October i, iSgi.] 
Tmf T!50P'CAl AGRICULTURIST. 
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and boil down to a jelly — an operation that nccnpies 
only a few momenta^ as the manatee is ric in pfla in. 
oils materials ; the o»l|) reiaainins after jelly I as b“en 
removed maybe uodti advantaye in making mar- 
malade. In the amount of sugar used i makin/j Hv. 
the h 'useltreper is ■; fe in following 'Id piacio a in 
this respect with other fruits It is iin' os-ial. to give 
exact rules in all the oper' ti ns ono oled «-i'li 
working op this fruit. In geiieial it w II be well to 
use, in hoi'iug, water somewhat in exocsp, aiel ss t' e 
mangoe '‘co'lta” readily, constant watclifnluess is 
needed to prevent burning. 
To sb"W something of what is p'lesihlo in the wav 
of resuIlH wi'li this fruit, I map say that in eur ex- 
perim' nts Ihift on rond-sizod ra'ng' es "sv« ouepin' 
of jelly and five qirtr s of mavmslaie. This orr'a'iilv 
must bo counted av ry favonrablo, not to say remark- 
able, re.sult. 
It is oh ar 'o me that there are grJat pns6ihili*ieo 
in connection with th - Q leonsland mangoe crop If 
put u'jon the market in attr- ciivo forni in the shap" 
of'j lly and tnarm >lade, it woul ' be oertniu to coins 
into almost instant p'lpularitv i and that it might he 
manufaoture l and a Id at a h inlsome pr' fC is 
appareut from the fignn s bore given . — liangoon Gazette. 
-MAXA GRASS BOARD FOR TFA BOXES 
A SUCCESS— A XEW' INDUSTRY FOR 
CEVUOX— STANLEV-IVHIGUTSON SYNDI- 
C.ATE AND ilR. EI.WOOD MAA"— 
FROSEOUTION OF TEA ADUL- 
TERATORS. 
London, Aug. 28. 
At length, and during the present week, it has 
been postible for me to see the square tea boxes 
moulded, as regards (ho sides, in ono single piece 
from the mana graes pulp. They were exceedingly 
strong and serviceable looking, and it is intended. 
We h nr, to adopt the moihod of putting in the 
heads an I botlom pieces lollowod by the Stantley- 
Wrighlsin Syadioa 0 , iltough this, to my mind, 
may even yet be oonsidetaaly simplifiod. The 
board ol which the boxes are compose I is ex- 
ceedingly stout and hard, and even my weight— 
whi.-h is by no means inoonsiderab e — hfc.l no > ff :ot 
towards altering their shape. Dr. Normnn Evans 
himstlf brought these boxes to the oiDoo of the 
Staiiley-Wrightson Sindicatc, and ixpre sed his 
full salisfaciiou with them, 
It may bo as well to give you the following 
extract from his report made to the hyndioate 
above-mentioned on the 0 arse of mannfaoture 
that ho watched, and on its result. He wrote, 
under date of August 25th : — " Tho grass was boiled 
for eight Irmra with a pressure of forty pounds 
(of steam) and fifteen per oont. of lime. O-i visiting 
tho mill on the morning of August (itli, I found tho 
grass properly boih.d. We Wore able to boat it 'ii 
the engine for four hours wilh far less trouble 
than wo had eV'r before had. To 200 lb. 
of tho dry grass was nddi d forty pounds of 
rough paper, which gave 1.50 lb. of dried board 
and barrel?. The stuil ran well in tho machine, 
giving good thick boards and barrels (sea epicimona) 
which dried without blistoring or splitiing. I think 
that this experiment oonolu-ifoly shows that it is 
possible, wilh the addition oC a comparativslv 
small peroentage of old paper, to manufacture good 
solid boards out of maua grass. (Signed) P. 
Nobman Evans.” 
Suocuss hav ng so far attended the repeated trials 
made with this material, tho couree to be followed 
to utilize th- ir r'^siilis has now to he considered. 
Undue haste might bo att'iiled by diaappointm nt, 
bu. we have it said that tbo Umvers.l Barrel 
Oompauy intends negotiating with tho Stanley- 
Wrishtson Syndicate for the purchase of its Ceylon 
patent, and that it has already entered into 
comunication wiih a gentleman in Colombo with 
the object of arranging for working that patent in 
tlie island It would be premature to add anything 
to this statement ; but we hope that it may prove 
to be the prelude to the successful introduction 
of tho manufooture of these tea boxes in some 
local -ly adjacent to your tea estates. It may 
perhaps be ust-fully added that, although quite 
new, the boxes had no appreciable smell. 
Further with reference to the proceedings of 
the Stanley-Wrighson Smdioate it may be written 
you that Mr. Elwood May proposes to purchase 
I heir Amvrioan patent and to manufacture boxes 
locally, which, after that amount of embellishment 
that Ameriuan taste seems to demand, will be used 
to distribute tho tea to their oustomers, A large 
amount of their tea, however, the American Ceylon 
Tea Company proposes to send out from their stores 
in highly ornaraental p.iokets. Specimens of these 
wo may expect to receive in England, and we shall 
he ouriouB to see how the V'rsatile ingenuity of 
our American cousins can manage to i ■ prove on 
OU'' own methods of making up these packets. 
yBusion to this topic reminds mo that soma 
surprise is felt here at nothing having as yet been 
heard from your Planters’ Association wi h respect 
to tbo letter from tho Ceylon Aaaooiation in Ijondou 
containing a suggestion as to soma thirty adulter- 
tors of your teas being prosecu td. Although we 
believ that opininn hare is opened to wholesale 
prosecution of offenders, there is no doubt that it 
would be a wise course to make periodionl raids on 
these posts of your tea trade. To allow the system 
to go on of selling niixlures as pure Ceylon tea with 
only a ooloirablo pretext ol an almost unuistinguish- 
able label intimatiug that the contents of a packet on 
mixture, must he to court the continuance of a 
practice very damaging to the extension of the sale 
of your t'», and wo hope your local Assooiatiou 
will oou'iiol the prosecution ol a lew at least 
among the chief offenders.- Londou Gor. 
■ ■ 
THE MINEKAI. WEALTH OF INDIA. 
Captain C. C, Townsend, u. a., will find many to 
agree wilh him in liis opinion that ,the mineral 
resources of India have not received adequate atten- 
tion in the past, and that the country contains 
below its surface poteotialities of wealth which 
might change its history and immensely improve 
the con lition of its people. Some also, perhaps, will 
think with him that such attention as the subject 
has received has beeu devoted too exolusively to 
gold and gems to the exclusion of the so oalled 
baser metals, especially iron, which are so much 
tho most imporliint factors in the history of the 
world as to have given names to the epouhs of its 
oxisience. We fear, however, that all will rise from 
a perusal of his brochure with ideas very little 
more definite than before as to tho moans for tho 
attainment of this wealth. The l itle book is dis- 
uppointing in that it gives glimpses ol groat possi- 
bilities without laying down U'ly praotioablo road 
to their realization i it d-monstrat'S that there is 
mineral wealth in India, it ah"ws tha obstaoles to 
its exploitation, but it hardly indioalos, oven 
vaguely, the means for ovorooming those obstaolep. 
The author does not ilaim to h vve evolved an ex- 
haustive treatise; ho has deUborately made his 
work a mere sk toh in Iho hope that it will attract 
road' rs th .t a more ponderous tone would deter • 
but h h'S U itmndothH most o! the spauo h 1 has 
allowed himself. In fact, tho book ouniains more 
than the usual amount of padding. One-third of 
