Aik;: I, 1892.1 
THE BRITISH NORTH BORNEO HERALH.' 
255 
jeeling’. ho liopos to .seouro a, place for it in tlie 
Eijg*li^?h market, that being the oltject of liis tri]» home. 
Regarding’the price of lakour in Perak he says that 
it is just what the planters mak{‘ it, and that he has 
obtained coolies from the hill districts of (diina tor 
four dollars a month.— CvijJo)i- (Ihfifirvcr, 8th dmie.' 
CoCKAH. ‘'The ( ^nisular rc])ort on the trade ofMar- ! 
seilles for 1891 states:...The most remarkable feature | 
of the year’s imjKU’ts has l>eeii the lai'ge extension of this ' 
article, the production of which in the Straits Settle- | 
ments, Manila and .lava, has assumed a very rapid de- i 
velopmeiit. As a striking e>ample, 1 cannot do bet- 1 
ter than illustrate the shipments from Singaj)ore alone, | 
whence the exports in 1890 attained 43,000 tons for 
the continent of Europe, ui* whitdi To per <‘ent. for 
Marseilles, against l.tdfOO tons in each of the preceed- j 
ills’ vears. Indeed the total imports have been in ! 
Marseilles 73,000 tons, or 30.500 tons more than in ; 
1890, and 20,000 tons more than iTi JS89.'’ j 
From MarseilTes the expoi’ts of coiirah oil have 
increased in the same proportion, and in Hpaiu especial¬ 
ly very large (piantities have been shipped. Eufor- 
tunately the new duty on oils in S])ain, f.O jier 100 
kilos,, interferes greatly with this trade, and thi'eatens 
to curtail exports from this country. Alreaily it is 
reported that mills arc being erected in Barcelona and 
other ports, ^\ liich will no doubt draw part of the 
supplies direct to Spain, instead of being crushed in 
Marseilles." 
“ In Manila and .Java the pnHlnction of coprali is 
increasing largely and there is every appearance of 
supplies lieing even larger next year." 
“In the same }<ro])ortion as supjilies have in- 
creased prices have given way. and a downward move¬ 
ment has prevailed throughout the year. From f.42 
per 100 kilos, at the beginning of the year the value 
declined steadily to f.33 c. 50 at the close for Singapore 
quality, and a further fall is likely.” 
The following is extracted from Mr. Lankesters 
( United States Consul ) report on trade in .Java for 
1891 
“ Coffee. — The estimate of the year’s lawlnctioii, 
Ooverninent and private lands together, has been slightly 
exceeded, the former having amounted to 23,254 tons, and 
the latter to 21,250 tons, while the quality has given general 
satisfaction. The value of the article hav ing been well 
maintained in the consuming markets of the world, further 
stimnlns has been given to the jironiotion of new plantations, 
and in the eastward of the island several large estates liaye 
been started, the future of which promise well. 
“ The culti\ ation of tlie Inberia plant has this ye;ir 
again attracted considerable attention, and if the planting of 
this description eontinnes at the present rate, the production 
in a few yeai's will be a very important one. Owing to the 
high prices which consignments of Liberia have commanded, 
and the low rates whicli have ruled for tea, some planters are 
gradually abandoning the cultivation of the latter in favour 
of .the former. The dreaded leaf disease has not lieen so 
prevalent as in previous years.” 
“ The coming crop would, under the circumstances, be a 
very large one, luit on account of the drought the estimates 
ha\ e had to lie considerably reduced, hut the outturn is still 
expected to show a not inconsiderable increase upon 1891, 
viz., about 28,233 tons Government, and 24,28(1 tons private 
coffee.” 
“ A great calumity is threatening the ciUtivation 
uf tohucco in Deli, by a peculiar disease in the nursery 
lieds, whicli painfully reminds one ol tlie fearful rava¬ 
ges of the Phylloxera. Half the estates in Deli and 
several in Lankat and Serdang are infected, and a fail¬ 
ure of the croj) may now already be foreseen, unless 
radical means are immediately found to prevent a fur¬ 
ther sjjread of the disease, which is so swift in its ja,- 
vage.s that in a verv shoi’t time the whole country may 
he totally devastated. The disease made its first aji- 
pearance a few years ago on a couple of estates, and it 
has assumed most gigantic strides since last year. It 
has been found necessary to throw away hundreds of 
cartloads of the young plants which are totally unfit 
for triiiisplaiiting. The effect this visitation will have 
on the tobacco market iu Europe can senreeh^ be 
realised.” 
“ Bad as the outlook thus foreshadowed appears, 
there is still the hope that the danger may be 
averted, by the disease being stamped out .”—Stmits 
Independcni. 
“ We hear froui British New Guinea that Sir 
William MacGregor lias over 20,000 coffee trees plan¬ 
ted for his Government. Last season he got some 
tribes to ]>lant over 300 for each man. Two tribes put 
ill 10,000 nuts and, in addition, established a village 
police. As to the other side of the picture his Honor 
the Administrator has had to encounter sad disappoint¬ 
ments in relapses, distrust, savagery, eamiihalism, and 
such like drawbacks. But it must be remembered that 
New Guinea has been shunned by all the world until 
now and has lieeii left out of the current of progress. 
It is evident, however, that it will come into line if 
patience he Imt exercised. Within the last few years 
scores and scores ot thousands of natives have laid 
aside their arms.”— Fi/i Times. 
“ A GEXTJiEMKN ill Perak, formerly a Ceylon 
planter of consideralile experience, writes about Liberi¬ 
an coffee to a Ceylon jiaper as follows:”— 
“ t have been in Selangor for some time visiting 
my friends and having a look round generally. I must 
say 1 was most agreeably surprised to find that such 
progress had been made iu the opening up of land in 
that district. The coffee was looking so well, too, 
with every prospect of the several proprietors making 
a lot of money out of their crops in time. Fancy three- 
year old coffee bearing to such an extent that they 
were obliged to strip a lot of it off to save the . trees, 
although the trees are hearty enough. The same thing 
obtains on ‘Kammiing’ estate (Perak), where the crop 
is something immense for the trees at their age. I 
have never seen anything like it in Ceylon. In Selang¬ 
or, as on ‘Kamuning,’ the branches of the trees are 
actually bent down and are nearly breaking with the 
8 § 4 /^ 
