Feb.  i,  1893.] 
THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
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THE  CHINA  TEA  MARKET  AND  EXPORTS. 
From  the  Hongkong  Daily  Press  we  gat  the  latest 
statistics  in  reference  to  the  exportB  of  China  and 
Japan  teas  : — 
Export  op  Tea  prom  China  to  Great  Britain. 
1892-93  1891-92 
Canton  and  Macao 
Amoy 
Foochow  ... 
Shanghai  and  Hankow 
lb. 
9,154,100 
750,521 
14,434,665 
29,719,194 
lb. 
10,803  861 
732,636 
17,887,484 
32,062,372 
Total  to  date  ... 
54,064,480  61,486,353 
Export  op  Tea  prom  China  to  United  States 
and  Canada. 
1892-93  1891-92 
lb. 
Canton  and  Macao  3,209.938 
Amoy  ...  17  505,903 
Foicbow  ...  4,904,569 
Shanghai  and  Hankow  21,236,741 
lb. 
1,958  326 
15,342,629 
4,051,595 
20,069,933 
Total  to  date  ...  46,857,151  41,422,483 
VARIOUS  NOTES. 
Coffee  Stealing  in  the  Ouchterlony  Valley. — 
A serious  case  of  coffee  stealing  which  was  brought 
to  light  a short  time  ago  in  the  Ouchterlony  Valley, 
has  just  been  disposed  of.  Four  accused  were 
charged  under  Sections  457  and  381  of  the  Indian 
Penal  Code  by  the  Gudalur  police  for  stealing  coffee 
from  the  Helen  Estate.  Two  of  the  accused  were 
discharged  under  Section  253  C.  P.  C.,  as  there  was 
no  evidence  against  them  other  than  the  implication 
made  by  the  co- accused.  Two  were  convicted  and 
sentenced  each  to  four  months  rigorous  imprison- 
ment for  the  theft  of  125  seers  of  coffee  from  the 
Helen  Estate  store,  under  Section  381  of  the  Indian 
Penal  Code. — Nilgiri  Neivs,  Jan.  18. 
Pheasants  at  Ootacamund. — The  new  Ooty  paper, 
the  Nilgiri  Neics  writes  that  the  pheasants  im- 
ported last  year  by  Messrs.  Oakes  are  doing  well. 
During  the  past  season,  April  to  July,  they  laid 
some  500  eggs,  but  these  unfortunately  were  the 
greater  part  sterile,  some  60  ohicks  were,  however, 
hatched,  and  the  eggs  laid  by  these  O.  B.’a  will 
it  is  hoped,  prove  more  successful.  It  is  found 
that  the  Kulhutty  environment  is  too  warm  for 
the  birds  in  confinement,  and  they  have  all  been 
brought  up  to  Ooty,  where  the  climate  at  present 
is  cold  enough  (at  night)  not  only  for  pheasants, 
but  polar  bears. — Pioneer. 
Export  of  Tea  from  Japan  to  United  States 
and  Canada. 
CEYLON  EXPORTS  AND  DISTRIBUTION,  1893. 
Yokohama 
Kobe 
1892-93  1891-92 
lb.  lb. 
28  291,012  29,957,597 
18,126,570  19,475,389 
Total  to  date  ...  46,417.582  49,432,986 
It  will  be  observed  that  to  Great  Bntain  the  ourrent 
season  shows  a fallii  g-off  in  1892,  of  over  7,400,0  0 
lb.  of  tea;  but  in  the  oase  of  the  United  States 
and  Canada,  from  China,  there  was  a comparative 
increase  of  5,400  f'00  lb.:  but  from  Japan  a de- 
crease about  3 million  lb.  It  is  interesting  to  see 
tbs  total  of  China  an  1 Japan  teas  Bent  for  the 
two  soasons  to  North  America 
Exports  to  United  States  and  Canada. 
Season  1892-3  1891-2  lb. 
China  tea  46,857, '51  41,422,483  inc.— 5,434,668 
Japan  tea  46,417,582  49,432,986  dec  .=3,015,404 
93,274,733  90,855,469=inc.  2,419,2641b. 
80  that  what  Ceylon  has  to  aim  at  is  tho  sup- 
planting' of  some  considerable  portion  of  the  93 
mi  lions  of  lb.  of  tea  which  Amerioa  gets  at  present 
chiefly  of  inferior,  adulterated,  artificially-faced  teas 
from  China  and  JapaD. 
In  reviewing  the  Foochow  tea  trade  of  the  past 
year,  the  local  Echo  has  the  following  remarks: — 
The  tea  trade  of  tbe  port  has  further  contracted 
during  the  past  twelve  mo  the.  The  supply  of  congou 
has  been  22,000  chests  lesi  than  the  previous  seisi  n. 
Some  improvement  was  noticeable  as  regards  the 
Btreugth  of  >he  crop,  and  this,  combined  with  a 
cheaper  tael  cost  of  10  to  15  per  cent  , added  to  a 
lower  etohange  of  10  per  oent.,  turned  a succession 
of  years  of  losses  inro  one,  on  the  average,  of  profit. 
Small  profit,  mty  be,  bat  s ill,  oa  the  average,  profit. 
The  Loudon  d.  liveries  of  Caina  oongou  have  continued 
very  dis -ppoin  ing  For  the  five  mouths  ending  the 
31st  Oct.,  th  re  was  a falling-off  of  6,650,000  lb.  or, 
nearly  1J  mil  ion  lb.  per  mooth.  Of  other  kit  ds  of 
tea,  a noticeable  feature  is  the  increase  ol  supply  of 
OoloDg  and  Flowery  Pekoe,  the  former  being 
26  per  ceut.  and  the  latter  40  per  cent,  more  than 
last  year.  Souchongs,  which  were  rather  in  excess 
in  supply,  were  of  pool  quality,  and  meeting  a ready 
market,  sold  at  favourable  re-ults  to  the  shiprers. 
We  regret  to  have  to  record  the  failure  of  a long 
est’blished  firm  in  the  tea  trade  brought  about  by 
a succession  of  years  of  unsuooessful  trading. 
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