236  THE  TROPICAL 
sioual  conipanymongei-  to  look  with  greedy  glances 
in  the  direction  of  tea  gardens.  We  have  heard 
of  more  than  one  instance  of  urofessional  promoters 
in  search  of  “ properties”  to'turn  to  account.  For- 
tunately the  public  are  not  likely  to  be  caught  in 
the  toils  of  these  gentry.  The  well  informed 
amongst  investors  have  become  acquainted  with  most 
of  the  men  of  “ light  and  leading  ’’  in  tea,  and  are  not 
likely  to  dance  to  the  piping  of  mere  outsiders. 
But  no  doubt  we  shall  see  some  attempts  made  to 
float  speculative  tea  projects  on  the  strength  of  the 
past  season’s  lesults,  but  unless  the  said  projects 
are  sponsored  by  the  right  people  there  is  not  much 
chance  of  their  finding  favour.  The  investor  is  not 
the  wisest  of  mortals,  but  he  is  a little  more  shy 
than  he  once  was  of  the  wrong  sort  of  joint  stock 
company.  All  true  friends  of  the  tea  industry,  how- 
ever, will  fervently  hope  that  the  company  jobber 
will  continue  to  busy  himself  in  other  directions  and 
leave  tea  severely  alone. 
The  Blackman  Duvek  in  Darjeelino. — The  first 
consignment  of  new  season’s  Darjeeling  tea  ex  Castle- 
ton,  tired  by  the  Blackman  Drier,  was  sold  at  the 
Commercial  Sale  Rooms,  Mincing  Lane,  on  Monday 
last,  by  Messrs.  ‘Lloyd  and  Carter.  The  following 
prices  were  realised — viz.,  27  half-chests  orange 
Pekoe,  2s;  33  chests  Pekoe,  Is  6id. — II.  andC.  Mud, 
Aug.  2. 
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SALE  OF  CINNAMON  AND  COCONUT 
I’UOPEUTV. 
Mr.  A.  Y.  Daniel,  Auctioneer,  put  u[i  for  sale  liy 
Pnlhie  Auction,  at  his  rooms,  toilay,  (Aug.  ‘21st) 
the  lease  for  7 yeans  of  the  cinnamon  and  coconut 
property  know's  as  Cayton  estate,  situate  in 
Talangania  and  comiuising  about  208  cacres.  Mr. 
C.  D.  Alwis  oi)ened  the  bidding  with  11.500,  and 
the  lot  was  bought  in  at  the  last  bid  made  by 
Mr.  H.  O.  Abilenu,  of  li‘2,000.  The  bidding  w‘as 
brisk  at  the  beginning,  but  latterly  was  .some- 
what slack. 
MANANOODA  OOLDEN  TIPS- 
At  today’s  (Aug. 21st)  tea  sale  1 box  of  Manangoda 
Oolden  Tips  weighing  3 lb.  was  put  up  by  Mr.  Seale 
of  Messrs.  Somerville  & Co.  'I’lie  bidding  rose  from 
li‘2  to  U7‘50  per  lb.  and  the  lot  w'as  knocked 
down  to  Mr.  J.  H.  Love,  the  new  Broker. 
CAM  PI  I Oil  TKEES  IN  CEYLON. 
.Vn  upcountry  jiliuitcr  writes  ; “1  told  you  I 
Would  try  and  .send  you  some  information  about 
camphor  growing  in  Ceylon,  but  I can’t.  1 got 
some  seed  liere  last  year  and  as  it  grew  very 
slowly  (4,600  feet)  I thought  it  would  be  better 
to  try  it  elsewhere,  so  I sent  some  plants  to  a 
few  friends  in  Ha)tutale  and  some  to  near  Gam- 
pola  and  told  them  their  value.  The  llaputalc 
trees  are  doing  well,  but  I can’t  get  any  reply 
from  Gamjmla.  Here  they  grow  decidedly  slowly, 
but  they  are  growing.” 
THE  U.  PLANTERS’  ASSOCIATION  OF  S.  I. 
P,.\N(i.\i.oi!K,  Aug.  1!).— The  second  Annua' 
Meeting  of  the  U.  P.  A.  S.  I.  commenced  its 
sittiiK's  at  11  a.  111.  today,  17  members  being 
present.  Mr.  Digby  T.  Brett  the  outgoing 
(Miairman,  delivered  an  address.  lie  agreed  wiUi 
the  action  of  the  Government  of  Madras  in 
abandoning  the  Estates  Labour  Bill  and  commciidwl 
the  sympathetic  action  of  the  same  Government 
witU  regard  to  the  Collee  Stealing  vVet,  with 
AGRICULTURIST.  [Oct.  i,  1S95. 
reference  to  which,  he  .said,  an  o[)portunity 
would  be  ail'orded  of  waiting  in  deputation  on 
the  Viceroy  during  his  tour  in  Southern  India. 
.Mr.  Sprott  Coorg  was  elected  Chairman,  Mr. 
Hockin  (Wynaad)  ^'ice-Chairman  and  Mr,  Yonge, 
Secretary. 
The  first  business  dealt  with  was  Act  XIII  of 
185‘J  and  the  Estates  Labour  Bill.  The  Hon. 
Mr.  Romilly  moved  that  an  address  should  be 
drawn  u))  and  jiresented  by  a deimtation  to  the 
Viceroy  on  his  tour  in  Southern  India.  The 
resolution  was  carried  and  a deputation  was  ap- 
pointed to  draw  up  the  draft  of  an  address, 
Mr.  I’ar.sons  (Coorg)  pro|iosed  that  the  Planting 
Member  of  the  Government  of  India's  Legislative 
Council  should  be  advised  to  bring  in  an  amend- 
ment of  Act  XIII  of  1859,  unless  the  Viceroy 
suggested  another  alternative,  such  as  a Com- 
mittee of  Enquiry  into  the  w'orking  of  the  Act 
in  Southern  India. 
It  was  next  pi'oposed  that  the  dejiutation 
should  suggest  the  necessity  of  a Committee  of 
Einiuiry  being  appointed  to  enquire  into  the 
working  of  Act  in  Southern  India.  The 
Hon.  Mr.  Romilly  proi>osed  that  the  Viceroy 
should  be  addressed  on  the  matter  of  the  Cofl’ee 
Stealing  act,  and,  if  necessai'y,  an  appeal  should  be 
made  from  him  to  the  Secretary  of  State. 
The  resolution  ran  as  follows: — “That  the 
Sub-Cominittee  already  apjioiiited  to  draw  uji  an 
Address  to  the  V'iceroy  includes  in  the  Ad- 
dress an  appeal  for  the  Amendment  of  Section  9, 
Act  VIII  of  1878.”  Carried  unanimously. 
It  was  then  proi>osed  that,  failing  a favour- 
able reply  from  the  Viceroy,  the  dejnitation 
should  inform  the  executive  of  the  U.P.A.S.I. 
and  take  steps  to  w'ait  on  the  Secretary  of 
State, 
CAMPHOR  AND  INDIA  RUBBER. 
A large  nunibir  of  camphor  and  India  rubber 
trees  have  been  planted  at  Jhansi  as  an  experi- 
mental measure.  The  site  selected,  however,  does 
not  appear  to  be  well  chosen,  owing  to  the  absence 
of  any  deep  wells  in  the  locality. — Madras  Standard. 
HAWAIIAN  COFFEE  CROP. 
The  coffee  crop  this  year  will  be  much  larger 
than  that  of  last  season.  There  is  also  a larger 
acreage  bearing  and  the  blight  is  not  as  bad  as 
currently  reported.  There  is  very  little  coffee  in 
the  local  market  at  present.  Occasionally  a few 
bags  come  in  on  local  steamers  which  are  readily 
bought  up.  Green  coffee  sold  last  week  at  21  cents. 
— Hawaiian  Commercial  Journal,  July  9. 
The  Travancore  Cardamom  Monopolv. — The  news 
that  the  Travancore  Government  has  at  last  decided 
to  abolish  the  cardamom  monopoly  against  which 
the  planting  community  has  been  agitating  for  years 
past  is  still  going  the  round  of  the  iHuian  press. 
As  a matter  of  fact  the  Travancore  Government 
although  they  did  contemplate  the  abolition  of  the 
cardamom  monopoly  have  been  strongly  advised 
against  giving  effect  to  their  intention,  as  it  would 
be  practically  impossible  to  assess  each  holding  cor- 
rectly. It  would  therefore  be  the  source  of  regular 
loss  to  the  Government,  and  this  we  learn  has  been 
satisfactorily  explained  to  His  Highness  the  Maha- 
rajah. The  cardamom  gardens  were  all  survej’ed  last 
year  and  a I'egular  assessment  will  bo  fixed  on  e.ach 
holding,  which  it  is  expected  will  amount  to  the 
average  income  obtained  by  the  Government  from 
this  aource.—  U'cslcrn  iitar. 
