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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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gome slight degree absorbed into the plant as shown 
by analysis, and also the preparation contains 
stimulants to growth (what I do not know), so that the 
mixture acts well in more ways than one. It is a 
fertilizer and an insect deterrent, so far as carrots are 
concerned, but I do not know whether it would answer 
on the large scale of cotfee growing. 
Do you know “ The Coffee Tree and its Enemies ” by 
the late J, Nietner, Ceylon, 1880 ? There is a deal of 
information in it both on Hemileia and Coffee insects f 
When you return me the enclosed I would lend this 
to you if you like, but I believe it has long been out 
of print ; so I should have to ask you to be sure to 
return it to me. 
Hemileia being a fungus is not in my line of work — 
my Department at the Royal Agricultural Society is 
British Agricultural Insect Pests — but I am only 
thankful if I can be of service, and I should think 
that if you were to write to Dr. D. Morris, Sub-Director, 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, that he would 
be able to give yon the names of the most approved 
publications on the subject. 
If you were able to run down to Kew yourself this 
would probably greatly facilitate. You could consult 
the chiefs at the Herbarium and see publications. 
It is not in the regular work of Mr. Jackson, 
the Curator of the Museums, but he is a very old 
and valued friend of mine, and if you cou'd see 
him I am sure (in case that is if you wish for an intro- 
duction) that if you mention my name he will do 
all he can to put you on the right path to obtain 
information. His address is, J. R. Jackson, Esq,, 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey. Andjhe would 
tell you when he was likely to be at the Lake Museum 
where his ofidces are more especially. 
As you say it seems hopeless to wash at the 
rate of 1,200 trees per acre, but yet we are obliged 
even in England to wash andgreaseband on a great scale. 
At Toddington we have 120,000 trees thus to attend to. 
Did I enclose a circular of my new Manual ? 1 
think that most kinds of available wash must surely 
be named. — Yours truly, Eleanok A. Obmekod. 
THE NEW WEIGHING AND TARING 
BEGULATIONS, 
October 17th. 
Dear Sib, — Can you explain the new weighing and 
taring regulations for tea at the London Customs ? 
I do not understand what is wanted to insure 
the minimum loss of weight ; it appears more 
important to have the tare correct than the net 
weight, but perhaps some correspondent of yours 
will be able to give us an example. 
Supposing a break of 40 chests tered from 
23 lb. 8 oz to 23 lb. 14 oz. for the whole 40 chests 
and it was desired to pack 90 Ib. net with 
minimum loss in weight, how would one set about 
packing it and the next break say also 40 chests 
taring from 24 lb., to 24 lb. 7 oz, also to contain 
90 lb. net ? 
What I wish to arrive at is the necessity or 
otherwise of taring within half-a pound. Under 
the old system if your packages tared say 23 lb. 
14 oz. it was called 24 lb., and to get in 90 lb. certain 
one would add 90 lb. 2 oz., making 114 lb. 2 oz. 
gross = 114 lb. If one’s package on the other hand 
tared 23 lb. 2 oz. it was called also 24 lb., and to make 
the total 114 lb., one had to add 16 oz. tea ; 
it was obviously important to have one’s tare as 
nearly under a full number of lb. as feasible wh en 
the loss in weight (i.c. extra tea put in ches t) 
was reduced to a minimum, — Yours faithfully , 
dear sir, INQUIRER. 
EXAMPLE. 
Pekoe. (Gross 114 lb. 2 oz. = 111 lb.) 
lb. oz. lb. oz. 
.5 chests tare say ..23 8 (90 10) 
6 „ „ ... 23 10 (90 8) 
14 „ „ ... 23 13 (90 5) 
15 .1 .. ... 23 14 (90 4) 
i cheats 
Pekoe Souchong. 
lb. 
14 chests taro say 
... 24 
ih „ 
... 24 
^ 1, 
... 24 
11 
... 24 
40 chests. 
lb. oz. 
(90 16) 
(90 l.'i) 
(90 12) 
(00 11 ) 
With regard to above tares it is desired to pack 
so as to get credit for 90 lb. net tea. 
The figures in brackets represent the tea which 
would have had to be packed under old system. 
[We trust some publio-spirited Broker or Tea 
Buyer will give planters the benefit of their opinion 
on the above. — Ed. T.A.l 
CEYLON TEA IN RUSSIA. 
Kandy, Oot, 22nd. 
Sir,— This is certainly most gratifying intelligence 
about Russia going into the market for our tea 
but where 13 sufficient of the article to come from 
to supply Australia, America and Russia as well 
as England ? That I fear will be the rule I If 
agents for the customers named oome here and 
find they cannot satisfy their orders, is it not to 
be feared their clients will go elsewhere ? Pro- 
ducers should therefore do their utmost to keep 
the local market well supplied. 
I look with confidence to 75 cents per lb. being 
the average before another twelvemonths are over 
our heads. ‘ Maun it be so ”l Then look out 
for a ‘ boom. ONE INTERESTED 
“ CHERTSEY ” TEA AT THE TEA SALES. 
Chertsey, Yatiyantota, Oot. 30th. 
Dear Sir,— I regret to find that a mistake 
has occurred in your paper : I would therefore thank 
to be good enough to rectify same. 
The actual prices realized by Chertsey at the local 
sales lately, were as follows : 
100 lb. Bro. Pekoe out at .. 55 cents 
-no ,, Pekoe Sold at .. ..41 
200 ,, Pekoe sou. out at ..38 ” 
80 ,, Souchongs out at ..34 ” 
180 „ Pekoe Fannings sold at .. 33 ’’ 
In the local papers my broken pekoe, I find, has 
been put down as “out at 51o”; this is misleading, 
and may have an influence of an unfavourable 
shape on the bids at future sales. 
Hoping you will place this matter to rights 
I am, dear sir, yours faithfully, F. J. DICKSON. 
TEA EXPORTS. 
The Strathellie Tea Co., Ltd.', 
Nawalapitiya, Nov. 3rd. 
Dear Sir,-— Now that the Commercial Seasor 
has been altered from the fiscal to the oalenda 
year l intended postponing until next month 
my computation of probable export of tea. At 
your, requast, however, I now give my figures 
for the fiscal year. You will observe that they 
are made up on the same basis as regards 
acreages which I have on previous oooasions 
taken, adding however 20,000 acres as giving 
their first returns at say 100 lb. per acre, and that 
I nave allowed for a slight decrease on the max^ 
«n'Tnn increased area 
(70,000 acres). My approximations a^aiu run oo| 
