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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [Deo. 1, 1903. 
SHAKE I.IST. 
LONDON COMPANIES. 
ISSCED BY THE 
COLPMBO SHARE BROKEES' 
ASSOCIATION. 
CEYLON PRODOCE COMPANIES. 
Company 
paid Buy- Sell- Trans- 
p. Hb. ers. ers. actions 
Aj<ra Oavah Estates Co., Ltd. 
Ceylon Tea and Coconut Estates 
Castlereagh Tea Co., Ltd. 
Ceylon Provincial Estates Co. Ltd 
ClunesTeaCo.,Ltd. 
Clyde Estates Co., Ltd. 
Doomoo Tea Co., of Ceylon Ltd. 
Drayton Estate Co., Ltd. 
Eila Tea Co., of Oeylon, Ltd. 
Estates Co. of Uva, Ltd. 
FernlandsTea Co., Ltd. 
Qittsgow Estate Co., Ltd. 
Gingawfttte Tea Co., Ltd. 
Great Western Tea Co,, Ltd. 
H^pugahalandc Tea Estate Co. 
High Forests Estates Co., Ltd 
Do part paid 
Horrebelley Estates Co Ltd 
Kalutara Co., Ltd., 
Kandyan Hills Co., Ltd 
Kanapediwatte Ltd. 
Kelani Tea Garden Co., Ltd. 
ttirklees Estate Co., Ltd. 
Snayesmire Estates Co., Ltd. 
Maha Ura Estates Co., Ltd. 
Mocha Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 
Nahavilla Estate Co., Ltd. 
Neboda Tea Co., Ltd. 
Palmerston Tea Co., Ltd. 
Penrhos Estates Co.. Ltd. 
Pitakanda Tea Company 
Pine Hill Estate Co., Ltd. 
Putupaula Tea Co. Ltd. 
Katwatte Cocoa Co., Ltd. 
Rayigam Tea Co., Ltd. 
Roeberry Tea Co., Ltd. 
Ruanwella Tea Co., Ltd, 
St. HeliersTea Co., Ltd, 
Taigas wela Tea Co., Ltd, 
Do 7 per cent Prefs. 
Tonacombe Estate Co., Ltd, 
Union Estate Co., Ltd. 
Unper Maskeliya Estates Co., 
"Ltd. 
Uvakellie Tea Oo. of Ceylon, 
Ltd 
Vogan Tea Co,, Ltd. 
Wanarajah Tea Co., Ltd. 
tataderlya To Cc. Ltd. 
CEYLON COMMERCIAL COMPANIES, 
Adam's Peak Hotel Co., Ltd. 100 .. 30 
jiriatol Hotel Co., Ltd. 
Csylon Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd 
Ceylon Gen. Steam Navigationi 
Co., Ltd 
Ceylon Superaeration Ltd. 
Colombo Apothecaries' Co. Ltd. 
C)lonibo Assembly Rooms Co., 
Ltd. 
Do prefs. 
Colombo Fort Land and Building 
JO., Ltd. 
Colombo Hotels Company 
Salle Face Hotel Co., Ltd. 
Kandy Hotels Co., Ltd. 
Mjunt Lavinia Hotel Co., Ltd. 
New Colombo Ice Co., Ltd. 
Huwara Eliya Hotels Co., Ltd. 
Do 7 per cent prefs. 
Ful>U« OaU Ca., Ltd. 
500 
loob 
1100 
600 
^' 
500 
100 
102^ 
. 500 
605 
... 
100 
85 
100 
75 
80 
100 
... 
100 
100 
100 
100 
30 
32^ 
500 
300 
500 
600 
12124 
100 
100 
5UU 
700 
200 
200 
600 
575 
400 
450 
IOC 
105 
107j 
1071 
500 
305 
300 
100 
40 
100 
75 
100 
45 
50 
100 
100 
m 
77i 
500 
450 
500 
900 
600 
400 
425 
500 
420 
600 
250 
300 
100 
97i 
500 
60 
42| 
100 
100 
500 
550 
100 
60 
60 
100 
ll7i 
100 
60 
500 
500 
100 
45 
m 
100 
500 
425 
450 
500 
110 
500 
650 
100 
90 
100 
« 
90 
100 
72i 
72J 
500 
1025 
100 
360 
10(1 
70 
75 
70 
100 
100 
250 
100 
15 
100 
135 
20 
16 
20 
100 
100 
100 
100 
290 
295 
100 
187i 
100 
120 
500 
250 
100 
95 
30 
30 
100 
110 
20 
1*5 
paid 
Company p. sh 
illiar.ce lea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 10 
inglo-Ceylon General Estates Co 100 
Associated Estates Co., of Ceylon 10 
Do. 6 per cent prefs 10 
Oeylon Proprietary Co. 1 
Ceylon Tea Plantation Co., Ltd. 10 
Dimbula Valley Co. Ltd 5 
Do prefs 5 
Eastern Produce & Estate Co. Ltd 5 
Ederapolla Tea Co., Ltd 10 
Imperial Tea Estates Co., Ltd. 10 
Kelani Valley Tea Asscn,, Ltd. 5 
Kintyre Estates Co., Ltd. 10 
lianka Plantations Co., Ltd 10 
Sabalma Estates Co.,Ltd. 1 
ilfew Dimbula Co., Ltd. 1 
Buy- 
ers. 
25 
Sell- Trans- 
ers. actions. 
9-10 — 
53-66 
1-2 — 
2- 4 - 
—10 — 
25-26 .. 
6i-6 — 
6i-6 — 
4J-4J - 
6-8 ... 
5i..6 „ 
3- 5 ... 
4- 7 
si-ii - 
nom — 
2f-3i - 
Vuwara Eliya Tea Estate Co., Ltd, 10 — 
Ouvah Coflee Co., Ltd. 10 .. — - 
Rigalla Tea Estates Co., Ltd. 10 .. 9-10 ... 
Scottish Ceylon Tea Co., Ltd. 10 „ 9-10 .. 
Spring VaUey Tea Co., Ltd. 10 .. 4—5 — 
Standard Tea Co., Ltd. 6 ... 12 
he Shell Transport and Trading 
Company, Ltd. 1 .. — 
UkuweJIa Estates Co., ltd. 2f .. par — 
fatiyaotota Ceylon Tea Co., Ltd. 10 Si — 
Dd. pref. C 0/0 10 ... 9-10 — 
BT ORDER OF THE COMMUIEE. 
Colombo, Dec. 4th, 1903. 
Latest London Price?. 
RAINFALL RETURN FOR COLOMBO. 
(Supplied by the Surveyor-General.) 
1898. 
1899 
1900 
190i 
190^ 
Av.of 
33yr3. 
1903 
Inch 
Inch. 
Inch. 
Inch. 
Inch 
Inch. 
Inch 
January 
2-33 
•98 
3-72 
11-91 
1-95 
3-46 
4-16 
February . . 
1-98 
2-78 
0-63 
3-55 
4-&7 
2-02 
3-95 
March 
4-21 
0-88 
3-71 
5-12 
6-85 
4-82 
2 63 
April 
22'81 
6-66 
15-12 
8-71 
10-01 
11-30 
7-62 
May 
5-80 
17-73 
10-63 
6-28 
11-89 
11-86 
20-76 
June 
10-94 
9-23 
783 
5-93 
9-84 
8-32 
5-42 
July 
6-13 
1-11 
6 77 
4-52 
4-63 
4-46 
6-02 
August 
0-97 
0-62 
7-35 
0-46 
2-78 
3-66 
7-54 
September .. 
6-90 
1-48 
4-00 
3-93 
8-18 
5-04 
8 06 
October 
20-60 
12-99 
9-47 
3-91 
31-47 
14-56 
11-17 
November .. 
17-38 
8-58 
9-25 
19-84 
20-10 
13-00 
094 
December .. 
3-05 
4-44 
5-20 
1-70 
6-43 
6-21 
0-12 ■ 
Total.. 
103-11 
73-48 
83-68 
75-86 
118-70 
88-71 
77-29 
P. * From 1st 
to 2nd Dec. 0 
12 in.. 
that is up to 
9-30 a 
m. on 
the 3rd Dec— Ed. C. 0. 
CEYLON TEA: MONTHLY SHIP- 
MENTS TO UNITEjo KINGDOM 
AND ESTIMATE, 
Estimate for 
Total Shipments 
Do do 
Do do 
Got. 1903— 7,000,000 lb. 
do 1903— 6,500,000 lb. 
do 1902— 6,886,229 lb. 
do 1901— 6,229,4721b, 
[Estimate for December 1903— 9-^- to 10 million lb. 
Sensitive Plant fob Manuring : A Dis- 
covery 1— We hear that Mr. Herbert Wright 
has discovered the presence of abundance of 
parasitical eelworms in the roots of the 
' Sensitive plant ' — which has been used as a 
green manure with the idea that the nodules 
were all nitrogenous ! This is certainly rather 
a shock i 
