482 
THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
[Jan.  I,  1897. 
based  cliietly  on  tlie  scale  of  the  Map. 
The  list 
runs  as  follows 
Approxi- 
Proprietor's Xame. 
JHstrict. 
mate  area. 
Acres. 
Messrs.  Buchanau  Bros.* 
Zomba  or 
15,(X)0 
Do.  do 
Upper  Shire 
12,000 
Do.  do 
) J 
20,000 
Messrs.  Hinde  & Starke 
9} 
1,000 
Do. 
600 
Mr.  Burnet 
9 9 
400 
„ Purdy 
n 
1,000 
,,  Smiley 
)) 
1,000 
„ Baird 
1) 
1,400 
„ Cameron 
)) 
800 
„ Robertson 
M 
1,600 
„ Morkel 
600 
„ Bruce 
Namasi 
70,000 
Do. 
Fort  Lister 
5,000 
„ E.  C.  A.  Sharrer  Zomba  & Blantyre 
190,000 
Church  of  Scotland  Mission 
Fort  Roberts 
1,000 
Mr.  Israel 
Blantyre 
1,000 
,,  Waller 
*9 
1,400 
,,  Hastings 
if 
1,400 
,,  Lindsay 
9i 
1,400 
„ Duncan 
9i 
600 
Chnrch  of  Scotland  Mission  ,, 
600 
Pettitt  Bros. 
>> 
800 
Messrs.  Keiller  & Nesbitt 
)f 
1,000 
t> 
|1 
Chikwana 
„ Buchanau  Bros. 
>>  , 
Zambezi  Industrial  Mission 
B.S.A.  Co. 
African  Lakes  Corporation 
Mr.  V.  Cox 
„ S.  Steblecki 
,,  Sinderham 
„ Hastings 
,,  Hunter 
MacPherson 
Wertin 
,,  MacLagan 
i)r.  Kankin 
„ K.  Stellecki 
„ F.  Moir 
Messrs.  De  Jong  & Visser 
Messrs.  Buchanau  Bros. 
Mr.  Sharrer  n 
Kwa  Kassi 
Swardi 
Schippers  A Sinderham  ,, 
Kaisser  >> 
Taylor  » 
Boyd  11 
Wertin  » 
R.  MacLagan  n 
,,  CARSONf  J) 
,,  Laniagna  >> 
„ B.  Blair  » 
„ Mackim  » 
„ Hunter  u 
,,  Bianchi  - — u 
„ Hastings  » 
„ Lloyd  » 
„ Berringer  » 
„ Manning  » 
Messrs.  Do  Jong  & Visser 
Messrs.  Buchanan  Bros. 
B.S.A  Co. 
Mr.  Lloyd  J 
R.  B.  Bradshaw 
Sinopscn 
J.  W.  Moir 
H.  B.  Bradshaw 
J.  W.  Moir 
Imlah| 
H.  Brown  I 
Messrs.  Pettitt  Bros. 
)) 
Mr. 
II 
II 
II 
II 
II 
II 
II 
II 
II 
II 
Ruo 
Mlanie 
Fort  Anderson 
8,000 
2, too 
8,000 
14.000 
18.000 
1,200 
4.000 
1.000 
800 
1,400 
800 
500 
800 
14.000 
3.000 
2.000 
8O0O 
2,000 
400 
150,000 
50.000 
4.000 
5,(X)0 
2.000 
3.000 
1 .000 
3.000 
8.500f 
2.500 
1.000 
4.000 
3.000 
4.000 
6.000 
3,.500 
1.500 
1,500 
1,800 
10,000 
800 
600 
1,000 
800 
600 
1,200 
500 
600 
800 
* xnciateJoiui  Buchanan,  c.M.o.  and  brother— no  con- 
nection of  any  Mr.  Buchanau  ever  in  Ceylon.— Ln.  / ..1. 
t This  is  Mr.  J.  H.  Carson  of  Ilapulale  : no  uoubt 
the  3,500  acres  belongiug  to  the  Ceyloii  Nvassaland 
Coffee  Company  is  included  in  this  block.— Ln.  i ..-1. 
J Ex-Ceylon  residents.— Ep.  C-C. 
Tlie  acreage  given  by  u.s  is  from  the  merest  guess- 
ing based  on  applying  the  scale  of  the  map  to  each 
block  as  coloured.  We  have  probably,  in  many 
cases,  under -estimated  the  blocks  taken  np.  In 
regard  to  the  districts,  too,  we  have  been  at  a 
loss,  as  the  map  does  not  indicitte  such  districts 
or  provinces  as  North  Nyassa,  South  Nyassa, 
Mirimba,  Nyassaland,  &c.  Perhaps,  we  may 
got  a correspondent  in  Nyassaland  to  correct  our 
list  so  far  as  are.a  and  districts  are  concerned  ; 
hut  it  is  of  interest  to  put  on  record  the  rianies 
of  the  first  proprietors.  We  are  surprized  that 
any  one  capitalist  or  inonccr  should  he  allowed 
to  take  up  365,000  or  even  50,000  acres.  We 
should  have  thought  that  10,000  acres  ought  to 
hare  been  li.Ked  as  the  maximum  for  any'  indivi- 
dual owner.  Before  many  years  elapse,  there 
may  he  regret  at  the  alienation  of  such  large 
blocks. 
In  our  Frontispiece,  will  he  found  a reduced 
copy  (by  Mr.  Larvtou  of  Jaffna)  of  the  Map 
issueil  by  Sir  H.  Jolinston  with  his  Keport  of 
the  Shire  Higli'a-uls,  showing  the  estates  or  blocks 
of  land  taken  up  for  coffee.  It  is  roughly'  executed, 
hut  gives  a suliiciently'  good  idea  of  tlie  relative 
situation  and  size  of  the  ] r iperties  when  the 
numbers  on  the  Map  are  comjiared  with  the  fol- 
lowing key  : — 
Hcferences  to  the  Map. 
Land  which  is  left  unshaded  or  the  borders  of 
which  are  shaded  belongs  to  the  Crown  or  to  the 
natives  under  Crown  control. 
1.  Hinde  and  Starks ; 2.  Buchanan  Bros.;  3.  Shar- 
rer ; 4.  Robertson  ; 5.  Bruce  ; 6.  Baird ; 7.  Ca- 
meron ; 8.  Smiley ; 1).  Purdy ; 10.  Bunies  ; 11. 
Hinde  and  Stark  ; 12.  Israel  ; 13.  Keller  and  Nes- 
hit;  14.  Waller;  15.  Hastings;  16.  Lamagiia  : 
17.  Kumtoga  ; 18.  Blantyre ; 19.  Duncan ; 20. 
Lindsay'  ; 21.  Zambezi  I.  Mission  ; 22.  B.  S.  A.  Co. ; 
23.  Mclagan  ; 24.  A.  L.  Corporation  ; 25.  V.  Cox  ; 
26.  S.  Sieblecki  ; 27.  Chockahwing : 28.  \*ertin; 
•29.  Livingstone;  30.  Sinderham;  31.  F.  Moir; 
32.  Hunter  , 33.  MacPherson  ; 34.  Dr.  Rankin  ; 35. 
De  -Jong  and  Visser;  36.  K.  Steblecki;  37.  Mcln- 
nou;  38.  Lamagna;  39.  Carson;  40.  R.  Maclagun; 
41.  Boyd  ; 42.  Schippers  and  Sinderham ; 43.  Kais- 
ser ; 44.  Taylor : 45.  Pettitt  Bros. ; 46.  Bianchi  ; 
47.  Cox  Bros. ; 48.  Beringer ; 49.  Lloyd  ; 50. 
Manning  : 51.  Bradshaw  ; 62.  Simpson ; 53,  J. 
Moir ; 54.  Brown  ; 55.  Imlah. 
TEA  AND  COFFEE. 
What  a pleasant  sight  is  the  breakfast  or  tea 
table ! However  simple,  there  is  something  bright 
and  attractive  there,  it  seems  to  smile  gladness 
and  welcome  to  you  as  you  sit  down  at  it.  The 
tea  and  coffee  send  out  a subdued  fragrance  i n 
they  are  being  poured  out,  and  the  cups  and  sau- 
cers, however  common,  shine  and  sparkle.  Tea 
and  coffee ! — what  associations  of  comfort  and  re- 
freshment and  pleasure  come  with  the  words! 
What  can  our  forefathers  have  done  without  them? 
They  were,  I suppose,  much  dependent  on  beer, 
as  down  in  Suffolk  and  Norfolk  and  in  north- 
eastern Essex  to  this  day  the  farmer-folk,  both  at 
breakfast  and  tea,  indulge  first  iu  a glass  of  beer, 
and  put  a cup  of  tea  or  coffee  on  the  top  of  it. 
Well,  that  custom  is  gradually  going  out,  too,  as 
tho  ohier  folks  die  off;  and  so,  iu  this  way,  as  iu 
others,  the  demand  for  tea  and  coffee  increases. 
TEA. 
For  a long  time  we  were  dependent  on  China 
for  tea ; but  now  other  countries  are  producing 
tea  in  large  quantities,  notably  India,  all  along 
the  sloping  sides  of  the  hills  in  Assam,  and  iu 
many  fertile  districts  iu  Ceylon,  wher'e  the 
lie  i soil  and  the  “ spicy  breezes’  are  gioatly  iu 
its  favour.  The  teas  ol  Assam — most  of  them,  if 
not  all — are  very  strong  ; while  some  of  those  of 
Ceylon  are  more  like  the  Chinese  teas,  and 
nowadays  tuo  bnlk  of  the  supply  ooinos  from  those 
