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THE TROPiOAL AQRfCULTtlRfST [November 2, 1891. 
Ceylon Tra in Pakis, and the Ooueespondencb 
WITH Committee OF London Association.— Resolved : — 
Thst in viev9 of the opinion exprceeed by the Tea 
Committee of the Ceylon Aesooiation in Loudon in 
the letter of the 24th Julj' as to Mr. Lough's po- 
sition and capabilities the Standing Committee of the 
Tea Fund being desirous to introduce Ceylon Toa 
into France will favourably consider eny feasible 
scheme that the London Tea Committee recommends 
Biiffioient guarantees being taken thut Ceylon interests 
would not be subordinated to Indian." 
Analyses of Samples of Tea Gkown at Vaeious 
Elevations. — Kesolved: — "That consideration o£ the 
matter be postponed." 
The Standing Committee of the " Tea Fund" then 
adjourned. 
A. PHILIP, 
Secretary to the Planters' Association of Ceylon. 
«x — 
The New Tea Disease. — Simulttineous with the 
publication in our colutuns yesterday of the paragraph 
which had appeared in the Madras Times concerning 
the new tea disease which Mr. Montsgue Barton, late 
of the Assam Company, had profeaeed to have dis- 
covered and to be able to cure, the gentleman arrived 
in Ceylon by the Goalpara quite unexpectedly from 
Oconoor where he is engaged in planting, and he 
proceeded almost at once to Kalutara to see his brother 
who is superintendent of Mr. De Soyza'a estate, 
lugeriyo, Mr. Barton declines at present to speak 
about either the disease or the cure for it, not having 
completely satisfied himself yet, but he intends making 
a few researches in Ceylon and then making known 
the result of them. He will be in Ceylon probably 
three weeks. The new disease, whatever it is, he pays 
he first discovered in the low country here, after which 
he found it again in Assam r>nd then in high-grown 
tea on the Nilgiris. Wo may hope to bear more about 
the matter when Mr. Barton returns from Kalutara. — 
Local "Times," 
The Ceylon Tea Fund. — From the minutes 
of proceedings of a meeting of the Standing Com- 
mittee of the Ceylon Tea Fund held at Nuwara Eliya 
on Friday last, (Oot. 9th) it will be seenthat in reply 
to a letter from Mr. Hugh B. Roberts it was re- 
solved to point out to Mr. Boberts that the money 
expended upon the Tea Kiosk and its fittings does 
not yet amount to R15,000, and that this sum 
will cover the total cost ; that the building is being 
leased to both the Ceylon Tea Co., Ld., and the 
Syndicate Boat Co., Ld., with the sanction of 
Governtneat, and that the total rent amounts to 
between six per cent and seven per cent upon the 
sum voted by the Committee; and that security has 
been taken that the basement of the building will 
not in any way be used to the detriment either of 
the kiosk or those using it, We hop9 that this 
will satisfy Mr. Roberts and other dissentiants. 
The Committee aleo resolved that a special fund 
be started to augment the Eum already voted 
by the Standing Committeg of the Tea Fund for 
furthering the interests of Ceylon tea at the Chicago 
Exhibition, and that subscriptions be generally 
invited for this purpose. We have no doubt that 
the appeal will meet with a liberal response. With 
regard to Ceylon tea in Paris and the oorrespon 
dence with the Committee of the London Associa- 
tion it was resolved ;—" That in view of the opinion 
expressed by the Tea Committee of the Ceylon 
Association in London in the letter of the 24th July 
as to Mr. Lough's position and capabilities the 
Standing Committee of the Tea Fund being desirous 
to introduce Ceylon tea into France will favourably 
consider any feasible schemo that the London Tea 
Committee recommends, suffioiont guarantees being 
taken that Ceylon interests would not be subordi- 
nated to India." On this subject we would call 
attention to the letter from Mr. Whitham 
on page 329, 
A NEW USE FOR EUCALYPTUS 
LEAVES. 
In the last Reports on the Horticultural Gardens 
at Luckijow and Saharunpore reference is made to 
the marked increase in the demand which has arisen 
for eacdlyptus leaves. The publication of the Report 
of Mr. Ryle, the Locomotive and Carriage Superin- 
tendent of the Bengal and North-Western Railway, 
and the remarks made thereon in last jear's report 
on the Gardens regarding the efficacy of the extract 
from eucalyptus ienves in removing incrustation in 
boilers of locomotive engines, h' s attracted wide- 
spread attention, and led to numerous enquiries 
for further information on the subject and also to 
demands for supplies of leaves. Nearly all the in- 
dents for the latter were satisfied, and 78 maunds 
were sent out during the year. A demand has 
also arisen for seeds and plant's, but ne result of ap- 
plications to boianical and other public gardens in 
Indit and Australia for feed was that only sufficient 
for the requirements of the Luoknow Gardens was 
obtained, ttjough hopes are entertaiitd of a larger 
supply being received from Australia. Leaves were 
forwdrde J to three Locomotive Superintendents in tbe 
north of India, and also to tbe North-West Soap 
Works at Meerut, and the action of the infusion of 
eucalyptus was briefly reported on by tbe District 
Locomotive Superintendeut of tbe North- Western, 
and the Uudu and Rohilcrnd Railways. The 
former says the process he adopted to obtain 
the infusion was to boil the leaves iu water twice 
or three times, and then draw otf the liquid, 
which had then become of a dark peat colour. 
When an engine has run three or four hundred 
miles it is washed out aud in filling up the boiler again 
ten gallons ol the eucalyptus infusiou is added every 
shed day. This process he has tried for six or eight 
mouths and the result ho considers fairly satisfsctory. 
The fluid is an assistance in loosening tho scale which 
accumulates on the boiler tubis aud stays ; but he is 
personally in favour of kerosine oil, as, though more 
expansive than the eucalyptus infusion, it is more rapid 
in its action. The District Saperintendent of tLe Gudh 
and Kohilcuiid Railway at Chandausi says the result 
of the experiments with the fluid v?as most encouraging. 
The Railway Companies appear to have favourably 
viewed the results of the experiments, for they have 
indented pretty heavily on theLucknow and Saharun- 
pore Garden authorities for seeds and plants for sowing 
in their own ground. The eucalyptus grows most 
luxuriantly on the NilgiriSj and a profitable trade 
might be carried on in the sale of the leaves of this 
tree. The oil which is extracted from the leaves is of 
benefit to those troubled with chronic thickening of 
tho mucous membrane of the fauces and throat ; with 
interaaitent fevtr. ague, bronchial or phthisical affec- 
tions, ulcerated throats, migraine or other forms of 
neuralgia, asthma, brouchitis, etc. — Madras Mail. 
« 
Tea Good for Digestion. — Tea is persistently 
condemned as a pernicious herb by the great 
body of our physioians, but quite another opinion 
has been expressed by Professor German &6e, a 
very able hygienic physiologist. The Professor 
declares tea 1.0 be the best digestive, and the 
surest means of maintaining the intellectual 
energy. He recommends, however, that it should 
be uted weak at a moderately high temperature, 
and in the quantity of half a litre or a little 
more at a time.— Scotsman, Sept. 19. 
Deliveries of Ceylon and Indian Teas, — 
The figures from Ist January to 3i8t August show 
Ceylon as rapidiy gaining on Indian, la the eight 
mouths of 1887, Ceylon showed only 6,203,000 lb, 
to 51,895 Indian, Ceylon being only one-ninth of 
the Indian, By 1890, the deliveries of Indian 
culminated with 08,591,000 lb„ Ceylon in proportion 
being 24,116,000 or more than one-third. In 1891 
Indian has gone down to 62,844,000 lb, while Ceylon 
has risen to 33,798,000, or considerably more than 
equal to halt the quantity of Indian. 
