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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [Jan. 1, 190S. 
CEILOX GBIQEN TEA IN 1901-3. 
TUE MONTHLY OUTTUEVS. 
especially compiled. J 
1902. 
1901. 
lb. 
lb. 
January . . 
. . 142,873 
252,582 
February . . . 
... 139,124 
116,592 
March ... 
. . 170,050 
105.644 
April 
.. 281137 
70*614 
May 
.. 299,671 
24.488 
June . . 
... 368,536 
108,017 
July 
. . 411,262 
163,967 
Augnst 
... 267,635 
177,079 
September 
... 370,785 
112,244 
October . . 
.. 407,151 
205,137 
November 
.. 393,290 
117,275 
December 
. . 649,548 
136,411 
Total 
.. 3.914,062 
1,589,990 
Increase 
2,324,072 
TEA IN PERSIA AND BEYOND. 
The British Consul at Meshed, in a report of the 
trade of Ehorassan, states th^t the taste for tea is 
strongly developed. It ia mainly of the Indian 
pro'lnot. Tha value of the tea imported by the 
Bnndar Abbas, Bushire and Seistan routes was 
^5(1,267, but a otisiderable proportion of the tea 
brought by the two former routes is sai 4 to have been 
China tea for pxporta'ion to Trans-Caspia and 
Turkestan,- -L and C Express, Dec 19. 
Apioultubk.— A correspondent asks how 
it- is that " beekeepinff " is not more attended 
to by the natives of Ceylon ? We can only 
reply that the natives are content to pro- 
fit by gathering wild honey when such is 
available in a good flowering season ; but that 
(with the solittiry exception of tlie late 
Mudaliyar Jayatilake of Kurunegala) we have 
never know any local bee-keepers, and vet 
Ceylon has two indigenous bees good 
honey makers one, a large bee, common in 
the forests of the interior ; and the other 
a bee not larger than a house fly, found 
chiefly in the maritime districts We had 
this fact brought before us first by an 
American visitor, Mr. Frank Benton. Pro- 
fessor of Apiculture in Michigan Uni- 
versity. While visiting Cyprus he got a 
commission from the Dutch Government to 
convey a colony of Cyprian bees to Java, 
which he accomplished successfully. Calling 
at Galle on his way back, he had some 
curious adventures (in getting the fly-hee) 
befoi'e coming to Colombo in search of the 
large forest-bee. We sent him to the 
Kurunegala Mudaliyar who gave him guides 
to the jungle where he got plenty of the 
beas to take home, but also a severe dose 
of malarial fever. Mr Benton wrote freely 
in Observer and Tropical Agriculturist at 
the time. He successfully conveyed th^ (Jeylon 
bees to America ; but we fear they died out 
after some time. The latest news of our 
friend was that he had been transferred to the 
headquarters of the Agricultural Dtpart- 
ment at Washington. — Meantime an experi- 
ment in " bee-keeping " after the most ap- 
approved pattern should be begun at Gan- 
garuwa Experimental Station. 
COLOWBO PRICE CURRENT. 
[Fumxshed by the 0*>nmhrr ot Vemwieiee.) 
EXPORTS 
Colombo, Dec. 28ad, 1902, 
Cabdamoms : — 
All ronnd parcel, well bleached per lb. R120 
Do. dull aiediann do. E0'90 
Special assortment, 0 and 1 only do Kl-40 
Seeds do. El'OO 
OisicHONA Bare: — 
Per unit of Sulphata of Quinine 6o--If to 3 per 
cent. 
Cinnamon :— (in bales of 100 lbs. nett.) 
Ordinary assortment per lb. 49j. 
Nos. 1 and 2 only per lb. 5Sc, 
Nos. 3 and 4 only per lb. 41Jo. 
Cinnamon Chips :— (in bgs. of 56 lbs 
of 560 lb.) E60-00 
Cocoa :— 
Finest estate red nnpicked per cwt R50-00 
Medium do do do R40"00 
Bright native unpicked and nndried R35 00 
All fine Borti 
, . are soaroe. 
nett. per candy 
do 
do R25-00 
E55 0') 
R4400 
R37-00 
per ton 
560 
do 
do 
do 
lb. 
Ordinary do 
Coconuts — (husked) 
Selected per thousand 
Ordinary „ 
Smalls 
Coconut Cake — 
Poonae in robins f. o. b. per ton RSO'OO 
Do in bags none. 
Coconut (Desiccated). 
Assorted all grades per lb 18c. 
Coconut Oii- — 
Dealers' Oil per cwt E16-00. 
Coconut Oil in ordinarv packages f. e. b. 
B355"00,— Business at both rates. 
COITEK. — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bus. 
None 
Plantation Estate Coffee f. o. b- (ready) per cwt.— 
R62-00, 
Native Coffee, f.o.b per owt.— Hone. 
OlTRONELLA OlL — 
Ready do per lb.— 54o. 
COPBA — 
Boat rJopra per candy of 
Calpentyn Copra do 
Cart do do 
Estate do do 
Croton Seed per cwt— Rll'OO 
Ebony — 
Sound per ton at Govt, depot 
S:>le of 1st Dec. 1902 
Inferior R35 00 to RIOO.OO. —Sale of 1st Deo. 1902. 
FiBBEP— 
Coconut Bristle No 1 per cwt None 
Do „ 2 None 
Do mattress „ 1 None 
Do ,1 2 None 
Coir Tarn, Kogalla „ 1 to 8 R16 00 Firm. 
Do Colombo „ Ito 8 BU-(lO 
Kitool all sizes None 
Palmyrah None 
Pepper— Black per lb None 
Plumbago — 
Large lamps 
Ordinary lumps 
Chips 
Dust 
Do (Flying) 
Sapanwood — 
R5100 
R.'>250 
E46 00 
E5200 
E70-00 to 115 co- 
per ton E600' 
do B6on 
do Ei50 
do R2.in . 
do Bl-25 1 
per ton_R45 — Nominal. 
Sale of Ist 
Fine qna< 
lities scarce. 
Satinwood (ordinary) ner cnbio ft. R4'60 
Do (Flowered) per cable ft. RlO-50 
IJigh Grown Mediam 
Tea — Average Average. 
Orange Pekoe per lb 
Orange Pekoe do 
Pekoe do 
Pekoe Souchong do 
Pekoe Fanningsdo 
Broken mixed— dnsti &o 
Deo. 1902. 
Low Grown 
Average. 
cts 
cts 
Ota 
52 
42 
40 
45 
87 
36 
83 
35 
81 
34 
29 
2S 
33 
28 
27 
27* 
27 
26 
