June i, 1895.] THE TROHCAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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men and Secretaries of the District Associations, 
provided they consent to act. 
2. — That their place of meeting he in Randy and 
the Secretary be empowered to call a meeting giving 
ten days' notice. 
3. — That all estate proprietors or their represent- 
atives be entitled to enroll their estates on the 
books of the Agency by payment of an annual sum, 
either at RIO per 100 acres cultivated with a mini- 
mum of £120 or a sum of K20 and not exceeding R50. (?) 
4. — That the Secretary be paid a yearly salary 
of Rl,500 (?) or a fixed sum according to the 
number of estates enrolled. 
5. — That a gentleman be appointed to reside 
and control the work of the Agency in India, at a 
salary of R3,000 (?) with — ? Commission per head 
of labour transmitted by him from India to the 
estates through the Agency. 
6. — That Managers of estates on the books of the 
Labour Intelligence Agency would, two months 
previous to their requiring labour from India, have 
to send to the Secretary a cheque equivalent to B15 
per head of labour and state the approximate 
number of male and female adults and children 
(able to work) they required. 
7. — That the duties of the Seceretary would be to 
wire or post this information to the Agent in India, 
keep the Agency's accounts in Kandy and be the 
intermediate or only one with whom the Estates' 
Managers would communicate about their labour 
supply, 
8. That the agent in India would have to be in 
touch with all reliable agencies in the labour sup- 
plying districts, establish new agencies, and be re- 
quired to send fortnightly reports of his work to 
the Secretary in addition to his advices by wire and 
letter of despatch of labour to Ceylon. 
9. That the actual advances to coolies only, as 
per paragraph 10, be recoverable from individual 
labourers, and not any part of the Commission the 
Agent and sub-Agencies may receive. An account of 
all advances would be furnished by the agent through 
the Secretary with each batch of coolies. 
10. — That the recoverable advances would be cash 
advanced, the cost of their ticket from place of 
embarkation to the terminal railway stationin Ceylon, 
and for food to be provided to each cooly in transit. 
If the advances to coolies and commission paid to 
sub-agents and agent do not amount to R15 per 
head, the balance be refunded through the Secretary. 
11. — That one of the gang sent be chosen 
by mutual arrangement if possible to act as kan- 
gany, and be put in charge of a consignment, 
for which he would receive a commission on 
the safe arrival of the coolies at their destination. 
DRUG REPORT. 
(From Chemist mid Druggist.) 
London, April 18. 
Cai'I KIM'. -Again cleaver. For a few odd parcels from 
2fis to 27s pev lb has been paid on the spot. Sales era 
hImo said to have been made at tils pev 11) foi- August 
delivery. All this business was done by second-hand 
holders. The American market continues to he much 
higher than that in London ; from SS^fiO up to J10 pev 11, 
being asked in the States, where, howevev, the drug IS pro- 
tected by a 20 or 25 pen-cent duty. 
CINCHONA- A parcel of about 90 packages of natural 
Bolivian Calisaya hark, H K bvand, has just arrived. It 
is likeh to sell well The last parcel realised about 2s 
per II) sound quality. 
Cocaine -The manufacturers of cocaine on April 10 
reduced their price lor Hydrochlorate l>y 9d, making the 
current quotation as follows : -For lots under 2a oz, 19. 
Qd; from 25 to 100 oz, 19s (id ; 100 oz and move, 19s 3d 
pev oz. These quotations arc for Cocaine packed in tins; 
in 1-oz bottles the price is 3d per oz more. 
QUININE— A very Brm market. For a few thousand 
ounces of second-hand German bulk Is pev oz is said to 
have been paid a few days ago, and thai appears at 
present to lie the lowest quotation, 
KsskMhi. On. There has heen an upwards movement 
In nil of citronella, which is exceedinglj scarce in all 
positions On the Bpot the quotation fan native brands in 
bottles is is id per oz, for tins is ",i per oz, business 
having lllreadj heen done in tin- last-named variety at Is 
ljd per oz. For shipment there is very little offering . I 
business has been done at lljd pev lb, c.l.f. terms, in 
drums for shipment within the next six months, and la 
per lh is now asked. There appears to be nothing prac- 
tically available for immediate shipment. Oil of lemongrass 
remains quiet at ljcl to ljd per oz. 
THE AMSTERDAM MARKET. 
Our correspondent in Amsterdam writes on Apvil 12th 
that cif Suniatva Benzoin 523 boxes are to be sold by 
auction on April 19th ; nearly the whole of this is of 
recent importation. The parcel includes 100 boxes of 
tine seconds, valued at 90c to 95c per half-kilo : 70 boxes 
very good seconds, valuation from 77}c to 85c ; 258 boxes 
good seconds, valuation 70c to 80c ; and 95 boxes fair 
seconds, valuation 55c to Ii5c. Arrivals have been very 
heavy lately, almost every steamer bringing in consign- 
ments. Oil of Cajuput unaltered without business to re- 
port. Cassia fistula. — Very cpiiet. There is no inquiry 
at all on the spot ; on the other hand there has been 
some demand for shipment both by sail and by steam 
ship. 
CEYLON TEA PLANTATIONS COMPANY, 
LIMITED. 
The annual ordinary general meeting of this 
Company was held at Winchester House, E.G., on 
Wednesday. 
Mr. H. K. Rutherford (the chairman), in mov- 
ing the adoption of the report, said that the profit 
for the past year, inclusive of the balance carried 
forward, was £50,598, or t'4,616 in excess of the 
profit of the preceding year. The yield of tea 
from the properties was 2,971,987 lb., or 37,068 lb. 
less than in 1893, and the total output from the 
factories was 4,825,498 lb., or 141,430 lb. short of the 
previous outturn. This shortfall did not in any way- 
arise from failing vigour in the tea bushes, but owing 
to unseasonable weather, in which the company suf- 
fered along with nearly all other Ceylon growers. 
The price of 8'84d per pound was practically the 
same as that of the previous year, but the tea was 
produced more cheaply owing to low exchange and 
economic working. The reserve fund was increased 
by £14,872, bringing that fund up to £50,000, while 
there was a cash reserve amounting to £25,000. A 
sum of £10.751 from the reserve fund was invested 
in coconut lands, and the balance was at present 
merged in the general business of the company, 
Mr. David Reid seconded the motion, which was 
adopted unanimously. 
A final dividend of 8 per cent, making 15 per cent 
for the year on the ordinary shares, was declared.— 
//. and C. Mail, April 2(5. 
TEA COMPANIES' MEETINGS; 
THE STANDARD TEA COMPANY OF CEYLON, 
LIMITED. 
The fourth annual meeting of this company was 
held at the offices, 25, Fenchurch Street, on Wed- 
nesday, April 24. The directors present were Mr. 
Alex. Brooke (in the chair), Mr. Peter Moir, Mr. 
Kobt. Kay Shuttleworth, and Mr. Norman W. Grieve. 
Among those present were Mr. George Johnston, Mr. 
H. L. Stables, Mr Regd. W. Wickham, and Mr. Stebn. 
The Secretary having read the notice calling the 
meeting, and the report and accounts having been 
taken as read, the Chairman said : — Gentlemen, it 
is a pleasure to meet you with what the directors 
consider, and hope you will consider, a favour- 
able report, and to be able to recommend yon 
to declare a dividend of 12 J per cent, for "the 
year 1894, after having divided for three previous 
years at the rate of 10 per cent. The report shows 
that the favourable results of our working in 1894 
were aided by a good exchange and by coffee. 
You will also notice that, compared with our in- 
vestments, we had a small capital to pay dividend 
on having borrowed largely at a low rate. It is a 
verj profitable and tempting course, but not very 
safe except for a short time. The issue of shares 
paid for last month, has enabled us substantially to 
reduce our loans. New shares participate in 1895 
profits. 
