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THE TROPIOI^L AQ«10tIl-TUm8T, 
[February i, 1892. 
farther understood that if ft digger did not care to 
ftccopt tho company’s prices he would not be allowed 
to dig within their seleoted atoft. 'Ilicse proposals 
were approved bv the dirootors, and about the middle 
of Angiist Mr. G'bhons ommeneed to register and 
issue rioonses lo I boro diggers who wore vrilliug to 
■tay and work for the company. The majority of 
tho men working at the mines at once agrued to 
the conditioBS imposed, and were granied liceDSO". 
Mr. Gibbona’ illness comowhnt delayed tho do patch 
of stones, brit at the end of September bo rvas able 
to annenueo tho shipment nf a tii>t cone-gement of 
40,000 carats, and reported thst monthly i-hipmenta 
miglit be relied upon. Cab’etTrama have since been 
received from him advising tho sliipment ef two 
farther couaigaratnt*, one ot 1110,000, and another of 
40,000 carats. Seeing that fonr nionlhs hava not 
elapsed eiocu the compruiy coninrtruci-d its operatiu is 
at the mines, tho riireotors consider it exccediitgly 
satisfactory that three consig' nicnls of stones sliould 
have been already shipped, amu'intitrg in the aggregate 
to 210, OlX) carats. — h. and V, 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
Take tho spots out of white goods by rubbing them 
with tho yolks of eggs, before washing. 
Kub windows with a clean cloth wrung ont of kero- 
sene oil; rub dry and polish with a clean dry cloth. 
Erosh ououmber parings soattorod about shelves 
that are over-run wiUt ants, will, it is said keep 
them away. 
Whole cloves are os effective as camphor — and 
more agreeable to some — for keeping moths out of 
clothing. , , , 
Dredge a little flour over the top of cako to keep 
the icing from running. 
Durify clothes tlial liave been kept from the air 
by laying pieces of charcoal (wrapped in ijapur) in 
tho folds. Try tho open air first. 
Stoves and ranges should bo kept free from soot 
in nil oompiixtiuenta. A clogged hot-air passage will 
prevent any oven from baking well. 
Ink stains on linen can bo taken out if stain be 
first washed, in strong salt water and left to stand 
over night. 
Now tins sliould be set over tho firo w'ith boiling 
water in them for several hours iiefore food is put 
into them. 
In bottling oatsnp or pickles, boil the eorks, and 
while hot yon can press them into the bottle.s, and 
when cold they aro tigiitly scaled. Use tho tin foil 
from oompressod yeast to cover the corks . — Florida 
Agricultunst. 
The Java Bodoet. — I n tho First Chambfr ot the 
SUtes-Ccijeral the reply ot the Minister for the 
Col onies upon the report of the Java Budget has 
bee n received, in which the Minister states that 
the'defioit on tho years 1886 92 amounts to 1,2 700,000 
whi 0 during that period 1.47.800,000 were ept nt tor 
public works, and f.143,000,000 were received from 
the coffee cultivation and f.6. 100,000 from the sugar 
cultivation, and f. 4, 700, 000 from the Banka tin 
mines. Contidrring this, reinforcement ot the 
revenue and economy is iteotssary, but there is no 
reason to fupposc that a satisfactory financial condi- 
tion would ho excluded. The Government has not 
vet taken a decision as to the time a loan for Java 
would be ismed. With regard to the Ombiiien 
Gnalflelds the Minister maintains his opinion in 
favour of working by the Blate. — L. it C. Express, 
Deo. 25th. 
The C.vtv.vpoRE ExpEBiMENTAii Station. — 
From a summary ofiioial notice of the report, we 
nuoto as follows ; — , j 
The revulls rhtnhied in pome of the green eodef i nS 
indiao refuse plots (nibi stdauenta Nos. ill and IV) 
wore toraar. ably good. With « bint at Hi seers the 
0 ee four of tUe plots in slatemcnt No. IV, which 
w. re triated with indigo refuse, each gave a net p oSt 
of over R60 the acre, ri. ing in one ca e to R87 tho 
acre. Ibis shows the value of a go, d wheat orop at 
present prices. In statement No. HI green iiiligo 
ploughed in gave a net profit in wheat and straw of 
R38 an aero. The resulla obtained by means of the 
nio'o ixpensivo kinds of maunre, anon aa eHltp“tro, 
hone dust, and bone suporphosphat'*, were less striking. 
Tl )0 first two oammt be applied at a iesa cost than RIO 
the acre, aud the thir l ocsla R20 the acre. To cover 
an ouilay of RIO an increase of I inaunds of wheat per 
arra over the produce of unmaanrrd land is required. 
In sumo fen of our plots we can show this or a larger 
inoieasn over a seiior ot ye.rrs ; bat tins is the exoepilon. 
The farm is in tool order, and has been oar fnlly 
managed during the year by tho Assistant Director 
and Farm Overs rr, Ali Hn-iain. It is freijuiintly 
visited by xamiohir.s and others, and tho plonghc, 
pumps, sugar mills, and sugar making machines used 
on it sio not uuftcqaently borrowed by the neighbour- 
ii g cnltivators. 
S.aFB Quinine — Levi a Central American physiesn 
offers this oombliiatiou, the administration of which f I- 
li.wed by none of the disagreeable buazing in the head 
nlilch ia tho ordinary n salt of iarge dosea of quinine. 
Mix ami ilivido iato twelve pnw.iers 40 grains eash 
tf quinine aulphate nndpepaio, 0 grains p iwdered cip- 
s'oum, 12 grains powdered ginger 40 grains sodium 
hiearl o ate. O.ic powder ia a do.se in nemalgia 
hut in certain oondi'ion.ss the amount may bo varied. 
Vomiting and purging symptoms aie averted hy the 
empioyme it of this combination . — Pharmaceutical Era, 
Nov. 15tli. 
Delivbbies of Ceylon Tea in Britain for 
II months ended November were 49,2i3 000 lb., 
and as the deliveries for November were 4,187,000 lb., 
we BUppt ss wa may take 4,600,000 lb. to represent 
the d'livcries for Deoembtr. If so. the total for 
the year will be f3, 700,000 lb. Benaembering the 
quanlitios diverted to Australia and other places, 
this is in very satisfactory proportion to our crop. 
From Me srs. Geo. White A Oo.’s circular wo quote 
as follows : — 
Deliveries for November, altbougli balf-a-miliioii lb. 
unier tl oso ol OjIq' or, which, however, cootaiued 
two moro working d»vs, compar.- favourably with 
Novtmbor last year, while it is satis'aotory lo obseive 
tliat the iiicrcast'd cunsuniptiou has reduced 11 e Bonded 
8 ock from over 17 miiliim Ih, on 31st August, to 
s igbt'y under 15 millioa lb. on the 30tn ult. 
Aa au indication that the use of Oeyiou Tea is 
growing on the Continent and eleenhere outside the 
IJni'eil Kingdom, it may bo no iced that the quantile 
ciportod from this country Iron July Ist to Oct 'her 
3l8t had risen from 556,000 lb. in 1890 to 829,000 lb. 
in 1891. 
Will! reference lo Mr. J. Astley Cooper's proposed 
Brit innic Festival, Mr. 'I'. Hudson Bearo wrilcs to 
the Mornint] Post tuggosting that “ as the Empire 
as it DOW cxirts is pro eminently of tho Victor. an 
eri, Juno '.0th (Aroension Da.v) should be the Frize 
D.iy of the Festival 7 It would oommemorata for 
ever a most auspicious day in t' o growth of the 
Empire— the Accession lo the Throne of Queen Vic- 
toria. The scholarships might be called I ho ‘British 
Scholarshif-e.' In the case ol those awarded for 
technical work there should be facilities given, not 
only lorstudy within University walls, but int he 
best factories and workshops. On his return to his 
colony each young man would form a nuoleus 
around wliich would gatl er till that was best, and 
each one woiiM form one of tlioso invisible ties, 
stronger Ilian anywhioh can bo devised by tho cun- 
ning of lawmiiktrs, which will keep together, for 
good or for ill, the Anglo-Saxon raoe.” The sug- 
gestion merits Hcrious consideration, for it is by 
close attoiition to such details aa this that the 
Buootsa of thu aohemo is most likely to bo promoted. 
—E. Mail. 
