THE TROPICAL AGEICULTtJRlST. [Dec. 1, l699. 
COCOA. 
P< to 
01 "I 
•a ta 
5 g 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
per cent. 
per cent. 
1890 
1224 
95 
11 
115 
6 
10 
1891 
1355 
108 
129 
6 
6 
10 
1892 
1431 
96 
5 
120 
6 
15 
1893 
2201 
90 
11 
130 
9 
6 
15* 
1891 
1212 
58 
4 
83 
6 
15 
1895 
2840 
52 
9 
65 
6 
6 
15* 
1896 
2335 
56 
8 
80 
6 
15' 
1897 
2266 
66 
I 
85 
6 
15* 
1898 
2523 
68 
3 
80 
6 
15= 
1899 
2594 
66 
3t 
86 
6 
15* 
t Estimated. * And 5 per cent. Bonus. 
NORTH BORNEO TRADING COMPNAY 
(LIMITED.) 
Here is a report from The Times of a 
Company in which we, in Ceylon, shoui-? 
take some interest, in view of its pioneering 
with "rubber" : — 
The second ordinary general meeting was 
heldat Winchester-house. Mr. A. J. Scrutton 
presided, and, in moving the adoption of the 
report, said that he would leave it to Mr. C. 
P. Bennett, the managing director, to explain 
the present position and the prospects of the 
company. Mr. Bennett, who seconded the motion, 
stated that they had 103,500 acres of land, which 
stood in the balance-sheet at 12s per acre. There 
could be no doubt that the land, which 'was 
located round the Bay of Sandakan, was some of 
the finest in Borneo, and as it was held for a 
period of 999 years it miglit be regarded as practi- 
cally freehold. The total outlay on the develop- 
ment of their estates was £1,241 in the period 
covered by the accounts — from July 1, 1897, to 
December 31st last. Of this amount £723 was for 
■ rubber cultivation on the Sekong plantation. He 
rather hoped to see this item still larger in tlae next 
balance-sheet, because if they got good rubber they 
would obtain very satisfactory results from the 
investment. The 27,050 shares, credited with 8s 
paid up, which appeared in the balance-sheet as 
unallotted, had, since December 31st last, been 
applied for and issued. On the whole, he thought 
that the shareholders should be satisfied with 
the gross profit of £2,694, seeing that, during 
the first six months of the period covered by the 
accounts, no business was being done. Mr. 
Eoberts, the manager, was in England, and the 
work of reconstructing the old company was being 
carried out. Judging by the figures received 
lately from Mr. Roberts, he believed that the 
accounts for 1899 would show much better results 
than those now presented. On the 10th ult., the 
board were informed that China was now pre- 
pared to take more timber than the company could 
ship, so that they were not exactly in tlie position 
of having to seek for fresh markets. However, a 
good look-out was being kept for other markets 
in the East, and only lately they concluded a con- 
tract for 20,000 cubic feet of timber for Manida, 
and other orders could be had almost for the 
asking on favourable terms. They had succeeded 
in overcoming the shipping difficulties which 
stood for a long time in the way of the company's 
progress, and he expected that there would be a 
-considerable increase in their output in the im- 
* mediate future. Their company, and lie believed, 
all the otlier Borneo trading companies were now 
receiving every consideration on the part of the 
Chartered Company. The motion was unanimously 
adopted. 
TEAYANCOKE TEA SALES. 
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otherwise stated, ic for half-chests ; p for packages ; 
prices marked thus f represent the highest offer in 
the room. In calculating these averages two half- 
chests or four boxes are takes as equal in weight 
to one chest. 
PRODUCE AND FL,ANTING. 
Twaddle about Tea. 
The fact that the consnmpiion of tea is inoreft' 
sing rapidly in the United States is perhaps the 
chief reason why certain people whose/" hobby It 
is to attack everything that is popular hasten to 
assert the danger of tea drin king. One of the latest 
diatribes against tea is attn bated to Dr. Eellogg, 
the founder of a sanatoriam-. at Battle Creek, in 
Michigan, Tea according to ^his inTestigator, is k 
