364 
THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
[Nov. 1, 1898. 
SHARE LIST. 
STEELING COMTAMES. 
Amount 
ISSUED BY THE 
COLOMBO SHARE BROKERS' ASSOCIATION. 
CEYLON PKOOaCE COMPANIES. 
Name fo Company. 
Name of Company. 
Amoun 
paid 
per abare. 
600 
500 
100 
Buyers, 
aoo 
410 
650 
400 
Agra Ouvah E-tates Co., Ltd 
Ceyli'n Taa and Coconut Estates 
Castldreagh Tea Co., Ltd. 
Ceylon Hills Estates Co., Ltd 
Ceylon Provincial Estates Co. 
Claremont Estatt s Co., Ltd. 
Clunts Tea Co., Ltd. 
Clyde Estates Co., Ltd. 
DelgoUa Est ati 3 Co , Ltd. 
Diiomoo Tea Co., of Ceylon, 
Ltd. 
Drayton Estate Co., Ltd. 
Badella Estate Co., Ltd. 
Eila Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 
Estates Co., of Uva, Ltd. 
GanRawatta 
Glasgow Estate Co., Ltd. 
Great Western Tea Co., of 
Ceylon, Ltd. 
Hapugahalande Tea Estate Cr. 
Ltd. 
High Forests Estates Co., Ltd. 
Do part paid 
Horekelly Estates Co., Ltd. 
Kalutara Co., Ltd. 
Kandyan Hills Co., Ltd. 
Kanapedawatte Ltd. 
Kelani Tea Garden Co., Ltd. 
Kirklees EstatisCo., Ltd. 
Knavesmire Estates Co., Ltd. 
Maha Uva Bstat< s Co., Ltd 
Mocha Tea Co. of Ceylon, Ltd. 
Nahavilla Estate Co. Ltd. 
Nyassaland Coli'ee Co., Ltd 
Ottery Estate Co., Ltd. 
Palnierston Tea Co.. Ltd. 
Penrhos Estates Co., Ltd. 
Pine Uill Estate Co., Ltd 
Putupaula Tea Co., Ltd. 
Batwatte Cocoa Co., Ltd. 
Elayigam Tea Co., Ltd. 
Bbeberry Tea Co., Ltd. 
Ruanwella Tea Co., Ltd. 
St. HeliersTea Co.. Ltd. 
Xalgaswela Tea Co., Ltd. 
Do T per cent. Prefs. 
Tonacombe Estate Co., Ltd. 
Udabage Estat.^ Co., Ltd. 
'Jdugama Tea & Ti-jii-sr Co., Ld. 
Union Estate Co., Ltu. 
Upper Maskeliya Estate Co 
Ld. 
Dvakellie Tea Co., o Ceylon, Ld. 
VoganTeaCo.,Ltd. 
VVanarajah Tea Co., Ltd. 
Vfttaderiya Tea Co., Ltd. 
OEVI.ON COMMEBOIAL COMPANIES 
Adam's Peak Hotel Co., Ltd 
Bristol Hotel Cc, Ltd, 
Do 7 per c?nt Debts 
Ceylon Gen. Steam Navgt. 
Co., Ltd. 
Ceylon Spinning and W\ing. Co, 
Ltd.t 
Do 7 o/o Debts. 
Colombo Apothecaries Co, Ltd. 
Colombo Assembly Booms ,Co., 
Ltd. 
Do prefs. 
Colombo Fort Land and Building 
Co., Ltd. 
Colombo Hotels Company 
Galle FaceHotel Co., Ltd. 
Kandy Hotels Co., Ltd. 
Kandy Stations Hotels Co. 
MountLavinia Hotels Co., Ld. 
Do Part paid 
New Colombo Ice Co., Ltd. 
Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co., Ltd. 
Public Hall Co., Ltd. 
Petroleum Storage Co., 10 % pre! 
Do ordinary 
Wharf and Warehouse Co., Ltd 
100 
600 
100 
100 
100 
400 
100 
100 
600 
100 
fOn 
100 
too 
sou 
200 
600 
356 
100 
600 
100 
100 
100 
100 
iOO 
600 
600 
600 
100 
100 
500 
100 
60 
100 
600 
100 
100 
100 
5 'C 
100 
100 
fiOO 
lOil 
£0 
500 
600 
100 
100 
6on 
ICO 
650 
30 
40 
30 
Sellers. 
600 nm 
85 
50 
(J z p 
170 
65' 
100 
250 
40 
3U0 
930 
275 
400' 
250 
90 
175 » 
30 
80 
90 
160 
70 
70"; 
700 
50 
90nra 
120 
450 
80 
37i 
100 nra 
350 
50 
45 
tb* 
500 
90 
&S0 
65 nm 
25 
SO J 
550 
65* 
70 
1150 
2)0 
100 
7G 
100 
77i 
100 
101 
lOO 
155 
TOO 
10 
100 
90 
IQO 
120 
125 
20 
12-50* 
2o 
IT 
100 
60 
100 
250 
100 
U7i 
mo 
65 
65 
100 
500 
450 
350 
100 
170 
100 
35 
35* 
20 
15 
100 
100 
50 
GO 
40 
60* 
paid 
per .share. 
Buyers. Selleri. 
Alliance Tea Co., f fCeyloD, Ld. 
Associated EsUiiesCo., of Ceylon Ltd. 
Do. 6 per cent prefs. 
Ceylon Proprietory Co. 
Ceylon Tea Plantation Co., Ltd. 
Dimbula Valley Co., Ld. 
Eaxtern Produce and Kutatev Co. 
Ltd. 
EderapoUa Tea Co., Ltd. 
Imperial TVa Estates Ltd. 
Kelani Valley Tea .\8son. Ltd. 
Kintyre Estiles Co., Ltd. 
Lanka Plantation Co., Lid. 
Nah.ilma Estates Co., Ltd. 
Nev Dimbula Co., Ltd. A 
Do B 
Do C 
Nuwara RllyaTea Est. Co , l.Vd. 
OuTah Coffee Co. Ltd. 
Bagalla Tea EstaUs Co., Ltd 
Scottish Ceylon Tea Co., Ltd. 
Spring Valley Tei Co., Ltd. 
Standard Tea Co., Ltd. 
Yatlyanfcota Ceylon Tea Co., Ltd. 
Yatiyantota pref 0 o/o 
BY ORDER OP THE COMMITTBIl. 
C lombo, 4th Not , 1898. 
10 
6'i 
0 
OB 
1 
10 - lOJ 
I 
l-l 
6 
4{-5i 
( 
6|-5f 
10 
B^— 10 
10 
4 
A 
6-7 
10 
8 — 9 
0 
&( - 6 
1 
10 
10 
20-21 
10 
15-ao 
10 
10 
10 
6 - 8 
10 
io» 
10 
14 16 
7Dm 
« 
12 xd 
JO 
0-7 
10 
8 10 
per share. Buyers. Sellers- 
» Iransacticji, 
Tk.v IV Indi.v AND Ceylon.— It is cnrioa* to 
find tlie following in Colonel Campbell's interesl- 
iiig book on Cej'lon, publihiied f-o Ion;; ago aa 
1843, the author's resideoce in this island having 
been in the " twentie-s." : — 
The capabilities of many parts of India, the fer- 
tility of uiucb of its eoil, the cheapness of food and 
laboar; and the certainty that the beat cotton, sugar, 
&c. can be produced there; have long been admitted. 
But, in these, and in many other respects, Ceylon 
cannot be surpassed by any country of the same ex- 
tent. Other articles of extensive consumption in the 
United Kingdom, and elsewhere, have been long ex- 
ported from India ; and we are continually adding 
new staples to our imports from thence ; such as tea 
from Assam, linseed, tallow, &c. With respect to the 
tea produced in Assam, the existence there of the 
tea plant, in a wild state, had for some years been 
known to the agents of the East India Company ; 
and a correspondence on the subject of its culti- 
vation, had taken place between the Government in 
India and the Directors in England. Specimens of 
the tea prepared from the wild plant bad been for- 
warded to Europe, and though they were of a quality 
inferior to the ordinary teas of China, they were still 
snf&cieutlj good to justify tbe belief, that, by culti- 
vation aud improved manipulation, a marketable 
article might be produced. With this view directions 
were given for the cultivation of the tea plant on a 
limited scale; and natives killed in the various pro- 
cesses to which the leaves are expose j were engaged 
at Canton. Not long ago, a portion of the produce 
of the establishment arrived in this country. The 
contents of four chests were gratuitously distributed 
to various commercial and political departments in 
the United Kingdom ; also to the leading tea-brokers, 
tea-tasters, <tc. with the view of testing the merits 
of the tea by the opinions of competent judges. The 
result was extremely favourable ; so much so, that 
the remaining chests were submitted to tbe trade by 
auction. But, it is the decided opinion of many, that 
several parts of Ceylon are also admirably adapted 
for the growth of the tea plant ; and. with the aid, 
in the first instance, of a few Chinese to instruct the 
settlers and natives in the process pursued in its 
preparation for market, there can be no doubt bnt 
that those Europeans who may attempt its cultivating 
yfUl be gacceeefnl, 
