February i, 1892.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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CONSUMPTION OF TEA AND COFFEE 
IN THE UNITED STATES. 
There \70uld seem to be little doubt that the 
proximity to the United States of the greatest coffee- 
producing country in the world, Brazil, must have 
strongly influenced the national taste, which leads to 
a conBumption of the berry in the States represented 
by figures equal to over 7-fold those which stand 
for tea. The oonsumption per capita of tea was 
1-39 lb. in 1880 ; it rose to 1-54 lb. in the following 
year, went down to 1'09 lb. in 1884, rose again to 1-49 
lb. in 1887, and sank to 1-32 lb. in 1891. Tea 
has, in truth, risen only from an average consumption 
of about 75 millions of pounds in the first throe 
years of the series to about 81 mitlione in the 
last three, in the face of a large increase of popula- 
tion. A taste for tea has, therefore, to be revived 
as well as created in the United States, and there 
may be, in favour of suoh efforts during the 
Ohioago Exhibition, a defioient supply of coffee 
from Brazil in consequence of political troubles. 
Aa matters stand the history of coffee in the 
dozen years presents the moEt marked contrast to 
that of tes. The total consumption has risen from 
less than 440 millions to 511 millions of pounds. 
There have been fluctuations in the consumption 
per head as prices advanced or receded, from 8 78 
lb. up to 9'61 lb. and down to 8 24 lb. The latter is 
the figure for 1891 against 1-32 lb. only, for tea, so 
that the consumption of coffee is now in the United 
States very nearly eight times that of tea, while of 
the tea consumed, only a mere fractional part is the 
growth of Oeylon. In the United Stales alone, 
therefore, apart from other portions of America, 
there is ample room for the exercise of all the 
energy which can be exercised by the represen- 
tative of Oeylon and his assistants at the Chiongo 
World's Fair. — The following are the figures we 
have been analysing: — 
IMPOETS OF TEA, 
Y„„ Net imports. Value. ?^P''^ 
Pounds. Dollars. populatn. 
Pounds. 
1880 ... 69,894,769 18,983,368 139 
1881 ... 19,130,849 20,225,418 1.64 
1882 ... 77.191.060 18,975,046 1.47 
1883 ... 69,597,945 16,278,894 I.30 
1884 ... 60,061,944 12,313,200 1.09 
1885 ... 66,374,365 13,135,782 1.18 
1886 ... 78,873,151 15,485,265 1.37 
1887 ... 87,481,186 16,365,633 1.49 
1888 .. 83,944,547 13,154,171 1.40 
1889 ... 79,192,253 12,561,812 1.28 
1890 ... 83,494,956 12,219,643 1.33 
1891 ... 82,395,924 13,639,785 1.32 
IMPOETS OF COFFEE 
Net Per 
Imports. Value. Capita 
Year. Ponods. Dollars. Populat'n. 
1880 440,128,838 59,416,196 8-78 
1881 423,276,472 52,388,833 8'25 
1882 485,679,289 42,815,027 8-30 
1883 478,502,125 38,155,251 8-91 
1834 508,632,863 46,955,394 9-26 
1885 539,264,356 43,389,270 9'61 
1880 537,211,781 40,145,304 9 36 
1887 500,819,587 53,416,200 8-53 
1888 408,502,775 58,070,737 6'81 
1889 561,132,100 72,139,897 916 
1890 490,161,900 76,750,979 7-83 
1891 511,041,459 94,612,119 8-24 
DENDROCALAMUS GIGANTEUS. 
One of the fine clumps of this noble bambu is 
now m flower on Abbotsford estate on the border 
of the Dimbuldandaoya at an elevation of 4 G50 
ft. The original stock was obtained from Peradeniya 
from old Mr. Thwaites in 1871, seventeen yours 
ago, and the stems are now from 80 to 100 ft. 
high, and have for several years past supplied 
oapital spouting, fencing, and roof tiles. The 
flowering clump is exactly opposite the new factory 
in course of erection, and this is considered to be 
an exoeedingly lucky omen by the natives. So 
mote it be I Floreat Cha, not literally, but symboli- 
cally. 
CEYLON TEA IN KUSSIA. 
Planters' Association, Secretary's Office, 
Kandy, 26th Deo. 1891. 
SiE,— I beg to enclose copy of letter from Mr. M. 
Bogivue, Moscow, transmitting his report, together 
with accounts, with reference to bismisBion to Bussia 
to make known and push the sale of Oeylon Tea in 
that Empire. — I am, sir, yours faithfully, 
A. PHILIP, 
Secretary to the Planters' Association of Oeylon. 
Tea Fund, 
Moscow, 18/30 th Nov. 1891. 
A. Philip, Esq., Secretary to the Planters' Associa- 
tion, Kandy. 
Dear Sir, — I have duly reoaivcd your two favours 
of the 21st and 24th Juno lad, the contents of which 
had my best attention, with my sincere thacks to the 
Tea Fund Committee for tlieir last grant of £250 
which I received in order through Mr. Wm. Martin 
Leake in London. 
By this opportunity I have now the pleasure to hand 
you my report of operations in Eu^ai.i with account 
up to 31st October last, showing receipts and expendi- 
ture io connection with my worli; also extrtsots of 
letters and publications referring to Cejloa Tea. 
I also beg to advise the despatch by thig same post 
of a packet addressed to jou "Kegistcrod " oontaining 
8 photos of my provinces, placards end o' her papers 
which may prove of some interest to the members 
of the Tea Fund. 
Would you perhaps kindly recommend to yonr Com- 
mittee that one of the Overland Cejloa news- 
papers should be sent regularly to me, the receipt of 
which would prove sometimes of the grehtesl interest 
to my clients interested iu Ceylon matters, and at 
any rate very agreeable to me. 
Apologizing to your Oommiltee for the delay in 
setiding report and accounts, — I remain, dear air, 
yours foithfuUy, (Signed) M. Rcgivoe. 
Moscow, November 1891. 
Maroseiba, House Lebedieff. 
Report to the Oeylon Planters' Association " Tea 
Fond. " 
Introduction of Ceylon Tea into Russia. 
Gentlemen of the Tea Fund Committee,— Since my 
last report of the 13/35th April, my oocupi- 
tions have been so numerous and my work so absorb- 
ing, that I conld not possibly sooner find time 10 
give it a cuntinu ktioR. 
Up to that date, I already had sold in Moscow 
and the Province : — 
' 220 f. I Russian lb. of tea in retail (packets only) and 
3,500 do do wholesale (packets and 
cases). 
I have since Imported to Odessa on firm orders 
80 cheats (about 8,.'j00 Russian IH, (of an ordinary 
Pekoe Souchong, which quality is likely to tuke well 
amongst the common classes in the Caaoaens and 
the Astrakau Governments, and up to 3lHt October 
I sold from >my Moscow stock, renewed almost 
monthly : — 
9,142 Rnsjian lb, of tea in retail (packets only) and 
11,257 do flo wbolesale (paokots and 
oases) of which 5,500 Bassisn lb. in Nijini-Novgorod 
alone, when I bad a Mugszine during the whole time 
of the fair (from the 20th July to 10th September) 
and the rest in Moscow and the Proviuoc, the 
latter oitending to the Orel, Witebsk, Worone-'k, 
Tambof, Hurek, Kief, Ksrkoff, Kiazon, Saratoff, 
