Nov. 2, 1903.] THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
825 
thick and luscioas ou the surface. Overhead 
vvbite cactle-egieis, ai tins season decked io 
orange ueck piuuies, pass, iu wavenug lines, 
sileuD like gliosis, to tlieir roosc. liats <iart, like 
swallows al'jug Uie surface oi tiie waDer, at cue 
myriads ul insects born of the uiglit. As 1 tie up 
tlio ijoai, lar across Llie dark waceis steels the 
pitilui cry of die goggle-eyed plover, weird 
Uiiruinger of nighD, " puc-Di-wee" piti-u-wee," a 
sound mat bungs to tue imnd, more vividly than 
almosti any oiliei marsh cry, cold winter nights 
that nave gone and tUat are yet to come. 
i'olo IS good, and racquets, and billiards, and 
bridge, buc let no man dream that an evening otf, 
in tue company of waterfowl on a jhil, iu the 
wouurous atter glow of a monsoon suuset, is 
wasted. — Pioneer, 
CEYLON PKODUCE IN LO.>{DON. 
ijaiisbury Square, i?"leet St., Loudon, li C, 
September 9tn, 1903. 
Dear Sirs,— Attached to lUis letter are t.vo cu- 
culars issued dealing with the last cardamon aud 
rubber sales. I'nese cucular reports have been 
issued to meet an expressed demand, in tlie la^t 
cardamom sales, out of 742 cases of Ceylon Mysore 
caruamoms ottered, lUily lour hundred passed 
tUrougu our uands. I'ue market was so worked 
that without any exception tlie planter owners 
muse feel very satistied witli iiie results in 
comparison witu several other sales. We ask 
growers ot produce in Ceylou to consult us at 
all times Willi reference to pioduce, and the in- 
tormacion will be given in a trauk aud open 
manner, li we consider it advisable to sell in 
v^^eyiou we sUail say bo, but in any case a caieful 
report aud valuation will oe ?iveu of any sample. 
iCuouer is, ao to speak, new to Oeyion, but the 
quality or suipments wliicli nave come aLng to tins 
marKeo witiiiu the past year or twi, leaves little 
to be desiied, lu fact we nave heard it expressed 
by buyers mat ic is too good. Ot course we ueed 
haidiy say tliat the remark was as toolisli as it 
is aosuid, auu tUe proof of this lies in the 
face ot the splendid price wnich is being 
paid in comparioou witu ruboer previously hold- 
ing ilie liigu puce record. We nave sent out 
Uireciiy aud luduectiy copies of mat vaiuaole 
booK " i\il about rtuouei " pubiisUed by youi- 
be.ves, and we aie conhdeat that all interested 
iu luuoersuouid and ougnc to possess a copy oi 
this uarelui stuay. i'ne uul^ fault to be found is 
Its oneapucss ctud we aimost iiiiuK it you were to 
duuoie tne puce you wouid uouoie tue saie. We 
luentioa lUis lacu, as p.anters in Ceyiou have 
written home to liugiaud to tneir l.oadoa repren- 
seutatives asking it it is possible to obtain a good 
work oj rubber aud rubber cultivation, and 
in one or two instances we have bad repeat 
orders irom the same source. — vVe are, dear 
Sua, yours laichfuliy.— John Haddon <S Co,, 
ii'roprietor, WALi'liK HADDUN. 
BENGAL GOVERNxMEiVN CINCHONA PLAN- 
TAIION Ai\l> FAOiOHi'. 
„ l*he 40th annual report has just been made by 
M^jui U Praiu, i.M.s. p. anting during the last year 
ab tue iViuusoug piantaiiou aas not beeu as success- 
ful as could be wished. Tuere was a failing water- 
supply at the Musengliues whicti uecessicated 
early planting, and the result was a very high 
proportio 1 ol casualties, i?'oui-y ear-old cuichouas 
were manured with bouemeal, 111 maunds per acre; 
this manure being slow m us action little difference 
is yet apparent in lUe conduiou of the trees. I'ne 
crop taken during tlie year was 203,4U.t lb of dry 
bark ; ibo.bUi lb. itoin Aiuugno, and 37,597 lb. 
Irom oittong. Tills crop wa.-i composed ot lb 
Ledgeriana, 3,396 lb. Succirubia, aud 79.715 lb. 
ol Hybrid jSo J., a cross between Succirubra and 
officinalis. Considerable improvements bave beeu 
eilected in tlie factory in airangemenis and 
method of working, and several adduious have 
beeu made to tne factory plant. The raw 
material worked up during the year was 390,Ui3i 
lb bark, which provided lU.UlOlb. i2oz. of sulphate 
of quinine, the average yieid being 2'o6 per cent. 
The total cost ot makiug 3,i2i lu. of cinchona 
lebrifuge was m8,260'i2, or ±45 '55 pet lb. 
The issues oi sulphate of quinine tor the year 
amounted to 9,793 lb 3 oz , a, decrease ot 1,213 lb, 
13 oz. as compared with 1900-19U1. This decrease 
IS accounted lor by the fact that the Jail L»epart- 
menC required f,50i.t ib. less for convers.on into 
pice-pacKets, The demand by Uoverunieut otlicers 
lu, dispeusaries, <Scc., on the other hand, increased 
by 391 lb. 9 oz. i'ne issues ot cinchona leorituge 
for the year amounted to 3,670 lb. 4 oz,, a decrease 
ao compared with the previous year or 135 lo, 12 
doz. i'liis decrease is explained by the tiuctuatuig 
character of the demands on the part ol uieaic n 
depots, ihisdehcit was to some extent counter- 
balanced by an indent for 300 lb. cinchona febrituge 
by the Principal Veterinary Olticer, South Atrica. 
Judged by the only certain test— the demand by 
the public generally — the beliet in the reliability 
of tebrifuge as a remedy for malaria remains 
unchanged. 
LIQQID FUEL, 
(To the Editor, Madras Mail,) 
Sib, — I have beeu using liquid fueifor a Hornsby- 
Ackroyd oil eugiuj vvn^n success, except ou sucu 
occasions when small quantities ot water have 
been found practically mixed with the liquid fuel 
(a thing that never occurred wheu using kerosene 
oil), wneu the engine slows at once aud sometimes 
stops nearly dead. If any one will tell me ot any 
piacticai way iu which_ to separate the oil and 
water 1, aud probably others too, will be uuder an 
obligation. 1 have tried pouring off the oil gently 
alter the water has been allowed to sink to the 
bottom, but directly the drum is tipped up or 
the oil disturbed in any way the water seems to 
mix with tne oiL 1 have also tried skimming, but 
this IS a tedious ]ob and in avoiding t^kiug up 
any water a considerable percentage of oil is lost. 
Auother detrimjuu to using liquid tuel seems chat 
alter the engine has run about 48 hours a tube, 
apparently oi caroou, torms round the spray hoiea 
aud a uake of the same subjtauce forms opposite 
to It in the vaporiser. 
—M. Mail. Oil Engine. 
Sir,— In reply to tke letter signed "Oil Engine'' 
in your last issue, 1 beg to suggest his trying 
Well's Oil Cistern, a .simple filter, which 1 uave 
found most useful. 1 have one lu daily use lor 
filtering impure machine oil. It cost, roughly, £6, 
landed in Madras. Its capacity is six gallons, buc 
larger and smaller filters are procurable, Diti^ 
