THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST 
[Sept  x,  iSj2. 
1 S» 
by  nearly  RICO.  I am  glad  to  tee  some  stepa  taken 
towardB  preventing  the  annihilation  ot  game.  The 
Sircar  is  to  be  addressed  by  the  Honorary  Secretary 
on  the  subject,  and  let  us  hope  we  shall  shortly 
have  a good  game  law  for  Travancore. 
Mr.  Fraser  put  in  a very  valuable  record  of  Tra- 
vancore tea  averages,  the  figures  beiDg  taken  mostly 
from  Messrs.  Gow,  Wilson  and  Stanton’s  Weekly 
reports.  I gave  it  in  full:  — 
lb. 
d. 
Arnakal  ... 
59,200  average  price 
10 
Poonmudi  ... 
66,750 
do 
H 
Bon  Ami 
105,850 
do 
9i 
Seafield  ... 
59,280 
do 
9 
Kadwa  Kurnam  ... 
83,400 
do 
9 
Nagamallay 
61,700 
do 
82 
Isfield 
68,400 
do 
82 
Venture 
62,650 
do 
85 
Penshurst 
53  300 
do 
gi 
T.  P.  C. 
78,600 
do 
8i 
The  above  have 
all  sent  over  50,000  lb. 
20,000  to  50,000  lb. 
Fairfield 
28,700  average  price 
94 
Glen  Mary 
29,900 
do 
»i 
Glen  More 
20,300 
do 
9 
Vtmbeuard 
35,700 
do 
9 
Braemore 
30,700 
do 
9 
Glen  Brittle 
22,700 
do 
9 
Corrimony 
28,200 
do 
9 
Parvithi 
43,300 
do 
9 
Bon  Accord 
25,650 
do 
85 
Invernettie 
35,250 
do 
8| 
Anamudi  ... 
37,350 
do 
4 
Seenikali 
35  950 
do 
si 
Linwood 
22,850 
do 
8 
Rockwood 
29,200 
do 
75 
Mount 
29,200 
do 
72 
Under 
20,000  lb. 
Kinmylies 
19,650 
do 
91 
Comorin  ... 
17,750 
do 
9| 
B.  K.  W. 
1,650 
do 
9i 
Glenrock 
6,100 
do 
9 
Bttlam  re 
11,150 
do 
9 
Great  Valley 
3,800 
do 
9 
Home 
11,150 
do 
82 
Brighton 
12,400 
do 
82 
Hope 
8,300 
do 
84 
Moercauld 
18,900 
do 
8* 
Bison  Valley 
5 900 
do 
8 
Belford 
13,300 
do 
75 
Ashley 
14,600 
do 
n 
Springfield 
1200 
do 
7 
Perrintorra 
10,900 
do 
62 
Maimulla 
19,950 
do 
62 
T.  L. 
3,900 
do 
63 
The  above  shows  that,  as  a rule,  estates  which  si 
most  tea  send  alBO  the  best  tea,  probably  because  they 
also  have  the  best  machinery. 
The  Travancore  Agricultural  Exhibition  for  1892  is 
to  be  held  at  Trivandrum  in  August.  Prizes  are 
offered  for  Live  Stook,  Field  Produoe,  Garden  Produoe, 
Plantation  and  Special  Produce,  Forest  Produce, 
Dairy  Produoe.  Manufactures,  Machines,  Implements 
and  Tools.  The  prizes  amount  altogether  to  R3,781. 
Two  of  the  estates  belonging  to  the  North  Travan- 
core Land  Planting  and  Agricultural  Sooiety  (Ld.) 
have  recently  changed  hands.  One  of  them  is_  to  be 
converted  from  cinohona  to  ooffee,  the  other  being  too 
high  in  elevation  for  such  a change. 
Our  monsoon  has  bo  far,  been  conspicuous  by  its 
absence.  Hot  sunshine  has  been  the  rule  for  the  past 
fortnight,  and  unless  it  quickly  changes,  we  will  all 
suffer.  The  new  clearings  are  all  waiting  to  be  planted, 
but  as  the  rain  holds  off,  planting  has  to  be  postponed. 
Those  who  thought  we  were  in  ter  an  early  monsoon 
and  trusted  to  the  few  days’  rain  we  had  at  the  begin- 
niagofthis  month,  find  that  the  plants  then  put  ont 
had  to  be  heavily  Bhaded ; even  the  shading,  however 
will  not  save  them  unless  the  ground  gets  a little 
moisture  into  it.  In  the  meantime  the  price  of  rice 
keeps  on  increasing,  and  last  year’s  tale  of  5 measures 
for  the  rupee  ia  quiokly  coming  round  again,-— Madrat 
Times.  June  80th. 
BARK  AND  DRUG  REPORT. 
(From  the  Chemist  and  Druggist.) 
London,  June  SO. 
Cinchona  —The  auctions  on  Tuesday  were  neither 
largely  attended  nor  was  the  supply  of  bark  quite  up 
to  the  average,  but  it  is  seldom  that  one  sees  bidding 
so  brisk  and  purchases  so  fell  as  they  were  then.  In 
consequence,  s me  of  the  selling  brokers  exhibited  a 
cheerlul  tone,  and  while  some  reckoned  that  the  unit 
was  a shade  bettf-r,  the  general  feeliDg  was  that  it  had 
advanced  au  eigh  h of  a penny  The  maximum  touched 
was  a unit  of  l^d.  The  total  quantity  of  bark  offered 
was  302,078  lb.,  and  of  this  288,258  lb.  were  disposed  of 
publicly,  but  there  were  understandings  between  sellers 
and  bidders  regarding  the  balance  of  13,820  lb.  The  bark 
originated  as  lollowe:  — 
Packages  Packages 
East  Indian  cinchona 
833  of  which 
838  were  sc 
Ceylon  c nchODa 
6 2 
do 
664 
do 
Co  lire  a bark 
*85 
do 
720 
do 
South  American  cinchona 
216 
do 
2<>6 
do 
Java  cinchona 
65 
do 
65 
do 
Total 
2,076 
do 
J.993 
do 
Cinnamon.— The  market  is  decidedly  firmer,  and  good 
business  has  been  done  this  week  at  the  following  rate6  : — 
Seconds,  6fd ; unworked  thirds,  6jd ; and  fourths,  6fl. 
Higher  rates  are  at  present  ruling  at  Colombo. 
TEA  LEAVES. 
The  above  is  the  title  of  an  interesting  illustrated 
volume,  made  up  of  letters  and  documents  relating 
to  the  shipment  of  tea  to  the  American  colonies  in 
the  year  1773,  by  the  East  India  Tea  Co.,  now 
first  printed  from  the  original  manuscript,  with  an 
introduction,  notes,  and  biographical  notices  of  the 
Boston  tea  party  by  Francis  S.  Drake. 
These  letters  and  documents  of  1773,  relating  to 
the  colonial  difficulties  of  this  period,  having  recently 
been  found,  give  important  information  on  the  subject 
of  the  East  India  Tea  Co.’s  troubles  in  trying 
to  introduce  their  tea  into  America,  this  portion  of 
the  book  making  200  broad  pages  of  printed  matter. 
In  addition  to  this,  the  work  contains  100  pages  of 
history  and  100  pages  of  biographical  notices  or 
sketches  of  the  tea  party,  making  altogether  a volume 
of  about  400  small  quarto  pages.  The  book  is  print- 
ed in  large,  clear  type  on  heavy  book  paper,  and 
bound  in  cloth,  with  an  illustrated  cover. 
The  names  of  112  of  the  members  of  the  famous 
tea  party  are  given ; also  twenty  portraits,  thirteen 
being  original  and  taken  from  oil  paintings  never 
before  copied.  There  are  also  eight  miscellaneous 
illustrations,  several  reproducing  famous  old  prints, 
such  as  “Lord  North  forcing  tea  down  the  throat 
of  America,’’  “plan  of  Boston  in  1775,”  “ Destruc- 
tion of  tea  in  Boston  harbor.” — American  Grocer. 
WHAT  IS  GOOD  TEA? 
When  Americans  go  to  England  they  complain  that 
they  cannot  get  a cup  of  good  tea..  When  English- 
men come  here,  they  make  the  same  complaint. 
The  truth  is,  the  tastes  of  the  two  nations  have  been 
educated  in  totally  different  directions,  and  there  is 
nothing  more  tenacious  or  harder  to  change  than  the 
opinions  of  our  palate. 
Certain  Ceylon  tea  planters  are  just  now  engaged 
in  informing  the  peopie  of  the  United  States  that 
China  and  Japan  teas  are  unfit  to  drink,  and  that 
Ceylon  and  India  teas,  produced  by  English  tea 
planters,  are  the  only  truly  pure  and  palatable  teas 
produced. 
Some  of  their  advertisements  take  the  palm  for 
unadulterated  cheek  and  gall,  not  to  say  downright 
lying,  and  they  well  illustrate  the  commercial  pug- 
nacity of  the  English  nation. 
While  the  public  taste  in  the  United  States  has 
undergone  some  changes  in  its  appreciation  of  tea, 
notably  from  China  greens  to  pan  and  basket-fired 
Japans,  yet  it  is  very  far  removed  from  the  English 
idea  of  what  constitutes  a good  cup  of  tea. 
While  persistent  advertising  and  pushing  may,  in 
some  degree,  increase  the  consumption  of  Congou  or 
Souchong  sorts,  Oolongs  and  Japans  are  likely  to 
I continue  the  favorites  in  this  country,  the  romance 
