THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[May t, 1894, 
CBiBGEB, 
Marine Insaranoe and Daty") 
Collecting, Caring, tnarkinpr, I 
Shipping, Lighterage, Bond | 
and Clearing. Boring, Bill of ^ 18 9 
Iiading,BiliotStampi,PoBt- { *^ 
age, Certificate of origin, | 
Interest, &o. and London | 
Commiesion 2| per cent J 
£stl20 6 1 
Payable at eight exchange for 
3 months' drafts ... F.O.B. Lmdon 
ACCOUNT BALES. 
Standard D weighed in packets and sold as 
No. 7 4,100 Rufsian lb. at Rbl-60 per lb...Rb6,560 00 
LeBB DiBceunt 12 per cent ...Ub 787 20 
Rb5,772 80 
cuAnoEs. 
jj.B. —Freight for Colombo to London is 
inolnded in London price. 
Freight from London to Moscow (via St. 
Peteraburgh) on the gross invoice weight 
5,460 lb. at 90 Kop per Pood (40 Rua- 
Bian lb.) at Rbl... .. Rbl22 85 
Daty, Customs charges, &c. at average of 
85 Kop per lb. (according to "gold" 
Bgio .. .. •. •• Rb3,485 00 
Packing charges including Pap r. Lead, 
Labels, Thread, Cases, &o. ant 10 Kop 
per lb,. .. .. •■ Rb410 00 
Warebousiog. Fire Insurance and Sundry 
charges 1 per cent on Rb6,000 . . RbGO CO 
5 per cent commission to cover Magazine 
charges, Part of advertising. Interest 
Duty. &o. on Rb5,772 80 . . . . Rb288 64 
Rb4,366 49 
. . £8tl,406 31 
At 9 55 per £si .. 
Cheque on London for pro- 
ceeds .. ..£»tl47 5 0 
London Invoice ..£skl20 6 1=22 40 per cent 
Surplas 
£3t26 18 11 

COFFEE IN MEXICO. 
A private letter reoeived in the city of Mexico 
from the United States Consul at Vera Cruz states 
that the Ehipments of coffee from that port during 
the last two months were the heaviest ever koown. 
During the months of January and February this 
year over !S4,000.000 (Mexioan) worth of coffee was 
shipped from Vera Cruz to the United States. — 
Financial News, 
INDIAN PATENTS. 
Calcutta, 5th April 1894. 
Specifications of the undermentioned inventions 
have been filed under the provisions of Act V. of 
2ggg 
Drying Tea Leaves, &o.— No. 30 of 1890 : William 
JackBon of Thorn Grove, Mannofield, Aberdeen, North 
Britain, Gentleman, for improvements in apparatus 
for drying tea leaves, coffee, grain or other produce. 
(From 26th May 1894 to 25th May 1895.) 
Withering Maobinee.— No. 31 of 1890 : William 
Jackson of Thorn Grove, Mannofield, Aberdeen, North 
Britain, Gentleman, for improvements ia apparatus 
for subjecting anbstances to the action of air, more 
especially intended for use in withering machines or 
wilting tea leaves, but applicable also to drying coffee, 
grain and other produce. (From 4th Jane 1S94 to 3rd 
June 1895.)— Engineer, 
THE DELGOLLA ESTATE COMPANY. 
Miontes of proceedings at the ordinary (eneral 
meeting of ibareholdeis of the DelgoIU Estate Com- 
pany, Ltd., held at the Registered Office of the 
Company, 24, Colombo Road, Kftndy, on Saturday ,21«t 
April 1894, at 11 a.m. 
Pnsent. —UeMre.V^.D. Gibbon (in the chair) E. 8. 
Fox, Buxton Laurie. W. H. Bailey, W. Forl>e8 Laaria, 
Gordon Pyper, A. E. Wright, rf-presented by attorne}; 
and F, M. Laurie »nd J. Munton, Secretary. 
Read notice ciUing the meetin((. 
Read and confirmed proceedings of meetiog of lltb 
April 1893. 
Report and baltnce-sbeet taken as r<>ad. 
Tlio CuAiKMAN in reft-reiice to the Directofi' Report 
submitted to the ibarrbolJers made a few leicarks, 
informing the meeting that be hidjaat been over the 
estates and bad in fact been there the day l>efore, 
and had every reason to cougratnlate the shareholders 
upon the evidence of progress aud improvement, and 
the possession of a firtt-clasi property, and if the 
prices of cocoa were only somewhat better they wonld 
show very excellent reKolta now, and still l>ettfer here- 
after — that, in ftct tbe crops, as regards qiuntity 
were, if anything tbii Inst year, belter than the 
average over the inland. It was true Isabel bad k>eea 
a little disippointing, it had given a large crop the 
previous year and perhaps naturally needed a little 
acsietance, hnd that had been given it in the way of 
manurio^. Tbe supplying and ihadinj; here had not 
been so far advanced, and not at present, qaite 
BO Euccessful af at l)elgolla, but no efforts bad 
been relaxe'l, and gcod results must follow. Cocoa- 
nuts at Delgolli bad been rather disappoint- 
ing tbat was to ssy, only, as regarded crop, iry 
weather effecting tbe blosiom and yield, aod un- 
fortunately Very little better could be expected lii the 
coming year — because the blossoms in tbe district 
generally were less good than usual owing to dry 
weather, and such blosEom as folloo ed the recent laina 
could not mature within the season. He had seen in 
the local papers a report from some part of Jaffna 
which stated 60 per cent of the bloscom bad failed. 
Applications for nuts for seed parposes had been 
made to a pretty large extent, showing tbe estimation 
held cf the fine bearing trees on tbe Company's pro- 
perties. 
Coming to the consideration of the dividend he thought 
he might esy that last year they originally advised 
8 per cent beiog-;declare I; but that, some exoetg 
in sales of produce over tbe valuation, induced the 
eharebolders to consider an additional 1 per oent could 
be taken and 9 per cent was therefore declared. 
Perhaps it might have been better to have adhered 
to tbe lower figure, but at all events be urged them 
strongly not to declare more than the proposed 5 per 
cent this time and leave the balance as proposed to be 
carried forward. It chould be remembered that the 
estate was lioaght with other ideas than tbe imme- 
diate return of large dividends ; but as a safe and 
sound investment with excellent prospects from what 
he might call the reservations of young areas coming 
gradually into bearing. One of the shareholders who, 
he regretted to say, was not able to be present bad 
written regarding the writing off for buildings, but 
in the meantime there was nothing to write off. Some 
works such as thecondncting of water to the stores had 
gone to ordinary expenditure — while as for reserves it 
appeared to him tbat in such worku as manuring they 
were in effect, building up for themselves a very sub- 
ctantial reserve ; and if in such matters the directors 
could be charged with meannees, they had 
on the other hand one of the shareho'dera suggest- 
in? that part of the expenditure on manure might 
fairly be drafted to account of permanent imprjve- 
ments as he found the manuring expenditure so 
treated would have given them 1 per cent extra dividend- 
If fault could possibly he found on tbe one hand, 
I then cr'>dit should be given on the other. Anyhow 
they bad bis assurance that they bad an estate tbat 
I had very much and snbstanlially increased in value 
' eipce it was taken over. It was not propose d to opea 
