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THE TRoi*itm; i^swwmTomsT. [jakoarv i, 1892. 
Os. 6d.. th« Dirfeetors have taken £1,887 Is. 4d. from 
the profits for these purposes, ttud they now recom- 
mend the payment of the dividend of 6 per cent, on 
the Preferenoe Shares, and a dividend of 5/- per Share 
(free of Income Tax) on the Ordinary Shares, carry- 
ing forward a balance of £127 19s. to the next account. 
Sir R. P. Harding end Mr. Edward Pettit retire on 
this occasion, and being eligible offer themselves for 
re-election. 
Mr. John Smith, the Auditor fa Shareholder), also 
retires and offers himself for re-election. 
The Directors regret exceedingly that they have had 
to accept the resignation, from failing health, of 
Mr. Wm. Bois, who since the formation of the 
Company filled the post of Secretary to their entire 
satisfaction, and who still remains a Shareholder. 
A Summary with the details and the Keport of the 
Agents mav be seen at the office. 
By Order, 0. M. Eobbrtson, Seorelary. 
19, Fenohurch Street, E. 0. Nov. 1891. 
THI^ . WEAIHER IN QALLE IN 
NOVEMBER. 
By an Oooasional Meteoeologist. 
Max. 
Mill. 
Wind, 
Rain, 
Nov. 
Is 
81 
76 
West 
•21 
Dj 
2nl 
82 
75 
N. W. and West 
•66 
Do 
3rd 
80 
75 
Oalm 
1'65 
Do 
4th 
80 
75 
N. N. W. & Calm 
•12 
Do 
5th 
82 
77 
W. S. W. & Oalm 
•02 
Do 
6th 
83 
77 
N. E. and N. W. 
•03 
Do 
7th 
8 th 
83 
76 
N. W. 
•00 
Do 
83 
76 
Oalm 
•00 
Do 
9th 
83 
75 
Oalm 
•00 
Do 
10th 
83 
76 
Cahn and West 
•00 
Do 
11th 
85 
76 
West 
4 06 
Do 
12 th 
80 
75 
West and Oalm 
1-51 
Do 
13th 
80 
74 
Oalm and West 
1-25 
Do . 
14th 
80 
75 
West and Calm 
•98 
Do 
15th 
81 
74 
West 
1^74 
Do 
16th 
81 
74 
N. W. 
•09 
Do 
17 th 
, 82 
75 
Calm and N. W. 
07 
Do 
18th 
84 
74 
Oalm. and West 
•00 
Do 
19th 
84 
74 
Calm 
•00 
Do 
20fch 
82 
76 
N. W andCa Im 
•11 
Do 
2l8t 
81 
75 
N. W. 
•00 
Do 
22Qd 
83 
75 
We*t and Calm 
25 
Do 
23 rd 
82 
75 
Calm 
•00 
Do 
24th 
82 
75 
CV m 
•00 
Do 
26th 
84 
75 
N. W. and Calm 
•20 
Do 
26th 
83 
75 
Calm 
•00 
Do 
27th 
84 
75 
Oalm 
•00 
Do 
28th 
84 
75 
E. S. B. and Calm 
■00 
Do 
29th 
84 
73 
Oalm 
•16 
Do 
30lh 
82 
73 
Oalm 
•09 
These papers have now been continued over the 
month when the north-east monsoon should have 
proved i'.selt, and yet we see that even in November 
tbeie w-is a north-east wind only on the 6th of the 
month, and the only other day on which the wind 
was elft was on the 28th, when it was E. S. E,, 
and for not leas than 15 days out of the 30 there 
was a west wind, and only for 9 out of that 15 
parf.k^rg of a direction partly north. The maxi- 
mum thermometer on the 11th when it was 85" 
d^Hw o.) V. heavy fall of rain, over four inches, 
on'y 10 remind ua of the heavy fall in October, and 
to eiiEure that the rest of the month would be 
ocmviirj'.'.ivly dry. There was evidently nothing 
conncoied wiih the changes of the moon or baro- 
mttica' changes deserving of special mention. The 
seusation of heat continued throughout, and con- 
tinued to be normally unaffected by the fall of rain. 
The nights were perhnps cooler in other parts of 
the" island; but in Galle it is only when near De- 
ormbrir that there h any promiHo of improvement 
\ti ihU rospect. And so, we olose our little observa 
tofy lot the present. ^ ^ 
T. 
A Talk on Tower Hill. 
The other d&y that famous physician Sir Andrew 
Olark gave a pretctiption for a really nice cap o tea, 
which appeared in these pages. This has excit d so 
much interest in the bosoms of so many correspon- 
dents that wb beat on'? of our representatives to have 
an afternoon tea talk with another famous Tea Doctor 
— namely, Dr. " Maziwattee," whose consulting-room 
is on Tower-hill. The following is a short account 
of our represeufa'.ivc's visit; — 
The Maziwa'.tee tea warehouse is an immense 
brick pile that stands on Tower-hill. There were 
so many doors in t'co building, so many win- 
dows, so niaD.v pairs of stairs, 60 many chests of tea, 
that they would have furniehed a mathematician with 
examples for a row arithmetic, especially if he posses- 
sed the gift of a Hamblia Smith for such matters. 
After fighting our way betv/een the horses and vans — 
therewa$a big crowd despatching and receiving— we 
made our way to the lift and rattled up to the top of 
building. In a few seconds we were in Ihe prir.tiog- 
room in the centre of a busy crowd; men and boys 
turning out labels for the packets of tea, dtamping 
diaries— a neat litlle book of 144 pp. printed by con- 
stable of Edinburgh — with t'. e nataea of clients ; bind', 
ing up an abridged English dictionary, and " A 
Language of Flouets,' both of which have been distri- 
buted in millions by the firm as a vade mecum to their 
wares; sorting o'it Maza'^^atle^ envelopes with the 
firm's patent " hiving ctip" opener ; or rattlicg off at 
the priuting-pressts biiihear'^ and account-books for 
the customers. lo aixjther room the whirl of the 
steam saw might be heard, and the hammers of the 
joiners making old paokiiij^-oai-es into ne.iv ODts, On 
the next floor we came across the secret of the siiccesB 
of tbi MiiZawatlee taa. It was a section of the biend- 
iner department. la one inhtanca ninf-teeo diid in 
another fifteen ch- .sts of difieient sorts o: tea stood 
ready to be poured into the mixers to get ths stantV.rii. 
quality for one or other particular bleud ; for the 
principle ia that; once haviug discoveied an tioceptabla 
blend, it is rpgislbrtd. The tas'^er consults past 
records, spreading over from that of the list mix to 
that compiled often six months af o, and aims always 
at producing a tea similar iu taste nnd qnaiiby to that 
which has been acquired before. Thi?, of conr.io;, fan 
only be accomplished in very large. cstablishmet.tB, 
and it is this order of tilings and the sealed packet 
system, fuch as thiit cf the M«ziwattoH teu pc plo, 
which ensures the customer receiving a uuifofm article 
time after time. The rows of mixers looked monaieis. 
Each liolda a ton of t(>a. We wondered how all the 
tea was consumed. The wonder was removed when 
Mr. Lloyd, who was kindly showing us over the buiUI- 
iug, pointed out ttiat the firm have agents in every 
village, town and city from Land's End to the Shet- 
lands, from Cape Clear to Rathlin, and tbht the^etily 
output by the firm exceeded 12,000,000 packets of tea. 
We took a peep insiri« tbe mixer?. Th<-y are lined 
with a series of bhelves ; the tea is I'hnffled off from 
one shelf to tbe othrr and go ensures a perfect blen<'- 
ing. In this room there stood other machints for 
breaking up tbe large leaf, from which, in its original 
state, it is practically impossiljlH to obtKin a perfect 
brew, but when brokfn up in this way the b:g leaf 
makes an excellent beverage. Anot^ier and yet auofher 
flight down ; both rooms were filled with a cci wd 
busy ftt work. Here tho te.i was liei-. ti run 
from the accumulators ; a hui'dred hands were weigh- 
ing it, and doing it up in the now familiar tuitoil 
packets with their labels of yellow, daik red, black, 
brown, and green, with gold letteriegs, and storing 
the pound and balf pound packets in trays of iO lb. 
divisions, ready for the packer. Tea bloom in thesd 
roomn s-ppearcd to permcaule i vfrynhire. The n.en. 
and boys looked as if thor hrid heen in a shower of 
gold, and the aromatic odour from the bloom made 
one feel full of delight. S mbre November, on the 
morning of our visit, seemed to have taken a leaf 
out of spring's book. Tiie sun was shining brightly 
on London's most ancient pile, the Tower, as we 
wended our way oat to Messrs. Densham's tasting- 
