JuNp ?,J9Aa.] TilE. TROPICAL 
thought very highly of the samples shown 
me. It was native inilled, clean and whole- 
some food. Oh my return journey I covered 
54 miles across the plains from the Anna- 
malais to Podanur, riding, , walking and 
'^,'tonga-ing'* ' which, is, |m,y ; Record for the 
ti'Opics." 1 1 
While at the Annamalais Mr Edwards 
stayed at Farlei estate, of which Mr Marsh 
is manager, with two European .ass.istants, 
Messrs. Congreve and Vincent. About 19,000 
acres of land are opened np and about 3,000 
acres are 'plant(id witli Colfee, Cardamoms, 
Cinchona and Tea, v/hile some Rubber is 
being tried. The cardamom crop, Mr 
Edwar^ls thought, phenomenally good. On 
one estate, Valpari, there were 91 J acres of 
cardamoms and 300 of coffee. 
TEA IS STILL IN ITS INITIAL STAGES. 
Monaco estate, with 2C) acres and a finely 
equipped factory, and Lord Stamilore estate 
t\''ith 125 acres uridelvcultivation, being the ones 
growing it. Regarding labour, Mr Edwards 
noticed a general air of . prosperity in tlie 
cooly districts which he certainly thinks , . 
, NO]} CONDUCIVE TO IMMIGRATION 
at present, especially as Government is now 
carrying on extensive irrigation works. Large 
Afad extensive tracts of land and fields are 
being irrigated,- and the people are indus- 
triously cultivating paddy in the iields, ah^d 
tobacco and chillies on dry land. 
Mr Edwards, although for about 30 years 
resident in the East, had never previously 
visited India and is loud in his praises of his 
visit which he thoroughly enjoyed. Mr 
Edwards leaves for home . by the "China" 
iUoAjiortnighit's times - jaq^ i/iiun .nand oj ji 
h'te 'yjih ■' ■■< ■:• i-.v --^^9;l.l gni-ih-aal .8*: 
i)EA<l/OULTlVATI0N IN THE AN&AMANS. 
''■,*rbe afeaa under cuUivfition aggregated 5l8i 
l^cies. Navy Bay acres, Goplakabang, IS' 
aci-es, and Kalatang 30 acres. No extension® 
were made nor abandoned plots resumed. Tlie 
l>lavy Bay and Kala tang Gardens were hoed four 
times and the Goplakabang Garden thrice. The 
Navy Bay Garden -was also forked tln-ee times ; 
this nieaUs of cultivation could not, for war,t of 
labour, be carried out at the otiier gardens. All 
three estates were jnanured, where neccAsavy, 
With castor cake and cowdung r 9301b. of the 
former were used on the Navy Bay Garden, 600 lb. 
on the Goplakabang, and .^00 lb. on the Kalatang 
Gardens, respectively. The prutiing was satis- 
factorily performed. At Navy Bay 45 acre.^ were 
low pruned and 44:^ acres of ihe previous year's 
low pruning had inches of good wood left on 
them. At Goplakabang J lb. of the ncrenf;e were 
cut three fingers oVer 1st year's pruning, and the 
bushes of the remainder cut back i wo pruning.?. 
At Kalatang a little more than half the gar(len 
was cut back 2 feet i inches below the priming of 
1S9I ; the remainder of the garden, na also the 
abandoned extensions, were cut three finger.s aanve 
last, year'.s cutting. Nine thousand two hundred 
and forty-four seedlings were planted to f^upply 
vacancies in the Navy jjny Garden. Tiie peciilitig-! 
were carefully weeded, manured a':d 
forked and protected from (h.3 heat, Tiicy a,p- 
peai-ed healthy and strong at the close otlhcyeaj". 
NuRSKRtRS.— Four mauu«ls of Manipuri tea seed 
from the Mokum Tea Estate were planted out. 
AGElpUtLTUItlBT. Blf, 
The seedlings raised ixoiw thin sctd w.ijl be, w;,fid 
in filling vacancies during the eiiBuin^ rains. T(io 
two old nurseries at Goplakabang and Kalulang 
were nofcpbicked froniMay, Tlie plants woicpnuied 
to a.llyw growth of {^ood pruning wood tliifi year. 
This was achieved and Q inches over the pievioMS 
year's cutting were taken off. The |)lants will ha 
forked and cleaned. No watering was needed as 
rain fell in February, No seedlings, wore raised, 
nor could vacancies in the Goplakabang and 
.Kalatang Giudei'-S be supplied for want of labour, 
on which account also no drainage work could, be 
undertaken, . i h< 
Dlsisase.— The thread bllight'^ at GopUtk9)Ch,ng 
was as destructive as ever, bub the bushes iu the 
Kalatang Garden were not as badly attached as 
those at Goplakabang, nor was the attack so severe 
a.s in tlie previous year. The bushes were frtquently 
exauiined, and the parasite, whore found, cutaway, 
OUTTUKN.--The tea manufactured amounted to 
1G9,287 lb. against , lOQ.QQl lb. in 1900 01. This 
shows an increase of 3,223 lb. over last year. Of 
this quantify the Navy Bh.y Garden contributed 
85,5000 lb., theG.opl.ikabang<>arden 40,439 lb. and 
the Kalatang Garden 37,218 lb. The only decrease 
was? in the Goplakabang Garden, duej it is said,' to 
want of cultivation owing to paucity of b,,^'' V'*'. 
iNCORrH AnV EXPii'!<rBITl^Rr- — The e'>st 01 t'i.e 
niarfufaetwe of tea ^jVer pou' I ■A-a? Ks.C-.5 9-71 
agajn^jt F- ( 5-2.63 la.st year, shewing an increase 
ofRsitjli)-: 3: Tlie incrcd.s-e 'is "Xlu'c to R<?.t3,253, 
cost oi ne ,,inachinery, bei'ijg ihcUulcd in tbe,,,cf)U 
of nianufacture, The income of the gardens wao 
lis. 50, .320 and the expenditure. lis.Gl.'iOr) against 
Rs.42,544 and Ks, 54,167, respectively, l.asU year. 
There has, tihercfore, been a loss of Ks.11,115 this 
year against a loss of Ks. 11,023 last year, Tl)ere 
would have been no loss but a profit had (]} 
37,513 1b. tea (value Ks. 11,528) not been retained 
for sliipnienl/, |.oavly in, April 1902, towarus 
thB' 'supply ' of Commissariat D'eparliiient 
contracts for Madras and Burma, and (2) 1S,1S0 lb 
of broken tea in Burma been sold before the close 
of the year and the value credited in the accounts. 
The stock in band at the close of the year \sfas 
38,895 lb,— at close of last year was 6,506 lb. 
Sales.— The contracts entered into with the 
Madras and Burma Supjily and Tr.in^povt Bepart- 
ments were for the snp]iTy of ]06,S64 lb and 
31,136 lb of tea respeclivcl.v, or a tot.al of 145,000 
lb. Of this quantity the Navy Bay Garden con- 
tributed 71)236 lb, the Goplakabanp; Garden 30,250 
lb, and the Kalatang Garden 37,514 lb. The 
contract rate during the year wn« lie. 0-5 0 
against) Es. 0 6 0 ner Ib in tlie preceding year. 
Contracts for the .supply of tea to these Depart- 
menls iiave ag.ain been secured for the ensuing 
year to the extent of 107,250 lb for Madras and 
51,050 for Burma but at a further reduced* 
rate, I'wo thousand eight hundred pounds of 
tea were supplied to the local (Jomiijissariat 
Depaitment at Be. 0 S 0 per lb and 2,000, lb 
will again be needed by this Department 
next year. Sales to local re=ident^ tof>k plft^e 
from the three gardens. Twenty eigb.' ilwusaud 
four hundred and i hiri y-five lb. of broken ten iir 
lulkof 55 and GO lb. eliests were piiipp"!! during 
the yesr to Ilangoon for .eale. Of tlii? qunntily 
account sales were received forlO.^.IS lb. bof' ve 
close of year y tlia fji-oss 'jieitie' real' ^ 
He. 0 4-0 fipr lb, " Y. ' 
MACfirXRUY.-^Tlie Ivpo fnctorftte of NaVy >y r.nd 
(J-iplakabang wbich inanufaclnrcnil (lie !ta Itt-ncd 
