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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
On  tlie  21st  Mr.  Jansen,  Manager  of  the  French 
Tin  Mining  Company  at  Tenioh,  applied  for  300  acres 
of  land  near  the  Company’s  concession,  for  coffee 
planting. 
In  the  Kt'ai.a  Kanosau  Land  Okitce  Notice,  it  is 
NoTiiTED. — No.  77. — Aguicuetuhal  Lease  to  he  Can- 
celled.—Notice  is  hereby  given  that  owing  to  the 
failure  of  the  lessees  to  comply  with  the  conditions 
under  which  they  acquired  the  below  mentioned 
Agricultural  Land,  viz  : — A bond  Jhle.  commencement 
to  open  to  be  made  within  twelve  months  from  the 
date  of  the  lease — t.e.,  from  the  15th  October,  1891  : 
In  accordance  with  the  terms  and  conditions  con- 
tained in  Government  Special  Circular  dated  Taiping 
the  2‘2nd  April,  1891,  and  the  provision  of  Clause 
of  Order  in  Council  No.  C>  of  1891,  the  said  lease 
will  be  cancelled  and  the  land  revert  to  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  State  on  the  expiration  of  three  inonths 
from  the  date  of  publication  of  this  notice  in  the 
(lovemment  OazHte,  if  within  that  time  good  cause 
be  not  shewn  to  the  conntraiy. 
Ijand 
Lessee.  Title.  held  Area.  District.  Divi- 
Since.  sion. 
Dalziel 
Buchanan 
A Gordon 
Frazer 
{Agricul- ) 
tural  - 
Lease  (iS  j 
Oct.  A.ii.p.  K.Kang-  rulau 
15,  ’94  402  2 0 sar  Kamiri 
TEA. 
EXPORT  OF  TEA  FROM  CHINA  TO  ODESSA. 
1895-96.  1894-95. 
lb.  lb. 
Hankow  and  Shanghai  . . 27,240,863  22,555,223 
EXPORT  OF  TEA  FROM  CHINA  TO  GREAT 
BRITAIN. 
1895-90.  1891-95. 
lb.  lb. 
Canton  and  Macao  ..  7,446,099  7,813,790 
Amov  . . • • 700,842  772,092 
Foochow  ..  ..  11,175,108  1-1,357,218 
Shanghai  and  Hankow  ..  21,111,512  21,591,499 
40,493,801  44,535,229 
EXPORT  OP  TEA  FROM  CHINA  TO  UNITED 
STATES  AND  CANADA. 
1895-96.  1891-95. 
lb.  lb. 
Amoy  ..  ••  14,665,0.55  19,447,739 
Foochow  . . • • 0,066,651  4,620,555 
Shanghai  ..  ••  29,029,320  2.5,796,100 
49,761,026  49,870,454 
EXPORT  OF  TEA  PROM  JAPAN  TO  UNITED 
ST.'VTES  AND  CANADA. 
1895-96.  1894-95. 
lb.  lb. 
Yokonama  ..  ..'29,801,401  28,686,847 
Kobe  • • • • 18,625,900  16  726,614 
48,427,304  45,413,401 
—China  Overland  hade  Report,  April  9. 
THE  KALUTARA  COMPANY,  LD. 
The  prospectus  of  tliis  Company  has  been  is.siied, 
the  iH-operties  to  he  aciiuired  l)eiiig  ibillegodde 
Estate  comprising  250  acres  of  tea  in  full  Inun  ing, 
67  acres  of  tea  plan'.od  in  1895,  .’jS  acres  now  being 
opened  for  tea,  7 acres  of  coconuts  and  arecanuts, 
and  3.38  acres  of  forest. — total  /OO  acies  moic  oi 
less  • price  £1.‘5,000  .-terling.  And  th  adjuining 
estate,  St.  Colmiil.kille,  comiirising  177  acres  of 
tea  in  full  hearlDg,  l7  at  re.s  ol  lea  plantwl  in  hS9.) 
acres  HOW  tor  lea,  uno  INO  ac.icsoi 
forest,  ete.-toUl  ;’.S5.;,  acres;  price  l!).55,uii0 
'Die  lir.st  issue  of  .simres,  all  of  wmcli  h.ive  been 
suli.scribed  for  is  IMnn.nOo. 
[M.4Y  I,  1896. 
MALAYA  AND  CEYLON  PLANTERS. 
Tlie  paper  read  by  Mr.  .Sw'ettenliam,  tlie  newly- 
appointed  Resident-General  of  the  Protected  Slate.s 
in  the  Malay  Peninsula,  appears  to  have  been, 
as  a paiier.  of  much  general  interest.  Rut  for 
us  in  Ceyhn  it  was  |)os.ses.sed  of  a particular 
interest.  Mr.  Swettenhaiii’s  references  to  the 
]>art  taken  by  Ceylon  planters  in  tlie  endeavour 
to  introduce  a planting  interest  into  that  jieniii- 
sula  will  be  read  witli  attention  by  one  and  all 
of  these.  The  lecturer  was  apiiarently  driven  to 
the  admission  tliat,  in  a degree — and  that  a 
sensible  one— the  (Joverniiient  of  the  Straits 
Settlements  has  not  hitherto  offered  any  induce- 
ment sufficient  to  attract  or  retain  intending 
settlers  from  this  island.  The  experience  of 
those  wild  liave  )»ioiiocreil  the  iinlustry  in  the 
]iciiiiisnla  lias  not  been  sncli  .-is  to  induce  ot licrs 
among  ns  to  fully  follow  llie  e\ain))le  set.  Un- 
forlniiately,  Mr.  Swidtenhain  wonbl  md.  seein 
to  ha\'e  pailii'iiliuized  the  resjiccts  in  which  tlie 
regulations  as  to  land,  Ac.,  have  operated  ad- 
versely to  success.  It  would  have  been  a satis- 
faction to  us  ill  Ceylon  liad  the  time  at  his 
disposal  admitted  of  Ids  doing  this.  Rut  we 
have  to  content  ourselves  wdtii  the  statement 
made  in  general  terms  that  the  coiiditioiis  as  to 
settlement  ottered  do  not  suffice  to  attract 
European  settlement.  The  lecturer  put  forward 
a very  striking  test  by  which  sncli  an  induce- 
ment might  be  ganged.  Tliere  are  no  instances, 
he  said,  among  the  Europeans  who  have  opened 
up  land  there  for  planting  purposes,  of  any  of 
them  having  realized  wealtli  by  their  enterprise. 
Indeed,  so  far  as  we  may  judge  from  what  w’as 
said  on  this  jioint,  it  mu.st  he  held  that,  hitherto, 
those  w’lio  have  started  jilanting  in  Perak  and 
the  other  protected  States  have  not  had  tlieir 
hopes  realised.  Apparently  Mr.  Swettenliam  at- 
tributes this  failure  to  two  main  causes.  Tliese 
are — lirstly  the  terms  on  which  land  may  he 
acipiired  and  held,  and,  secondly,  the  ever- 
present difficulty  as  to  lalioiir.  As  to  this  second 
obstacle,  Mr,  Swettenliam  appears  to  think  that 
much  might  be  done  to  attract  tlie  Indian  coolie 
to  the  States.  For  ourselves  w’e  cannot  Imt 
think  that  so  long  as  tlie  intending  native 
emigrant  from  India  can  obtain  all  tliat  he 
wants  by  merely  crossing  the  streak  of  water 
that  divides  him  from  Ceylon,  he  will  not' care 
to  venture  farther  alield.  Fora  very  longtime  to 
come  it  is  doubtful  if  the  needs  of  tlie  Ceylon  plant- 
ers for  this  kind  of  labour  will  he  more  than  met. 
Until  the  supply  exceeds  the  demand  here,  there 
is  little  cliaiice,  we  think,  of  any  overflow- 
seeking  settlement  in  the  Straits.  We  conceive 
tliat  the  lecturer,  when  advcK:atiiig  the  location 
of  natives  from  India  therein,  had  chielly  in 
mind  tlieir  establishment  as  local  ciiltivator.s  of 
the  soil,  apart  from  work  upon  estates  owned 
anil  worked  under  European  proprietorship.  We 
should  sa}',  liowever,  that  the  latter  condition 
musb  precede  the  former.  Passing  from 
this  Jioint  of  'the  address  it  may  he  re- 
marked that  very  complimentary  allusion  was 
made  by  Mr.  Swettenliam  to  the  Civil  Servants 
of  Ceylon.  He  contented  liimsclf  with  making 
the  claim  that  those  of  the  Straits  were  not 
the  inferiors  of  their  brethren  in  Ceylon.  Un- 
fort iiiiately  sonic  other  sjieakers  were  not  so 
modest.  One  of  them  at  least  asserted  tliat  the 
menihers  of  the  Straits  Civil  Service  could  not 
he  C(|uallcd  as  jnililic  servants  tlironglioiit  the 
world!  Wc  regret  that  this  tciulcncy  to  iiiidne 
glorification  .sliould  be  .soinctimos  loo  apitaront 
during  the  discussion  that  follow’s  jiaiier.s  read  on 
colonial  topics.  It  is  a mistake  to  “protest  too 
much.”  Undonhtcdly  Mr.  Swettenliam  and  Ids 
