THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [Jult i, iB^ 
amount be carried forward to the current year's 
account. 
The expenses inoi(Jent»l to the formation of the 
Company cbarj^ed in the praseat aocouut* will not be 
inourred again and, allowing for these sp'ioial payments, 
the net profit for the nine months is at a rate(qu'\l to 
16j per cent per annum ou the capital of thi Company. 
The estimated crop in season 1893 is 190,fi00 lb. Tea 
against an Expenditure on the estite of K60,734, and 
the profits from oiher souroea are estimated to amount 
to 1112,612. 
The above estimated expenditure does not include a 
proposed outlay on Capital account of R5,050 in 
additions to Baildini^s and Blachinery. 
In the Balance Sheet the Aspe^s are thus eta*ei : — 
By Propetty (Immovablel K262, 610 13; Propfiity 
(Movfable) held by the Cotnpiiny, E40,957-37 ; Debt 
due to the Company — Outt'tandin? account (since 
recovered) Rl,883-80 ; Oat-h in Bank (n Current 
Account R6,630'55. To'al R312,081H5. The Liabili- 
ties show ; Capital :— R370,OnO ; 1) Ijta ar d Ivabililic-g 
of the Company— R9,263 34 ; Doprpciatiin Accour.t 
B3,000 ; Profit and Loss Acconnt-fi29,818 51. ToUl 
R312,081-85. 
On the Working Aooonnt, for the nine months the 
following appears on the ceditrr side ; — By net pro- 
ceeds of 135,606 lb tea R72,986 16 ; By net procefds 
of 14,828 lb cinchona Rl ,326 07 : By Profit on tea Manu- 
fncturing account R7.685'87 ; By R'-nta and Sundry 
reop.ipts on estate K3,15i n. To al R85.152-21. 
The expenditure was R47,3.'53'10 ; and the amount 
transferred to depreciation account R3,000; the balance 
transferred to credit of profit and loss account being 
R34.799-11. Total K85,l 52-21. 
In the profit and loss »• rount ihe follow'ne ap- 
pears on the dehtrr fide : — To expences iucideital to 
Ihe ff rmstion and reeistration of the Company R984'J0; 
to interest on purrhnpp money R2 175 ; io ijiterest 
on current account K.32 35 : to Directors' and Sf cre- 
taiy's fees and cfiBce rent Rl,725 ; to Au<'ilor'B ffc 
E50 ; to stationpry, po'tages and sundries R154 15; 
to balance R29,818-61.—R34.939 11. On the creditor 
cide the items are : by balanoe transferred from 
workinfr account ^34,799'11 ; by transfer fees R140.— 
R34, 939-11. ^ 
THE AMSTERDAM CINCHONA AUCTION. 
Amsterdam, April 27. — At today's tark sales here 
2,984 packages Java bark sold at 5jO per unit on the 
average (or 15-16th d. to Id per lb.) The prices range 
from 8e to 57c (equal to IJl to lOjd) per lb for manu- 
facturing bark in quills, broken quills and chips; 
and from 11c to 36c (equal to 2d to 6Jd) for ditto 
root; from 9o to 76o (equal to l|d to Is 2d) for 
druggists' bark in whole and brok« n quills, and 13c 
to 14o (equal to IJd to 1J;1) for ditto root. The prin- 
cipal buyers, in order of tbeir quinine purchases, 
were the Auerbach Quinine Works, the Mannheim and 
Amsterdam Workf, the Brunswick Factory, Matthes 
and Bormeester, and Bricgleb.— CAmt'st and Dmygist, 
April 29. 
INDIAN PATENTS. 
Applications in respect of the undermentioned in- 
ventions have been filed, duri g the week endiiiR- tbe 
18th Match 1893, nnder the provisions of Act V of 
1888, in the OfBce of the Se retary nppoiuted under 
the Inventions and Designs Act, 1888: — 
No. 81 of 1893 — Thomas OattellJoues, m e c-s., Eng., 
L.K.c.p. and L.M. ; Edin., and Giorge Winter, Tea 
Plaut 'r, both of Sbumshernugpger T? a Estate, Shum- 
Bheruugger, Sjlbet in Astam, British ludia, for a new 
or improved mixture for preaerviug tea bushes, trees 
and the like from the attacks of insects, to be died 
' Bad Spider a-id Blight Destroyer." 
No. 86 of 1893.— T. Drewet, Jr., and Palonji D. 
Ghowna, b>th Bi.i|iiiietT8 and Ooutractors of 17, 
lilphinttono Circle, Bombay, for improvemeuta in fibre 
bating maohinery. 
Bpecificatiotts of tbe aodermentiuned ioTentioDt fanYa 
been filed. 
No. 89 of 18«2 —David Rowell, EDgmeer, of 5. 
Victoria Street, in the City of WestmiLster. for 
improvements iu apparatus for witberiog or driiag 
tea. (Filed 9th March 1893 ; 
No. 162 of 1892.— Henry Thompson of Guinsbornugh 
in the Country (f Itucolu, Engloter, but now reeidiog 
at Ipswich in the Country if Suffilk, for improve- 
ments in the rne'boi of and apparatus for drying 
tea leaf and the (Filed 10th March 1893 ) 
No. 302 of 1892.— L-oael Maynard Turin. TeaGrower, 
of Aldoarie Ejlatc, Agropatna, Ceylon, but now 
residii g at Londjo, KagUud, (or an improved method 
of and means for tbe drying of the leaves at tei nad 
other plantd. (Filed 19 h April 
COCONUT CULTIVATION IN CEYLON. 
One of tbe beet little gatdeoB we knov in the 
island iu that from which we are ens bled on tbe beat 
authority to give the return of cio^a gathered ab 
follows ; — 
O. — B., li acres in extent, with 1,161 bearing 
coconut trees staLding tbereon, or about 82 trees 
per acre : — 
Produce iu 1»83 ... 67 000 tuts 
1884 ... 56 200 „ 
1885 ... 57,600 „ 
18J« ... 58,300 „ 
,. 18R7 ... 59.60!) „ 
„ 1888 ... 5*,«0> „ 
1«6» ... «0,3<W ,. 
1890 ... eO.MtO „ 
1891 ... 61,000 „ 
„ lb92 ... 60,700 „ 
To'al. ..P^90.200 „ 
Average for ten years S9,020 nuts ; per acre 4.215 
nuts ; per tree per annum about 51^ nuts. We 
do not think there areniany plaoee in tbe oountrj 
that c&n ebow a bcttt-r return than tbe above 
loi ten years continuously. 
A Warning : to bk Copied into Ekglish 
PapeEl.- Wb are assured that the tittc has come 
for Euuciding furih a woid of warning to ycuag 
men in tbe old country — iheir parents and guar- 
dianE — who may be looking to the lea industry 
in Ceylon as affording a fi-ld for their energies. 
We ure told that at this moment there are in 
the island, more "pupils" learning (after payment 
of premium,) " ail about tea " — " creepers " is now 
tbe colloquial, local t rm — and pasfsi Assistants 
looking out for billets, than there are, or likely 
to be, places for them to fill. The planting dis- 
tricts have now in fact, a full supply of Superin- 
tetdenls and Aesistantt, and it will not be wise 
for any more young men to come out to learn 
tea in Ceylon with the hope of getting employ- 
ment here, unless they have beforehand, a distinct 
promise or guarantee to that effect. We trust all ad- 
vertisements for pupils in English papers will 
uierefore now cease, unless the Manager so adver- 
tising, is able to offer employment afterwards ; 
and, it would be well if planters and others 
writing home should cat out and eLclosa 
this paia^'rapb to their friends to prevent a further 
influx of young men who can only come oat here 
to be disappointed. Already, we hear of a good 
deal of disappoiotment and of idleness — " got no 
work to do " — among would-be young planters 
in certain districts, which can lead to no good for 
themselves or others.— If we are wrong or premature 
in this annonaeement, we shall indeed be very glad 
to stand corrected on satisfactory evidence being 
forthcoming. 
