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THE TROPICAL AQRIOULTURIST. 
[October i, 1891. 
The Botanic Gardens, Seabpnr, Caloutta, is officially 
reoogniaed as the acknowledged centre of the Bota- 
Bical Survey of India, to which should be referred 
the solntion olall problems arising out of the prac. 
tical or scientific study of India botany. Dr King, 
the Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Calcutta, thus becomes, henceforth, the Director of 
the Botanical Survey of India. Dr. King will specially 
undertake the direction of the botanical survey of 
Burma and Assana. 
The investigation of the Flora of the Madras 
Presidency and of the Hyderabad and Mysore 
States, has been entrusted to Mr. M. A. Lawson, 
the Government Botanist and Director of Cinchona 
plantations. 
In Bombay, Dr. Cooke, Principal of the College of 
Science, Poona, is officially recognised as in, charge of 
botanicttl research in that presidency. 
The Director of the Botanical Department, Northern 
India, is Mr. Duthio, formerly the Superintendent 
of the Botanic Garden, Saharanpur. Mr, Duthie 
accompanied the Black Mountain Expedition, and 
acquired information conc':Tning the flora of the 
country, which had, hitherto, not been botanioally 
explored. During the last three years, Mr. Duthie 
has also been deputed to Simla, in the hot weather, 
to assist in the preparation of the Dictionary of the 
Economic Products of India, and during the same 
period he has been actively engaged in the botanical 
exploration of Eajputana and the central provinces. 
Neither the Straits Settlements nor Ceylon are in- 
cluded in the scheme, thoy being Crown colonies. — 
Gardeners^ Chronicle. 
OEILON TEA FUND. 
Minutes of proceedings of a meeting of the Stand- 
ing Committee of the Ceylon Tea Fund held at 
Kandy on Friday, the 18th day of September 1891 at 
1 o'clock in the afternoon. 
Present; — Messrs. Giles F.Walker (Chairman, Planters' 
Association of Ceylon), Sholto G. D. Skrine (Chairman 
Dikoya Association), A. G. K. Borron (Kaudy Com. 
mittee), W. Sandys Thomas (Chairman, Dlmbula 
Association), A. L. Cross (Kaudy Committee), C. S, 
Armstrong (Htwaheta District), T. C. Huxley (Kandy 
Committee), A. T. Karslake (Kandy Committee), W 
D. Gibbon (Kandy Committee), B. Hamlin (Kandy 
Committee), J. Anderson (Kandy Committee and 
Matale West District), Hon. L: H. Kelly (K»ndy 
Committee), J. H. Barber (Kaudy Committee), 
Wm. Forbes Laurie (Kandy Commtitee), and A. Philip 
(Kaudy Committee), Secretary, Planters' Association 
of Ceylon. 
The notice calling the meeting was read. The 
minutes of proceedings of a meeting of the Standing 
Committee of the Ceylon Tea Fund held at Kandy 
on Friday, the 14th day of August 1891, were taken 
as read and were confirmed. 
Read letter from Mr. Robt, A. Fraser. 
Read letter from Mr. H. H. Boyd. Resolved "That 
the letter be acknowledged nnd the Committee regrets 
being unable to meet Mr. Bojd's views." 
Read letter from Mr. A. T, Cathcart. Resolved: — 
"That it be stated in reply to Mr. Cathcart's enquiry 
that the cost of the Tea referred to will beborue by 
the '.Tea Fund.' " 
Read letter I rom Mr. A. W. Salmon, Victoria British 
Colurobia, North America, on the subject of opening up 
5 Tea Trade between America and India. Resolved: — 
"Tliat the letter be referred to the Ceylon Tea Company, 
Limited, under the patronage of the Planters' Afiscoi- 
atiou of Ceylon." 
Cetlon Tea at the AVoeld's Exposition at Cricago 
IN 1893.-^ Head letter from the Colonial Sicreary 
forwarding by desire of the Governor copy ot a circular 
despatcb from the Secretary of State on the Fubjecfc 
of the Chicago Exhibition of 1B93, and enquiring what; 
steps the Ahsociation proposes to take for the purpose 
of txbibitiiig Ooyloii Tea at that Exhibition. 
The Planting member in Council slated that he was 
fttttborized to intimate that a sum of K50,000 would 
be granted by the Government for a Ceylon Court at 
the Chicago Exhibition. 
Resolved (i) :— "That the Standing Committee of the 
Tea Fund deHircs to express its appreciation of the 
action of Government in pr raising a vote of R50,000 
A wards the repre&eutation of Ceylon at the Chicago 
Exhibition." 
Resolved ( ) :— "That Gnvernment be informed that 
theStar.ding ConDmitlee of the Tea Fund has set aside 
a sum of R30,000 for the purpose of pushing Ceylon 
Tea at the forthcoming Chicago Eshibition an I that 
the Standing Committee has requested the Chairman 
and the Planting member in Council to confer with 
Government on the subject of furihi-r arrangements," 
Resolved (iii) :--"That the Planting member in 
Council be asked to confer with the American Consul 
in Colombo witli reference to space at the Chicago Exhi- 
bition and previous correspondei ce." 
Read letter from Mr. E. Hamlin, The Oriental 
Bank Estate Comiianv, Limited. 
Read letter from Mr. J. J. Grinlinton transmitting 
extracts from a letter recently received from the Pre- 
sident of the Ceylon Tea Planters' Tea Company, New 
Tork, and conveying to the Planters' Association and 
to the Standing Committee ot the Tea Fund Mr 
BIwood May's cordial thanks for the assistance afiforded 
him in recent resolutions. 
Cetlon Tfa in Russia. — Read letter from Mr. 
William Martin Leake, Secretary, Ceylon Association 
in Loudon advising demand draft f r Ii3,453'34 being 
equivalent at Is 5f d per rupee of £250' sterling paid 
by Mr. Rogivue's instructions to his Londou Agent. 
Resolved: — " That the letter to BIr. Rogivae returned 
through the Post Office be forwarded to him through 
the Secretary of the Ceylon Association in London 
together with the envelope and that BIr. Rogivue be 
requested to furnish the accounts asked for as soon 
as possible." 
New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition.— Read 
letter from the Government Agent, Westtrn Province, 
enquiring whether certain articles exhibited from 
Kalutara had been received- Re.solved :— " That the 
letter of the Secretary to the Government Agent dated 
31st August 1891 be confirmee'." 
Read extract of a letter from Mr. W. Blackenzie 
regarding the Ceylon Tea in New Zealand. Resolved, 
— "That the matter be referred to the Ceylon Tea Com- 
pany, Limited, under the patronage of the P.'aoters' 
Association of Ceylon." 
Final Aerangfments as to Lease oe " Kiosk " at 
Colombo to the Cetlon Tea Oojjpany, Limited, undee 
the Patbonagb of the Plantees' Association or 
Ceylon. — Read letter from BIr. Wm. Mackenzie. Read 
letter from Mr. James Sheriff, Resolved: — " That in 
reply it, be pointed out that the Association is precluded 
by the terms of its lease from Government from selling 
the Tea Kiosk, and that the Standing Committee trusts 
that under the oircnmstances Messrs Mackenzie and 
Sheriff will reconsider ttieir proposed idea, realizing as 
they must the impossibility of this Committee carrying 
out the individual wishes of every subscriber ts the 
Tea Fund. " 
Considered and diacusged final arrangements as to 
the Lease of the " Tea Kiosk " at Colombo to the Cey- 
lon Tea Company, Limited, under the patronage of the 
Planters' Association of Ceylon. Resolved: — ' That 
the recommendations submitted by the Sub-Comraittee 
of the Srsndiog Committee of the Ceylon Tea Fund 
appointed for the purpose of establishing a Tea Kiosk 
at Colombo be and they are hereby accepted." 
Cbtlon Tea in Pabis and the Ooeeespondence 
WITH THE Committee oi' the Ceylon Association jn 
London. — Resolvi d : — "That the consideration of this 
subject be postponed to the next meeting. " 
La'd on the table prospectus of the Palais Indien 
Tea Houses, Limited. 
Analy Es or Samples op Tea Geown at Various Ele- 
vations — He«d letter from the Secretary Ceylon Associa- 
tion inLondon submittinga proposbl toobti in aualysescf 
saniples of leas grown at various eleva' o 'S (a' sea 
level 3,000 feet, 4,500 feet and 6,000 feet above sea 
level) for the purpose of determining the per- 
cent ago qI Tanniu iu each gswnple, also if 
