.T(7LT 1, 1900. J THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 33 
TEA CLEARING HOUSE. 
CHAHGES ON TEA. 
To apply to all parcels b.v Ships vep^irting on and after 1st July, 19U0, and to Neiv Season's 
China Tea arrivint? prior to that date. 
PER PACKAGE WEIGHING GROSS. 
lb. 1601b. 1301b. 90 1b. 80 1b. GO lb. -15 lb. tHS lb. 17 1b. Not ex- 
o to 10 to to to to to to ceedinfj 
Management Rate 
Balking and Taring (as 
one operation) 
Bulking, Taring, or Weigh- 
ing net separately . . 
Rent 
.V.7*. — The whole of above charges are Net. with the exception of Rent, which is subject to 15 per 
cent Didcount. 
The rates are chargeable on the average grosa weight of each break. When the fraction of the 
average weight is half-a-pound or more, the hii^her rate will apply. 
Thus : — The average o£ a break being 794 lb. gross, the whole break will be rated at 80/89 lb., but 
the average being lesu than 79i lb. the whole break will ba rated at 60/79 lb. 
Tea Cleahing House, By order. 
21, Mincing Lane, E.G., ' GEO. T. POCOCK, 
30ih, J.(!ril, I'JCO, Secretary. 
250 
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199 lb. 
159 
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129 lb. 
89 
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HUNASGEKIA TEA VO., LTD. 
The foUowinaf is tiie report of tlie Directors 
presented at the tifieenth ordinaiy .genera! meet- 
ing of the Company on Thursday, May 17. 
The followint; accounts are now presented to 
shareholders, viz. : — Balance sheet made up toSlsc 
December, 1899 and prolit and loss account for year 
ended 31st December, J899. The tea crop amoun- 
ted to 462,555 lb., of which ?.74,41.j Ib. were sold 
in London, at an average selling price of 6 (57d. 
per lb. The balance of the cro)i, 88,140 lb., was 
sold in Colombo, and realised J:'9id. per lb. net. 
The total receipts from sales of tea amounted tj 
£1'2,216 lis. lUd. The ordinary expenditure in 
Ceylon anil London amounted to £9,769 Is. 8d., 
shewing a profit of .£'2,447 10s. 2il. on the year's 
working. A debit balance of £1,009 Ki-i. 9d. was 
brought forward from last year, and sifter dcdui-l - 
ing this, there remains a sum of £8.37 I3s. 5tl. at 
the credit of profit and loss account. The Diri^c- 
tors reconnuend the payment of the dividends duo 
on die piefeience share capital for the two years 
ended 31st December last, which will absorb 
£684 17s. 5d., aiul that the balance of £152 i6s. OJ. 
be eiiried forward to next year. On capial- 
account tliera ha? been expended during the past 
year a sum of i?115 15*. 4d. This money has been 
spent on the completion of the lower division 
factory and its e(jni[)uient. During the past year 
the tea area has been surveyed, and it is found 
that we possess 763 acres as against an estimated 
area of 789 a.ire-' ; of this 732 acres are matured 
tea, and plucking over the remaining 31 acres will 
commeni e next year. The yield for 1899 amounted 
to 013 lb. of made tea per acre, comparing with 
414 lb. seciiied during the previous yeai. The 
more favourable results are due to the higher cul- 
tivation now in force, to seasonable weather, and 
to the better prices realised. A system of manur- 
ing has now been established over the whole 
bearing area, which it is expected, will, in the 
course of a few years, materially increase both the 
qriantity and rpality of our crop. The estiiuated 
crop for 1900 is 460,000 Ib. of made tea ; and if given 
favourable weather it is expected that this will be 
secured. Mr. J G Wardrop, a member of the 
Board, retires from office on this occasion, and, 
being eligible, otters himself for re- election. 
THE CULTIVATION OF YAMS. 
A letter was received by the Deparcment of 
Agriculture from Mr. G. Heinzman, of Albany, 
asking whether the department could recommend 
for cultivation the common yam. Mr. Cooper, 
the chief clerk, replied to the effect that the mat- 
ter had been referred to Dr. Morrison, the bota- 
nist of the department, who stated that the yam 
ill question was cultivated in tropical countries, 
and could not be expected to grow at Albany, 
but it miglit succeed in the southern districts 
of the colony. He recommended the cultivation 
of the Oroscorea hastifolia, which is found grov\ - 
ing wild from Piiijarrah to the Murchison Rivon 
and, according to Baron von Mueller, is the only 
plant on which the natives bestow any kind for 
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