October r, 1891.] 
THE TROPICAL ACRICULTURIST. 
935 
Luckimpore 
North Sylheti . . 
Suottlah AHBam, 
Booth ABanm... . 
Tiphook ...... 
78,869 
403, (.00 
79,600 
400,000 
96,000 
e 8 10 0 
12 14 14 0 
6k S 0 13 
19 16 14 0 
6 6 6 10 
‘ Theao resnlta,” it reniarka, “ arc taken from a liat 
of fifty companies, some of them nuknown by name 
outaide the oirole of their limited proprietaries. Of 
the fifty, twelve paid no dividend ibr 18W, and among 
the doicn are four or five which were born to a cm • 
ditlon of impecnnioeity, and. like Mr. Micawber, aiir- 
vive upon their hopes rather than their income t but 
when (ieduotions are made on this account, and for 
sundry frauds or failucea to which Mr. Martin makes 
no reference, there ie a solid foundation left for tlie 
belief that tea companies ere well worth locking into 
as luvestments. Meanwhile, the output of Indian and 
Oeylon teas baa been rapidly increasing, while ont' 
import of the China leaf la oontinually declining, 
rile total imports from India tor the year endirg 
with June laat were 100,984,0001b. against 100,636,0001b. 
In 1889-90, and 01 881,0001b. in 1888-89. The Oeylon 
i.nporiB wore 60,191,0001b. for the twelve months end- 
lag June last, as ooupared with 34.290.0001b, in the 
P'eoeding year and 27,890,0001b- the year before. The 
Buppiy from Ohina and Japan fell from 02,619, OOUlb. 
in 1888 89 to 90,050.0001b. 1889-90 and 09,742,0001b 
in the year ending in June. Tee importa from Java 
amounted to 4,120,0001b. in 1890-91, a considerable 
improvement over the 8,094, 0001b. of the previous 
iyear but a decrease on the 4,297,0001b. in 1888.89. 
Hut ,the most noticeable circum-stanoe in this connec- 
tion is the growth of the toa industry in Oeylon. 
Tbu deliveriea in the port of Londou have swolle, 
from 24 904,8001b. three years ago, to 44 6S2,OOOib, 
between July 1st, 1890, and June 30:b, 1891, or from 
the rate of 2,07o,1001b. to 3,700.%01b. per mouth. 
List month (July) the import was, in round terms, 
5,750,0001h and the deliveries about 5, 500, 0001b. It is 
on these remarkable evidences of development that 
Coylon lea planters base their estimate that in teu y. ars 
time the output of the island will ro-ch I00,000,0001b. 
per anuiim, or as mueli as tho import from all ludia 
today. Tho accounts for Ilio last half-year h.ave not 
yet been made up, and Mr. Martin’a tible includes 
only four Oeylon undertakings, of whiuh one ia the 
Eastern Produce and E dates Oompuny, whose history 
is not exietly encouraging. Of these, however, it may 
bo noted that tho Coylon Plantations paid 15 per 
cent on its ordinary shares, the Lanka Plantations 
B per cent and we may add that tlio Land and 
Produce declared a January dividoud of 111 per cent.* 
There are, no doubt, rocks ahead of tlie liritish 
tea planter, and one of them is indicated in Iho 
figures wo have quoted with regard to tho increase 
iu the volume of imports, both from India and 
Oeylon. Mincing Lane rates are n 4 what they 
were six luontbs ago, and prices liavo approached 
nearer to the narrow margin which roprostnta profit 
on the cost of production. Tho geuorsl oonnnmptiou 
docs not scorn to have diminidiod. Tho home de- 
mands for the eleven months np to .May Inst was 
OBlimatod at 100,0110,000 lb. Indian and 40.000,000 lb. 
Ceylon, against delivi-ries duiing tho twelve months 
ending June ol OtylcB.OoO lb. Indian and 12.853,090 lb. 
Ceylon. Put it it a moot point whetbor the uutput 
of British-grown tea, encouraged by a dr maud which 
was stimulated by low priooa, aud fostcud at the ten 
gardens by the cumputitivo etforts of rival mnnagors, 
is not overtaking tho requirements of t so consumer. 
Another problem before tho Ceylou t. i planter is, 
perhaps, even more perplexing than Ih t of prevent- 
ing a glut in the market. Ho has yd to discover 
some method of cnitivating tliu plant i r enriug the 
leaf which will give Ceylou tea tlio eodi iiigqnaliliea 
of the growths of the Chinese aud As im gnrdoos. 
It is mi open secret in Miucing Lane that Ceylou 
tea will i.ot ‘keep.’ Your Chinese leaf will stand a 
year’s warehousing; jont Cingalese losi j its ilavoiir 
aud fragrance In a quarter of the time. This la a 
difflonlty which ought not fo be insuperable to the 
Boieatifio botanist ; and after all, it ia one of the 
points embraced in tho larger qaistioii aa to whether 
the fnture prosperity of toa iiivas'ments does not 
depend more upon the quality of the product than 
the quantity produced."— /L ami 0. Mail. 
* It ought to be taken into account th t in all these 
cases fortunes ruined by the collapse of coffee had 
to be retrieved by tea,— the prooc.ss beirg still in 
operation,— Ed, T, A. 
KINMAX’S Xo, Siil TATEXT TEA DHYER. 
TO THE EDITOR OP “THE PPANTERS' B.4ZETTE.'’ 
Sir,— Will you or any of your readers give their 
experience of Kinman’a Drier No. 251, the last one he 
brought out some three years ago. 
Details such as speed of fans, amount turned out ucr 
hour, qnalHy of tea,— whether any trouble ia experi- 
w travelling into other parts of 
the Machine, --whether it has been found suitable for 
final firing; theso and any other details would be 
very interesting and iiistrnolivo to one 
“ SORELT Fdzzi.ED." 
LONDON TEA LETTER. 
Honour List. 
Gallebodde (Ceylon) .. 1 Box Golden Tip 2 10 
Smkamadjoo (.lava) . . c Boxes Silver Tip no bid 
Hukanpukn (Jokai 
Assam) . . 12 Boxes Flowery 
0. P 4 7 
-- I Box Golden Tip 3 0 * 
Bokel (Jokoi), Assam .. 19 Chests B. O. P. 2 2 
Kefused. 
From the above it will he seen, that Java has been 
'■"SBMeasfiilly, to compete with Cevlon 
in tho Goldeulip advertisement oompetiUon. Very 
much more merilorioiis than theso fancy samples was 
the commercial lino from Hukinpukri which reali.'^e;! 
48 71 per lb. A sampio of this is before me as I 
MU Id b“"desire?r'‘qq “ ““ 
onM 1 ^^" coloured '• tip” of a rich orange 
course It la practically all “tip,” well twisted, and 
clean, and oven in size. Yet, unlike, the separately 
plucked, fancy, Oeylon samples, it baa all Ilia appear- 
anca of a goDuino commercial •• Lino.’' 
Of real news there is very liitle, if any, just now. 
Everything is qnict, and more or leas im.satisfactory 
in the business world gonecally, not iil.me in to.i, and 
there IS a waive of dcpi ession over things Oommeroial 
just uow, which IS doubtless helping to keep tea down 
r^for “a sin ‘of le ‘ -aLfreactfon 
le If f / I’f® ">9“>ent. is to gel at 
loLf ^ A “d Ceylon for this 
tfrv '"‘'■y- J E.stimates just now show 
Xf f f ^ H“''‘J“y<''“d that may aconuiit for .some 
of the "'arkod a feature 
° WUI d'fostiou everybody is asking is, 
Will India send over her 112 millious, aull oxooetl 
soasou’H export? If she does, 
laov. * 4 - ? Bej-da muoh QB is uow expected from 
«,iae! a J huijrlioAp OH priofs later on, 
when the heavy arrivals have to bn dealt with. 
T tof tbe “Palais Indian Toa Houses, 
ijimitcd, cume to baud too Uto to rofer to by 
last mail, and is now, of course, old nows The 
efi Tt is well meant, snd should also prove au ini. 
portmit iiisnrsnce for Uio.se few publin spirited nio.i 
who l ave home the burnt of oiio fray after aiiothir 
hv subscribing to Uuaraiiloo Funds in the iiiterfsts it 
is true of themselvos but also of the groat Sruf 
who, have, as a rule, bstu conspicuous hi, tt.nir oL 
from every effort made to “ push T 
involved a pecuniary risk. TlJis new d^paHime’^'ho 
the beginning, or, more striollv snenlrim, (i,» . 
roa' step in the direction of attraotingconfinentsi atten'! 
