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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[JULT I, 1893. 
Darjeeling) cum total 6 per cent , 20^, at abont 2t)l 
to 2Qil. 
Dooars New Ordinary, cum final 7J per cent, (really 
sbout 4 percent, onlj), 10^., at about 
Jokai (1892 issue, cot yet quoted), cum fiual 5 per 
cent., at 151. to 15^^. 
Jorehaut, cum total 10 per cent, or more, 201 thare, 
at Ul. to 34|i. 
LebpDg, cum fical 3 per cont. (and 21. return ospitai), 
10^. share at 11^. 
Attaree Khat, 5i. shnrf, cum final (?) 4 per cent, or 
5 per cent., at 5|/. 
Brahmapootra, 51. stiare. cum final (?) 9 per cent, 
or 10 per cent., at 101. 
Dcom-Dooma "B" Bharee, oum final 10 per ceut., 
at 14 Dp> 
K. and S. Sylhet Company, 100^. shares, 70?. paid, 
oum totsl 10 per cent., at 80 up. 
Chargola Ordinary, 11. shares, oum final 5 per cent,, 
Dt 21h 3a. 
Chargola Seven per Ctnt. Preference, 11. shared 
(interest Slst March and 30th September), at 248 to 25*. 
Ceylon Plantation Seven per Cent. Preference, 10/. 
(dividends 30th June and 3let December), at 12^/. 
It must not be snppused, however, that these 
exhaust the list, although the investor Bl>ould be 
put on his guard against a few shares ^^'hich he 
may be tempted, in < ne shape or other, lo buy. 
Of, the above, the first five »re quoted officially, 
while the others are not. Jukai and Jorehaut shares 
are perhaps the mott BatisiaCory from the point of 
View of prestige. Luckimpore descripuoup, -which arc 
also quoted, should be avoided, aa there is somo feur 
of Ibe Company amalgamaiin? wiih the Majula, 
Whose stocks are unquoted, and this might mean the 
loss of the market quotation. Further rensous for 
avoiding them are that they are sptculalivr , and the 
gorJens are not first class. 
Among the others, Attaree Kabat thares are expeo- 
ted 10 pay. an increated dividend ; North and South 
Sylhet Companies do not icsue an) repcrts or aocouuts 
so that the holders have to remaiu iu the dark and 
be thankful to receive their dividends; which, how- 
ever are very good. Doom Doomas and Brahmapootras 
are looked upon as being the very pick of the AssHm 
Tea Companies, the Cbnrgola ^hare8 are c jnverient, 
and the expenses of the Company aie understood to 
be very light. Not inciudyd in the foregoiijg selectiou 
but deserving of menliou, »re Moabund issues, for the 
reason that the Company gets a very good price for 
its tea ; Borokai, vphich are viry good, but difiicult to 
deal in ■ Nonoi and Chubwa, which are about lo amal- 
gaiuate'; Jbanzits, which are easy to deal in, Scottish 
Assam and Mazdehee. Some of the- e shares would be 
difiicult to get, but their possession would well repay 
the investor any little trouble that he might 
be put io.—£uiUonist, London, May 6. 
BAKK AND DRUG EEPOR.T 
(From the Chemist and Druggist.) 
London, May 11. 
<^jji>jjjojji, —There were several parcels of Sonth Ameri- 
pan barks of some interest at today's drug-sales. Thirty- 
two bales flat Calisaya bark, mostly damaged, good 
bright but partly small mixed sold at Is 2d for sound 
anrt la Id to Is for damaged bark, which was about 2d 
ripr lb ■ below the valuation. Twenty-two serons Guaya- 
nnil-lioxa ordinary rusty to fair brown quill, realised 
frnm 6id to )2d per lb. Thirty-nine packages genuine 
Loxa blrk reahsed exceedingly high rates, fair to good 
brieht QUill JS Id tp 2s, Id, ordinary and broken ditto 6d 
?n lod ner lb A parcel of fair to good bright Huanoco 
l^k so^^l at lOd to IS 3d per lb., while a few lots of 
Svaquil were bought in at a nominal price. Four 
S-Ss gather ^ ordinary South American red bark were 
fn h^^t in a bid of 2s. per lb being refused for one 
all bom^c la. a ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ 
t ouf Isf £ie trhave been 648 000 kilos were only 
abb?^t-haTf t^*alount-vi^. CW.'OO Anislierdaili lb In 
.tKockof b^Trkln'Jt-onaon the g'ven for "East 
Bndian " bark includes all ibarks of Eastern growth. 
oS°lKB.-IUe , German ,^iak;eii's are now oflermg Hydro- 
cM,^arat&QW W8 fid tr^ra ed .per 0.. according to 
quality. 
C0CA-1.KATE8.— Nine bales gt)od green bright but broken 
Truxillo were bought in at Is Od per lb lodny. Another 
lot of one bale sold at Is 6d per lb., showing sutue little 
decline in value. 
CmiEBs.— The market is quite neglected, and to effect 
sales lower prices would have to be accepted. Owners 
tried hard to pince some lots at today's drug-sales, lat 
were j 01 8Upce^sfnl in the attempt. About ti& bags were 
offered and boutrht in at 8.^8 (id to 858 per cwt. for fair, 
blue and brown mixed berries from Bingaporr, and at 
?ob per cwt. for dust. A bid of Ms per cwt for cnbeb- 
stalks was rejected. 
Kola.— In small snpply. Only 4 bags were woM today 
at 5^d per lb for nieilium brown bright seed. 
Quinine. — On Tuesday a transaction of 10,000 os se" 
coud-band German bulk was made at itjit peroz on the 
spot. Further gaies have been made today at 9)d per oz 
for German bulk in second hands. 
Vamlla.— Under date ol May <ith it is reported from 
Mabc (Beyclielies Islands) that the vanilla^crop was es- 
timated to yield from 36,W0 to li'.OOO lb, Althnufib the 
quantity declared for sale at the drug-auctions was 
very small, th^re have, neverthi less, been rather consider- 
able imjjorts lately, and indicaiioi'i* favour a further d»- 
cliue ill Che article at an early date. At today's auctions 
only a small quintily was offered, and sold at aoinewbAt 
easier prices. Mauritius : Fine B to inch chouolate, 
slightly cryttallis' d lOs 6d to Hs 6d ; W lo 9 inch 16a 
(id to IBk (id ; medium brownish 6 to HI inch 7e to 
10-'. Ordinary dark Madagascar S to 7j inch 7s to 
6d per lb. 
INDIAN PATENTS. 
No. 131 of 1893.— Dean Guntlett, Civil Engineer. 
Hyderabad, Deccan, India, for a new and improved 
teriaced or sloped roof and ceiling for rooms, ver- 
andahs, and other covered courts or spaces of public 
or private buildings, such as offices, railway stationa, 
churches, dwelling-houses, markets, etc. 
No. 132 of 1893. — Messrs. Jessop & Co., Limited, 
Engineers, Calcutta, for an improved cart wheel 
specially suitable for Government transport work, 
planters, carrying contractors, etc. 
No. 134 of 1893.— Melvin Lin wood Severy, Manu- 
facturer, of .567 Treraont Street, Boston, in the County 
of Suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massachasetts, 
United States of America, for apparatus for covertiag 
solar heat into continuous power. 
No. 140 of 1893.— Tom Selmin Macaulay Brewer, 
of No. 3, Wellesley Street, in Calcutta, British Indi&, 
Civil Engineer and Architect, for " a new or improved 
cement for building and repairioK purposes." 
No. 141 of 1893.— Scott McKenzie, Engineer, re- 
sident of Karachi, Sind, for a road-watering cart 
known as the "McKenzie Water-Cart." — Indian 
Engineer. 
A Tea Garden in London. — A few days back I 
went to the Indian and Ceyion Tea Garden at the 
Crystal Pal ice, thinking I might find there somettang 
to interest my Ceylon readers. The garden is man- 
aged by a Mr. MacGregor, un Indian Tea planter, 
who has had previously some succees at one of the 
London Exhibiiions. He professes to shew you the 
It a plant in all its stages of growth, and also to 
show the manner of prepjra*ion of the leaf with the 
necessary machinery. There were a large quantity 
of tea plants growing in pots, but they did not look 
as if the Palace air quite agreed with them. They 
mostly ranged between four and eight inches in 
height ; one plant about two feet high which was said 
to have blossomed profusely last September, was the 
feature of the chow. But even it. looked decidedly 
uncomfortable. In a photograph book lying there 
I found a letter thanking the tea producers in Eng- 
land, in the name of the Queen, for the first box of 
Ceylon tea ever giown and prepared in England, and 
also for the p'ant of which the tea came. The whole 
place was very nicely got up, and the maoagera 
were most polite, but the condition of the tea plants 
left much to be desired and will hardly convey to 
those who have not visited the tea gardens cf India 
or Ceylon an adequate ilea of the tea bushes as they 
grow there,— London Cq)\ Locftl "Inclepeodeat." 
