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THE  TROPICAL 
THE  EXPUKT  TRADE  OE  INDIA  TOR  1894-j. 
India  ex|)orteil  “S[>ic;e.s”  to  the  extent  of  28 
millions  of  pounds  weiglit  in  tlie  twelve  months  cml- 
in-'  olst  March  last;  hut  “ ” "hidi  used  to 
he  hy  far  the  most  important  product  
this  heading  has  fallen  greatly  from  its  old  j)osi- 
tion  ; while  the  trade  in  “ginger”  has  developed 
in  (juite  a wonderful  way  during  tiie  past  three 
years  Irom  a total  of  less  than  4^  millioji  Ih. 
HI  lb92-;i  to  more  than  10.^  million  Ih.  in  1894-C5. 
The  olliciai  ligures  for  the  tliree  years  compare 
as  follows  : — 
1 892-03 
tncus:—  b, 
Raid -mams  304,5:;7 
4,711,203 
P-’l'P  1-  12,257,270 
0 li  r toits  8,825,884 
180-394.  1894-95. 
)'-.  i . 
391,010  23-1,493 
C,.534.529  10,243,707 
8,fio.',371  8,135,705 
7,711,279  9,395,262 
T.'t'd  Ih.  21,101,881  23,2£9,189  28,099,307 
In  Cardamoms,  it  will  be  observed,  there  is  a 
considera,!)!e  decrease  on  the  tw-o  previous  years 
— so  tiiat  all  India  now  cx[iorts  loss  than  Ceylon 
which  li.i.s  shipped  200,900  Hi.  in  tlio  nine  months 
of  the  emToiiL  year.  l>ut  then  the  very  large 
home  consumption  in  India  must  he  rcmcmliored. 
iSUHAli,  reliued  or  crystallized,  including  Lhigar 
Candy  : — 
1802-93.  1893-04.  1894-95. 
cut.  cut.  CW’t. 
(■67  106.S50  lri.206 
2.3,193  26,317  3’-9i8 
13,596  13,779  11,925 
To  Ihiitcd 
Kintplom 
„ Ceylon 
Other  G. uni  lies 
T.ital  c»vt 
SUGAK,  unreliiicd, 
or  C.oor  oiul  other  Saccharine  Produce  : — 
37,461  116,9-16  60,179 
':iz.,  Molasses,  and  Jaggery 
To  Cnit  d 
K ngdoni*  (!9,'^,771 
o Egypt  . 
,,  Other  Countries  4 ',3/ 1 
f r t. 
940,122 
82,91() 
127,597 
cwt. 
855  657 
75 
102,375 
1,150,635  958,107 
TtJ  (wt.  798,773 
Of  the  export  and  distrihiition  ot  our  staple 
“Tea”  there  is  not  much  to  remarle  except  that 
the  shipment  to  the  United  States  is  showing 
a continuous  increase  ; but  it  is  unsatisfactory 
to  see  the  great  decline  in  the  quantity  to  Aus- 
tralia, although  oil  the  other  hand,  Ceylon  ex- 
ports are  increasing.  What  we  want  is  to  see 
China  teas  altogether  ousted  and  the  taste  fully 
established  for  India  and  Ceylon  tea  : — 
1892-93.  1893-91.  189-4-95. 
> i.;a  lb.  lb.  18. 
'J'o  United  King- 
, aoni  108,513.141  116.007,328  118,417,084 
United  .States  49,9:>7  1I5,«G1  227,595 
Persia 
1,400, (125  2,197, .525  3,172,890 
Australia  3,908,087  0.2.39,538  4,871,919 
(Hlu  r Countries  841,037  1,472,-123  2,409,912 
1,605,047 
97,910 
11). 
8,672,951 
786,78.5 
1,737,318 
94,645 
lb. 
9,719,331 
8''3,229 
Totallb.  111,722,447  126,332,-175  129,099,316 
'I'he  sh'pm  n's  of  C nehona  Bark  shew  a slight 
increas  , n 1 the  d irei  se  in  the  esport  (f  ojimn 
is  n teworlhy; — 
CNCiio.XA  Batik  lb.  ‘2.M3  J137 
OcuiM  c\n.  104,0.d8 
UmuLnifactured  ll,^t)8,4p 
.NUiiutactlirfd  8-.5,iW 
Xext  come  a variety  of  , 
le-  interest  to  us  in  Ceylon,  i he  lalling-oll  in 
Cntcli  omdit  to  be  of  some  concern  to  tim  new 
‘‘(Uch”  (’o>>.pany  at  Trincomaleo Of  Myro- 
Inlans,  Ceylon  exports  an  aiiprecialde  (|uanlity 
,,wl  .r  m-oai  deal  more  eonld  lie  obtained  under 
careful, "ex  tended  suiiervisioii  of  our  lores  Is  : 
* Jaggery  to  bo  refined. 
iirodnets  of  more  or 
AGRICULTURIST. 
[Nov.  X, 
I ‘Sp.S- 
Byeing  and  Tanning  M.iteiiiai.s 
cwt. 
cw  t. 
cwt. 
Ciifcii 
22).3!G 
187,115 
1.5.5,032 
1 lidigo 
12->,7()3 
131,;:99 
166,303 
Myi-'  baba:  s 
067,549 
830,520 
1,123,113 
SafHowi.'i- 
990 
2.353 
1 790 
'J  nrmeric 
50,907 
68,551 
119,422 
( lii-s  : — 
g dion.s. 
gallons. 
. gallon 
Animal 
39,695 
50,352 
10,325 
Ess'-ntial 
l«,-i()l 
19,03.5 
20.174 
Idimr.al 
7 1 ,780 
67,377 
48,39! 
Pai-effii  e Wax 
21.-278 
28,858 
25,458 
Vegetable,  not  Essenti.i! — (,'astor: 
To  United  King- 
— 
doni 
1.1  ■'3,0815 
958,759 
1,183,265 
,,  Australia 
678,807 
545,262 
635,0.50 
„ Other  Countries  767.099  790,623  860.921 
Total  gallons  2,578,992  2,294,614  2,079,236 
The  inc  ease  in 
arked  : — 
the  export  of  Coconut  Oil  is  very 
Coconut  Gallons  1,643,971  821,355  2,285,524 
TilorJinjili  lO.Tam  i«soai  ow.j -7.1  > 
Other  kinds 
Borax 
Till  Bhipments  of  Indiaiubbcr,  year  by  year,  from 
India,  keep  wondc  fully  ste>dy  at  between  9,000 
and  10,000  cwt.  c llected  chietly  in  Northern  Bengal 
and  Assam  forests: — 
Cacu'ichouc,  Raw  : — 
cwt. 
mvt. 
cwt. 
To  United  Kingdom 
7,7 12 
7,721 
6,695 
,,  Other  Countries 
2,260 
1,895 
2,575 
Total  cwt. 
9,972 
9,616 
9,270 
,,  359, 1 ^ 4 
cwt.  75,-338 
cwt.  7i077 
328,763 
44,616 
7,230 
529,192 
4-2.810 
7,880 
BATS  ! 
The  Popular  de  Tauhate  tells  of  two  planters  who 
gather  their  coffee  with  the  pulp  already  removed, 
this  service  being  performed  for  them  by  b.ats,  which 
eat  the  pulp  as  fast  as  the  coffee  ripens.  This  species 
of  bat  should  be  cultivated  in  Selangor. — S.  F.  Press 
THE  PINE  HILL  ESTATES  COMPANY, 
LIMITED. 
ANNUAD  GENERA!.  MEETING. 
The  annual  general  meeting  of  this  Company  wnis, 
pursuant  to  notice,  held  at  Wr.  L.  P.  Fisher’s  oflice. 
Palace  Square,  Kandy,  at  11-.30  a.m.  on  Saturday- 
last,  wdien  there  w'cre  present  Messrs.  .T.  Roydon 
Hughes  (ill  the  chair),  L.  P.  Fisher.  R.  E.  Prance 
H.  St.  B.  Evans,  Hunter,  and  Lieut.  Herbert.  Miss 
Nicol  was  represented  by  attorney,  and  Messrs.  S.  H. 
Dyer,  A.  Jemniett  .Brown,  and  F.  S.  Hill,  and  Mrs. 
R.  E.  Prance  by  proxy. 
The  notice  convening  the  meeting,  and  the  minutes 
of  the  last  general  meeting,  having  been  read,  the 
report  of  the  Directors  for  the  season  ending  the 
30th  of  June,  1895,  was  submitted  to  the  meeting. 
Mr.  Hugiiks  proposed,  and  Mr.  Fishkr  seconded, 
that  the  report  be  adopted.  Carried. 
Lieut.  Herukrt  moved  that  a final  dividend  ot 
four  per  cent,  be  declared,  making  with  the  pre- 
viously declared  interim  dividend  of  five  per  cent., 
a dividend  for  the  year  of  nine  per  cent.  iMr.  Hunieu 
seconded.  Carried. 
Mr.  Hunter  moved,  and  Mr.  Evans  seconded,  that 
a further  sum  of  R2,000  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the 
reserve  fund.  Carried. 
Ml-.  R.  E.  France  was  re-elected  Director,  and  Mr. 
Guthrie  was  elected  Auditor  for  the  ensuing  year. 
A vote  of  thanks  to  the  chair  then  terminated  the 
proceedings. — Local  “ Times.” 
Bat.s  and  (,‘oi’EEE. — /l/>rof)o.s  of  your  para 
about  hats  and  con'ue  is  Iho  following'  from  Di-. 
Nicliolls’  work  on  'hopirid  dtiiintlfiirr:  “In 
crop  time  one  will  often  .see  paivhnieiit  eofl'ee 
on  tlie  ground  nmb'r  (he  Irci's,  (his  is  usually 
called  ‘ liat-coHee  ’ for  the  bats  have  eaten  the 
])ulp  ami  dropped  the  beaus  envek)[ieil  in  their 
paichmenl.” — Cor, 
