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“ A CORRESPONDENET at Haiik(Hv according’ to a 
Shanghai contemporary, thinks that buyers of tea 
there foi' London are too saugnine. It is declar¬ 
ed in Mincing Tjane, he says, that Jjondon will only 
want this season some 30,000,000 tbs. of China congon. 
It seems now that Hankow and Hhanghai will send 
forward 25,000,000 tbs., leaving only 5,000,000 tbs. to 
be sent forward by Foochow and Canton. Therefore 
he conclndes that few if any protits will be made. 
Common teas have beeji bought so cheaj) in Hankow 
that they cannot lose much, but losses on fine teas are, 
he fears, certain. 
“ France has to face mi unpleasant fact. The pro¬ 
duction of wine has fallen from 70,000,000 hectcditres 
to just about oiie-third that amount; for exam]>le. in 
j ill 1875 the yield was 78,202,000 hectolitres, whi{;li 
I was an increase of more than 8,000,000 Iiectolitres 
j over the preceding year, while to-day the vintage varies 
I between 23,000,000 and 27,000,000 hectolitres per 
; annum. This enormous deficiency lias lieen brought 
^ about bv tnitund causes. The past twenty \nars have 
! seen the French vineyards ravished by phyloxera, 
black rot and other cryptogamoiis diseases and many 
j deadly enemies to the vine, and, in spite of the most 
vigorous efforts and great energy of tlie [iroprietors in 
I fighting these maladies, French viticulturists are be- 
I coming discouraged. In 1880 the area phinted in 
I vines was 2,204,450 hectares; with all their care in 
! preserving the old vineyards and repainting, only 
1,810,544 hectares are devoted to vineyards now, show¬ 
ing a decrease of nearly 400 hectares under culti¬ 
vation.” 
In a report on the trade of Java during 1801, the 
acting British (dusnl, Mr. S. E, Lankester, referring 
to the tea. industry of the island, mentions that the tea 
crop la^t year suffered, in sympathy with all others, 
from tlie drought; but this has had a, not altogether 
unfavourable result for the trees have had an appar¬ 
ently required rest, the result being that after the 
rains set in they grew vigorously, and the increase this 
yeai’ will, it is expected, more than compensate plant¬ 
ers for the sniall quantity they could pluck during the 
spell of dry weather. The production shows a marked 
falling off, being about 1,000,000 Itis. less than in 1890. 
One 01 ’ two new gardens have, however been opened; 
but against these liave to be put those chiefly on low 
lands, which have been, or are being abandoned in 
in favour of Liberia coffee. The exports were 5,939,011 
tbs. against 7,788,484 tbs. in 1890, and 7,710,225 tbs. 
in 1889. The quantity of the crop proved satisfactory, 
and some estates realised good prices.” 
“ The Penamj Gazette notes that the Perak Gov¬ 
ernment have jusf made a new departure in their agri¬ 
cultural policy. With a view to encouraging the pro¬ 
duction of padi in the State, the Perak authorities have 
granted a concession to Mr. Lim Leiig Cheak, the Pe¬ 
nang merchant who has already done so much to open 
up Kulim, in Kedah territory. This concession is a. 
monopoly for ten years of the erection and running of 
rice mills in the three districts of Krian, Kurau, and 
Sepataug. Besides this monopoly, a concession of 
large tracts of land in those districts has been granted 
to him, which he iiroposes to sell or let in small plots 
to native cultivators, advances for the purposes of cul¬ 
tivation being also made by him where necessary.” 
Among the passengers who Joined the homeward- 
bound mail at Colombo is Mr. Fred. Watson on his way 
from Perak, where he has been engaged in tea plant¬ 
ing. He has been a year and a half in Perak, which 
he describes as a sjdendid tea-growing country. As 
the leaf compares very favourably with that of Dar- 
