Indian Tea Associ- 
ation with the following estimate of the crop 
of the coming season — 
ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF CROP OF 1894. 
lb. 
Assam 
52,176,369 
Gacbar 
18,481,640 
Sylhet 
21,246,620 
Darjeeling 
8,016,480 
Teiai 
3,416,300 
Dooars ... 
17,155,680 
Gbittagong 
995,200 
Chota-Nagpore 
280,000 
Dehra Dun, Kumaon and Kangra 
4,500,000 
Private and Native Gardens ... 
4,000,000 
130,268,289 
Being 4,946,815 lb. over the actual outturn 
of the crop of 1893. Estimating shipments to the 
Colonies and other Forts with local consumption 
at 12J millions, there will remain about 117ii 
million lb. for export to great Britain. — William 
Moram & Co.'a Report, April 25, 
NEWS FROM FIJI. 
Mr. A- J. Stephen — bo well-known in Dolos- 
bage and elsewhere— favourB us with the fullowing 
notes from far Fiji : — 
Some 200 to 300 Japanese are expected next month 
as labourers on sugar estates. It is to be hoped 
they will turn out well and not increase wages which 
are too Mgh already in Fiji. With Japs, coolies, 
Polynesians and Fijians we shall have a fine mixture, 
and a man to work them will have to be a linguist 
as well as a planter. 
The fruit industry is not quite so flourishing as 
formerly. Prices are not so good and freight still 
too high. Queensland is a great rival to our bananas. 
The Vancouver line steamers now call monthly 
at our capital, Suva, and we hope in time to find 
a market in Canada for some of our fruit and other 
products. 
A lot of tobacco of good quality will be planted 
this year in Vite Levu and Vauna Levu. The crop 
grown last year in the former island has, from all 
accounts, turned out well, reports on it satisfactory and 
prices offered remunerative as will lead to extended 
cultivation. It is to be sincerely hoped tobacco will 
prove to be sncoessful, as we sadly want some pro- 
duct te set this colony going ahead, and there is 
one great thing in favour of. tobacco— it can be 
grown and cured between the hurricane months. 
The death of your senior struck me with a pain- 
ful blow, I liked and admired him very much. He 
was so sterling and honest in all he said and did. 
The reputation of the CO., T.&. and other 
papers issued from your office will, I feel convinced, 
not suffer, but increase under your management. 
ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
Bulletin for April has for contents : — West Indian 
Lime, Jaffa Orange, Weit African Cinchona Bark, 
Diagnoses AftioaDis, III, The Coffee-leaf Miner, IVlis- 
oelliiDeoae. 
CINCHONA BAKK STATIf^TJCH- 
A compilation under tbie heading, by MesetE. 
C. M. &L C. Woodbouse, of Mincing Lane, dated 
April 1894, is of very great interctt. We firet 
read that the tables are compiled far as poeeible 
from official eourocs and ehow the etatiEtical 
position of cinchona bark and quinine aa com- 
pletely BB can be. Ae regards the Buppliea (Table 
I ), the exports from Ceylon, East India and Java 
are estimated to contain :— 
1893 .. 8,441,U00 ozB. Sulphate of Qaiaine 
1892 .. 8.706,000 
1891 .. 8,913,C00 
1890 .. 8,637,000 
This does not show any expansion of trade, or 
inoreaeed demand for quinine. Far from it. A 
second table ebows clearly a great shrinkage in 
the quinine trade during 1893, which is probably 
chiefly due to a combination on the part of the 
principal manufacturers of quinine in Germany. 
MeEsrs. Woodboutie also allude to the great 
exceEB of imports over exports ut bark in 
Holland, amounting in the four years to oyer 
10,000,000 lb.: and as the Blocks ol bark in Amster- 
dam in first bands only account for about u quarter 
of this amount, it would be interesting to know what 
has become of the remainder. Wo append the firet 
table which is of most intereet lo cinobooa 
planters : — 
Supplies of Baik. 
Exports from Ceylon, British India and Java, 3l8t 
January to 3lBt December : — 
Ceylon British Java Total 
E. I. English 
lb. lb. lb. 
1893 .. 3,571,325 2,747,284 8,187,900 14,506,509 
1892 .. 6,793,320 2,456,024 7,191,300 16.440,644 
1891 ... 5,679,339 3,123,934 8,699.500 17,502,773 
1890 .. 8,728,836 2,294,379 7,291,200 18,314,415 
1889 ... 9,325,728 2,406,908 5,323,300 17,055,936 
1888 ,. 12,482,817 2,297,305 4,306,656 19.086,778 
The arrivals in London of South American barks 
were estimated by Messrs. Wideumaun, Broicher 
6l Co. ;- 
Other 
Calisaya. South Total. 
Americau. 
Pkgs. PkgB. Pkge. 
1893 .. 4,719 — 4.719 
1892 ... 6,661 — 6,661 
1891 .. 7,076 252 7,328 
1890 ... 5,574 80 5,654 
1869 .. 9,552 455 10,007 
The number of packages of African bark offered 
at auction in London have been : — 
Pkgs. Pkgs. 
1893 .. 1,994 1891 ... 724 
1892 .. 4,309 1890 .. 221 
COCONUT BEETLES: BLACK AND RED- 
AN D THEIR DESTRUCTIVENESS. 
OTHER ENEMIES OF THE OOOONUT 
AND CACAO TREE, AND PLANS 
FOR PREVENTION. 
We call attention to the letter of our corres ' 
pondent Mr. E. N. Heanly and to his ingenious 
suggestion for the olo thing of coconut palms 
aa well as oaoao trees with " hoops'' of mioa-sheete 
as a protection against beetles and rats in the former 
case, and of Bquirrels in the letter. Before dis- 
ousBing bow far adequate protection would thus 
be afl'orded, and in the case of rats and squirrelB 
it would probably be complete, the practical 
planter would want to know from Mr. Heanly an 
approximate estimate of coat. Apart from the 
labour of applying the mica, would not the mere 
fiist ooBt ol the plates o( sbeetB of (bat artiale, 
