496  THE  TROPICAL 
INDIAN  TEA  SALES. 
(From  Watson , Sihthorp  d:  Co.'s  Tea  Report.) 
Calcutta,  24th  Dec.  1895. 
There  was  a good  general  demand  in  . the  sales 
held  on  the  20th  instant.  Prices  for  all  kinds  ruled 
rather  irregularly,  but  without  quotable  change,  the 
tendency  being  slightly  in  favour  of  buyers.  16,986 
packages  changed  hands. 
The  average  price  of  the  16,986  packages  sold  is 
Ajj.  7-0  or  nearly  7i|d  per  lb.  as  compared  with 
15,552  packages  sold  on  the  2Uth  December  1894  at 
As.  9-10  or  nearly  lOd  per  lb.  and  10,859  packager  sold 
on  the  2lst  December  1893  at  As.  6-10  or  about  8fd 
per  lb. 
The  Exports  from  1st  May  to  21st  December  from 
here  to  Great  Britain  are  106,362,937  lb.  as  compared 
with  101,035,102  lb.  at  tbe  corresponding  period  last 
season  and  99,178,598  lb.  in  1893. 
Note — Last  Sale’s  average  was  As.  7-7  or  nearly 
84d  per  lb. 
Exchange — Document  bills,  6 mouth’s  sight  Is 
2-l-32d. 
Fueight — Steamer — Tl-11-3  per  ton  of  50  c.  ft. 
(From  William  Moran  d-  Co.’s  Market  Report.) 
Calcutta,  24th  Dec.  1895. 
TEA. — The  last  tea  auctions  for  1895  were  held 
on  Friday,  the  20th  instant,  when  17,528  packages 
Were  offered,  of  which  17,062  packages  were  sold. 
The  sale  comprised  a large  quantity  of  brown  and 
common  descriptions,  which  were  rather  easier  in 
lone;  finest  were  also  in  rather  less  demand,  while 
medium  kinds  remained  unaltered. 
The  next  auctions  are  fixed  for  the  3rd  prox. 
TOTAL  quantity  OF  TEA  PASSED  THKOUGH  CALCUTTA 
FROM  1st  APRIL  TO  21sT  DEC. 
1895. 
1894. 
1893. 
Great  Britain 
106,553,484 
100,963,271 
98,178,598 
Foreign  Europe 
242,782 
209,041 
351,519 
America 
1,008,146 
481,707 
261,833 
Asia 
3,649,352 
8,384,609 
2,275,030 
Australia 
6,879,771 
4,462,083 
5,059,720 
117,333,535 

109,500,711 
106,126,700 
INDIAN  PATENTS. 
Calcutta,  the  28th  November,  1895,  ■ 
Applications  in  respect  of  tbe  undermentioned  in- 
ventions have  been  filed,  during  the  week  ending 
23rd  November  1896,  Under  the  provisions  of  Act 
V of  1888 
For  Improvements  in  Tea  Leaf  Rolling  Machines.— 
No.  361  of  1895. — Samuel  Cleland  Davidsou,  of  Sirocco 
Engineering  Works,  Belfast,  Ireland,  Merchant,  for 
improvements  in  tea  leaf  rolling  machines. 
Specifications  of  the  undermentioned  inventions 
have  been  filed,  under  the  provisions  of  Act  V of 
1888 
For  Improvements  in  Apparatus  for  Withering 
Tea  Leaf. — No.  145  of  1895. — Robert  Thomson,  of 
Kinning  Park  Engine  Works,  Kinning  Park,  in  the 
County  of  Renfrew,  Scotland,  Engineer  and  Tea  Planter, 
for  improvements  in  apparatus  for  withering  tea  leaf. 
(Filed  1st  November  1895.) — TmVof.n  nml  Eris/ern 
Enfiineer. 
THE  IMPERIAL  TEVLON  TEA 
ESTATES,  LD. 
We  learn  that  Iuvernes.s  and  Edinbnrgli  e.slates 
have  been  aci[uired  by  Mr.  Megginson  on  behalf 
of  this  Company,  tbe  agents  of  which  arc  Messrs, 
,1.  Whittall  & Co.  in  London  and  Me.ssrs.  Wiiit- 
tall  vN  Co.  in  Colombo.  Tbe  estate.s  wbieli  this 
Company  have  now  arranged  to  juirehase  are  its 
follows:—  , 
Total  Culti-  p . 
acreage,  vatcd. 
Inverness  and  Edinburgh  432  392  f38,C00 
AGRICUI/IURIST. 
Biuoya 
Mottingham 
Nonpareil 
[J' 
AN.  I,  1 
896. 
020 
258 
441 1 
220 ) 
£26,703 
549 
402 
£8.0(MJ 
(coffee  & tei 
a) 
,168 
1,455 
.£67,703 
lany 
are 
■avenue,  E.C.; 
C.  S. 
Lott.,  9,  Feuchurch-aveiiue,  E.C.;  S Gray,  9,  Tre- 
gothiian-road,  Clapham  ; C.  R.  Shaw,  92,  W’impolc- 
street,  W.  ; A.  Thomson,  9,  Fenchurch-aveuue,  E.C.  ; 
F.  R.  Cave  23,  Clarendon-gardens,  Maida  Vale  ; -J. 
Stevens,  Loch  Goil,  Romford. 
VARIOUS  PLANTING  NOTES. 
The  Creole  (red)  rice  of  Louisiana  is  pronounce .1 
by  the  Government  chemist  at  W'ashingtou  to  be  the 
richest  of  all  rice  in  nutrient  properties.  This  is  no 
new  thing,  for  its  merits  have  been  fully  appreciated 
for  a century  past  iu  the  Southwest.  In  that  loca  ii.y 
it  is  given  preference  over  white  rice,  and  in  view 
of  the  fact  above  noted  and  of  its  cheapness,  ought 
to  command  a greatly  extended  patronage  in  the 
North  aud  West. — American  Grocer.  Dec.  4. 
Rdy.vl  Gardens,  Kew. — The  Bulletin  of  Miscella- 
neous Information  for  November  has  the  following 
contents: — Ai  Camphor;  Botanical  Nomenclature; 
New  Oi'chids,  15;  Begonia  Disease;  Ratia  from 
West  Africa  (continued) ; Diagnoses  Africanai,  IX; 
Sumach;  Liberian  Coffee;  Micellaneoiis  Notes: — 
Funeral  of  M.  Pasteur,  Botanical  Magazine,  Index 
Kewensis,  Kew  System  of  Greenhouse  Construction, 
Rosa  wichuraiana.  West  Indian  Frog  at  Kew,  Spot 
Disease  of  Orchids,  Arabian  Objects  for  Museum, 
Pictures  of  the  Lake,  Select  Extra-tropical  Plants, 
Cape  Herbarium,  Camphor,  Shade  Tree  for  Coffee, 
and, Crop  of  Cider  Apples. 
ThK  COFKEt;  INDUSTHY  OX  HAWAII,  says  the 
Planters’  Monthli/,  is  being  pushed  forward  by  ns 
energetic  and  intelligent  a class  of  men  as  ever  en- 
gaged in  pioneer  work.  They,  however,  labor  under 
drawbacks  of  various  kinds,  which  only  time  and 
perseverance  can  overcome.  This  industry  requires 
five  years  to  bring  it  into  a paying  condition  ; and  to 
succeed,  the  pioneers  need  not  only  perseverance,  but 
ample  means  to  carry  along  ttieir  load,  until  the  crops 
begin  to  come  in  treely,  when  brighter  prospects  will 
follow.  No  better  coffee  is  anywhere  raised  than 
Hawaiian,  and  this  fact  alone  should  give  firm  as- 
surance as  to  the  ultimate  result.  All  who  have  used 
it,  both  here  aud  iu  other  countries — some  many 
years — are  unanimous  in  the  opinion  that  for  deli- 
cious flavor  and  for  permanent  health-growing  (jua- 
lities,  t'lere  is  no  equal  to  the  pure  Hawaiian  coffee. 
Still,  the  amount  for  export  this  year  will  be  small, 
as  none  of  the  new  plantations  are  yet  five  years 
old  ; but  in  1896,  better  returns  may  be  expected. 
Gumming  in  Fruit  Trees. — In  Mr.  Iggulden’s  very 
interesting  remarks  on  Peach  tree  failures  he  says, 
“ French  experts  think  gumming  is  caused  by  tbe  sun.” 
While  I think  it  may  do  so  iu  Fr  ance,  I think  cold  may 
be  one  great  cause  of  gumming  iu  FiUgland,  as  we 
generally  find  a great  deal  more  after  severe  winters, 
and  I think  the  Dursting  of  the  cells,  while  the  sap  is 
freezing,  has  more  to  do  with  it  than  is  gener.ally 
supposed.  The  chief  cause  in  Peach  liouses,  as  Mr, 
Iggniden  says,  is  bursting  tbe  cells  by  injury  from 
wires,  or  knocking  the  bark  off  by  tools  ; but  in  cacli 
case  tbe  cells  are  burst,  and  the  gnm  exudes  out,  and 
if  this  gum  is  left  on  tlie  bark  it  injures  it  to  such  an 
extent  that  it  has  tlio  appearanco  of  canker,  and  if  it 
drops  on  to  a sound  biaucli  it  injures  the  bark  there,  if 
the  shoot  is  a young  one  with  thin  bark.  1 am  quite 
aware  tliat  gumming  is  suppo.sed  to  be  caused  by  the 
Coryneum  fungus.  But  is  this  fungus  the  first  causo 
of  gumming  ? or  does  it  breed  spontaneously  iu  tbe 
sap  after  it  has  exuded  ? If  so,  tho  droiiping  of  tbe 
gum  (with  the  fungus  in  it)  on  to  another  branch 
would  cause  gumming  there  by  rooting  into  the  bark 
and  into  tbe  sap.  I find  Plum  trees  on  a north  wall 
that  have  had  no  sun  are  badly  affected. — J.L.— 
Journal  of  Horticulture  and  Cottage  Gardener. 
