SuppUmeiU to the " Tropical AgrieulCuml." 
COFFEE AND PEPPER EXPORTS FROM SOUTHERN INDIA. 1888-99. 
' Colombo. 
Tellicherry, 3rd October, 
1 JuQC, 1899, tho tota' 
ivnriuaa ports, aad h\ij aide 
To the Editor " Ctylon Cbservt 
Deab Sib,— I bava tho plcaanro to faroiah yon with my AanudI Statemei 
what tho crops of these prodocw Id India for the year in quostion amounled t 
the three previoaa jears for tbo purpose of companaon. 
Coi'i'i^e. — As I rinticigatod whou Wat wrote, tho crop for the pBat fear aliowa it vnat improvcQieut in rcgnrd to qTiiiiititf over tho provioua one, beioR no loss than 93 % ({rcater. Of the quantity abipped 
cnt. 3,40,-133 may bs reKarded &a Pkutation. and the balance avit. 1, 53,659 as Native Gutfeo, allowing bu actuiil iucroiiao in Ptautntion Ooffee, aa compared to the previoaa >ear of cwt9. 1.16,915, and in Native 
Coffee of CW19. 72,001 Uuiortanalely the bonefiolal reanlt of a binder crop baa to a Krcat extent been nullified by llio Rcuat fall in the price of the prodnot and I find it impoBsiblo to «ivo my nBoal 
figure a aa to iho avorige v»Iqo of the Coffne uxportcd ; there being each a wide diflorenco between tho piicus obtained by duairable oropa and paroela, aa compnred to inferior; in fact a quantity of tho 
videnl that nothing like iaat year's qeantity will be i 
, bnl for tho ^ako of all c 
a hoped tl 
:ed that of 1897-98, and that thoto may 
totter were onaold at 30Lh Jm 
lo regard to the coQim, 
be an improvemeut in tho London and continental marketa 
Peppeb-— Tho tota! oiporta of this apico amoonted to ewt. 2,37.0-11, ot BOmo 89 pur cent more than was shipped last year, tbo value oi which at uu average of R32-8 per owt. auioants 
R77,03,33-:-8-0. The price of Pepper iwcnsed R3-8 per owt, over that of tbo proviona year; and although Tollioherry etiU aootiaaos to be tbo Ohief port of export tor tUie apico the large and increaa 
qa&ntity shipped from the porta of Cocbin and Alloppy is remarkable. I Dm, doftr sir, yoors faithfully, 
RALPH TATHAM. Agent to Arbuthnot & Oo. 
MESSRS. ARQOTHN'OT A COMPANY'S ANNUAL STATEMENT OF EXPORTS OF OOFFEE ANO PEPPER FROM SOUTHERN INDIA DURING TRE SEASON ENDING aoTH JUNE 1890. 
