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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [;^ril 1, 1898. 
PLANTING. 
Tj;a in CoOTiG.— Tlie following appofu-s iu the 
Report on the Adniiiii.sli-iiliou of Cooik f.ir the 
year 1897-98 : " Tlie opeiiiiiK of a tea ijliinlalion hv 
a syndicate iu the Saiiipa.ji (Jliat, a <iij-trlct wliei-ic 
colfee has completely died out, will, if kucccss- 
ful, and it iironiises well, foi ui the conimeiiteujent 
of a fresh era of prosperity iu Coor-jj;. 
GOFFEK AND CocOA 'iN Mah'iixiquu. — Both 
Liberian and the " Mocha " coil'ee are l>eiii{< cul- 
tivated extensively iu Martinique, hut the pro- 
duct will not be exported for some years to come, 
when the trees will come into full beariu;;. Cocoa 
has already uxade great proj^ress, but similar re- 
marks applv to it also. A premium is granted to 
cultivators by the Consul General, 
CooK(; IN 1897-98.— In a j)refatory note to the 
Coorg Administration Report, 1897-98, Culonel 
Donald Robertson, the Chief CornmiHsioner, ob- 
serves ;—" Tiie year was anleveutful one in that 
the coffee crops upon which the proNperiiy of Coorg 
mainly depends, was, following (he i)revions yeiir's 
inferior outturn, a poor one, whilst the liionev 
market was rernarkably tight ; so much .so, in fact, 
that it \vas difficult to obtain money on any terms." 
Mk. H. O. Newpcjiit.— The C(tirns Ai-f/ut. of lotli 
ultimo has the following note, under (he head of 
" The New Coffee Expert" :— " Mr. Jloward Xew- 
port, the newly-appointed expert in coffee culture 
to the Government of Queen.sland, isat in-eseut in 
Caii-ns, and will be present at the meeting of the 
Chamber of Commeice, to be held ne.xt Tuesday. 
Mr. Newport has had considerable experience aud 
will be able to impart a good deal of valuable in- 
formation to {those interested. Xt jiresent Mr. 
.Newporfs jjlans are that he will spend about a 
month here, during which time he will visit Kur- 
anda, under the guidance of Mr. Mayers, the Rus- 
sell, Bloomfield, Daintree, and other'distrlcts. So 
far he has only seen Hanibledon, and conse(iuently 
cannot express any o])inions. His desire is to see 
all the planters in the various districts. He 
arrived from Cooktown last Saturday, having seen 
all there was to see there."— Fla nf i ng Opinion, 
March 18. 
COFFEE DIRECT TO CONSUMERS. 
Mr. Robert H. Elliot Mrites from Cairo to the 
Madras Ma il :— 
All coffee producers must have read with in- 
terest that part of your report of the proceedings 
of the Nilgiri Planters' Association's Meeting of 
the 27th January which relates to the formation of 
a Compauy for selling coffee direct to consumers. 
My object in writing now is to suggest that 
this project can only be of the fullest value if the 
Company undertakes to supply the consumer with 
roasted coffee, both roasted and ground, and in 
the shape of unground roasted berries. After 
having paid much attention to the subject I am 
convinced that the great obstacle to the spread 
of the use of coffee as compared with tea is that 
the former is often available only in the raw 
•tate, while the latter is always ready for im- 
mediate use. I have been assured on good 
authority that three-fourths of our British troops 
in India would prefer coffee to tea if it were 
supplied to them roasted. The fact that the Army 
and Navy Co-operative Society at Bombay sells a 
considerable amount of roasted and ground coffee 
imported from England in tins, is a sufficient 
proof of what is required by the public in India. 
The Company then should supply coffee in three 
forms— raw, whole roasted berries, and roasted and 
jzround. I have shown that coffee is roasted in Eng- 
land aud exported to India, and I would suggest 
that some experiments should be made as to 
roasting coffee in India and exporting it for sale 
in England. As coffee could thus be supplied to 
•the English consumer at much less cost, seeing that 
SO mauy iuteraicdiariess would be cut out, I feci 
sure that the numerous Co-operalive .Societiea 
ID Great Britain would be glad to supply their cu«- 
tomers with our Indian pi-oduce. The' best cheek 
to adulteration will be found in thus supplying 
coffee dijvct from India, m it would obviously b« 
in a form wliich would make adulteration difficult, 
or almost impossible. At present the identity of 
our Indian cortee is lost the oioment it is soM, 
and all sorts of inferior coffeee are pahued off 
on the public as M.\ sore or other Indian coffees. 
—Planting Opinion. Miiixh 18. 
ABBOTSLEIGH TEA COMPANY (18W), 
LIMITED. 
Registered February 24, by rn<,'ra«ii and Co., 67, 
Lincoln's inn-lield*. with acapiialof £60,(XiO in £10 
fiiares. Ol.jecr, to sdopt and carry into cfl'ect an 
a;.'reeiiieni exprcssei! to b<' made between G Pargiler 
Fuitei and N Kowsell o! the one part and this coin- 
paii j of I he oilier part, for the puu liase of the estates 
ami assets in Ceyh.n of the Abbottsleigh Tea Estate 
Company, Limited, to deveiop and extend the wui»e. 
aud generally, to carry on in the Ibland of Ceyloa 
or elsewhere the bu.siness of tea planters or 
growerH of tea, collee, cinchona, orotlier vej;etabl« 
proilucls, ; to acquire, for the purixjses of the 
company, and turn to account any buildingf, H»« 
slock, e i-ements, riuhtc, privile>,'e8, works, maclil- 
neiy, plant, and other property, real or personal. 
Tlie hiynaUiries are ;— Share?. 
Pref. Ord' 
G P Foller, Niston Park, CorBhaai. Wilu 1,000 — 
E F Fullsr, Abb»t8leigh, Ceylon .. — fiOO 
C Hiirrinoo, 87 Lincoln's ini.-fields .. 1 
N Rowsel), Abbotsleigh, Cejlon .. 500 
S Bill, 35 ThirdaveDiie, Qusen's park 
Estate, Harrow-road, W. .. \ 
W Seal, 43 Cologne-road. St. Jofan's-hill. 
S.W. _ 1 
C H Clothier, 6 Worcester-etreet, Pimlico — 1 
The first directors— of whom there shall be not 
less than two nor more than five— are G P Fuller, 
N Rowsell, F Fuller, and C Harrison. Qualifier, 
tion, £100. Remuneration to be fixed by tht com- 
pany.— /'/«a»i»fff/ Ketts, March 3. 
THE YATADERIYA TEA COMPANY. 
An up-country planter writes to our con- 
temporary :— " Have you heard of the proposal 
by the Ceylon Tea Plantations Company to 
purchase Yataderiya for £35,00*) sterling in cash ? 
They first offered £30,000, half in cash and the 
other half in 600 C T P Go 's ordinary shares. 
The Yataderiya Directors, however consider that 
£35,000 is too small. This at 1/4 the rupee 
works out at R276 per share ; and the Directors 
consider that if the present improved prices for 
Yataderiya tea? continue, ' there is a prospect of 
this year's dividend exceeding .30 per cent 
and approaching 40 per cent.' The latest official 
quotation is R275 buyers and K300 sellers. There 
won't be anything in the OTP Co.'s oflFer unless 
they spring another £5,000, wliich would make 
315 per share." 
Lhaf Disease in Coffee.— A report by Mr, 
John Cameron on his visit to Coorg in con- 
nection M-ith the prerention of leaf disea.se in 
coffee, can be obtained of Mes.srs Higginbotham 
& Co., Madras, or of Messrs. E C Duff & Co., 
the proprietor* of "Planting Opinion." 
