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THE TKOPICAL AORICULTURIST. [Nov. 1, 1899. 
CHINA TEA, 
EXPORT OF TEA FROM -CHINA TO UNITED 
KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. 
1899- leOO. 1898-99. 
lb. lb. 
24,313,131 24,299,525 
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED STATES 
AND CANADA. 
1839 1900. 1898-99. 
lb. lb. 
12,317,295 11,512,564 
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO ODESSA. 
1899-1900. 1898-99, 
lb. lb. 
Shanghai and Hankow 25,363,948 22,676,902 
EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED STATES 
AND CANADA. 
1899-1900. 189S-99. 
lb. lb. 
31,351,095 29,456,836 
— Hongkong Weeldy Press, Oct. 14. 
KORALE TEA ESTATES, LTD. 
The following is from the report of the direc- 
tors, to be submitted ac the third annual ordinary 
general meeting of shareholders, to be held at the 
office of the company on Thursday, Oct, 19ti). 
The directors now submit the report and aoconucs 
for the year ending June 30th, 1898, which have 
baen duly audited. The net amouut at credit of 
profit and loss account after providing for general 
expense is £2,494 15s Id. To whicii should be added 
the balance brought forward from June 30th, 
1893, £218 163 l(Jd ; to dispose of which it is pro- 
posed to pay a dividend of five per cent, wliich 
will absorb £2,394 5s ; directors' fees, £150 ; and to 
carry forward a balance of £169 6s lid. In presenting 
the third annual report, the directors have pleasure in 
pointing out to the shareholders that though the 
expectations held out on the formation of the compauy 
have not yet been fully realised, the position of the 
company has improved, the net profit from the 
estates this year being £870 in excess of last year. 
Though the rates of freight and exchange have ruled 
higher than in the previous year there has bsen no 
loss on rice, and partly owing to improvement in 
manufacture and partly to the healthier state of the 
tea market, better average prices h:ive been secured 
for the tea from all the estates than in the previous 
year*. Mr. R O Haldane having retired from business 
and ceased to live near London, Mr. HU Dowling 
has been appointed secretary. Mr. W S Bennet 
retires from the board in accordance with 
the Articles of Association, and being eli- 
gible, offers himself for re-election. The directors 
continue to adopt the policy of working the estates as 
economically aa is consistent with good cultivation, 
and to increase the value of their properties by 
planting up more of their reserve land, and when the 
■300 acres not yet in bearing reach maturity they 
confidently expect that the position of the share- 
holders will be much improved. i'he directors ex- 
press their fiatiafaction with the worlt of the agents 
and staff in C.-jylon, and look forward to beiii;; able to 
declare the full dividend next year,— ii, t^- (J. Mail, 
OcWber 13. 
PLANTING NOTES. 
A Fine Ruby.— The Ruby Mines Company, 
Limited, of Mogok, have been fortunate enough to 
discover a very fine ruby, which j/ives promise 
of being a very valuable stone. It weighs 75 
carats and looked at in the rougii state is per- 
fectly flawless and clear. It is valued now at 
over tv.-enty-live thousand pounds sterling. — 
Burma Times, October 21st. 
Chloride of Limk and Insect Pests.— 
The Indian Planters' Gazette states that if 
chloride of lime is spread on the soil or near 
plants, insects and vermin will not be found 
near them. By its means plants are easily 
protected from insect plagues, by simply 
sprinklins: upon, or brushing over, their stems 
with a solution of it. The solution should be 
s lb. of chloride to a pail of water, and tije mix- 
ture one ounce of cliloride to eight ounces 
of lards. 
The Garden'eus' Magazine.— The object of 
this niagaztiie is to represent gardening, agricul- 
ture. Horticulture and the allied sciences in all 
their branches. At juescnt " The Gardener's 
Magazine, will be issiied once a month. Any 
amount paid as subscription will be thankfully 
received by the Publisher : and those who wifl 
pay anything forits support will receive ornamental 
and flowering plants from the Agricultural and 
Horticultural Nuise yat their optiou.—lts address 
is 8 Gopal Nagor Road, Calcutta. 
Rubber Export from Brazil —During the 
first six months of 1899 the total amount of 
rubber exported from Brazil was 9,441,988 kilo- 
grammes, of which 3,10.3,452 kilogrammes were 
sent to Europe, and 6,338,536 kilogrammes to 
the United States. According to quality there 
were 5,271,167 kilogrnjnmes of Hne rubber; 733,288 
kilograu)mes of demi-line ; 2,590,759 kilogranjmes 
of seriiamby ; and 897,774 of cancho. —South 
American Journal, ."Otb. [A kilogramme is 
slightly over 2 1b.— Ed. T.A.'] 
A New Forage Plant— the Sacalina (Poly- 
gonum Sachalinense), is being tried in the 
Provinces of Buenos Ayres and Entre Rios. It 
is a native of Siberia and is credited with 
possessing a number of de.sirable r^ualities, 
being said to grow on any soil and in any cli- 
mate, to be unaffected by extremes of temperature 
.and to resist a prolonged drought. Cattle eat it 
greedily, green or dry, and it is highly nutritious, 
owing to the amount of nitrogen it contains. 
Such a list of virtues ought to insure for it 
a pretty extensive cultivalion.— 5o!«^/i Amei-ican 
Journal, Sept. 30. 
CoPFHE and Coconut Planting in Selan- 
poB.— Coffee and eoconnt ]3lanters will be 
intei^ested in tlie extracts, which we pub- 
lish on pai^e 347, fi-om the minutes of a 
meeting of the Selangor Planters' Associa- 
tion. Coffee plairting seems to be in a bad 
way in that part of the world and help is 
sought from the Government in the way of 
remitting the quit-rent. An appeal is also 
made to Government to take steps to preserve 
coconut plantations from the ravages of 
l^eetle pe.sts. The labour question is also a 
prominent one there as elsewhere, aud the 
Hehmgor planters should take a leaf out of 
the Ceylon book with regard to co-operation 
and federation, 
