SEPT. i, 1894.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
at great expense, in obtaining which there was a 
certain amount of difficulty, the people iu some dis- 
tricts destroying the pla ts on their way down to 
Hankow. It is not, generally considered that u;e ex- 
periment will prove more successful thm the f( mier 
one. I have, however, heard that ihe plants anived 
in Russia i i excellent condition.— Consul Warren 
of Hankow. 
PLANTING PROGRESS IN NORTH BORNEO. 
We are ha'f way through 1894 and can mal e a 
fairly oorreot forecast of the near luture. Tho rev< nue 
farms, which were sold for the year, realized a huge 
increase over 1893, a secoi d increase ha? been realieed 
on a re-auetiou of those let for 6 mon'hs ouly. The- 
followii g prices have beeu realized iu Amsterdam lor 
portion of North Borneo 1893 crop :— 
Bundau Marudu Bay 1st parcel 
Rannu do. do. 
Lamag Kiuaba'angan 
{let p; 
2nd p 
parcel 
arcel 
Guilders. 
2'75 
2.50 
1-90 
1-85 
T52 
Batu Puteh do. 
Thj managers deserve our best thanks for the 
plucky way they have held ou and pulled their com- 
panies out of their difficult i' s. We aUo congratulate 
the latter on their profits wh ch we understand will run 
as high iu some iustances as 151) 'per cent. They waited 
long, but have reaped their reward which is likely to 
be maiutaiued every year. 
Coff ee is not old enough to piy a dividend, bat the 
first crop looks very promising. We leave tbe man. 
agers to settle their disputej about who will have the 
beet crop and pay the first dividend. 
Manil* Hemp only requires cutting and draWiDg 
into fibre. As previously reported Mr. Pryer has 
sent a consignment to HoDgtong. 
Tbe gambler and pepper gardens at Kabun China 
are being extended, tbe Chinese owner being satisfied 
that he has doue well and can do better. 
Tbe demand for labour in Noith Borneo and their 
determination to go ahead in developing the resources 
of tbe country bavo lead the Court of Directors to 
appoint a Protector of Chinese. They have secured the 
services of Dr. D^nnys whose long experience in China 
aod the Straits will be utilized in settling the labour 
question and iu proaioti >g immigration. Flia fir.-,t step 
after visiting most of the Estates here was to pro- 
ceed to Deli and consult with t -.e employers theie 
with a view to common action and co-operation as 
regards advances to be made for oooliea iu China. 
A telegram has Lc u received to soy he has been 
successful iu this mibbion. 
The traok for the telegraph lino across North 
Borneo is being prospected and surveyed from both 
ends as fast as circumstances will permit ; offers 
have been already received to plant on the track, 
and looal enquiries are being made for laud. 
That more tobacco estates will be opened within 
the present year, espic. ally where ihe soil and climate 
have been proved, seem very probable. It is also 
certain that the Government will find it necessary 
to iuoreasa tbeir staff and forces withiu the near 
future as industries develop just as they found it 
expedient to reduce thorn duriug the receat period 
of depression. 
The Gold Fields only wait exploring, and ar- 
rangements are being made to have them ex- 
amined by a thoroughly qualified gold prospector 
or miueralogist. Duriug tho mouth of June two 
ooffee pi inters arrived in the country aid more are 
likely to follow. A gentleman wiiting to the 
Ceylon Observer regrets that ho is not twenty years 
younger, in whioh oase he would plant coffee in 
North Borneo, To the readers of the Herald, espeoially 
to those who thiuk of ooining to the country i:nd are 
anxious to know aumuthirjg aoout it and what they 
will be taxed, these notes may be useful. — B. N- Borneo 
Herald, 
CHEMICAL ANALYSTS. 
It is said that the Government of India has under 
coiisi ieiaticn a scheme for the constitution of a 
i-epurate Chemical Dei artrnent for tbe whole of 
Kdia, f.r the purpose of training medical officers as 
chemical analysors. — Western Star. 
INDIAN PATENTS. 
Caloutts, the 9th July 1894. 
The fees prescribed in Schedule 4 of Act V of 
IFfco have been paid for the continuance of exclusive 
privilege in respect of the undermentioned inven- 
tions : — 
Construction of Light Ploughs.— No. 28 of 1888— 
Ambrose Shore Massey, Engineer and Partner in the 
Napier Works, Madias, for the construction of light 
ploughs. (From 18th duly 1894 to 17th July 1895.)— 
Indian Engineer. 
PLANTING AND PRODUCE. 
Oeylon Tea in Austkia-Hungaby.— In his report 
upon tbe tra lo of Austria-Hungary Consul-Genera 
"Von Schooller ' writes from Vienna : " 8om 
attention was attraoted here by the introductio 
of Ceylon tea for the first time into thi 
country on a mercantile scale, and also by th 
establishment here of direct Ceylon agencies, an 
of houses in London possessing establishments i 
Cejlon. I have since heard that the rapid growl 
of this tea has, like all over Europe, found a ver 
go d looting here ; the Ceylon merchants bav 
en ourngod this trade through a system of eendin 
ou consignments, and have not failed to oreat 
great interest in their teas here, if they have no 
at once quite seized the market. There is nojjth 
slightest doubt that this class of tea has ee 
received favourably, and that Ceylon will alsofin 
here me ot her chief outlets and a growing maret. 
Coffee in Bbitish Central Africa. — Coffee proa 
peots are said to be excellent in British Centra 
Afiioa, which is likely before long to become one o 
the chief sources whence Europe will draw herooffe 
supply- It is calculated that some five millions o 
coffee plants have been set out in the Shire districts 
This fact tends to show that the African Lakes Com 
pany, together with some half-dozen other planters 
have faith iu tbe future of the country. Native labou 
'n cheap, and there is plenty of it, the oountry itsel 
charmingly picturesque. The dreaded malarial fevers 
however, very much discounts these advantages.— 3. 
and C. Mail, July 20. 
SPRING VALLEY COFFEE COMPANY, 
LIMITED. 
Chop :— 1892-93. 
In last year's Report, Shareholders were informed 
that the Coffee Crop of the above season was esti- 
mated at 1,200 owt. } and it will be seen that tbe 
actual weight sold amounted to 1,346 owt. 2 qrs, 23 lb., 
exclusive of Clean and Refuse Coffee. This crop 
realised £6,799 8s 8d, the average selling prioe in 
London being 993, as compared with 102a 7d per cwt. 
obtaiued for crop 1891-92. 
The yield of Tea from the Company's Estates 
amounted to 189,300 lb., the estimate in last Report 
being 193,000 lb., and this together with 33,381 lb., 
brought from neighbouring estates and manufactured 
at Spring Valley, sold for £8,747 lis 8d, or an aver- 
age of 9Jd per lb., the average selliug price last yeai 
being lid per lb. 
Cinchona Bark to the extent of 22,117 lb. was also 
sold tor £128 7s 3d, the average selling prioe being 
lid per lb. 
The total proceeds from the salo of product 
amounted to £15,657 7s. 7d., and deducting from this 
the total expeuditure iu CojKm and London, thero 
remains a profit of £3,190. lis. 2d. on the year's 
working. 
