Nov,  1,  1895. J 
THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
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last,  and  are  included  in  those  enumerated  in  the 
annexed  Balance  Sheet,  do  not  participate  in  the 
Dividends  now  proposed  to  be  paid,  these  Dividends 
having  been  earned  during  the  Crop  Year  which 
ended  on  iJOlh  Juno  last.  For  the  same  reason  the 
Debentures  to  tlie  nominal  amount  of  £2il,000,  Nos, 
121— 3, 'iO,  will  not  participate  in  the  next  drawings 
for  redemption.  Arbutiinot,  Lathaii  & Co., 
General  Manager. 
.33,  Great  St.  Helens,  E.C., 
23i*d  September,  1895. 
THE  INDIAN  TEA  CROP. 
In  their  circular  of  the  16th  April  last,  the  General 
Committee  of  the  Indian  Tea  Association  gave  an 
estimate  of  the  outturn  of  the  present  season’s  crop 
of  Indian  tea  based  upon  the  following  figures, 
which  they  had  been  able  to  collect ; — 
ORIGINAL  ESTIMATE  OF  CROP  OF  1895. 
lb. 
Assam  - - - 57,531,490 
Cachar  - - - 19,405,880 
Sylhet  • - - 22,272,000 
Darjeeling  - - - 8,069,210 
Terai  - - - 3,176,000 
Dooars  - - • 19,864.240 
Chittagong  - - • 842,000 
ChotaNagpore  • • 238,800 
Kangra  ■ • • 3,000,000 
Dehra  Doon  and  Kumaon  • 2,000,000 
Private  and  riative  gardens  • 4,000,000 
140,390,520 
From  the  figures  which  have  since  been  obtained, 
a revised  estimate  has  been  prepared,  based  upon 
actual  results  to  the  31st  August,  as  follows  : — 
Manufactured  Manufactured 
to  31st  Aug. 
to  31st  Aug. 
1894. 
1895. 
lb. 
lb. 
Assam 
- 32,987,585 
34,286,191 
Cachar 
- 10,783,203 
10,332,442 
Sylhet 
- 10,695,213 
11,967,318 
Darjeeling 
Terai 
- .5,164,574 
6,089,418 
- 2,004,966 
1,707,7.38 
10,802,538 
Dooars 
- 8,983,916 
Chittagong 
459,257 
361,759 
Chota-Nagpore 
91,061 
131,231 
71,169,775 
75,678,535 
REVISED  ESTIMATE  OF  CROP  OF  1895. 
lb. 
Assam 
56,874,241 
Cachar 
17,421,950 
Sylhet 
22,910,208 
Darjeeling 
8,479,854 
Terai 
2,472,116 
Dooars 
20,044,489 
Chittagong 
Chota-Nagpore 
921,746 
203,360 
Kangra 
- 
2,808,000 
Dehra  Doon  & Kumaon  (Estimate) 
2,000,000 
Private  & native  gardens  do  - 
4,000,000 
138,135,964 
being  2,254,556  lb.  less  than  the  original  estimate  of 
the  crop.  Estimating  shipments  to  the  Colonies  and 
other  ports  with  local  consumption  at  14  millions, 
there  would  remrin  about  124  million  lb.  for  ex- 
port to  Great  Britain.  Actual  shipments  to  date  to 
Great  Britain  are  66,389,121  lb  as  against  61,908,561 
lb.  to  same  date  last  year. — Madras  Times,  Oct.  17. 
The  Duty  on  Tea  in  W.  Australia.— A gen- 
tleman writes  from  Perth,  W.  Australia,  to  a 
contemporary  ; — “ As  you  are  probably  aware, 
our  Government  has  placed  tea  on  the  free  li.st, 
and  the  new  tariff  came  into  operation  on  the 
1st  September.  The  duty  on  tea  has  always  been 
4d.  per  lb.,  so  that  you  wdll  see  the  remo\al  of 
such  a heavy  duty  all  at  once  has  simply  demo- 
ralized the  market  here.  Teas  are  selling  locally 
below  cost,” 
CINCHONA  IN  INDIA. 
Our  Simla  correspondent  telegraphs  us  concern- 
ing a table  compiled  by  Mr.  O’ Conor  with  respect 
to  the  cinchona  industry  in  India.  Statistics  show, 
we  are  told,  that  there  has  been  a steady  decline 
in  the  cultivation  of  this  product,  the  area  un- 
der cultivation  in  1886-87  and  in  1894-95  being 
shown  as  follows  ; — 
1886-87. 
1894-95. 
Acres 
Acres 
Madras 
8,989 
5,819 
Bengal 
3,624 
2,. 508 
Mx  sore 
271 
350 
Coorg 
1,707 
32 
14,491 
8,709 
We  are  not  in  a position  to  question  the  accuracy  of 
these  ft ugures,  but  the  remark  that  the  table  points 
conclusively  ” to  a stead]]  decline  of  the  cinchona  indus- 
try in  India  would  appear  to  be  c'nallenged  so  far  as 
Madras  is  concerned  by  a Blue-Book  now  before  us. 
In  a statistical  abstract  relating  to  British  India 
for  1882-83  to  1891-92— a parliaineniary  blue-book — 
we  find  the  area  under  Cinchona  in  1891-92  given 
as  follows ; — 
Cooi’g  . . . . . . • ■ 63  acres 
Madras  10,799  „ 
so  that  in  1891-92  there  was  a larger  area  under 
Cinchona  in  this  Presidency  than  there  was  in 
1886  87  in  Madras,  Mysore  and  Coorg  combined. 
There  can.  however,  be  no  doubt  that  the  Cinchona 
industry  even  in  Madras  is  not  what  it  was. 
For  this  the  Government  itself  is  partly  to  blame,  but 
the  main  influence  appears  to  have  been  the  down- 
ward rush  of  prices  that  occurred  a few  years 
ago  in  consequence  of  Supply  greatly  exceeding 
Demand. — Madras  Tines. 
— : ^ 
EXTRAORDINARY  SINGLE  LEAVES  ON 
THE  VICTORIA  REGIA. 
From  the  measurements  gis^en  in  a recent  issue 
of  the  Gardeners’’  Chronicle  of  leaves  of  the  \"ic- 
toria  Regia  in  the  Royal  Botanic  Society’s  Gar- 
den, Regent’s  Park,  London,  it  would  appear  as 
though  some  of  the  leaves  upon  a ])laut  of  tlie 
same  species  growing  in  the  Sheffield  Botanic 
Garden  are  still  larger.  I have  never  seen  a 
more  vigorous  plant,  or  one  with  liner  leaves, 
than  tlie  Sheffield  specimen.  The  t.ank  in  which 
the  plant  is  growing  is  28  feet  in  diameter,  and 
even  this  width  is  insufficient  for  the  leaves  to 
develop  fully,  as  tliey  get  damaged  by  being 
squeezed  against  the  shies  of  the  tank.  The  sur- 
face of  the  water  is  entirely  covered  with  leaves  • 
the  dowers  are  large  and  numerous,  and  at  the 
time  of  w'liting  there  are  flower-buds  in  various 
stages  of  development  showing  above  the  surface 
of  the  water.  Today,  September  24,  the  laro-est 
leaf  measured  w'as  7 feet  3|  inches  in  dianuTter 
inside  measurement,  with  a turned  up  margin  34 
inches  iiigh,  which  gives  the  full  measurement  of 
7 feet  inches  diameter.  The  next  hardest 
leaf  is  7 feet  2 inches.  Then  tliei  e are  tliret'  of 
7 feet  1 inch,  and  2 of  7 feet;  two  younger  leaves 
each  07  feet  and  another  5^  feet.  There  are  also 
upon  the  plant  three  smaller  ones.  Four  leaves 
have  been  cut  from  the  plant,  each  of  which 
measured  upwards  of  7 feet  in  diameter.  All 
the  above  measurements  w'ere  taken  inside,  with- 
out calculating  the  rims,  wiiich  vary  from  3 to 
4 inches  in  depth.  — William  Harroiii,  in  “Gard- 
eners’ Chronicle.” 
'IFAFMFQQ  describing  a ren’lly 
JLnriiLOOi  genuine  Cure  for  Deafness, 
Ringing  in  Ears  &c.,  no  matter  ho w'  severe  or  Ion".-’, 
standing,  will  be  sent  post  fi-ee.— Artiiici.al  Ear- 
drums  ami  similar  appliances  entirely  .sii|jer.seded 
Address  THOMA.S  KEMPE,  Victoria  Cii  \,vi- 
RF.R.S,  19,  SOUTHAMP’TON  BUILDINGS,  HOLDOKN 
London. 
