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-nt could not ^a^^-t - ^-^^^^^i^ 
of the ^^;X^l.'vel.S t e habits of 
soil IS fully .'f\^^"f ^.'„n,taiit and ever-increas- 
the natives ^^^'^ , \^'i"rsuppU«« of the world 
ing dram on t'le j,oi<i ^ I „,„ler.tand 
This hoarding .^c" f Jf^^ .''ted with orientals 
by those not e Coinmi-s.ion will 
and I. fear a '"Y Spn ion which it de.eryes 
not Kive it the atceii^' ^ perfect 
The evidence so far a. t - ^onten- 
nune of information. J" ^j^^^ ''i'n't/the n.ethods 
tioa«ne.s, the t f .\ on the 
of Indian t'"^"--"', . J ''uolh the members of 
special chavacterist c. of boU i ^^^^^^^ 
tL Con.f.ission and th« '»V *^ ^^,.j^i„,y f.^rms 
amined-all men of -^^^^'^ I have ever 
the most r«"jark hie Blue U^^^^^^ ^^^^ 
perused. It is 'V.^f"' i,,,. ,m h,vn( s otic hear-s 
Inate decision ^^jU ^ '^^ f ,eraUve. All 
that a n'^-^^ly/E ; evidence c-.'ntinnes to be 
the expert and olhoi.U evme , j g^chanj-'e. 
i„ favour of a gold ^^^'''^f,; J' the class to which 
The voice of the people ('^^ ^ ^ , ,,„t 
I belon-) has been ^^{^Cul I nest Ser- 
confronted with the "PI °- " ^ for hope 
vice in the wor d, /l'^''; ; i if ^ve got a 1/3 
I myself would lie satistiui u . > ,i,ii,ie 
tupee' It .'ould ^<io for my d • J.-s , ^^^^ 
that China >"^y ^"f^^he c^n.mercial vultures 
survives the ^^ttack of f ratio 
now attacking her on ^'f '^i,.,,, European 
will again ^ave to so easily. Our 
enterprise will not be w j 
Government in J"*^^^^/, easures conduce to the 
fensible so 1«"J^.,^^,,°",\3"\ the people and 'with 
THE CINCHONA INDUSTRY 
IN JAVA. 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [Nov. 1, 1898. 
The British C^sul a. ^atavia inM^ 
on the fc'•af^"^^;'' cinchona industry of the 
developnient in the c'n . ,,,,.t,.i,.as of the 
island Java F^^^^^^^^^^"^ ^^.i it has for years 
Avorld's supply o "^'Holland, where it has 
been regularly ^ "PP^^^^^^^o" Tl-e lar^e quinine 
been sold by l'^^*^^ ? -f^'^e .nostly situated in 
manufactories, J^^ ^ith the raw material 
Germany, supply t^'^'n^e Ues ^ ^^^^ 
in the Dutch >"=^'^^^e*^'„^'r\o Ueep the prices at 
faetuers have .^^^'^'l^^^ the cincho 
such a low level as to rtn c ^nuf acturers 
tion „ eSn^ dividends To 
of quinine have ^e^n eainin establish 
melt this combina^t.on it^was es .^ ^^^^ ^^^^ 
aquininefactory in Java, an ^^.^.^^ j^^^ 
atSandoeng wlie e the ' -t ^ excellent 
been produced, ^j^^^. f^i ^-espects to the best 
quality and equal in all le p^^ ^^^^.^ 
European brands. ^.^^ ^i^e of prices in 
tempted early ^^^^on the establishment of the 
Europe, consequent ^i^eir cinchona to 
factory at Bandoeng, « ^^ek^ own factory; but 
Europe rather than to ti 
move' recently tl^ej ;^v« jf^t their own factory, 
must resu tin the deiucu> ^^^^^ ^ ,ted with 
and now the latter _i^ j q shipments of 
the local v^^V^?^Xtbeen .nade to London and 
Bandoeng quimne have been ^^^^ ^^^^Id, and the 
smaller ones to othei P'^^^ ^, ,esult 
I'LANTING NOTES. 
COFKKK IS BRAZiL.-The//iV> Xeo s of Aus.ut9th 
tenders the following advic«in all Benousne.ss : - 
If there i^^j:'^:^'>^^r^^i \t"r-fl.:r^o( 
o concent LtinR their .treagth, and careful culuvatiou 
°Bhonl.i be eiuployedto restore exhausted vUal.iy. 
vent from here, seconded in t eylou V.W V. t"r 
ser V ce T the Seycl>.elles. early in the p;e-e..t 
vJar' i« now in ^ Bombay to recruit a labour 
Lrte for Seychelles, where labour is very 6ca.ce. 
Mr Waddell (i.iterviewed for a B....bay con- 
te.np. .a V) M-eaks in the highest teri.n. o he 
sa rUy and beauty of Mahc a..d l.mks U the 
very place for a big bote to . induce vis. or. 
-the Seychelles being only e.^h days of a 
plim.it v..yagef.om Bombay and Zu.z.Ur f >ur 
li vjs aistant. Here is an attracuve pa.^age 
If there arc no hotels, bungalows cm always be had 
and at reasonable rates, but it ..<. not .asy to get 
t cm arurJlied, and it is safer U b«-.n« yoar o.a 
f uuituie The climate teems we I aiapled (or 
won e.i and children, who keep P-J'-'-iy^i^// 
irouSdeTtu^A/the su,.ll.r islands 
oLl C water to which the coral hot om imparts the 
n LquU te and subtle tmts. It is a very qu'.et 
most e>^1'"'^'?^" " , noDulation of eighteen thousand, 
Sv^L y Vv^tre^o^^Eug i^h, 'but it is just the 
sSo^for a Uzy holiday. The lishiug is cap.tal, and ih. 
boating very good. 
Then we are told :— ^ „ ■ , 
Mr Wadddl s own work in the Seychelles is to 
con/truct an extensive system of road.. At present 
n°ar V aU traffic is carried on by boat, a method 
tran por atiou which is greatly facHlated by the 
nhv^i^a configoration of the coast The products of 
Ihe nUutaUonl on the slopes leading to the sea are 
carded dowu to stores on the shore, and the enter 
ree s act as a bre vkwater and make the passage of the 
boats-bi" canoe-shaped craft propellel with a pole 
Uke a punt-to the central depots «asy and .a e Ihe 
lack of proper cart roads has. however, greatly ham- 
nered the development of the growing trade. Recently 
floiu o£ £-y\OM was obtained f t he purpose of 
remHYing thi^ defect, and this w.ll allow of be 
SSon of nearly fifty miles of goo 1 metalled 
''°The outlook in the Seychelles is, in Mr. Wad- 
dell's opinion, particularly bright. The van.lla 
crop b^s^ now assumed large proportions and the 
SeTcbeUes bean i. reckoned the best .a the marke^t 
o»n,.V,r.l1p5 bean recKonea laa ueau lu .u... 
an^co. mandracon-espondinglyhigh price. Racent 
1^. hovP been eood. bat the vine is a pecul.arly 
^ i^rt^du -rowth^ and often fails for several years 
•n succession. I^goodsaasons it gives little troubes 
io the grower. Cultivation is not only nnnecessary 
but -Tbsllntely deleterious, and all that .3 reqn.red 
!? to fertilise the flowers, which is done- by hand 
vith a b u b, as the necessary insects are wan mg^ 
Of l-^te there has been a considerable extension of the 
land under cultivation, and with fa^^□rable seasons 
w» nrVm^ses to be a cousideraole development 
a he va ne of this industry. Cocoa has altogether 
ailld on account of the rats eat.ng tnrough the 
fruU to get at the seeds as soon as it ripens. Con- 
siderable success has, however, attended the efforts 
to g^ow cofiee. The mistake was made nt the outset 
MHemot^n" to grow the Arabian species, an 
fttemprforedoomed to failure but since planters 
havT realised their error and have sabsatuced the 
fjberian variety a very fair prospect has opened up. 
The importance of the coconut and coconut oil trade 
has already been referred to. 
