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THE TBOPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [April 1, 1901. 
tion Mr, F G A Lrae now retires from the 
Directorate. 
The appointmeut o£ an Auditor for the current 
year rests with the meeting. 
, CLYDE ESTATE COMPANY. 
The report was aa foUoNvs : — 
Your Directors beg to submit their Report and 
Accounts for the year ending 31 December, 1900. 
The quantity of tea made was : from Estate leaf 
171,621 lb. and from bought leaf 13,610 lb. The 
yield for the year from tea in full bearing equals 
885 lb. per acre. , , . 
The cost of tea, including transport but exclusive 
of manuring and other extraneous expenditure, was 
E42,457-26 or say 24-75 cents per lb. The net amount 
realised for the total crop (185,131 lb.) was R59,476-81, 
an average of 32'13 cents as compared with 35'73 
cents per lb. in 1899. 
All expenditure on the young tea has been charged 
against revenue. The cost of manuring during the 
year (Rl, 444-44) has been similarly dealt with. A 
sum of E,7, 418-33 has been set aside to meet doubt- 
ful debis, and the year's provision for depreciation 
in value of buildings and machinery amouats to 
B3, 255-52. The available balance then remaining is 
E2,543-13, which the Directors recommend being 
earried forward. 
Under the Articles of Association, Mr. E D Harrison 
retires from the Board, and being eligible offers him- 
self for re-election. 
The Shareholders have to appoint an Auditor for 
1901, 
the circumstances the Directors and Agents have 
decided to refund half their fee;; for the year. 
The amount expended upon capital account during 
1900 was R13,256'68 ce^ts lor instalment due on the 
construction o£ Hayes Cart Road, additions to buidiugs 
and niachinery on Hiiyes, aud upkeep of tea and cocoa 
on DeaElletnot yet in bearing. 
The estimate for this year la 259.2.jO lb. tea, 120 
cwts. cocoa, 12,000 cocouuts aud 600 lb. cardamoms, 
on an expenditure of RlOi, 998 60 cents which includes 
Rl,310 on capital account to be expended on upkeep of 
cocoa clearings on Dea Ella and the planting up of a 
further 10 acres in cardamoms on Hayes. 
In term of the articles of Association the Hon. Mr. 
W H Figg now retires from the Board, but is eligible 
for re-election. 
The appointment of an Auditor for the Current year 
rests with the meetiog. 
HIGHEST PRICE FOR CINCHONA SEED. 
We are indebted to Mr. Standen, Director of 
the Govermuent Cinchona Plantatiou.Nilgiris, 
for the following memorandum : — 
" From the lleport of the Director of the Dutch 
Government Cinchona Plantations for tlie quarter 
ending 3ist Decern Dor, 1900, 1 see that the highest 
price paid for a packet of 25 grammes of cinchona 
seed was 555 guilders or 22-2 guilders per gramme. 
This is equivalent to 10(.i69-69 guilders or R12,587 
pei pound. " 
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The Directors have now to present to the share- 
holders the accounts of the Company for the past year. 
The tea crops secured were 87,416 lb. on Dea Ella 
(including 42,330 lb. purchased leaf) and 271.822 lb. on 
riayes. The average nett prices realised were E31-44 
cents per lb. for Dea Ella and RSO-75 cents per lb, for 
Hayes, as against 86 cents and R38-65 cents respectively 
in 1899. The Dea Ella cocoa crop amounted to about 
100 cwts., which sold at an average of E44'30 per cwt., 
and the Hayes cardamom crop sold realised Rl'21 per 
lb. nett. 
The plant for the electrical transmission of power 
to the factory on Hayes estate continues to work most 
satisfactorily. 
After making provision for the depreciation of 
buildings and machinery, writing off a sum of B180-82 
cents for irrecoverable coast advances and allowing for 
the balance of Rl,818-a(; cents brought forward from 
1899 account, the result of the year's working shews a 
loss of E6,2S6'26 cents to be ca;;,ried forward to the 
current year's account. 
The Directors deeply regret this disappointing result 
which is entirely attributable to the extremely low 
prices ruling (luring the year for teas of the descrip- 
tion mci,nafactured by the Company's estates. Under 
AN EXPERIMENT IN PISCICULrURE. 
A recent number of the Fishing Gazette con- 
tains an interesting account, by Captain Stuart 
Godfrey, of the attempts made by a small body 
of enthusiastic anglers to introduce the English 
trout into Kashmir waters, We briefly chroni- 
cled the failure of the initatory endeavour in this 
direction, the misadventure being due to the care- 
lessness of the agents entrusted with the sending 
out of the trout ova. 13ut, though disappointed, 
the proraoteis have not been di.slieartened, and 
we shall hope to hear very .'-hortly of the success 
of their second experiment. Meanwhile it is worth 
while glancing at tlie history of this attempt to 
improve the sporting qualities of the waters of 
Kashmir. Experience has proved that trout ova 
could be successfully conveyed to South Africa, 
New Zealand, and elsewhere ; and tliere seemed 
no reason, says Captain Godfrey, why, despite 
the lone road journey from Rawalpindi to Srinagar, 
the ova should not during the cold season, be 
brought out by a line steamer to Bombay or 
Karachi, and thence conveyed to Rawalpindi and 
Srinagar. Colonei Unwin headed the subscription 
list which was started for this purpose, and sup- 
port was also forthcoming from a few otiiers inter- 
ested in Kashmir. The State authorities approved 
of the scheme and promised certain assistance, 
such as a site for the breeding shed, a supply of 
■water, and the setting aside if necessary of a 
portion of the Dal or some other lake for the 
purpose of the experiment. The Duke of Bedford 
also kindly offered a present of 10,000 ova to start 
the proceedings. Elaborate arrangements had been 
made in India for the reception of the ova. A 
railway carriage was sent to the Karachi docks 
with slings fitted in it to support the ova box. 
Ice had been got ready for the train journey, and 
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