Sept. 1, 1900. J THE TROPICAL 
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PLANTING NOTES. 
Pepper in India.— The Cooig Correspondent 
o[ the Madi'as Mail writes :—" The plantiiifj of 
pepper is being attended to on a larger scale tlian 
I was aware of when writing on the last occa- 
sion. Some local ryots have gone in for it largely, 
1 hear one man having put out 50,000 cuttings 
thl^ season."' 
Planting in Tobago.— The Imperial Depart- 
ment of Agriculture for the West Indies ha lampe 
published some hints and suggestions for plantiiu 
Cacao in Tobago. According to the preface, by 
Dr. Morris, tliese notes were prepared many years 
ago by Mr. Edward R Smart, and we 'e published 
in a Tobago journal that no longer exists. Mr. 
Smart, however, being still in tlie island, lately 
offered these notes for rcroduction, and they have 
been revised by Mr. J Hart, and issued in their 
present form. Other notes on other plants included 
in this little pamphlet were prepa''ed by Sir Ro- 
bert Lleweiyu, formerly administrator of Tobago 
at present Ailruinistrator of the Gambia, West 
A f rica. — Gardeners' Chronicle, 
A Hint : Why kot Jaffna Mangoes too ?— 
An effort is being made (says the Daihj Mail 
of July 14,) to bring the Ronibay mangoes to 
England, and, indeed, for a few hours tliis week 
a small show of this fruit made an unwonted 
sight in a Bond street fruiterer's window. "But 
they were all snapped up as soon as the Anglo- 
Indians got to know of it," said Mr. George 
Adam, who had exhibited them. He showed our 
representative a letter he had received from 
Kathiawar, India, proposing to export Bombay 
mangoes to London as a regular article of 
commerce. 
A Brazilian Committee of Agriculture. — 
In Campinas (Brazil) a municipal committee of 
agriculture is about to be formed, consisting of 
three planters, whose duties will be : To report 
to the Government of the State everything of 
interest regarding agriculture in the munici- 
pality ; to coUecc information for the assistance 
of the district inspector of agriculture, and his 
guidance in estimating; the probable crop ; to 
•summon, and preside at meetings of the planters 
of the locality, with the same obiect; and to 
indent on the Government for seeds and "slips" 
for transplanting, where such are required. — 
Plantinq Opinion, July 28. 
Agriculture in Western Australia,— 
We have received some copies of the monthly 
journal of the Department of Agriculture 
for Western Australia from March to July 
of the present year, The contents are in- 
teresting, though chiefly dealing with live- 
stock and farming. The regulations for 
analyses of soils strikes us as rather 
peculiar : — 
The Department of Agriculture is now prepared 
to make analyses of soils, and furnish a full re- 
port on same for the sum of £3 13s 6d for each 
analysis, one half of which will be paid by the 
Department of Agriculture. All samples to be 
delivered free at the offices of the Department. 
West Australian Chambers, St. George's Terrace, 
Perth accompanied by the above-named fee. 
We suppose this means that the farmer 
must deposit £3 1.3s 6d with his samples of 
soils ; but that he will get back not only 
the required analyses, but also £1 I63 9d half 
the fee, pour encourager les autres ! 
Para Rubber: Good Prices —This product 
seems likely to be a very good paying one for 
proprietors, who are able to grovv it on their 
estates, as by the last mail' an advice was 
received of the sale of some rubber grown 
and prepared on Culloden estate in the district 
of Kalutaraat 3s Tjd per lb. Well done ! 
Agricultural Bulletin of the M\lay 
Peninsula. -The May Bulletin of the Gardens 
find Purest Departments, Straits Settlements, 
contains some valuable papers upon " Native 
-Rubbers of the Malay Peninsula," "Insect Pests" 
"Bee-hawk Moth Caterpillars," " Para Rubbpr'" 
^Kickxia f.fricana," and "Injurious Funoj'" 
iliere is also a plate illustrating certain insects.— 
Gardeners' Chronicle, 
Agricultural Shoav in West Africa.— The 
exhibition recently held at Daker, West Africa, is 
probably the first of its kind in tropical Africa. 
The exhibits were chiefly nar.ive articles and pro- 
ducts. The show was held in the public park, and 
to encourage the natives no entrance fee was 
charged. The Government of the Colony are 
trying to introduce the cultivation of Brazilian 
rubber, and they supply seeds without a ehan-e — 
Globe, July 20. ' 
Superiority of Oranges.-A well informed 
writer on oranges pays the following tribute to 
Honda oranges: "If the Californians could 
on.y furnish us with an orange that had le<=s 
skin and m.ire juice— well, then consumers of the 
country would have nothing more to say. How 
highly these virtues in the orange are appre- 
ciated is shown m the magnificent prices paid 
for tlorida oranges-figures about double paid 
tor the California product."— PZanfejV Monthly. 
Indian Turpentine.- The production of tur- 
pentine in India is likely before long, to become 
an important industry. The Punjab Government 
have recently sanctioned the estabilsliment of a 
factoiy for the distillation of the crude resin the 
experiments conducted in the Dehra-Doon Labora- 
tory and in Kangra having convinceil the Forest 
Department that production on a very consider 
able scale is possible. In the Kangra Valley 
forests alone, last season, some twelve hundred 
maunds of resin were collected.— P/oneer, Auo-. 4. 
Japanese Tea at the Exhibition.— Writing of the 
Japanese pavilion at the Paris Exhibition the Paria 
oorreapondent of Truth says :-'' The only tea drunk 
and sold at the pavilion is from Formosa. It tastes 
like strong pekoe. I cannot say 1 like it, but 'the 
Japs. do. They drink very weak and lukewarm. 
There 13 a kind of Formosa tea that cosia three 
francs a cup, and is only drmik in Japan on 
oocasions of high ceremony. The tea-boase at 
the Exhibition is subsidised by the Imperial 
Government and ran by two gentlemanly little 
J aps. 
Brazilian Coffee Factory in London.— The 
new factory which has recently been opened bv 
Motta's Brazilian Coffee Company (Limited) at 
178, Goswell-road, E.C.isin all respects eminently 
suitable for the preparation of Motl.a pure coffee 
under the best conditions (writes a representative) 
Machinery and other appliances of the most 
modern type have been installed. There is rooic 
for the coffee trade to develop, and Muti.'s 
Brazilian Coffee Company (Limited)— whosj head 
offices are at 116, Bishopsgate-street WithouB E.G. 
—evidently intend to do all in their power to 
foster the demand.— (rrocfirs' Journal, July 14. 
