FliR. 2, 1903.] 
TFIE TROriCAL /VGPtlCTTLTTJRI.qT. 
♦ 
To the Editor. 
LUCERNE ; AND PAPAYA : QUESTIONS 
FROM FAR PARAGUAY. 
Ascension, Piiraguay, Nov. 21, 1902. 
Dear Sirs, — Can yon advise nie of any 
remedy for slugs that destroy alfalfa 
(Lucerne) ? I have had the leaves eaten olf 
twelve acres by these pests, and no one 
here seems to know of a remedy ; so I hope 
you will kindly be able to suggest one in 
the next number ot the Tropical Af/ilciiUi(rist. 
I should also be obliged by your advising 
me if the milk of the paw-paw has any 
commercial \alue, and if sf), how it should 
be prepared for export ?— Yours truly, 
C. T. M. FEATHERSTON. 
Casilla de Correo 63. 
[As to the first question, Mr. E E Green 
is good enough to write :— "The best remedy 
appears to be dusting the plants thickly 
with lime- or spreading it on the surface of 
the ground surrounding the plants." — As to 
the milk of the papaw, there is a great 
deal of information in past nurnbers of the 
T.A., and our correspondeiit should see that 
a " set " of the volumes is filed by the 
Paraguay Government, or in a local Public 
Library, for ready reference.— Ed. T..l.\ 
THE NEW MEDICINE FOPt xMALARlAL 
FEVER. 
London, Jan. 1. 
Dear Sir,— I enclose you today an exact 
copy of a letter I have received from one of 
the correspondents who read my report in the 
Cci/lon Observer. As I only received the letter 
today. I do not send you the original 
because 1 am having some printed copies 
made of it for distribution in the United 
States, where they suffer so frightfully from 
malarial fever, and it was Dr. beling of 
the New Jersey State Hospital who first 
worked at it for malaria in that country. 
I am sending him out a coi)y ot the report. — 
I remain yours faithfullv, 
THOS. CHRISTY. 
Prospect Cottage, Biires, Suff olk, Dec. 31, 1902. 
TUos Christy, Esq., Dear Sir, — I called at 
your office on the 25 li November, and you were 
good enough to let me have a boltle of Cissia 
BearCiUia. I began on the 20t/h to taki 20 diops 
in plenty of old water once a day. I have 
done 80 daily, and have kept; peifecily free from 
ague and fever. I liad it stinuitatcs and 
strengthens my nerves, cleans my brain, and in 
fact, I may say, it is m uij a long day since I 
have enjoyed such a niDniii of perfect health — 
no low, ni')i bid feelings, but briglit and elieerfnl ; 
a free and easy {eelin;^ as if I had power t ) h >lit 
mvl^el^ erect. 1 cuuiot sntlicienily expro.':s my 
gratitude to you for writing to the Ce>ilo)i 
ObseryCT- otherwise I might not have heard of 
this cure. I intended going to Liverpool to see 
Dr. hoss. I have sent a pamphlet and an ac- 
count of ihe effect Cassia Be ireaua h is had u.mn 
myself, to Dr. VVouteisz, Govt. Doctor at Nuwara 
Eliya, as it v/as hy his advice I came home. 
I only hope he will' try it in the hospitals.— 
1 remain, deai Sir, yonrs trnly, 
(Sgd.) MAKION EDLEY. 
REJECTED TEAS FROM MELBOURNE: 
ACCEPTED IN LONDON. 
Melbourne, Jan. 3. 
Dp^-vr Sill, — Some prominence was given 
just before the holidays to the fact that 
some of the teas, wliich were tiot allowed to 
enter this port, when released and sent to 
London, were allowed not only to pass in 
there, without difliruUy, but wf re pronounced 
by the biokfM- who had cliarge of them, to 
be of good (lualiiy. ft wa.s lemarked th.it 
" the ju.stice and promptitude shown in 
London compared very favourably with the 
harshness and long delay experienced in 
Melbourne." 
I enclose you an extract from the A(ie of 
Jan. 2nd, reviewing the tea trade for 1902 
and also alluding to the position of the 
REJECTED TEAS. 
I We give the tea " review " on page 550. 
-Ed. T.A.] 
GAME PROTECTION IN PERAK. 
Ceylon Game Protection Society, Jan. 20 
Dear Sir, — 1 thank you for your kind- 
ness and courtesy in sending me the por- 
tion of the I'erak Government G.izette on 
the subject of game protection in the State 
of Perak. It seems to me that Protection 
there is to be on a far more extensive 
scale than in Ceylon and that the fines to 
be imposed for breaches of the ordinance 
are far heavier.— Yours faithfully, 
THOMAS FARR. 
Hon. Secretary, C. G. P. S. 
POINTS FROM THE GREEN TEA 
DEADLOCK IN CEYLON : FOR CESS 
PAYERS TO CONSIDER. 
Jan. 20. 
Dear Sir, — There are one or two points 
in the green tea deadlock that are worth 
pointing out to the payers of the cess, who 
make good teas in connection with the ap- 
peal for a further increase of the cess. 
I. What class of teas will benefit most by 
a reduction of exports to the London market ? 
Teas for price. 
II. Will good teas improve in values? 
On past exiierience— hardly at all. 
in. What do these two facts point to? 
They show pretty clearly that with improved 
values for " teas for price " it will pay better 
to pluck coarse npcountry than fine. It 
has been done in the past and will be done 
again. 
IV. What will the effect of this be? It 
is very clearly shown in brokers' reports and 
the recent telegrams to Kandy from the 
London Association. 
Consequently I feel compelled to ask pro- 
prietors of estates making good teas to 
hesitate and carefully ci nsider the position 
