May 2. 1892.] THE TROPICAL 
oranges ; make a whip of the whites of three eggs and 
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, place on the top, and 
brown very delicately in the oven. 
OiiANGEs IN Si'RUP. — Score the oranges all over^ in 
imitation of some ornamental design, representing 
basket-work or trellis- work, and then simmer them in 
water mitil nearly done through. They must next be 
put into cold water for twenty-four hom-s, changing 
the water every three liours. At the end of this time 
they should bo drained in a sieve for several hours, 
then placed in an earthen pan and covered with a hot 
syrup made by boiling three pounds of sugar and one 
quart of water for five minutes. For three successive 
days let the syrup be boiled up and skimmed, and 
when nearly cold pour back upon the oranges ; after 
the last time the oranges may be put away in jars, 
and used for dessert when required. 
Lemon Custard Cheescakes.— Ingredients : One- 
half pound of puff paste, four ounces of butter, four 
ounces of powdered white sugar, four lemons, eight 
eggs, and one drop of essence of lemon. How to use 
them: Put the butter, sugar, the juice of four lemons, 
and rubbing of one lemon into a stewrpan : add the eggs, 
then stand the stewpan in a pan of boiling water on 
the fire, and contiuue stirring until the ingredients 
become quite a thick custard; take off the fire and 
stand in a pan of cold water, and stir until quite cold. 
Roll the puff paste out the thickness of a quarter of 
an inch ; now cut some round pieces and lay them in 
tartlet pans, press out the paste from the center with 
the thumb and linger, then place in each a teaspoonful 
of the mixture. Then put them on a baking tin, in 
a moderate oven, and bake a pale brown. When baked 
take out of the pans and let them get cold, then dish 
them on lace paper in glass or silver dishes. 
Pineapple Pudding. — Ingredients : One pint of milk, 
six eggs, six ounces of sugar, six sponge cakes, a tin 
of preserved pineapple andthreeouncesof driedcherries. 
How to use them : Butter well a pudding mould, and 
ornament the top with dried cherries and pieces of 
pineapple ; ))ut in the sponge cake (broken in pieces) 
and some more pineapple (broken in small pieces) ; 
into a basin put the milk, the sugar, and the eggs, 
whisk all together until the sugar is dissolved, then 
add the syrup of the pineapple to it ; turn the mixture 
over the sponge cakes in the mould, cover with 
buttered paper, and steam one hour and twenty minutes. 
Chop the rest of the pineapple very fine, turn the 
pudding into a hot dish, place the pineapple around 
it and serve immediately. — Good Ilousekeeiiing. 
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COFFEE CULTIVATION IN JAVA. 
Amsterdam, March 9. — List week the ad- 
vices ct' the Java Governmpnt upon the re- 
port of the States oo'umiasion reganling the 
coffee cultivation in Java was reseived, trorr wbicli it 
appears that tho Govornor-Ueueral disapproves the 
prjposiiU m/idfl by the comm'Psion as leading to unsa- 
tiufaclory result*. Tho realisati in of the views of the 
oonimission would cause a loss of about 3,500,000 
guilJtrs, calculated according to the averaue colfee 
produotlou during; the years 1883-87. Although some 
of the me isures propose ! might be useful tbey wo il.l 
never hngwer the purpose of replacing tb > St ite culti- 
vation hy a froa native cultiviiti The Governor 
positively sta'ei tU »t tho system of thn co umission 
would '>e tho ruin bj(h of the Goveniraenl'ii free culli- 
vatioii, and, luoreover, the fiuan i ■.! saorific :s expected 
in the f.Uuro arc not to be ehtim iti'd. He ca-i therc- 
f(>re fully agn'o to tlie ideas of the Director of Uorue 
Oovoruincut, who baa pi'' jectcd a eyslem which will 
proiiio'e Hiiko llm interebt of tliH S'.nte and that of 'ho 
people ai'd privaU; industry. ThiiS hystein is 1 a-iod 
upan tlie principle of pi\yi:iK w.iges accordiiig to labour 
and a prinU'iit working of tho still i.vuiliihle (Jovmi- 
mcnt giounds, jo utd to a mjiie of cuUivatio 1 which 
will tjive ba ik to llie soil whul has been t vUon from it. 
Ptovisioiially His lOxcellonoy a Iviscs tho inaiuti-nnnce 
of thi' GoviM-runeiit's cuUivfitinii, with tlui fiholitinn, 
however, of the injualicos and funlts connool'-d with 
it at prosout. Tho tntiil aboliiion of the Govorn- 
meuls'a cultivation is a nifiltor to bo uunsiJered 
iu tho future, when experience will hnvo taught 
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in wliich way this ought to take place. Nntwith- 
btauclirig thi", the complete freedom from coropu'sion 
must be the aim for tho promotion of which the BysttDa 
of the Driec'or of Home Government seems to give 
the b st gu rantte This system will he less expen- 
sive than other plans, and will further secure the 
necessary stability in the revenm derived from the 
Governmrnt'a cultivation, although no gusranteo caa 
be given that the Bnnual production will be in the 
first years about 700,000 piculs, required to got the 
equilibrium in the budgets. In this way the ideas 
advocated during the last forty years will be gradually 
realifed. In connection witb the Governor's report the 
Uouncil of India has radvised : tho maintenance of the 
price of 15 guilders per picul of coflae for compulsory 
cultivation, with a premium of 100 guilders per bouw 
for -rdinary, and 150 gnilders per bouw for compulsory 
onltivatlou, according to the regulation projected by 
the Resident of the Preanger district". Further, the 
compulsory cultivation la abolished iu tho'e places 
where it is proved to afford more burdens than advan- 
tases to the population, or gives do remunerative re- 
sults to the G)vernmeut, in consequence of payment 
of the premium referied to above. In order to en- 
courajjo the free coffee cultivation provisional freedom 
from compulsory labour will bo granted to those 
Working now estates out of the '• dessa's," and further 
anthouty Vviill be allowed to construct and main- 
t^in roads on Government'a acconnt, if the trials to 
be made in six districts prove successful. An Inspector, 
with two asnistants, should be appointed to carry out 
this new regulation. — L. and C. Jixpress, March 11. 
WYNAAD PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION. 
From the proceedings of a general meeting held 
at MappaJi reading room on 2.id March 1892, we 
take tho following : — 
Ooffee Loaf Disease. — Read proceedings of Madras 
Government Revenue Departmen'', dated 28th January 
1892, No. 587, recording a letter from tbe Govern- 
ment Bo'.anist, dated 16th Jmuary, 1892. No. 10 — 
Extract. 
2. " I may here state that I made some hundred 
and more cultivations of the Hemileia Vastatrix when 
in England, 60 far b^ck as the year 1873 aud that since 
I oaraeo'it to In<iia, I have made three separ'<,te series 
of OQltivations, but in no'ie of these lutter cases have I 
advanced upon my fir>t ones, or on those m-ide subse- 
quently by Mr. MarshiiU Word. I have been constantly 
on tho look out for evidence which might point to the 
Hemileia being hiterceoious, but I have found none. 
The Hemileia is uudonbtedly common to other plants, 
besides the coffee, so that the abandoning of coffee for 
a few years would not get rid of the peat. This is sug- 
gested by Dr. Ounninghara himself in his letter. 
3. " I quite agree with Dr. Onnningham in thinking 
that any further Invesiigation in the life history of the 
hemileitt would be valueless to the planter, but it 
might furnish information which would be of very great 
interest from a Botanical point of view." 
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THE ENCOUEAGEMENT OF FLANTERS 
IN PEARK ! 
(To the Editor of the " Pinant/ Gazette.") 
Sir, — During the ei?,'htoen months or so that hive 
elapsed sii ce the question of colfee cultivation in Perak 
was taken up by the Pinanj Oazilte, 1 have used my 
best endeavours to indnoo planters and capitilists to 
try their fortune in th\t State. Some minor nltcr- 
atioua were mr-de iu the rules relating to transfer of 
leases of land and other corre'alive matters, and Ihe 
circulara ot April ausl Juh- may be said to havo been 
tf(! outco no of inquiries made direct to the Resident 
o:i behalf of Ceylon pUn'ers. 
Now that matters have boon advanced a stage or 
two, and a few blocks of land i-eleotod nnd turveyed, 
it has become app .rent how very liitla has been con- 
Cidttd to tho would-be planters, and how much more 
must bo duuo by tho G ivernment of Perak before 
jt >Mn bo said that it is encouraging capitalists to 
invest iu ooU'iJO cultivation. The price at which Undl 
