February t, 1892.] 
THE TROPICAL AQRICULTURfST, 
563 
sprien of letters to the Ceylon Chserver, llefo’ved , — 
“ That the Director of the Royal Imperial Aastrian 
Oriental Mnscnin, Vienna, be ai>ked to inform the 
Committoo what samples of Ceylon teas he would 
wish to rcceiro for Exhibition giving details as to 
the most desirable way of racking the samples with 
any further information that may osonr to him.' 
Resolved t — “That a copy of these resolutions he for- 
warded to Mr. Ferguson." 
Ceylon Teas rsr Pauls. — Head letters from the 
Booretary, tbs Ooylon Association in London in regard 
to the proposed joint operations in Paris with the 
Palais Indicn Tea House, Limited. 
Analyser of Samples of Ceylon Teas. — Road letter 
from Mr. II. Atkinson. Resolved : — “ That Mr. Atkin- 
aon be thanked for his letter, ami informed that the 
consideration of tho question ho rofors to will net be 
lost sight of.” 
OKYratN Tea at the Kimbeblsy Exhihition 1892. 
~Resd letter from tho Secretary, the Ceylon Chim- 
her of Commoroe. forwarding copy of a letter received 
® I'ifchfit 1 1 Qreen, Secretary of the Kimberley 
Exhibition of 1892, and asking if the Association had 
received a similar communication and also enquiring 
•f the Association intends taking any steps in the 
matter. Reroived ; — “ That the Standing Committee 
of tho I'ea Fund do not recommend any part being 
^kon by the Planters’ Association at tho Kimberley 
Exhibition of 1892.” 
Head letter from Messrs. .T. M. Robertson ft Co. 
Resolved : — “ That tho letter be acknowledgetl and 
that they be informod that the point raised in their 
to ter will receive early consideration from the Stand- 
'"R Commitloe of the Tea Fund.” 
The Standing Committee of Iho Tea Fund then 
aojsurned. 
A. PlIILIl', 
Secretary to the Planters 'Association of Oelyon. 
FOSSILS FROM DOLOMITE AT 
PUTTALAM. 
Mr. H, P. 0. Armitage writes from Puttalam ; — 
A 1 yott some time ago abont tho find of 
olomite north of Pnttalsm. I am now sending yon, 
®y a friend, about ton fossils fonnd in it. They are 
shells, and that they ore fossils is indispn- 
ole. As there his teen a great deal of controversy 
® regards tho finding of fossils in Coylon, I have 
claA e®™® trouble to solve the donbt, and am 
tho . “*^*® *® •®®‘^ y®° what I believe to bo 
yon wfii found in Ceylon. I shall be glad if 
as »"!'* inspection send them on to the Moseum 
fonnA"" oO‘9mite runs all along the ooait and is 
there up some miles inland. I heir that 
'■vn also * formation of coral up north of Karait- 
Kalpitiyn and down most Of the Akksrai 
fi nt "Vk* 0^ lime, about one or two 
meraf. **'“*?■ ft has formed a hard conglo- 
ami I breccia, boiog all oamentod together, 
bclow'ti"'*’'’ **.'® ■A^kkarai I’attn road. After going 
Conor,-! * ®’'® comes on the regular aandy soil, 
this 1 .°** would do much better ia many parts if 
it is n-fJ o r n®?** . Dou-existent, I expect, as 
to thi«^ ^ 1 ^ ^ ^®®^ from tho surface. I attribute 
in thno™°^' ®®^®''®''> tke good water generally obtsineii 
thia rnnir*** ^*’® '^**®r is filtered through 
ir . A®®.*, which 15 porous and soft or. first oiit.tinir 
it. but ’it’ "‘.Poruus and soft on firit cutting 
“ I ®itpoBuro to tho anil. 
Ceoloffv'o? !j° write you soon a long paper on tho 
1 hsve^vet which is tho moot interesting 
This V ? " Oeylon." 
i^ooks is iu one of our primitive 
Wrote ®’^ Pfouiidod, Tennant 
‘irolv “ *''® Ooy'on a™ eu- 
note as follows He added a 
bed‘o?oaRaVoo'^’ ‘bero exists a 
oalcareoua olay, m which ahells «nd crust aoeans 
are fonnd in a semi-fossilised state ; but they are all 
of recent spocies, priDoipally JIfacrophthalmus and 
Soylla. The breccia at Jaffna coutaina recent sholls, 
aa does also the arenaceous slrnta on the woatom 
coast of Manasr and In tho neighbonrbood of Gallo. 
The exlatenoe of tho fossilised orustacoans in the 
north of Ceylon waa known to Iho early Arabian 
navigators. Abon-zeyd dosoribea them ai, “ Un 
animal do mar qui resaemble A I'Acroviaaej qnand oot 
animal sort da la mer, if m conwr/it en pierre," See 
Reinand, Voyages faits par let Araies. vol. 1. p. 21. 
The Arabs then, and tho Chinese at the present day, 
nse these potrifaotions when powdored sa a speoifio for 
diseaaoa of the eye. 
Mr. OeoYgo Armitage, howovor, believes that be 
has aotnally fonnd fossils in out gneiss rook. II 
that beliof ia well founded, our correspondent oan- 
not claim priority, although the largeness of bis 
find makes the discovery important. Mr. H. P. 
0. Armitage, it will bo soon, is oonfident that the 
limestone is really dolomite and the organic remains 
real fossils. 
The inokeask in the use of ooooa in tho Unilod 
States during the past few years has been re- 
markable. During the year ending June 30, 1891 
the imports of eoooa crude and leaves and shells 
thereof, were 21,639,810 pounds, of which 1,9.'!<J,808 
wore re-exported, leaving not imports of 19!fi00'632 
pounds. In 1830 the entries for immediate con- 
sumption and warehouse withdrawals foroonsuiup. 
tion Were 7,41 1 .045 pound s.and in lS7fi . only 4,053 793 
pounds or less than 24 per cent, of the quantity 
at present used. This is strong testimony in 
favour of the popularity of ooooa. The figures 
given (3o not include prepared ooooa or ohocolate, 
of which 1,015,401 pounds were imported in 1890 
paying a duty of two cents per pound. — jm. Grocer. 
Pebak Tea.— Tho Singapore Free Press of 18th' 
December says Diiraeli was once rooommondod 
to try Australian Wines for the gout. It was in 
the early days of the oorn stalk vintages, so that 
no refiection is oast on tho productions of tho 
present day. Ho wrote that he had tried it— and 
preferred the gout. That ia exactly how wo did 
not feel after trving Perak Tea. The first morning 
tho “boy "made it dark brown and bitter.- we 
learned incidentally that be bad been a couple of 
hours too previous in his forecast of the time the 
matutinal tea would bo wanted. Tho next morn- 
ing wo had less tea put in, and tried it five 
minutes after brewing. Tho favour was splendid 
in our opinion better than that of Indian or 
Ceylon tea. People who want to try Perak tea fairly 
should |®e that it is properly made ; thon if they 
don t admit that it is good we shall feel inclined 
to say they like “black cap" best. 
Jute Mills is Feench Tebeiioey.- Messrs, Qil- 
landers Arbuthnot & Co., of Calcutta, have applied 
for and obtained sanction from the Pondicherry 
Administration for orooting and working, by stoani 
power, a spinning and weaving mill, on a block of 
land belonging to them situated at Qonalpara, in 
the Chandernagore colony. The firm intends to 
m&nufaoturo jute into oloths nnd gunny b&ga for 
export and for local use : and is sanguine of being 
able to oompete successfully with similar faotorics 
in Bengal. Messrs. Gillsnders, Arhutbnot & Co. arc 
required, by the French Colonial authorities, to execute 
a bond assuring the salubrity of their ostablishmont, 
and their willingness to conform to the rules and 
regulations of “public ways," as ordained for tho 
colony! This ia the third jute mill, for which 
sanction has been asked, to be erected at Ohander- 
nagore ; ]and the future prospoots for the onoe gav 
little colony are encouraging.— /ndiuii Engineer * ’ 
