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THE TROPICAL AQRI0ULTURI8T. [November 2 , 1891 
a profit of f. 8, 048, 775, or f.:i,500,000 more than tho 
eatimate. Aa regards 1891 it is expected that the 
estimated deficit of 123,333,389 will bo about f.lG, 500,000. 
Tho final figures for the Budget for 1892 aro as fol- 
lown : Expenditure in Holland, f.25,573,217 ; expen- 
diture in India, f 110.780,123 — or total, 1.130,353,310. 
The revenue in UoUnud is 1.21, 751, 208, in India 
f.97,798,115 — or total, f 119,519,713, the Budget closing 
thus with a deficit of f.lO,803,G27. When conipaieu 
with 1891 tho revenue is estimated at f.5,097,3G8 more, 
and the expenditure f.825,502 less. Tho following 
revenue is ostiuiated higher: — The sale of coffee, 
1.1,400,000; the sale of tin, f .395,(X)0 ; tho opium faim, 
1.1,340,000; the sale of salt, f. 305,000; the working of 
railways, f.097,000; post and telegraph, f.l30,0(X); 
banking business, f..327,400; import and export duties, 
f.540,000; excise, f.382,000; license duty and other 
duties, f. 327, 000; and revenue of the Deijartments of 
War and Navy 1.140,000 ; the revenue from tho trade 
tax is estimated at f.250,00O lower, and that from the 
sugar cultivation f. 325 , 0 <X) loss. The increase of the 
revenue is totally absorbed by the expenditure, 
chiefly by that of the department of homo Govern- 
ment, in consequence of the lower estimated purchase 
of coffee. Tho deficit on tho Budget is caused by an 
amoiant of 1.3,500,000 for tho purchase of 190,000 
piculs coffee more than tho quantity estimated for 
sale, which amount will bo an advance in favour of 
following years. On tho other hand tho production 
of tin is estimated at 80,000 iiiculs, while the quantity 
to bo .sold will be 100,000 piculs. Tho price of 
purchase for those 20,000 piculs more is about 
{.500,000 by which tho deficit is to bo increased in order 
to know the c.xact amount of it, which will be thus; 
— f.13,800,000 or f.14,000,000 iu case the export duty 
on sugar cemaius snspended. An amount of f.7, 335,000 
is proposed for tho construction of hurbonr works 
near Batavia, and for Ooverument railways and 
f.3,105,900 for new irrigation works. Against the 
extraordinary cxpeiidituro there appears some extra- 
ordinary revenue, tho difference of which is f.9, 819,000. 
If this amount is deducted from tho deficil it is I'c- 
duced to 1.3,981,000 on the oidintiry expeuciture. It 
is not improbabio that tho Budget lor 1892 will close 
later on with a lees unfavourable fiuul figure, but the 
minister will not agree with the opinion that this 
Budget is to be considered ns not being a normal 
one. The revenue from ooffeo is tstiniatod for 1892 
at 1,13,510,000, but it is not to he expected that the 
average ol following years will bo larger. AlihougH 
an inoreaso of revenue is probable out of tho Bullion 
Mines and the Ombilien Oualfields, a doorearo of tho 
production of the Banca Miuee ie anticipated, and 
in the event el larger proceeds trom tho lioeuso duty 
there will bo on the other hand an increase of other 
expenditure, such as remnuerations, pensions &c. Tho 
Minister therefore considers the condition of tho 
finances as being niisatisfactory, and ho states that 
India should iudcpeudeiitly ptuvido tor its fiiiaucea is 
for this reason an urgent necessity. In order to 
arrive at this an eoonomioal adoiinistration is required, 
for which efforta will bo made, and an inquiry will 
take place into the whole orgauisatiou of the Oo- 
vornment. Besides this measure the roveime is to be 
increased, for which proposals will ho made shortly. 
Moreover, tho streugtbeniug of tho productive power 
iu India must be taken up, and in couuoction herewith 
tho Minister proposes already an amount of f. 8,105, 0110 
for irrigation works, to which ho intends to add 
to commence with the constroclioii of the works 
for the irrigation of tho Bolo Valley. As soon as 
ho has received information ho will propose the 
improvement of Ihe means of cimimunioatiou. Going 
on to the items of the Budget the ttlinister asks 
f. 000,000 for the constructiou and equipment of two 
fast steamers for an effective restraint of the opium 
smuggling. The question what ought to be done with 
regard to opium will be couside'ed by the Java 
Government iu connection witli the report of Mr. 
Groeneody. In anlieipat.-on of advices trom Java an 
appropriate packing of the quantities asked by the 
consumers ie wanted, the great importauco of which, 
in conneotioii with the preparation by tho Govorumunt 
is acknowledged, as well by the promoters ns the 
opponents of Ibo farm system. As to tho Qorern- 
meiit’s collee cultivation, the Minister has followed iu 
this Budget the existing rcgulatiuo, but it is his iu- 
teutiou to make a proposal, us sooa as the advices 
from India upon tho report of tho Stales Commission 
have been publishel. An amouat of f. 760,700 is pto- 
posel for waterworks at tl o e«t side of Sourabayn; 
1.630,000 fur a dock iu tbe harbour of Taudjo ng Priok; 
t.0,3U3,10O lor tho coostrnctio i of railroads, ol which 
f. 3,772,500 for tlie lire Waroug-Bandoug-Tjilutjap ; 
f. 225,000 are reqairel for the coiup'etiou of vessels 
fur tho liidiiu Isavy, while f. 1,100,000 are asked for 
tho coDstruotio 1 of two other vessels for tbe Military 
Navy iu India. The condition of Iho material of tho 
Indian War Navy, iu conueotiou with the ncceasity to 
blockade a part ot tho coast of Achoeu, does not permit 
of any delay for the decision upon the report of the 
Stales Commiasiop. Tho quantity of coffee to bo sold 
in 1892 is estimatci at 235,000 piculs, tbe probable 
proceeds of whieh will be about c. 48 pet J kilo, As 
the temporary freedom of export duty on sugar will 
expire on Juue lat, 1892, the procee Is arc e^timalod 
at f. 300,000 more than tho proceods in 1890. The 
question is still coosidored whel’ct it is rot necessary 
in the preieat circumstances to propose a prolouga* 
tion of tbe suspousiuu for one year. In tho meantime 
auolhcr pending question could then bo solve!, whether 
it is possible to iutroduca auo.hor tax, whioh would 
burden not ro heavily, but eoaiponaate the loss suf- 
fered by the Exchequer. — L. and C. Express. 
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Till! Te.v Fund Committee and the I’bosecu- 
TION OF Fkacdclknt Tea Deaieks, — We have been 
asked to contradict tbe erroneous report that has 
got about to the effect that the Tea Fund Committee 
will not sanction farther tea prosecutions. Jt 
appears to have originated through some careless 
reading ol the rainutes of a former Committoo 
meeting. The Committoo deolined to advise any 
further prosecution at present— a, very different thing 
— and will no doubt be ready to prosecute again, 
whenever good reason exists. Such proseoutioua 
are always expensive things, and only to be indulged 
in on good cause shewn, but this false tumour 
may do harm if unoontradictEd 
The Qoinine Hysdioaie Uomoobs. — The rum. 
blings of the reoont outbreak still reverberate 
through the pages ot tho Indische Mercuur. Mr. 
Kessler, a Java planter now in Holland, gives 
it as his opinion that the way to establish a 
sueoesslul combination is for tho planters to place 
the sales of all their bark into the hands of a 
central body in Europe, which shall have the 
control ol the analyses, in order to avoid tho 
uncertainty which now attaches to these, and wbioh 
often causes two lots of the same paroel of bark 
to be sold at 25 per osnt differenoo in prico because 
the analyses have boon made by different people, 
Tho oontral body would also fix the total quantity 
of bark to bo harvested by estates forming the 
syndicate, and it should agree to sell no bark below 
a unit of say, 12 cents, or about 2^d per lb. which 
is fully double the present price. A joint com- 
mittee of tho two great planters’ assooiationi in 
Java would bs asked to lay down after personal 
inspections tbe quota which each individual planta* 
tion should oontributo to the total amount fixed 
by the central body. Tho combination, it is 
thought, would bo sufficienlly powerful to leave 
the two or three estates now making direct ship- 
ments to the Brunswick works out of account, tho 
more so as those estates would be sura to join 
tho syndicate as soon as they regained their liberty. 
If no combination is effected, Mr. Kessler foresees 
a further considerable deolino in tho prico of bark, 
to be followed either by the wholesale uprooting ol 
plantations or by the gradual purchase at rubbish 
prices of most ol the otnohona estates by some 
individual finanoiar, who will in this manner suooood 
in obtaining ultimate oontrol of tho inarkot.— 
OhemUt and Druggist, Sept. 26th, 
