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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICUl.TURIST, 
iNov.  I,  1895. 
TEXTUAL  AFRICA. 
( l' ioni  the  Dvilish  Central  Africa  Gaxette.) 
(Zomba,  Aug  1st.) 
Mr.  Stotesbury,  of  the  Survey  Department  of  India, 
and  a staff  of  Indian  assistants  have  arrived  in  this 
country  10  undertake  for  the  Government  the  syste- 
matic survey  of  the  land  in  the  protectorate.  His  woi'k  in 
addition  to  that  of  Messrs.  T.  H.  Lloyd  and  Anderson 
would  soon  bring  about  the  authoritative  survey  of 
all  estates,  and  greatly  facilitate  the  land  settle- 
ment. Careful  attention  will  be  given  to  the  map- 
ping of  native  reserves. 
Mr.  Poulett  Weatherly,  the  well  known  sportsman 
has  written  us  an  intei'esting  letter  from  Momora, 
in  the  Ulungu  country,  south  of  Tanganyika,  a 
portion  of  which  we  propose  to  publish  in  our 
next  issue.  Mr.  Weatherly  has  started  on  a ten 
months’  exploration  through  the  Awemba  country 
over  a district  quite  unkown  to  Europeans. 
Dr.  Percy  Rendall  writes  : — “ During  a visit  I made 
to  ‘Woodlands  ’ (a  country  house  near  Cape  Town)  I 
was  interested  to  note  a large  herd  of  fallow  deer 
that  were  being  transferred  to  the  Zoological  collec- 
tion in  Mr.  Rhodes’  grounds.  As  far  as  I can  ascer- 
tain fallow  deer  have  never  been  acclimatised  and 
bred  in  South  Africa  before.  In  addition  to  these, 
I saw  Burchell’s  zebra  and  eland  in  captivity  in  the 
grounds  of  the  High  Commissioner.” 
♦ 
JAVA  QUININE. 
The  Java  quinine-factory  scheme,  after  many 
troubles,  is  now  approaching  completion.  syndi- 
cate of  four  gentlemen  have  sent  out  a circular  say- 
ing that  they  have  been  supplied  with  funds  for 
the  erection  of  a factory  which  they  propose  to 
“ locate  ” near  Bandoeng.  The  factory  will  not  pur- 
chase bark  outright,  but  charge  a fixed  pi  ice  for  manu- 
facturing— viz.,  11s  8d  per  kilo,  for  quantities  between 
400,000  and  6(X),000  kilos  per  annum ; lOs  lOd  per 
kilo  for  quantities  between  000,000  and  900,000  kilos  ; 
and  lOs  for  still  larger  parcels,  calculated  upon  an 
average  of  4 per  cent  quinine.  It  is  thought  that 
the  Government  gardens  will  assist  the  factory  by 
sending  their  baA  to  it  for  extraction.  The  co- 
operation of  many  of  the  largest  private  planters  has 
also  been  secured.  The  factory  will  commence  with 
an  annual  capacity  of  600,000  kilos  bark.  It  is  thought 
that  from  15,000  to  20,000  kilos  of  the  quinine  made 
can  be  sold  in  Java  and  the  neighbouring  Dutch 
colonies.  The  trouble,  it  seems  to  us,  will  be  to  pre- 
vent the  prepared  quinine  from  being  “slaughtered” 
on  the  Em'opean  markets  in  the  same  way  as  the 
bark  is  now,  for  no  provision  is  made  to  keep  the 
manufactured  profluet  in  the  control  of  a central 
sale-office.  On  the  contrary,  it  is  to  be  handed 
back  to  the  planter  who  supplied  the  bark,  and  who 
will,  thei'efore,  bo  under  the  same  temptation  to 
sell  with  regard  to  quinine  that  has  been  his  un- 
doing in  the  matter  of  the  mother  substance. — 
Chemist  and  Brufjcjist. 
INDIA  AND  CEYLON  TEAS  IN  AMERICA  : 
STATISTICS  SHOW  THAT  THEIR  SALE 
IS  ON  THE  INCREASE. 
Under  tlie  above  lieading  tiie  New'  York  Mail 
and  Express  publishes  the  following : — 
“Consumption  of  India  and  Ceylon  tea  in  the  United 
States  and  Canada  is  rapidly  on  the  increase.  In 
1890  there  was  a total  consumption  of  2,100,000 
ounds.  In  1894  the  figures  were  6,200,000  pounds, 
hese  teas  are  pure  and  machine  rolled. 
“To  one  who  has  seen  the  Celestial  at  work  rolling 
the  tea  leaves  in  his  bands,  the  best  recommenda- 
tion that  can  be  give.'  to  the  India  and  Ceylon  pro- 
ducts is  that  they  are  machine  rolled.  Tims  all 
foreign  substances  are  kept  out  of  the  machine  rolled 
India  and  Ceylon  teas.  J’hoy  are  also  relatively 
cheaper  than  other  brands.  According  to  the  sta- 
tistics of  the  English  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer, 
three  pounds  of  them  go  a.s  far  as  five  pounds  of 
Chinese  or  Japanese  teas.  They  find  a ready  sale 
in  the  markets.” 
The  .same  issue  contains  a clever  and  very  much 
up-to-date  advertisement  of  Ceylon  and  Indian 
tea.s.  Tlie  “Valkyrie”  and  “Defender,”  the 
former  Hying  a flag  with  “India”  and  the  latter 
a flag  witli  “Ceylon”  im]>rinted  on  it  are  en- 
gaged in  a neck  and  neck  race  while  behind 
lay  tw’o  junks  “China”  and  “Japan.”  The 
letterpress  in  connection  with  the  illustra- 
tion .says  ; — 
“ ‘Good  Thing,  Push  it  Along.’ — ’The  above  dia- 
gram shows  the  types  of  the  fastest  y.achts 
afloat,  as  well  as  of  the  old  Cliincse  junks.  There 
is  as  much  difference  between  “ Defender  ” and 
“ Valkyrie  ” and  the  old-fashioned  junk  as  there  is  be- 
tween the  delicate,  well-flavoured,  machine-made  India 
and  Ceylon  teas  and  the  hand-rolled  and  lead-colored 
Japanese  and  Chinese  article.  The  cornpaiison  is 
striking,  you  say  ! Try  the  teas  and  be  assured  of 
the  statement.  Insist  on  your  grocer  supplying  you 
with  Ceylon  and  India  teas.  Three  pounds  of  India 
and  Ceylon  tea  go  as  far  as  five  pounds  of  China 
and  Japan  teas.” 
Tiie  Brookljn  Daily  Eagle,  which  gives 
prominence  to  the  .same  advertisement  lia.s  the 
follow'ing : — 
“ Machine  vs.  Hand  Made  Teas. — Tea  drinkers  in 
the  United  States  have  discovered  that  teas  grown 
in  Ceylon  and  India,  being  machine  rolled  and 
not  subject  to  objectionable  treatment  by  the  hand, 
are  more  desirable  than  the  Chinese  and  .Japanese 
teas.  E'urthennore,  no  foreign  substances  are  used  in 
India  and  Ceylon  teas  for  coloring  the  product. 
As  to  price,  the  English  Chancellor  of  the  Ex- 
chequer says  that  three  pounds  the  former  is 
equal  to  ' five  pounds  of  the  latter.  The  con- 
sumption of  the.se  British  teas  increased  in  1890 
from  2,100,000  pounds  to  5,200,000  pounds  in  1894.” 
The  advertisement  referred  to  and  the 
figures  (|uoted  al.so  appear  in  the  Bew  Yorl:  Daily 
News. 
The  above  was  in  typo  yesterday.  Tod.ay’s  Kandy 
post  brings  us  a packet  from  tlie  Secretary  of 
tlie  Planters’  Association  giving  cover  to  two 
letters  (and  sani|)le  a Ivertisement  cuttings)  ad- 
dre.ssed  to  Mr.  Wm.  .Mackenzie  by  Uhicago  and 
Toronto  tea  dealers ; but  the  names  .are  not 
given.  The  former  has  started  “the  Monsoon 
Tea”  .and  has  app.irently  been  subsidised  with  a 
supply  of  circulars  and  4,UU0  dollars,  with  which 
we  are  told  a great  work  has  been  done  in 
Chicago  and  the  Western  .States  in  making 
known  “the  Monsoon”  (])ure  Ceylon)  te.a.  But 
they  now  want  10,000  dollars  more  from  “both 
Associations”  (?  Ceylon  and  India — 5,000  each) 
to  work  the  East  and  South — inclmliiiL’’  the 
Atlanta  Exposition  (which  we  had  thought  the 
Conimissioner  and  Committee  of  Thirty  had  blown 
out  of  all  consideration  !).  Here  is  perhaps  tlie 
most  important  pa.ssage  in  the  Chic.ago  letter  : — 
“I  do  not  know  whether  my  plan  of  introducing 
Ceylon  teas  is  the  best  or  not,  hut  what  can  be 
said  of  it  is  this;  that  two  years  ago  sc.rrceiy  a 
pound  of  Indian  or  Ceylon  tea  W'as  used  in  ChiLago 
or  th.'  Wes  , and  now  cvei'y  good  gro-.cr  botli  Inue 
and  over  the  Wcsteriniountry  is  off' ring  it  for  side, 
and  repeat  or.l.  rs  aic  coming  in  claii;. — s .l.  s amount- 
ing to  about  -100  half  chests  per  mouth  ol  ‘Monsoon’ 
alone.” 
.Surely  (be  writer  does  not  mean  that  all  the 
credit  of  the  change  is  due  to  him  or  his 
idan  ? Ho  calmly  ignores  the  International  Ex- 
hibition altogether ! — The  other  letter  is  a 
much  .shorter  one  and  is  apparently  from  a 
I'inn  exhibiting  in  a Canadian  Pood  Show 
and  mentions  th.at  thousands  of  cuj>s  ofteaaie 
being  served  out  daily.  The  di.agrams,  and  the  ad- 
