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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[Jan. 1, 1901. 
The Trading account shows a working expenditure 
of ^3,710 16s. 8d. This includes a sum of £415 Os. 
5d. spent ou manuring 166 acres of Tea, and from 
whiob little return has been secured during the year 
under review. Tlie Estate, however, will reap in a 
larger measure the benefit of same during t)ie current 
season. The cost of production woiks oui at 3"13 
pence per lb. Tea, which includes cost, of manuring, 
also £85 IBs. 3d. loss on exchange, but excludes 
£233 9s. 8d. the amount spent on Cocoa and securing 
other credits. Last year's cost of production was 
2"87 per lb. Tea. The increase arises entirely from 
the smaller crop secured, as compared with pre- 
vious year, and the cost of manuring as mentioned 
above. 
The accounts are worked out at an exchange of 
1/4 per rupee. The actual rate of exchange averaged 
1/4 23-64, thus accounting for the difference of ±'85 
18s. 3d. as per Trading Account. 
The prices secured for the Teas during the Autumn 
and Winter were satisfactory, However, since then 
there has been a considerable fall and at present 
prices continue at a low range for common and 
medium quality Teas. 
Your Director in Ceylon estimates for the pre- 
sent season 300,000 lb, of Tea, which should be secured 
if weather continues of normal, as up to the end of 
the first quarter of the current year 82,160 lb. Tea 
had been secured, whilst the amount for correspond- 
ing period last year was 56,476 lb. The Cocoa crop 
is estimated at 90 cwt. 
Capital expenditure for year ending 30th Jane, 
1900, amounted to ^429 9s lid ; this sum includes 
cost of a new roller £172 143 2d, the balance, 
£256 15s 9d, having been spent on factory and on 
cultivation of the Tea not yet in bearing. 
The present acreage is as fallows, viz. : — 
pany being that profits earned during the twelve 
months show a decrease ol £631 15s 5d, which, 
however, is more liiau counterbalanced by profits 
on Plumbago, detailed below. 
The crop lias weighed out 807,009 lb. of made 
Tea, and the e>tiinaie.s for the current year are 
8j0,0001b. The Kandaloya Garden still gives 
a very disappointing result, but the Directors are 
hopeful that as more Tea conies inco bearing this 
year, returns from this jjlace will be more satis- 
factory. 
The following table gives full information as to 
cost of production, &c., &c. ; — 
ANALY.SIS OF THE YEAR'S WORKING. 
W ^ g f 
^ i" I 
Ol 
Tea in full bearing 
346 
acres. 
Do to be plucked during season 
1900-1901 
19 
do 
Do not in bearing 
33 
do 
Cocoa 
74 
do 
Grass Land 
7 
do 
Reserve Land available for culti- 
vation 
79 
do 
Total 
558 
acres. 
Mr. ^ B Anley, Director, retired in June last 
Mr, J P B Anley, Director, retires in accordance 
with the Articles of Association, but being eligible, 
offers himself for re-election. Messrs. Woodman 
TuUouch and Edds, the Auditors, retire, but offer 
themselves for re-election. 
F. G Ambrose and J. P. Bentley Anley, Direc- 
tors ; T. W. Palmek, Secretary. 
London, 7th Nov. 1900. 
THE CEYLON AND INDIAN PLANTERS' 
ASSOCIATION, LTD. 
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT, 1899-1900. 
The Directors beg to submit their Report and 
the Audited Accounts for the year closing 30th 
June last. 
Tp:a. — The crops have exceeded the estimated 
yield by 67,009 lb., and show an increase over tiie 
corresponding t.veive months of 13.5,204 lb. of 
made Tea. Markets have, however, been lower 
owing to increa.sed supplies, and no doubt the 
liighcr duty has al&o to some extent had an ad- 
verse effect on prices, the result to this Coin- 
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Loss iu 
Weight, 
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Profit per 
Acre in 
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yield per 
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made Tea. 
Crop made 
lb. 
Original 
Estimate 
1899- 1900 
lb. 
Estimated 
Crop 
1900- 1901 
lb. 
Estimated 
cost per lb. 
Colombo 
1900-1901. 
cents. 
(Conti7iued.J 
