S56  Till*:  TKOl>lCAL  AGRlCUL'l  URlST.  [June  I,  1896. 
the  Kastevn  rroduce  and  Estates  Company.  Tlie 
hnildwif^  is  well  nigli  completed  and  the  installa- 
tion of  machinery  is  expected  to  arrive  about 
August.  The  factory  when  working  at  full  .swing 
will  have  an  output  of  half  a inillion  lb.  imr 
annum. 
INDIAN  PATENTS. 
Applications  in  rospoct  of  the  undeimentioned  in- 
ventions have  been  tiled,  during  the  week  ending 
2nd  May  181)6,  under  the  provisions  of  Act  V of 
1888 
For  improvements  in  the  methods,  machinery  and 
eupliances  used  for  withering  or  desiccating  tea  leaf. 
No.  267  of  I860. — Charles  Arthur  Durton,  manager, 
Lukwah  Tea  Company,  Upper  Assam,  for  improve- 
ments in  the  methods,  machinery  and  appliances 
used  for  withering  or  desiccating  tea  leaf.  (From 
12  May  1866  to  11th  May  1867.) — Jndum  and  Eaatcni 
Etiffineer,  May  16. 
IIUBHER  STATISTICS  FROM  PARA  AND 
WASHINCTUN. 
Ac  lordiug  to  llsimers  & Meyer’s  table  of  the  ex- 
ports of  crude  ludi.i-rubber  from  I’ara  and  Manaos 
for  1865,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  shipments  again 
broke  the  record,  the  excess  over  the  figures  for  the 
preceding  year  having  been  exceptionally  large.  T .e 
receipts  at  Para  for  the  calendar  year  were  45, 438, 442 
pounds,  and  the  shipments  slightly  more,  or  45,788,613 
pounds.  Tho  names  of  the  leading  expoiters  are 
given  below,  with  the  consignments  for  Europe  and 
the  United  States,  the  figures  representing  pounds  : — 
EXl'OUXERS.  U 
•Pusinelli,  PiiisseaiCo 
Adelbert  H.  Alden 
La  llocque,  Da  Costa 
& Co. 
Bud.  Zietz 
Banco  de  Mamfos 
Denis  Crouan  & Co. 
Singlehurst,  Brockle- 
hiirst  A Co. 
B.  P’.  Sears  & Co. 
J.  II.  Audresen 
A.  Fernandes  & Co. 
Marius  A Levy 
II.  de  la  Beaume 
A.  do  Freitas  A Co. 
A.  Berneaud  A Co. 
Edmund  Keeks 
B.  A.  Antunes  A Co. 
Kahn,  Polack  A Co. 
Luiz  Schill  A Sobriuho 
Pires  Teixeira  A Co. 
F'reitas,  Sobriuho  A Co 
From  Serpa 
Sundry  small  shippers 
nited  Stales.  Europe.  Total. 
7,664,.501  5,348,340  13,312,811 
8,350,846  376,816  8,727,662 
2,911,456 
695,029 
2,224,520 
530.378 
170,671 
261.338 
2,216 
560 
557,905 
391,136 
314,283 
28,818 
128,067 
67,902 
112,192 
2,585,429 
2,915,524 
316,666 
2,017,180 
756,115 
868  637 
567,134 
800,665 
767,761 
121,661 
660,161 
72,212 
186,268 
431,066 
430, 186 
323,763 
127,461 
177,536 
10,136 
1,078,536 
5,526,888 
3,610,553 
2,541,186 
2,017,180 
1.286,523 
1,036,308 
831.522 
802,61  f 
768,321 
676..5<;6 
660,161 
463,318 
503,581 
462,881 
430,186 
323,763 
255,528 
215,138 
10,136 
1,220,731 
Total 
Total,  1861 
Total,  1863 
Total,  18;)2 
Total,  1861 
'Total,  1860 
'Total,  1886 
.21,801,85  1 20,683,7.56  45, 788,61-' 
23,062,386  16,866,306  42,631,662 
17,163,401  12.171,131 
15,603,321  40,805,332 
15,335,1.57  36,207,817 
15,001,652  36,111,826 
11,616,833  34,650,861 
.25,011,027 
.25,202,008 
.23,872,690 
.21,137,177 
.20,001,066 
In  1886  the  percentage  of  tho  l’ar:i  shipments  going 
direct  to  Europe  was  42.  'The  figuios  declined  to  38 
per  cent  in  1862,  and  adv.iiiced  in  1865  to  16  per  cent. 
From  the  treasury  department  at  \\  ashington  comes 
the  revised  official  lignres  of  the  India-rubber  move- 
ment for  the  United  Slates  for  the  calendar  year  1865, 
♦Representing  Keimers  A'  Meyer  (Nc.v  ^ ork  .and 
Boston);  Iloilbut,  Symons  A Co.  (I  ondon  and  Liver- 
i- j 6 tho  Boston  Rubber  Shoo  Co.  (Bostcu). 
which  are  presented  below  in  comparison  with  the 
statistics  for  1893  and  1891  : 
Imports. 
1893. 
1864. 
1895. 
lb. 
lb 
lb. 
India-rubber 
39,634,706 
35.370,889 
41,766,774 
Gutta-percha 
487,670 
704,168 
3,031,155 
'Potal 
40,122,676 
36,075,057 
44,797,929 
1 
$ 
India-rubber  goods.. 
..  340,6-10 
393,781 
309,513 
Gutta-percha  goods. . 
. . 50,001 
53,173 
75,962 
'Total 
356,954 
385,475 
Exports. 
JDots  and  Shoes 
..  205,637 
211,393 
211, .592 
All  other 
1,2.15,416 
1,321,751 
1,432,0-27 
'Total,  domestic. 
. 1,441,046 
1,536,144 
1,676,619 
P'oreigii  manufactures  166,6-22 
4,097 
7,574 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
Crude  India-rubber. . 
1,816,727 
1,615,076 
2,217,697 
Gutta-percha 
19,616 
464,602 
47,859 
Total  . 
. 1,866,313 
2,079,678 
2,265,.556 
With  respect  to 
ihe  countries  whence 
the  crude 
India-rubber  was  imported  the  govern-iicut  statement 
supplies  these  figures 
relating  of  course  to  pounds  : — 
1894 
l8y5 
United  Kingdom. . 
• • • • 
4,937,096 
7,479,816 
Germuiy  .. 
. . . • 
1,195,363 
1,055,015 
Other  Europe 
, , , , 
2,065,612 
2,496,492 
Mexico 
. . . • 
129,038 
158,419 
Central  America.. 
• « • • 
1,116,517 
1 391,002 
West  Indies  rV'enezuelanI 
32,646 
39,758 
Brazil 
. « 
23,642,155 
26,603,173 
Other  South  America  .. 
1,. 594,781 
1,748,778 
Africa 
122,217 
.56,023 
East  Indies 
. . . • 
461,166 
736,159 
Other  countries  .. 
.. 
24,185 
11,089 
'Total  India-rubber 
35,370,839 
41,766,774 
Gatta-pei'ch  . . 
• • • ( 
704,103 
3,031,155 
Grand  total 36,075,057  43,797,929 
'The  last  table  which  will  bo  given  here  relates  to 
the  value  of  exports  of  domestic  manufactures  of  Iiidia- 
rubbar  (including  boots  and  shoes)  for  several  past 
calendar  years  : 
: — 
Year. 
Value. 
Year 
Value. 
1886 
.■jii 
782,(5 10 
1891 
f 1,319,491 
1887 
815,096 
1892 
1,555,111 
1888 
833,126 
1893 
1,141,016 
1889 
937,497 
1894 
1,536,141 
1890 
1,175,151 
1895 
1,676,619 
— Indian  Ituhher 
ITorld.  April  10th. 
LEGAL 
REFORT.S. 
THE 
(T  ] 
I’RONELL.A  OIL  DISPUfE. 
TKK 
.VTf  l\ 
DO.MElKIf  A 
Co. 
In  the  High  Court  of  .Justice  on  Wednesday, 
B.aroii  Pollock  and  Mr.  Justice  Day.  sitting  as  a 
Divisional  Court,  heard  an  application  in  tho  matter 
of  tho  arbitration  between  Mr.’  B.  C.  'Preatt  and 
Doineior  A Co.  'The  application  was  to  have  set 
aside  tho  award  of  the  arbitrators,  and  it  was  m ide 
at  the  instance  of  Messrs.  Domeier  A Co.,  for  whom 
Mr.  Joseph  Walton,  Q.C.,  and  Mr.  Hollams  appeared. 
Mr.  'Trea  t was  represented  by  Mr.  Chitty. 
Mr.  Walton,  in  opening  the  motion,  said  that  the 
claim  out  of  which  the  arbitr^tiou  arose  was  one 
by  Mr.  'Treatt  against  Messrs.  Domeier  A Co.,  and 
the  question  which  aro^o  between  those  gciillomeii 
was  whether  Messrs  Domeier  A Co.  were  bouii.l 
to  take  delivei'y  of  a quantity  of  citrouolla  oil,  an 
article  made  out  of  some  kind  of  grass,  which 
possessed  a pleasant  smell,  and  which  was  used  for 
various  purpo3es,such  as  scenting  soap  and  otlier  thin"3. 
'Tlio  terms  of  the  contract  being  that  if  a dispute 
arose  it  was  to  bo  referred  to  the  arbitration  of  two 
member.s  of  tho  Broker.s  Produce  Association,  the 
matter  was  submitted  to  Mr.  Green  and  Mr.  French. 
'Tliuc  was  no  dispute  about  the  facts,  and  although 
