430 
THi: TROPieAL AeRI€FLT€flIBT.' [I>eg. 1, 190^. 
THE CEYLON LAND AND PRODUCE 
COMPANY, LTD. 
STATISTICS FOR PAST 14 YEARS. 
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1890 1131 
1891 1345 
1892 1385 
1893 1406 
1894 1451 
1895 1556 
1896 1556 
1897 1571 
354,842 
480,684 
503,293 
589,192 
608,110 
597,399 
694,720 
748,994 
314 
358 
364 
419 
419 
384 
446 
476 
1898 1636 753,151 460 
286,292 
357,648 
479,005 
528.172 
342,040 
435,908 
590,111 
482,652 
393,360 
1899 1754 
1900 1814 
754,768 
865,768 
1901 2108 917,038 
1902 2391 986,862 
1903 2440 1,038,584 
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Cocoa. 
430 281,457 
477 406,327 
435 483,102 
413 463,288 
426 551,225 
' Sales made 
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1/6 48-61 
l/4i 46-63 
1/3 51-33 
1/24 46-68 
1/li 55-40 
1/2 48-57 
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1892 
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1893 
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authorised on behalf of and in the name of tbe 
Company to transfer to tbe proprietor or proprie- 
tors of Preston estate, situate at Dimbala in 
Udapane korale, Nuwara Eliya, Central Province 
of the Island of Ceylon, a portion in extent t-wo 
roods and t-wenty-eight perches more or less of 
Wishford estate, situate at Dimbula aforesaid, 
the property of this Company, in exchange for 
a transfer to the Company of a portion iai 
extent one acre more or less of St Margaret's 
Estate, also situate at Dimbula aforesaid, upon 
such terms and conditions as the said Directors 
shall think fit in the interests of the Company, 
and to affix the seal of the Company to all deeds 
necessary for giving effect to the said exchange.' 
The Directors have the pleasure of sabraittiag their 
report, together with accounts made up to the 80th 
September, 1903. The acreage of thei Company's 
property is as under : — 
a And 5 per cent Bonus. 
THE AGKA TEA COMPANY OF CEYLON 
LIMITED. 
Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting 
of the shareholders of the above Company, held at 
11-45 a.m. on Wedne.'iday, the 2ad day of Decem- 
ber, 1903, at the office of the Colombo Commercial 
Company, Liraited, Slave Island, Colombo.— 
Present— Ma,]or E ¥ Tranchell (in iho chair), Mr 
F J de Saram, Mr li Morison, Mr Joseph Eraser 
(by his Attorney), Mr J K Symonds (by proxy) 
and the Agents and Secretaries. 
It was proposed by Mr^MoRlsoN, seconded by Mr 
DE Saram and carried unanimously:— "That the 
Pirectora of this Company be and they axe here% 
Caltivated from 2 to 9 years old. 
Available Jungle 
Tonas, etc. 
Acres 
373 
137 
17 
r. p.. 
1 0 
0 8 
3 0 
Total acreage ... 528 0 8 
Tbe crop for the past season was disappointing, only 
14,255 nuts having been plucked. This-is owing to the 
fact that the e«vere drought caused the young nuts tO' 
dry up and fall ofi the trees. The severe drought in the 
early part of the season is also responsible for the exr 
penditnre of Rl, 144-93 on vyatericg. Bed beetlea are 
still very troublesome. The exgeoditara.on eadeavour- 
iDg to eradicate this pest amounted to Rl,050-87 
during the season — nearly one-fifth of the total ordi- 
nary expenditure. Only one or two trees have been 
actually destroyed. The year's working results in a 
loss of E6,900'66, to which has to be added the 
balance brought forward from last year, viz. 
E4,871-14, bringing the total at debit of the Profit 
and Loss Account up to Rll,771'80, The es- 
timated expenditure for the season 1903-4 
is E5,200'li0, and it is anticipated that tbe 
crop will amount to 80,000 nuts, estimated to 
realise Rl,200-00. It will be necessary to borrow a 
further sum of E5,0G0'00 to provide for the current 
season's working, after which it is expected that the 
estate will have reached the self-supporting stage, 
Mr A O Tranchell retires from the Board in accordance 
with the Articles of Association, but is eligible for 
re-election. The appointment of an Auditor will rest 
with the meeting. By order of the Directors, Colombo 
Commercial Company, Limited. 
John G Wabdeop, Manager, Ageotsi and Secretaries- 
Colombo, 21st Nov., 1903. 
HOW TO DETECT ADULTERATION 
IN CITRON ELLA OIL. 
Mr M Kelway Bamber, the Governrrrent 
Chemist, has hit upon an absolutely re- 
liable test, for detecting adulteration in 
Citronella Oil as follows : — You take acertain 
quantity of a pure fatty oil insolubie in 
alcohol. The citronella oil to be tested is 
added ; and the oils are mixed and shaken 
up for one minute with 10 volumes of 
alcohol of a certain strength. The mixture 
is then put into a milk centrifugal machine 
and revolved for one minute, when the 
volume of fatty oil plus any adulterant from 
the citronella oil can be immediately read 
off and the percentage calculated. Four 
tests can be made in about live minutes. 
The idea is, if the test is approved by 
Government, to appoint, if possible, one or 
two Government inspectors to test, all the 
oil at the Customs before shipment.— Local 
"Times." 
