Nov.  i,  1892,] 
THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
tained  by  the  digging  out  of  sickly  trees,  and  by 
the  removal  of  branches,  which  had  become  sickly 
from  scraping.  Of  the  branches  scraped  about  a 
year  ago  many  were  apparently  still  healthy  after 
that  operation,  and  the  mass  of  leaves,  where  such 
existed,  had  retained  their  green  color;  but  a 
closer  examination  showed  that  at  the  union  of 
branch  and  stem  and  somewhat  above,  the  bark  had 
died  off  and  had  acquired  a black  hue.  In  order  to 
prevent  further  loss  of  bark  and  alkaloid  all  these 
sickly  branches  were  removed,  and  the  still  living 
bark  was  harvested.  Without  exception  the  pheno- 
menon was  presented,  that  all  the  trees  whose 
branches  were  scraped  blossomed  very  profusely ; 
whilst  this  was  much  less  the  case  with  those  which 
had  not  undergone  this  operation.  On  the  Tji- 
beureum  establishment  a couple  of  old  plantations 
suffered  greatly  from  stem  and  branch  canker.  The 
trees  affected  by  this  disease  were  dug  out,  and 
where  it  was  only  the  branches,  these  were  removed, 
after  which  the  healthy  bark  was  harvested,  and  the 
diseased  was  burnt.  Several  old  plantations  at 
Tjibeureum,  and  on  the  other  hand  the  young  plants 
at  Tjibitoeng  and  Tirtasari  still  suffered  much  from 
the  Helopeltis  Antonii  ; whilst  on  the  Nagrak  estab- 
lishment will  pigs  caused  great  damage  by  the  de- 
struction of  ..errace  walls  and  the  uprooting  of  the 
ground  in  the  young  plantations.  The  grafting  of 
Cinchona  pitayensis  on  Cinchona  succirubra,  begun  in 
1888,  was  stopped.  Having  in  view  the  result  of  the 
examination  of  7-year-old  grafts  of  this  variety  of  cin- 
chona, and  the  high  quantity  of  quinine,  found  a 
short  while  ago  in  Cinchona  officinalis,  further  culti- 
vation of  this  variety  cannot  be  recommended. 
The  analyses  1 — 10  in  appendix  B give  the  yield  of 
the  ten  trees  of  C.  pitayensis  which  are  to  be  found 
on  the  Tjinjiroean  establishment  ; whilst  analysis 
No.  11  gives  the  yield  of  150  grafts,  all  offshoots  of 
these  ten  mother-trees.  The  grafts  examined  were 
three  years  old  and  had  a height  of  1J  meter.  In 
consequence  of  the  working  at  the  sawahs  and 
the  large  coffee  crop,  the  supply  of  labour  was  small, 
both  on  the  neighbouring  private  estates  as  well  as 
on  the  Government  estates,  so  that  operations  suffered 
much  therefrom.  On  5th  May  and  9th  June  sales 
cf  cinchona  bark  of  the  crop  of  1891  were  held  in 
Amsterdam.  The  unit  price  of  manufacturers’  bark 
was  at  both  sales  6 cents. 
Appendix  A gives  the  number  of  plants  in  the 
Government  gardens  at  the  end  of  the  second 
quarter,  viz  — In  the  nurseries— 267,000  ledgeriana 
(inoluding  27,000  grafts)  and  702  000  sucoirubra— 
total  969,000.  In  the  open — 2,118,000  ledgeriana 
(inoluding  300,000  outtings  and  grafts,  and  ex- 
clusive of  the  more  or  less  3,000  original  ledge- 
rianas),  2,200  calissya  and  basskarliana  620,  00 
succirubra  and  oaloptera,  46,900  officinalis,  and 
2,000  lancifolia — total  2,789,100.  Grand  total  of 
plants  3,758,100.  Appendix  B is  as  follows  : — 
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The  analyses  are  oaloulated  on  absolutely  dry  bark. 
MAKUM  (ASSAM)  TEA  COMPANY. 
The  statutory  meeting  of  the  Makum  (Assam)  Tea 
Company,  Limited,  was  held  on  Monday,  at  the  offices, 
Blomfield  House,  London  Wall.  The  Chairman,  Mr. 
311 
J.  Berry  White,  said  the  list  of  applications  was 
opened  on  May  7th  and  closed  on  May  10th,  the 
whole  of  the  shares  being  over-applied  for.  They 
were  allotted  to  191  persons,  and  one-third  of 
these  were  either  planters  or  residents  in  As- 
sam, which  indicated  that  experts  on  the  spot 
held  a high  opinion  of  the  value  of  the  property 
and  of  the  good  opinion  entertained  in  the  Assam 
distriot.  Thj  season,  since  the  company  was  formed, 
had  been  a very  rainy  one ; but,  notwithstanding 
that  disadvantage,  their  local  resident  reported  that 
very  good  progress  had  been  made  on  the  estates. 
Upper  Assam  was  the  natural  home  of  the  tea 
plant,  and  many  attempts  had  been  made  to  dispute 
its  supremacy,  but  this  year  it  stood  head  and 
shoulders  above  any  other  district,  whether  in  India 
or  Oeylon.  This  country  had  been  educated  to 
drint  Indian  tea,  and  cow  remained  to  educate 
the  world  There  was  no  doubt,  notwithstanding 
what  medic'.l  journals  said,  that  Assam  tea  was 
a most  wholesome  aud  nourishing  beverage.  Referring 
to  the  silver  ques’icm,  he  remarked  that  since  the 
company  was  projected  silver  had  fallen  about  12| 
per  cent.  Now,  all  their  expenditure  was  in  silver, 
and  this  fall,  which  had  so  disastrously  affected  the 
officials  and  the  Government  of  India  itself,  meant 
to  this  company  that  they  would  get  ote-eigh'h  more 
work  done  for  their  sterling  capital  than  they  did 
when  they  projected  the  company.  With  regard  to  the 
finances,  the  m<  ney  paid  on  application  and  allotment 
would  be  sufficient  to  carry  on  the  company  for  this 
year.  Another  call  of  5s.  would  be  made  in  December,  to 
be  payable  in  February,  and  that,  he  anticipated, 
would  carry  them  on  for  more  than  a year.  Next 
year  they  would  be  making  some  tea,  although  the 
amount  would  be  infinitesimal,  and  the  foliowng 
year  he  hoped  they  would  be  making  a considerable 
amount.  In  reply  to  a shareholder,  the  Chairman 
said  that  after  the  holidays  a formal  application  would 
be  made  f'  r a Stock  Exchange  quotation,  and  he  had 
no  doubt  it  would  be  granted.  A vote  of  thanks  to 
the  Chairman  concluded  the  proceedings.— H.  and  C. 
Mail,  Sept.  9. 
-------  i 
ANALYSIS  OF  TEA. 
In  regard  to  the  purity  of  tea,  both  the  grooers  and 
the  public  are  protected  in  a special  manner.  If  the 
article  be  not  pure,  it  is  not  permitted  to  enter  into 
consumption  in  this  country.  Under  Section  30  of  the 
Sale  of  Food  and  Drugs  Act,  tea  is  analysed  at  the 
Custom  House,  so  as  to  ensure  that  there  is  nothing 
in  the  shape  of  adulteration  in  the  imports  : and  if 
the  plan  were  practised  in  regard  to  one  or  two  other 
commodities  that  might  be  named,  retailers  oertainly 
would  not  feel  disposed  to  complain.  We  subjoin  a 
table  showing  the  results  of  the  analysis  of  tea  con- 
ducted at  the  London  Custom  House,  in  accordance 
with  the  statute  above  mentioned,  during  eaoh  of  the 
last  ten  financial  years  : — 
Importations  represented  by  these 
samples  thus  disposed  of. 
Submitted  for  board’s  directions 
with  following  results. 
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2,168 
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1,710 
1,651 
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956 
860 
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9 
76 
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650 
527 
19 
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64 
1890 
855 
808 
35 
12 
1891 
518 
452 
1 
52 
13 
1892 
932 
874 
25 
19 
14 
— Indian  Planters’  Gazette,  Sept.  1 7. 
