THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. [March 1, 1904. 
SHAKE LIST. 
paid 
p. sb 
Buy. 
era. 
ISSUKD BY THE 
COLOMBO SHARE BROKERS' 
ASSOCIATION. 
C3TLON FEODUCE COMPANIKS. 
CoDjpany 1 
Agra Onvah Estates Co., Ltd. 
Ceylon Tea and Coeonut Estates 
Castlereagh Tea Co., Ltd. 
Ceylon Provincial Estates Co. Ltd 
Clunes Tea Co., Ltd. 
Clyde Estates Co., Ltd. 
DootDoo Tea Co., of Ceylon Ltd. 
Draytin Sstate Co., Ltd. 
Ella Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 
Eitsien Co of VvK-, Ltd. 
FernlandsTea Co., Ltd. 
Gllusgow Bsta""* Co., Ltd. 
Gi-ngawiitte Tea Co., Ltd. 
Gr!at WestSTn Tea Co., Ltd, 
H ipogahalandf Tea Estate Co. 
H :h Forests SstateH Co., Ltd 
Horrekelley Estates Co Ltd 
Krvlutara Co., Ltd., 
Kandyan Hills Co., Ltd 
Kanapeiliwatte Ltd. 
K^'ani lea Gaiden Co., Ltd. 
Siriilees Estate Co., Ltd. 
S'aresmire Estates Co., Ltd. 
Maha Ufa Estates Co., Ltd. 
Mocha Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 
Nahavilla Estate Co., Ltd. 
Nebfda Tea Co., Ltd. 
Palmerston Tea Co.. Ltd. 
Penrhos E.^tates Co . Ltd. 
Pitakanda Tea Companv 
?ine Hill Estate Co., Ltd. 
Pucupaula Tea Co. Ltd. 
Ratwatte Cocoa Co., Ltd, 
Riyigaih Tea Co., Ltd. 
Roeberry Tea Co., Ltd. 
Ruanwella Tea Co., Ltd. 
SeveiiibanEstaie Rubber Co., Ltd 
Soluble Tea Co., Ltd. 
St HeliarsTea Co., Ltd, 
Talgaswela Tea Co., Ltd. 
Do ' per cent Prefs. 
Tonaoombe Estate Co., Ltd, 
Union Estate Co., Ltd. 
Upper Maskeliya Estates Co., 
Ltd. 
Uvabellie Tea Co. of Ceylon, 
Ltd 
VogJin Tea Co,, Ltd. 
Wanarajah Tea Co., Ltd. 
fataderiya Toa Ci . Ltd. 
CEYLON COMMERCIi 
Adam's Peafe Hotel Co., Ltd. 
Bristol Hotel Co., l<td. 
C ylon Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd 
C-wlor Oan. Steam Navigalioni 
Co.t I'tjc' 
Ceylon 8uperaeration Ltd. 
Oolouibo Apothecaries' Co. Ltd. 
ColomDo A.-.aembly Rooms Co., 
Lta. 
Do prefs. 
Colombo Fort Land and Building 
JO., Ltd. 
Colombo Hotels Company 
(Salle Pace Hotel Co., Ltd. 
Sandy Hotels Co,. Ltd. 
Mmnt Lavinia Hotel Co., Ltd. 
<?pw Colombo Ice Co., Ltd. 
Suwara Eliya Hotels Co., Ltd. 
7 per cent prefs. 
Public Hall Co.. Ltd. 
LONDON COMPANIES 
Alllarice Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 10 i 
ingln-Ceylon Oeneral Estates Co 100 
Assoi ialed Estates < o., of Ceylon 10 
Do (i per cent prefs 10 
Ceylon Proprietary Co. 1 
eylon Tea Plantation Co., Ltd. 10 
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actions. 
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600 
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100 
70 
75 
100 
75 
100 
100 
100 
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ion 
30 
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500 
3&0 
500 
500 
1200 
100 
11, 
BUM 
675 
695 
200 
200 
11 
600 
550 
560 
mc 
110 
500 
325 
11 
100 
100 
75 
100 
40 
1" 
100 
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100 
74 
600 
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500 
600 
450 
500 
420 
500 
275 
100 
90 
90 
600 
60 
40 
40 
100 
100 
500 
660 
100 
62i 
62i 
100 
13) 
100 
60 
. 100 
105 
100 
115 
lis 
500 
BOO 
100 
35 
40 
100 
BOO 
450 
475 
600 
150 
BOO 
700 
100 
90 
100 
70 
BOO 
100 
850 
AL COMPANIES 
100 
30 
ion 
75 
. 100 
75 
100 
25 
100 
15 
100 
ito 
20 
15 
20 
100 
105 
107J 
100 
SCO 
300 
100 
190 
ion 
125 
IMO 
127i 
500 
250 
100 
70 
30 
29 
100 
110 
20 
9-10 
5:s- 66 
1- 2 
2- 4 
-10 
Company 
Oimbula Valley Co. Ltd 
Oo prefs 6 — 
Eastern Produce & Estate Co. Ltd 5 — 
Bderapolla Tea Co., Ltd 10 — 
Imperial Tea Estates Co., Ltd. 10 — 
l<elani Valley Tea Asscn , Ltd. 5 — 
tf in tyre Estates Co., Ltd. 10 
Unka Plantations Co., Ltd 10 — 
Vabalma Estates Co., Ltd. 1 — 
•Jew Dimbula Co., Ltd. 1 — 
■iuwaf a Eliya Tea. Estate Co., Ltd 10 — 
Oavab Coffee Co., Ltd. 10 
Rigalla Tea Estates Co., Ltd. 10 
Scottish Ceylon Tea Co., Ltd. 10 
Soring Valley Tea Co., Ltd. 10 
S anfl<»rd Tea Cc, Ltd. 6 
■ihell Trar.sport and I'rading 
Company, Ltd. i 
Pkuwella Estates Co., ltd. 2.' 
Vatiyantotd Ceylon Tea Co., Ltd 10 8J 
Do. pref. 6 0/0 10 ... ' 
BT ORDER OF CHS COM.VIITTEE. 
Jol^mbo, Mar. 4th, 19r4. 
Latest London Pric«p. 
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par 
RAINFALL RETURN FOR COL.OMB > 
(Supplied by the Sur lyor-OeneraJ.) 
1899 1 1900 
I 
19C1 
1902 
1903 
Av.oi 
-4yr3, 
Inch. 
Inch. 
Inch. 
Inch 
Incb 
Inch. 
January 
•98 
3-72 
11-91 
1-95 
4-16 
3-57 
February .. 
2^7b 
0-63 
3-55 
4-.S7 
3-96 
2-07 
March 
0^88 
3-71 
5-12 
6-85 
2 53 
4 -7.1 
April 
6^66 
15T2 
8-71 
10-01 
7-8- 
n-19 
.May 
I7^73 
10 -e? 
6-2fi 
11-89 
20-71 
12 12 
June 
9^23 
7-83 
5-9-cl 
9-84 
5-42 
July 
l-ll 
6 77 
4-B-2 
4-63 
5-02 
4-48 
A ugust 
0-62 
7 •SB 
0^46 
2-78 
7-6^ 
3-77 
September .. 
1^48 
40 ' 
3-93 
8-lS 
8-06 
5-13 
October 
12-99 
9^47 
3-91 
31-47 
11-17 
14-46 
November .. 
8-58 
9-2.'i 
19-84 
20-10 
1) 94 
12-6t 
December . . 
4-44 
5^20 
1-70 
6-43 
2-22 
6-14 
Total.. 
7i-i^ 
83^68 
75-86 
118^70 
79-39 
88-58 
19C4 
Inch 
5-74 
2 05 
3-04* 
10'83 
* Fro n 1st to nd Mar. 3*04 in., that is up to 9-30 a.m. on 
'he 3rd Mar.— Ed. C. O. 
CEYLON TEA: MONTHLY SHIP- 
MENTS TO UNITED KINGDOM 
AND ESTIMATE, 
' Estimate for Feb. 1904—7 to 7i million lb. 
Total Shipments do 1904— 7,25o,000 lb. 
Do do do 1903— 7,983,166 lb 
Do do do 1902— 7,45.5,219 lb, 
[BsTiiiATE FOR March 1914.— 7i to 7| million lb.] 
25 -2 
AN F. M. S. AGRICULTURAL 
DEPARTMENT. 
An Agricultural Department has been pro- 
vided for the P M S with an officer, to be 
called ' Director of Agriculture and Chair- 
man of Agricultural Board,' in charge. The 
Superintendent's Experimental Planttitions at 
.B.atu Tiga will be subordinate to him. The 
creation of such a Department has been 
advocated in the ptibiic press tor a long time. 
It is expected that the appointment will be 
filled by an official unconnected with the 
dtates. -(S^raiis Times, 
