JuLV  r,  1895.] 
THE  TROPICAL 
AGRlCULrURIsr. 
57 
LLP.EPJAN  COFFER  IN  SEPtDANU -SUMA- 
TRA ; No.  VII. 
(/)//  an  oCc.iiloii  1‘lan.fer.) 
LIBEKIAN  OUFl'-EE — FACTS,  NOT  FANCIES. 
The  following  figures  are  all  calculated  in  kitties 
and  piculs  : — 1 kattie=li^  Ih.,  100  katties=l  picul,  1 
picul  lb.  avoirdupois. 
The  figures  given  on  page  50  of  the  Planting 
Molenvorth  work  out  thus  : — 
120,000  cherries=l  cwt.  clean  coffee.  Ergo  l:!7,ll(i 
cherries  =1  picul  clean  coffee.  So  far  Ceylon. 
My  experience  in  another  country  with  old  coffee 
and  poor  soil  is  that  220,000  clr-rries  1 picul  clean 
coffee. 
Here  in  Serdang  it  has  l)een  found  that  KiOOOl 
cherries  T picul  clean. 
It  is  of  course  well-known  that  the  size  of  the  cherry 
and  of  the  bean  diminishes  as  the  tree  grows  older. 
Therefore  the  deduction  is  that  the  Ceylon  figures 
were  gathered  from  young  coffee  in  good  soil. 
ily  figures  were,  as  I have  stated,  from  old  coffee 
in  poor  soil. 
The  Serdang  proof  was  from  coffee  between  4 and 
5 growing  in  splendid  land,  but  worked  “ on  the 
cheap.” 
Here,  I myself  have  counted  several  trees  of  20 
months  old,  and  found  several  with  fruit  on  them 
from  2,030  to  2,430  par  tree.  This  is  equivalent 
roughly  to  a kattie  a tree.  Trees  planted  10  ft.  by  10  ft. 
_43.")  per  acre.  Result,  pi.  4 3a-100th  per  acre  be- 
fore the  trees  are  3 years  old.  I do  not,  of  course, 
pretend  to  state  that  all  the  20  months  old  bushes 
are  like  this.  But  it  will  give  nearer  2 piculs  per 
acre  than  1 before  it  is  3 years  old.  The  trees  are 
healthy  and  making  new  wood. 
A neighbour  has  counted  on  some  of  his  four-year- 
old  trees,  now  rising  five,  as  many  as  4,000,  5,000, 
6,000,  and  even  7,000  fruit  on  a single  tree.  Work 
this  out  at  435  trees  per  acre,  and  2,000  cherries 
per  kattie  of  clean  coffee  ; and  say  if  it  is  not  bjtter 
than  a sm  ick  in  the  face  with  a dead  rat. 
I think  I have  given  you  sufficient  food  for  reflec- 
tion for  today, 
/•'./S'. — Since  writing  the  above  I have  received  from 
an  obliging  friend  the  following  : — 
From  coffee  18  years  old,  after  having  been  aban- 
doned for  five  years,  the  yield  per  tree  was  from  2 to 
3 katties. 
Each  kattie  --  2,212  beans  clean  coffee  from  1,426 
cherries.  Both  the  yield  after  abandonment,  and 
the  large  proportion  of  clean  coffee  (not  parchment) 
from  the  cherry  speak  volumes  for  the  soil. 
There  is  a grand  blossom  out  today  ; and  young 
bushes  though  apparently  choked  with  fruit,  are 
sparkling  avith  the  snow-white  flowers. 
Best  sign  of  all : the  air  is  busy  with  the  hum 
of  bees. 
♦ 
A NEW  CEYLON  COMPANY. 
The  following  are  amongst  the  new  joint  stock 
Companies  recently  registered  ; The  whole  of 
the  ordinary  shires.  Tue  Ceylon  Tea  Trust, 
Limited,  registered  by  the  Nugget  E.xploring  Com- 
piny.  Limited,  42  Old  Bro.ad  Street,  E.C.,  with  a 
c.ipital  of  t»0,033  in  10s  shires.  Object,  to  adopt 
and  carry  into  effect  an  agreement,  male  May  (i, 
18.15,  between  A.  Nelson,  on  beh  ilf  of  this  Comp  iny, 
of  the  oxe  p irt,  and  tlie  Nugget  Exploring  Com- 
p.any.  Limited,  of  the  other  part  : and,  generally, 
to  acquire,  work,  m in.age  improve,  develope,  an  1 turn 
to  account  tea  estates  or  other  landed  property  in 
Ceylon  or  e sewhere.  T.ie  signatories,  who  tike  one 
share  each,  are  P.  C.  G.  Kitso,  3,  Bernard  Street, 
llnsell  Smiare,  W.  C.;  A.  H.  Bailey,  32,  Goldhurst 
'I’erracj  F/ist,  N.W.,  E.  C.  Bredin.  58  Stratford  Read, 
W.;  H.  W.N.  Benlend.  42,  Old  Broad  Street,  E.C.; 
('.  13  li  lie,  l.U,  fjM-ion  Grove.  N.W.;  .4. F.  Roberts,  42, 
Old  Broad  Street,  E.C.;  C.  'T.  Chevallier,  3 Throg- 
in>.  t)n  Avenue.  E.C  ; .\.  -T.  Langley,  2 )5,  Milkwood 
li-oad,  Herne  Hill.  The  directors  are  to  be  elected 
by  the  signatories.  Qu.alification  103  shares.  Remu- 
neration £'50  each  per  annum.  Condensed  Coffee 
Comp.any,  Limited,  with  a capital  of  fl,.500  in  i'l 
shares.  Object,  to  enter  into  an  agreement  with  W. 
11.  Thew,  and,  generally,  to  carry  on  business  as  tea 
and  coffee  growers,  blenders,  and  merchants.  'The 
directors  are  to  be  nominated  by  the  signatories. 
Qualification,  one  share.  Remuneration,  £50  per 
annum  each. — //.  uixl  ('.  Afail. 
THE  AMSTEIMJAM  CINCHONA  MARKET. 
Writing  on  May  llth,  our  A.msterdam  correspon- 
dent observes  : — ” Tod-.iy’s  cinchona-bark  sale  was  a 
disappointment  to  most  p.arties  concerned.  Although 
opening  pretty  firm,  the  feeling  eased  off  as  the 
sale  proceeded,  and  the  result  was  an  aver.ige  unit 
of  only  2'l)2c. 
Druggists’  barks  were  very  dull,  and  except  for 
fine  red  qualities  there  was  very  little  demand. 
Mr.  Watering,  the  Amsterdam  merchant  who  has 
lately  returned  from  an  inquiry  into  the  state  of  the 
cinchona-market  in  Java,  states  that  to  some  extent 
he  has  a good  opinion  of  the  future  of  the  article. 
Tnere  is  no  doubt  (he  tells  me)  that  Java  cannot 
go  on  shipping  the  quantities  it  is  sending  at  present 
as  uprooting  is  being  carried  on  to  a great  extent 
and  already  there  are  some  5,000  bouws  less  under 
cultivation  thair  formerly.  At  the  same  time  it 
must  not  be  expected  that  this  means  that  Java 
cannot  send  the  same  quantity  in  1895  as  in  the 
preceding  year,  as  cinchona  is  such  a peculiar 
article  that  the  yearly  crop  can  hardly  be  controlled. 
It  is  possible  to  allow  the  crop  of  bark  remain  on 
the  trees  a year  or  two,  whilst  the  owner  of  a plan- 
tation has  it  in  his  power  to  increase  the  crop  at 
his  will  at  any  given  moment. 
Cinchona  cannot  be  grown  at  the  present  prices 
even  in  Java,  and,  therefore,  every  extra  quantity 
shipped  means  plucking  the  hen  instead  of  marketing 
the  eggs.  The  more  Java  sends  now  the  sooner  the 
hen  will  be  done  for,  but  how  long  this  may  last  is 
difficult  to  say. 
There  are  rumours  that  the  planters  are  taking 
more  interest  in  the  erection  of  the  quinine-works 
in  Java,  and  that,  after  all,  the  factory  is  likely  to 
be  founded,  even  if  on  a less  extensive  scale  than 
was  proposed  ; but  more  will  be  known  of  this  in  a 
short  time.. 
Mr.  Buchler,  the  Brunswick  quinine-maker  is  now 
in  Java.  The  exact  object  of  his  visit  there  is  not 
known  at  present,  but  it  is  thought  that  it  is  in 
soma  way  connected  with  -Java  quinine-works.” — 
Chemist  and  Driu/fiisl. 
— 
NEW  PLANT.ATION  CO.MPANIES. 
THE  NYASS.VL.VVD  COFFEE  COMP.VW,  LIMITED. 
Frid.ay’s  Gazette  in  publisliing  the  memorandum 
of  Association  of  this  Company  state.s  that  the 
objects  for  wliich  tlie  Company  is  .establislie:!  is 
to  procure  two  blocks  of  land,  3,500  acres  in 
e.xtent,  and  situated  at  Nyassaland,  B.  C.  Africa, 
from  Mr.  J.  H.  Car.son,  and  to  plant  the  .same 
with  coffee  and  tea.  Tlie  nominal  ca))ital  of  the 
Company  is  Rui>ces  'Three  hundred  tliousand 
(11300,000),  divided  into  tliree  tliousand  shares  of 
Rupees  One  Imndred  (Rloo)  each,  of  whicli  Ku[)ees 
One  hundred  and  Seventy  thousand  (iil70,000) 
are  now  called  u[>  witli  poiver  to  increase  or 
reiluce  the  capital.  In  case  the  (Company  shall 
increase  its  cajiital  by  tlie  issue  of  new  shares, 
sucli  shares  may  be  issued  upon  the  terms  specified 
in  the  Articles  of  .-Vs.sociation  for  the  time  being 
of  the  Company.  A share  has  been  taken  by 
eaidi  of  tlie  following  gentlemen : — ^Messrs.  F. 
Miidmloe,  (1.  .1.  .Jameson  by  his  Attorney  F. 
.Vlu'iad.ie,  A.  Orchard,  E.  R.  Waldock,  W. 
.S.iakspcare,  E.  M.  Dowie  and  Y.  A.  .luliiis. 
TH  ’.  KEI/INI  VALLEY  TEA  GARDENS  COMPANY, 
LIMITED. 
'rii3  Memorandum  of  Association  of  this  Company 
is  published  in  the  la  it  Oosette.  The  objects  for 
