Mav 1, 1891.1 
THE TROPICAL AtJmCtJLTUmST 
81 I 
The total amount realized by the duty (including the 
surtax) only reached francs 1,2-19,64;2 in 1889. 
5. Very little loss could thus ret ult to ilie French 
E,xchequer by reduction in the rate of duty, but in 
all probability a considerable increase would be gained 
through additional Tea consumption. 
C. The surtax of fcs. GO per 100 kilos on all Teas 
imported from places other than the countries of pro- 
duction is ouerous because the limited trade iu tea 
in France renders it expedient that small suitable 
selections should be provided from England ratlier 
than consignments sent direct from India or Ceylon. In 
1889 out of a total oonsumptiou of kilos 540,619, ‘200,063 
were imported from England. 
7. As no tea is grown in French possessions, Franco 
can have no reason for protecting the article by a high 
tariff. 
8. In England when the tea duty was Is per lb. 
the consumption reached only 83,599,235 lb., and 
the duty yielded £4,429,961. Iu the last year 
of the 6d duty, consumption had increased to 
185,578,298 lb. and the revenue to £4,639,457. 
In the seven mouths that have elapsel since the 
duty was reduced to 4d. the Home consumption has 
increased several million pounds. 
9. In ende.ivouring to foster a trade in British-grown 
Tea iu France both the Indian Tea Districts Asso- 
ciation and tlie Coylou I’lantera’ Association sunk um- 
siderable sums of money «t the time of the Pari.s Ex- 
hibition iu 1889. These effoits have given sufficient 
encouragement to iuduoo the Indian Tea Districts As- 
sociation to incur heavy addiii ;nal pecuniary liability 
during the current year. 
10. In placing this report before yon we do not 
wish to make suggestions as to the nature of any re- 
duction in the tariff but merely to point out to you 
(1st) the imprortauoo to tho British nation of the 
welfare of tho Tea industry; and 
(2nd) the benefits which wo believe would result 
to the revenue of France by a less onerous duty- 
The Milling of Paddy. — Mr. Charles Gairdiier, 
Assistant m the firm of Messrs. Bulloch Bros, and 
Co., residing at Basseiu, and Mr. Eobert Eamsay, 
Engineer to the sams firm, have filed specifications 
of an invention for the more economical milling 
and cleaning of paddy and other grains . — Ilanyoon 
Gazette. 
Ceylon Tea in Califobnia. — From a recent Con- 
sular report on San Francisco, we quote as follows: — 
The Ceylon teas introduced here by W. H. Murray 
& Co. are finding favour. Joseph Tetley & Co., of 
London, established an agency haie lecently, and sell 
a good black tea at 2s lOd per lb. Heretofore black 
tens, worth in London about Is 6d per lb. have sold 
here fur 4s to 6s. As there i.s no duty on tea this 
is only to be accounted for by the fact tliat most 
of the people hero drink green tea or c ,ffee. 
Failure of a Haubdro Cinchona Importer. — 
The failure has recently been made known of the 
firm of E. Kichter, in Hamburg. The unsecured 
iabilities of the firm are said to amount to about 
200,0001. The financial diflieulties of tho house 
are reported to have originated through its con- 
nections with the firm of Otto Kichter (the late head 
of which was bio'.her to the chief of tho Ham 
burg house), of Peru and Bolivia, South America 
Mr. Otto Richter was the principal cinchona 
planter in Bolivia and the chief grower of the 
“ cultivated Bolivian Calisaya ” bark which has 
been a feature of our cinchona auctions for many 
years. These plantations were commenced at the 
time when quinine had not yet reached its zenith 
and it was an open secret ihat during the last 
two or three years the prices realised by tho bark 
had not paid for its growing, harvesting aud ship- 
ping. Ths firm also carried on an extensive trade 
in other South Amorican products. — Chemist and 
DriKjijiit. 
The Sm-ill Consignment of Perak Tea, which 
wo recently announced had been received here, has 
not been placed publicly on the market. Some 
experts and others have sampled the lot, and 
pronounce it of good quality. It is of good colour, 
though slightly strong, and brews out well ; it will 
bear comparison with equal growth of India and 
Ceylon. — L. and C. Expess. 
Mosquitoes and Yellow Fever. — I am not at all 
partial to mo&quiloos and regret that no ‘recipro- 
city’ exists iu that direction between us, especially 
at the present moment when some twenty of these 
miniature vampires, are making an o£f-and-on din- 
ner upon my person. Why they were created is 
one oi those problems which may be explicable 
enough to the scientist, but is quite unfathomable 
to commonplace beings such as I. Nevertheloes 
some use has been found for them at last, and 
that so near us as Cuba. Two physicians of 
Havana are busy at present inoculating, success- 
fully, new arrivals against yellow fever through 
mosquitoes that have contaminated themselves by 
stinging yellow fever patients. Fifty-two cases of 
mosquito inoculation have been followed up and 
of those 8 per cent subsequently contracted the 
disease with a mortality of lees than two per cent. — 
Jamaica, Gleaner, March 9th. 
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