juNE 2, 1902."] 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
849 
Tea Seed go steadily down, however, in the 
exporty : — 
1899-1900 1900-01 1901-02 
Cinchona Bark, lb. 3,290,2t) 2,753,858 1,917,250 
Rubber, cwt. 8,169 7,698 4,136 
Tea Seed, cwt. 1,659 1,121 647 
We may add that Cardamoms which were 
shipped last year to 144,792, Ih.gave 191,12) I'n. 
in exports in 1899-19U0 ; hut only 123,254 lb, 
in 1900-1901. The fact is that the Presidency 
towns offer a splendid consuming market 
for Cardamoms and all Spices and it is a 
wonder any are shipped to Europe. 
NEW COMPANY : TO DISTRIBUTE 
TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 
Assurance Trading Co., Ltd. (73,408).— Begistered 
April 12lh, with capital £50,000, in 49,500 ordinfsty 
shares of £1 each and 10,000 finders' shares of Is 
each, to carry ou by wholesale and retail the 
business of tea, cofiee, cocoa and chocolate dealers 
and blenders, general grocers, provision merchants, 
dealers in foodstuffs, distributors of gifts, bonuses 
and benefits to customers; p'anters and growers of 
tea, coffee, rice, cocoa, cinchona, tobacco, indigo or 
other produce, farmers, graziers, cattle dealers, 
millers, st:rekeeper3 and general merchants. The 
subscribers are : 
Shares 
Ord. Fndrs' 
H P de Trafford, Hill Crest, Market 
Harborough, Bart. 
H M Stourton, Manor House, Banbury, 
gentleman 
E E Felton, Whittington Court, Lich- 
field, gentleman 
H J Buckmaster, 24, Coleman Street, 
E.C., gentleman 
E M Earle, Lyncroft, Lichfield, gentle- 
man 
E H Gregory, 88, Bishopsgate Street 
"Within, E.G., gentleman 
W Webb, 23, Queen Victoria Street, 
E.G., solicitor 
P L D Perry, 57, Whitefriargate, Hull, 
manager 
No initial public issue. The number of directors 
is not to be less than 3 nor more than 7 ; the 
subscribers are to appoint the first; qualification 
250 ; remuneration according to profits (minimum 
£100 each per annum and £60 extra for the chairman.) 
Registered by W Webb & Co., 23, Queen Victoria 
Street, E.G. — Investors' Guardian, April 19th. 
4,000 
1,000 
1,000 
2,000 
62S 
500 
1,250 
500 
125 
250 
125 
834 
2,666 
LUMINOUS TRAPS FOR INSECTS. 
(From a correspondent.) 
Le Phare Agricole " ilffiditse "—described 
and figured on the sepax'ate slip— would be 
the most convenient form for use in Ceylon. 
I have been using one (obtained through Mr. 
E B Creasy) for the last month. It is very 
simple and effective. I have proved it to be 
an excellent moth ti-ap ; but it has failed 
in the case of Helopeltis and Shotbole Borer, 
which jjests do not appear to be responsive 
to the attractions of light. It ought to be 
possible to import these machines at a, small 
cost. Cheapness is a sine qua nnii, if they 
are to come into general use on estates. 
For — to produce any practical result — a num- 
ber of the lamps must be employed simul- 
taneously, in different parts of the affected 
fields. 
" COFFEE " TOBACCO : NOT OBNOXIOUS. 
M Biral, a Frencliiiian, finds by exparinients 
that wliile cigarettes marie with tobacco are 
noxious to men and animals, tlio^e made wiili 
leaves of the coffee plant are inollensivp. Per- 
haps ail English investigator will follow np the 
clue. Whiit with American " combines" and 
cheap Virginia cigarettes tiiere is ample rooiu for a 
wholesome rival of tobacco. — Globe. 
BRITISH NORTH BORNEO TOBACCO. 
We are informed officially that, at the sale of 
19,337 byles of Sumatra and British North Borneo 
tobacco, wliicli was held at Amsterdam on the 
8th instant, a parcel of 1,348 bales of North Borneo 
tobacco, grown by the New Darvtl Bay Tobacco 
Company, fetched the hiirhcs'^ average price— viz., 
5s. per lb. for the lot, over £50,000. — London Times, 
Apiil 10th. 
RUBBER PLANTING IN MEXICO. 
The president of the Tehnantepec Rubber 
Culture Co, — Mr H.W Bannett— writing from tneir 
plantations, say,s : " Over 600 acres of and, which, 
six months ago, was heavy virgin forest, has been 
cleared and partially planted. With a large force 
of laborers employed, it is expected that this area 
will be more than doubled by the motith of Jnne, 
when all new clearings will be burned over, staked 
and plant d (with theearlyjuly rains) with selected 
stock from our ovvn nurserie.s. Ttie soil is so ex- 
ceedingly rich that it will readily support a 
much larger nnniber of trees per acre than con- 
templated by our proposal to investors, and it is 
the purpose of the management to largely increase 
the number of tree-) to be planted, with the idea 
of cutting out (for profit) whenever the growth 
shall become too dense. This process is considered 
advisable, if for no other reason than to furnish 
proper shade for the trees wiiicli will later form the 
permanent plantation." — India-rubber World, 
April 1. 
WILL OF MR. GEO. WHITE. 
The estate of tlie late Mr. George Thomas White 
of Malvern House, Kenley, and of tlielirm of Messrs. 
George White and Co., .31, Fenchurch Street, E C, 
tea brokers, wJio died at the Mandeville Hotel on 
March 5, aged sixty-two years, has been valued at 
£29,194 lis 7d gnxss, and £28,423 6s 4d nett.- 
H tO 0 Mail, May 2. 
_ Trout in Ceylon.— We give some interest- 
ing particulars elsewhere regarding the 
trout fry at the Nuwara Eliya Hatcheries, 
and simultaneously Mr. John Fraser's letter, 
in search of truth and showing unreadiness 
to be convinced too easily that trout are 
breeding in Ceylon, is to hand. It is cer- 
tainly a question that should be authori- 
tatively settled by more than mere observa- 
tion of the contents of streanis ; expert 
investigation is desirable. "A. J, M." un- 
fortunately has gone a-coronating to 
Alexandra Park, or his assistance in identi- 
fication of local-bred trout (whatever his gift 
be in this direction as regards authorities ! 
might have been of some iumiediate service. 
