March 1, 1902.] TitB TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
of this amount, no less than Rl, 081, 862 has 
gone to the representative to push Ceylon 
tea in iS'orth America. It may be a question 
whether all this came from the Cess, as 
the Report speaks of the expenditure from 
" 1894" onwards. The difference, if any, 
must be very slight. In 1900 and 1901, Mr. 
Wm. Mackenzie received R262,o61 and up 
to Slst Dec, 1899, as much as R811,862. 
Verily, America has bad its lion's share 
and after seven years of expenditure, there 
is some reason for calling "halt " and 
giving the Continent of Europe, a full 
measure of attention. 
REPORT FOR 1901 OF THE INDIAN 
TEA ASSOCIATION. 
It is a coincidence that the Report of 
the Gener.al Committee of the above body 
should come to hand the same day as the 
local Reports from Kandy. The Indian 
Report is up to the end of last year. 
Nothing decisive is mentioned about the 
Cess Memorial— indeed up to date, we 
suppose it has not yet gone in to the 
Viceroy. [Our special message, shows 
that it is to be presented a week hence. 
Only one Company so far seems to be going 
in heartily for making green teas in India 
— the bonus being fixed at IJ annas per lb,» 
but the total quantity for the present 
limited to 200,000 lb. as an experiment. 
The several schemes for promoting local 
consumption of tea in India are favourably 
referred to ; and so is Mr. Foley's Mission, 
the Committee meantime carefully studying 
the questions raised by it. Indian tea pro- 
spects in Central Asia, Russia, etc. are 
fully considered ; and once again it is em- 
phasized that the only alternative to the 
abolition of import duties on tea in Ceylon 
and India, will be to equalize them ■ " the 
question is still engaging the attention of 
Government." The Labour Question in many 
aspects, recceives a good deal of attention 
in the Report. 
THE PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION AND 
"THIRTY COMMITTEE." 
One of the most important results arrived 
at by the Committee yesterday morning was 
the Estimate of the Ceylon Tea Exports 
for the current year, the total being given at 
164,000,000 lb. (green tea of course included) 
againsb a total of actual shipments of black 
and green in 1901 of 146,299,018 lb. The distri- 
bution compares as follows : — 
Estimated Actual 
Export Export Increase, 
for 1902, for 1901. 
lb. lb. lb. 
U. K. ... 108,0110,000 103,734,570 2,265,430 
Australia ... 21,500,000 2U,64),184 858,816 
Russia ... 11,100,000 9,653,896 1,346,104 
America ... 6.500,000 4,502,131 1,997,869 
China ... 8,500,000 2,694,819 805,181 
India ... 2,000,000 1,139,113 860,887 
Other 
Countries.. 1,500,000 1,933,305 dec. 433,305 
Total ...154,000,000 I46,299,018inc. 7,700,982 
This table enables the reader at a glance 
to see the out-turn for last year as con- 
trasted with the Committee's anticipations 
for 1902. Of course " China " is a misnomer, 
—the teas sent thither (with an insignificant 
exception) being either intended to be worked 
up into brick tea for Russia, or for tran- 
shipment to the Pacific Coast of America, 
So again with " India" much of the tea 
sent through Bombay being intended for 
the Persian Gulf and other parts outside 
India proper. The fact that "India" is 
credited for the present year with so con- 
siderable an increase will be certain to 
attract the attention of planters over the 
way who complain (and most justifiably) of 
the Ceylon import duty on tea. 
THE INDIAN TEA CROP. 
DECREASE IN 1901-2: OVER 
12 MILLIONS, 
Calcutta, Feb. 19, 8-45 a. m. 
<^u^^% ^i"*^'^" '^^^ Association has issued 
the following comparative statement of 
outturn of crop so far as the returns 
received for the two seasons 1900 and 1901 
respectively : — 
1900-1. 1901-2. 
Assam ... 68,708,916 65,203,4021b. 
Cachar ... 27,299,23u 23,806,587 1b. 
Sylhet ... 34,038.023 29,699,728 lb. 
Darjeehng ... 7,738,018 7,323,5421b. 
■ Terai ... 3,637,688 3,374,9851b. 
Duars ... 30,220,001 30,542.0371b. 
Chittagong 1,065,300 831,020 lb. 
ChotaNagpur 185,089 248,1871b. 
Kangra Valley 3,000,000 2,4:J5,405 lb. 
DehraDun... 1,785,000 1,798,560 1b. 
Total 177,677,257 165,268,453Tb7 
ihe particulars given above are derived 
from identical sources so far as Assam, 
Sylhet, Darjeeling, Terai, Duar, Chittagong 
and Chota Nagpur are concerned, being 
returns submitted by 28 agency houses, 
while Kangra Valley and Dehra Dun are 
turmshed by a local Planters' Association. 
PLANTING NOTES. 
Vanili.a from the COLONiiis.— A decree has 
been issut^il fixing at ten tUousaiid kilos tlie 
quantity of vanilla produced in l''ieiich establish- 
ments HI Oceania ( lahili and iis dependencies) 
which, iroiii July 1st 1901, to June 3uth, 1902, is 
to be allowed a deduction of fifty per cent of the 
ordinary iniportduty on importation into Fiance.— 
Chemist and Druggist, Feb, 1. 
Ten Elephants were brought for the Foiest 
Department in ss. " Paiamcotta," and were landed 
at Brooking Street wharf on Wednetday, says the 
Rangoon Gazette, of 7th February. Probably a 
larger crowd would have attended the disembarka- 
tion had it nob been for the counter-attraction of 
the embarkation of troops for South Africa ^oiug 
on at the same time. Many oi the auimais who 
seem no worse for their sea voyage walking ashore, 
but some who were inclined to be unruly were 
eluup and soon realised their abbolutely helpiess 
position when in the air. The co.st to the De- 
partment of these ten animals landed iu Raufjoon 
IS close on half a lakh of rupees. 
