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THE TRbl»ICAL AGRICULTURIST. [March 1, 1904. 
month for Secretarial duties, be paid to the 
Chamber of Commerce to be treated as they deem 
advisable. You must remember that the Chamber 
of Commerce lias practically provided your Secre- 
tary free of cost aud this Association has been 
run very cheap indeed. We must not forget that 
we h"ave a debt to pay on this building and until 
we are clear of that we must be careful of our 
funds. We can now afford this small sum and as 
we get on we may be able to afford a little more. 
I should also note that our membership is 53 as 
against 45 last year, I now move the adoption 
of the report. 
Sir Wm. Mitchell —seconded and the report 
was passed. 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 
ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1903. 
Your Committee have now pleasure in presenting 
to yon their Report and Accounts for the past year. 
Meetikg.— The usual Annual General Meeting, a 
.report of which appeared in the local prese, was held 
on 27th February last. 
Your Committee have in addition met on several 
occasions to consider matters of importance which 
have been brongfat to their notice. 
CoMDiTioNS OF Sale have been amended in accor- 
dance with the resolution passed at the Annual 
General Meeting held on 25th February last. 
RuBBisHy Tea. — The question of the sale of such 
Teas both in the Harboar and at Pablio Auction has 
received the very careful attention of the Committee, 
and its recommendations for the prevention of such 
sales have been forwarded to the Planters' Association, 
which now has the matter in hand. 
Secovimendations referred io; — 
1. A Government standard of quality should be 
fixed, and no teas failing to pass thi^j standard should 
be sold either by auction or private sale, or shipped 
from the island — the standard fixed on to be a break 
of tea, and the break brought in and retailed in 
packets to those interested. 
2. All teas or tea refuse which do not come up to 
the standard to be allowed to be exported in bags or 
haUs ordy after being mixed with some chemiciil to 
prevent them being used for human consumption. 
3. All persons selling tea in the Harbour or Fort 
to be licensed. 
4. All packages and packets of tea to bear the name 
of the Seller. 
6. Prominent notices to be placed on the Jetty, in 
the Hotels, and at the Bailway Stations cautioning 
passengers from purchasing packages of tea which do 
not bear the name of the Seller. 
6. The Government to grant certificates or licenses 
uuder recommendation of the Tea Tradeis' Associa- 
tion to respectable traders, who engaG;ed to sell only 
snch packets or packages beuring either a banderole 
or seal with the name of the Packer. 
We are also io favour of a Government Inspector, 
who should be an experienced tea expert, being at- 
tached to the Cnstoma' staff. 
Sale of Tea in the Harbour,— The total quantity 
of Tea on which Duty has been paid for sale in the 
Harbour as per Customs statement during 1903, 
amounts to 37,351 lb. 
Condition of Packages. — There is still room for 
great improvement in many instances, and in the 
interests of Sellers this question should receive their 
most careful attention. Packages sold on the local 
market have to withstand in many oases far more 
handling in transhipment than those shipped to 
London. 
Green Teas. — The iacrease in manufacture during 
the past year was very satisfactory, as anticipated, 
an the estimate made at the beginning of the year 
was exceeded. Tho Custom's figures do not agree with 
those on which tho grant has been paid, and this can 
only bo explained by the particulars furnished by 
shippers in their Custom's 
between black and green 
The total exports for the 
of Commerce Betnins : — 
entries not difierentiati 
Teas. 
year wore, as per Chamber 
United Kingdom 
Australia 
Bussia 
America 
Other Countries 
Totals 
1903. 
lb. 
96,716,503 
19,759,353 
14,420,840 
13 934,130 
6,'-289,183 
151,120,009 
1902. 
lb. 
103,543,932 
18,718,794 
ll,727,*'68 
7,016,693 
7,984,854 
148,991,241 
Totals for 1901 and 1900. 
1901 ... ... 146,299,018 lb 
1900 . . . . 148,431,639 lb 
The following figures shows the quantity offered 
locally in public sale for the last four years, the 
average prices obtained for complete invoices sold ; — 
1900 ... 47,681.821) lb Average 34 cents 
1901 .. hi, 044,000 do do 33 do 
1902 ... 55,835,478 do do 34 do 
19U3 .. 57.363,468 do do 38 do 
Committee.— The fuUowiog formed the Committee 
for 1903:— 
The Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce {tx- 
oMcio) 
Buyers. Sellers. 
Messrs Crusfield.Lampard & Go. Messrs Whittall& Co 
Do Bodewald & Fleath do J M Bo ber. 
The Trading Co. (Successor to son & Co. 
AGAK&Co.) Messrs Bosanquet& Co' 
FF Street, Esq; do Geo. Stenart&Co* 
The number of members belonging to the Associa- 
tion is 53, against 45 in the previous year. 
The accounts for the past year made up to Slst 
December, 1903, and submitted to you duly audited 
shew a credit balauce of BI,900-79. 
Mr J M McGillivray deserves the thanks of the 
Association foi his voluntary audit. 
COMMITTEE. 
The Chairman :— The next business is tho 
appointment of a general Committee. The Ballot 
papers have been opened and has resulted in the 
following names being elected : — 
Buyers. — Messrs Ciosfield, Larapared &Co, 
,, Kodewald & Heath 
Kusaian Trading Co. 
Messrs Lipton's, Ltd. 
Sellers.— Messrs Bo^anquet & Co. 
,. J M ilobert.«on & Co. 
„ Whittall & Co. 
,, Geo Steuart & Co. 
TEA traders' holidays. 
The Chairman— As regards tea traders holiday 
for the present year I understand it is the custom 
for the Committee to mention what they intend 
doing and it is open to the meeting to alter their 
recommendations if they think it. The Ea-ter 
holidays are as usual omitting the sale on 6 h 
April. What is generally known as the Tea 
Tasters' holiday takes place on the last Wednesday 
of September and the sale on that date will be 
omitted. For the Christmas holidays it is pro- 
posed to omit the sale on December 28ch and 
catalogues to close on Thursday, December 29th, 
and the sale to take place on 4th January following. 
Mr Barber— stated that the Committee's re- 
commendations seemed to give general saiisf action. 
SALE OF RUBBISH y TEAS. 
The Chairman :— The next business is a 
resolution to the effect : — 
"That this Association approves of the recom- 
mendations contained in the Keportof the Commit- 
tee, and would cordially support the Oeyloa 
