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THE  TEOPICAL  AGRICULTURIST.  [Oct.  i.  1895. 
while  cocoa,  rubbers  of  various  kinds,  nutmegs 
and  experimental  hybrids  of  coffee,  maragogipe, 
and  cocoa  and  a number  of  other  things  liave 
been  taken  iu  hand.  It  bns  been  the  means, 
of  supplying  seed  from  lb'  . 1 !••.!■  .\lbi;r;'.a  tiers 
in  the  island,  and  latterly  iiirr,.i,ig  tlie  demand 
for  lands  being  opened  up  in  Liberian  Collee,  &c. 
The  lessees  arc  said  to  be  opening  the  reserve 
lands  in  tea,  and  as  teaintheneiglibourhood,  over 
the  river,  opened  by  Mr.  Munton  for  Mr.  Koss 
is  very  successful,  there  is  no  doubt  whatever 
of  the  certainty  of  its  success  here. 
Mr.  Munton  was  as.soeiated  in  the  fre.sh  enter- 
prizes  of  tho.se  days  with  such  pioneers,  as  George 
Wall,  A.  G.  K.  Borron,  Alexander  lloss  and  others 
and  has  contributed  not  a little  to  the  district  by 
maintaining  its  value  despite  the  backwardness  of 
the  tea  inmistry  in  this  particular  locality. 
With  the  further  string  to  their  bow,  the  new 
owners  will  ensure,  with  the  reserve  lands  in  tea, 
oven  better  ressults  than  the  present. 
CINNAMON  IN  LONDON. 
The  third  Quaterly  Sales  took  place  yesterday  in 
Mincing  Lane,  when  we  learn  by  a telegram  received 
this  morning  through  Eenter  that  the  quantity 
offered  amounted  to  700  Bales,  of  which  (iOO  found 
buyers.  The  market  was  excited,  and  consequently 
prices  ranged  from  those  which  ruled  at  the  May 
Auctions  to  2dhigheri  The  telegram  adds,  “ reported 
huge  advance  believed  fictitious.”  It  is  somewhat 
difficult  to  determine  exactly  what  this  means  as 
the  sentence  now  stands;  but  if  the  word  xhipments 
be  substituted  for  advance,  it  would  make  it  clear 
that  the  heavy  shipments  which  would  appear  to 
have  been  reported  as  coming  from  Ceylon  were 
believed  to  be  fictitious — hence  the  excitement  and 
the  consequent  rise  in  value.  Prior  to  the  auctions 
telegrams  were  received  wanting  Cinnamon ; but  the 
knowing  ones  would  not  entertain  any  offer  what- 
ever, seeing  that  the  expoi’ts  were  comparatively 
small.  The  next  sales  may  see  a drop  of  2d.;  but 
we  hope  that  the  price  will  be  maintained.  The 
prices  realised  at  the  May  Sales  for  Ordinary  were 
as  follows : — 
No.  1 9d, 
2 8id. 
3 8f. 
1 7d. 
The  comrai'ison,  therefore,  with  the  August  Auc- 
tions will  be : — 
No.  1 lid. 
2 IQid. 
3 lOd. 
4 9d. 
Ci'iUamon  Chips  arc  badly  wanted  today,  and 
E'll)  has  been  quoted  per  Candy. — Local  “Examiner.” 

A LAKGE  OIIDEK  EOK  gUININE. 
General  Martinez  Campos  has  asked  for  600  kilo- 
grammes of  quinine  for  the  ai-my  in  Cuba.  The 
Spanish  Minister  of  War  has  consequently  ordered 
that  this  enormous  quantity  of  quinine  be  procured 
at  once,  and  on  consulting  the  chief  of  the  military 
laboratory  200  kilos,  was  promised  to  be  ready  for 
delivery  during  the  present  month. — Pharmaceutical 
journal,  Aug.  18. 
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CHINA  TEA  IN  SOUTH  AFKICA. 
As  everybody  knows,  China  tea  is  being  rapidly 
ousted  from  the  European  market  by  the  leaf  of  India 
and  Ceylon,  and  not  even  the  divorce  of  the  rupee 
from  silver,  caused  by  tlie  closure  of  the  Indian  mints, 
has  arrested  the  iiiovemeiit.  On  the  other  hand,  it 
is  curious  to  find  indications  of  a boom  in  China  tea 
in  the  South  African  market.  Tlie  steamer  “ Umkuzi,” 
the  name  of  which  faintly  recalls  Mi.  Kider  Hag- 
■rard's  novels,  cleared  for  Natal  and  other  South 
African  ports  on  the  10th  current,  carrying  no  fewer 
than  12,416  chests  of  China  tea  which  had  been  tran- 
shipped at  Calcutta  from  Hongkong.  Algoa  Bay  takes 
7,568  chests.  Natal  1,920,  Cape  Town  1.570,  the  re- 
mainder being  divided  between  East  London,  Delagoa 
B'v  and  Morrell  Bay.  These  figures  bulk  largely 
w ,i'  i c l uii’ve.l  with  the  exp  rt  ofindian  tea  to  South 
Africa,  vvnr.,h  in  1894-95  was  only  19,986  lb. — Pioneer. 

A GI.UT  IN  THE  TOBACCO  MARKET. 
At  Amsterdam,  a cry  of  alarm  has  been  raised 
that  there  is  too  much  tobacco  in  the  market.  The 
Deli  Courant  finds  that  there  are  good  grounds  now 
for  fearing  a glut  in  the  tobacco  market  in  the  near 
future.  Experts  hold  that  dai^er  arises  the  mo- 
ment the  output  of  tobacco  in  Deli  exceeds  2iX),000 
bales  a year.  That  limit  was  reached  by  the  crop 
of  1894.  The  outlook  iu  1895  points  also  to  a heavy 
yield,  and,  should  matters  not  mend,  a crash  is  un- 
avoidable in  1896  or  1897. 
SUCCESSFUL  AGRI-HOKTICULTUKAL 
SHOW  IN  THE  STRAITS  SETTLEMENTS. 
F'roni  Mr.  A.  B.  Stephens’  Report  on  the 
Agri- Horticultural  Show  Held  at  Batu  Gajah 
on  the  T2tli  and  18tli  July,  1895,  we  quote 
a few  paragraph.s  : — 
Economic  PaonucTS— was  a poor  show  compared 
with  last  year,  a sugar  cane  from  Mataug  35  feet 
long  getting  one  of  the  first  prizes.  Coconuts  were 
very  fine,  the  best  coming  from  Setiawana.  Coffee 
had  12  native  exhibits.  Copra  was  exceedingly  fine. 
Seven  lots  of  oils  were  shewn.  Rattan  w.i.s  well 
represented,  so  was  pepper,  20  lots  being  exhibited, 
Gapis  Estate  being  first,  Syed  Musa  second.  Tapioca 
Hour  had  16  exhibits,  but  tapioca  only  one.  ’i’i^ter- 
loo  aud  Kaniuning  each  worn  first  price  for  Ai-abian 
and  Liberian  Coffee,  respectively. 
Minkkals. — This  was  a new  departure  and  a num- 
ber of  valuable  collections  of  Ore  and  Minerals  were 
shewn — Mr.  C.  Wray’s  being  the  best,  then  came  Mr. 
Fincham’s,  Mr.  Plumbe's  aud  others  also  being  good. 
A very  good  working,  model  of  a mine  was  erected 
and  the  whole  smelting  operations  for  tin  were 
shewn. 
Elephants.— About  forty  animals  were  shewn,  a 
very  handsome  spectacle — only  about  five  elephants 
were  exhibited  at  our  Taiping  Show.  The  elephant 
race  was  very  amusing  and  a close  finish  witnessed; 
the  elephants  were  afterwards  put  over  some 
obstacles. 
The  Larut  gaol  sent  three  railway  truck  loads  of 
rattan  aud  wood-work  exhibits  of  furniture,  and  they 
were  so  much  admired  that  not  a single  article  re- 
mained unsold  and  H.H.  the  Sultan  of  Kedah  wished 
to  buy  the  whole  lot  as  they  stood. 
The  gentlemen  who  took  charge  of  the  different 
sections  worked  hard  to  make  their  divisions  a success. 
Messrs.  Metcalfe,  Berwick,  Cox,  Harfleet  and  Finch.am 
working  exceedingly  hard,  and  to  the  last  named  is 
due  all  that  was  shewn  in  the  Mining  Deparment. 
Mr.  Hanson  gave  me  a great  deal  of  assistance,  and 
to  him  I owe  the  wire  fencing  which  have  such  a 
finished  appearance  to  the  ‘buildings  generally.  Mr. 
Marks  did  a great  deal  of  hard  work  and  was  always 
ready  and  willing  to  push  on  everyihing,  and  to  him 
a great  deal  of  the  success  of  the  Show  is  due. 
For  the  outside  districts,  as  far  as  one  could  judge 
by  results,  I would  mention  Mr.  Voules  first,  then 
Mr.  Berkeley,  who  managed  the  elephants,  etc.,  so 
well,  and  then  Mr.  Bowen,  who  if  lie  did  not  win 
many  prizes,  tried  hard.  Lower  Perak  and  Krian 
sent  a great  number  of  handsome  and  valuable  exhi- 
bits, Upper  Perak,  Batang  Padang  and  Larut  sent 
very  few  exhibits.  Kuala  Kangsar  had  most  of  the 
fruit  exhibits  and  got  the  prizes  for  them. — Perak 
Government  Gacette,  .tug.  18. 
CoEEKE  Notes.— The  Popular  de  Tauhate  tells  of 
two  planters  who  gather  their  coffee  with  the  pulp 
already  removed,  this  service  being  performed  for 
them  by  bats,  which  eat  the  pulp  as  fast  as  tlie 
coffee  ripens.  This  species  of  hat  should  be  culti- 
vated; 
