69 



Edible Products. 



Cess Payments. 



January, 1906 ... Rs. 44,731-88 

 February, „ ... „ 48,086 55 

 March, „ ... „ 31,175-40 



April, 1906 ... Rs. 43,65823 

 Rs. 167,652-06 



Statement of Thirty Committee Accounts. 

 Unexpended balance, 31st December, 1905 Rs. 155,486-46 



Estimated Income, 1906 (170,000,000 lb. at 30s. per 100 lb). „ 510,000-00 



Rs. 665,486-46 



Estimated Expenditure, 1906 (present amount allotted) Rs. 540,000-00 



Probable unexpended balance 31st December, 1906 Rs. 125,486-46 



Estimated Income 1907, (175,000,000 at 20s. per 100 lb). „ 350,000-00 



Rs. 475,486-46 



Expenditure, 1907. 

 America £20,000 Rs. 300,000 



Europe £10,000 „ 150,000 



Administration Contingencies ,, 10,000 Rs. 400,000-00 



Kandy, 1st May, 1906. 



Ceylon Association in London.— Submitted correspondence. 



Ceylon Tea on the Continent of Europe.— Submitted correspondence 

 with Mr. J. H. Renton. It was intimated that, as Mr. Renton had repeatedly 

 pointed out that a vote for one year certain only, prevented good business houses 

 being interested in Ceylon teas, the grant for 1907 would be the same as 1906.— 

 Submitted pamphlet by Mr. J. J. Marcel re the Ceylon Tea Cess and the Continental 

 Campaign. 



Ceylon Tea in America.— Submitted correspondence with Sir Stanley Bois 

 and Mr. Walter Courtney. Read letter from Mr. Walter Courtney, in which he 

 proposes using .the P. A. stamp on all advertisements and all packet Ceylon teas 

 in America. Read letter from Mr. Westland, objecting to the use of the P. A. 

 stamp in the manner he has been contemplating. Resolved : — " That a cable be 

 forwarded to Mr. Courtney requesting him to alter his intentions re the 

 P. A. stamp " 



Submitted correspondence with Mr. Wm. Mackenzie and laid on the table 

 Mr. Mackenzie's accounts for 1905. 



Indian Tea Cess Committee.- Submitted correspondence.— The Thirty 

 Committee then adjourned.— Edgar Turner, Secretary, " Thirty Committee." 



WORK DONE BY THE CEYLON "THIRTY COMMITTEE." 



A RESUME. 



In 1887 when the export of Ceylon tea had reached 13,834,057 lbs., of which 

 13,282,980 went to the United Kingdom, the Planters of Ceylon foresaw the time 

 when the supply of tea for the world would exceed the demand, and at a 

 General Meeting, held on the 15th October, 1887, Mr. H. K Rutherford brought 

 forward the following motion : — 



" That this Association recognising the importance and advantages to the 

 Tea Industry of the Island by taking more vigorous and systematic steps to 

 make Ceylon tea known throughout the world, strongly recommends the follow- 

 ing project to the District Associations and to tea Planters for their support." 

 "That Proprietors or Agents of Estates agree (on the condition that no less 

 than 500 estates enrol their names) to pay into the Planters' Association of 

 Ceylon every six months beginning from 1st January, 1888, 25 cents for every 



