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[Sept. 1, 1900. 
Ghat, between Calicut and South Wynaad, has 
been badly breEiclied and washed away in parts, 
and, it is reported, may take some four or five 
niontlLS to repair ior wheeled traffic a^'ain- This 
is serions for the estates in Sonth Wynaad, the 
other Ghilt roads being very circuitous routes to 
the Coast. I am .soriy I am not yet in a posi- 
tion to send you my Annual Statistics of Exports 
of Coffee and'Pepperfrom Southern India. There 
are still two Ports from which 1 have to receive 
information ; but I should receive these any daj 
now. —Truly yours, 
EALPH TATHAM. 
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USEFUL AUSTRALIAN BOOKS. 
Public Libra.ry, Museums, and National Gallery 
of Victoria, Melbourne. Au?. 8th, 1900. 
Sir, —I have the honour to inform you that I 
have, • by direction of ilie Trusi' r , this day 
forwarded by post for your acceptance a copy of 
each of the undermeniioned works:—!. Mc Alpine — 
Fungus Diseases of Citrus Trees in Australia. 
2. Koos — Wine-rnaicing in hot climates.— I have 
the honour to be, gir, your otvedient servant, 
THE LIBRAKIAN. 
[" Wine-making in hot climates " is a translation 
from the French and has been published by 
the Victorian Government for the benefit of 
Viticultnrists whose industry is of importance 
in most of the Australian Colonies. The second 
book, is also published ofHcially and the coloured 
plates are splendidly executed. This little guide 
niL,y be of use to us locally in connection with the 
culture of orange and lime trees. We return 
thanks for both publications. — Ed. T.A,'\ 
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CHIN BARA TEA AND MR. HARCOURT 
SKRINE. 
August 16. 
Dear Sir, — I enclose an extract from the 
Chemist and Druggist which I think will in- 
terest your readers.— V ours faithfully, 
CHEMIST. 
TEA FOR CHEMISTS. 
(Extract from the Chemist and Druggist, 
July 28th, 1900. ) 
It stands to reason that if chemists and drug- 
gists are to do business in tea, they must have 
an article to offer different from what their 
neighbour the grocer sells. We have pleasure in 
calling attention to an entirely new tea which is 
being introduced to the public through chemists. 
It is called the Chin Bara tea, and the process for 
its production has been devised by Mr. E Har- 
court Skrine. Chemists may not be aware that 
the method of manufacturing tea adopted in 
Ceylon and India is intended to yield dividends 
to shareholders rather than the finest teas and 
the plucked leaf is allowed to go through a 
fermentation process before it is dried. Mr. 
Skrine finds that this is entirely unnecessary 
for the development of the flavour of the tea. 
The finest Chinese teas of old were made slowly 
and carefully. Mr, Skrine finds that fermenta- 
tion is detrimental, in so far as it produces cer- 
tain organic acids which disturb the digestion. 
He has therefore devised a process, and machinery 
for carrying it out, whereby the plucked leaves are 
gradually dried and rolled without undergoing 
fermentation ; this he recalls the "cold process" to 
distinguish it from the other. Moreover, he takes 
very great care in the harvesting of the tea, and 
from the plucking to the final presentation of the 
tea, every stage of the process is supervised and 
expedited by a staff of skilled managers. The 
teas are not blended, but in the three qualities 
offered by the Chin Bara Chino-Ceylon Pure Tea 
Depot, 5 Victoria Avenue, Bishopsgate Street, 
E. C, we have only the difference in the grade 
of leaf to recognise. Tlie tea neither i)roduces 
indigestion nor favours nervousness wlii-u taken 
in large quantity, so that it is just the ihing for 
chemists to sell. It is put up in packets ready 
for selling, and is offered on P. A. T. A. prin- 
ciples for retail by chemists, whom we would 
recommend to apply to the Company for a copy 
of a pamphlet entitled " A History of Tea." 
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