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NYASSALAND COFFEE COMPANY, 
LIMITED. 
Messrs. Carson & Co. have favoured us with a 
copy of the prospectus (dated 10th inst.) of this 
Company to be registered under the Ceylon Joint 
Stock Ordinances, Capital R300.000. 
The Provisional Directors are Messrs. E. S. Grig- 
son, Alex. Orchard, V. A. Julius, W. P. Metcalfe, F. 
Macindoe, and J. H. Carson. The lastnamed will 
join the Board after allotment. 
It is stated: — This Company has been formed for 
the purpose of acquiring from Mr. J. H Carson, of 
Gonamotava Estate, Haputale, who has recently 
returned from Nyassaland, two blocks of forest land 
bought for the purpose of cultivating Coffee. The 
two blocks of land, which comprise an area of 3,500 
acres, are situated in the Mlange Districts of the 
Shire Highlands, and have been specially selected 
by Mr. Carson as being the very best available 
Jand for the cultivation of Coffee. This product 
grows luxuriantly, and the Superintendent of an 
estate reported that the Coffee he had in bearing 
(40 acres) yielded a maiden crop of eleven tons (about 
5 cwts per acre), the trees looking healthy afterwards. 
Mr. Carson found that comparatively little was known 
as to the proper mode of cultivating Coffee, and 
that many estates had been opened on unsuitable land. 
It is intended, therefore, to send at once one man or 
more of large experience to open the land. The 
seasons are very regular, and Mr. Carson compares 
the Mlange District to that of Haputale in Ceylon. 
An estate there reports a well distributed rainfall of 
70 to 80 inches 
Living on the blocks of land are several hundred 
villagers who have holdings and are available for labor. 
Their wages are 8 yards' calico pe month costing 
iUd per yard, or 2s Id per month. Atonga labour can 
be imported from the Lake Nyassa at a cott of Is 
per head, and a regular force can be depended upon 
during crop time from March to Nov. Wlt|l regard to 
transport it is stated that the time occupied to 
London is 8 to 14 weeks. The {Might to Tshinde on 
the coaet is t'4 per ton. and from Tshinde to London 
by Union or German lines (twice monthly | £8 per 
ton. It is reported that a railway will shortly be in 
course of construction from Tsliiromo to Blautvre 
which will tan the coffee districts. 
It is intended to open as quickly as possible up to 
1,000 acres. Seed sufficient to plant 100 acres has 
been ordered from Brazil, as it is not considered ad- 
visable to buy local seed if it can be avoided. The 
cost of opening land and bringing it into bearing is 
not estimated to exceed £10 per acre at the end of 
the third year, after which very handsome returns 
may be anticipated. There is an abundant water 
supply. 
These large blocks were specially put up for Mr. 
Carson by the Acting Commissioner of British 
Central Africa with the object of attiacting capital 
into the country, and it is unlikely that any such 
further large blocks can be now obtained. It is a 
Crown title and not burdened with any conditions as 
to amount of land to be opened within a given 
time. The vendor at present holds simply receipts 
for the purchase money, pending issue of the Govern- 
inent grants, which grants will be forwarded as soon 
as received to the Company's Proctors for approval. 
The country in the Shire' Highlands is quiet and 
settled and formally taken over as a British 
Possession. 
The Vendor's price is R20 per acre, equalling 
R 70,000, which he will take in fully piid-up Shares 
in the Company. The land is at present only 
roughly surveyed, and when the acre.-ge h.is been 
correctly surveyed such excess or luss amount will 
be paid or refunded in cash at ih._ same rate. 
CEYLON TEA IN AMERICA. 
THE SOUTHERN STATES? EXPOSITION 
AT ATLANTA. 
San Francisco, California, U.S.A., 7th Feb. 1895. 
Dear " Observer, " — I have been looking every 
Mail for some definite news about the part to be 
taken by C eylou at the 
SOUTHERN STATES EXPOSITION 
to be held this year at Atlanta, but up to the 19th 
December nothing seems to have been done. The 
time is short, and a forward move must be made 
soon. Mr. Bierach has everything ready at this end, 
and I have received a copy of his plans, and the 
proposed catalogue of Exhibits, all of which appear 
useful, appropriate and attractive. With the excep- 
tion of the Kandyan Wall, I think the several articles 
named by Mr. Bierach in his comprehensive scheme 
forwarded to the Chairman, Planters' Association, should 
be sent. I have written Mr. Bierach, that an imitation 
Kandyan Wall can be built on the spot similar to what 
we had here and at Chicago, and at less cost than 
would take to transport the same from Ceylon; this would 
also be very bulky and heavy, and freight charges 
would be high. What I wish to impress strongly on 
Ceylon is, that time is limited, and further that by hav- 
ing a " direct and authorized Representation from the 
Government and Planters' Association of Ceylon," the 
enormous sum charged by the Exposition authorities 
for space to private commercial concerns, is saved 
to Ceylon. The ground plans of Mr. Bierach's 
scheme call for 4,000 feet of space. This would run 
away with $4,000, (or some R15.000) and all this 
could be saved, and used for the exhibition proper, 
of Ceylon products, by having the island officially 
represented. 
This is, I think, a most important point, and should 
not be lost sight of. I am informed that the work 
