October r, 1889.] tNE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
285 
INDIAN TEA COMPANIES REGISTERED IN LONDON: 
RESULTS OF WORKING IN 1888. 
Name. 
Capital 
Paid up. 
£ 
Assam Company 187,160 
Land Mortgage Bank of India, Ltd. 348,515 
Jorehaut Tea Company, Limited 100,000 
Jokai (Assam) Tea Company, Ltd. 170,000 
Dooars Tea Company, Limited 159,888 
Upper Assam Tea Company, Ltd. 194,255 
Brahmapootra Tea Company, Ltd. 114,500 
British Indian Tea Company, Ltd. 243,300 
Acreage 
of Cul- 
tivation 
8,583 
8,254 
4,570 
4,032 
3,481 
2,875 
2,706 
2,107 
Capital 
per 
acre. 
Yield 
Crop of per 
1888. mature 
acre. 
21 
42 
22 
42 
46 
67 
42 
115 
lb. 
2,248,700 
2,148,480 
1,254,038 
2,135,177 
1,043,962 
1,136,000 
lb. 
302 
287 
306 
637 
635 
394 
Cost of 
Tea 
per lb. 
s. d. 
0 Hi 
0 9 
9 
7S 
64 
101 
c3 c« 2 v 
t> Qj 9 
Eh 
s. d. 
1 Of 
0 10§ 
o log 
0 94 
1,196,380 442 0 74 
630,586 362 0 8 
01 
Noakacharee Tea Company, Limited 70,000 2,300 30 738,800 371 0 8§ 0 9§ 
Cherra T«a Company, Limited 120,000 
Darjeeling Company, Limited 135,420 
Jhanzie Tea Association, Limited 55,000 
Lebong Tea Company, Limited 82,070 
Doom Dooma Tea Company, Ltd, 116,100 
Borokai Tea Company, Limited 43,560 
Borelli Tea Company, Limited 78,170 
Indian Tea Co., of Cachar, Ltd. 94,060 
Luckimpore Tea Co., of Assam, Ltd. 76,852 
Tiphook Tea Company, Limited 
Chubwa Tea Company, Limited 
Scottish Assam Tea Company, Ltd. 
Attaree Khat Tea Company, Ltd. 
Dejoo Tea Company, Limited 
N 0 noi Tea Company, Limited 
Moabund Tea Company, Limited 
"Wilton Tea Company, Limited 
Balijan Tea Company 
Estern Assam Tea Company 
Endogram Tea Company 
Lower Assam Tea Company 
Lungla Tea Company 
Samdang Tea Company 
Sbtimshernugger Tea Company 
Mugledye Tea Company 
23rd July, 1889. 
26,000 
36,140 
79,590 
41,280 
43,580 
29,020 
35,007 
28,000 
31,000 
122,240 
40,000 
65,348 
36000 
18,640 
21,000 
161,280 
2,625 
1,933 
1,695 
1,446 
1,472 
1,000 
1,008 
992 
985 
950 
822 
792 
781 
786 
745 
620 
328 
391 
855 
1,060 
575 
820 
235 
668 
1,409 
45 
70 
32 
56 
78 
41 
77 
101 
78 
26 
44 
100 
52 
55 
38 
56 
44 
75 
140 
37 
114 
40 
79 
30 
115 
362 
312 
333 
440 
664 
244 
633 
459 
461 
918,842 
574,794 
441,799 
431,698 
927,300 
229,680 
535,534 
358,080 
435,123 
230,510 
324,491 
337,346 
388,357 
220,000 
274,893 
280,180 
447,748 
194,715 
288,900 
484,200 
147,500 
268,000 
109,200 
297,000 
446,000 
ERNEST TYE 
9ft 
485 
489 
591 
390 
387 
509 
370 
0 
0 
0 
0 
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0 10i 
0 8| 
0 7i 
o 10| 
0 8f 
0 8 
0 
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0 7f 
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0 8 
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0 7| 
1 0| 
0 111 
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0 10| 
1 4 
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0 11 
1 If 
0 1LJ 
0 9 
0 11J 
0 10A 
1 0| 
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0 9 
Dividend 
on Crop, 
1888. 
7 per cent 1 
nil. Profits 
£11,72615 
10 per cent 
10 „ 
°2 ;> 
nil. Profit 
£10,970-7-1 
8 per cent 
nil. Profit 
£1,034-8-5 
nil. Profit 
£3,266-8-1 
3J per cent 
6 
8 „ 
12 „ 
6| „ 
6 „ 
6 „ 
10 „ 
-t ., 
5* „ 
12 „ 
5?1 
^2 " 
5 „ 
74 „ 
5 » 
6 
nil. Profit 
6 per cent 
nil. Profit 
— — 10 per cent 
12 „ 
— — nil. Profit. 
, 14, St. Mary Axe, E. O. 
FROM THE CINNAMON DISTRICT. 
Kadirana, Sept. 13th. 
After the week of rain from the 4th to the 10th, 
it looked as though we were to have a little fine 
weather. The 11th was bright and warm and so 
was the 12th all day, but at night the rain fell in 
torrents, and this morning my gauge measured 4*50 
inches. Clouds are scudding away towards the Peak, 
and occasional rumblings of thunder presage I fear 
another downpour tonight. The winds and clouds 
are from the south-west. 
14th, 6 a. m.— Rainfall last night 4-83 : total for 
13 days 18'78 inches 1 "Oh dear, what can the matter 
be !" With wind and rain from the S.-W. this cannot 
be the north-east monsoon. What is the weather 
report from Madras? If the N.-E. id on it must 
have burst there before it reached us. Poor "goyiya," 
I pity you ! The " rnaha " crop just ready to be 
reaped will be considerably damaged, and much of 
the " yala " recently down will be either washed 
out or rotted. Much privation must result, and 
probably sickness too. Government Agents should 
be watchful and note the first signs of distress 
amongst their people ; and the medical authorities 
also be ready so that should it unfortunately become 
necessary, timely relief may be afforded. A very wet 
September does not necessarily mean a dry October, 
November and December : in fact it serves to point 
the other way ; see rainfall returns on page 432c of 
your Direotory for 1887-88, notably for the year 1877. 
A VISIT TO THE GEM MINES IN 
SABARAGAMUWA. 
[From Ode Mining Correoponde nt.JI 
On reaching the mines the first thing that strikes 
the eye is the large mass of what appears to 
be clay of a light brown colour, heaped in an 
inclosure boarded round and containing many 
tons, which to the casual observer seems noth- 
ing more than ordinary earth or puddled mud, 
but when washed from the mud it presents a 
very different appearance, being composed of 
GEM GRAVEL. 
At the time of my visit everything about the 
mouth of the shaft was smothered in clay, even 
the workmen were overhead and ears in it. The 
gravel waB being transported from every side, 
underneath the ground, to the bottom of the shaft, 
and on its reaching the top it was spouted down 
to the washers, to where we made our way down 
a breakneck path till a platform was reached, 
erected for the purpose of receiving the gravel as 
it came down the spouts. Under this platform 
waB a cradle into which it was thrown by the 
men in attendance. The cradle is about 20 ft. 
long by 3 wide laid in a sloping direction with 
a spout of water entering at the top, and at the 
bottom there is an iron grating through which 
the water is allowed to esoape. Several men are 
posted along the front with mamoties to work 
the gravel baokwards and forwards till pretty free 
from mud, then lift it up as required by the 
