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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTUIIIST. 
[Oct. 1, 1900. 
Total. 
THE INDIAN TEA CROP 1900 1 : 
TO TOTAL 182 MILLION LB. 
The Secretary, Indian Tea Association, 
under date, 8th fSepteinber, has issued the fol- 
lowing particulars with respect to the present 
season's crop of Indian tea, viz. : — 
Manu- Balance 
factured to be made 
to loth to end of sea- 
• Aug. 1900. son 1900. 
• lb. lb. lb. 
31.191,240 3.5,156,450 66,3.50,698 
13,025,338 14,343,480 27,368,827 
14,607,380 18,473,200 33,080,040 
4,758,269 3,084,()90 7,842,9,59 
1,392,028 1.150,720 2,542,748 
10,491,623 12,448,090 22,9!0.313 
70,900 80,(100 156,90(1 
391,041 483,345 874,386 
1,600,000 1.300,000 2,900,000 
886,845 732,500 1,619,345 
165,676,874 
300,000 
Assam 
Cachar 
Sylhet 
Darjeeling 
Terai 
Dooars 
Chota Xagpore 
Chittagong 
Kangra Valley 
Dehra Dun 
To this total of 
must be added : — 
1. Kumaon (Estimate) 
2. Gardens from which no returns 
have been received, including private 
and native gardens (Estimate) 
Total 
16,168,000 
182,144,874 
Shipments to America, the Colonies, and other 
Ports are estimated at 23,000,000 lb., and local and 
trans-frontier consumption at 7,250,000 lb. There 
will, therefore, remain on this basis about 
151,894,874 lb. for export to Great Britain. As the 
statistics from Travancore and other districts in 
Southern India have not been received to date 
they will be issued separately. 
As a means of comparing with the above, 
we give the Indian tea exports for the past 
three seasons : ~ 
Twelve months, 1st April to 
31st March. 
1897-98. 
lb. 
1898-99. 
lb. 
1899-1900. 
lb. 
To United 
Kingdom ... 
To Russia 
,, Canada 
„ United 
States ... 
„ China 
,, Persia 
„ Turkey in 
Asia 
„ Australia 
„ Other Coun- 
tries 
137,655,8.57 139,245,995 154,161,492 
689,271 500,889 467,451 
593,532 1,044,2.56 1,932,943 
929,704 
565,274 
1,464,394 
1,336,970 
6,792,654 
1.413,624 
883,307 
3,4.56,791 
2,598,281 
6,306,135 
2,744,854 
1,248,8.57 
1,953,900 
2,149,414 
8,362,797 
1,424,161 2,021,394 2,016,419 
Total ... 151,451,817 1,57,470,672 175,038,127 
We believe our own Planters' Association 
Committee will very shortly issue a revised 
estimate for the Oeyloii" crop or export for 
1900; but there is no chance, we fear, of its 
being lower than the original estimate of 
138,000,000 lb. Already we have about reached 
the 100 millions, and we suppose we are 
bound to exceed 140 by the end of the year. 
The practical question then is how is the 
aggi-egate of the Indian and Ceylon Tea 
exports— or 325,000,000 lb. at the very least, 
allowing for South India— to be disposed of? 
Much depend.s on Russia and America and on 
the course of affairs in China, 
BEET SUGAR CioPS OF THE N^ORLD. 
Writing on the 16th June, Mr. F. O. Licht 
reports uneven weather in Germany, warmtli 
alternating with fosts and snow.s, followed by 
copious rains. Work of hoeing has been sorao- 
wliat delayed, and is sliglitly behind, but the 
beets have sprouted well, and now look strong 
and healthy. It is estimated the beet area of 
Europe will increase this year by 20!J,000 hectares. 
"Our preliminary estimate of the European 
beet sugar production, will compared with the 
preceeding campaigns as follows 
1899-00. 1897-99. 1807-98. 1896-97. 
1,790,000 1,721.718 1,852,857 1,836,536 
1,120,000 1,051,290 831,667 934,007 
970,000 830,132 !-!21,23o 752,081 
900,000 770,01)6 738,715 728,667 
300,000 244,017 265,397 28S.009 
180,000 149,763 125,6.58 174,206 
Germany 
Australia 
France 
Russia 
Belgium 
Holland 
Other coun- 
tries 
275,000 209,115 196.245 202,990 
Total 5,535,000 4,982,101 4.831,774 4,9]6,.586 
"Thus the campaign of 1899/00 is giving hopes 
of a surplus of about 553,000 tons ae'ainst its pre- 
decessor."— SM.grr'/' Journal and Tro/Jical Culti- 
vator. Aug. 15. 
INDIAN TP:A ASSOCIATION. 
INTERESTING TEA ITEMS. 
The following is an abstract of the proeeedinc;.? 
of a meeting of the General Committee held on the 
4th instant. 
Present :— Mr. H C Be,f!;g (Cliairman) ; and 
Messrs. R H A Gie.sson, W Holder, G Kingsley, 
A Trocher, and T Traill, 
Letters of 27th July and 3id and 9th August 
from Mr. Ernest Tye, Secretary, Indian Tea Asso- 
ciation, London, came up f jr (inal consideration 
■after previous circulation. The chief matters 
dealt with in these letters were : — 
(a) Bonded Wahehoose Charges. — In the letter of 
29th July it was stated that the Loudon Committee 
had informed the Secretary of the Tea (.^leariug 
HoQse Committee that the concessions made were not 
wholly satisfactory. Particular objection had been 
taken to the withdrawal of the reduction iti the bulk- 
ing and taring charge which had been made on the 
23rd January. 
(6) Paris Exhibitiois".— In his letter of 3rd August 
Mr. Tye stated that the Indian tea stall was well 
patronised for the tea in packets; and that orders 
were daily received from all parts of France for 
quantities varying from 1 lb. to 5 kilos. The majority 
of these orders were from former visitors to the 
Exhibition who had left Paris. The Association 
Contractor, T.tr. Langdale, considered the result of the 
efferts which had been made was most encouraging; 
and he thought that furtlier progress would best be 
attained by the estabHshment of sale depots. He 
hoped to have two hundred of these iu working order 
in different parts of Paris before the close of the Ex- 
hibition in November. 
(c) The Proposed Bounty on Green Teas. — This 
matter was referred to in the letter of 3rd August, 
from which it appeared that further samples of 
green teas suitable for America would be shortly sent 
out from Loudon. These samples would be in 
addition to those to be received from Chicago. 
The Committee had iu the meantime received 
samples of the green teas which some of the tjardens 
in the Association were prepared to mauufi>ccure in 
consideration of the bounty. It was decided to sub- 
mit these samoles at once to the experts, and to ask 
for their opinion upon them. As the standard sam- 
ples h.\A not arrived, the experts were to be instructed 
th'it while they might definitely accept any samples 
which tlisy might deem suitabie, none were to b • 
definitely rejected at present. An offer made by a 
