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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [December i, 1891. 
ABBOTSLEIGH TEA ESTATE Co., LIMITED. 
London, Oot. 9th. 
Another of the private companies which have 
of late years so multiplied for the working of tea 
estates in Ceylon has been registered this week. 
The following extract from a financial paper will 
give you all particulars respecting it. I am lold 
that there will be no appeal made to the public 
for subscription to its capital : — 
This oompaDy was registered on the 29 ult., with a 
capital of £25,000, in £100 shares, to acquire the Monte- 
fiore Tea Estate in the Centrel Provinces of the lelandof 
Ceylon, and also tbe Abbotsleigh Estate in the same 
province, and to c»rryon the business of growers of tea, 
coffee, cinchina etc. The subscribers are:— 
Shares. 
C. K. Smith, 7, Grove Eud Road, N. W. 
tea estate owner ... ... ... 1 
N. Bowsell, Abbotsleigh, Hatton, Oejlon, 
tea planter .. ... ... ... 1 
O. Harrison, 67, Lincoln's lun Fields, W. C. 
solicitor ... ... ... ... 1 
H. W. Matthews, 9, Coleford Road, Wands- 
worth, S. W. clerk ... ... ... 1 
F. Villier, 24, Kitt's Road, Catherine's 
Park, S. B. 1 
F, Farris, 49, Morley Avenue, Wood Green, 
N., clerk ... ... ... ... 1 
G, Anderson, 12, Brookville Road, S. W. 
clerk ... ... ... ... 1 
The number of directors is not to be less than 3, nor 
more than five; tbe first beinf; Messrs. C. B. Smith, 
W. W. Simpson, N. Rowsell, and C. Harrison ; qualifi- 
cation, three shares ; Mr. 0. B. Smith is managing 
director in England, with a remuneration of £100 per 
annum; Mr. N. Rowsell is the managing director in 
Ceyloui with a remuneration of R5,000 per annum and 
5 per cent, on the nett profits, Office, 41, East- 
cheap E, C— London Cor. 
BARK AND DKUG EEPORT. 
(From the Chemist and Druggist.) 
London, Sept. 26th. 
Cinchona.— The auctions held on Tuesday were again 
exceptionally small, the total number of packages being 
made up as follows : — 
Pkgs. Pkgs. 
Ceylon cinchona "• 157 of which 124 were sold 
East Indian cinchona ... 393 do 357 do 
tJava cinchona ... 78 do 78 do 
South American cinchona 273 do 2!9 do 
Total DOG do 778 do 
The assortment was rather ahove the average of that of 
the recent auctions, and the better parcels were com- 
peted for with somewhat more animation than the buyers 
have been accustomed to show of late. The general 
opinion is that the auctions showed some improvement 
on those immediately preceding, though there is no quo- 
table advance. The average unit for barks of fair quality 
remains etat'onary at IJd per lb. 
The following are the approximate quantities purchased 
by the principal buyers : — 
Lbs. 
01,187 
39,685 
23,320 
20,600 
0,633 
3,810 
3,210 
20,0CC 
Agents for the Mannheim and Amsterdam works 
Meosrs. Howards & Sous 
Agents for the American and Italian works 
Agents for the Frankfort o/M. and Stuttgart works 
Agents for the Brunswick works 
Agents for the Auorbach works • • • • 
Agents for the French works .... 
Sundry druggists .... 
Total quantity of bark sold 
Bought in or withdrawn 
178,.511 
29,313 
Tot»l quantity offered 207,82,4 
tt should bo well understood that the mere weight of 
bark purchased affords uo guide whatever to the quinine 
yield represented by it ; firms wlio buy a em»ll quantity 
of bark by weight frequently take the richest lots 
»nd vice versa. 
The following figureB represent the exports of cinchona 
bark from Java during the mouth of July (the opening 
Bjon'h of the aeason) of the last live years ;— 
— 1801 1890 1889 1688 1887 
Government 
plantations, Am- 
sterdimlb. ... 60,990 12,487 31,827 11,031 7G,C99 
Private plan- 
tations, Amster- 
dam lb. ... 1,103,173 373,025 20,510 162,980 219,78 
Total ... 1,164,163 3^5,513 305,-337 174,001 296,486 
It will be seen that the exports for the month of July 1891 
alone exceed those of the four preceding mouths of July 
combined. 
THE AMSTERDAM CINCHONA AUCTIONS, 
[Telegram from our Correspondent.) 
Amsterdam, Thursday Evening. 
At to-day's bark auctions thd very large quantity of 
nearly 6,200 packages Java bark was offered. Of this 
quantity 4,937 pnckages sold at firm prices, though no 
advance can be reported, the average umt being 6 cents, 
per half kilo., or 1 l/16d. par lb. Manufacturing barks 
in quill, broken quill and chips brought from 6 to 47 
cents. (=ld. to 8jd. per lb.), ditto root, from 8 to 45 
cents. (— IJd. to 8il. per lb.) For druggists' barks in 
quills broken quills and chips up to 50 cents. (=9d. per 
lb.) was paid, and for ditto root from 11 to 14 cents. 
(=2d. to 2|d. per lb.) The principal buyers were the 
Auerbach, Amsterdam, and Brunswick works. — Che- 
mist and Druggist, Oct. 10th. 
— — — — — 
To the Editor. 
TEETOTUM VERSICLES. 
Dear Sir, — Could you fiud space in your valu- 
able column for the following lines, not on ao- 
couot of their intrinsic merit, but for the soundness 
of th eir sentiment. PLANTER PETER . 
In Peaise of Cevlon Tea. 
(With apologies to " Gipsy John.") 
Another day is over, 
From care and toil we 're free ; 
Now should tlie song-famed rover 
Come punctual home to tea. 
Why should he with such constant mind 
Have all things else foregone ? 
The reason is not hai'd to find, — 
His tea came from Ceylon. 
(Chorus) They put hot water in the pot, 
And pour it out with glee ; 
You '11 swear mere earthly drink cannot 
Compare with Ceylon Tea. 
The gods who in Olympus 
Ambrcsial nectar quaffed. 
Though vulcan with a limp pass 
To fill their cups, they laughied ; 
Think would they have themselves disgraced 
In such a fash-i-ou, 
Had their poor nectar been replaced 
By Tea made in Ceylon ? 
(Chorus; Then put hot water iu the pot, 
And pour it out with glee ; 
You '11 swear mere earthly drink cannot 
Compare ivith Ceylon Tea. 
Lovers of sparkling wine there be 
The reverse cf ascetic, 
"With whom champagne does not agree 
(It 's dear as an emetic) ? 
Then why not be more rich in purse, 
Thoughyon wear no blue ribbon. 
Drink that which ne'er made body worse 
The Tea ofOld Ceykn. 
(Chorus) Then put hot water in the pot, 
And pour it out with glee ; 
You'll swear mere earthly drmk cannot 
Compare with Ceylon Tea. 
Now mind the water 'a boiling ; 
The servant, if it 's not. 
Should by a just recoiling 
Find himself in some as hot. 
Pnt tea, when the right heat is struck, 
A spoon for each per.so«,. 
With an extra one which is for luck 
To the Plant! rs o£ Ceylon. 
(Chorus) Then put hot water in the pot, 
And pour it out with glee ; 
You'll swear mere earthly drink canno 
Compare with Lanka's Tea, 
