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THE TROPIOAL AQRIOULTURI8T 
[July i, 1891. 
We now turn to Cardamoms and the Visiting 
Agents here again differ greatly : — 
Exports op Cabdamums pob 1891. 
Maximum, Miiiimnm. Prohahla 
Ib. 360 000 320,000 810,000 
lb. 270,000 230,000 23ii,000 
But here wo find certain district u turns Rggre- 
gating no less than -151,950 lb. — the district of ttah- 
gala (ineluding Medamahauuwara aud Nitre Cave) 
alone being put down for 300,000 lb. (?) Maiala Eait 
76,000 lb., Hewalista Lower 37,000 lb., Boloabage 
10,000, Hapuiale 0,000 lb.,Kurunigala 9,500 lb, Kole- 
bokka 6,500 lb. An extent equal te one-lourth of the 
whole area planted, is not ostiniatid for, so that 
would bring the eeumato up to 660 000 lb. an out- 
rageous figure. Looking at the shipments, we think 
far too much was put down for the Kangala group 
of districts, and »a do not think the total export 
lor the year is likely to exoeod 340,000 lb., thm : — 
Upto 25tb M»y. Kset ol Year. Total. 
1891 ., 
lb. 
13«,»9d 
(say) 206,088 
(say) 339,886 
1888 . 
.. lb. 
163,719 
224.UIXJ 
3o7,848 
1888 ., 
.. lb. 
142,918 
218,000 
361^124 
1888 
.. lb. 
146,904 
141,800 
287,729 
Lastly, we have Cinchona Bauk estimated by 
two planters, with tbe same result, uuriously enough, 
as follows 
Maximum Miiiimam Probable, 
Ib. 8.000,000 6,000,000 0,600,000 
lb, 7,000,000 6,000,000 6,500,000 
One of the estimators appended the following note 
to bis estimate : — 
“ Cinchona will, of course, be inOuenoed by the mar- 
ket. A strong market would, na'urally, tnrow a lot 
into tbe market; a weak price will keep it out. ” 
Our district returua, atraugely enough, only make 
up 1,835,000 lb, of whloU 80,000 lb. (mostly fine 
Ledger bark) were to bo from Nilurabe, 150,000 lb. 
from Uaputale, 260,000 lb. from Mudulaima 
and Ilewa Eliya, 22,000 lb. from Monaragala, 
60.000 lb. Matale East, 80,000 lb. Kotmulo, 
66.000 lb. Kalebokka, 34,000 lb. from the Hewahota, 
40.000 from JJolosbage, 32,000 lb, from Alagala, 
10 000 lb. from Balangoda ; but we had no estimates 
horn Badulla, Udapuasellawa, Uimbula, Dikaya or 
Mnskaliya. It is specially interesting under these 
oircumstauoos to sea bow shipments and totals 
compare 
Up to 26th May. Ileal of year. Total. 
1891 ... lb. 2,051,542 ... I say) 3,i Oo.OOO... 5,000,000 
1890 ... lb. 3,480,574 ... 6,250, OUO... 8,728,836 
1889 ... 18.4,108,943 ... 5,180,0 0... 8,283,l2j 
1888 ... lb. 4,617,378 ... 8,000,000... 12,697,146 
Of course “if the market improves,” our probable 
5 millions may expand into 6 or 7 million lb. 
— It ia of interest, tu see in conneotion with the 
careful dotai.ed estimatea kindly aent us fox tbe 
Madulsima and Hewa Eliya district, that ” rubber” 
7.000 lb.), “ tobacco ” (200 owt.) and “pepper” 
(re among the iriinor products likely to be exported 
tahenoe. 
COEEEE IX JAVA, CEYLOX AXD MYSOllE. 
Mr. B. H. Elliot, the well-known Mysore estate 
proprietor, and autlior of the “ Experiences of a 
Mvsore planter,” wiiles tu us enquiringly as fol- 
follows : — 
‘‘Could you tell me if Dr. Triiuen found that ooifee 
in Java is suffering much from loaf diseaaef I iufer 
that itiatrum the iulrodnotion there of Liberian. I 
ask becnuae 1 am preparing for a new edition of my 
“ Eiparienoea of u PLuter,” which was pui.l. shed 20 
yeais ago. I shall have mueh to add in re coffee, 
gold, e 0 . I h'.ar bail accounts of lo if-diseano from 
planters on and ),ear the hills, and also from Coorg. 
1 res iy believe that ftlysore is the only coffee conn- 
try that will hold out, aud it will do ao beoauBo 
coffee can be treated there as (or what il is in nature) 
a shade plant, aud beuauau tbe dryness of tbe olimato 
in our long raiuless season is unfavourable to the 
disease, which by the way wo have a.waya had, in 
all prnbabiliiy for nearly 100 years. Then Mysore 
ia in tbe sumo latitude us Abjssiuia, tbe original 
home of the plant, and 1 am told that it is gene- 
rally found that plauts do best if not taken out of 
thor native latitude. Ceylon is out of the coffee 
latitude.” 
Dr. Trimon did not travel much in the coffee 
distriuts of Java; but undoubtedly lieiiiileia 
vaatatrix some years ago did nearly aa much 
misohief to ordinary coffee in Java as it did 
to it in Oeylon and the greater part of Son- 
thorn India, aud that is one reason why Java 
and Straits planters have taken to Liberian- coffee, 
Aa regards Mr. Elliot’s remarks on Mysore and 
Ceylon and his reason fur the continued successful 
cultivation of coffee in the former, we cannot help 
thinking his idea is rather fanciful. Mysore has good 
soil aud u olimato which pormits culture unuer 
shade. That ia tbe reaeon, we suspect, wny coffee 
suffers less (for it certainly does suffer) from leaf- 
disease, than in other parts of Southern India and 
Ceyion. We notice, however, in the statistical 
returns jnat published by the Indian Qovernment 
that Mysore has still 1'23,250 aoroa under coffee 
(Uassan division 49,000 acrea and Eadur over 
74,000) against 62,465 acres in Ooorg ; 55,618 
in Madras Presidency ; and less than 50,00.) 
acres in Ceylon. In 1886, Mysore was officially 
reported to have 134,149 sores under coffee ; Courg 
74,994; and Madras Presidency 93,873 acres. Java 
and Sumatra arc still credited with a large area 
under coffee, perhaps 360,000 acres, but liow muuh 
of this may bo ' Liberian ’ it ia bard to say. Tbe 
export of coffee from Java alone after reaching its 
lowest point in 1887 (263.000 owt.) has begun to 
ioorease again, tbe hall million owt, being nearly 
roaebed in 1889. 

LABOUB SUPPLY AXU COAST AGEXCTES 
PUB COOLIES. 
Wo have not tbe slightest faith in the suocess 
of an agency on the Coast for the supply of coolies 
for Ceylon plantations. All experience in the paet 
has shewn the utter futility of any such attempt 
to meet the varied, the multiplied and oonffiuting 
requiromeiilB of planters. Even if all the pro- 
prietors of the island joined to support a special 
fund for the establishment of euoh an Ageuoy, 
we should anticipate nothing but disruption, failure 
and a winding-up within a twelvemonth. It is 
when the details of working out euoh a sobemo 
come to be oonaiderod that the difficulty begins ; 
and in conjuring up a Coast agent with 60, or 100 
or 500 orders for coolies from planters eager to 
get full value for their money, and jealous of 
priority, while in urgent need of reinforeement, wa 
oan readily realize how the trouble would arise. 
Aa well try to work all the plantations in Oeylon 
from one joint “ Upkeep Fund,” as get ooolies 
supplied through a Labour Fund and Cooly Ageuoy, 
in our opinion. ^ On the other hand, we have no 
objection to giving some extraots from the letter 
of a planter who ia a strong believer in a Cooly 
Agency as follows : — 
The idea of a oooly agency is nothing new. 1 believe: 
one was tried before, and proved a failure, but that 
ia no reason why it should be a failure if thoroughly 
ooufidered and oartiod out. In a tew days P. A. 
mi ot.ngs will be held all over the planting districts, 
and the opportunity shonld not be lost to bring this 
important matter up for disenssion. There is 
nothing of more impurtauoe tu estate managers than 
