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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [March 1, 1899. 
CoinpaiiieH Incorporated locally during 1898 
Tlie Hatton Estate Conipaiiy of Ceylon, Limited, capital liSOO.OJO divided into 5,000 shares of 
■^^'^ ThrB-vtticaloa Tradint; Coinpany, Limited, catntal IISW.OOO dividetl into S.dXt sliaies of KlOO e»i. Ii. 
Tlie Teniplestowe Estate Company, Limited, capital K400,000, dividtd into 2 000 ..liaie* of IIUXJ 
each (6 per cent cumulative) and 2,O0U ordinary of ItlW each. 
Aiidris Coorev & Company, i^imited, capital K'25,OO0, divided into 2j s^hares of Ul.OOO each. 
Bambrakellc Tea Company of Ceylon, Limited, capital Kl,20O,('(Xt, divided into 12,0iJ0 shares of 
KlOOeach. ^^^^^^^^ Capital 112,425,000, against K3, 165,000 in 1897.] 
List of House Property and Building Sites sold in 1898, 
Situation. 
Colombo (Colpetty) 
Nuwara Eliya 
Do 
Colombo (Cotta) 
Cinnamon Gardens 
Fort . . , 
Maradana (3rd division) 
Fort (York Street) 
Cinnamon Gardens (Mac- 
kenzie Place) 
I'ettah 
Cinnamon Gardens 
Nawara Eliya 
Slave Island 
Hatton 
Bambalapitiya 
Kandy 
Cinnamon Gardens 
Main Street, Fettah 
Canal Kow, 
Slave Island 
Pettah 
Description of House, 
Police Barracks and Inspector')- 
(Quarters 
Bird's Nest 
Hound Bvmgalow 
Rajayiriya 
Greyhmds 
No. 1, Chatham Street 
House No. 19 
Stores occupied 
sariat' 
by the Commis- 
Baildint,' lot (2a0r 24;)) t 
No. 12, Fourth Cro.ss Street and 
No. 7G, Fifth Cross Street 
Building loi (Oa 3r 2-2.5p) 
Ivy Cottage 
No, 42, Church Street 
Hatton House 
Block of Buildings 
West Cliti' 
Donegal 
Hou.se No. 36 
House No. 6 
Block of buildings 
Houses Nos. 36 & 36a 
Purchaser. 
Ceylon Government 
Mr. M. Deen 
do 
H. Don CarolLs 
Mrs. Pieris 
S. L. Naina !klHrkar 
Mr. H. P. Fernamlo, Mu- 
handiram 
Mr. iMviea 
Slenia Lehhe 
G. Simon Andris and II. 
Josepli Peries 
A. de Silva 
M. Deen 
T. N. Cooray 
Mr. L. P. Fisher 
Attygalle Jluhandiram 
Dr.'F. Keyt 
H. J. Pieris 
N. S. Fernando 
Charles Mattiiew 
Mis. Maria Pate 
I. L. M. Noordeea & S. L. 
Mohideen 
Amount. 
R. 
26.. yHt 
12,oOO 
13,000 
25,»MX) 
20,000 
40.01. »O 
25.100 
84.100 
23.300 
40.500 
7.900 
9.000 
4.000 
15,0o<J 
80,000 
17,500 
») 000 
80,000 
30,000 
30,000 
120.000 
Total... R74l,900 
In 1897 the total was £10,800 and R620,900 
* Oa. Ir. 5p. t Avtvage per acre R10,&30. 
COCONUTS: NOTES FROM THE NORTH- 
WESTERN PROVINCE. 
Mar.uvila, 11th Feb. 
Err.' o.' rjr 
the S -W? months, prevailed, The opening days of 
mr,.Uh were dry, but on the evening of the bih, 
om nrs hunX was heard and the North-eastern 
X beclme clouded. The next evening we had a 
• « i^bt drizzle. It threatened vain last evening too 
and foi he three evenings the Sonthem sky 
inumined with perfect flashes of hghtniBg. 
pjSTannot be far distant ; I read the s,gns o it 
in Nature When I was elsewhere, observation led 
o mv findinu a vegetable barometer, the cmnauion 
■ bushes However dry the weather was mA ho^-evev 
SSpromisSg wftstheW.if ^ cinnamon bud showed 
itself, rain was sure to follow. 'UTiere I am, I have 
noticed that the tiny white-ant is Nature's baromet-r. 
If they show unwonted activity rain follows. 
ROUNDABOUT I'VA. 
We mu.=t answer an enquiry as to the where- 
abouts of "R.H.F.'' by saying tliat he has lieen 
"doing" a great part of Uva very thoroughly, 
penetrating to tlie remotest corner of IMaduIsima 
and Hewa Eiliya, the first journalist who was 
ever on "Uva" estate and many more estates in 
that 'Ultima Thule' of planting. Cycling 
■wherever practicable has not shut out a great deal 
of riding and walking and each day hasbrou:.'ht 
so much of one or other as to leave n« time for 
"copy" which is to come now. From Madulsima 
to Pas«ara, Naniunukula and the Badulla estates 
on to Haputale and there some of the finest 
estates in Nayabedde, Craig, Kelburne, Wibare* 
