May 2, 1892.] 
THF. TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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oranges; make a wlii^ of the whites of three eggs and 
two tablcspoonfulu ot sugar, place on the top, and 
brown very delicately in the oven. 
Okanoeh in Svkup.— Score the oranges all over in 
imitation of some ornamental design, roproseuting 
basket-work or trcllis-work, and then siinmer them in 
water until nearly done through. They must next bo 
put into cold water for twenty-four hours, changing 
the water every three hours. At tho end of this time 
they should be drained in a sieve for several hours, 
then placed in an earthen pan and covered with a liot 
syrup made by boiling three pounds of sugar and one 
uart of water for live minutes. For three successive 
ays let the syrup be l>oiled up and skimmed, and 
when nearly cold pour back upon tlio oranges ; after 
the last time the oranges may be put away in jars, 
and used for dessert w'hen required. 
Lemon Custard Cheescakes. — Ingredients: One- 
half pound of puff paste, four ounces of butter, four 
ounces of powdered white sugar, four lemons, eight 
eggs, and one drop of essence of lemon. How to use 
them : Put the butter, sugar, the juice of four lemons, 
and rubbing of one lemon into a stewpaii : add tlio eggs, 
then stand tlie stow'pan in a pan of boiling water on 
the fire, and continue stirring until the ingredients 
become quite a thick custard; take off the tire and 
stand in a pan of cold water, and stir until quite cold. 
Roll the pun paste out the thickness of a quarter of 
an inch; now cut some round pieces and lay them in 
tartlet pans, press out the paste from the center with 
the thumb and finger, then place in each a toaspoonful 
of the mixture. Then put them on a baking tin, in 
a moderate oven, and bake a palo brown. When baked 
take out of the pans and let them get cold, tlien dish 
them on lace paper in glass or silver dishes. 
PiNEAi'PLK Pudding. — Ingredionts: Onepintofmilk, 
six eggs, six ounces of sugar, six .sponge cakes, a tin 
of preserved pineapple andthreeoaucesofdriedcherrioB. 
How to use them : Butter well a pudding mould, and 
ornament the top with dried cherries and pieces of 
pineapple ; piit in the sponge cake (broken in pieces) 
and some moi'o pineapple (broken in small pieces) ; 
into a basin put the milk, tho sugar, and the eggs, 
whisk all together until the sugar is dissolved, then 
add the syrup of tlio pineapple to it; turn tho mixture 
over tho sponge caaea in tho mould, cover with 
buttered paper, and steam one hour and twenty minutes. 
Chop tho rest of the pineapple very fine, turn tlie 
pudding into a hot disli, place the pineapple around 
it and serve immediately. — (Jood IhiMtkee/tinff. 
GOFFEK CULTIVATION IN JAVA. 
Amstrkd.vm, March 9.— List wetk the ad- 
vices cf the Juva Ooveriim'-nt upon tho re- 
port of tho States ouTimiiHion rogi»rding the 
coffee cultivation in Java was received. Iron* which it 
appears that Ihe Ooveruor-OeuGral disai-proyes the 
pr 'posftls mido by tho commission as leading to onsa- 
tihfactory resu t-*. The ro^liaati m of the views «f the 
commission would cause a loss of about 3.500,001) 
guildcra, cftlcul.ited according to the average colToe 
production during the years 1883-87. Although some 
of the me isures propoeod might betiBpfiil they wo lU 
never snswor tho purpose of replacing th« Stito culti- 
vation by a tree native cultivnti'O. The Ooveruor 
positively sU’oi that the S'Rlem of th** co umis^h'U 
would he the tuiu both of the GovernmHnt’s free culti- 
vation, and. moreover, the fiuRU i .l sacrific ts expected 
in tho future are not to Im ehtimitiul. Uo can there- 
fora fully agree to tiie id^as of the Uiroctor of Home 
Governincut;, who h»8 pr.jootcd a .y.lem vvti'ch will 
promo H alilie th^ iotuMt of th<> Sjito and that of 'ha 
people a» d private iiidu'-try. This ^ystMa in I aseu 
upm the priiicip'eofpajiii«w«p!oa acc-onhi Kto lahouc 
and a prudent workiug of the stdl i.vailahle Govvn.- 
ment grounds, jo ned to a mode of cutiivalio i which 
will give hank to the soil what has boon t iken from it. 
Provisionally His Kxccllonoy alv.ses the inaiiiteii.iiice 
of tho Governmeut’s cultivation, with the nbalition, 
however, of the injnslioes aud faults ronueot* d wi*h 
it at present. The total abolition of the Govern- 
moute’s ciiKivation is a uiatler to be considered 
in tho future, when experiouce will have taught 
in which way this ouglit to tuko place. Notwitb- 
blaudii.g thi«, the complete freodona from compu'siou 
muat be tho aim lor the promotion of which thesystbui 
of the llrieotor of Homo GoverL-moot scomH to give 
the hi at gutrautee This sywlem will be lose expen- 
sivo than other plans, and will further secure the 
necessa’^y stability lu tho rovenua derived from tlio 
Qovernmi nt's cultivation, although uognarautoo oua 
be given that the annual pro.luction will bo in tho 
tirat years about 700.000 piculs, required to get the 
equilibrium iu the budgets. In tbis way tlio ideas 
ndvnrated duriug the last forty years will be gradually 
realised. In connection with (hn Governor's report the 
Oouncil of India baa advised: the mainteuaQce of the 
price of 15 guilders per pioul of eoli'se for compulsory 
cultivation, with a premium of 100 guildera per bouw 
for ordinary, and 150 guilders per bouw for compulsory 
cultivation, according to the rogulatiou projected by 
the lieMdetit of the Prpanger district*. Furlher, tho 
compuhury cultivation is abolished in tbo^e pUoea 
whore it is prove! to aiLr l mure burdens than i^vao- 
taves to the popolation, or gives no remunerative re- 
sults to the Givernmeut. in conseqtionoe of payment 
of the pn-mium refer: ed to above. In order to en- 
oourago *be free coffee cultivation provisional freedom 
from compnUory labour will be granted to those 
working new ostHtos out of the ** dessa’s,” and farther 
antiiouty will be allowed to construct and main- 
t"iu roads on Government's aoconiit, if the ttisls to 
bo made in six districts prove successful. An Inspector, 
with two aBfistaots, should be appointed to carry out 
this new regulation.— A. and C, J^xpresi, March ll. 
WYNAAD PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
From the proceedings of a general meeting held 
at Meppaii reading room on 2ud March 1802, wo 
take the following : — 
Coffee Lo.tf Diseaso. — Head proceedings of Madras 
(lovtrnmeut Revenue Department’, dated ‘28th January 
1892, No. 587, recir'ling a letter from the Govern- 
ment Bo'rtiiist, dated 16th J»niiary, 1892. No. 10 — 
Kttrao‘. 
2. ** t may here state that I made Rome hundred 
and more oultivati 'iis of the llemilRia Vastatrix whon 
in Kngiftud.Fo fur back as the year 1873 and that since 
loamuo itto Imlia, I have madn three separate senes 
of caltivftiion?*, hut in nouu of theao Utter oases have 1 
advanced upon my fir^t one4, or on those mide subse- 
qaently by Mr. Murslull W'nrJ. 1 have bceu constantly 
on tho look out for evidence which might point to the 
Hemileia hoing bilercpcioua, but I haro found none. 
The Heiniiein Is undoubtedly common to other plants, 
bcRidea the coffee, so that the abandoning of coffee for 
H few years would uotget rid of the pest. This is sng* 
gested by Dr. Onnihngham himself in his letter. 
3. “ I quite agree with Dr. Cunningham in thinking 
that any further invosiigation in the life history of the 
hemileia would be vnUeleBS to the planter, but it 
might furnish information which would be of very great 
iut .’roift from a Botanical point of view.” 
TIIK ENX’OITIAGKMKNT OF PLANTERS 
IN PEARK ! 
{To the Editor of the Pinang Ga^etieP) 
Sir, — During the oightoen months or so that hwe 
eLpeed sii'Cd the question of ccffeeciiUivat'ou in Perak 
was takou up by the Pinang Oazeite, I have used my 
best endeavours to indiioo planters aud capitalints to 
trv their fortune in that htate. Some minor alter- 
ations were mnde in the rules rdatiog to transfer of 
leases of land and other orco'ative matteis, aud the 
oiroulara ot April aud Julv may belaid to kavo been 
tho outcotjo of inquiries made direct to the llesidoat 
oa behalf of Ceylou pUuior?. 
Now that matters have boeu advanced a stago or 
two, and a few blocks of land foluoted and Mirveyod, 
it has become appiront how very little has boon con- 
ceded to the would-be planters, and how much more 
must bo done by the Government of Perak before 
it can be said that it U encouraging capitalistB to 
iuvoBtiu Qoffao cuUivatioo. The prioo at which laud 
