Nov. 1, 1899.1 THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. Wl 
BUrO, OK BETEL-NUT IN THE PHILIP- 
PINES. 
HOW IT IS CULTIVATED. 
This plant is cultivated with much care in 
every province, as its leaf, when coated with lime 
made from oyster shells and folded up, is used 
to coil around the areca-nut, the whole forming 
the Buyo (betel), which the natives of these 
Islands as well as British India, are in the habit 
of cliewing. A native can go a great nuinLer of 
hours without food if he has his betel ; it is said to 
be stomachical. After many years of habit in 
chewing this nu J and leaf it becomes almost a ne- 
cessity, as is with the case witli opium, and iis 
use, cannot with safety, be suddenly abandoned. 
To the newly-arrived European, it is very dis- 
pleasing to have to converse with a native betel- 
eater, whose teeth and lips appear to be smeared 
with blood. The " buyo" plant is set out on 
raised beds and trained tlike hops) straight up on 
sticks, on which it grows |to the height of 
about six feet. The leaf is of bright green colour, 
and only slightly pointed. In all market places, 
including those of Manila, there is a great sale of 
this leaf, which is brought in f'esh every day. 
— Manila Times, Oct. 4. 

COFFEE IN JAVA. 
PRICES SINCE 1827. 
Table shewing Highest and Lowest Prices, 
respectively in each year, from 1827 to 1899 {to 
date) for "good ordinary" Java Government 
Coffee, (ordinary " East India " or dry preparation) 
at the Government auctions, held at Amsterdam. 
Prices quoted are in guilder cents, per half Kilo. 
Prices. 
Prices, 
Prices. 
Year. 
0) 
4^ 
m 
Year. 
m 
<u 
a) 
Year. 
m 
£ 
<a 
OJ ■ 
To 
0 
"bir 
't- 
0 
H 
w 
h^! 
S 
0 
1-:! 
1827 
34 
1%\ 
1852 
271 
24 
1877 
581 
50 
1828 
26^ 
21i 
1853 
33 
26* 
1878 
54 
40 
1829 
27i 
23 
1854 
33ii 284 
1879 
501 
40 
1830 
23J 
21 
1855 
34 
29 
1880 
48 
37 
1831 
34 
23* 
1856 
33| 
31* 
1881 
38* 
33* 
18.32 
41 
32* 
1857 
43* 
33 
1882 
36" 
25* 
274 
26* 
1833 
40 
341 
1858 
34 
27* 
1883 
35* 
1834 
3Si- 
26| 
1859 
38 J 
29* 
1884 
36" 
1835 
39 
30 
1860 
40 
.38! 
1885 
28 
24" 
1836 
36 
29i 
1861 
45 
37* 
1886 
41 i 
26 
1837 
31 
24 
1862 
46 
44 
1887 
59 
39* 
1838 
3ii 
26-1 
1863 
46* 
44 
1888 
51 
35" 
18,39 
34 
30* 
1864 
46 ?> 
40* 
43* 
1889 
54.1 
44 
1840 
32 
25| 
1865 
45* 
1890 
59* 
52s 
1841 
28 
25i 
1866 
45 
ss" 
1891 
61* 
48 
1842 
25-J 
23 
1867 
42 
38i 
1892 
56 
51 
1843 
23 
20 
1868 
33 
30 
1893 
56* 
50 
1844 
091 
—2 
20 
1869 
43 
32 
1894 
53* 
51 
1845 
21i 
1870 
35* 
31* 
1895 
56* 
51 
1846 
19* 
1871 
43 
32i 
189G 
54 
60 
1817 
20^ 
1872 
50 
404 
1897 
51 
36 
1848 
20 
17 
1873 
65* 
50' 
1898 
38 
33 
1849 
34 
18 
1874 
72* 
50 
1899 
33 
25i 
1850 
37^ 
24i 
1875 
1 61 
52' 
1851 
30* 
23^ 
1 1876 
1 57 
1 501 
[A guilder is equivalent to Is 9d or Rl'30 in 
Ceylon at current exchange ; and a Kilo is equal 
to 2-2046 lb. avoir,, half of which is l"10231b.J 
Table of Prices &c., during 1880 to 1899 (to 
date) inclusive. 
Years. 

Prices in 
francs, per 
50 kilos, of 
Santos 
Cofl'ee, in 
Havre. 
^ 1 ^■ 
£ ! S 
~B ! ^ 
K : J 
Brazil 
Crop 
in Bales. 
Supplies 
in Europe 
& America 
in Tons. 
Deliveries 
in Europe 
& America 
in Tons, 
1880 
3,983,000 
547,050 

522,940 
1881 
5,750,000 
599,420 
563,890 
1882 
5,630,000 
603,308 
599,008 
1883 
6,700,000 
683,083 
6.38,057 
1884 
5,050,000 
610,965 
616,443 
1885 
54 
6,278,000 
657,234 
655,092 
1886 
76 
46 
5,531,000 
593,469 
672,783 
1887 
117 
6,129,000 
535,692 
540,332 
1888 
102 
69 
3,006,000 
568,858 
608,523 
1889 
105 
87 
6,733,000 
604,000 
598,558 
1890 
112^ 
103 
4,198,000 
570,661 
595,745 
jLoy 1 
107 
80i 
Diu,you 
1 892 
102 
82 
7,397,000 
699,907 
669,321 
1893 
106 
86 
6,316,000 
646,349 
650,337 
1894 
1031 
87 
4,325,000 
644,650 
649,872 
1895 
97 
894 
6,704,000 
701,707 
661,201 
1896 
92 
58| 
5,489,000 
703,540 
703,512 
1897 
62 
36 
8,694,000 
882,342 
786,882 
1898 
41 
35 
10,461,000 
897,044 
842,694 
1899 
381 
34 
8,772,000 
FKANK ADAM. 
"Glen Nevis," Banjoevangie. 
22nd September, 1899 
^ 
THE PARIS EXHIBITION. 
THE INDIAN TEA ROOM. 
Calcutta, Oct. 11. — The Lieutenant-Governot of 
Bengal has sanctioned a grant of £500 sterling, 
and the Chief Commissioner of Assam 1110,000. 
towards the expenses to be incurred in connection 
with the exhibition of Indian tea at the Paris 
Exhibition. A grant equal to £4,000 stei'ling has 
also been made by the Government of India. 
The Committee of the Indian Tea Association 
in London was desirous of raising £10,000, bub 
it is understood that it will be able to make a 
fairly adequate representation of Indian tea for 
£6,600. Of this sum the Imperial and Local 
Governments have given the largest share, leaving 
only a balance of £1,433 to be subscribed from 
the American Market Fund. This latter Fund 
has now reached R98,000, and it is hoped that the 
amount (namely Rl,20,000) contributed last year 
will again be raised. — Madras Mail. 
Agricultural Experiments continue to be 
conducted at the Diwnraon farms, under the 
supervision of the Department of Agriculture. 
The results obtained there show that ashes of 
cowdung make the best manure for paddy, and 
cowdung itself for wheat, although apparently 
only on irrigated land. The experimental cultiva« 
tion of varieties of paddy, wheat, potatoes, cotton, 
maize, and bajra was tried in the Dumraon farm 
during 1888-89'. The results obtained showed that 
the bansmati variety of paddy gave the best) 
yield.— Fricrtf? of Iiulia, Sept. 21, 
