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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [Aug. i, 1894. 
The gradual cliange in the assortment of the 1 af 
has somewhat to do with the lowr d value of "Bro- 
ken Pckje ; " mach now bo classified seems msiuly 
composed of Poicoe Lsaf reduced iu size by mechanical 
process, and ha? not the liquor pec jliar to the Broken 
Pekoe ttjat make) itself, s:> tospeik, iu t"e course 
of manufacture. This applies !o I ha Lilian crop as 
well ai to Ciylon, and is a m tVr de3ervin<< attention 
became the process teuds to create small Fauniugs 
and Dust, which are uiaeala'de when plentiful Toe 
majority of English buyers pref-r whole leal tea, 
which they oan reduce by their owii m*chin"ry to 
euit the rpacial requirements of their trade ; while 
the Irish buyers r quire Broken Pekoe with its dis- 
tilictive l quor and leaf ; and '.xpjrtii'3 will rarely 
take a mixture of leif and broken. 
Resu'ts of some of the INDIAN TEA CROPS 
sold in London, season 18'J3. 
Acreage Per Average Price 
Yielding. Crop. Acre. Realized. 
1893-94. 1892 93. 
lb. lb. d. d. 
Total .. 91,300 40,083,000 439 965 11 30 
Previous tables, which included most of the 
estates named above, showed the following re- 
sults : — 
Acreage. Quantity. Per Acre, Price 
lb. per lb. 
1892-93 85,780 34,900,000 406 0 ll"30 
1891-92 78,500 34,610,000 441 0 1017 
1890-91 71,600 29,600,000 413 0 1T75 
The following figures taken from the Board of 
Trade Returns, show the continuous movement by 
which British-grown teas are displacing those pro- 
duced elsewhere : 
Duty payments for the twelve months ending May: 
1894. 1893. 1892. 
per cent, per cent, per cent. 
Proportion of Indian 54 50 51 51 50 80 
Do Ceylon 3200 30-52 28T5 
Do China & Java 13 50 17'97 2105 
100 
100 
100 
Exported from the United Kingdom for the twelve 
months ending May; 
1894. 1893. 1892. 
percent, percent, perceut. 
Proportion of Indian 10 30 9 40 11-30 
Do Ceylon 1330 1032 8 20 
Do China & Java 76 40 80 28 80 50 
100 " 100 100 
The progress of the Ceylou trade is shown by the 
following statistics : — 
Year ending 
a - 
lb. 
2" 
° 5 
pkge. per lb. 
3lst May 1894 72J million 850.000 8£d 
(exclusive of. (approx- 
repruits) imate) 
do 1893 64 million do 790,000 do 9Jd 
do 1891 47J million do 605,000 do lid 
do 1889 26J million do 381,500 do lOJd 
Wm. Jas. & Hv. THOMPSON, Brokers. 
The TOTAL EXPORTS FROM INDIA during 
past three seasons were : — 
1893 1892. 1891 
To the U.K. 113,660,000 106,655',000 109,623,000 
To Australia and 
New Zealand 6,325,000 3,850,000 5,130,000 
To America 227,000 89,000 187,000 
To other places 3,500,000 1,531,000 3,819,000 
123,712,000 112,125,000 118,759,000 
Re-Exported from 
EDgland 3,321,000 
3,340,000 3,761,000 
The TOTAL EXPORTS PROM CEYLON during 
the past three years were :— 
1893. 1892. 1891. 
To the U. K. 75,500,000 04,M15,000 63,744,000 
To Australia and 
New Z aland 6.909,000 5,166,000 8,211 tn»0 
To other places 1,937,000 1,1*1,000 1,319,000 
84,406,000 71,162,000 68,274,000 
lte-E>: ported from 
England 4,066,000 3,447,000 2,093,000 
LONDON WAREHOUSE RETURNS lor 12 
months ending 31st May. 
Import. 
1894. 1893. 1892. 1891. 
lb. lb. lb. lb. 
Indian 114,018,000 108,003,000 110,933,000 99 879,000 
Ceylon 72,626.000 64,162,000 64,142,000 47,405,000 
China 54,217, 00 54,296,000 60,224,000 69,7."»6.0(KJ 
Java 
2,700,000 4,553,000 3,121.000 3,781,000 
Total 243,591,000 231,014 000 238 420,000 220821000 
Delivery. 
Indian 115.683 000 107,187,000 108.177,000 100,708 000 
Ceylon 71,076 000 64,983,000 61,359,000 42,616,000 
50,679,000 58,676,000 68,461,000 81,381,000 
4,017,000 3,341,000 3,995.000 
China 
Java 
3,053 000 
Total 240,491,000 234,863,000 241,338,000 228,700,000 
Of which 
Home Con- 
sumption 206,000,000 199,863,000 204,338,000 196,200,000 
Of which 
Export 34,500,000 35,000,000 37,000,000 32,500,000 
Stock 1st June. 
Indian 28,493,000 30,129,000 29,305,000 26 661,000 
Ceylon 18,491,000 16,940,000 17,761,000 14,975,000 
China 19,697,000 16,150,000 20,360,000 28,311,000 
Java 832,000 1,185,000 798,000 851,000 
Total 67,513,000 64,104,000 68,241,000 70,828,000 
WM. JAS. & HY. THOMPSON, Brokers 
Lyndon, June 1894. 
Overproduction and Prices. — We long ago 
made up our mind as to the folly of attempting 
to dogaiutiz9 (and argue by the editorial column,) 
on a question which divides the very first enrrenoy 
and financial authorities of tb.6 age in the City 
of London. Our morning contemporary is there- 
fore welcome, so far as we are concerned, to 
continue till the Greek Kalends his essay- 
writing on Gold, Silver and Curre-ncy topic?. 
We do not know that they will do any ona 
harm, while those who seek the highest 
authorities will scarcely give them the pre. 
ference over the utteranoea of the metropolitan 
bi-metallism organs. But if there are to be local ex- 
positions at all, it seems to us they ought to 
have more of a distinctively local bearing. Now 
we should like to know how the cases of coffee 
and cocoa— to name but two of our products — 
can ba taken, in their range cf prices for ten oi 
twenty years back, to illustrate cur contemporary's 
theory. Theie has certainly been no " overpro- 
duction" of Ceylon or other coffee : nevertheless has 
the price fallen iu consequence of the appreciation 
of gold ? 
