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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [Aug. r, 1894. 
dreaded ; it only differs from yellow fever in net being 
so deadly, and not being infections or contagions. 
Tset'e fly is disappearing as cultivation spreads. 
Hone sickness is a mcr' si rious difficulty. Mtp then 
revenfy-five per cen* of the natives are friendly and 
supporters of the Britifh r dminietration, but the 
slave-traders hate up. As for 'he Arabs, they must 
go, every one, and rever be readmitted. The negro 
will do mostcf the heavy work; but for intelligent 
labour which needs to be executed under British 
supervision, Mr. Johnston would impoit colies from 
India. 
COFFEE LANDS IN MEXICO 
The Bureau of the American Republics is informed 
that the Mexican ^otton-Coffee Colonization Society 
has purchased 2,500,000 acres of land in the State 
of <~oahuila on the Mexican Central Railway, which 
will be colonized with both white and colored people. 
It is reported that coal has been found. Mr. .). S. 
McNemora, of San Antonio, Texas, is President of 
of the company. 
Another company, The Mexican Land and Improve- 
ment, having headquarters at Kansas City, Mo., has 
brought a large tract of coffee land in the vicinity 
of Taucaubuitz lying near the line of the Mexican 
Railroad. They will commence colonizing at once. 
—American Grocer, 
SISAL HEMP IN THR BAHAMAS. 
A correspondent writes con'-erninj e ; sal bemp in tre 
Bahamas as follows.— " Our fidre indne»rv continues 
to advance rapidly, A row cmp»ny w'th verv larr e 
capital has commenced operations on L : ttl« Abaeo 
and employs 300 men. J. S. Johnson has turned his 
business into a Limited Company with £80,000, 
capital. They have about 3,000 aores already planted! 
Chamberlain has 2 000 and commences clearing next 
year. Monroe has about 2.500 and has just rut up 
a Tod machine, and is only waiting to finish bis 
railway to bring the leaves to it to commence steady 
cleaning. Albee Smith has two machines in the 
Colony now, but the only one I have heard from (at 
Rnm Cay) is a failure, as the second grip (Gutta- 
percha over obain) g av e out after very little work. 
Menendez in this island is cleaning steadily now, using 
Van Buren's machine, until he can find a better, 
think we shall have a large export in 1895, and 
very fair one in 1894 "—Planters' Month?;/. 
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VARIOUS PLANTING NOTES. 
Liberian Coffee is taking a stronger hold year 
and year in the ooffee-dietricts. The Travanoore 
Government are realising more than ever the impor- 
tance of the planting industry, and are distributing 
Liberian seed free of ooet for experimental cultiva- 
tion. If only experimental gardens had taken up 
the question a deoade ago, the question would 
have been practically |Bettled by this time. It is 
not too late now to start them if only a little 
energy oould be imparted to all concerned.— S. I. 
Observer. 
Tea m now successfully raised in China, Japan, 
eylon, India and Java, and experiments are being 
made with it in the United States, the Azores 
Fiji, Mexico, Hawaii and perhaps other countrieF, 
A recent Scotch paper states that a chest of the 
ntw crop from the Azores had been received and 
was found to be very superior, though hardly 
equal to that raised in Ceylon and Japan. The 
experiment, howevrr, shows that good tea can 
be produced in the Azores, and if there, why 
not here. It will coat more no doubt, but still 
it oan be sold here at a profit, as compared with the 
Aaiatio teas, and, still better, guaranteed to the 
pure article.— Planters' Monthly. 
Planting Tbbes.— Tbis ia. I am sorry to 6ay, practi- 
) rally a failure: Tbey will rot grow near the sea, and 
where they are plan'ed in the interior, notably; near 
Matira, the natives ruthlessly destroy them , they will 
rot grow in the Hamba'itota District except near 
water. — Mr. Ormsby's Report for 1893. 
A Notable Bale of Glasgow Tea.— The sales in 
Co'ons>o went excfedicgly well today (let August), 
teas selling from £d to Jd better tban last week. A 
fine invoice of Glasgow estate in the Agras realized 
splendid prices. The sale is so rotable that we re- 
produce it here : — 
Glasgow 30 Chests bro. or. pck. 2,400 Ibi Ri ll 
25 Hf-chesta „ 1,500 „ 80 
22 Chests pekoe) 2,200 ., 63 
Average ... f6ets 
Sanitahy Qualities cf Watfbcbeer. — The Wa'er- 
cress is a plant containing very sanitary qualities. 
A curious characteristic of it is that, if grown in 
a ferruginous stream, it absorbs into itself five 
times the amount of iron tbat any other plant 
does. For all annr-mio constitutions, says tbe 
" Scientific Amcrioan," it is therefore specially o( 
valu°. But it also contains proportions of garlic 
and sulphur, of iodine and phosphates, and is a 
blood purifier, wbile abroad it is thought a most 
useful condiment with meat roast or grilled. Tbe 
cu'tivated plant is rather more easy of digestion 
tban the wild one. — Journal of Horticulture. 
A Pioneer of the Tea Industry.— The death 
occurred last week, at Brighton, of Mr. G. Treutler. 
a pioneer of tea planting in Darjeeling from 1862 
to 1865. He was a Prussian by birtb, and, we believe, 
went to Dar jet ling more than half a century ago 
as a m's'ionarv. Havioe secured some eioerimeLial 
plots of 1 ltd in 1857, Mr. Treutler planted tracn 
a small scale, ultimately dispos'ng of bis gardens 
to tbe Himalat a Tea Company. He returned in 1866, 
bavin? made a fortune by his experiments in tea ar.d 
trade.— H. and C. Meat, July 13. 
Coffee in Queensland. — Mr. W. J. Thomp- 
son writes to the Australian Agriculturist that 
"when the plants have matured the work of an expert 
will become necessary. A knowledge of the re- 
requirements of the market, and the best and 
quiokest modes of curing must be given. Then* a 
knowledge of the various habits of the tree, com- 
bined with the art of handling and pruning to 
obtain the greatest possible crop ; and the addition 
from time to time of suitable manures to any 
patches that do not come up to the proper standard 
will be necessary. I think you were much under 
the mark in estimating half a ton to the acre as 
he return. I have 70 or 80 trees under my charge 
hat are giving from four to five five lb to tbe 
tee, and they have been much neglected and in 
tor soil. With 646 trees to the acre, 4 lb. to the. 
tre, would be 2,484 lb. or 1 ton 2 cwt. 20 lbs 
value £124 4s. 
Eucalypti .— The Calcutta Exhibition of 1883-84 
lent a stimulus to the introduction of the Eucalyptus 
tree in India, its timber having some economical 
value, though not to the same extent as the maho- 
gany, teak or a score of others which cou'd be 
named in this connection. The planting of that 
foreign tree has been continued in the Northern 
Division of the Ganger Canal. Eucalyptus robusta 
is found to be the most suitable variety for the work 
for whioh they are intended, supplying timber for 
the cribs required for the head bunds. Eucalpytus 
rostratus grows quickly and well, but does not yield 
sufficiently straight logs for orib work. Col. C. 
W. I. Harrison, r.e., Chief Engineer, Irrigation 
Works, however, recommends that it would be as 
well now to suspend the planting of Eucalytpus 
until it has been ascertained if the wood is really 
a suitable one, and if it can be grown and 
delivered at Bhimgoda at a lower rate than the 
timber supplied by contractors, — Indian Ingineers. 
