July 1, 1900.1 THE TEOPICAL 
AGRIOULTURIST. 
6. 
TEA COMPANIES (LONDON-CEYLON): 
—AREA PLANTED AND CAPITAL. 
Oneot the most complete lists of Ceylon Tea 
Companies registered in England, is that com- 
Eiled by Mr. George Seton, of the Indi;in Tea 
hare Exchange, Bishopsgate Street, and it 
especially shows very ciearly, the contr.ist be- 
tween the area planted and the amouut of 
capital raised, as also of debentures if any. The 
latest of these lists, made up to December 1899, 
is before us, and we have had the " capital " 
plus " debentures " divided by the " planted 
acres " in each case, in order to see at a glance 
how the several Co.nipanies work out. We need 
not tell Ceylon readers that, several other mat- 
ters, besides the proportion of planted area to 
capital outstanding, have to be taken into ac- 
count in appraising the actual value of a Com- 
pany's properties. So much depends on dis- 
trict, soil, planting and jat of tea, that it is 
quite possible for a Company with a heavy 
capital outlay per acre, to be in a sounder posi- 
tion than another with not much more than 
half tile same ratio of capital outstanding. 
Nevertheless, for a rough and ready test of 
the position and prospects of a Company 
— with certain important exceptions whicli 
can be allowed for— the capital outstand- 
ing per acre, is a. very convenient form of 
reckoning. 
Fii'st of all, we may mention that in 
the list before us, there are 08 Companies 
Bpecified with an aggregate planted area of 
187,f)57 acres (overone-third of the total in Cey- 
lon)havingasubscribed capitalof £4,910,699, be- 
sides £1,244,353 of debentures— thus working 
out to an average of £45 per planted acre. If 
we now look for the two extremes in the list, 
we find the Lindoola Company on the one hand 
with 320 acres ("planted" will always be 
understood) and £39,000 capital, which works 
out at £122 per acre ; and next to it " Gart- 
more," 454 acres and £48,000, making £106 per 
acre. At the other end of the scale, we have 
the " Ceylon Lcind and Produce," 4,038 acres, 
£68,300 capital i)lus £19.125 debentures, work- 
ing out to £21 per acre ; next to this Namuna- 
kula Estates Company 1,160 acres with £25,000 
capital, also the Scottish Trust and Loan 
Co. 2,025 acres with £45,000 capital, both 
making £22 per acre ; and then the Ceylon 
Plantations,' 10 820 acres with £248,460 capital, 
making £23 per acre. 
Going on from the minimum side, we 
find nine more Companies which stand 
at under £30 per acre, namely " Edera- 
poHa"— 1,030 acres, £25,500 and Tyspane 
778 acres, £19,500 capital and debentures :-— 
iDoth making £25 per acre ; " Poonagalla," 
1,149 acres, £30,000 capital and deben- 
tures, making £2(5 ; " Standard," 2,487, 
acres, £69,500 capital and debentures ; 
"Rangalla, " 782 acres £22,000 ; " Battal- 
galla, 677 acres and £19,000 ; " Burnside," 
1,138 acres, £32,100 ; and ' Kelani," 1,2:36 acres, 
£34,965 : — all five Companies working out to 
£-_'8 per acre ; then there is the Scottish Cey- 
lon with 1,720 acres against £50,000, working 
out to £29 per acre. 
Next between £30 and £40 per acre, 
we have thirteen Companies, namely, 
Abbotsteigh ; the Consolidated Estates (3,834 
acres against £127,400 capital) ; Digalla, 
Midland and Eastern Produce and Estates 
Co. 5— each of wUioU fforks out to about ^33 pej? 
2 
acre. The New Dimbula Company (with 2,345 
acres cultivated and £78,954 capital) makes 
£■84 per acre. T'ne Goomera Company 
gives the same ratio of £34 ; while 
BandarapoUa equals £35 ; and both Carolina 
and Hunasgiriya work out to £30 tier acre. 
Then three Companies— Ouvah, Craighead 
and Panawal — show an average of £38 per 
acre against capital. 
Next we come to those between £40 and 
£50 per acre, of which there are nine Com- 
panies, namely, Ceylon Estates Investment, 
£40 ; Alliance, Anglo-Ceylon, and Kellie 
Companies, eacli £41 ; Duckwari, £43 ; Yati- 
yantota,£ 45; Central Province, .and Ceylonand 
Indian P. A., each £47 ; and Sunnygama, £48 
per acre. 
Between £50 and £60, we find sixteen Com- 
panies, namely, Haputale and Central of Cey- 
lon, £51 : Lanka, Spring Valley andNahalma, 
each £52 ; Imperial, South Wanarajah, Tea 
Corporation and United Planters, each £53 ; 
Ceylon Proprietary and Highland, each £54 ; 
Galaha, Mayfield and Ragalla, each £55 ; As- 
sociated Estates, £.57 ; Punduloya, £58. 
Finally, we have fifteen Companies from £60 
to £91 per a.cre, namely, Caledonian £60 ; 
Korale Company, £61 ; Hornsey, £63 ; Genei"al 
Ceylon and Augusta, each £65 ; Vellekellie, 
£70 ; Maturatta, £71 ; KandapoUa, £73 ; 
Kintyi'e, £74 ; Portmore Company, £77 ; 
Dimbula Valley and Talawakelle, each £78; 
Balmoral £85 ; Nuwara Elliya, £88; and Boga- 
wantalawa, £91 ; while we have already speci- 
fied Gartmore £106 and Lindula £122 pei-. acre. 
SOME USEFUL MEASUREMENTS. 
For estimating the areas of paddocks and cul- 
tivated plots, the following figures will be found 
useful :— 
60 feet by 726 feet 1 acre 
110 „ 396 „ 1 „ 
129 „ 36?, „ 1 „ 
220 „ 198 „ 1 ,, 
240 „ 181J„ 1 „ 
440 „ 99 , 1 „ 
5 yards by 968 yards .. ... 1 ,, 
10 „ 485 ,, 1 „ 
^0 „ 242 „ 1 „ 
40 „ 121 ,. ... ... 1 „ 
70 ,, 69i,; 1 , 
80 „ 60i„ 1 „ 
A British halfpenny measures exactly 1 inch iu 
diameter. Laid on a map drawn to a 1-inch scale 
ifc will just cover 500 acres. 
SIZES OF 
Abox 24 
^4 
16 
16 
8 
8 
7 
4 
BOXES OF DIFFERENT 
MEASUEES. 
by 
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16 and 
16 ,, 
16 „ 
8 2-5 „ 
8 2-5 „ 
8 
4 
4 
a 
28 
14 
8 2-5 
will contain 3 bushels. 
:; !' ;: 
8 
8 „ ,, 1 peck 
41-5 ,, „ 1 gallon. 
41-5 ,, „ 1 quart. 
CUBING TIMBER. 
To measure square timber ; Multiply tiie length, 
■width, and thickness together, and divide the pro- 
duct by 12. 
How many .square feet in a joist 2 x 8, 18 feet 
long ? 
3 X.8 X 18 = 288 -f 12 = 24 feet. Ans. 
•^Queensland Agricultum^ jQunwl, April 1, 
