THE  TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
491 
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The  Monthly  Av  rages  ar  * as  fol  ow'j: — 
Jao.  ijl.,  i-'b.  9jd  , Maiv.li  8i  ; Anril  SJ  1 ; Mav 
811:  Ju'.e  7J  ; .bi’y  7|;  Ahl’h  t 8J-.1 ; Se  t.  PJil ; 
O t.  9J;  Nov.  9i  ; De  e oter  9d  Yeany  Aver  ge 
sa  comp  red  wiih  SJ  1 also  in  1894. 
♦ 
OUK  TEA  CHOP  FOR  189S. 
Time  was,  not  so  very  long  ag(>,  when  we  were  veiy 
.almmliintly  sneered  at,  onr  conleinpuiaiy  ot  tb..- 
“ Times”  as  nsnal  leading  the  way,  lor  anticiiiat- 
iiig  an  e.x])ort  of  a hundred  million  lb.  of  lea  in 
one  year  from  Ceylon;  hut  now  we  have  the  same 
contemporary'  prophesying  that  the  total  expoit 
for  ne.xt  year  is  likely  to  he  nearer  105  than 
100  million  lb.  ! No  doubt  the  district  estimates 
will  shew  an  aggregate  efjual  to  this  fpiantity  ; 
blit  we  would  .suggest  caution  about  the  total 
estimate,  and  lor  this  reasorf True.  for 
tlie  present  year,  the  total  e.v]>orts  are  likely 
to  be  between  94  and  95  million  lb.,  or  nnl- 
lion,  say.  in  excess  of  the  olticial  estimates.  Liit 
it  must  be  remembered  how  1894  (following  on 
the  large  export  of  1898)  shewed  little  or  no  increase. 
To  some  extent,  m.ay  not  the  experience  be  re- 
peated, especially  if  India  has  .a  )iros])erous  year 
in  1890  (as  is  fully  anticipated  to  make  up  for 
the  past  b.ad  .season)  and  so  forces  many  Ceylon 
planters  to  go  in  for  line  plucking  to  make  up 
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for  lower  prices  ? We  would  not,  therefore, 
erstimate  anything  above  109  million  lb.  of  tea 
lor  Ceylun’.s  total  exiiort  in  1890  ; ami  ol  this 
ipianMty  we  should  hope  not  moi-e  than  85  to  8'i 
million  lb.  need  go  to  the  I'niled  Kingdom 
direct. 
TEA  SEED  FOR  (’EVU)N  AND  LOCAE 
IRUIDUCE  FOR  CONDON. 
'I’he  ss  “Simla”  from  Calculta  brought  on 
the  80th  Dec.  1895  280  package.s  of  tea  seed 
and  takes  away  from  Colombo  000  tons  tea, 
and  50  ton.s  cinnamon,  catch,  Nc. 
DRUG  RE  FORT. 
(From  tlio  {'hriiiisi  (iiiil 
I.oiuloii,  Dcccmliov  .‘lUi, 
\\Mi,l,V — 'J’lic  l.niiiliiii  slick  al  till’  lii'giniiig  "f  Ibis 
in-.mlli  was  imly  ;i7ii  l ins. 
( 'A \ u Ims  been  |iraclically  a ilcail  Ictlcr  tliis  \\  I'l’k. 
'I'lio  iiuotalion.s  I'enimiirs  as  given  in  unr  last  rcinn  t. 
0u('O.\.|ii  ri'Kl!.  .Al  tlie  niunllily  anctions  500  i-cw  t casus 
of  (.'adlinry's  liraiiil  solil  at  a iluelinu  of  abuuL  'iiliiurlli — 
viz.,  from  down  to  Is  Id  pur  lb. 
Essential  oils — A coiisiderablo  ((iiantity  of  ritronclla 
oil  said  to  be  la  tons  li.is  been  sold  for  sliipniont  over 
four  months  at  Is  (id  pur  lb,  c i f in  drums.  The  sp..t 
qnolatioii  also  siiows  a frcsli  ndvanc-e,  the  market  iiaving 
been  cleared  at  Is  .Sd  ]>«r  lb  ; seconil  liaiid  (pioles  Is  nd 
per  11).  Oil  of  cinnamon  leaf  lias  liecome  si'aive  and  is 
liigher,  till!  iirUe  running  from  Hbl  Io4dperoz. 
(p'l.MMO  is  ng.iin  lower.  At  llic  <md  of  la  si  week  .'•,000 
oz.  of  seeond-liand  (Jenn-m  Inilk  were  sold  at  i>er 
oz,  and  nnothur  .5,000  oz  lot,  of  old  imiiort  at  12;hl  per 
oz  ; but  the  quotations  today  are  easier,  a.  iiairel  heing' 
olfered  witliout  guarantee  of  ago  at  12id,  while  reuently- 
madf  quinine  is  quoted  12Jd  per  oz.  'I’he  imports  during 
Novemlier  were  24,5S.S  oz,  iuid  the  deliveries  51,17.S  oz 
leaving-  a stuck,  on  Noxemlier  :10th,  of  'i.OAOi'illS  oz 
against  2,810,.SHi  oz  on  November  30tli  1804.  It  i.s  said 
that  tlie  lot  ottering  at  the  low  jirice  mentioned  above 
Is  part  of  a somewhat  considerable  quantity  left  be- 
hind by  a deceased  speculator,  who  p:iid  al)ont  Is  Cd 
par  oz  for  it.  bids)  of  12td  jjeroz  were  .solicited  for  it 
today. 
THE  AMSTERDAM  DRUC-M.\  RKET. 
Our  Amsterdam  coiTcspoiident  writes  on  Dec.  4 : — 
The  exports  of  Cinchona  bark  from  -Java  during  tlie 
month  of  November  (according  to  a cablegram  just 
to  liand)  AA'ere  again  very  heavy — viz.  1,2()4,000  Amst. 
lb  (about  1,390,000  lb  English).  The  total  exports 
from  the  island  during  the  eleven  months  Irom  .]anu- 
ary  1st  to  November  30tli  have  been  : — ■ 
Years  1895  1891  1893  1892 
Amst.  lb.  8,193,700  8,3S(),700  0,951,000  5,552,000 
The  public  sale  on  December  12th  will  consist  of 
5,472  bales  and  210  cases  Java  cinchona,  weighing 
528,935  kilos  and  containing  27,085  liilos  of  sulphate 
of  quinine  of  which  about  121  kilos  arc  contained  in 
the  17.020  kilos  of  pharm.rceutii'al  baric,  and  27,204  kilos 
(average  5'3 1 per  cent)  in  the  511,915  kilos  of  manu- 
facturing-bark. Exclusive  of  the  bark  to  be  offered 
at  these  auction.s.  the  first-hand  Amsterdam  stock 
now  consists  of  about  10,000  packages  of  maunfactui- 
ing-bark.  At  auction  on  Tuesday  80  tons  of  Van 
Ilonten’s  Cocoa-bntter  sold  at  an  average  price  of 
73’53c  per  half-kilo.  The  tone  of  the  marlcet  was  irre- 
gular and  generally  quiet- ( VicniMf  miil  /h-io/g/.sf. 
IH'Rf'HASE  UK  A M’VNAAD  ESTATE 
RY  CEYLON  PLANTERS. 
We  hear  that  the  sale  of  a te.i  estate  in  the 
Wynaad  has  been  effected,  Messrs.  Parry  and  Co. 
having  disposed  ot  Perrindotty  T-lstate  for  a good 
price  to  klessvs.  de  Fonblanque  and  Deachcroft, 
Well-known  tea  planters  in  Ceylon.  There  is,  we 
are  glad  to  say,  eonsidcrable  further  enquiry  in 
that  island  for  land  in  the  Wyniad  for  the  cultiva- 
tion of  tea. — M.  Jlail^ 
