Fkb. 2, 1903.] 
THE TROPICAl. AGRICULTURIST. 
571 
CAMPHOR. 
The exports of chainphor oil fr 
various couatiies from 1899 to 1901 
lows : — 
1901 1900 
Qaan- Quan- 
Value. titles. Value. 
366 386 62 
3650 
785 
China 
France 
titles. 
1525 
25800 
Germany 6491 785 83910 
Great 
Britain 17331 2331 41412 
Hong- 
Kong 849663 134400 104990 
U.S.A 660842 98325 216570 
Other 
countries 262 71 705 
17523 
8853 
17012 
37753 
oni Japan to 
were as fol- 
1899 
Quan- 
tities. Value. 
136315 13578 
10140 912 
29710U 36373 
68129 5482 
241581 2.5556 
34G387 34401 
147 
274 
45 
Total 1561970 239931 450973 81350 1100226 116352 
[Kin=l-3 lb ; Yen=2s 0^.] 
Tlie exports of camplu^r from Japan to various 
countries from 1899 to 19('l were as follows :— 
1901 
1900 
1899 
Quan- 
Quan- 
Quan- 
tities. Value. 
lines. 
Value. 
tities. 
Valne, 
Australia 23344 32903 
415.59 
47723 
125S9 
12284 
Belgium — — 
8990 
8027 
116100 
71230 
British 
America 16007 26I5S 
4808 
6123 
1503 
1421 
British 
India 512762 552398 
187670 
208290 
126720 
96582 
China 82502 64389 
16374 
13895 
18217 
9863 
France 211612 183722 
33008 
29510 
271 
257 
Germa'y 627310 532770 
87760 
64117 
287624 
192634 
Great 
Britain 899067 949722 
358021 
429412 
47514 
29189 
Hnt?- 
Kone 891565 750603 1141516 1017807 14D7114 939219 
Philip- 
pines 2503 3'554 
11016 
10731 
U.S.A. 896278 810420 1388706 1238971 
648588 
399276 
Other 
counties 2307 3102 
1287 
1789 
2385 
22S7 
Total 4165757 3904969 3280715 3070695 2758625 1754492 
[Kin=l-3 lb; ren=2s O^d] 
— Chemist and Druggist, Jan. 3. 
INDIAN AND CEYLON 
VALUES. 
TEA SHARE 
IMPROVEMENT MAINTAINED. 
From the following figures, co;iipile<l by Mr 
George Seton, of the Imliafi Tea Share Excliange, 
it will he seen, says the Financial Times, that 
the market vahie of the forty-Hve representative 
companies registered in the United Kingdom, 
whioh had recently risen consi lerably, remains 
virtually the same. 1 here have been a good many 
moderate rises in value, but these have been 
counteracted by reductions in value, in a few cases 
of considerable extent. In a few cases, however, 
dividends liave been deducted since the figures 
were last computed : — 
Face value of 45 companies .. £0,500,000 
Market Value July 1, 1897 (highest pomt) fl2,O0O,009 
do Jan. 1, 1902 .. 7,000,009 
do July 1, 1902 ... 6,225,000 
do Sept. 1, 1902 (lowest point) 6,0.50,000 
do Oat. 1, 1902 .. 6,150,000 
do Nov. 1, 1902 .. 6,300,000 
do Dec. 1, 1902 .. 6,600,000 
do Jan. 1, 1903 ... 6,600,000 
As the total share and debenture c;ipital of the 
ope hundred and seventy conipanies altogether 
registered iu the United Kiugdoin amount to 
nearly £19,000,000, the Huctuationa of the enVr 
volume based on the above ligures, may be thu 
estimated : — 
F.ice value of (about) 170 Engliah com- £ 
pmies ... ... ... 19,000,000 
Highest um-ket value, July 1, 1897 ... 24,000,000 
Lowest market value, Septetnber, 1 
1903 ... ... ... 12,100,000 
Present market value, Jan. 1, 1903, 
say .. .. .. 13,250,000 
This shows a depreciation of, altogether 
£10,750,000, or of nearly 45 per cent from tojj-point. 
Even these augmented tignres it may be observed, 
take no account of the many private-owned estates 
nor of the Calcutta, Madras, Bombay and Colombo 
companie.s, registered with rupee capitals — the 
total amo'int of which it is difficult to compute, 
but in which the depreciation has doubtless been 
at least as great. 
Tilr. Seton adds that it appears probable that the 
advance, amounting to about 10 per cent., which 
has taken place since September, is now likely to 
stop there for a little, until it cm be estimated, 
with some degree of accuracy, how the results of 
working for the year 1902 are likely to pan out, 
which can scarcely be sooner than the end of 
February in the case of the Ceylou companies, 
and March or April for the Indian companies, — 
^ <{,• C Mail, Jan. 10. 
RUBBER GRASS OR BARK. 
A foreign subscriber to The Iiidia-7-ubber Journal 
is very desirous of finding out the names of the 
lirms who are importing from Mexico a grass or 
bark containing rubber. We shall be extremely 
pleased if any of our subscribers can help us with 
inforrnationonthis matter. — India rubber Journal, 
January 5. 
PLANTING NOTES. 
Planting in Dominic.v— 100.000 fertile acres, 
60.000 seedlings of ti'opical products deli- 
vered to plan'^ers in one year, the necessity 
of having at least £I5,00() capital — these are 
some of the leading facts set forth in the 
interesting letter we quote tonight, from 
the Adtiiinistrator of the Island of Dominica 
— which is in area 800 square miles. A pre- 
vious letter has fetched a number of set- 
tlers and Dominica is now a land of much 
promise. 
The Balata Industry im Dutch-Guinea.— 
The industry is restricted as to place and tapping 
by strict ollioial orders. In spite of the unfavour- 
able condition of trade durin? the first live months 
of 1901, the number of firms enjoying concessions 
has increased, and. as prices remain satisfactory, 
everytliing seems to point to a renewed future of 
balata. The yield of 1901 has been about the same 
as in 1900, the Nickerie district alone giving 
145,01 0 kilos. The greatest danger to the indus- 
try lies in the killing of the trees through irra- 
tional tapping by the workmen- In order to gain 
the greatest possible quantity of balata, the tree 
is often nob tapped on one side only, as officially 
wished, but on both sides, which causes it to die 
off; very ofien the trees are even felled,— /«£/'(l 
Riijbber Jqf0'nal,im. 5, 
