762 THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [May 1, 1902. 
with (lie exception of the (ialie Face, (he Kiawl--, 
khd a small rise in Ihe Niiwara Eliy.i Hotels h.-ue 
not had a favourable rjuaitcr, and indeed, it may 
be said of llic whoU; state of the sliare maiket 
that tlie prices for ihc quarter show !lla^ investors 
are "siltiiii; very ti,i<ui'" inde^J. The lisc of Com- 
mercial undcrta'kinj^.? has received three aildiiional 
companies, viz., tho^o of tli^ ".viluganRn Navjfra- 
tion Company, the Ceylon Ice and Cold Stora<.'p, 
and the Colombo Bricli and Tils ompany. We 
may mention that the share list of the last-named 
Coinpany was sul)sciibed immediately, an nnu-iiai- 
ly successful liotaticn, whiHi lias nj paralle 
during tlie past two or three years. 
The tables are as follows :— 
RUPEE PRODUCE COMPANIES. 
BISE AND TALL IN THE KIRS r QUARTER 1902. 
Adam's 
Ord na y 
Capit il. 
11 
.375,000 
240,000 
Market V;due of 
Sh ires. 
Agra Ouvah . 
Ca-^th reasjh 
Ceylon Prov'u- 
cials ..060,000 
C.-ylon Tea and 
Dec. ;31 
R 
675,000 
180,000 
M - r. 31 
R 
GOO 000 
228,000 
OoRIIllltS 
C'aremoiit 
Olunes 
Clyde 
Doomoo 
Dray to u 
Eda 
318,000 
... 65,000 
...332,000 
...270,000 
..400,000 
...715,000 
.300,000 
606,000 006,000 
3-JS,0OOrt 
16,20a 
1 66.000 
81 ,000 
280,000 
348,000 
lG,2oO 
100,000 
13 1,000 
200,000 
Estates of Uva...7iO,.500 
Ganeawa'.te ...178,ti00 
Gla4»^ ...323,000 
Great Wester ...584,000 
Hanugahalaude 170,lH)0 
Hi'^h Forests ...750,000 
Do. Par; Paid 200,000 
Horrek Uy ..400,000 
Kaln ara -.'lOO,' 00 
K-iiapedisv-itle.. .334,000 
Kandvxn Hil s ...125,000 
KelaniT.Garden 300,000 
1,072,5110 l,072,"i00a 
00.000 
293,410 
Kirkl^es 
Knavesmire 
Maha Uva 
Mocha 
NahaviUa 
Neboda 
Palmeiston 
Patti.agama 
Penrhos 
Pine Hill 
I'itakanda 
Putupaula 
Eatwatte 
100,1100 
..416,000 
...300,000 
...404,000 
,.306,500 
..261,000 
...410,000 
.. 80,000 
...150,000 
,..208,740 
..310,000 
...200,000 
...125,000 
Do added C't .1 25,000 
Bayigam ...600,000 
RoebeJiry 
Buanwella 
8t Heller's 
Talgaswela 
Tonacombe 
Udabage 
Udugama 
Uniou 
...300,000 
...265,0! )0 
... 50,000 
...200,000 
...280,000 
...170,000 
...315,000 
,320,000 
Upper Maskeliya350,000 
Uvakellie ...240,000 
YoKan ...720 000 
Wanarajah ....378,000 
Yataderia ...100,(00 
617,500 
712,480 
170,000 
82.j,000 
2 2'), 000 
330,000 
21)0,000 
'^83,900 
50.000 
75,000 
120,000 
228,250 
210,000 
.5-^5,800 
2:-l7,00O 
261.000 
328,000 
135,000 
139,160 
310,000 
210,000 
62,.500 
25,000 
240,000 
210,000 
92,750 
50,000 
55 000 
182,000 
68,000 
63,0110 
8(1,010 
207,500 
156,000 
378,000 
756,000 
570,000 
82,500 
269,990 
614,250 
712,4806 
170,000(1 
750.000 
180,000 
320,000 
2011,000 
283,900 
56,250 
105.000 
50,00t 
160,000 
210.000 
565,000 
237,000 
261,01)0 
328,000 
Rise. 
< r 
Fall 
R 
- 75,000 
■f 48,000 
— 51.000 
20,000 
— 7,500 
— 28,420 
— 3,250 
75,000 
45,000 
10,000 
+ 0,250 
+ 30.000 
— 7,000 
— 62,250 
_ 30,000 
_ 20,200 
75,000 
H )tel 
Bristol Hot 1 ... 
Ce Ion General 
t^team Naviga- 
ti n 
Ceylon Ice ami 
(JoM_St'ra-e... 
Colombo Apotho- 
c rics 
Col in' o Assem- 
bly r{oorus ... 
Colonibc Brick k 
Tile Co, 
Co omb > Fort 
Land & B -i'diug 
0 Ijmbo Ili^tels 
Ga li' Face Hot d 
Kaluganga Navi- 
Kat on 
Kaudy Hotels ... 
Mount L.ivinia 
Hotel 
New Colombo Ice 
Nuwara Eliya 
Hotels . . 
lublic Hall 
127,500 ■ 
139,100 
310,000a 
240,000a 
OO.OOOi 
23,000 — 
195.000 — 45,000 
210.1 ^OOc 
2,500 
10n,000 
50,0006 
40,000 
168,000 
68,0!i0a 
63,000« 
70,4' )0 
360,000/) 
144,000 
270,000 
756,0006 
511,500 
+ 13,250 
— 15,000 
— 14,000 
_ 9,600 
+ 52,500 
- 12,000 
—108,000 
— 28,500 
Total 15,051,240 13.506,900 12.954,180 —552,720 
UUPSK CO.MM UCUL COM P.l-VXR'. 
Market Value of 
Shat' s. 
Dec. 31 Mar. 31 
1900. 1901. 
11. R. 
.34,140 35,670 
Ordi- 
iirry 
C ipit i] 
Pe.ik li. 
" a No quotation ' urn g quarlor. , 
h Latent pr ce during quarter, n-q,ot.tion m latest 
c Buyers' prices have been tikeu in the absence of 
tTftnsftctions or sellers' quotations, 
113,800 
315,O0J 
75,000 
450,000 
400,000 
£7,520 
150,000 
36'i,000 
500,000 
050,000 
50,000 
2511,1100 
350,000 
210,000 
42,000 
&5,0M 
330,750 283,500 
Rise or 
H. 
+ 1,530 
—47,250 
168,7.50 
450,000 
550,000 
21,570 
1.30,000 
3 6 000 
1,487,500 
900,OUO 
50,000 
275,000 
245,000 
1^67,500 
38,500 
24,.500 
165,000 —3.750 
150,000 — 
580,000 4-30,000 
20,G40ff —930 
1.50,000 — 
,300,0C0 — 
1,375,000 —112,500 
l,.30O,000 +400,000 
50,000 — 
300,0006- +25,000 
210,000 
330,750 
42 0"0 
2] ,00J 
-35,000 
-30,750 
+ 3,500 
— 3,500 
To»al .. 3,978,320 .5,399,210 5,619,560 +220,350 
-Local " Times,"J 
THE BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS. 
The report of the Besideut Commissioner of the 
British Solomon Island'j for the pa=t otticial year 
gives the vvhite population of the a'chipelago on 
Maich 31 last as 76, of whom 50 were Britiah. Forty- 
eight were engaged in trading, prospecting, and pearl- 
shell diving, 13 were mc-mbers of the French ilanst 
mission, and most of the remainder were in Govern- 
ment service or were women and children. For the 
third year in succession no death was due to attack 
by natives. The revenue has steadily increased from 
£957 in 1897-93 to £1,9' 3 last year. Trade also has 
increased. The exports last year amounted to £28,260 
COPRA IS THE CHIEF STAPLE, 
and it is likely to go on increasing as the plantations 
now forming by the whites come into bearing ; pearl- 
shell, ivory nuts, turtle shell, and beche-de-mer are the 
other exports. The area under cultivation by white 
owners ia increasing annually, and the planting 
industry is likely to develop rapidly, and should 
the Commonwealth stop recruiting altogether the 
supply of labour would be utilised for local re- 
quiremen's. The immediate result of the Queens- 
land labour trade would be a loss of revenue 
to the islands from the licences granted to labour 
ships, but this would be met eventually by increased 
local revenue. There is now regular steam communi- 
cation with Sydney, but the Commissioner complains 
that it is not direct, and argues that the 
growth of the Solomon Islands justifies a direct 
steamer, and makes the archipelago worth the atten- 
tion of the Sydney merchants, for the export trade 
now is larger than that of the New Hebrides or of 
New Guinea (excluding gold). All the 
COPKA IS NOW CONVRRTKD INTO SOAP AND 
OIL CAKE 
in Sydney itself, and that port must long continue to be 
the base of the Pacific island trade. The settlement of 
outstanding land claims also is a matter demanding 
attention in the interests of progress in the island*. 
