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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[Dkc. 2, 1901. 
MR. RENTON'S CAMPAIGN IN 
EUROPE. 
London, Nov. 1 
Ml'. Rcntoa iias riiiuiy interesting things 
to tell of his Eiiiopean Campaign. Uenion- 
strations and tea lectures have been given 
in a laige number of towns on the Nor- 
niandv Coast with great success^ la one 
place," in fact, the people collected m a per- 
fect throng, each one bringing some sort ol 
househoald vessel from a bed-room ewer 
down to an empty can, in which to carry 
away the tea they expected to be presented 
with! In consequence of Mr. Renton s 
efforts also a number of depots; for the sale 
of tea have been established, and in Germany 
especially several firms have taken up ttie 
"business," and are pushing it by the aid ot 
circulars, etc., extensively. It seeras to me 
that Mr. Renton 
CiBRIES ON HIS PBOPAaANDA VKRY 
ECONOMICALLY, 
and it is a pity he has not been better 
backed up by Ceylon this y?*r 'le is lust 
at the critical time one might say ot his 
work. If the money is not to be continued, 
•f is almost to be regretted that it was 
-it the start. A little longer support, 
ind Ceylon tea will be able to stand by it- 
self-elpecially in Germany, where there is 
^^^^Xnt a strong temperance movement 
settK in which ufust undoubtedly help the 
r xuse of tea immensely. This anti beer 
Sldn" crusade pervades all ranks of 
•iw nt oresent in Germany and Ger- 
^°°n5are not anxious to alternate beer 
"'•Xmore coffee of which already they 
^.ve sufficient. Here is where the oppor^ 
have bu tea comes m, and, I 
t'^v^L the ^'T irty Committee" by taking 
£ moment wisely, could effect a great 
^han-e In the consumption of tea at present 
fa that country. Speaking of 
THE AMERICAN TASTE FOB GREEN TEA, 
Mr S^nton made a good suggestion. If, he 
f;^;i some Japanese tea makers could be 
fnduced to couie to Ceylon ami show the 
Cevlon planters how Japanese Green lea is 
Se it would place the question ot 
( lii'iP,. Cevlon grown tea can be manufac- 
r Sto toeensTsimilar to the Japan Greens, 
Kfnd a doubt and also teach the planters 
do it Or alternatively perhaps one 
Two Ceylon men could visit Japan and 
?Ike notes?^ Doctors differ, and so this week 
^S^l nndon merchants have been interviewed 
the London mei ^^^^^^^ ^ 
Sa no f^iclf desideratum as Messrs. Mackenzie 
Vr^vkin would impress on us. Whether 
and Lai kin ^o i sufficient to make his 
Sid^jnce'reffie, I should rather doubt, 
but at all events, 
MB. FELS, 
we can say is more power to his elbow. But 
the plaiitsrs need not stop making Green Tea 
yet awhile, I inmginQ.— London Our. 
..c.ni .l ive of a firm of the .same name, 
]^ir«"me ove'r here to study the tea quest on 
has . ^ith a V ew of inishing the 
froni all P»' ^^^'J^^^^^^^^^ He appears to hold 
f;;'V''Amlri'ca"vfar. iusfas Ukely to drink 
S u-k^r "a^Green, and it is Black Teas that 
n ui poses starting with, though he will sell 
r. ^^linn no doubt if he finds them go. 
more iiu'ok Tea he sells the better, so all 
INDIAN TEA ASSOCIATION. 
Royal Exchange Building, Calcutta, 5-.li Nov., 1901. 
{Extracts from the Proceedings.) 
Letters dated 4th, Uth and ISth October, from the 
Secret try, Icdian Tei Association, Loudon, were 
brought up for final consideration after previous circu- 
lation. The principal matters dealt with in these 
letters were ; — 
,'a) Gkken Teas.— The London Committee had con- 
sidered the circular issued in Calcutta on the 9tn 
September, in which proposals for bulJiiug green tens 
in Calcutta were advanced. They were in general 
agreement with the scheme outlined in the circular. 
Information was also contained in tlie letters regard- 
ing an offer made by the Biiraoora (Sylhet) Tea Co., 
Ld., to manufacture 200,000 lb. ol "faced" green tea 
for 1902 in consideration of the bounty. This offer 
had been accepted by the London Committee con- 
ditionally on (a) funds being available ; {h) the tea 
made by the Company in 1901 being snilable ; and (c) 
the teas being Bent to the firms in America selected by 
the Calcutta Committee to deal with green teas. 
The General Committee observed that the offer of 
the Baraoora Co. had refereuce to " faced " green teas 
which, they understood, were in demand in the United 
States. The scheme set fortli in their recent circular, 
dealt with the unfermeuted or Ceylon type of green 
teas, which they believed was preferred in Canada. 
They regretted to find that, in response to the circular, 
only two Companies had offered to manufacture green 
teas on the lines suggested. The London Committee 
were to be informed of tliis. It was also to be added, 
in writing to London, that the Con^mittee here in- 
tended to approach one or two of the larger agency 
houses with a request that they should take up the 
matter of manufacture and bulking. 
(h) Pboposed Tea Cess.— It was stated in the letter 
that a memorial to 11. E. The Viceroy upon this ques- 
tion had been prepared, and was being signed in 
London. Subsequently, it would be forwarded to 
Calcutta for additional signatures and presentation. 
(c) Crop Estimates. — In the letter dated 4th Oct- 
ober, the opinion of the General Committee was 
invited upon the following resolution which had beea ■ 
adopted at a recent meeting of the London Committee, 
viz:— 
' That in the opinion of this meeting it is advisable 
that monthly figures of production with compara- 
tive figures for the two previous years shonla 
be published at the end of each month commen- 
cing from the 31st July, 1902, to the end of the 
Season, so as to enable people to form their own 
opinions as to the probable size of the coming crop, 
and that the Calcutta Committee be asked for their 
opinion on this subject. And also (as a separate 
matter) whether the forecast based on the tea manu- 
factured to the 31st August (in lieu of the 15th August) 
should or should not be issued in future years." 
The General Committee, after thoroughly discussing 
tlie whole question, came to the conclusion that the 
most satisfactory method of procedure would be to 
restrict the information published by the Association 
to the fortnightly statements of exports. In other 
words to abolish entirely ?11 estimates and returns 
of the crop because ot the difficulty of procuring 
complete and correct figures. They thought it would 
not be practicable to obtain the particulars required 
for the monthly statements proposed by the London 
Committee. Moreover they recognised that the 
Director-General of Statistics was giving special at- 
tention to that aspect of the question which was dealt 
with in the statements of actual crop, hitherto an- 
nually issued by the Association. And they were 
of opinion that the returns which the Statistical 
Departmeat was in a poaition to procure, were gena» 
