Jan. 1, 1903.] 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
009 
SHARE LIST. 
ISSCED BY THE 
COLOMBO SHARE BROKERS' 
ASSOCIATION. 
CETLON PRODUCE COMPANIES. 
Company 
paid Buy- Sell- Tian- 
p. ab. era. era. sacticns. 
4.gra Onvah Estates Co., Ltd. 
Ceylon Tea and Coconut Estates 
Gastlereagh Tea Co., Ltd. 
Csylon Provincial Estates Co. Ltd. 
Clareu ont Estates Co., Ltd. 
Clunes Tea Co., Ltd. 
C.ydt Eut^ites Co., Ltd. 
Duoiaoo'le» Co., of Ceylon Ltd. 
Drayt-ii Ettate Co., l.i'i. 
EU» Tea Co., cf Ceylon, Ltd. 
EsiatSB Co ff TvK, Ltil. 
GanRawiitte Tea Co., Ltd. 
Greac Western Tea Co., Ltd. 
eapueahalaDdf Tea Estate Co. 
Btfih Forestd Estates Co., Ltd 
Do part paid 
Borrebelley Estates Co Ltd 
Kal'iwra Co.. Lrrt.. 
Kandyan Hills Co., Ltd 
Eanape iW'tte I td. 
Eelani lea Garden Co., Ltd. 
Klrtlees Estate C'\, Ltd. 
Knareiimire EsLtiesCo., Ltd. 
Maha Un E-ti.tes C •., Ltd. 
Mocha Tea C ■., of Ceylon, Ltd. 
NabavillH E.-tate Cn., Ltil. 
Neb( da Ten Co., Ltd. 
Palmt-rstun Ten Co., Ltd. 
Penrhob E^tc tes Co , Ltd. 
PitamndaTVa Comtiany 
Pine iJill Estate C ., Ltd. 
Pnuu. iiula Tea C"., Ltd. 
Ratwntte Cfc a C. ., Ltd. 
Bayiuaii Ten C ■., Lt<l. 
Roeb. r.y Te>. Co., Ltd 
Ruanwella Tea Co., Ltd 
St. HeliersTea to.. Ltd, 
Xalfiaawela Tea Co., Ltd. 
Do per cent Prefs. 
Tonac jnt'e Estate Co., Ltd, 
Union Esti.te Co., Ltd. 
Upper Miiskeliya Estates Co., 
Ltd. 
Uvakellie Tea Co. of Ceylon, 
Ltd 
Vog.inTea Co., Ltd., 
Wanarajah Tea Co., Ltd. 
Xatadeiiya Tea Co., Ltd. 
600 
60U 
ion 
500 
10'. 
100 
lot; 
100 
100 
inn 
275 
luu 
500 
a I 
200 
60 . 
400 
1 
500 
100 
100 
100 
liO 
100 
£00 
600 
600 
600 
600 
100 
509 
GO 
100 
500 
109 
100 
100 
500 
100 
100 
500 
600 
600 S£0 
lot — 
100 
800 
100 
— — 9:o 
95 
510 
65 
1100 
1'5 
525 
110 
50 
lio 
800 
2jO 
100 85 
50 
40 — 
150 — 
90 
20 
20O 
32i 
55 
300 
400 
60 
S5 
110 
soo 
50 
80 
55 
SW 
375 
80 
55 
800 
35j 
CEYLON COMMERCIAL COMPAMES 
Adun'a Peak Botel Co., Ltd, 
100 
SO 
biittol Hotel Co., Ltd. 
IDO 
100 
Do 7 per ujlit Debts 
Ceylon Qen. titeaui Na\ija>ioa. 
100 
107 
Co., Ltd 
100 
235 
225 
Ceylon Ice & ( old Storage Co. Ltd. 
00 
110 
Ceyiou ^uperaeratiuu uld. 
109 
Cuiu' bo Apotbeuiiries' Co. Ltd. 
108 
150 
14 7i 
ColotuDo AdSouibly Kouuiu Co., 
Ltd. 
20 
15 
15 
Uu prefs. 
20 
Colombo Pore Ltmd and Building 
i;-., Ltd. 
100 
S-7.J 
90 
C luuibo Hotels Coupany 
100 
295 
295 
O.yiib Face Hotel Co., i,td. 
lOU 
193 
19j4 
Kantly Hotels Co , Lid. 
100 
Kalueanga Nav. eo. Ltd. 
70 
ii^jisu, Ldvium lluiel Co., Ltd. 
600 
300 
Men Colombo Ice Co., Lul. 
lOU 
60 
70 
03 
Mawara Eiiya Hocels Co., Ltd. 
30 
27i 
Do 7 per cent prefs. 
XOO 
fubUf HMl Co., Ltd. 
SO 
7i 
10 
LONDON COMPANIES 
Buy. Sell- 
ers, ers. 
paid. 
Company p. »b, 
AlUar.ce Tea Co., of Ceylon, LW. 10 
Anglo-Ceylon General Estates Co 100 
Assi'ci.Tled Estates t o., of Ceylon 10 
Do. tl I'cr cent prefs 10 
Ceylon Proprietary Co. 1 
Ce>lon lea Plantation Co., Ltd. IJ 
Dimbula Valley Co. Ltd 5 
Uo prefs 5 
Eastern Pri duce & Estate Co. Ltd, 5 
EderapoUa Tea Co., Ltd 10 
Iniijeriiil Tea Hsraies Co., Ltd. 19 
Kelani Valley Tea Asscn., Ltd. 5 
Kintyre Estaies Co., Ltd. 10 
Lanba Plant.itions Co., Ltd 10 
Nahalma E.stat€s Co., Ltd. 1 
rsew Dimbula Co., Ltd. 1 
Suwara. Eliya Tea Estate Co., Ld 10 — 
Oufah Colfee Co., Ltd. 10 
Elagalla Tea E-soates Co., Ltd. 10 
Scott'sh Ceylon Tea Co.,Litd. 10 
Sprint; Valley Tea Co., Ltd. 10 
St .. d r i Te (■ ., Lid. 6 
The Sbeli Transport ^nd I'radins; 
t;..nipaiiy, Ltd. • 1 
Ukiiwella Estates Co., Ltd. 2f — 
Yat^yauioo,. C vlou '] ea t/o., Ltd. 10 — 
Do. pref. 6 0,0 lu 
BV "RDER OF THE tOMMITTEE, 
Col.mbo, Jan 9th, i9(i3. 
* i.a.test London PriCf^** 
6-" 
52 67 
H-'i 
■i- 
«- e 
2: i 
5-f| 
5-6 
3i-:i 
5-s 
8f i\ 
3-6 
■t 5 
3- 4 
nom 
2J— 3 
10 
6|-7i 
9 -U 
10-12 
2—5 
9|-10i 
Tran- 
sactions. 
6J 
2J-3i - 
par .„ 
8-9 
RAINFALL. RETURN FOR COLOMBO. 
{Supplied by the Suroei/or Qsrieral 
189S. 
1899 
1900 
19C1 
1902 
Av.of; 
3.Syrs. 
Inch 

Inib. 
Inch. 
Inch 
Inch 
Inch. 
jRHuary 
2-32 
-98 
3-72 
11-91 
l-9.i 
■ -46 
February .. 
1-98 
2-78 
11-63 
3-55 
4-fi7 
2 02 
March 
4-21 
0-88 
371 
5-12 
6-85 
4-:.-.: 
April 
22-81 
6-66 
15-12 
8-71 
lOOl 
11-30 
May 
5-80 
17-73 
10-6* 
0-28 
11-89 
11 b6 
June 
in-94 
9-23 
7-83 
6-S3 
9-84 
s-32 
July 
6-15 
1-11 
6-77 
4-52 
4 63 
4-46 
August 
0-97 
0-62 
7-35 
0-46 
2-78 
3-66 
September .. 
6-90 
l-4'< 
4-00 
3-93 
8 -is 
5-n> 
October 
20-60 
12-99 
9-47 
3-91 
31 -47 
14 -56 
November .. 
17-38 
8-58 
<i 25 
19-84 
•20-10 
13-00 
December .. 
3-05 
4-44 
5-20 
1-70 
6-43 
6-66 
Total.. 
103-11 
73-4S 
— — 
83-68 
76-86 
118-70 
8S-TB 
il903. 
IncVv 
3-5J' 
- From 1st to 6tli .'an S-53 inehe.--, that is up to 9-Su a.m. 
on the 7th Jan.— Kn CO. 
CEYLON TEA: MONTHLY SHIP- 
MENTS TO UNITED KINGDOM 
AND ESTIMATE. 
Estimate for Deo. 19n-2— 9^ to 10 mill. lb. 
Total Shipments Do 1902— 9,000,000 lb. 
Do Do Do 1901— 12,'23^,867 lb. 
Do Do Do 19J0-ll,241,9181b. 
[Estimate for Jan. 1903— 9i to 10 millioa lb.] 
Sierra Leone.— Tlie raw rubber export of 
Sierr I Leone has f.illen considerably in 1901. 
Ill 1899, ID ainouiited to 545 385 lb, in 19U0 t« 
274,616 lb, and in 1901 131,655 lb only. By 
tiie iri-dtion.il uieiliod of ihe natives in capping 
the trees many of them have peri-tlied, wiiich, 
together with the keen competition ol the neigh- 
bouring French Colony ot Guinea, would, uo 
doubt, account for the decline. Toe French pio> 
duct i€ considerably better, 
