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THE TROPICAL A,QRiCULTlJRt3T. 
[October i, 189 r. 
Tho aclual savinff liT rurcliasirg tho c^nivolent of 
7 per c'nf. lustcail r.f 100 ton* ot G per ceit. Hl-13, 
» raving net to be derpisi tl in tliere bard timef. 
Tho moat car ful and conrcienlioiis maker of oil 
cakea can only gnnrnntoo that they tUall con'a’.n a 
certain per c nt. of ammonia, if he Riipp'iea more it 
ii only light that he ahoiild bo paiil for it, cr ho 
cm divide hie cakea i'i'o olatfes to suit h'a oiistonura. 
On the other hand the conanracr has an equal right 
to aak tor the enko he likes beat, and i* prepared 
to pay for. . , , . 
In soma casoa where carriage is diliioidt it would 
paj tho p'antor to give ariip e or even two per unit 
tonni ro for a high class oil c.ilco with 9 to 10 per 
cent. Ammonia. White caa'or cake of this quality can 
bo prodnceil, though Macadam gives the nverttnge 
for caster cake in great IMtain as p r cent* 
Hnehes gives 9-45 per sent, os the highest for whit 
castor, but the snmple had ll'.^7 per cent od m it 
which could with advantage to tho planters be 
reduced fro 5 tier cent, or Ices. 
Wll.MAM PEINOLK, M.S.O I. 
Bangalore, Aiig. 24tb, 1891. 
TE.t, t'Ot'FKM .\Nrj CAC.U). 
Much of tho advance ia traced to the reduction of 
duty, and Ihsre can he little doubt that the end of 
18!)l will ECO the round 200,000,000 lb. exceeded, with 
an advance up to the thwe hundred millions of lb. 
by the md rf the decade and the ocnlury. 
Such a result in Britain, where the consumption 
of tea lias now reached .d lb. a head, — equivalent 
to at least 7 lb,, censidering the greater strength of 
Indian and Ceylon tea — and proporlionnto advanofs 
ill other markets, depend, of course on the preser- 
vation of poooe, for which we have materia! as well 
as moral reasons to pray, I’rcpcraliotis for wor 
have, in truth, become so awful in their immensity 
end their destruotivo character, that while on the 
one hand there is danger of an outbreak being 
precipitated, there is on the other the dread which 
even the most umcrupu'ous mu*t feel at letting 
looBo forces so far-reaching and calculated so rapidly 
to decide, not only the fortunes of campaigns, but the 
destinies of nations. 
NOTES ON PllODUCE AND PINANCK. 
In articles which we extraot from tho 
Home and Ochmial Mail, the Oncer, and 
tho Fhianciiil Xeirn, there is innoh interesting dis- 
cussion regarding the three products named above. 
The decline of coffee cor.snmption in Britain has 
no special connection with the decadence of 
ocffao crops in Ceylon. The ntliole is dearer 
(calculating l.y bulk of infusion), more difficult 
to prepare, and far more liabla to adulteration, 
than tea. We are not so pure, however, that tlie 
Financial Neu-i ia oorreol in tracing no oonnec- 
tion between tho increase of speoially high 
quality cacao from Ceylon and the largely inorehsed 
use of this fatty and nourishing artiole, L’'nnuiua’a 
“food of tho geda," in Britain. The British 
householder who ia ehoioo in his tarte and able 
to gratify it knows a good article when he 
sees it. And that Ceylon cacao is, beyond ail 
question, the best in the world, — due largely to 
cstrema esre and tho application of seientifle prin- 
ciples in its preparation, we believe, — ia evident 
from the comparative prices in tho Britieh market 
in 1690. We give the ascending seals : — 
Grenada ... 69 ' to 03/ per cwt. 
Trinidad ... 6'* to 70/ ., 
OuavaqniUArriln) 90/ to 97/0 „ 
Ceylon 119/ to 125/ „ 
tho latter rising at one time during the year to 
13.9/ per owt. With auoh prices and advancing 
oonsuinption, surely tho few who are growing cacao 
sueoesEfnlly are to bn congratulated. For growers 
of tea, too, wlio dread a repetition of that over- 
production which rendered Ihn cinchona enter- 
prise unremunerative, there is comfort in the 
articles we quole. Tea is not only ea4er made 
and cheaper than coffee, but our Ceylon pro- 
duct, equally with the Indian, gives a greatly 
increased number of cups per lb. more than is yielded 
by China (ea. Ceylon tea, with all the attacks on 
it by loBB and tho peasiniism of friends, is 
beyond question, tlie favouiilo lea in the market, 
and is likely to benefit specially by all advanoea 
in consumption of “the cups lhat cheer but 
not inebriate " in Britain and m “ now markets. 
In tho great leading market of tlie world, it will 
be seen, the consumption of tea, under the mfluenoo 
of reduotioDB in duty and cost price, has moreasod 
in four decades thus : — ,, 
Ibe 
In 1860 oonsDinption was only 77|000,000 
In 1870 tho quantity rose to ...112,000,000 
In 1880 there was an ad- 
vance to ... ...1GO,000,OCO 
While in 1890 there was n sudden 
spring to .,,194,000,000 
Indian Tea in Takis. — I f Indian tfa is to make its 
way 111 Taria fmula are iicccBsary for the purpeae. 
That a coffee drinking rution can bo induced a 1 at 
mice to (bftL'Ka iti fas'© is not at nil likdy, but thf ro 
13 a very jfood proppect indeed that tho confumptiou 
of tea wi'l afOHtlily ircreasc if the paio ia persiatnuiiy 
pn-hed. Tlie question is, Bhuli the enterpriso languish 
for want of mon y Y 
Thk Pobition ofTea anpTea Coin p.^nies.— The article 
in tho. /'Vnufic/a^ AV/cs an this sul ject, which wo quoted 
last week, has called forth some correhpoudence iu tl.e 
paper. “J. C.” writes :““A« you douhihss wish 
that all your information j-hfuld be as accurate as 
possible, perhnpB you will allow mo to point out that 
in quGt’OR tea hhares for 1890 soma allowanoa should 
be made, to tho extent of say, two per cent, for the 
advance in the value of Iho rupee. With regard to 
Ceylon companies, I m*iy mention that while the 
Cey'ou Tea Plantation Company has paid 15 per cent, 
tor five succrsfiive yeB^^s, other Ceylon companies have 
paid 20 p r cent snd 30 p« r cent. It ia quite correct 
to say that Co>lojtn has the hid reputation of n-it 
keeping; but I think you wil find, on enquiry ‘ in tho 
Lan' ,’ tliit this rcIVrs only to parcels made during 
unfavourable weather. I taw some broken Pekoo a 
week ago sampled agoinst some of la«t year’s crop from 
the sitmo estate, which was decidedly inferior to the old 
leaf of 1890. I Atn not one of thoro wlio be lieve iu the cn* 
ornioua estimates for future Ceylon crops of tea, but the 
qusliLy bn only fairly maintained,! am confident that 
the new markets opening up in llusf.ia and tho United 
*Statc s will abaorh ,ill the 1 af which Ceylon can uroduco. 
Allow mo to a«a'irn50u that I am not intercfiteii in Cey- 
lon toa or tea rsitatoi*.” Wiry Leaf ” writea : — “I 
iim ghid yon have «gain broui*bt these inrestmeuts under 
tho notice of tho public, for really Fuoh concerns neem 
I'l bo about the only opre that would not be injurod or 
ruined by atrikeA,«s iu the ease of r.iils, tram.«, atesin- 
aliips, docks, Ac. Indeed, ti a and milk, and perhaps 
gii'gcr-bevr, will bo tho only things left to drink Roon. 
Oofft e is not iii favour, and is 90 per ^^..t chicory, 
and c'coa is similarly adulterate'^ ome months 
«go you inserted cuh or two letters from me under 
my preanit itoni de pltano, in wlroh 1 oallod ntten- 
tioii^ to different tea compaiiioR, espcoially British 
Indian niid K astern ANsam. Tho form-T, at tUo 
close of the Be-B-m, July, igoo, was £1.600 to the 
bud ; but now— July, 1891 — not only is this wiped oft*, 
but about £2,00U paid iu dividends, and £100 carried 
fonvard. Tlio Kastern Asuam in 1880 wan £10,000 
to th-3 i)Ad, but has mado a profit caoU year since, 
and there is every reason to anticipate that not only 
will the small remaining balance bo wiped off this 
year, but a divide.ud is not impossible. 
Last Wbek’s Tra Sale.— T he quantity, says tho 
I'roduce Markets^ Jleviii w, of Indian ton brought forward 
has been larger than Jaat week, tho proportion of tho 
lower doBcriptioDs giviug a poor infuaioubsung cousider* 
