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consider, tberefore, that all parts of the Protectorate, 
bearing in any profusion rubber trees or vines, should 
be kept under Governmeut control. Of course, if the 
native does not spring to the advantages offered him, 
and remains too lazy to gather the lubbei-, we must 
consider some other method of producuig it for sale. 
Considering bow deeply tlie various missionary societies 
are interested in the welfare of the natives, it might 
not be out of place to suggest that they should in 
their schools give technical instruction on the subject 
of rubber-collecting, and urge on the natives the im- 
portance of taking a leading share in this industry. 
— India- Rubber and Gutia-Percka Journal, Aug. 5. 
MANUFACTURE OF COCONUT BUTTER- 
We have had our attention drawn to an article 
that appealed in jour Journal in May last (see 
ante p. 535), with reference to the nianufactm-e of 
coconut bucter in Germany, but we fear that the 
prominence given to a foreign manufacture (while 
the fact that the same article was origin- 
ally invented and manufactured in this country 
is entirely ignored) may mislead some of your 
readeis. It is no doubt most interesting to your 
readers to leavn that coconut butter is n.ade in 
Mannheim, and we trust that it is of equal in- 
terest to them to know that the same article is 
made in this country. Our factory at Silvertown 
was the first to produce coconut butter; and so 
large has the trade become tiiat we Jiave started 
a second factory at Liverpool. We believe that 
in this particular industry our foreign rivala have 
failed to secure the lead, as they have in tnany 
others, for the output of our two factories is be- 
lieved to be greater than chat of^all other makers 
put together. 
Our coconut butter and coconut suet, to which 
we give the registered trade names of ''Nucoline" 
and "Vejsu," are sold in very considerable quan- 
tities by the leading stores in London and pro- 
vincial towns, and are fairly well-kno\vn in the 
colonies and abroad, and most popular amongst 
Vegetarians, Jews, Mahomedans, and others who 
prefer vegetable to animal fats, en account of the 
guaranteed purity and economy. The sales to tro- 
pical climates, where the good keeping qualities of 
nucoline are much appreciated, increase rapidly. 
For retail trade, nucoline is packed in tins of 
various sizes, from I lb upwards, and the price 
compares fa' ourabiy with the foreign makes. 
We also make several harder fats from the same 
source, specially for manufacturing confectioners ; 
in tact the predecessors of this company were the 
original makers of " Cocos Butter," which is now 
so extensively used in the manufacture of choco- 
lates and other sweets. 
We trust that, with this information before you, 
you will correct any possible misunderstanding on 
the part of your readers that the centre of the co- 
conut butter industry is situated abroad. 
Francis T Loder, Managing Director. 
Loders & Nucoline, Ltd,, 
Cairn Mills, Silvertown, London, 
3lst July 1901. 
— Journal of the Soeiety of Arts Agu. 9. 
" JOURNAL D'AGRICULTURE 
TROPICAL." 
Such is the title of a new French Magazine, 
eommenced last month in Paris (10 Rue 
Delambre) and published by M. J. Vilbouche- 
vitch. It aims at supplying information not 
only for planters and scientific men, but 
also for investors, those engaged in com- 
merce with colonial products or in supplying 
material for the colonies ; in fact it aims 
at serving a commercial as well as plant- 
ing community. In Paris, four years 
ago, M. Henri Lecomte started a similar 
brochure, called "La Revue des Cultures Colo- 
niales," but we learn that this does not meet 
the wants of the Colonial public, edited as 
it is now by a Doctor of Law. Then, there is 
" L'Agriculture Pratique des Pays Chauds," 
but this is a bulletin of the Jardin Colonial, 
an official publication appearing every two 
months, and is likely to be too bulky and 
documentary, to embrace matter culled from 
various tropical countries outside the limit 
of the French colonies. 
There are excellent publications in the 
French Cclonies in Keunir n, Mauritius, New 
Caledonia, Indo-China and Madagascar, from 
which the editors hope to quote and they 
refer to tiie Bulletin Agricole de la Martini- 
que, edited by Messieurs Landes, Saussiere 
and Thierry as having been a remarkabl 
paper. But this new venture is not intended 
as a rival to ;ill these but rather will work 
together with them. The publisher writes : 
— " We hope to bring forward products such 
as the Ramie which are not yet profitable 
for Europeans but offer problems that in^ 
terest hundreds of investors cind planters. 
"We shall avoid dwelling on products that are 
almost monopolised by countries to which 
the French language does not penetrate. 
We shall reserve a little corner for Euro- 
pean vegetables and fruit trees which, while 
not calling for any big outlay, add a pleasure 
to life in the tropics. To the tropical fruits, 
among which some are so delicious, we 
shaU steadily j'evert as they are increasingly 
exported to Europe. Cattle and poultry, 
bees and silk-worms will also engage our 
attention, and, as we become rich, we hope 
further to enlarge our scope." In the pre- 
sent number the following are the subjects 
of the chief articles : Sisal Hemp and the 
other fibre yielding aloes : Machines for the 
preparation of Hemp fibre; The Ground nut 
and its enemies ; Good and bad Castilloa ; 
The Mulberry of Tonkin ; Coffee in the 
Transvaal ; IPlan tains, sweet and cooking 
ones, and methods of drying ; Reviews of 
books ; Commercial aspects. 
INDIAN TEA MANUFACTURE 
1901 SEASON. 
ESTIMATE FOR THE REST OF THE 
SEASON. 
184 MILLION POUNDS FOB THE YEAR. 
Calcutta, Aug. 29. 
The following has been issued by the Indian 
Tea Association :— 
" The tea manufactured to August 15th is 
Assam , 29,549,019 lb. 
Cachar , 9,996,256 lb. 
Sylhet ... 11,-581,497 lb. 
Darjeeling 4,330,034 lb. 
Terai .„ ... 1,525,254 lb. 
Dooars 11,430,509 lb. 
Chota Nagpore ... 80,600 lb. 
Chittagong _ ... 319,562 lb, 
Kangra Valley 2,200,000 lb. 
Dehra Dun, 1,153,794 lb. 
Total 
72,166,525 lb, 
