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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [Jan. 1, 1902. 
no signed agreement in existence at that 
date, the ctmimittee declaies, the .said 
date being July 23rd, 1897. On August 6th and 
17fh in the same year, after tlie shares had been 
allotted in the manner set fortli in the circular, an 
agreement was executed but ap|)ait!ntly imt con- 
sidered sufficient, for on December 14ih and 15tii 
following another agreement was entered into 
which introduced modificatioDS upon the previous 
cue and imposed new terms and conoirioris. In 
this latter document Messrs Finlay, Muir, and Co. 
were appointed expressly, and without any reser- 
vation, managing agents of tlie Hopewe'd Company 
and Messrs P K Buchanan and Co., the Lomlon 
agents, while Messrs J Finlay and Co., of Glasgow, 
were made secretaries. No shareholders' meeting 
was called to sanction any of these agreements. 
To all appearance there 
NEVER HAS BEEN A REAL SHAREHOLDERS' 
MEETING 
of the Hopewell Tea Company. It does 
not seem necessary to call one. Messrs 
Finlay, Muir, and Co. merely use the name 
in their commission business, and the shareholders 
in the victimised companies find the losses, a 
most excellent arrangement for sweet Sir John 
while it lasts. We have read this report with 
great interest, and trust it is the beginning of 
many things not leastj of reforms in the 
method of handling the affairs of the Finlay- 
Muir group of companies, a method 
that we have again and again done our best to 
present in its true light as a scandal and a disgrace 
to the business community. The morality of 
Scotch merchants and bankers must have fallen 
very low indeed if this sort of thing is to continue 
to be looked upon witli indulgent benevolence, and 
" prayerfully " tolerated. — A notice has been 
issued by the board of the East India and Ceylon 
Tea Company, calling 
" AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING." 
at the close of the adjourned general meet- 
ing, to be held on the 17th instant, at 12 
noon, in River Plate House, Finsbury- 
circus. Accompanying the notice is a circular 
drawn up in rebuttal of the committee's charges, 
and a very lame performance it proves to be. 
The gravest allegations of all those relating to 
the formation of the Hopewell Company are 
ignored, as also the story of the Anglo-American 
Direct Tea commissions. In a word, the circular 
seems to us little better than derisory, and if there 
are any public-spirited men among the shareholders 
they ouglit to do theit^tmost to change the entire 
management, board and all. Unfortunately, the 
date of the meeting leaves them little time, and 
they may count upon obstruction of the cunningest 
sort when it is held. But for all that they should 
be up and doiiif^.— Investoi's Revieiv, Dec. li. 
Trout at the Dargle, Natal.— Mr C W 
Methven'a total bag for four days' fishing was 
41 trout, the average weight being lib. 3 oz each. 
In addition to this large catch, there have been 
many baskets of 20 and 30 made since the open- 
ing of the season --amply justifying the belief that 
a big future is in store for the Natal trout-fishing 
i^roumh.— Natal Mercury, Dec. 0, 
'J'liK Dkaf UivAii.— No. 479 ol the Illustrated 
WtirUL of G2f), (Jlii,~wick High Road, London, W., 
J<;iighu)d contains a de^ciiption of a reniai kable 
Cuie for DeafiiCfM and Head Nui^^^s which maybe 
carried out at the patient'.s home, and wliich is . 
£,aid to be a certain cuie, This number will be 
eent free to any deaf persons sending their ad- 
rese to th9 £ditori 
COLOMBO PRICE CURE EM. 
{Furnished hv the f^hnmb'r of Commerce. ) 
EXPORTS 
Colombo, Dec Slst, 1901. 
CARnAMOMS : — 
All ronnd parcel, well bleached per lb. Rl 55 
Do. dull medlnm do. Rr40 
Special assortment, 0 and 1 onlv do. Rl 90 
Seeds d"o. Rl-40 
Cinchona Babe: — 
Per unit of Balphate ef Qoinine 8o — to 8 o/o 
Cinnamon : — 
Ordinary assortment per lb. 53o. 
Nos. 1 and 2 only per lb. 59c, 
Nos. 3 and 4 only per lb. 48o. 
Cinnamon Chips ; — 
Per candy of 580 lb R75 0i 
Cocoa : — 
Finest estate red ; nnpicked per cwt R48'00 
Medium do do do R43-00 
Bright native nnpicked and undried R40 00 
do 
do 
R36-00 
B58'00 
R48 00 
R39-00 
Ordinary do 
Coconuts — (husked). 
Selected per thousand 
Ordinary ,, 
Smalls ,, 
Coconut Cake — 
Poonac in robins f. o. b. per ton R75 00 
Do in bags None 
Coconut (Desiccated). 
Assorted all grades per lb 20c 
Coconut Oil. — 
Dealers' Oil per cwt R20 00.— Nominal. 
Coconut Oil in ordinary packagf-s f. o. b. per 
ton R437"50.— Business done February, Marck aai 
April R425 Nominal. 
Coffee. — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bna. 
None. 
Plantation Estate Coffee f.o.b. (ready) per cwt 
None. 
Native Coffee, f.o.b per cwt. — None. 
OlTRONELLA OiL — 
Ready do per lb. — 4(5« 
Copra — 
Boat Copra per candy of 
Calpentyn Copra do 
Cart do do 
Estate do do 
Croton Seed per cwt— R15'00 
Ebont — 
Sound per ton at Govt, depot— B190,00 Sale of 
2nri instant. 
Inferior R125'00 Sale of the 2nd instant. 
FiBEES — 
per cwt 
560 
do 
do 
do 
lb. 
R62 50 
B62-50 
R5900 
R62-50 
tfaa 
Coconut Bristle No 1 
Do „ 2 
Do mattress ,, 1 '„ 
Do „ 2 
Coir Yarn, Kogalla ,,1 to 8 
Do Colombo „ 1 to 8 
Kitool all sizes „ 
Palmyrah ,, 
Pepper— Black per lb 
Plumbago — 
Large lumps per ton 
Ordinary lumps do 
Chips do 
ties scarce. 
Dust do 
Do (Flying) do 
Sapanwood — per ton 
Satin WOOD (ordinary) per cube ft 
the 5th instniit. 
Do do 
Rll-50 
None 
3-50 
2 00 
14-75 
11-25 
None 
None 
None 
R500 
R5i'0 
R350 Fine qnali. 
R180 
RIOO 
None. 
R2-7 
7b Salt •£ 
Tea- 
Broken Pekoe and Broken ct 
Orange Pekoe per lb 
Orange Pekoe do 
Pekoe do 
Pekoe Souchong do 
Pekoe FauuingBdo 
Bioken mixecl— clust, &o , i 
per cvibic ft. None, 
High Grown Bledinm Low Grow* 
Average. Average. Average. 
eta cts 
