I ei kuarv i, i888.j THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 
527 
THE LANKA 
PLANTATIONS 
LIMITED. 
COMPANY, 
Directors :— It. P. Harding, Esq., Chairman, Georgo 
Allen, Esq., James Thos. While, Esq., Sir Herbert 
Bruce Sand ford, Horace George Hayes, Esq. 
Resident Manager.— Mr. Edward Sonne Harding. 
Agents in Colombo.— Messrs. J. M. Kobertson & Co. 
Secretary.— Mr. William Bois. 
Authorised capital, £200,000 in 15,000 ordinary 
shares of 810 each and 5,000 preference shares of 
£10 each. 
REPORT. 
To be presented at tbe Seventh Ordinary General 
Meeting of the Lanka Plantations Oompi ny Limited, 
to bo held at the Offices of the Uompany, on the 
29th December, 1887, at 12 o'clock at nonn. 
1. The Directors submit their report for the twelve 
months ending 30th .Juno last, together with the 
balance sheet and accounts of the Company made up 
to that date. 
2. The quantity of coffoo shipped home was 3,126 
cwt. against an estimate of 3,508 cwt. and the amount 
realised therefrom was £14,796 12s 2d. Tho crop of 
1885-6 was 2,110 cwt. Only. The prices of coffee 
during the past year have been much better than in 
1885-6, the average being 8'3s Id per cwt. against 
Otis 8d per cwt. 
IS. The Uinebona P.ark harvested has been about 
106,560 lb. (of whic h 9,907 lb. were sold in Ceylon), 
the greater part has been realised, and the whole 
is expected to produco £1,583 183 8d. The depression 
in this market has been very great, and at present 
there seems but little prospect of improvement, as 
tho price of Quinine continues to rule very low. 
1. In consequence of continued prevalence of insect 
pests the Cocoa, estimated at -100 cwt, only produced 352 
cwt., realising £1,1) I Ms 1 Id, but the latest advice is to 
theelfect that theshade trees having now grown up, this 
pest has almost disappeared. The cocoa trees arc looking 
wnll and strong, and there is every prospect of a 
better crop for the current year. 
.">. The cardamoms promised well, hut did not pro- 
duce the estimated quantity, the growth having been 
retarded l>v drought. The quantity received has been 
3,700 lb. only, which realised £298 18s 2d. 
li The tea on the Fordyce and Fruit 1 lill Estates 
has been less productive thau was expected, also iu 
consequence o! the drought. The estimate of made tea 
from these Estates for the season was 101,000 lb., but 
the shipments received, together with the sales in 
Oeylori, were only 81,790 1b., which includes tea made 
from leaf purchased from other Estates, the total 
make redised £3,690 13s 3d, and the not price averaged 
was lojd per lb., a price which it is expected will he 
e< LUiiderably increased as the trees become older. The 
estimate for the year 1887-8 of made tea from the 
Company's EMutes is 1 15,000 lb., and from purchased 
leaf ahout .IO.Oho lb. Under tbe advice of the Agents 
and Manager, tho erection of a Tea Factory on the 
Fruit Hill Estato was approved in March last, and 
was commenced in August. The work is progressing 
rapidly, and it is hoped that it will be completed 
by the end of March next year, when tho facilities 
for manufacture will be greatly increased. Tho land 
under cultivation for Tea is as follows: — 
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Acres 
Ampittiakaude 
50 
70 
120 
Aruhall 
50 
50 
1 run Mill 
00 
190 
220 
Ford) eo and liar- 
hiiwn 
21 
118 
161 
300 
GktnefftJla ami 
I'arntnatta .. 
77 
58 
186 
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10 
50 
lillllklllllllu 
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70 
100 
\ attawntte ,. 
60 
60 
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25l> 
991 
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allotted at par, leaving 585 shares still available for 
applicants. 
8. The dividends on the preference shares issued 
prior to the 30th June last, have been duly paid, the 
profits shown by the accounts fully justifying their 
payment. 
9. It was with great pleasure that the Directors 
declared an interim dividend of 2 per cent on th<e 
ordinary shares, aii'l such dividend was paid on tho 
7th July last. Although the profit and loss account 
does not enable them to declare any further divi- 
dend, they have tho strongest grounds for believing 
that a more prosperous time has commencod for the 
Company. Tho new products are rapidly coming into 
full bearing. Ceylon coffee has attained a remuner- 
ative price, and Ceylon tea has taken a strong hold 
cf tho market. These two last named products 
now occupy the first places in their respective 
markets, and with a return of normal seasons, normal 
Crops may he expected. Tho Tea planted in 1883 
should soon yield from 300 to -1001b. of made Tea 
per acre, and from year to year henceforth the quality 
should improve and the shipments increase. 
10. The Coffee in cultivation at present promises 
well, and the Directors quote with pleasure the opiuion 
of the Company's Agent in Colombo on the present 
condition of the Company's Coffee and Tea crops. In 
a letter, dated the 24th October last, they write : — 
" Reports from upeouutry are far more reassuring 
now than they have been for some time as regards 
green bug. The cold wot weather that has set in 
with the North-East monsoon has, we are told by 
latest advices, in some instances killed off the pest 
in great numbers, and in most others has put a 
stop to its depredations for tho time being. AVe 
trust therefore, all strong Coffee will thus be able 
to ripen the crop now on it before another drought 
can bring another onslaught of the bug. Tea is flush- 
ing well after the long drought, and a great deal of 
what has been lately pruned is beginning to bear." 
The two Directors who on this occasion retire are 
Mr. Robert Palmer Harding diu! Captain Horace 
George Hayes, and they both being eligible, offer 
themselves for re-election. Mr. John Smith (a Share- 
holder; tho Auditor also retires and otters himself 
for re-electiou. The Directors append a Statement 
showing the names, acreago, and state of cultivation 
of the Company's Estates. 
Statement as to the Company's Estates. 
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120 
4 
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35 
323 
Arnhall 
303 
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50 
15 
37 
13 
373 
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Fruit Hill 
220 
220 
Fordycc and 
Qarbawn 
156 
* 
300 
23 
135 
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Oonagalla and 
Paramatta 
171 
135 
10 
5 
1 
322 
R.Tpi- 
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50 
100 
20 
88 J 
10 
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Killamullo 
90 
15 
2 
Nursery 
16 
20 
243 
Thotulagalla 
351 
100 
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38 
553 
Yattawatto 
(30 
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86 
277 
491 
1,552 116 1,036 162 217J 529 4,Q93j 
2 
RillamUile Cardamoms, 15. Yattawatto Uocoa 371, 
Cardamoms, 50, Kubher \ Sapan Woo l. .:.">. 
7. Uf the pro|>o«o>l imuo ol MOO six per cent i'10 
preference .'hare*, 80 more have bcou applied for aud 
THE LANKA PLANTATIONS COMPANY, 
LIMITED. 
Balance Sheet, Jxjvm 30tii, 1887. 
Dr. 
r » J £ » J 
To Capital paid up ••• l*t.:to0 U 0 
* Cinchona planted in lUviues aud aiuoug-t 1'0'h' 
ou thesu Estates, diminishing tho acreage of Coffee. 
