June 1, 1899.] THE TEOPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
863 
(3) The owner of any pack of hounds shall register 
the same at the commencement of each season, giving 
a full description of evory hoand comprising the pack, 
and shall from time to tiuia register any changes in, 
or addition to, the pack. 
Low-coinitrij ItcscrVi's. — (1) No person shall carry a 
gun within the reserved forests described in tho 
schedule annexed unless he shall have taken out a 
license under clause (3). 
Any pev.son found carrying a gun without such 
license sliall be liable to a tine of RoO and the gun 
shull bo confiscated. 
(2) ]N'o person shall, under any pretext whatever 
take or allow to be taken or to stray, any dog within 
the reserved forests described in the schedule annexed. 
Any dog foaua within a reserved forest, v;hether 
accompanied or not by its owner, may ba forthwith 
destroyed by any Forest OfSoer or ranger, and the 
owner shall bo liable to a fine not exceeding E.iO. 
(3) The Government Agent or Assistvut Govern- 
ment Agent of the district within which any such 
reserve is situated, in v/hole or in part, may issue 
licenses to shoot game within such reserve ou pay- 
ment of the following fees ; — 
(a) To any resident of the district, a license for the 
whole season, ElOO. 
[h] To non-residents — A license for one week, E.100 ; 
for one month, 11200 ; for the season, EoOO. 
These regulations would nob provide a 
" sanctuary " Init a " preserve," which would 
in my opiiiion be just as good as a sanctuary. They 
would iii actically keep out the ordinary vil] ig--:-, 
who would be content with shooting outside the 
preserves, and they would effectually keep out the 
wandering game- butcher. Mo^t ol the game of 
the district would soon flock into the preserves, 
and no sportsman would object to pay the higlinr 
scale of fees for the inijiroved shooting that would 
result. The fees shouUl be devoted to increasing 
the stair of forest rangers, who would be engage I 
equally in protcctiuT' the timber and preserving the 
game. In this connection I may mei'.tioTi that 
during the season November 1, 1S97, tolMay;^], 
1898, I issued 70 game licenses, of which 21 were 
to Europeans and 49 to natives, and for the 
period November 1 to December 31, 1898, I issued 
44 licences, of which IG were to Europeans and 
28 to natives. — Mr. Lushington's Administration 
Report for ISOS. 
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TEA IN AMERICA IN EUROPE. 
MR. AYUEN'S EXPERIENCE. 
Mr, Ayden wiio, we reported, iiad returned to 
Ceylon latelyi has been away for a year, 
si.\ uionths ot wliicli he spent travelling about 
advocating the interests of Ceylon Tea. He spent 
about three months in doing the jirincipal cities 
of the United States and Canada, and took 
the same time to travel across Europe to Rus- 
sia, going as far as St. Petersburg. " \cs," he 
replied to a question about the condition of 
the Ceylon product in the American tea market, 
*'our teas are 
CKUT.VIXLY aAIMNC: GROUND 
as against Japan and Ciiina teas." He agreed 
that the " Tiiiriy Cnnimittee " were doing well 
in advertising as wan done at present, ami 
could not suggast any better method, and he 
was not in favour of subsidising certain firms to 
push the article as was recommended in certain 
<iuarters. 
" Arc you in favour of introducing green teas 
into the country as advocated l)y Mr. .Mackenzie?" 
asked our reporter. " Yes, I think there is a 'iuc 
opening for Ceylon green teas. Ot course they 
will have to compete with China and Japan 
greens, bub I think that is only a matter of 
time, especially if the planter niakes tiie lea." 
THE AMKriCAiJ.S WANT. 
A certain amount of black tea v.'on hi always be 
used, but it was oniy a snia!l peicc-ntagc of the 
total consumption, the principal teas being the 
greens and oolongs. " 
Th.ey had l)e8ri gieatly handicapped by the duty 
impused at ihe time of tlie war of 10 cents, (od) pi'r 
lb while coffee went free. lb made tea so much 
more expensive tlian coffee, which had a tendency 
to become cheaper. That tlie latter was 
THE NATIONAL BEVI^RAGE 
was seen in the fact that coffee was conMimcd 
last year at the rale of 11 lb. per head of tiie 
population as against under 1 lb. of tea. Tea 
drunk very much more in Canada than in! he 
States, even amongst the Fi eriC'i-speaking people, 
who, hovv'ever.livein the sar.ie way and have much't he 
s:mie habits as their English-speaking neighbour.s. 
He thought in America the trade were favourably 
liicliued towards Ceylon tea, though they used it 
in blending with China and Japan teas. Our lea 
can be obtained by itself in the pnnci;),il cities, 
but it was diliicult to g 't pure Ceylou 'tea in the 
smaller towns, though they had son'ie 
VKRY iSXCKLLENT BLKND.S. 
.'\parC from tiie pushing of tea Mr. Aydcn had 
tin^e to look round and was struck with the go- 
a-iieadness of the people. Mven this was to The 
advantage of Ceylon, for if once they could be 
goc to tiike up our teas they would go for it for 
all it was worth as they do with every other 
things thej' go in for. 
Ax. Ayden's next journey was from London 
through Holland, Germany, Austria and Ceiitral 
Russia as far as St. Petersburg. A.dced which 
country was the greatest tea-consuming one, he 
replied without hesitation 'Russia, adding that 
there was a great future for our teas ilu re. Ceylon 
tea was used there to blend with China teas in 
order to 
n:CEEAST? THK STEEXGTII. 
With regard to the tea duty in that country he 
did not think there was niuch chance of gettin" 
it reduced. It was very heavy, being about'"! /S pe" 
lb. and he mentioned that he had to pay three 
roubles for a lb. of pure Ceylon tea or 6/ in English 
nio.'iey. 
With respect to the other countries vi.sited, 
tea was 
NOT A BIG ARTICbE 
and was not much consumed, though here again 
Ceylon tea was becoming more liked than 
China and Japan and the prospects were favour- 
able. The trader had no diliiculty in selling tea, 
as it is shipped, diiect to Hamburg, Bremen, and 
other Continental l-'orts. 
THE COTTON TRADE : 
A NEW ERA IN EGYPT-COTTON 
MILLS AND FREE TRADE. 
Piiiiii.vps ill no biaiicii of trade do con- 
(litioii^^ rh;ingc so fast and so niatevially 
in tho cotton trade. Povtnnes have been 
made in it in times of wai', and have also 
been lost again before tlie sj'.id \var.s have 
closed. In the pipinj^ times of peace, too, 
wealth ha.s been amassed by .some, and 
losses made by otlun-s. A d.ay or a week 
m.ay make all the ditreivnce between pi-oiit 
and loss, as not a few Colombo merchants 
