THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [Sept. i, 1H94. 
To this has to be added the sum of £1,527 4j. 9d. 
brought forward from last year, making a total of 
£4,717 15s. lid. at the oredit of profit aud loss. 
On the 10th January lau aa interim dividend of 
14 per oent. was paid oq the capital of the Company, 
and tbe Directors recommend Chat a further divi- 
dend of 2J p6r cent, be now declare J, making 4 per 
oent. for tue year, and leaving £1,517 15s. lid. to be 
carried forward to next account. 
cbop 1893-94. 
The crop of coffee for this season is to be short, aud 
it is not thought that it will exceed 720 c*ts., this 
is only at tbe rate of about 1 cwt. per aore, whereas 
crop 1892-3, whiob was considered a poor one, pro- 
duced over 1£ cwts. of cotftc to the i>cre. 
The coffee area on Spring Valley has no d"tibt 
held out remarkably wed, but it is teared thai tbe 
-gradual shrinkage in the yield of late years is a sure 
sign tbat il may not hold out much longer. It may, 
however, be stated that at tbe present time tbere 
■•re favourable blossoms for the following s;asoo, but 
tinder present conditions it is impossible to jur'ge 
how tbey may mature. 
The estimated crop of tea from Spring Valley for 
1893-4 is 200,000 lb. being at tbe rate of 385 lb. per 
acre, against 169,000 lb. or 325 lb. per acre lor crop 
1892.3. 
Taking iuto consideration the above sinill Coffee 
crop and the large area of Tea not yet in bearing 
to be maintained, the profit for seasou 1893-4 must 
necessarily be small. Uousiderable expenditure wiil 
also have to be inourred on tbe furiuer exteusion 
of Tea, and for these reasons tbe Direotors think 
it necessary to ea*ry forward a substantial balance 
at the oredit of profit ao 1 loss. 
It will be seen tbat 2x8 acres have been planted 
up during 1893-4, ana it is proposed to briDg the 
Tea area on Spring Valley up to 1,000 aores auring 
the following seasou. 
It having been found that the Company could not 
work Oolanakande estate to advantage, this being an 
outlying property and not in tbe name district 
as Spring Valley, it has been leased to a neigh- 
bouring estate. 
Tea. 
The area under Tea on Spring Valley is as follows :— 
Over five years old 621 acres. 
Planted Nov./Dec, 1890 ... 100 „ 
1893 ... 218 „ 
Total area under Tea 
839 
672 
Total area under Coffee... 
The Direotors regret to report tbe deaths of their 
esteemed Colleagues Mr. John Brown, the late Mana- 
ing Director, and Mr. Edward Oonder, aud they have 
filled np these vacancies on the Board by the agpoint- 
ment of Mr. Alfred Brown aud Mr. Norman Stewart. 
Mr. N. Stewart, a Member of the Board, retires 
on this oocasioD, and, being eligible, offers himself 
for re-election. 
Messrs. Deloitte, Diver, Griffiths & Co., the Auditor?, 
also offer themselves for re-electioD.— By order, 
19th July, 1894. J. Ai.ec. Eoberts, Seoretary. 
GAULTHERIA FR AGR ANTI SSI AM A . 
An enquiry was made by a firm of distillers in 
South Aroot, as to whether the flower of this plant 
was procurable on the Nilgiris. They believed they 
could distil an oil from this flower which they could 
advantageously substitute for that obtained from 
rubber for purposes of diluting their methylated f pirits. 
Mr. Lawson, however, states that the. oil is not from 
the' flowers but from the leaves of the plant, which 
oould be got in large quantities on the hills. He 
then goes on to say that the oil so obtained 
could not be substituted for that obtained from 
rubber, as instead of making tbe spirit nauseous, it 
would render it pleasant to taste and smell— Nilyiri 
News. 
FINE VS. TRASH* TEA. 
It ie becoming a matter of iioreaing interest 
to us to note what is said ao ut tsa in A'n-rioa, 
especially by the large distributive; houses. Hers, 
for instance, are extracts wnic.i we had ia tbe 
American Gnccr from an admirable cirouUr letter 
lately iasuad by ttueve*, farvin & Co. Phila- 
delphia : — 
We all will admit tbat tbere i* v i. finite nunber 
of g.-adea of tea, and tbat tbe diff rt-ne ■ in quality 
arc not wholly discern »bU to tbe eyo. St/le couuli 
for much in u», as in evejlLiuj else, but beyond 
(ho appearauce of tea in the band, itt mherent value 
in the enp, comprehended by tbe term " flavor, " u 
brought to light only by most careful and expe t test- 
ing. Besides tbe flavor at first steeping, a good tea 
will develop s'rength aud a lasting aroma, ao ti a' at 
table the second cup will boas good as was the first 
poured not. lu tbeae times of busiaeas depression, 
when competition sets ptopie wildly astray in efforts 
to beat the world in pr.oee, we fiud many dealers mak- 
iug a great ado in print about teas at absurdly low 
prices, some at less than nail tbe import coat of good 
tea. No argument is required tJ prove tbat suob 
prices always menu extremely poor qualities. It oau- 
nol be said tbat it paje tbe grooer to sell suob lea 
to his customers if it prejudices tbem against tea in 
general, aud sets tbem in particular against the goods 
of tbe grocer who tells it to tbem. The users of 
such tea are likely either to stop drinking the bever- 
age altogether or go elsewhere for tueir supplies 
afterward. 
Dealers who permit themselves to be inveigled into 
a hope of reward by the notoriety which an adver- 
tisement of trasby tea briugs them will probably find, 
ere long, that tbe bird tbat ouoe was in their hand 
has taken to the bash ; their tea trade baa "taken 
the wings of the morning , " other and wiser grocers 
are supplying their customers. 
As to profit, the low grade article may show ths 
largest i amediate peicentage, but tue Deal ultimate 
reward comes to tbe man wno sells tbe tin jr quality 
and wins tbe smile ot bis customers. 
It is not inconsistent with these general principles 
to have in stock fair tea at a comparatively low price, 
to meet the demand trom a oertaiu class of people 
v, Lo.-e means require tbem to look to the prioe rather 
than to merit, livery grocer may judge for himself 
how best to oater to ibis iolass ot buyers, without 
impinging upon his good rule to establish a reputa- 
tion tor satisfactory qualities in everything he sells. 
THE AMSTERDAM CINCHONA AUCTIONS 
Our Amsterdam correspondent telegraphs that at 
today's (July 19) public sales ot Java cinchona n 
Amsterdam 3,012 packages were sold at an average 
unit of 4jo (equal to 4-5ths d. per lb.) per £ kilo, 
showing aa advance of quite 10 per cent upon tbe 
June sales, tbe present unit being the highest reached 
during the current year. Manufacturing barks in en- 
tire and broken quills, and crushed bark realised from 
4Jo to 39£o (equal to Id to 7id per lb.); ditto root 
from 6iu to 34£o (l|d to 6£i per lb.) ; druggists' 
bark, in quills and broken quill*, from 10c to oljc 
(equal to l$d to 9|i per lb.) Tbe principal bajers 
were the Amsterdam, Mannheim. Friuklorf, Brunswick 
and Auerbaoh factories, and Mr. GustsY Briegleb, 
of Amsterdam.— Chemist and Druggigt. 
SAMPLING OF CINCHONA IN AMSTERDAM. 
Four of the principal Amsterdam cincbona-bark 
brokers have issued a circular to tie effect that, after 
the next Java bark sales, they wiil revert to the old 
system of sampling, which is similar to the London 
one, the new process of supplying samples of the bark 
in a ground state not having proved in all respect 
satisfactory.— Chemist and Druggist, July 14th. 
