10 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[July i, 1891 
CEYLON PRODUCE SHIPiMENTS— 
ESTIMATES— AND PROBADLE TOTAL 
EXPORTS IN SEASON 1891 ; 
TEA. 
In their circular of May 1-lth, Meesrp. Forbea & 
Walker put the total ahipmanla of tea from 
Colombo at 25 millioua Ib. from lat January 
to 14tb May of the current year. At tbia 
ratio, wo ahou'.d have to put down the probable 
total exports of the whole year at 6t) millions 
lb., against estimates varying at the beginning of 
the aeason from 62| millions (Mr. Kutherford's) to 
58 millions (Mr. b'orbes Laurie’s). But it is ac- 
knowledged on all hands that, so far as it 
has gone, the season haa been a moat unusually 
favourable one all over the country lor tea. There 
haa been no stoppage of lluching due to drought ; 
on the contrary the weather has been so oontinu- 
oualy moist ell through what is oommoniy our 
dry hot a.’ason, that the tea bushes have been 
as if in a forcing l.tu .e an 1 liave kept “dueh- 
ing’ at a rate' wbiuh art nil precedent and 
oBUraateB at difiaiioe. The ixpirhnco may bo 
very different if we gel a oold raw South-west 
nion»oou with Euch heavy conlinnouB ram 
us stops the Hudi, at least in 'he higher districts. 
Still, there is no reafioti to aotieipate a worse 
monsoon in this respect tbau usual, while as 
fur the drawback to which low distriuta chit lly 
object, namely drought, there is, we fancy, not 
the slightest ehanee of that extreme being experi- 
enced between June and Deoemter on the South- 
west side of the island. 
On the whole then we do not see why the ratio 
we have adopted should not very nearly hold good 
for the year j for usually, the pi roeiiiaga of ship- 
ments has been heavier in the latter than in the 
first half of the year. A table in out last 
“ Handbook and Direotory” sliews the peroentagts 
worked ont from the experience of the seven 
years 1883 to 1889 inclusive, as follows ; — 
SiiiruBiiTs oi’ tEvnoN Tka Crops i'uom Colombo, 
Qallk and for Uland. 
For the Seven 
Years 1883-89, 
and Terceotagos, 
in Each 
Year 
For Volombo. 
os 
fl) ^ 
For Colombo. 
■S’” 
• § 
C 1- V 
4< O t** 
> ^ 
< fcw 
w o 
s 
S k 
y o 
£ ° 
Int Quarter ... 
17,8211,3,81 
2,515,764 
21) -39 
... 
3,715,740 
;-0'i4 
... 2ii, ?l<,0:i5l 
a,‘.)6’i,r):9 
i3-72 
Ath do 
3.v3.i,8yy 
I'SSO 
Total, Colombo 
... 87.401, 87-8 
i2,i-5,ttba 
1001 U 
This shows how much less is the percentage (61-74) 
that we leave for the shipments of the rest o f this 
year, than was required in the three previous years. 
We may now show the wonderful way in which 
the Ceylon tea crops have run up beginning with 
1885, and giving the percentage of increase for 
each year. Of course it will be borne in mind 
how much le.aa important is a large percentage on 
a small export, than one on the large shipments of 
recent jeuts:— 
1885 
lb. 
. . 4,41 1,.578 
Aimuftl 
increase. 
Porcoutago 
of annual 
incroase. 
1886 
. . 8,111,137 
3,099,659 
84 
1887 
.. 13,800,5'16 
.. 24,381,296 
5, 089, -108 
70 
1888 
10,580,751 
75 
1889 
. . 34,0-18,085 
9,000,789 
40 
1890 
.. 46,901,554 
.. 03,000,000 
(To be 
12,853,109 
37 
1891 
10,098,4-10 
continued.) 
34 
BARK AND DRUG REPORT. 
(Prom the Chemist and Druggist.) 
London, April 23rd. 
Cinchona.— T he public sales which took place hero on 
Tnestlny were rather heavier than the preceding aiictioiiH, 
the catalonrB coUHisting of 
Packages Packages 
Ceylon bark ....1,144 ot which l.lvS wereeold 
Eatic ludlau bark 
I.’JOO 
do 
1,70b 
do 
South American 
bui-k 
.. l73 
do 
160 
do 
Total 
do 
2.981 
do 
A fairly eleady tone provsiled. and nearly the whole of 
the auiiply offered sold at rates which are said to show 
souio aligtit iuiproveineDt on Itio last auctions, although 
they cannot he anid to be quotably higher. 'I'ho average 
unit may h. put at about id pet lb. The assortment 
of barks offered was very poor, and again the Kaat 
Iinliau cinehouas largely untnuuibered those fromOeyluu. 
The following are the approximto quantltioiV purchased 
by the principal buyers : — 
Lbfl. 
Agents for the French manufaclurera ... IIIG.SU 
Agents for the Brunswick work .... isn.aie 
Agents fur the American and Italian works .... 88,11 
Agents for tlio Auerba-. b w vks .... 611.489 
Agents for Iho Kr-inkfort o/.M aid Btuttgart works ea.diS 
Agents for the Mi>uuhcim i.ua Amsterdam works C3.nu3 
Messrs. Howards & sous works ...... 55,388 
Bundry druggials works .... 36,1)19 
Total quantity sold ... #53,179 
Bought in or withdrawn ... ... 9,390 
Total qiiButity offered ... 6 a, 678 
Quininu.— T he market is just a shade better this week, 
sab 9 being reported of 6,0 0 or. " Auerbach ” brand at 
II id, and about .6,900 (>g. B & 8 or Brunswick, all iu second 
hiiiids, at mid per oz. It is said tbat there are no further 
sellers under lOfd per oz. 
For Qallo 
879.85.1 
TEA IN INDIA. 
This shows that we should be juatifiod, aooordiiig 
to the above experience, in regarding tho EhiprucnlB 
of 25 millions ib. up to 14ih May as only equal to 36 
per cent of the total export lor 1891, which should 
thus aggregate 70 raillioiia lb 1 lu antioipating a 
total in excess of 60 and not far ehort ol 65— say 63— 
millions lb., wo are therefore apparently well on tho 
safe side, unless the present low prioes check 
shipments. 
H we go by the Chamber s latest return and com- 
pare the shipments for four seasons up to Us latest 
date with the totals for the years, tho result works 
out as follows ; — 
Total 
Years. 8hipmiui.s, 
1891 (ssj) 63,1310,01)6 
1890 ... 46,9l)l„b51 
1889 ... 34,048,085 
1888 ... 24,881,796 
Shipments Ter 
to Uth May, oeuUgo. 
21,105,748 ... 38-26 
I. 5.038,489 ... 32 06 
II, 6il3,l)ll) ... 34 07 
6,006,512 ... 24 80 
( From IVatsnn, Sibthorp <£ Co.'s Report.) 
1, Hare Street Calcutta, May 6th, 1891. 
Tlipy hiive now th® jileumirato iJiTe you the figures showing 
the nelual out'.urn ot tltc luUiHii tea crop of l89u. 
Aoiiial outturu of crop of IhUu. 
Thu tot.ul fhipaio. t» to uU places# from the 1st May 1890 
lo March ISwUiavit.g been li-., the difference 
reprer-GUtk* the hH-ai consi ipp'ion oni nu> small puit on of 
Uht scaa n*s er. p still to go forw ard. It will bo f-cen from 
l.ho fthovo titfurert that th« actual outturn win# less than the 
oiipiaa] eMiiniate by moro ihun d million lb. 
T1 o followii'K fiKurwj kimlly f. rnnihod to the Uineral 
Committ«H show the oftinoa.e of the ciup ot ]«9l ; — 
Orinbial Estimate of crop o 1891. n9,79‘,'‘U 
beiotf 4} aiiliiou lb. orer the origfual estimate of the crop 
of 18U0. Tukhi#c the shipraeiits to nttuir places st 10 pur 
cent ovir !hOB«‘ of liit year and inakirg allowance for 
local coiiSumpUon, there will rcmHiu about 112 million lb. 
fur exp Tt to great Ilr-tain agah wt ’t illion lb. shipped 
thur® during the past tcasou. It U pobslble, however, 
thuc the BClUfil oulLurn of the crop of 1801 miy bo 
consider'ably less thao the estimate as was the cave last 
scaiou 
