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THE TROPICAL AQRIOULTURIST [November 2, 1891. 
Ceylon Tea in Pakis, and tub Ooubbspondencb 
WITH Committee of London Association.— liesolveU : — 
** Th>»t ill view of the opinion expressed by the Tea 
Committee of the Ceylon Assooiation in London iu 
the letter of the 24th July m to Mr. Lou/jjh’H po- 
sition And cftpabilities the Standing Committee of the 
Tea Fund being desirous to introduce Ceylon Tea 
into France will favourably consider any feasible 
scheme that the London Tea Committee recommends 
euQloiont guarantees beiug taken that Ceylon interests 
would not ho Aubordinated to Indian/’ 
Analyse.h of Samples ok Tea Grown at Various 
Flbvations. — Keaolved:— “ That consideration of the 
matter be postponed.” 
The Standing Committee of the “Tea Fund then 
A. PHILIP, 
Secretary to the Planters’ Association of Ceylon. 
The New Tea Disease.— Simultaneous with the 
publieatiou in our columns yeateriifty of the psra)traph 
which had appeared in the Madras Timts concermnjf 
the new tea disease which Mr. MimtaKue Barton, late 
of the Assam Company, had professed to have dis- 
covered and to be able to cure, the geutlomau arrived 
in Oojion by the Qoalpara quite uucxpeotodly from 
OooDOOr where he is engaged in plantiug, and he 
proceeded almost at once to Kalutara to see his brother 
who is superiuteiideut of Mr, Do Soyza's estate, 
iiigeriya, Mr. Barton deolinos at present to speak 
•bout either the disease or the cure for it, not having 
oompletely satistied himaelf yet, but he intends making 
a few resoarolies in Ceylon aud then making known 
the result of them. He will be iu Ceylon probably 
three weeks. The now disease, whatever it is, he says 
ho flrst discovered in the low oennlty hero, after whioh 
he found it again in Assam and then iu high-grown 
tea on the Nilgiria. Wo may hope to bear more about 
the matter when Mr. Barton returns from Kalutara.— 
Local “Times.” 
The Ceylon Tea Fond.— From the minutes 
of prooeedingB of a meeting of the Standing Oom* 
mitteo ol the Ceylon Tea Fund held at Nuwara Eliya 
on Friday last, (Got. 0th) it will be seen that in reply 
to a letter from Mr. Hugh D. lloberts it was re- 
solved to point out to Mr. Boberts that the money 
expended upon the Tea Kiosk and its fittings does 
not yet amount to BI5,000, and that this sum 
will cover the total coat ; that the building is beiug 
leased to both the Ceylon Tea Co., Ld., and the 
Syndicate Boat Co., Ld., with tho eauotion of 
Ciovernmeot, and that tho total rent amounts to 
between six per oent and seven per cent upon tho 
sum voted by the Committee; and that seourity has 
been taken that the basement of the building will 
not in any way be nsed to the detriment either of 
the kiosk or those using it. We hops that this 
will satisfy Mr. Boberts and other dissentiants. 
The Committee also resolved that a special fund 
be started to augment the sum already voted 
by the Standing Committeo of tho Tea Fund for 
furthering the interests of Ceylon tea at the Chioago 
Exhibition, and that subscriptions be generally 
invited for this purpose. We have no doubt that 
the appeal will meet with a liberal response. With 
regard to Ceylon tea in Paris and the oorrespon 
donee with tho Committee of tho London Assooia- 
tien it was resolved:— “That in view of tho opinion 
evnrBBsed bv the Tea Committee of tho Ceylon 
IsLoiation in London in the letter of the 2dth July 
as to Mr. Lough’s position and capabilities the 
Standing Committee of the Tea Fund being desirous 
to introduce Ceylon tea into France will favourably 
ooneider any feasiblo aobemo that the London Tea 
Committee recommends, euffioiont guarantees oeiog 
taken that Ceylon interests would not be subordi- 
nated to India.” On this subject we would call 
Bttontion to the letter from Mr. Whitham 
on page B29. 
A NEW USE FOR EUCALYPTUS 
LEAVES. 
Ill the last Keportn ou the norticultural Gardens 
At Lucknow nod Sabarunpore reference is made to 
tbs marked iaoreAse iu the demand which has arisen 
(or euoslyptuB leaves. The pablioatioo o( the Report 
of ISlr. Kyle, the Locomotive aud Carriage Superin* 
tondont of the Bengal and North-Wi*stera r<ailway, 
and the remarks made thereon in last year’s report 
ou the Gardena regarding the efficacy of the extract 
from eucalyptus loaves lu rooioviug incrustation in 
boilers of luuomotivo engines, hns attracted wide- 
spread attention, aud led to numerous enquiries 
for farther information on the sulijeot and also to 
demands for supplies of leaves. Nearly nil tbo in- 
dents tor tbo latter woro Batisfied, and 78 maunds 
were sent out during the year. A demand has 
also arisen for seeds and plautn. but ne result of ap- 
plioatioua to boiauioal aud other public gardens iu 
India aud Australia for rood was that ouly sufficient 
for the requirements of tbo Laoknow Gardens was 
obtaiued, though hopes sro eutertaiicd of a larger 
supply beiug received from Aastralia. Leaves were 
forwarded to throe Locomotive Superinteadeuts iu tbo 
north of India, aud also to the North-SVest Soap 
Works al Meerut, and the action of the infusion of 
eucalyptus was briifly reported on by the District 
Locomotive Supeiiutendout of the North-Western, 
aud tbo Uadu and Kobiternd Ksilways. Tho 
former says the process ho adopted to obtain 
the infusion was to boil tbo loaves in water twice 
or three times, and then draw otf the linoid, 
which had then become of a dark peat colour. 
Wheu an engine has run throe or four hundred 
miles it is washed out aud iu filtiug up the boiler again 
ten galloua of the eucalyptus inf uaiou is added every 
sbt'd day. This process he has tried for six or eight 
moitihs and the result he oouslders fairly satisfactory. 
The fluid is an assislauceiniooseniag the scale which 
aocuiauUtes ou the boiler tubvs aud stays ; but bo is 
personalty in favour of kerosioe oil, as, though more 
expensive than ibe eucalyptus infusion, it is mure rapid 
in its action. The District Su[>erinteudent of the Oudh 
and llohilcuiid Railway at Chandausi says the result 
of the experiments with the fluid was most encouraging. 
The Railway Companies appear to have favourably 
viewed the results of the experiments, for they have 
indented pretty heavily on the Lucknow and Sabarun- 
pore Oardeu authorities tor seeds aud plants for sowing 
in their own gronnd. The eucalyptus grows most 
luxuriantly on tbo Niigiris^ aud a profitable trade 
might be carried ou iu tbe sale of the leaves of this 
tree. The oil whioh is extracted from the leaves is of 
beue&t to those troubled with chronic thickening of 
tho mucous membrane of the fauces and throat; with 
iutermiteut foveri ague, bronchial or phthisical aifec* 
tiouH, ulcerated throats, migraine or other forms of 
DOuralgia, asthma, brouohitU, etc.— Jfaefras Mail. 
Tea Good fob Digestion. — Tea is persistently 
condemned as a pernicious herb by the great 
body of our physicians, but quite another opinion 
has been expressed by Professor German > 60 , a 
very able hygienic physiologist. The Professor 
deolarea tea to be the best digestive, and the 
surest means of maintaiuiog tho intellectual 
energy. He recommends, however, that it should 
be U£ed weak at a moderately high temperature, 
and in tho quantity of half a litre or a little 
more at a time.— (S’cefs/zian, fcJept, 19. 
Deliveuiks of Ceylon and Indian Teas,— 
The figures from Ist January to Slat August show 
Ooyion as rapidly gaining on Indian, Iu the eight 
months of 1887, Ceylon showed only 6,203,000 lb. 
to 01,895 Indian^ Ceylon being only one-ninth of 
the Indian. By 1890, the deliveries of Indian 
culminated with 60,691,000 lb., Ceylon in proportion 
being 24,110,000 or more than one-third. In 1891 
Indian bus gone down to 62,844.000 lb. while Ceylon 
has risen to 33,798,000, or considerably more than 
equal to half the quantity of Indian, 
