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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. jg^SEPTEMBER i, 1885 



Profit Akd Loss accodnt— Chop 1883-84. 



To Ci-yloii Expenditure ■ 

 Gion Alpiu 

 Uallagalla 



HiiKlagalla 

 Graham's Land .. 

 Uock Hill 



LeP8 Profit ou Fxchauge 



£. s. d. 



6,283 .s 10 



2,013 10 



3,175 1 1 



2,699 9 2 



2,553 14 1 



1,588 2 8 



18,013 2 10 



3,1 .i7 16 3 



£ B. a 



To Evpcuses— 



Mr. Hrowu's Visit to Ceylou 



To Londou Expenditure- 

 Directors' Foes ... ... SOfl 



Kent, salaries and Petty Charges 361 2 7 

 Audit Fee ... ... I'l o 



To Interest 



T Balance, Loss on Crop 18t3-84 

 To Balance carried to Balance Sheet 



By rrooeeds of Coffee — 



cwt. qr. lb. 



4,91^8 1 10 Average 56/3 per cwt. 



By Eefnso Coffee Sold in Ceylnn 



By Proceeds of < iuchona Bark 



By Balance carried dowa 



By Balance from last year 



13,794 9 1 



603 17 2 



818 2 4 



1,290 1 10 



£16,514 10 

 2,408 8 i 



£2,408 8 4 



Tea and Machinery. 

 Further, with regard to these and associated under- 

 takings, we understand that it ia Mr, Brown's, 

 their Managing Uireotor's intention to go out to 

 Ceylon about November next, when be proposes to 

 8lay for several months. We hear that the expenses 

 iiitendaot upon the planting out of tea have been 

 heavy, as are also those necessary for the provision 

 of tlie macliinery required for tea curing, and Mr. 

 Brown, like a careful con.servator of the Interests en- 

 tnisted to him as he is, feels it desirable to pcr- 

 bonally superviss those expenses. But, independently 

 of that ivise intent, there is another and rather 

 singular question demanding his oversight, and that 

 is one which, owing to his engineering knowledge, 

 he ia personally highly fitted to conduct. The power 

 available on the estates for driving coffee pulpers 

 and other machinery required for tieitment of that 

 product ia qu te iuadtquate to the higher demand 

 imposed by the necetsities of t.a-drying, and it is 

 found that the wattrwhecls at present erected and 

 their s urcce of sup, ly cannot cope with the demand 

 that will be made fir power diiectly the tea tiees 

 planted beg.n to (lush in any quaulity, At pre- 

 eent the fUlrt has Ijarelj fuiniB:,ed samples for 

 testing hy txii.rts at hom- , The reuort Upuu these by 

 those geiltltu.en haa b.en auat fa Lfaoioi'y an tivi,,i- 

 feuOing ihe quality of the leaf that can be gro'.vn 

 b.U tne LFvu tBtatea, and the trees Hush at ao 

 tarly a stogo of their growth that it is evident 

 that, unleas provision for extra poWer i3 made at 

 once, the directois will find th. mar Ives in a difflo- 

 ul'y. It is mainly towards avo.diig th'S last flat 

 Mr. Brown's projwsed visit is contemplated. With 

 that gentleman 1 had a long conversation riepeoting 

 the relative merits of turbines and waterwheels for 

 the provision of the increafed power desired. My 

 twn view w^s exp esstd, that unhfs « vtry con. 

 sidtrable head of water is available the vvheels 

 am pieferftble to the turbines, both as regards 

 (tficiercy and economy. With the former you onn 

 uiibZ! and multiply mere bulk of supply from a very 

 low head. With the latter a low head is almost 

 y»lueless and always wabtcftil, wh'le even ffbpn 



"-T ^.l^riotio 



great head is available the f\.j _.JTiotion arising from 

 the high sppcd of a tnrbine 'v'-'^ so rapidly wears 

 bearing'! Ac, that con.'itaut interrulfAintion to work is 

 caused by the mceasity of frequent', ^j,_ renewal. As 

 tlie watsr supply on the estates underi.nj' \Tr. Brown's 

 directirn is somewhat sparse and afl!tj(,|p',>rds little 

 pressure, it seems to be most likely .tory that he 

 will re3olve when visiting the estates tej ff adopt 

 waterwheels of increased diameter rathei thai than 

 turbines. But no one can be better -epopt'ed 

 to determine skilfully in such a matter t.^^, j^an 

 Mr. Brown himself, whose name will ever bi 

 associated with some of the finest 



some 

 machinery ever erected in Cejlon. 



hydraulic 



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THE COLOUR OF COFFEE IN THE LONDON 

 MARKET: THE AVYNAAD PLANTERS. 



rianters' A.'^socialion of Ceylon, Kandy, 30th July 1885. 

 The Editor of the: Trojnca! A</rieultinist, Colombo. 



KiK, — I beg to enclose copy of a letter received from the 

 Honorary Secretary of the Wynaad Planters' As.sociatiou 

 on the subject of the colour of coffee and its effect in the 

 London Market on coffee from 'Wynaad as compared with 

 former times and submitting questions with a view to 

 ascertaining the cause and in the hope of tiiidine; a remedy. — 

 I am, sir, your obedient servant, A. PHILIP, Sccretaiy. 



■yVynaad Planters' Association, .South 'Wynaad, 

 Vythery, July 8th, 1SS5. 

 The Honorary Secretary, Ceylon Planters' Association. 



Dear Sir, — Our Association is endeavouring to find some 

 reason for Wynaad coffee in the last three or four years 

 being so much out of favour in the Lonelon Market as com- 

 pared with former limes, and being very generally stig- 

 matized there as had in cohjr, no matter how gootl the sample 

 has been pronounced in India. We are anxious to find the 

 cause, with a view to the remedy, and we trust you will be 

 kind enough to give us any information in your power. 

 We are asking the following questions of our friends in 

 India: — 



I. How does the bean of coffee grown under shade com- 

 pare in colour with that grown intheopen'i' 



II. Is there any proved system of eetate-curing that will 

 affect the colour of the bean ? 



III. Is there any marked difference in the colour of the 

 bean cured at the West Coast, East Coast or Inland Coffee 

 Works':* 



I'V. How do manures affect the colour? 



V. Have the different moiles of packing any influence on 

 the colour ? 



" Colour " in every question of course means the colour in 

 the London Market : reports on the subject in this country 

 are not found at all trustworthy. 



We shall feel greatly obliged to you if you can give us 

 any information in answer to these questions, or on any 

 other phase of the matter that we may have omitted to 

 notice. — I am, dear sir, yours faithfully, 



(Signed) Pekcv Batty, Hont/. Secj/, 

 [Se« extracts and correspondence further on,— Ed,] 



SuBICUt.TURIs.— The Rutbor of a recent ortiole on tho 

 Tnsser 3ilk-wo!-m is Oaptfiia Catanlii, Deputy Con.sefvator 

 of I'Vi'e.sts. Thin geotlemnn is a. keen arboriculturist and 

 ha^ devoted mu(;b time and attflltion to this study, and 

 also to sericulture. He hopes to propagate 60,000 young 

 trees for the Nizam's Palace grounds at Sooroouuggui'.— 

 Madras Mail. 



Home f hakoiis on Tea. — We call attention to the 

 letter on page 180, 'U which Mr. John Hamilton farcurs 

 us and ha Irethren of the plahtir g community in 

 ( eyl m with an accurate and useful Btatement of the 

 itfiet of the recent changes in the home charge! on 

 tea. Although Mr. Hamilton still owns estate property 

 ill Ce\ lo , he has, we believe, fa>rly settled to mercant. 

 ile business in London, fO th.-et bis information on 

 the present and cognate suljects may be taken as 

 relial le, Wo commend his letter to ihe special at- 

 tention of our several I'liititi I's' Aesociadoav, 



