Sept. i, 1893.] 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
197 
Readied : — " That the Coromitlee is not in a 
poaitioii to avail itself of ths .'posila male ou ^he 
subject dnriD;; tho present year, 
CEYLON TEA IN EU3elA. 
Reid letter Irom Mr. M. liogivue. 
CEYLON TEA IN BAVAEIA. 
Keid letter from Mr. Wiclsreiiiasinghe. 
CEYLON TKA IN AUSTRALIA. 
INTEUNATIONAL EXHIBITION, TASMANIA. 
D'SCU'sed the repr sentnliou of Oeylon Tea at the 
Tftunnuian Exhibition. 
Resolved :—" That corsideralioD of the queftlc n be 
deferred to next mof ting. 
Laid on tho talilo and cironlated a"; the 
reqne8t of Mr. John Ferf nson 1 is arii'le in 
t)ie Cejlon Observer on the subject of Cejioa Tea 
Consumption in Australia. 
Real letter from Mr. Alexander Thom on the 
snl j' ct of pui-hing Cej Ion tea in the North Island of 
New Zealand ccmprii^ing beside the Auckland Tro- 
vince, the c'istricts of Wi-llingfon, Hsnkes B^y, &c. 
Resolved: — "That BIr. Th m be asked to supply 
the Comraitte" witli foither ioformation before Ltxt 
meeting of the Committee." 
Ceylon tea fund Statement of Account as 
AT 30th June 1893. 
Laid on the table etatement of account as at 30lh 
June 1893. 
Re oWed :— " That it be published, The Standiog 
Con miitee of the Tea Fund then adjourned." 
A. Philip. 
Secretary to the Piaiitera' Association o£ C ylou. 
WoBLD's Faie and Columbian Exposition 
at Chicago 1893. 
Memo showing payments into the Governmsnt 
Chicieo KxhihiMon Fntd: — 
Vote Irom Govfin ment lh92 R20,000 
Treaaurer Otyl n Chamber of Commerce R15,000 
Cevlon Tea Fund R 5,C0O 
Difference betwo n the 3rd and 4ih clasa 
rates on freight reoo-^ered on tea be- 
tween October and December 1892 ... R32,288-19 
Du y c 11 cted on tea from Ist January (o 
30 b June 1893 R42,403-55 
The Ceylon Tea Fu.vd in Account with A. Fhilip 
at 30th June 1893. 
R. 
c. 
Feid on acconi t Auditor 
n 
00 
Do 
do Ceylon Tea in Russia* 
5,846 
34 
Do 
do Ci j Ion Te* in German) f .. 
1,749 
87 
Do 
do Cejlon Tea in AmcrioJ 
account (zrsnt of Tea to the 
Ceylon Planters' Tea Co. 
New York 
3,876 
16 
Do 
do Ceylon Tea at the Imperial 
Institute 
886 
43 
Do 
do Chwrpes account... 
500 
50 
Do 
do Ceylon Green Teas 
103 
94 
Do 
do Times of Ceylon Press . . 
50 
CO 
Do 
do Stationary, Printing, Posta- 
ges and pettiea 
362 
13 
Do 
do W. Herbert Jones, Royal 
Geographical Society of Aus- 
tralia 
87 
50 
Do 
do Melbonrne Exhibition 
19 
Do 
do Book of Proceedings 
343 
50 
Do 
Balance in New OrieDtil Baok Cor- 
poration Limited in Liquida- 
tion Tea Fund Account 
7,364 
49 
Do 
do Bank of Madras Tea Fund a/c 
at 30lh June 1893 
6,4t0 
81 
R27,641 25 
NoTR. — *Ooylon Tei in Russia. 
Ceylon Tea iu Germany. 
CeyloQ Tea in Amarica, 
R. r. 
Amoutt PS per previous statements... 1,0340 38 
Do aa per f titement as at 30th 
Jane 1893 ... ... 5,846 34 
16,186 72 
Amount ss per previous st«tements 
as at 30th June 1892 .. 1,094 46 
Do per previous etntements 
a=iat3l8t Dec. 1893 ... 3,188 10 
Do as per above statemeLt aa at 
30 h June 1893. . .. 1,749 87 
K6,032 43 
Atnoui.t as per statement as at 31st 54 
Dec. 1888 .. .. 1,871 
Do as per statements as at Slst 
Dec. 1892 . . . . 2,365 87 
Do as per statements as at 30lh 
June 1893 ... . . 3,876 16 
K8,113 67 
By Balance in Ni w Oriental Btnk Corpora- 
tion at Slst Dec. 1892 as per previous 
staiement ... .. .., 9,205 61 
Do BiUnce in Bank of Madras at Slst 
Dec. 1892 as previous slatemtnt ., 8,779 89 
Do Cejlcn Tea Kiosk Rent n covered ... 316 67 
Do do Grntn Tta Sets of tamplea issued 30 00 
Do ChicBgo Extiibition as under.. .. 3,591 U6 
Fir>-t divide i d-i from New O. B. C as 
ui der repaid into Ceylon Tea Fund ac- 
UQt in terms of Re--olulion of the 
Standing Cominittee of tbe Tea Fund 
at a meeting be'd at Kandy en tho 
I4rli day if O t. 1892. 
Fjxed Dcpo.-it Receipt No. 8/40 F. D. 
No. 1,144 tor R. 
R7.8G9 87 Rl,573 97 
D) do Receipt No. 8/55 
F. D. N". 1,145 for 
R75G4 11 Rl,512 82 
Do do Receipts No. 8/5G 
F. D. No. 1,147 for 
R2,521 37 544 2" 
E3.591 06 
By Subfciptirns received dnrirg tho six 
mouths endinz 30:h June 1893 .. 5,631 89 
„ Interest from Bank of Madras on current 
account .. ... ... 86 13 
R27,641 25 
E. & 0. E. 
Kandy, 30th June 1893. 
Audited and found correct 22nc. July 1893, 
(Signed) J I\1unton. 
A. Philip, Honorary Tresiuter. 
JSOTES OX PRODUCE AXD FIXAXCE. 
Ocean Freights. — At the annual general lEOLting 
of the Inaia Tea Djstriots Aisociation, a tuU report 
of which appe irs ij ano. Let column, u most impor- 
tant diacnsaiou tooK pUce regaruiuij ibe uttituoe of 
the tea induslrj towards the ocean steamship cum- 
pauiea. Our readers are awore that while audoubieaiy 
ibere exists tome diver(jence of views among the 
mora powerful members ot the Tea As^ooiation, there 
IS a goueral teoiiug that tLe time has now arrive! 
for tue importaut; tea iudustiy to shake itstlf free 
altogether from the engaKemeuts with the steamship 
owners eitherto exiatiu^', of au onerous and onesued 
nature. Tliia view has neen sth.med and re-attirmed 
at Vii ions meetings of tea propiietura, bolu in Calcutta 
and in Ljnuon. The cliairmnn ot the rLee;iDg aiove 
alladed to very pioperly characterised tho auitade ot 
the shipjwuera aa ouo which appeared to ij;noro the 
mojt ordinary buiiuess priuoipieo, aod lie al»o in- 
dicatud very rigutly thai the t-.^v industry was bouud, 
on ordinary prjuoiples of seli-ueleLCe tj orgaoisj 
to protect its own interests. It was aocordi'iy'/ 
cultd to mtke a stroug tuUeavuur tuoOt 
