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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
[Aug.  I,  1895. 
“ THE  DEVELOPMENT  OK  NEW  ]\1ARKETS 
FOR  INDIAN  AND  OEVl.ON  TEA.” 
L under  this  headiiii;',  Messrs.  Cow,  Wilson  A' 
Stanton  liaye  i)re|)ared  one  of  tlie  dia<;i‘ani-eircn- 
lar.s  for  wliieli  tliey  are  so  famous  an<l  a stijiply 
of  ■wliioli  is  ]ironiise<l  ns  hy  next  mail.  l''rom  a 
single  copy  in  advance  we  gatlier  tliat  llie  present 
publication  is  due  to  the  development  (d  the 
tnule  in  JLitish-grown  teas  outside  the  I'nitod 
Kingdom  ami  the  considerable  inlinence  this  has 
begun  to  have  on  the  L(jndon  market.  We  are 
told,  in  fact,  that  “the  growing  of  Tea  in  Rri- 
tish  De])endencdes  is  gradually  re\  olutionizing  the 
Tea  trade  of  the  world.  The  change  of  taste  in 
favour  of  Indian  and  Ceylon  Teas,  which  com- 
menced in  Great  Britain,  has  been  gradually  but 
steadily  extending  to  other  countries,”  and  then 
the  new  London  lirm  adds  ; — “ we  are  so  impre-ssed 
with  the  absohttr  ticces-sif;/  irhirh  exists  for  con- 
tinuing to  encourage  foreign  demand,  that  we 
again  britig  the  matter  forward  without  a]»ology.” 
By  means  of  C(»loured  ldo(d<s,  the  incieased  con- 
sumption in  each  country  from  1S90  to  1894  is 
very  clearly  shown.  The  result  is  very  remark- 
able, for  whereasin  1890,  less  than  Rbl  million  lb. 
of  Indian  and  Ceylon  tea  suHiced  for  the  demand 
outside  the  mother  country,  in  1894  the  total 
reiiuirements  e(iualled  no  less  than  28,400,otlo  lb. 
or  an  increase  in  liv  e years  of  considerably  over 
100  per  cent.  Neverthele.ss,  that  there  is  need  for 
furtlier  efforts  in  order  to  get  a greater  hold  of 
outside  countries,  is  made  evident  from  the  follow- 
ing:— “With  the  coming  crop  from  India  estim- 
ated at  about  140,000,000  lb.,  and  that  from  Ceylon 
at  about  91,000,000  lb.,  the  importance  of  using 
every  available  means  for  increasing  the  con- 
sumption of  British-grown  Tea  becomes  so  great 
that  no  efforts  should  be  neglected  by  which 
new  fields  may  be  opened  up  The  piosperity 
of  the  Tea  trade  depends  m.ainly  ujion  the  crea- 
tion of  sufficient  demand  to  cope  with  the  ever- 
increasing  production;  and  unless  constant  atten- 
tion is  bestowed  tipon  the  discovery  of  new 
outlets  and  the  extension  of  existing  markets, 
the  danger  of  over-production  which  has  been 
the  ruin  of  so  many  llouiishing  industries,  might 
prove  equally  disastrous  to  the  'I’ea  producer. 
Looking  at  the  diagram,  it  is  clear  that  many 
markets  wliich  live  ,>ears  ago  were  comparatively 
insignilicant,  have  .since  attained  sullicient  impor 
tance  to  exercise  considerable  itdluence  upon  the 
course  of  prices.”  Interesting  particulars  are  given 
respecting  the  Australian,  American  and  Contin- 
ental markets  and  the  advance  may  be  shewn  .as 
follows : — 
Approximate  quantities  of  British-grown  Tea  used 
outside  the  United  Kingdom: — 
1.81)0. 
1894. 
11). 
11). 
Australasia 
7,500.000 
12,300,000 
IT.  S.  A. 
1 ,300,000 
3,300,000 
Turkey  and  Persia  . . 
LIOD.OOO 
4.:!00,000 
Canada 
800,000 
l,9(H),0«0 
Jtussia  and  Germany 
000.000 
2,500,0(MJ 
All  other  places 
2,100,000 
4,100,000 
13,400,000 
28,400,tK)0 
.sliall  not  forestall 
by  giving 
further  det.ail 
said  to  date  back  .some  l.r  years — (but  Loole- 
condura  ))lantation  has  been  uniformly  cropped 
for  over  23  years  now  ) -and  our  area  is  ]>ut  at 
28(),(Ji)0  acres  under  tea,  rejireseJiting  £ll,0ff0,00ff• 
We  shall  very  shortly  be  able  to  give  the  exact 
ligures  foi'  thef'eylon  Tea  Industry  up  to  the  middle 
of  IS!).'),  and  we  sus])ect  they  will  not— allowing  for 
native  te.a  gardens — fall  ^.ar  short  of  the  .‘lOO.ttOO 
acres.  But  we  shall  see.  With  the  markets  of 
the  world  before  them,  and  no  other  countries 
besides  China,  .Iai).‘in,  and  Java,  producing  any 
apiu'eciable  quantity  of  tea,  the  planters  of  India 
and  ('eylonare  rightly  exhorted  to  make  strenuous 
exertions  in  the  direction  of  fostering  the  outside 
demands  and  then  they  nuiy  feel  secure  ag.ainst 
any  danger  to  the  immediate  future  of  their  in- 
d us try. 
BROGKESS  IN  LOWER  PERAK. 
I'he  following  day  Towkay  Lcong  Fee,  of  Ipoh, 
came  to  see  me  and  applied  for  .a  grant  of  l,5t)0 
acres  of  laml  between  Teluk  Anson  and  Chang- 
kat  Jong.  He  ju'oposes  to  ))lant  Coconuts,  Li- 
berian Coffee,  etc. — Wray. 
BROSPECT.S  OF  TEA  AND  BIMETALLISM. 
A shrewd  obseiwer  rvrites  : — “ I see  no  cau.se 
for  misgivings  about  tea — apart  from  the  rupee. 
There  is  no  knowing  what  Balfour,  the  bimetal- 
list, may  attempt  during  the  two  years  he  may 
be  leader  of  the  House.  Albeit  he  knows  no  more 
about  it  than you  or  I do.” 
from  a document  which  is  C(‘i4iiin  to  b(>  of  tin* 
greatest  interest  to  every  tea  merchant  and 
planter  ; but  we  m.ay  allude  to  what  is  .said 
about  “ tea  prospects.”  The  industry,  both  in 
India  and  Ceylon,  is  considered  “ sound ’b  in 
the  former  it  ’h.as  lasted  oO  years  without  any 
serious  blight  or  enemy  iittiud^ing  it,  and  there 
arc  now  some  .38<i,(i()0  acres  under  tea  :ind  a 
capital  of  about  fb'),(Min,0(i(t  sterlinj^  invested 
jn  the  enterprise.  In  Ceylon,  the  industry 
THE  SELANGOR  PLANTATIONS 
S Y N D I ( ’AT E,  LIMITED, 
h.as  been  registeied  .at  home  by  Linklater  A Co.,  2, 
Bond-court,  M'.albrook,  with  a capital  of  £2o,000  in 
£100  shares.  The  object  is  to  ac(|uirefrom  H.  Hut- 
tonbach  cert.ain  estates,  plantations,  »&c.,  in  the 
state  of  Selangor,  in  the  Mahay  Peninsula,  and  to 
develop  and  tuni  to  account  the  same  in  such  man- 
ner as  the  ftum]iany  shall  see  lit.  The  directors  aie 
.1.  Somerville,  A.  Kent,  and  L.  Huttenbach. 
(pialilication,  one  share  ; remuneration,  5 jiercent 
of  the  net  ]>rolits,  divisible. — Piuang  (tazette^ 
June  17. 
LIBERIAN  COFDEE-JAVxV  COFFEE. 
The  British  Consul  of  Batavia  reports  that  the 
cultivation  of  the  IJborian  bean,  both  in  Mid  and 
West  .Lava,  is  r apidly  increasing,  and  the  satisfactory 
results  ohlained  from  its  introduction  become  year  by 
year  more  apparent  as  the  principal  difficulties  at- 
tending the  preparation  of  this  coffee  for  the  market 
are  gradually  being  successfully  surmounted.  As  a 
result,  a marked  improvement  in  the  appearance  and 
quality  of  coffee  is  noted,  and  its  favor  is  becoming 
more  and  more  assui-ed.  The  continued  recurrence 
of  the  so-called  “leaf"  disease  in  the  .Java  coffee  on 
low-lying  lands,  from  which  the  Liberia  still  preserves 
comparative — though  by  no  means  entire — immunity 
causes  more  confidence  to  be  felt  in  the  latter,  and 
many  lands  which  have  suffered  most  severely  from 
the  ravages  of  this  disease  in  the  Arabian  plant  are 
being  replanted  with  Liberia.  It  has  been  decided 
to  give  up  the  Government  cultivation  of  coffee  in 
the  Kraw'ang  Residency,  and  on  January  1st,  1895, 
the  law  rendering  the  delivery  in  that  district  to  Gov- 
ernment obligatory  was  repealed. — American  (irocer. 
Quinine  and  Ipecac  in  Dysentkiiy. — The  follow- 
ing combination  has  been  used  in  the  Mandoli  Regi- 
ment at  Bhurtpore  in  many  cases  of  acute  dysentery. 
It  is  said  never  to  fail : — Sulphate  of  quinine,'  2 
grains ; ])owdered  ipecac.,  5 grains;  ainmon.  chloride, 
10  grains;  tinct.  opium,  12  grains  ; water,  to  1 ounce. 
4’o  be  given  every  four  hours  ( I'raetitioncr,  May, 
1895.^  Pharmaceutical  .{ournal,  Jupe  15, 
