TNG TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
859 
May 2, 1892.] 
fioo tind finest, O'wicg to Iheir comparative scarcity, 
sold well and at gradually hardening rates after Xume. 
Total dcliveties for the twelve months ending SIst 
Decombi r, 1891 were disappointing, being 101, 194, 0001b 
against 102,845,000 lb. iu 1890. Tlicre is lo duuot (bat 
the b’gb scale ustabiisbed in the spring mouths for 
teas under lid. per Ib. exercised an nnfavcuriible 
intia nee on tbe clearauccs for bcino cciiAuaip- 
tion during & great portion of iho >o^r. Di aleia 
wore encumbered wuh a considtrublo stock of 
these grades, which tlicy vore uutiblo to 
dispore of, owing to the nn xpfctcdly bravy 
supplies fri’in Ceylon, selliDg at lower rati h. 'i bin 
reudrrod buyers veiy cautions, mb they wtro euffer- 
ing un lor serion.s loaMCH. Sinre October, l.owover, 
nu imptovemt^nt in the dobveritis is uotiieible, which 
it is to bo h' ped will bo tiiore marked ui (uturo 
montbp, atd to which the cheap rates current for fair 
liquQurjug Teas should conduce. 
Thu quality ot the crop hae, ou the whole, been 
below tho average, though seme inviicis iiorn Darjee- 
liug and Aa^am have been t xceptionslly tine. Not 
ouiy bus tbo yield been iucrensed, bnt shipments have 
agriii come forward mote rapidly, so that in tbo 
nutumu moniba it wa^ uot always ftasiblu to regn* 
late tbe public asles ae was dune to such adiaiiisge 
in the previous year. By the 31>t December aboiii 
03 tniilion lb. had becu r-old, against 53^ million 1b. 
m the samo ptried ol 1890, and to date marly 95 
odllion lb. agamst 87i million lb., so that il.e re- 
maiuder to bo dihpuhod of will probably nut much 
exceed that lelt to be dealt with at this time U^t 
year, rcckoriug the crop weigh out 112 mdlion lb 
in Loudon. 
EYUON.— The Ciyloxi branch of the trade has shown 
afunber marked txpai.sif n, .Jio impoits and deliveries 
for the eight months » ndin- 29tb Fr^brunry last having 
both inoftased about 12 million lb.,H8 0 unpsrtd with 
the B»mc period iu the p eviooa s •usun, when llm 
addition wa.s 7 luilliou lb. The sati.e canoes which 
hioughb about full supplies ot comm' ii and mi diuin 
tea fi'i m Itdia. eingulnrly eucugb s«em abo to have 
prevailed in this island during the early part of 1891. 
Heavy Uuabos came on hO rapidly that diOioul y was 
often i-xpericnOtd in kce| ing pace wiih them. Conse- 
quently tbo crop W.4S uncxpectmtly heavy, with n bopo-- 
abuudiinco of inferior quality. This cbn‘‘eda gradual 
decline ill the monthly av» r»gH from pt r lb. iu 
March to 9jd per lb. in Augnst, sinae when ii bus Hur- 
tuuted between 9|d per I ', ar-d Hid pt r lb. On ihe 
other band, full pr ceb wer-e ob ained throughout Iho 
leisou for tine-flivoured teas Ahd those t states which 
Wire able to seud thiru bcnrfi'ed tecordingy. It is, 
no doubt, ^atibfactory to I'woera of gardeas that, with 
a It wer exrhti ge, 741,000 packai'es were disposed of in 
tbe y t arlbOlat 10|1 p« r lb. agaiubt 545 000 packages 
at lOif J p. r lb. in IbUO, from which it may be inftrred 
tbit reuuced quotations have futllor u imnlrttod con- 
sumption, so that the total dearatOLS of Ceylon tea 
for b . mo lue exceeded those if China, A'c.. tor the 
Ouding Hist December, 1S9!, being 
51,01)0,000 lb. ngaicst 40,000,000 ib. 
Java.— CL kliy owing to .ho sivere drought in Java 
during the mauufHCluriiig seuron, sbipmenta to ihia 
com try for tbo paat right muntlB were comi lcrubly 
re^tr^cted, Quauty on tbe whole has been well ina>n- 
luinid. andiu couat qiunce of the demand fer export 
these dcEC ipiioim have aftjn realised above the prices 
current for similar ieae of other growths. 
Exports.— Shipments of India mut l.’ayloa to.i to 
tbo Ctniineut, Ac, In m Londou during iho pai't 
oight monibabave shown a conaidorablo i xpaueion, us 
From l.it .Ju’y. 1891 to end 
of February, 1892 
I?rom Lt July, 1890 to end 
of February, 1891 
*^nd for tbo 12 Mouths end- 
ing SLt Dec. 1891 
^'■od tor the 12 Mouths end- 
ing 31at Dec. 1890 
India. 
(Vylou. 
lb. 
lb. 
2,874,00(1 
1,058,000 
1,004,000 
‘lll,(J0O 
3,340,000 
2 093,0'JO 
2,724,000 
1,432,00) 
Tie dislribiition for 1891, being as under:— 
Continent of United Other Coun- 
Kiirope. 
iilates 
Oansda. 
ludia. 
tries. 
Total. 
Ib. 
Ib. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
1,840,000 
600,000 
C00,0( 0 
Ceylon. 
2 10,000 
3,810,000 
1,019 (’00 
419,000 
414,000 
211,000 
2,093,000 
Tho undermentioned averages have been obtained 
here ibis boason, from 1st July to the eod of February, 
compared with tbe two previous oue^. During July 
Htid August especially, a good many fine Obina Black 
L?ftf Uongoua were disposfd of by privata coiitr&ot, 
which reud<rB it ditficuU to arrive ai an CB'.imate, bo 
farasthai.couutry is coiicorued, with much exactitude. 
Tho cue given must, therefore, bo taken as approxi- 
male. 
1891-92 
1890-91 
1889-90 
India 
... 9id . 
.. lid 
. lOiil per lb 
Coyiou 
... 9id . 
.. lUd .. 
. iija „ 
Ouma 
... 8<1 . 
.. 9jd .. 
• 7id ., 
[Figures for borne ooneuniption end export are 
then given. — Ed. 1\ J.J 
These tignree stem to indicate that tbe marked ex- 
pauaioo expected iu tbo Home Coesumptiou, after tho 
rr duclTon of the duly on l^t May, 1800, has not y*jt 
been reslised ; the iuorease between 1890 aud 1891 
being on ihe same aoale as between 1889 and 1890. 
At ibo same time, however, owing to the gradual dis- 
pliCen ent of China by the stronger teas irom India 
and (kylor, the qn^nlity actually drunk is more than 
apprars from the wei*<bt in pTnnJs. The diminished 
expi rt ie no doubt due to the larger direct orders sent 
fruni Karria eud tbe Continent to Ohiua, aud also to 
tlie iaiuiue prevalent ini he former country. 
8buuld trade, therefore, progreea on tho ordinary 
lines, the total deliveries in ihe coming stamen for 
both Home Consumption aud Export, it is reasooable 
to expect will be, iu round figures, about 245,000,000 lb 
lb. 
Of thifl India will probably send ... 116,000000 
Oeylou „ ... 75,000,000 
„ „ ... 4,000,000 
having China to fuiuish ... ... 60,000,000 
I 
vr V , , 245.000,000 
Nothing reliable as to tbe sizo of tbo 1892 India 
crop has yet come to band. 
The latent estimates ol tlie Ceylon outturn for tbe 
juir 1892 vary from about 75 to 80 millhu lb. (tbough 
some more saugaine expect 86 milliou lb.), of which 
fitly 6 njillion lb. will bo required for shipment to tho 
OoJonies and other ajuutries dinct. 
Java will probably send tnoro than in the present 
seahOD. supplies haviog beeu curtailed ou account of 
unfavourable weather. 
[Then follow figures for seventeen seasons, during 
which imports irom India rose from 25^ milliou 
pounds to 101, tbe estimate for 1892 being 
112,000,000. Ceylon increased from 2001b. to over 
50 millionF, the estimate for 1892 being 04 milUona, 
Total British-grown rose from 26i millions 
to over 151, tho estimate for 1892 being 176 millions. 
China has gone down from 149 milluna to 691, 
the estimate for 1892 being 66 miUione. The 
total of fill kinds has increased from 174} to 221 
millions, the estimate for 1892 being 242 millionB. 
Consumption has increased irom 4*46 Ib. per bead 
to 6-20 lb.— Ed. 7’, A. , 
vm. 
• f w/ ter ic'M# w(., 
uHfu oOfU Apn 
■I'l. frr ill. 
N. B. — Ti .iisliipmciit-i lur thii Cootiuent, oil arrival 
from Obiiia. ate iiol iuelut'od in Ihe above. Prior to 
tea.onlbbS-fcW, the Cevtoii figures given represent tho 
tolal exports from CoUmb i, tho proportion ahippoii 
from tbero to f.ireigii purls being inconsiderable. 
Shipments from Japan anil Java art) not takou into 
iiotoont, »lie former being nnin)por<a:it and the letter 
varying considerably iu different years, aocurdiog to 
tbo COhliniiitHl dcmai d. a o 
VKosfhCTs.— As still larger anas will be availahln 
boih m India and Ceylon, tor the prodqotion ottef. 
