December i, 1888.J TH£ TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
399 
(Juecnsbury. — Good style of leaves all round: — Thick, 
rathor soft, llavoury teas. 
MahaDilu. — Fairly niado ovenly rolled teas : — Strong, 
brisk, llavoury liquors. 
Uleu A 1 pin . — Broken pekoe : — Uneven, mixed, rather 
llaky leaf, few tips. Pekoe No. 1 . — Bather well made 
leaf, little tippy. Pekoe No. 2 and pekoe souchong: — 
Too choppy and dusty. Desirable trade toas, fair 
strength and quality, good flavour. 
llindagalla. — Brokeu pekoe: — Fair broken pekoe leaf, 
wanting tip. Pekoe : — Fairly twisted, rather uneven 
leaf, wanting tip. Pekoe souchong ; — Fairly made, 
rather choppy. Fair strength, llavoury, but too soft. 
Dedugalla. — Fairly made leaves, rather too choppy: — 
l'air strength, thick soft flavour. 
Gallebodde. — Bather well made, evenly rolled teas. 
Broken orange pekoe : — Too small aud llaky. Fair 
strength, plain, soft, llavoury liquors. 
Mariawatte. — Too choppy : — Thin, aud wanting 
favour. 
Hillside. — Loosely twisted leaves, wanting tip: — 
Thick soft tlavour. 
Summerville. — Fairly made leaves: — Fair flavour, 
and quality rather thin. Iniboolpittia.— Loosely twisted 
bold leaf : — Plain soft, llavoury teas. 
Katooloya. — Unevenly rolled, littlo dusty: — Bather 
thick, wanting quality. 
lilbodde.— Well made desirable teas: — Thick, good 
quality, dcsirablo trade teas. 
Anufield. — Broken pekoe, pekoe, fairly made. Pekoo 
souchong: — Rather too bold and open. Pure, good Ua- 
vour, rather thin. 
Chapeltou. — Broken pekoe:— Fair brokeu pekoe leaf, 
few tips. Pekoe :— Small wiry leaf, wanting tip, 
Pekoe souchong :— Fairly twisted leaf, rather choppy. 
Very llavoury, hut rather too thin. 
Kintyre. — Broken pokoe : — Too small aud llaky. 
Pekoe: — Irregular leaf, few tips. Broken pekoe sou- 
chong : — Open, choppy leaf, dusty. Little llavoury, 
tbin and poor quality. 
Moray —Broken pokoe and pekoe: — Fairly made 
leave I. I'elcno souchong: - Ua tiler i rregular and el nippy. 
Fiue, pungent, llavoury teas. 
Bun&flgeriya —Well made leaves all round: — Thick, 
plain, useful tea-. 
Goddes.— Bather well twisted leaves :— Fair quality 
and tlavour, but wanting strength. 
Yuilletield.— Blackish, fairly madoleaf: — Brisk, fla- 
vour, rather course. 
Audungoddic. — Brokeu pokoe : — Fairly made, leafy 
broken pekoe, few tips. Pokoe: — Fairly twisted leaf, 
wauting tip. Pekoe souchong : — Unevenly rolled chop- 
py loaf. Soft on sour tlavour, rather thick. 

SCOTTISH TRUST AND LOAN COMPANY 
OF CEYLON, LIMITED. 
Bcport by tho Directors of the Scottish Trust and 
Ivoau Company of Ceylon, Limited, to tbo eleventh 
"nliuury general meeting of shareholders, to bo held 
within the Company's Registered Office, No. 1-3 George 
stu i t, Edinburgh, on Friday, the '26th day of October 
1888, at three o'clock p. m. The Directors beg to pre- 
seut their eleventh report to the shareholders, being 
for year to 31ft August 1888. 
I'Ntatks in Company's possession. — These bavo been 
carefully funned. The cultivation of coffee and cin- 
Ohouais continued when ver it is thought advisable, 
while tea-planting is steadily proceeded with. A tea 
factory has been erected at Auntield, and preparations 
li i\elieeii foimnonceil for building a permanent one at 
Alnwick. The return tor tho year was 56,019 lb., ns 
■gainst an estimate of 47,000 lb. Tho estimate for the 
. n r rent year ia 188,000 H>. The decrease on tbo not 
return upon the estat e, a- compared with last year, 
arises largely from tho low price of otuchona and coffee. 
PrODUOI in hand.— This has been carefully est t- 
mited. As in former years tho aetuil receipts during tbo 
currout ) •■ ir for the produce unrealised at the closo of 
last aet'i'iiut compared favourably with tho estimate. 
Mom roAoKs iikld hy fun Company.— Tho intercut 
DM bwn well met, tud ConatdentblQ sums of priucip.il 
have been repaid. 
Debenture Debt. — This has been reduced during 
the year, and will be further reduced at the approach- 
ing term. Such renewals as were considered advisable 
were readily arranged at 4 and 4J per cent. 
1884-87 " ... .£4,886 11 1 
1887-88 2,297 16 7 
Total expended on Tea extension ... £7,184 7 8 
Tho Balance at tho Credit of Profit and 
Loss Account is £6,299 2 8 
aud the Directors propose to write off tho 
whole of the amount expended during 
tho year in Tea extension, ... ...112,297 16 7 
to pay a Dividend of 5 per cent, free of 
Income Tax, 2,250 0 0 
4,547 16 7 
Leaving £11,751 6 1 
to be carried forward to next account. 
The Dividend will bo payable as before ou 11th Nov , 
Balance Sheet as at 31st August 1888. 
Dr. 
Loans made in Ceylon 
Keal estate at tlie Amount of the Jiouds 
foreclosed ... ... ... 
Tea extension— Amount expended 
on Estates for year 1887-88 £3,374 16 II 
Less— Expenses connected 
with year's crops 
CII.I7U '.1 l 
■12,770 16 8 
1,077 0 1 
Cash Balances — 
Koyal Bank of Scotland 
Chartered Mercantile Bank... 
Sums ou Temporary Deposit. 
Ceylon Agents .,, 
Less — Due Secretary 
Value of balance due by Oriental Bank 
Corporation, in Liquidation... 
Iuterestou Investments aud Deposits- 
Accrued £674 7 7 
In Arrear 112 10 0 
£986 17 
Less— Accrued on Debentures 741 0 
£8,528 2 
10 
2 7 
7 
3,300 0 
U 
28 0 
1 
£12,058 10 
0 
8 15 
2,21)7 16 7 
12,040 15 
206 It 
Value of Estate produce on hand or 
in transitu, as estimated 
Office Furniture, Loudon 
Cr. 
245 16 10 
•4,721 19 6 
30 0 0 
£106,798 5 8 
Capital— First Issue of 1,5,000 Shares of £ 10 each, 
wliereou £3 per Share have becu paid up... £45,000 0 U 
Borrowed ou Debentures ... ... 46,576 0 0 
Beserve Fund ... ... ... 8,500 0 0 
Unclaimed Dividends ... ... ... 1 16 0 
Outstanding Accounts ... ... ... 411 7 0 
Profit and Loss Account for Balance ... 6,209 2 S 
L-Ui'i.71'3 
Profit and Loss Account for Yeaii 10 3 1st' 
August 1888. 
Dr. 
r nter.-.t ou Debentures paid and accrued ... £2,520 I 8 
Commission on Loans ... ... 20 1<» 8 
Do on Debentures ... ... 116 0 
General Charges, Including Ollice Rents, 
Aud.ior's Pee, Printing, Stationery, (to. ■•• 172 19 10 
Telegrams ... ... ... lt» 16 1 
Advertising ... ... ... ... I IB 0 
Postage and Debenture Stamp ... ... 12 I I i 
Homo Salaries ... ... ... 650 0 O 
Directors' Remuneration ... ... 200 0 0 
Special fee for Report and Vuluation of the 
Company's Estates and Law diaries b'C • 0 
[ncome-Tax ... ... . . 73 9 9 
Loss on Exchange ... ... ... 147 7 
Balarica being Profit— 
At :ilitt August 1887 ... £1,71X1 9 7 
For year to 3Ut August 
1888 ... ... 4,602 1U 1 
. 3 8 
£10.138 i 7 
