9o6 THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [June i, 1892. 
by importing tbe gooda direct from the estate, 
which is in Ceylon, and thus avoiding the possi- 
bility of adulteration and the profils enjoyed by 
the middltman. Benidep, the W.\y aaents there are 
to be bleud(r«, packerc, and sellers of the same sex, 
and the promoters are mott anxious to make the 
Association known as widely as possible, in order to 
benefit all those for wliose benrfit it is intended. 
Although the Association especially recommends the 
Ceylon teas, it supplies various otlur kinds and blends, 
thm suiting the tastes of all ouatomi^rs. It is always 
said that Oevlon tea is more wholesome aod much 
cleaner than that of either China, or Japana as it is 
prepared entirely by machinery atid not by the hands 
and feet — frequently nnwftube.i — of the natives. The 
prospectus issued by the Company contains a few 
hints on the brewing of tea, and there is no doubt 
■whatever that in many houKeholds these hints are 
are most neoess'iry. The terms of the "Lalie^'Own 
Tea Association" are strictly cash, and the prices 
vary from Is. 8d. to 4s. Orde'S of seven pounds and 
upwards will be delivered carriage free to any part 
of the United Kiugdom, and those for less than that 
weight will be sent subject to the usual Parcels Post 
rates. Sample packets of 14 ozs. will be forwarded 
pest free for the price of 1 lb. Should a chest of 
10 or 20 lb. be required, it can be packed ou the 
estate itself and sent direct and unopened 
to the purchaser. No agent incurs any liability, and 
the principal injunction is that she must always deliver 
each parcel to the customer unopened aii'l in the 
condition in which it is received from tbe Asfociation. 
Also that small wei kly orders should be accnmu'ated 
St least to the amount of 7 lb., which will be sent 
free to the agent for distribution arpongst the pur- 
chasers. Any agent wto is cot able to dispose of 
five pounds of tea per week will be disqualified, 
and another appoin'ed for that District. Good com- 
mission is paid by the Company, and the amouut 
of it is forwarded every Saturday to the agents. At 
Christmas a bonus of 2^ per cent, is given on the 
sraount of commission obtained during the year. — 
3£. Mail. 
' ■ 
MR. WILLIAM JACKSON, 
[We greatly regret the delay in republishing 
the following memoir of Mr. JaeksoD, tbe great 
tea machinist, which appeared, with a very good 
likeness, in the Indian Flanttrs' Gazette. Illness, 
from which even newspaper editors are not exempt, 
must be our excuse for overlooking this and perhaps 
Bome other matters, in the avalanches of " ex- 
changes " which reach us from all parts of the 
world.— Ed T. X.] 
We have alreaiy given onr subscribers the por- 
trait and history of more than one tea-planter whose 
inventions have made them famous, and the fact of 
the original of this p ctura being on a visit to India 
enablKB us to publish the following sketch of a gentle- 
man whose wondrouBly clever patents have made 
him dfservedly renouned wherever the tea industry 
fioarishes. 
Mr. William Jaokpon was born in 1849 r*t the farm 
of Dftvo, on Lord Kiatore's estate of Ke thall, iu 
Abf rdeenstiire, Scotland. 
At the age oi 6 years his father died and he remembere 
little of him ; but in after life was lold ' y his mother 
that bis father had more thin once remarked, 
" We will make something of that laddie yet." 
Hin most vivid recollect on of early ite was about 
the age of 10 years. About this time he fi^U a victim 
to typhoid fever, and when sufficiently convalescent 1 1 
be Kettiog about, a portn-ble engine and thrashing 
machine was for the fiist time bro ight to tbe farm to 
thrash the crop, aud the cngii e-driver's name was 
George Wood. 
Being fafciiiated with tho engine and not strong 
enough to move ah ut, a " winlin " of straw was 
placed near the ongino for him to sit on and he 
10 pliod "Ueordie Wid" with c|uoBtiouB, that hie patience 
got exhausted and he was told "If ye spere ony mare 
quattiooB I 'il pit ye in tbe furnace." 
Being enamoured with he wheels and belts, 
nothing would now satisfy him but make a work- 
ing model of a thrashing machine, and this be so 
constructed in a ver> primitive way in the carpen- 
ter's sh p and smithy, which were on the farm for 
rei airing and sharpeniijg agricultural implements, 
an.l the belt was passed over the grindstone to 
gain the necessary speed ou tho drum, the farm 
servants willingly driving the handle on the summer 
eveniDp,s; whiltt moss plucked fr< m the roots of 
trees was passed through the small machines, the 
sand and grit coming out as tbe corn whilot the moss 
was delivered as straw. 
Mr. Jackson's eldest brother James, and whom 
he deecribts as one of the worthiest men who ever 
lived, now came of age, aud took over the manage- 
mei.t of the farm, and seeing how hopeless it was to 
keep him out amongst wbe« Is, set to work and got 
him into Messrs. George Murray & Co.'s iron foundry 
at Banff, ou probation. 
In the meantime an excellent neighbour, Mr. 
Bissft of Artannies, and a Mr. Annind of luveruiie, 
thought that Willie Jeok^on should serve his time 
in a more advanced engineer's shop than that of 
Banff, and on tbeir own account went to Aberdeen 
and obtained from the celebrated firm of Messrs. 
Hall Russell & Co , engineers and Ehip-builders, an 
apprentice.-hip for him. 
From this time Onward Mr. Jackson remembers all 
that happened to him. He quickly showed abilities 
above the average apprentice, aod long ere he had com- 
pleted his 5 years he had individual responsibility 
plared on his shoulders, and on the completion of 
his time, Mr, Rneoell, the manager, was most unwill- 
ing to let him go, and wages were offered much 
in advance of the usual as an inducement for him to 
stay ; but Mr. Jackson was bent on foreign lands, and 
nothiug woul I then alter his decision to go abroad. 
His brother John was atthis time Manager of the 
Scot ieh Assam Tea Co, in Assam, and had suggested 
Calcutta as a likely place for him to come to. On 
reaching this Mr. John had a letter watting for him, 
stating tbat if nothing turned up suitable to cume on 
to Assam, and probably he might become a tea planter. 
Nothing suitable tvas found and Mr. Jaoksou went 
off to Assim, and singularly enougli to say, Mr. 
William Lawrie, now the successful Manager of the 
Jhanzie Association, was then assistant to Mr. John 
Jacksou, and a week before Mr. William Jackson's 
arrival resigned his appointment to take the manage- 
ment of the LoajiiU Estate, and Mr, John simply put 
his brother in Mr. Lawrie's place. Mr. Jackson re- 
lates rather an amusing incident of his first experi- 
ences of Assam life. When be reached Kooklea- 
mook, the steam oat station on the river, it was 
about 4 p.m,, and a letter awaited him from 
Mr. John giving instructions to put himself in 
the bearer s h»nds who would bring him safely to 
Mazr-ngah. This was done and the first two hours 
were spent in a dug-out boat which took him into a 
ibheel or Khallow piece of water, the edges of which 
terminated in mud iu which the buffaloes wallow. 
Here an elephant was waiting him which was brought 
alongside the boat and caused to kneel down in the 
mud for Mr. J. to mount. 
On attempting to do this, however, the monster beast 
trumpeted so loudly, that Mr. Jackson made a bound- 
ing leap, and lanoed himself headlong in the mud aud 
water as far from the beast and boat as he could, 
out of which mess he was lifted by the coolies and put 
on the hattie, and in this state reached Mazengahabuut 
10 p.m. little or none the worse of the fright he had got. 
Mr. John Jackson about this time had decided on 
manufaoiuring all the leaf at Helbakah, and resolved 
ou making this a central factory for the whole of the 
Company's gardens ; and as a consequence Mr, Wil- 
liam was transfered there with himself and got charge 
of the tea-house and the making of the tea. 
The leaf now being all brouiiht to one centre for 
manipulation greatly increased the work to be accom- 
plished in tbe tea-bouse ; and as there was only a two 
plated Kinmoad's roller, which only parlially roiled tb^ 
