Tebruary 1, 1892.] 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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NiJNi NovooBOD Fair. 
1891. 
July-Sept. — Kent of B Magazine .. 300 00 
Furnitnre aud putting np ... 65 60 
Sigciboards ,, ... 35 00 
Electric light ... . 15 00 
Guilde (License) Police taxes &o. ... 72 00 
Advertisement iu Newspapers, Fly billa, 
Printing and distributiou ... 115 00 
Mr. Milavidoff.oatistant ... 250 00 
luterpreter. 6 times nt Rbe. 10 ... 50 00 
2 men for magazine, (2 msntha their 
trips there and back, their messing 
and sundry chzrgefl... ••• 275 00 
A "Watcher (artelohek) for two months... 40 00 
Running Agents, and tea samples to 
snndrios ... ... 150 00 
M. R.'b 5 trips there and back, Hotel 
carriages &o. .. ... 300 00 
Ebs.... 1,667 00 
i shore for the Tea Fund, say Rbs.... 130 00 
MoNEV Keceived fbom Te4 Fund, 
1890-91 
Received in Colombo from Mr. Philip.. 
Received in London from Mr. Leake., 
Received in St. Petersburg from Mr. 
Leake through Messrs. Macolm, 
Kearton & Co. 
Mr. Leake's payment to Messrs. Mal- 
colm, Kearton & Co, for Tea samples 
(part value) as per special grant of 
the Tea Fund 
My cheque from Moscow account Z»n- 
ker&Co. on Mr. Leake 
My cheque from St. Petersburg 
Booount Em. Meyer & Co. on Mr. 
Leake 
Cash in Loudon from Mr. Leake 
do do do 
do do do 
circular notes 
Mr. Leake's payment to Messrs. Msl- 
oolm, Kearton & Co. ... 
Received in Moscow from Mr. Leake 
draft on N. 0. 13. C. negotiated with 
Lonned & Co. at 85 30 1600-93 
Leas Telegram to London 1'85 187 13 8 
Received from Mr. Leake through 
Mosirs. Speuce, Wallie & Co. London... 250 
At average exchange Rbs. 85 6567-80 £ 772 13 8 
Recapitulation of Accounts. 
Account R 
I.— General Expcnsea ... 3,405-10 
n.— Opening of Business share) 1,700-00 
in.— Travelling account ... 418-00 
IV.— Reclaim ... 1,555-70 
v.— French Exhibition Kiosk... 2,010-00 
VI.— Nijni Novgorod Fair i share 830-00 
Rbs: 9,918 80 
Amount leoeived as per statement 
No. Vn.£772 ISaSd 6,567 80 
Over Expenditure 
Rba. 3,351 00 
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NOTES ON PRODUCE AND FINANCE. 
L\sT Wbek"s Tea SALsa. — Importers have shown 
loss disposition to over-supply the market with Indian 
tea, and oonseqaontly the quantity bionght forwad 
bM been Bmaller than of lote, eays the Produce 
Markots Jieview. Now that there aro indicationa of 
a falling -off iu the demand, owners will best study 
their interest by not forcing thoir tea on unwilling 
buyers for the next few weeks. Although the 
enquiry h»H not been so active, a fair business has 
been tvausaotod iit gonornlly steady prices. The figures 
for the pa»t mouth, compared with those of last 
ear, are on the whole satisfactory. The imports 
ahow an increase of upwards of 400,000 lb., namely 
18,870,000 lb. against 14,526,000 lb., and the delivery 
10,051,000 lb., as compared with 9,606,000 lb. The 
stock shows a oonsidemble aagmentation, being 
4,360.000 lb., against 30,977,000 lb. last year, and 
his is tittribntftble to the heavier imports, whioh 
have reached the Jarge total of 62,300,000 lb. for 
the pa?t five months, against 53,100,000 lb. in the 
same . period in 1890, At the public eales 41,000 
packages were offered, 4,000 of which were with- 
drawn. In Ceylon teas an unimportant increase in 
the quantity of tei offered has been followed by 
a very slight fall in the price of common des- 
criptions. Good teas, however, whether leafy or 
broken, have firmly maintained the late rise iu 
value, and a few breaks of extra quality fetched 
very high rates. The general deman.l oontinnes 
good. The most striking fact connected with the 
London stock returns for the past month, says the 
Grocer, is that the lendinga of Indian tea have reached 
18,870,000 lb. whioh supply was 4,343,500 lb. heavier 
than in the same period last year. It was therefore 
a mattbr of comparatively little importance that the 
deliveries during Nov. were 10,042,000 lb., or 434,850 lb. 
larger than in 1890, as the addition to the quantity 
on hand was naturally very considerable, and the 
amount held iu the bonded warehouses on the 30th 
uU. embraced 40,362,300 lb., or 9,384,750 lb. more 
than at that date in the previous year. In the quantity 
pressing forward by auction little curtailment haa 
been notice!, the week's assortment having pre- 
sented a total of 40,420 packages, whioh have again 
greatly tried the capabilities of the trade in tasking 
and valuing, to aay nothing of the exhausting efforts of 
bidding and recording bids in the public eale-room, and 
as a larger proportion of these supplies than ever seems 
^o coaeist of low, common and medium qualities, they 
have gone off at very cheap rates, especially for teas 
under 9d per !b., so that many persons are beginning 
to ask themselves whether the lowest point of the 
season has not been reached. On most grades there is 
a decline of 2d per lb, from the best rates of about two 
months ago, and should the eagerne.ss to realise abatfc' 
such teas as the above would probably be som snapped 
up at a smart reaction. For other and the finer kinds 
the demand has been steady without being particularly 
active, and the market at the close has a healtjby, though 
rather quiot, aspect. 
The Manufacture of Imitation Coffee. — Accord- 
ing to a paper by G. L. Spencer and E. E. Ewell, 
of the Amerinan Association, wheaten flour and bran 
mixed with molasses teem to be the favourite materials 
for the manufacture of imitation coffees. The manufac- 
turer never selects a good quality of flour, since a bad or 
damaged article answers equally well, besides being 
cheaper. Refuse biscuits and the waste products of 
bakeries also supply a portion|of the materiol employed. 
A factory was recently seized in France, when it was 
discovered that " coffee"' was being made out of a mix- 
ture consisting of 500 parts of sulphate of iron, 15,000 
parts of chicory, and 35,000 parts of flour. Such a 
mixture as this cannot but be detrimental to the health 
of the consumer. But most of the artificial "coffees" 
consist of less harmful ingredients, whioh, however, it 
they do not affect the health specially, affect the parse 
cithe purchaser. 
Bills OF Lading and the Eastebn Teade. — In a 
letter signed by Messrs. Henderson Bros., for 
Anchor Line ; Messrs. Robert Alexander & Co., for 
Hall Line ; and Messrs. Oajzer, Irvine, & Co., for 
Clan Line, the writer say :— " Referring to the 
remarks that have appeared in your paper, in 
connection with a clause in some bills of Jading giving 
the shipowner a lien on the goods forfraights, charges, 
debts, &o , other than those properly appertaining to 
the goods mentioned therein, we beg to inform you 
that the bill of lading in use by our respective firms 
ia the eastern trade wos agreed with the Mnnohestor 
Chamber of Commerce in 1887, and does not contain 
the objectionable clause referred to. Owing to the 
numerous letters we have received on the subject we 
will thank you to give the nooessary publicity to 
this letter," 
