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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST [Sept. i, 1893. 
which was necessary (or Ibe factory in which they 
wore at preeeot maDufaoturing their tea. In the 
profit and loes aocouut an item whiub might be con- 
fiidned rather iarge was that cf preliminary ex- 
pengtiB amountinx lo B6,700, and be explained that 
11 represented diecjurit on payment of calls in 
advonae, payment of bonuses to superintendents 
under agreemoLt with the vendor Mr, Corbet, IcRal 
expensts, valuaiion ard vaiious other items. He 
did Dol think there were any other points calling 
for speoial mention and he would tierefore simply 
move ihea'ioption of the report. 
Mr. N ble Bf conded and the report was unani- 
mously adopted. 
OIBEOXOUB. 
The Chaiuman 8;iid the next business was the 
election of L>irectorH. The Provisional Directors 
placed their r>-signution in the handa of the 
meeting bui they i ffored themselves for re-election. 
Mr. Nuiii/E accordingly moved that Messrs. 
Thomas Mackie, J. C. Dunbar, J. W. VanDerstraaien 
and William Taylor be re-elected Directors. 
Mr. BccHAN seconded. 
Mr. Ckeasy thought it went without saying that 
ihe Cjmpany wtre most fortunate in having such 
an able Mana^jcr as Mr. Taylor, but it struck 
him aa not bdvis :bl6in the interests of the Com- 
pany that the Mamiger should have a seat at the 
Board. It seeniud to him to be rather anomalous 
that as a Direc:.or be should be able to i^Bue 
instructions lo himself as Manager. Ua therefore 
thought it would be in the interests of the Compunv 
if Mr. I'aylor did not have a seat at the Boaid. 
Mr. Noniiii:— Do you move that as no amendment ! 
Mr, Ureabv replied in the affirmative and moved 
accordingly. 
'J he amendment however wa9 not seconded and 
the Directors were r( -elected as moved by Mr. Noble. 
BTATEMENT 1)1 TUE MANAOER. 
Mr. BuowN suggested that it would be very 
desiiaMu to have a statement from Mr. Taylor 
giving thim Bonje idea of the projjress that had 
been made on tho estate. The clearing tbiit had 
bi^en done must cooBlitate a great factor in the 
dtvelopoiont of the Company. 
Mr. Taylor at once complied with ihe suggestion. 
As they were awtre the most of the pliuiing last 
J ear was done by seed, and be was happy to 
say it bad been very successful. About 11 or 
12 par cent covered the vacancies and those had 
been bupplied, and the clearing was getting on. in 
his opinion, very satisfactorily. The extension this 
year, 102 acres, was already roaded and drained, and 
a great part of it holed, and be expected to have 
the planting of it finished by the end of this 
month. The factory, he thought, would be finished 
about Octobtr. After that it would be pretty 
plain sailing; there would be very little capital ex- 
penditure except the upkeep of the land not in bear- 
ing. Hb was in hopes that they would have secured 
the manufaoturing of leaf from another estaie 
amounting to 200,00j lb. of tea, but their factory 
jiot btii g tehdj' in lime that estate had made 
other atraugeujeniB for another year. They might 
possibly get seme outside leaf yet to manufacture 
at their faotoiy which was of course rather in 
advance of their present, rt quirements. If they had 
not thus built in advance they would never have 
be;n done building, and ihey knew very well that 
it was better to finibh their building at once than 
to adopt a palch-wotk byolc.ni. It was more 
economical in the end and bjst in ly^-iy possible 
way auto do. They had put up a moie powerful tur- 
bine than they n quiren at present but if they had put 
in a smaller one iney would have bad to discard it 
in the course of a fow years, throwing it away 
or ^elUDg it at h^lf price . He considered it very 
much belter that tbey should put in as powerfal s 
turbine hh lh»j were likely to require and have 
done with it. The weeding had been very troulle- 
Bome and probably would give some m-jrc iroutjle 
for the next year or so, e. ptoially where the ravines 
bad been overgrown, but the pace w«i muob 
cleaner than it bad been and the progrtss gt oerally, 
he thought, was veiy satislaclory. 
ELECTION OF ADDITOb. 
The CiiAiBU\N said the next businets was the 
election of auditor. Mr. Guthrie h»d and t ;d the 
accounts tbia year ani be piojxijed that ihcy re- 
elect bim for the ensuing year on a fee of KlOo. 
Mr, CaiASY seconded and Mr. Uuthrie w&d unani- 
muusly re-elected. 
VOTE OF TIUNK<, 
This being all the busiuors 
Mr. Bbown proposed a vo e of thanks to the chair 
man and Directors for their eeivicej liuring the 
tan year. They deeerv. d it pinicularly alter the 
very satiEfaotory txplanation that bad been giv,^ 
by Mr. Taylor as la the progress that bad been 
made. It showed that they bad the ioitrtsie of the 
Company at heart, and th>; least tbi-y could do w«e 
to tbuDk them. 
Mr. Buchao had much pi asure in sauonding, 
and the vote was cordia 1,\ passid. 
The meeting then terminai(d. 
FINEST GARDEN IX THE WORLD. 
Every year upwards of a million and a half of 
people visit Ihe Itoyal Gsrdeus nt Ke«'. Oue l.u.i.lied 
thousand have been admitt d on a l<auk Molidny; 
50,000 ou a .Sutiday. But very few of iht lhoafi.Ld« 
wbo roam about its 270 acres and buge g mis-lroQees 
realize the Bpletdid work doue tbt-re, and ii* import- 
ance to the BritiBli Empira. For 120 years Kew lia. 
taken the lead iu the uixcovery and otiliratioii of 
"economic" plants, with a view to the exieuBiou of 
trade, the devtlopmeot o( oar Coloui-^g, and the rrta- 
tion of tiBW indubtrie». " Economic" planls by the 
way, are those vfhose fiuit, need, fiurc, Sbp, etc. amy 
be lutned to acconut. Kew bai uo iqjal, for uo rival 
garden has half so large a ophere ot unttulness. It 
is the ceutre of a huiured similar gttrdeuii in various 
parts ol the Emjiire many of whose directors it bus 
trained. All are engaged in Ibe same work, which is 
eometbiog much more magnificeLt than growing luvtly 
flowirs to del gbt.tbe eyes of vibitois, or for prctit. 
An illujlrati-n : A tanuer iuforoiS the Director cl 
Kew chat the supply of "gambier," an extract fri in 
the leaves and shoots of a Malayan climbir, is not 
equal to the demand. The price has doubled two '<r 
three times. No substitute ha« been discovered. Then 
Kew goes to work. The Director commun.c»tes With 
the Coionial Office, which instructs the Consul at 
Singapore to send seeds and particulars of the culture 
of "gambler"' to Kew. This is done The seeds tre 
sown, and plants dispatched to such botanical centris 
as poesesb a suitable climate. Full partlcul rs ol 
growing and prepaiiug for the m^rk^et are pab.'ished 
in the •' Kew BDlletiu,'' or eisewhere. i'lauttra and 
caiives are pat in the way of cultivatiug Uncaiia 
Gainbiei; and so the output ia or will be increa ed, 
lo the great benefit of the tradis iutertsied bi.u 
tbe i.uulic. Again: A trailer, say ou the W»s-. Coast 
of Africa, is shown by He uatives a tatuple ol 
rubber new to him. It jii»y l.e valuable or worth- 
le«6. He Joes not know the plant iroin which it 
is extracti-d. He obtains specimen leaves and 
infloteioence, ana stmis thtm, wiih a sample oi 
the rubber, to Kew. There the p.'aut is identified 
with almost unerring tcriain'y. The rubber is fti-i 
to a manufacturer to bo ttstoit. Eveijtually, par i- 
culais of the plant, tbe manner of obtaining tbe rabijti, 
ami its capabilities and market value, arc pub!i h;d. 
Thus tue trader learns win tiaer ihit article is woitn 
exporting. If it prove vuluaolc, o her tia eta are 
apprised of a commodity \\orib seeking. 
