October i, i8gi.] THE TROPfCAL AQRIOULTURIST, 28^ 
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To the Editor. 
THE TEA PACKING PAFER. 
Billiter Square Buildings, London, Aug. 27, 1891. 
Dear Sir, — Since writing you on 13th instant 
my attention has been drawn by the Brokers to 
a break of tea from Laurence estate, lati ly 
arrived, packed in the lead paper linings. The 
quality appears to have been entirely preserved, 
and is reported as particularly brisk and good. 
I mention this fact, aa doubtless planters will 
be looking out for results, as a good many have 
been experimenting with various gizc-d breaka. 
I may mention that we have completed arrange- 
ments with Messrs. Pierce, Leslie & Go. for the 
agency of the articles for Southern India and 
Malabar coast, and within the last few days we 
received a large quantity of orders for immediate 
transaoiions. — Yours truly, 
J. M. MAITLAND KIKWAiSl & Co. 
[The following is the notice referred to, which 
occurs in IV[e.=isr3. Wilson, Smithett & Co.'s Circular; — 
"A break of LaureacePekoe Souchong packed iu tke new, 
patent paper lining recently came under our nolioo, which 
ou iuspectlon, we found to be in excellent condition." 
Ed. T. 
CEYLON PLANTERS' TEA COiMPANY OE 
NEW YOEK, 
Colombo, Sept. 14, 
Deab Sib,— We have pleasure in sending you 
herewith extracts from correspondence recently 
received from Now York giving particulars of some 
of the efforts which the Ceylon Planters' Tea 
Company are making to push !h3 sale of Ceylon 
Teas in America. 
This correspondence will doubtless be of great 
interest to those of your readers who are share- 
holders in this Company as well as to others who 
desire to see fresh outlets for the sale of Ceylon 
Teas. — Yours faithfully. 
p. pro. DARLSY, BUTLER & CO., 
James F. Headkick, Agents for Ceylon. 
Extract from letttr dated New Yorlc, 11th August, 
1891, from Mr. S, Elwood May to the Hon, 
J, J. Grinlinton. 
" I have just returned from Chicago where I 
minutely investigated the prospects of the fair, as 
well as going all over the site appropriated for 
its use. 
I li ive requested the Bureau of the Exposition to 
mail to Oeyloa its literature, &o., which wiil save any 
nscesaity for my goiogiuto details. 
After havit'g vitite'd ni06t ut tlic large world fair 
and speuttiiig two mouths at our csiiteunial faic held at 
Philadelphia, to which I was appointed, and being 
fresh from tlia Naval and G6im.ni exliibitions iu Eng- 
land, which I alio ctirefully studied, I can suite that 
the ' World's Columbus Exposition ' will be the lar^e^t 
fair ever held anywhere. 
I kuow you will rejoice with me iu tlio faot that I 
have been enabled tlirough the result of my London 
work and yo.ir kind aid iu Ceylon to make the arrange- 
ment with Air. Arlicll indicated m copy of hia letter to 
mo hiruwiih enclosed for your information. 
In cunsiUeriny the groat value of this toutraot do not 
loBO sii^ht ot tho fact, that this will disiributo the 
stock of our cuniDiUiy anuuig nt least 1,500 of the 
leading nownpiiper owu', ri all over the couutry 
whosj interest at ouoo must be to aid in making this 
stock viilnablo. 
3() 
As a suggestion to the planters of Cevlon to make 
this Chicago cxhiliit 8( mewhat on the lines of Indi?, 
China and Jap in, they should eaoh contribute a certain 
quantity of tea which could be sold here and prc- 
ceeds of sule added to the sum voted by the • Tea 
Fund Ocmmittee.' 
Kindly bear iu mind that the smallest exhibitor 
intends to muko the effort of his life at tho ChioRgo 
fair." 
Co2}y of letter frovi W. J. Arkell to the President 
of the Ceylon Planters^ Tea Company referred to 
in above letter. 
Mr. S. BIwood May, President, Ceylon Planters' Tea 
Company, New York. 
Dear Sir,— Iu regard to our conversation of this 
morning, I will state that if your company desires me 
to place 5f5O,O0O worth of advertising with the repre- 
sentative papers of this country within a period of 
three y( ars, I wiil do it for §100,000 with the under- 
standing that if I desire to place S '50,000 more oE 
advertising to be covered in three years that I am to 
receive an additional $300,000 worth of stock for this 
advertiising. 
It is understood that you will leave the advertising to 
my discretion, since being such a large holder of stock 
I would want to place the advertising where I believe 
it would do us the most good. 
If this meets the favourable consideration of your 
board kindly notify me and oblige. — Yours truly, 
(Signed) W. J. Abkell. 
TEA PREPARED AT DIFFERENT TEMPER- 
ATURES. 
Sept. 14th. 
Deab Sib, — Enclosed are the results of some experi- 
ments I have been making as regards tea fired at 
different temperatures, etc. The A lot was fired up 
in imitation of chula firing. You will note, as the 
temperature inoreasps, flavour decreases. JS lot. — la 
this, the same as above flavour decreases aa temper- 
ature goes up. Of the two methods of firing with 
No. I Biroccos, I prefer the firing up, viz., placing 
the wet leaf in the hottest place first and finishing 
off at tho top. It requires cn tho whole a rather 
higher temperature than the old method, but the 
damping of the air from the wet tray under, very 
considerably reduces tho temperature to the upper 
tiays. No doubt the tea made this way is on the 
whole better than firing down, aa the fermentation 
is checked at once and there is no stewing in the 
upper tray, as is the case when you fire down at a 
low temperature. 
Unfortunately with our present machinery we 
cannot use the low temperature which secures the 
aroma and fliivour, unless the draft can be very 
much increased as Mr. Davidson speaks of doing ; 
but he requires a fan driven at high speed. 
This requires power, which is a great consideration, 
where both water snd fuel are short. We can get 
electric motors which will give us all the power 
required from our rivers which run at the foot 
of most of our valleys ; then again this necessitates 
a great expense. For No. 1 Siroccos, making the 
chimneys higher would ii:orease the draft, so 
enabling U3 to lire at a lower temperature and help 
in a great measure to improve the make of our 
teas. The lower tho temperature we fire at the 
better will be our teas ; for this we require air moving 
at higli speed to keep the volatile oils in. — Yours, 
ENQUIRER. 
ExpEitiMENT^i Referred to. 
All i'liiED in a No. 1 Sieocco. 
Results of firing at six different temptrdturea iu a 
No. 1 Sirocco, wither fi irly evtn ; rolled 1 hour uud 
30 minutes without sifting. 
