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TABLE  II. 
Showing  the  Proportions  of  Leaf,  Stalk  and 
Soluble  Extract  after  complete  exhaustion 
with  boiling  water. 
Indian. 
1 
Ceylon. 
3 4 
China. 
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Dried  ex- 
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32-53 
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JAFFNA:  GRAIN  AND  PRODUCE  IN  THE 
NORTH. 
Our  Market. — A number  of  native  vessels  arrived 
recently  with  large  supplies  of  paddy  and  rice  for 
Jaffna.  The  cargo  has  been  landed  and  has  found 
its  way  to  the  consignees,  who  are  mostly  Chetties. 
The  price  of  paddy  and  rice  has  however  not  de- 
clined, but  continues  steady  with  a tendency  to  in- 
crease. It  is  feared  that  our  Chetties  who  control 
the  market  are  in  combination  and  are  not  disposed 
to  slip  the  opportunity  of  “ making  hay  when  the 
sun  shines.  It  has  always  been  a matter  of  surprise 
and  regret  to  us  that  not  a single  native  or  Tamil  of 
Jaffna  from  among  the  well-to-do  class  in  our  midst  has 
started  in  the  rice  trade.  Not  only  is  it  the  most  remune* 
rative  trade,  but  it  is  one  of  the  few  trades  in  wbioh 
there  is  hardly  any  risk  or  loss.  Paddy  or  rice  will 
always  get  its  price  and  the  idle  capital  now  in  the 
hands  of  men  like  Messrs.  Manuelpillai  and  Assaip- 
pillai  may  well  be  employed  in  the  rice  trade.  A 
looal  or  native  trader  will  not  only  be  a cheok  on 
combination  but  will,  what  is  very  important  to  the 
poor,  keep  tho  market  always  in  tone. 
Tobacco. — There  is  a brisk  demand  for  this  article 
especially  the  kind,  which  is  used  in  the  manufacture 
of  cigars  for  the  Colombo  market.  The  crop  already 
gathered  iB  very  small  and  the  price  is  steadily  ad- 
vancing. The  recent  rains  have  not  been  a benefit  to 
tobacco  cultivation  at  large  and  the  high  price  now 
required  is  one  of  the  results. 
Copperah.— Jaffna  is  no  doubt  a centre  of  coconut 
cultivation.  Our  coconut  estates  cover  a large  extent 
of  ground  and  compare  very  favorably  with  the 
estates  in  other  parts  of  the  island.  The  Jaffna 
copperah,  as  is  well-known,  commands  a higher  price 
than  copperah  from  other  places,  chiefly  in  view  of  its 
size  and  substantial  contents.  The  “ boom  ” in  the 
price  of  copperah  reported  some  time  ago  in  our 
Colombo  contemporaries,  has  produced  a marked 
effect  in  Jaffna.  A good  business  is  being  done  and 
men  and  carts  are  unceasingly  at  work.  Prices  are 
steady,  with  an  upward  tendency.  The  latest  quota- 
tion is  R66  per  candy,  but  we  will  not  be  surprised 
to  hear  that  it  has  gone  up  higher  still. 
Iu  another  column  appears  a notice  inviting  offers 
for  tho  sale  of  a cooonut  estate.  It  will  be  a good 
investment  for  one  of  limited  means. 
Fibre.— -The  market  for  this  article  is  dull  and 
there  is  an  impression  abroad  that  the  business  would 
not  revive.  Work  however  oontinue,  but  it  is  a 
question  that  it  is  worth  the  trouble  at  all.  We 
do  not  howevor  regret  the  present  lull,  but  hope  it 
will  he  long  enough  to  enable  the  palmyrah  plants 
which  have  been  badly  treated,  to  revive  and  put 
forth  a new  set  ol  stalks  before  the  knife  is  again 
laid  on  them  by  the  ruthless  fibre  trader. — “Jaffna, 
Patriot,’’  April  14. 
4 
CEYLON  PLANTERS  IN  EAST  AFRICA. 
Melangi,  B.  C.  Africa,  14th  Feb.  1893. 
It  is  quite  evident  you  don’t  get  all  my  letters; 
at  ali  events  they  don’t  appear  in  your  paper.* 
We  are  now  Id  the  middle  of  our 
PLANTING  SEASON. 
and  so  far  it  has  been  a favourable  one,  plenty  of 
rain  which  makes  the  weeds  as  well  as  coffee  grow 
like  muhsroom".  I got  a fair  blossom  upon  18  months’ 
old  coffee  in  November,  which  set  well  and  is  now 
showing  up  to  the  tune  of  about  7 cwt  per  acre  on 
some  especially  fine  irees.  Coffee  is  decidedly  a suc- 
cess here  and  the  climate  and  rainfall  seems  to  suit 
it  admirably.  It  is  not  without  enemies ; although 
no  bug  or  leaf  disease  appears,  we  have  borer  and 
grubs  of  every  description,  and  last  enemy  S 
observe  is  a fly  who  sends  his  little  proboscis  into 
the  young  primary  and  presumably  lays  his  egg 
thereir,  resulting  in  a small  borer  grub  as  thick  as 
a pin,  about  an  inch  long  who  works  his  way  aloDg 
the  pith  till  the  stem  of  the  tree  is  reached;  then 
* We  shall  begin  numbering.  This  is  No.  1 foj  th^ 
present  yoar.— Ed.  T.A. 
