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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
[Oct.  I,  1895. 
INDIAN  TEA  SALES. 
CEV'LUN  TEA  IN  AUSTRALIA. 
{From  Wcdson,  Sibthorp  cC-  Co.'s  Report). 
Calcuxia,  Sept.  18th,  18U5. 
‘24,123  packages  changed  hands  in  the  sales  held  on 
th“'  12th  instant.  The  market  was  active,  common 
sorts,  especially  Pekoes,  being  in  very  strong  de- 
mand at  a further  slight  advance,  while  the  better 
grades  sold  irregularly  with  here  and  there  a ten- 
dency in  buyers’  favor. 
Buyers  for  the  Colonies  and  Bombay  were  very 
keen,  and  suitable  teas,  particularly  for  the  latter 
market,  realised  very  full  prices. 
The  average  price  of  the  24,123  packages  sold  is 
As.  8-4  or  about  8|d  per  lb.  as  compared  with  18,967 
packages  sold  on  the  13th  September  1894  at  As.  8-9  or 
about  9id  per  lb.  and  15,381  packages  sold  on  the 
14th  September  1893  at  As.  6-7  or  nearly  8-1  d per  lb. 
The  ej^orts  from  1st  May.  to  16th  September  from 
here  to  Great  Britain  are  5[), 798, 142  lb.  as  compared 
with  55,169,921  lb.  at  the  corresponding  period  last 
season  and  47,776,962  lb.  in  1893. 
Note. — Last  sale’s  average  was  As.  8-2  or  about 
8id  per  lb. 
Exchange. — Document  bills,  6 months’  sight. 
Is  l-ll-16d. 
P’keight. — Steamer  -tT-12-tj  per  ton  of  50  c.ft. 
THE  SEASON  IN  MADRAS. 
Yesterday  the  Board  of  Revenue  telegraphed  to 
the  Government  of  India  for  the  week  ending  the 
21st  instant  as  follows  : — “ Rainfall  is  good  in  Gan- 
jam  and  Cuddapah  ; fair  elsewhere,  except  in  Coim- 
batore, Madura  and  Tinnevelly.  Agricultural  opera- 
tions are  proceeding.  Standing  crops  are  generally 
fair  and  improving  after  the  recent  rains,  but 
withered  or  withering  in  parts  of  Madura  and  Tinue- 
Velly.  Want  of  rain  is  felt  also  in  parts  of  Nellore, 
Cuddapah  and  North  Arcot.  Some  harvest  is  going 
on  with  generally  moderate  yield.  Pasture  and 
fodder  are  generally  sufficient.  Cattle  is  in  generally 
food  condition.  Prices  are  falling  in  parts  of  the 
)eccan  ; elsewhere  generally  stationary,  but  dry 
grains  are  slightly  dearer  in  Godavari  and  Coimba- 
tore.”— M.  Mail,  Sept.  25. 
DRUG  REPORT. 
(From  Chemist  and  Dnai'jist.) 
Loiuloii,  iScpt.  11th. 
Caffeine,  'rhe  manufactures  are  very  busy  executing 
orders,  and  for  September  delivery  22.s  per  lb.  is  tlie  (pio- 
tation,  although  it  might  perhaps  be  possible  to  Imy  a 
fraction  below  tliat  price.  For  October-November  delivery 
the  makers  would  accept  20s  and  the  price  for  December 
delivery  has  recently  been  reduced  to  18s  per  lb.  Most 
people  interested  in  the  article  .seem  inclined  to  think 
that  it  will  not  fall  below  that  figure. 
Cinchona.— The  following  figures  are  given  concerning 
the  movement  of  cinchona-bark  on  the  Amsterdam  market. 
'I’he  Amsterdam  stock  on  August  31  consisted  of  10,080 
bales  of  wliich  1,902  were  produced  on  the  Government 
plantations,  the  remainder  on  private  iil.uitations.  The 
imports  in  the  course  of  the  month  of  August  amounted 
to  4,040  bales,  and  the  sales  to  0,0V0  bales. 
Quinine  has  been  very  neglected  through  the  week,  and 
no  business  of  any  importance  can  be  reported.  The 
nominal  tpiotation  for  .second-hand  German,  in  bulk,  re- 
mains IH.ld  per  07..  at  which  there  are  sellers,  but  there 
are  no  buyers  over  Is  Gd  per  oz. 
Vanii-I.v  in  small  supply  ; good  (|ualities,  however,  are 
firmly  held,  and  .sobl  at  an  advance  of  about  Is  last  week. 
/'dlAFED  SKIN,  ITLES,  SCALDS,  BRUISES, 
{ ] C U 'I’S,  S'r I N ( i S,  N E U B AL(  J IC  ami  R II E V - 
i^iTC  PAINS,  SORE  EYES,  KAK-ACIIE, 
TIIROA'I'  CUJ.DS,  ami  SKIN  A1L.MENTS quickly 
relieved  By  CALVERTS  CARBOLIC  OlRTlViElNT* 
use  or 
Lav'e  Pots  13pl.  each  (Englisli  rate.)  Sold  at 
^)Ueniists,  Stores,  A’c. 
f.  C.  CALVERT  & CO.,  Maiicliestei'j 
(Alfred  Harvey  A Co.'s  Mo)ithly  Tea  Report.) 
MELBouuNE-SyDNEV,  Sept.  47. 
Ge.neual.— The  third  series  of  sales  of  Foochow 
Teas,  ex  “ Taiyuan,”  was  held  on  the  5th,  the 
features  of  which  were  the  reluctance  of  the  trade 
to  bid  the  higher  price  that  increased  cost  demanded, 
firmness  upon  that  part  of  holders  resulting  in  the 
greater  bulk  of  the  offerings  being  withdrawn,  and 
the  larger  quantity  of  good  Panyong  kinds,  sold 
from  5Jd,  to  63d,  being  taken  by'  a speculator.  The 
position  of  both  the  markets  of  supply  and  con- 
sumption, as  regards  the  stocks  available  seems  to 
warrant  the  safety  of  the  spec.,  irrespective  of  the 
strong  advance  in  value  of  leaf  since  the  Foochow 
market  opened. 
Much  larger  supplies  of  Indians  have  been  avail- 
able during  the  mouth,  and  these,  owing  to  the 
heavy  falling-off  in  supplies  from  Ceylon,  found  ready 
buyers  at  last  month’s  rates,  with  an  improvement 
in  one  or  two  choice  breaks  shown.  Calcutta,  in 
sympathy  with  its  rival  markets  of  production,  has 
shown  an  advancing  market  during  the  month  marked 
with  a decided  firmness  at  close,  both  in  value  of 
leaf  and  exchange. 
The  continued  advance  of  the  Colombo  market  has 
materially  reduced  shipments  to  Australian  ports, 
and  has  resulted  in  very  high  prices  being  paid  for 
the  few  small  lota ' of  true  Ceylon-fiavoured  Teas 
offered.  The  lower  qualities  show  no  change,  the 
falling-off  in  supply  being  no  greater  than  that  of 
demand 
Stock  in  bond  on  the  7th  were  3,485,979  lb.  as 
against  3,884,755  lb.  at  some  time  last  year. 
Ceylon. — The  very  high  prices  ruling  in  Colombo 
have  checked  shipments  to  all  Australian  ports  ; con- 
sequently for  the  few  true-flavoured  lots  offei’ed  upon 
this  market  further  strong  advances  have  been  paid, 
■‘Bombays.”  owing  to  the  better  supply  of  low- 
grade,  clean  liquoring  Indians,  have  been  not  only 
without  change,  but  the  demand  has  fallen  away  as 
rapidly  as  the  shipments  have  diminished.  As  usual, 
the  bulk  of  the  sales  have  been  effected  privately, 
only  about  700  chests  being  printed,  and  these  sold 
at  fancy  prices  whenever  the  lot  offered  showed  good 
Ceylon  flavour,  whether  it  was  a Pekoe  Souchong  or 
Orange  Pekoe.  Prices  paid  were E’er  Dust,  6id  to 
5i)d ; rough  Leaf,  5Jd  to  5Rl ; “Bombays,”  5^d  to 
6fd  ; clean  Pekoe  Souchongs,  7d  to  7id  ; good  flavour, 
up  to  8jd ; Pekoes,  7Jd  for  clean,  up  to  lOd  for  good 
flavour;  Orange  Pekoes,  8.Jd  for  tippy,  up  to  Is  IJd 
for  fine  hill-grown.  Nothing  choice  shown  publicly, 
but  small  lots  sold  privately  at  Is  4d  to  la  6d. 
Stocks  in  bond  on  the  7th  were  342,384  Ih. 
LONDON  REPORTS  ON  CEYl.ON 
PRODUCE. 
COFFEE. 
August  Brazil  receipts  totalled  810,000  bags  against 
844,000  bags  last  year,  ami  to  date  .since  1st  .Tuly  1,325,000 
against  1,460,000  in  1894.  The  fact  of  such  hejivy  receipts 
has  led  to  the  belief  in  some  quarters  that  the  esti- 
mates of  the  jn-esent  crop  will  be  exceeded.  Messrs, 
h'aria  Cunha  & Go.,  liio,  Me.s.srs.  Goetz  Hayn  & Go.,  and 
Messrs.  .lames  Mathew  & Go.,  .Santos,  have  cabled  to  this 
effect.  .Simultaneously  favorable  reports  as  to  the  189ti-97 
crops  have  come  to  hand,  advices  stating  that  the  weather 
is  tine,  and  prospects  under  pre.sent  conditions  point  to 
a large  yield.  It  is  certainly  early  to  talk  at  all  defi- 
nitely a.s  to  1896-97  eroiis,  all  wo  can  gather  is  that  the 
liresent  conditions  are  favorable.  'I'hese  telegr.aius,  com- 
hined  with  liberal  receipts,  have  adversely  affected  ter- 
minal markets.  In  Havre  prices  have  eased  li  to  2frs., 
in  bondoii  Is  9d  to  2s.  'The  undertone  is  easy,  but  specu- 
lation continues  cautious,  operators  do  not  seem  inclined 
to  take  strong  views  at  least  for  the  pre.sent,  and  a 
waiting  market  is  the  result.  Cost  and  freight  prices  in 
Brazil  keep  remarkably  steady.  Buyers  are  reluctant, 
having  the  opinion  that  with  Iteavy  receipts  Brazil  mu.st 
come  to  them.  On  the  spot  tlie  public  sale.s  have  been 
small,  prices  are  steady,  commoner  kinds  of  Columbian 
only  being  more  difficult  of  .s;ilo.  Messr.s.  Ouuring  and 
/oon's  niontldy  figures  just  to  liand  by  wire  show  a de- 
crease in  tlie  F.uronean  stocks  of  2,S.'>0  tons,  and  an  in- 
creu.se  in  tlie  World’s  Visible  Sujiply  of  13,860  tons,-' 
/.  A.  iiitcicer  ib  JSaiciaft's  Ueport,  tSept,  5tU, 
