THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[Fee. 1, 1899. 
SHARE LIST. 
ISSUED RY THE 
COLOMBO SHARE BROKERS' ASSOCIATION. 
CKYLON PRODUCE COMPANIKS. 
Name of Company. 
pe 
Agra Ouvah Estates Co., Ltd. 
Ceyl'in Tsa and Coconut Estates 
Castlereagh Tea Co., Ltd. 
Ceylon HilU Eatatts Co., Ltd. 
Ceylon Provincial Estates Co. 
Claremont Estates Co., Ltd. 
Clones Tea Co., Ltd. 
Clyde EHtatesCo., Ltd. 
DeleoUaKstaUs Co., Ltd. 
Doomoo Tea Co., of Ceylon, 
Ltd. ^ ^ 
Drayton Estate Co.. Ltd. 
Badella Estate Co., Ltd. 
Eila Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 
Eitates Co., of Uva, Ltd. 
Gangawatta 
Glasgow Estate Co., Ltd. 
Great VVeHteiii Tea Co., of 
Ceylon, Ltd. 
Hapugahalande Tea Estate Cr., 
Ltd. „ , , . 
Bigb Forests Estates Co , Utrt. 
Do part paid 
Horekelly Estates Co., Ltrt. 
Kalutara Co., Ltd. 
Kandyan HilU Co., Ltd. 
Kanapediwatte Ltd. 
Kelani Tea Ciai den Co., Ltd. 
Klrklees KstattsCo., Ltd. 
Knavesniire Estates Co., Ltd. 
Maha Uva Kstatfs Co., Ltd 
Mocha Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 
Nahavilla Fstatc Co , Ltd. 
Nyassalaiid Coflee Co., Lt<i. 
Ottery Estate Co., Ltd 
Palnierston Tea Co., Ltd. 
Penrhos Estates Co., Ltd. 
Pine Hill Estate Co., Ltd. 
Putupaula Tea Co., Ltd. 
Eatwatte Cocca Co., Ltd. 
Rayigam Tea Co., Ltd. 
Boeberry TfaCo.,Ltd 
Uuanwella Tea Co., Ltd. 
St. HeliersTea Co., Ltd. 
Talgaswela Tea Co., Ltd. 
Do 7 per cent. Prefs. 
Xonacowbe Estate Co., Ltd, 
Udabage Estate Co , Ltd. 
'Jdugama Tea & Tic>>'er Co., 1 td. 
Onion Estate Co., Lid. 
Upper MasktUya Estate C- ., 
DTakellleTea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 
yoganTeaCo.,Ltd. 
Wanarajab Tea Co., Ltd. 
Yataderiya Tea Co., I-td. 
Oeylon Commbbciai. 
Adam's Peak Hotel Co., Ltd. 
Bristol Hotel Co., Ltd 
Do 7 per c.-nt Dubts, 
Ceylon Gen. Steam Navgt. 
Co., Ltd. 
Coylon Spinning and Weaving. Co,, 
''^'^Do 7 o/o Debts. 
Colombo Apothecaries Co., Ltd. 
Colombo Assembly Rooms 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., Lta. 
New Colombo Ice Co., Ltd. 
Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co., Ltd. 
Public Hall Co., Lid. 
Petroleum Storage Co. 
Do 10%pref-:. 
Wharf and Warehouse Co., Ltd. 
♦ Transac tions. 
A IllOLlII L 
Buyers. Sellers. 
600 
92i 9,V)exdiv 
600 
&U1' nom. 
lUO 
fcO* 
IjO 
23 
600 
140 
100 
100 
72 
100 
400 
170 
100 
65 
100 
100 
600 
200 
100 
40 
too 
SOU 
106 
600 
9u9 
600 
675 
200 
J76 
600 
♦ 5 
800 
S50, 
100 
100 
600 
28o 
300 
100 
15 
20 
100 
80 
85 
100 
90 nom 
100 
150 
100 
70 
600 
68<J 
600 
C60 
600 
600 
100 
100 
I'^O 
soo 
450 
100 
60 
ao 
100 
600 
350 
100 
10 
100 
45 
10(1 
52i 
6 0 
oOu 
IIKJ 
3a 
100 
90 
fOO 
400 
100 
65 nom 
60 
25 
500 
175 
600 
6C0 
100 
70 
100 
' 0 
500 
11(0* 
110 
24d 
OOMPAN>ES 
100 
77i 
IDO 
75* 
100 
101 
1 00 
155 

100 
10 
100 
90 
100 
12:- 
. 125* 
20 
12-50 
2u 
17 
100 
60 
100 
250* 
100 
H7K 
TOO 
57J 
.60 
10.1 
600 
450 
100 
163 
100 
cO 
20 
15 
100 
100 
40 
60 
60* 
I/ONOON COMrAMICft. 
Amount 
Name of Comjiauy. paid 
rr lAmif. Buyers, rxulers. 
- . , , 10 «■» 
Associated Estates Co., of Ce> lon Ltd. 0 t't 
Do. 6 ! er cent prefs. 1 10-lOi 
CeTlon Piopiielory Co. 1 J- 1 
O vlon Tea PianUtion Co., Ltd. lo tZ it 
Dirabula Vallev < o , Ltd. 6 4j 
Fjisterii Produce anil Estates Co., Ltd. i 64—61 
KderapollaTea Co., LUl. 10 tj- 16 
Imui^iLtl Tfa Kslates Ltd. lU 6 
KeLini V.illey Te:i Assou . Ltd. 5 »— 7 
Kintyre Estates Co , Ltd. lo 
Lanka Flintuticn Co , Lid. • 
Nahalma Estates 0> , Ltd. I } — I 
New Dimbula Co., LUl. A lu ti a 
Do B 10 w:i 
Do C lu li-tu 
Nuwara Kllya Tea Est. Co., Ltd. 10 6 4 u 
Hurah Coflee Co. .Ltd. 10 6 S 
Rjigallii Tea Estates Co., Ltd 10 
S jottish Ceylon Te» Co.. Ltd. 10 14 !• 
Spring Valley Tea Co., Ltd. in 70 do*. 
Standard Tea Co., Ltd. • It 
VatlyantotaCeylouTeaCo., Ltd lu 7 
Yatiyantota prcf. 6 o/o 10 t - 1 
Hr OltDER OF THE CUMUITTI F. 
Colombo, 3rd Feb. IKOfi. 
" Sai.tbu.sii "— tlie Auiitralian "Atii|>lex 
niiiiiiiiularia " — i.i to Le tried in Ceylon, we nrf' 
fjlad to hear. It thrives a« a fodder in r;iii)lc><s 
(listriots and slieep eat it readily. Mr. E li Cieasy 
i.s pen<lin<; a small quantity of t<eed he lias, lo 
he trieil by Sir Win. Twynani in JaU'na and by 
Mr. Byrde at Anuradhapnra. We quote frotu 
the " Treasury of Botany": — 
Athipi.ex. Orache. Ageiing of Chenopodiarar, with 
the foliage covered with a graotilar mealiness. The 
Oraches are chiefly disticguiEhed by the two bracts 
or small leavee, enclosing the fruit, and enlarging 
after flowering; they are frequently dotted with laige- 
coloured warts, which give them a pecniiar appearance. 
They genua possesses several species, which are very 
variable in form, according to soil and Hituation. 
The inhabit waste places or mud banks by the sea 
shore, rarely occurring inland, with the exccpticn cf 
the Atriplex palnla, which accompanies arable culti- 
vation, especially in wet sandy clays. There are 
five British species: — A. patula, of which several more 
or less distinct forms are described ; A liltoialit: and 
A laciniata, i^eacoast plants, the latter silvery-white 
all over, as if frosted; A portulacoidet, a shrabby much- 
branched spec'es called Sea Pinalane; and A. 
pedunculata, distinguished by its pedicellate fruit. 
Tea Fkuninc— ThefoUowinK from a letter in the 
Planter from East Cacliar, hns a bearing on local 
discussion: — I notice "South Darjeelinj;" alludes 
to tlie one-inch pruning practised in his di.ttrict, 
and altliongli we have not yet descended quite 
fo far in Cachar, much less wood is left on the 
bushes now than was the case even only a few 
years ago. One does not require a long experi- 
ence in tea call to mind the four and six 
inches pruning that was almost the universal 
dustur a few years back ; and as far a.s the Surma 
Valley ii concerned, South Sylhet leads the way 
in adopting a more scientific style. The well- 
known Mr. Thomas McMeekin usually gets the 
credit of having introduced two-inch pruning in 
this valley, and .*uch pruning is ytill sometime 
alluded to as " McMeekin's system," but whether 
he was really the Hist to adopt this |)lan I cannot 
sav with certainty, t fear that in Cachar we are 
rather a conservative lot of people, and not partial 
to innovations ; and when a few years since one 
or two managers started tiii.s style of pruning some 
of our older men were full of gloomy forebodings 
as to the result. But within the past year or two 
t'iie system has been very generally adopted, and we 
shall accordingly see a little less of "cutting down" 
in tuture years than has been comnjon in the past. 
