628  THE  TROPICAL 
in  its  hills  during  three  months  of  every  year,  and 
it  could  always  go  to  him  for  advice  or  support. 
Secondly,  he  could  not  see  the  advantage  of  having 
a United  Association  of  Travancore,  when  there  was 
,a.  Unlted_^  Association  of  S.  India.  Like  the  gilding 
of  refined  gold,  it  was  “ wasteful  and  iddiculbus  ex- 
cess.” The  U.P.A.S.I.  would  always  accord  this 
Association  its  hearty  support,  and  with  far  more 
likelihood  of  success  than  even  an  amalgamated 
Association  of  Travancore  would  have. 
Mr.  Dighton  backed  Mr.  Acworth’s  views,  and 
Mr.  Imray,  in  doing  the  same,  said  he  thought  it  a 
pity  that  the  Travancore  Association  did  not  style 
Itself  the  South  Travancore  Association,  the  former 
name  being  suggestive  of  its  representing  the  whole 
planting  industry  of  the  State,  which  was  not  at 
all  the  case  and  exceedingly  misleading,  and  was  by 
no  means  to  the  interests  of  the  planting  community 
in  general.  Why  minimise  the  importance  of  the 
country  ? It  was  to  the  advantage  of  the  planters  of 
Travancore  that  the  country  should  be  thought  of  as 
one  of  importance  and  size,  as  it  deserved  to  be, 
and  this  would  be  more  likely  to  be  achieved,  were  the 
three  Associations  respectively  called  “North  Tra- 
vancore,” “Central  Travancore”  and  “South  Tra- 
vancore” in  lieu  of  “Kanau  Devan,”  “Central  Tra- 
vancore” and  “Travancore”  as  heretofore.  “Kanan 
Devan  ” conveyed  nothing  to  the  minds  of  most  people, 
whilst  “ Travancore  Planters  ” conveyed  a decidedly 
false  impression.  After  one  or  two  remarks  from  other 
members,  it  was  unanimously  resolved  that  the  As- 
sociation remain  independent. 
INDIAN  TEA  ASSOCIATION. 
The  following  interesting  figures  have  been  placed 
at  our  disposal  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Association : — 
In  their  Circular  of  the  7th  October  1895,  the 
General  Committee  reproduced  the  original  estimate 
of  the  Indian  Tea  Crop  in  the  following  figures ; — 
Original  Estimate  of  Crop  of  1895. 
ttj 
Assam 
..  57,531,490 
Cachar 
, . 19,405,880 
Sylhet 
. . 22,272,900 
Darjeeling 
• • 
. . 8,069,210 
Terai 
. . 3,176,000 
Dooars 
. . 19,854,240 
Chittagong 
• • 
842,000 
Chota-Nagpore 
. . 
238,800 
Kangra 
, , 
3,000,000 
Dehra  Dun  and  Kumaon 
2,000,000 
Private  and  Native  Gardens 
4,000,000 
140,390,520 
They  also  nublished  a revised  estimate  based  up 
actual  results  to  the 
31st  August 
as  follows: — 
Manufactured  to 
Manufactured 
31st  Aug.  1894. 
31st  Aug.  189 
lb 
ft 
Assam 
32,987,585 
34,286,191 
Cachar 
10,783,203 
10,3.32,442 
Sylhet 
10,695,213 
11,967,318 
Darjeeling 
5,164,574 
6,089,418 
Terai 
2,004,966 
1,707,738 
Dooars 
8,983,916 
10,802,538 
Chittagong 
459,257 
361,759 
Chota-Nagpore . . 
91,061 
131,131 
71,169,775 
75,678,535 
RF.VISEI)  ESTIMATE  OF  CROP 
OF  1895. 
lb. 
Assam 
, , 
. . 56,874,241 
Cachar 
..  17,421,950 
Svlhet 
, , 
. . 22,910,208 
Darjeeling 
• , 
. . 8,479,854 
Terai 
. . 2,472,116 
Dooars 
. , 20,044,489 
Chittagong 
921,746 
Chota-Nagpore 
. . 203,360 
Kangra 
. . 2,808,000 
Dohra  Dun  and  Kumaon  (Kstiinate)  ii,uuo,uoo 
Private  and  Native  Gardens  (do.)  4,000,(XX) 
138,135,961 
AGRICULTURIST.  [March  2,  1896. 
The  Committee  have  now  the  pleasure  to  give  you 
the  figures  showing  the  actual  outturn  of  the  Indian 
Tea  Crop  of  1895  : — 
ACTUAL  OUTTURN  OF  CROP  OF  1895. 
lb. 
5.5,604,187 
17,543,622 
22,223,798 
8,257,179 
2,513,938 
20,090,427 
798,768 
261,143 
2,186,000 
2,000,000 
4,000,000 
135,479,062 
The  total  shipments  to  all  places  from  1st  April  to 
31st  January  1896  are  128, .303,860  lb.  The  exports  to 
the  Colonies  and  other  Ports  together  with  local  con- 
sumption are  not  likely  to  exceed  14  millions  which  will 
leave  about  121J  million  lb.  for  export  to  Great  Britain. 
— Indian  Planters’  Ga^iette,  Feb.  15. 
^ 
VARIOUS  PLANTING  NOTES. 
WOOD.S  SUITABLK  FOR  TkA  ClIliSTS.  — On 
pages  588-591  we  i)ubli.sli  tlie  translation  of  a 
jiajier  by  Mr.  A.  E.  Kerklioven  of  Java, 
on  “Varietie.s  of  Wood  More,  Less,  or  Not 
Suitable  for  Tea  Chests.”  This,  though  re- 
ferring specially  to  {.he  trees  grown  at  an 
elevation  of  3,U0t>  feet  in  the  Preangcr  re- 
gencies of  Java,  w'ill  be  found  useful  by  Ceylon 
planters ; and  it  might  be  well  w'ortli  while  to 
introduce  those  trees  favour."bly  spoken  of  that 
do  not  at  present  exist  in  Ceylon. 
Wynaad  Planters’  A.ssociation.— As  will 
be  seen  from  the  extract  wdiicli  we  publish 
elsewhere  a change  has  taken  place  in  the 
Secretaryship  of  this  Association,  Mr.  J.  W. 
Hockin  having  been  appointed  to  the  office 
in  succession  to  the  Hon.  Mr.  Romilly,  the 
Planting  Member  of  Council,  who  had  held  it 
for  a period  of  seven  years  and  performed  the 
duties  thereof  in  a manner  which  elicited  highe.st 
encomiums.  Mr.  Hockin  has  also  been  nominated 
as  Planting  Member,  and  in  the  event  of  another 
member  being  appointed  by  Government  the 
As.sociation  has  recorded  its  desire  to  nominate 
Mr.  H.  P.  Hodgson. 
Land  Johcing. — The  introduction  of  sales  of 
waste  lands  in  the  Dooars  is  not  at  all  favour- 
ably regarded  by  the  nlanters  there,  as  being 
likely  to  bring  land-jobbers  on  the  scene.  The 
system  obtains  in  Assam,  but  there  the  planters 
have  this  s.afegu.ard  tliat  competing  appli- 
cants must  apply  before  the  issue  of  the 
notification  of  sale,  wdiereas  in  the  Darjee- 
ling and  Jalpiguri  districts  it  is  proposed  that 
if  there  is  more  than  one  application  before  the 
elate  fixed  by  notification  for  the  sale  of  lands 
an  auction  must  fake  place.  In  other  words — 
says  our  Allafiabad  contemporary — tlieiilanter  w ho 
has  been  at  all  the  pains  to  juospect  good  land 
has  no  protection  against  the  unscrupulous  jobber. 
The  latter  .sits  at  ids  ease  Avaiting  until  a notifi- 
cation of  .sale  is  issued  ; he  then  sends  in  an 
application  with  a trumpery  fee  of  K5  ; and  he 
is  entitled  to  bid  against  the  man  who  has  been 
at  heavy  exitense  in  .surveying  and  exandninga 
promising  area.  The  jobber  may  offer  to  with- 
draw' for  a consideration,  and  if  this  be  not 
given  he  may  bid  up  the  land  in  sheer  malice. 
The  Ixjiia  fiilc  investor,  w lio  may  not  liave  had 
ex))erience  in  jirospecting',  can  also  wait  his  time 
and  outbid  the  unlucky  jdautcr. 
Assam 
Cachar  . , 
Sylhet  ... 
Darjeeling  , , 
Terai 
Dooars 
Chittagong 
Chota-Nagpore 
Kangra 
Dehra  Dun  and  Kumaon  (Estimate) 
Private  and  Native  Gardena  (do.) 
