October i, 1891.] 
THE TROPICAL AtSmOOLTURIST. 
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in payment. The contract ir deolinea to pledge him- 
bpK on h B si 'e to carry out the agrepment to thst 
cxtmt, beoausB. bs he has very jnatly remarked, 
to do BO wou'd. in the event of bia dca h (loourring, 
too hcav ly burden bia heire He has howev.r 
B'atrd that he is hopeful of being able to oirry out 
the scbemo to the larger amount should hia life bo 
spared. You will, therefore, see that a very groat 
step in advance has been m>do towards pushing 
the Bale oft eylon tfain America. ‘ Advertising,'’ 
they any, "iR the soul of iraile,’' and too maty 
proofs of the oorrpctncsa of this snying come under 
our 0 vn observation to admit of its being doubted. 
And this end, under the atriirgemenis cone uded 
aa above detaih d, will b t gained without its being 
npceaaary lor the Company to advance a single 
d( liar in oash. The contractor, of oourae, is imbued 
wiih the belief that ho wiU bo able to place the 
stock among hia fricnls at a profitable rate, and 
Mr May auKUta from i.hia important arrangemint 
that ho will BOi'n ha able to exte 'd the sale of Cey- 
lon tea in a mopt oonaidcrable d'gree. Knowing 
wha'. we do o Mr. May, and of tho energy with 
which ha works, we h re eotertain very little doubt 
what he now iinticipatos w 11 shortly be realised. 
Tho oontraotor believes that by the method 
he proposra ha will bo able to dialribuio the 
shares of ttie Company, parJy tor oaBh and partly 
in stock, among fully 1,600 ot tlio leading news- 
paper propr amra of the United States, each of 
wnom will then have a direct interest in lurthering 
the development of the ealo of 'leyhm tea by the 
Company. Mr. May a letter proteeda tossy that it 
would bo an invaluable thing for hun if ho could 
SU oepd in < btaiiiiiig t^ir Wil iiira (■!• gory’s and 
S r Arthor Biroh'e name- ai vioo presidi nta of hia 
Company, He told Mr. Liake, when in KuvUn I, t.iat 
if he cou d get ‘your ariatociaov" to lend tbe r 
names to hia eohome it woul i ensure him suooesB. 
Well, we oan hardly rank the namea ol the two 
gentlemen above indicated among those of the 
British arialooraoy, hut no doubt even simple kingbt- 
hood goes o oae to a groat ex ent smong our 
Amerioan oouflins. Wo know thit Sir Arthur Birch 
hae shown great inti rest in Mr. May’s scheme, that 
genileman, aa jou were informed liy me, having 
brought with him on the oouassion ol his late viii 
to Engtund a very str ng letter i f inlroduodon 
to Sir Arthur, who, Mr. .May fur her infotma us, 
hat siaOB he had leiurned to New York written 
him very warm wishes lor his siucesa. If both 
your former Governor and yonr f. rmer Colonial 
Secretary will consent, in view of the great imp tna 
it would give to tho sale of Ceylon tea in America, 
fo permit the use of their names as suggested by 
Mr. May, it would no doubt giestlyaid the latter 
in hiS eiiterprke. 
No one, we are told, reeognieoa more fully 
than does Sir Artliur Biroh the pi easing neuessity 
that tUora is for opening up nevv markets for 
Ceyl n tea, and that wirli all possiblo spe d. 
He is, wo hear, himself oonneoted in a largo de- 
gree with your loading industry, ai d lie is o-rtaio, 
therefore, to oiosoly watoh the markets. He cannot 
have faihd to notice how seriously iho competi- 
tion for your teas has taiku ■ if of late. All 
thoao with whrm I have commenced on the 
BUliject admit this to bo the ease, and attribute 
|t to tho imports ov'erreaching tho present demand. 
The advisability, therefore, of giving Mr. May the 
fudest supports possible must he freely recognised 
oy Sir Arthur B rob, and possibly Sir Wiiliara 
Gregory may also recognise that desiraul ity. But 
even should thoss genthmen hesitate to grant 
wbat Mr. May desires of them, the news I have 
been able o give you oaunot but be pleasurable 
to the whole of your readers. 
33 
Below is given an extract from the 2’imes 
eummarizing a most intoreBting article in the 
Kew Bulletin with retipect to the adulteration 
of ooffeo in tho United Stalee. Of oourso we 
have often hoard of the artificial beans to 
which referenoe is made, but it la — at all 
events to myself — quite a novelty to learn to 
wh.at a large extent the manufacture and uSa 
of them has extended. Tho matter is not now 
of tho same importance to your planters as it 
would have been before the failure of coffee in 
your island, but it oaunot even now be said to 
ha wholly a matter ol unconoorn to some ol them 
that this method of udulteratiou should be cheeked. 
Spurious Covfke. — Tho current i.'sue of the Kew 
Bulletin contains fome information rospeoting the 
manufacture of arliftcial coffee beans, an industry 
which appear* to have assumed some importance in 
tUo United State.*. As far hick as 1860 the late Dr. 
Liuriley prcBonttd to Kew cartifully-modclled artificial 
beina, intended for mixing with the genuine beaus, 
and which were snppo.sid to bo made from finely- 
powdeiod oliicnry. 'Tl e Amerioan beans are supposed 
to bo compo.-ed of rye flour, glucose and water, and 
ere prepirod to resomblo in sizn and colour a moder- 
ately good sample of roasted coffee beans, and by the 
introduction ot a few genuine boens they acquire tho 
aroma of true coffee. The modeling is snifioieutly 
goO'l to deceive tbe public, although if critically oi- 
am lied differences appear. But “ the general ohirao- 
turi-tica are those of fair coffee with small and some- 
what broken beans.” It ia said that 2U per cent of 
tho coffee si IJ to consumers in the United Stiitce ia 
ariitioial. The epnrioua boana can be made at a cost 
of £6 per l,0C0lb. and the latter when mixed with 
601b. ef pure coffee finds a ready sale, and yields a 
profit of cent, per coot. “ Coffee substitutee ” are 
a'so largely manafactiirod in tlie United .S'atee, one 
firm alone producing 10,0001b. a weolt. The article 
is sold by the mnimfaLturer na “rolTco substitute,” 
not ae collce, and tberelore be violates no law against 
adulteration ; but t'lie rotailers throughout New Eng- 
land and the Central Bistos who purchase it by the 
barrel either sell it us genuine ooffeo or mix it with 
c lif. o which ia gonuino. Tbe production ol artificial 
coffee has also received aomo attention in Germany. 
An Imperial decree haa forbidden tho manufacture 
and sale of machines for prednoiug the artificial beans. 
These latter were recently extensively advertised in 
German iiewspapera and attracted tho attention of tho 
G 'Vernment. Tho beaus are intended to mix with 
genuine oulfee, end not to produco a beverage which 
might act aa a siibsiituto for coffee. Tho Brtish 
Biabaeay in Berlin found it impossible to obtain any 
cf tbeso spurious beans for Kew, as tho machines for 
making them have been eon fisoa tod. — liondon Cor. 
♦ 
^ Tint Cultivation ol tbe Yokohama and Hong 
Kong bamboos is to be tried in various parts of 
the Madras Presidenoy, and arrangements have 
been made to import a large quantity of seed for 
A Quantity ok Ceylon Tea made up in d lb. 
packets ia to be distributed free in Perak. The 
duty has been entrusted to Mr, Haueon by 
the Tea^ Fund committee of the Ceylon Planters’ 
Association, who are endeavouring with oommend- 
able energy to push the sale ol Ceylon tea in all 
parts ol the world . — Pinang Gazette, 
ALi.aoED Ai?w Tka 1’kst.- 
-A iormor tea 
planter now on the Nilgiria writes to a local 
contemporary about an alleged new disease in tea 
which, although affeeting the brauehea and not 
the loaves, he ventures to think must be the 
"oruin” of tho ooffee leaf disease, llemiliae 
vastairi.e ! Tho statements are vague and unsoi- 
entio; and the object seems to be to bring an 
alleged remedy into notioe That a few branches 
of tea bushes should be aUeBted with ‘‘insidioua 
delunotion is neither wonderful nor alarming 
