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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
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12  21 
10  58 
2 77 
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1 76 
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1 00 
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2 45 
5 33 
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1 88 
6 81 
4 33  10  20 
26 
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1 98 
0 22 
0 05 
0 65 
481  477  447 
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do 
7 78 
6 97 
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17  06 
56  96 
38  22 
22  80 
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9 06 
0 58 
1 05 
1 65 
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10  23 
12  30 
11  68 
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9 49 
6 37 
3 80  103 
1 51 
0 29 
0 52 
0 82 
27  514  27  527  27  455 
5 11 
6 15 
5 84 
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1 56 
3 46 
2 69  19  10 
28 
13th 
3 31 
0 23 
2 08 
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27  460  27  460  27  430 
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’94 
7 06 
8 20 
7 71 
0 49 
3 56 
2 04 
16  21 
26 
7th 
2 95 
0 31  ,.1  00 
0 66 
476  470  440 
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6 69 
7 82 
7 64 
6 
0 44 
3 24 
1 68  14  89 
28 
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2 40 
0 10 
065 
0 65 
476  471  463 
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do 
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7 50 
8 00 
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1 05 
3 60 
1 8.5  13  95 
25 
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4 35 
0 78 
0 75 
0 51 
575  568  554 
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5 04 
7 36 
7 16 
2 74 
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0 97 
3 93 
2 43 
3 56 
18 
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1 87 
0 85 
1 40 
0 72 
632  636  615 
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do 
4 30 
6 10 
4 97 
1 60 
2 42 
6 16 
390 
0 77 
12 
27th 
0 39 
0 31 
0 86 
0 44 
678  718  688 
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do 
360 
660 
5 70 
0 68 
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6 93 
23  95  14  59  68  58  137 
15  27 
2 58 
6 74 
3 98 
3 297  3 323  3 190 
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1 12 
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7 79 
5 63 
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52  85 
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2 00 
6 74 
4 40 
7 61 
17 
2 03 
0 39 
0 97 
0 70  27  538  27  547  27  513 
5 62 
6 99 
6 61 
1 67 
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6 
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3 
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VARIOUS  PLANTING  NOTES. 
The  Indian  Tea  Crop. — Full  particulars  of 
the  original  and  latest  Estimates  for  the  current 
season’s  crop  will  be  found  in  our  Tropical  Agri- 
culturist. Out  of  a total  crop  of  138,13.5,964  lb. 
for  1895,  it  is  expected  tliat  124,000,000  lb.  will 
be  shipped  to  the  United  Kingdom.  This  is 
against  118,417,084  lb.  sent  thither  in  1894-95. 
Limited  Companies  in  Ceylon.— The  year 
1895  is  likely  to  be  a record  one  in  the  history 
of  Ceylon  in  reference  to  tlie  formation  of  Limited 
Coni])anies  : liere  is  a list  of  tlie  21  Companies 
registered  so  far  in  Ceylon  this  year,  and  with  a 
totai  capital  of  1110,195,000: — 
1895 — Names  of  Companies.  Capital. 
It. 
Colombo  Fort  Land  and  Building  Coy.,  Ltd.  750,000 
Blackstone  Estate  Company,  Ltd.  ..  130,000 
Kandy  Hotels  Company,  Ltd.  . . 400,000 
Kelani  Tea  Garden  Company,  Ltd.  . . 300,000 
Beaumont  Tea  Company  of  Ceylon,  Ltd.  . . 500,000 
Ottery  Tea  Company  of  Ceylon,  Ltd.  . . 500,000 
Udabage  Company,  Ltd.  . . 300,000 
Noml.  Capital 
Union  Estates  Company,  Ltd.  . . 500,000 
Hill  Club  Company,  Ltd.  . . 50,000 
Galle  Face  Company,  Ltd.  . . 500,000 
Claremont  Estate  Company,  Ltd.  . . 65,000 
Estates  Company  of  Uva  ..  750,000 
Uvakellie  Tea  Company  cf  Ceylon,  Ltd.  . . 500,000 
Nyassaland  Coffee  Company,  Ltd.  . . 300,000 
Kirklees  Estate  Company,  Ltd.  . . 100,000 
Doonioo  Tea  Company  of  Ceylon,  Ltd.  . . 500,000 
Ceylon  Provincial  Estates  Company,  Ltd.  1,000,000 
High  Forests  Estates  Company.  Ltd.  . . 1,000,000 
Clyde  Tea  Estates  Company,  Ltd.  . , 300,000 
Ruanwella  Tea  Company,  Ltd.  ..  750,000 
Ceylon  Hills  Tea  Estates  Company,  Ltd.  . . 1,000,000 
Total..  1110,195,000 
A New  London  standard  of  Indian  “ type  tea’’ 
conies  into  force  next  month.  It  is  said  to  be  about 
a half-penny  a pound  inferior  to  the  old. — Madras 
Times. 
The  Season’s  Tea  Crop.— The  revised  estimate  of 
the  Indian  tea  crop,  will  probably  not  be  issued  by 
the  Tea  Association  for  another  week  or  so  ; but  it 
is  generally  expected  that  it  will  show  a reduction 
on  the  original  estimate,  which  put  the  crop  at 
140,390,520  lb.  or  13,262,305  lb.  over  the  actual  out- 
turn of  the  crop  of  1894.  Shipments  to  the  Colonies 
and  other  ports  with  local  consumption  were  put  at 
14  millions,  leaving  about  1261  million  lb.  for  export 
to  Great  Britain,  against  1151  for  1894.  Up  to  ihe 
30th  September,  however,  only  62,254,7061b.  have  been 
shipped,  against  .59, .509,612  lb.  to  same  date  last  year. 
— Indian  Ewjineer. 
False  Brands  on  Tea.— Here  is  what  Messrs. 
Alfred  Harvey  & Co.,  of  Melbourne  and  Sydney 
write  in  their  Monthly  Tea  Circular  received 
today  : — 
“Now  that  the  Customs  have  commenced  to  pro- 
secute traders  for  putting  false  brands  upon  spirits, 
it  is  to  be  hoped  they  will  next  give  some  of  our 
shippers,  importers,  or  dealers  a turn  for  putting 
false  districts  or  descriptions  upon  packages  of  Tea. 
How  much  preferable  to  printing  an  untruth  would  it 
be  to  omit  the  false  name  of  the  district,  and  sell  as 
Orange  Pekoe,  Pekoe,  or  Pekoe  Souchong.  Darjeeling 
has  an  envied  reputation — so  has  hill-grown  Ceylon 
and  neither  should  be  besmirched.’’ 
It  is  evident  therefore  that  Ceylon  tea.s  sent  to 
Melbourne  are  even  now  fraudulently  misrepre- 
.sented— to  go  and  call  a low-grown  tea  by  the 
name  of  a high  district,  is  just  as  bad  as  any- 
thing that  could  happen  from  blending  and  call- 
ing the  result,  “ pure  Ceylon  teas"  ; but  in 
Australia  as  in  England  there  are  experts  whom 
nothing  of  this  sort  can  deceive.” 
