s6o the tropical AQRIOULTURIST. [October I, 1891 
operations oonfloed to a limited area of lAcd, and 
with no Stock Kicbange quotation for the sharcEi. The 
remedy for this is obvious^viz., amalgamation, with iti 
cODseqoexit reduction of coat and eqaaliffation of annual 
prohtj through the risk being distributed over a wider 
area. The history of the Jokai Oompany of Aesara, a 
combination of numerous estates which used to he se- 
parately worked,' proves how succe'iBful this policy is. 
The need for some such mea'-urea b^iug takon mu't bo 
impresrted upon the most conservative of nT*uagerH, as 
they witnesBibe pioneers and founders of the industry 
pa5*ainK away one by one, anti discover bow difficult it 
is fur trustees and executors to realise their holdings 
wtu n nocoKsary, except nt n * givli g away price, Mor 
the sole reason, a« our stnekbroktrs inform us, that 
* nobody knows Hnything about tea shares.’ ’* 
Our Last Week’s Tea Saleo.— Indi.ui tea is romlng 
forwar*! more fi 0 « h , oays the Produce Mwikets* p£vicu\ 
d propos of last week a salts, and ilio public ralfHWiilcou- 
tinut* lo bo held tLroo days a m ek iustoa.l 0 ^ 1 wo, as bus 
been the caao duriiur the past few months Th.- qnauiity 
shipped from Calcutta is about 4,000,000 Ih in 
esoesR of the samo period last year, aud the market 
therefore will now bo hbTally supplied. I'ho 
arrivals so far have not been equal to the average 
qualities of pa»t sosBon?, a large proportion of the 
tea, including somo ci th»> better known girdeos, 
being poor, but prices having fallMi to u com- 
paratively low level, these kinds have gono freely 
into consumption. The scarcity of belttr tea is 
shown by the active bidding for the simill quan- 
tity offered ; the prices rualised must bo satiHfac- 
tory to injport(r8, and should encourage thorn to 
furnish thio market with a larger proportion of 
higher grade lea then they have sent this sea- 
son. At the public sales 19,S80 packages were 
brought forward. And only 2,120 were withdrAwu, 
which have mainly been dispoBrd of siuco. The 
demand was fairly active, the latter salon sbowitig 
greater strength, and pnooa geiioraUy were rather 
firmer, a few roully line tORS fetching extreme ratoe- 
The Bales of Oeylon teas liavo been extremely large, 
but the mark* t lua firmly withstood the unusual pres- 
sure, aud prices have on the nveriige been higher than 
those of la^t wsek. There haa been a decline in rhe com- 
monejjt grades at from 6Jd. to TJd., aud tho value now 
offering is snob as has no: been ko u fur the lart three 
years. This fact has bcou goncrKlly tfrcognisod by the 
trade, and a large business has roaiilted. The quality 
of tho Inte imports has shown a slight iuiprovcmeot, 
and with a diminution in tho cxc* a-ive Bupplies, this 
should tend to enhsnoo valuer still further. 
A Golden Tip” Sale. — A small parcel of GoMcn 
Tip from Ceylon marked “ Maha Il« ttiya” was ihia 
week knocked down at 35 guiuoan per lb. AUhongh 
the Laco has ceased tu take any interest in th( so 
fancy sale.*, thcyooctlnuo to eorveas an advortiBeiueat; 
both for Coylou t ‘a aud the purchaser of tho expen- 
sive paokages.— //. and 0. Mail^ Aug 28tli. 
The Briti.sh North Borneo Oo. hccuih to 
have fallon on evil days, to judge by the report 
presented at the haU-yearly mceiing held on 31st 
Aug., the proceedings of which, uontaiued in the 
London Tivieu received by the German muil 
steamer will bo found elsewhere. Tho cbivirmun, 
it will be seen, laid the chief blamo of tho 
unfavourable condition of tho Company on the IhLo 
manager, who baa been dismiBBed. The low price 
of tobacco was also another crueo of loss. 
Some of tho shareholders, expressed tbeir 
opinion of the directors conduct pretty 
freely ; and though the report and accounts 
were ultimately received, it was only with tho 
understanding that fresh accounts wero to to 
prepared and presented at a meeting to bo held in u 
few monlha* time. It is to be hoped that Mr. Henry 
Walker, who has been sent out in conuoctiou with 
the proEcnt crisis, will be able to give a more 
hopeful report. 
PROFITABLE USES OF THE MANGOE 
CROP. 
Tho following is extracted from a report of Mr. 
Shelton presented to the (Queensland Department of 
Agriculture, and reprinted in the proceedings of the 
Agri-llortioultuial Society of Bm-ma. 
Recently, in various shapes tho question has been 
put by fruit-growers living in different eectioua of 
the colony : How can tho great raaiigoe crop of 
the prehout season be utilised by preserving or other- 
wise, so as to be made available throughout the 
greater portion of the year? To meet this and like 
inquiries, BIrs. Shelton and myself have undertaken 
a considerable number of expeiiments having for 
their object to preserve tho fruit with as much as 
possible of the original mangoe characteristics of 
texture and flavour. Our cxporiuiouta covered can- 
uiim and the making of marmalade and jelly. 
1^0 fruits famished by Mr. Edgar, of Rockhamp- 
ton, although differing greatly in minor parti- 
culars, are roughly divisable into two classes — those 
largo growing varieties having dark green 
skins, light cream-coloured flosli, and a distinct 
and rn-ii unc^d acid flavour wuh a mimm iro ot tho 
lurpciitiiie taste; and tbife varying giOdtly in Aizo, 
form, and oolmring, but all having deep golden 
oolourid lli'sh, which in ripe sptciiuenH is v- ry sweet 
and Aoft. Undcmbtedly the former are as valnabln for 
cooking a; d h! 1 forms of pie8prv''S us the lut'er are 
ff't ufo iu the ra V state— ».c., eating from the hand. 
Ou** experimt'iits show, too, that heat results from 
CO king are aiwa)a obtain. ol wi h fruit tbit Ls full 
prowu, but fi-iu and not over ripr-. In tnak nrf mur- 
mahde and jelly, a niixtuto. if th.- two sorts in f-qual 
I portions gave very satiuf »ctorv rGRUlts. Th^* large, 
light-flesh- d, acid to fcs gave a marninlade hatdl> uir- 
tinguishahiu from that male from the best apples. 
Tbo addition of the golden fle-hed varieliea proved 
useful ill Moving to tho product a very distinct and 
agreeable mangoo flavour. 
After p» Clin,.', the iruii is separated from tho stones by 
slicing into pieo- 8 of convenient szhj iheae should be 
stowed for s few iniuut a only, bufure pouring iuto the 
cans, in syrup srrongor weak in sugar 10 amt the laite. 
Or the fruit rasy be c.joked in the can with ssrup as be- 
fore. There may he a diflt^reiicei t rpinion hr to the p >U- 
tableness of camiod lu-iugoi s. A 0 insi-lo’-abb^ uumhor 
of tho«e porRons who Imvu tasted tho romlla of our 
work have pronounced the emned fruit excebeit, 
while others luve detija'-ed the-r ind'ff'erencti to it. 
A like divrr ity of r pmioii, W'o note, In bin n Bpooiiug 
the raw friiir, pnrtiou arly with thono no iccustotued 
to its p«culiar flavour. Mang stewed iu the form 
of a ^a‘JCO will bo found a welcomn Rdflitiou to any 
dinner table. “A^-i i:ood as stewed psacliOB,*’ wo have 
heard them prououuce<\ 
Webster defines niHrmal ule lu ** pr eserve or con- 
fection made of the pulp of any nf tlm lirm*-r fruits 
boiled wi«-h ^ugar, and usually evap ireied 
ao as to tsko the form of a mould.” Nearly in this 
sense the w’otd ‘‘m ♦nn- lade” ia iHcd in this CRmy, 
Peel and elico the mangoe, cutting cl ' so to the st-.iee, 
nd cook, naiug pioi ty of water. Boil until ti e fruit 
is ihoroughly di^iutog a'ed, when the pulp ^iIOuld bo 
run tbr -ngli the coUn-ior with tbo purpose of 
extauting the won! ” .Sngar i*hould now be added 
t') ruit »bo taste (about j ib. to the pint of pu p), aud 
tho maiB boil- d until ol ar, when it wuuM bi« poured 
iuto the uioiilds or jars in which it is to he kept. Tbia 
marmalade i- of a rich g- Idon yellow cobmr, U retains 
tho iorni ot the mould pt-rfectly, and its bouhjs iu nil 
respects to satisfy the tuo?t exacting ta-to. Iu Uic 
ai s«iioe 01 the expurlei ce iieceSvS iry to lest the keeping 
qualities ot m-ngoo mirmaiade, it wnu d bo part of 
wl^aom to eenl ihu jars designed rorfutu’O use whicu 
bot vviih wax, or better yet, with a plug of coiton 
wool, 
l?ur joFv, prepare ihe mangoes by filiciiig as for mar- 
malade, boil tho fruit with water, pn loinin. the 
bui I -!.- only t ■ the I'xtent of extiacti g the juices. 
Great chto sliould ho rakeu in boilinir as the iniugoo 
rapid y “ bods lo pieces,” m which eise it >b itnpo-siblo 
to make satislactory jolly, Pour, off the juice, strain 
