July 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
25 
COOLGARDIE EXHIBITION AND CEYLON 
TEA IN AUSTRALIA. 
We publish elsewhei"e a chatty letter from 
M. Joubert, the General Manager of the 
Westralian Exhibition. The testimony he 
bears to the success of the Ceylon Tea Court 
will be gratifying to the " Thh-ty Coinmittee " 
and to planters and merchants generally. We 
leave the further portion of the letter to 
speak for itself : we might have sent it on to 
the "Thirty Committee," but saw no hope of 
any practical result in that quarter, because M. 
Joubert must understand that a tea trade 
between Ceylon and the several Australian 
Colonies has already been established, — that 
from a beginning of a few thousand lb. in 
1881 — the year of the Melbourne Exhibition — 
we have now got to shipping 13 to 15 million 
lb. to Australasia. There is, of course, plenty 
of room for expansion still, seeing that Aus- 
tralasia is credited with requiring altogether 
28| million lb. {vide Estimates in our " Hand- 
book and Directory ") ; but the development 
of the Ceylon trade is now left entirely to 
our mercantile agencies, save in so far as 
the Tea Cess Fund (our tea ijlanters' money) 
may help to establish a Tea Court at any local 
Exhibition, as has been done at Coolgardie. 
Nevertheless, M. Joubert's wide family and 
business connection surely offers a tempting 
oppoi'tunity for establishing a successful 
Australian agency in Ceylon tea and we 
have, therefore, the more readily, giv'en 
publicity to his letter on the chance of a 
Colombo tea exporting house without an 
Australian Agent, piitting itself into com- 
munication Avith o\u' correspondent. To for- 
ward the realization of his present wishes 
is to promote the interests of Ceylon tea ; 
and we, therefore, trust that M. Joubert 
may be successful in hearing from a Col- 
ombo merchant, or proprietary planter, how 
a business may be established to cover the 
wide extent of colonies indicated in his letter. 
FREIGHT AND COMMISSION CHARGES 
ON TEA PURCHASED IN CALCUTTA. 
. We (The Indian Ptantcvs GazMe) enclose 
three pro forma documents :— viz, 
(1) Shipper's Invoice ; 
(2) London account sale ; 
(3) Relative account-current ; 
which purport to deal with parcels of 100 chests 
of tea purchased in Calcutta at 5^ annas per 
j^)ound, shipped at freight £2-10s per ton, and 
covered at exchange Ls 4d ; buying and selling 
coni.nission at li per cent. These, i^ will be 
noted, are the exact factors upon wliicli our 
tables were based, The account sale shows the 
sale of this tea in London at 7q;d, the equi- 
valent shown in our table against a cost of 5^ 
annas, and the account-current discloses a differ- 
ence of £l-12s or about | per cent, over the 
whole transactien — a point that is unappreci- 
able when it is borne in mind 8,000 lb. of tea 
is dealt with. Tlie charges shown in these 
examples are actuals. 
Planters' Stores & Ageucy Co,, Ltd, 
Calcutta, lOtU May, i 
SHIPPER'S INVOICE. 
No. 
TELEGRAPHIC CYPHER. 
Invoice of 100 packages of tea marked and num- 
bered as per margin, shipped by the Planters' 
Stores and Agencv Co., Ltd., Calcutta, per steamer 
" City of Perth '" for London for account and risk 
of the concerned and consigned to order. Freight 
at 50s. 
Draft at 3 months sight through National 
Bank of India, Limited, for £203-13-1 at Ex. Is 4d. 
E As. P. 
No, 1/100, 100 chests pekoe 
Souoliong .. 8,£001b. 5/6 2,921 U 0 
CHARGES. 
RAs. P. 
Brokerage at 1 per cent . . 29 3 6 
Taking delivery, Marking 
and Shipping at 5 per 
chest .. 31 4 0 
Insurance on £220 at § per . 
cent less 10 per cent at 
Ex. Is 4d .. 11 2 0 
Policy Stamp . . 0 6 0 
Stamp Bill of Landing & 
Bill of Exchange ..200 
Postage, Petties and Tele- 
grams .. 10 0 0 
Bill Brokerage at I per ct. 3 13 0 
Oommisaiou at 1* per cent. 45 2 3 
132 14 9 
113,054 12 9 
E. &, O. E. 
Calcutta, 10th September, 1895. 
ACCOUNT SALE. 
Account sales of 100 packages of tei ex " City 
of Perth " at Calcutta sold by Messrs. Jones & Co 
on account of the concerned. 
Nett 
lb. £ s. a, 
100 chests Pekoe Souchong. . 8,500 
Less draft ,. 100 
Less loss in weight, say 
i lb. per chest 
8,400 
50 
8,350 at 7id 
252 4 1 
LONDON CHABGES. 
Freight on 100 chests at SOs 
& s. 
d. 
£ s. a 
per 50 c. ft. say 10 tons 
25 0 
0 
Interest on ditto 108 days .. 
0 7 
4 
Warehouse charges average 
3s 4d per £ 
16 13 
4 
Interest on ditto 90 days . . 
0 4 
1 
Customs Weight Notes and 
V/ar) ants , , 
0 12 
6 
Public sale expenses 
0 12 
6 
Brokerage at 1 per cent 
2 10 
5 
46 012 
£206 4 8 
RELATIVE AOOOUNP CURRENT. 
THE CONCERNED IN ACCOUNT wrTH THE PLANTERS' ' 
STORES AND AGENCY CO., LTD. \ 
Calcutta. 
To Cash— £ g. 
Bill dug 203 13 1 
To Stamping Marine Policy Pird 
Insurance, London 0 8 0 
To Selling Commission in London 
at 1 J per cent 3 15 7 . 
To 
£207 16 
