54 
THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. [July 1,1902. 
eflFoits now being made to find new outlets for 
the produce ot the j^ardens meet wUli a more ready 
response than at present seem probable or even pos- 
sible. In time no doubt the new markets will be 
opened np, bub until they are secured the in- 
dustry will have a hard struggle for existence. 
Plucking Price per 
Area. Crop. lb. 
190.). 1901. 1900. 1901. 1900. 1901, 
Aor's. Acr's. lb, lb. d. d. 
2,657 2,655 1,210,907 1,086,861 a6-43 a6-60 
Company. 
78-2 
1,134 
8,913 
782 487,432 
— 402,113 
468,901 
353,284 
Alliance 
Bandura- 
pola 
Buruside 
Ceylon T 
Planta- 
tions . 
Dimbula 
Valley 
Eastern 
&&te 10,960 11,028 4,015,146 3,830,383 
8,962 4,432,132 3,957,335 
— 1,091,963 1,193,357 
5- 51 
6- 30 
7 15 
8-98 
Bderapolla 995 
General 
Ceylon.. 5,281 
Highland... 617 
Imperial 
Ceylon.. 1,451 
KelaniV... 1,212 
Nahalma 446 
N'Eliya .. 2,443 
Panawol.. 590 
P^onngalla 1,237 
Portmoie 480 
Bangalla... 695 
Sootiish 
Ceylon. 
Standard 
Yatiyan- 
tota 
6-51 
— 554,430 508,058 5-79 
5,436 2.525,088 2,371,738 
— 262,510 241,481 
.■79 
8 
6-25 
6-58 
7- 41 
8- 11 
661 
6-19 
6 04 
1,720 
2.468 
1,630 655,814 647,742 n6 03 ti6 58 
1,715 662,248 549,906 5-79 6-21 
446 208,419 185,268 — — 
2,506 1,458,911 1,225,614 a8 66 a8-48 
590 339,550 273,322 — — 
_ -180,886 396,593 6-54 7 
— 265,710 226,282 9-52 9 72 
716 218,572 230,002 a6-i6 a6 49 
1,720 899,806 795,098 6 94 7 08 
2,481 1,129,753 1,105,996 a7-58 a6-78 
2,854 2,972 1,470,590 1,261,484 a4-56 a5-10 
a Net Bale price. 
We are compelled to publish this table in an incom- 
plete form as our efEorts to secure the necessary parti- 
culars were unsuccessful. In some instances the secre- 
taries of the companies promised to supply the in- 
formation required but have failed to do so, and in 
of thers our request h s bren ignored. 
Sums put to Divi- 
Net Profits. D'reciation, &o. dends 
Company. 
< ^ r-l 
Alliance 4,660 
BandarapoUa 823 
Burnside — 2S5 
Ceylon tea Plan- 
tations 41,011 
Dimbula Valley all, 636 
Eastern Produce 
and Estates 15,787 
EderapoUa 1,389 
General Cevlon 714 
Highland 2,4.39 
Imperial Ceylon 2,327 
Kelani Valley 601 
Nahalma —1,544 
Nuwara Eliya 23,743 
Panawal 1,567 
Poonagalla 474 
Portmore 5,407 
Bangalla 1,459 
Scottish Ceylon 5,319 
Standard 14,085 
Yatiyantota 6,753 
4,869 
2,224 
-743 
1,000 1,(100 7 6 
627 1,026 — 6 
37,199 
10,000 
5,000 
15 
15 
14, COO 
1,000 
2,500 
10 
8 
16,839 
b7,875 
67,875 
3 
1.336 
625 
300 
3 
5 
3,718 
2,000 
2,000 
1,499 
500 
250 
6 
4 
4,062 
500 
500 
24 
3 
613 
638 
3 
—653 
11,893 
6,655 
2,000 
7 
6 
923 
506 
4 
3 
—1.234 
2 
4,376 
207 
13 
12 
1,C69 
500 
1,000 
4 
4 
4,154 
638 
429 
10 
8 
8,960 
3,200 
15 
15 
5,963 
1,000 
1,000 
4 
2i 
a Calculated on results for nine months, 
i 7,500 debentures paid oft each year with bonons 
of 5 per cent. 
^Investors' Eeview, May 24. 
"SOLUBLE TEA EXTRACT." 
A CEYLON PREPARATION TO BE EX- 
PLOITED BY A LIMITED COMPANY. 
" Soluble " te;i is by no means a new idea. 
Many attempts have been made by different 
people for years, but without success, to 
produce an extract of tea, which would re- 
tain all the well known and popular char- 
acteristics of tea in its ordinary form. The 
local inventors (Messrs. John Rogers and 
Kelway Bamber) of the new "Soluble " tea, 
claim that, by their patented process, they 
have produced an article which makes a 
sound wholesome cup of tea and one which 
has been favourably reported on by experts 
and others in Ceylon, England and elsewhere. 
This 
"soluble' tea is absolutklt pure 
and no chemical or chemical process is em- 
ployed in its manufacture. Moreover, its 
keeping qualities are proved by the fact 
that samples made two years ago are stil 
favourably reported on. Like ordinary tea 
it must be kept in air-tight packages ; other- 
wise, owing to its having a similar hygro- 
scopic character it will in the same way lose 
in point and quality if exposed to a moist 
atmosphere. Its convenience in use is evi- 
dent from the fact that the mere addition 
of either hot or cold water is all that is 
necessary, sugar and milk being added to 
taste. It is expected that its convenience in 
use will find for it new markets in countries 
where tea is scarcely in use at all, and in Con- 
inental armies and navies and that it will 
be used by travellers, the man in a hurry, 
and colonists, and others in out-of the-way 
places. Its purity and wholesomeness will 
commend it to people of weak digestion, as 
a cup of " Soluble " will contain less tannin 
than a cup of ordinary leaf tea. "Soluble" 
tea will 
SUPPLY A LONG-PELT "VfANT 
in tea such as the wellknown essences did 
in coffee. It certainly will not displace tea 
in its ordinary use, but it will be used when it 
would not be convenient to infuse leaf tea 
in tire usual way. It will doubtless displcae 
coffee essences in some measure, and some 
so-called non-intoxicating drinks. "Soluble" 
tea can only be made from good green leaf 
In fact, as in ordinary tea manufacture, the 
better the leaf the better the tea, and a 
blend of samples made from different estates 
in different districts has been lound to give 
the best results. It is expected that, as for 
every pound of "Soluble "tea made three 
pounds of leaf tea will be remo ved from the 
market, the introduction of this new product 
will in some measure 
RELIEVE the OVER- SUPPLY OP THE MEDIUM 
SORTS OF TEAS 
which bulk so largely in the tea-sale lists 
both in Colombo and London. "Soluble' 
tea manufacture will be carried on in the 
existing tea factories, but will probably 
require more personal supervision than ordi^ 
nary leaf- tea making. 
