juNE I, 1892.] 
THE TROPlCkL AQRICULTURJST. 
8S3 
1885 1886. 1890. 1891. 
3 218,100 lb. 6,245,220 1b. 34,516,469 lb. 51,227,602 lb. 
'in the Schedule at3 foot are given pnrticularB of 
the acreage cultivation, and elevation of the t states to 
be acquired. The ficest Teas are grown at an eleva- 
tion of from S0,0i!0io 6,000 feet, and the aroaof such 
land beir g very limited, it will at once be appareijt 
that most of the estates are favourably eitnated. 
The following- coctracts have been entered iutn : — 
An sgreemeut dated 31-t March, 1892, between the 
Ceylon and Oriental Investment Corporation, Limited, 
of the one pirt, and the Company of the other pert 
An agreement between the Ceylon and Oriental 
Investment Porporation, Limited, and Messrs. Eanrg 
Bros and Co., contained in letters dated the 11th 
Jftuuary, 1892, from the Corpointiou to Messrs. Baring 
Bros. & Oo , an.l 15th January, 1892, from Messrs. 
BariDg Brof . & Oo. to che Corporation. An agreement 
dated the 3lHt M.iich 1892, between the ForeiRn and 
ColoniHl Deben'ure Corporfttiou, Limited, of the one 
part, «nd the Compauy oflbe other part. An agree- 
irent dated 31bt March, 1892, between John Hunth y 
Thring of the one part, and the Company of the 
other part. 
The Oejlon and Oriental Investment Corporation, 
Limite(l,in carrying ou its operationsto the present time 
ba?) entered into various other contracts, of the ordinary 
business nature, but which it is impossible to enumerate 
in detail. Applications for Shares will, therefore, be 
received e nly on the footinpr that the applicants have 
notice of such contraote, and have waived the speci- 
fication herein of the particulars of such contracts or 
any further information with regard thereto to which 
they may be entitled, whe'her under the 38th section 
of the Companies Acts, 1867, or otherwise. 
The Memorandum and Artii les of Asfociation of the 
Company and the above contracts can be inspected at 
the Offices of the Solicitors (o the Con pai y. 
It is intended to apply for a Stock Exchange 
quotation for the Company's Shares. 
Application should be marie on the Form accompany- 
ing the Prospectus, and sent, with deposit money 
payable on application to the Company's Bankrrs. 
Prospectuses and Forms ef Application may be 
obtained at the office of the Company or from the 
Bankers or Solicitors. 
Schedule of Ebtaies to be Acquibed. 
Name of Estates. 
B0)?aliawatte 
LeVallon 
Kaiatalawa 
*DenPgama (oue- 
haU) 
Peacock Hill 
Keenakelle 
Peradenia 
"Oodcwelle (one 
hair) 
"Wiltshire and 
Hnnipsliire 
Wangle Oya 
Moralioya aod Wil- 
ton 
ratliraiialUv 
Narihaimne and 
Dee^alla 
H a . 
o (u o 2; 
o fed oO 
518 22 78 
873 
283 
116 
33 
64 
112 48 
300 ... 88 
225 210 538 
333 .. 767 
158 50 179 
ei8 4,500 
17(9 3,600 
316 3,500 
224 3,500 
388 3,500 
973 3,000 
l.tOO 2,50 J 
295 
430 
130 
147 
140 
245 
137 
293 
438 
310 
387 
540 
567 
423 
585 
450 
2,600 
2,500 
4,700 
500 
700 
3U0 
3,044 330 4,070 8,360 
* The figures represent the Comiiany's one-half share 
in these estates, 
OEYIiON TEA. 
I had a talk with Mr. Boustead about tea pre- 
paration and prospects : he does not approve of 
tea iiryinj? at n low temperature and aa regards the 
017 lor " keeping ([unlitiefl " in Ceylon tea, a yreat 
change has taken plauo because our leas now pass 
BO quiokly either into consumption or to the f;m(.ll 
distnbuiors, having last year and this ousted China 
very Widely. A ooneiderable diU'erenoe m tea 
Bo . ' 
preparation has been effected iu some cases by 
shilting a factory or at any rate withering sheds 
from a damp hollow to a breezy sunny heiRht. 
But this relers more especially to the loweountry. 
On the other hand I am told of very favorable 
reports on some Indian teas treated with low 
temperature drying, and I have been asked to call 
and see the repoit of a member of the well known 
Mincing Lano Firm, Messrs. W. J. & H. Thompson, 
which I must do. 
FUEL FOB TEA FACTOEIES : SOLIDIFIED I'ETROLIUM 
I am indebted this morning to Mr. Wm. Gcw 
(head o£ the well-known Broking Firm ond tea 
planter himself), for some important papers with 
striking testimony to the value of a new patent 
solidified petroleum as an efficient and useful fuel. 
Mr. Gow writes : — 
' As the supply of a cheap and good fuel for the 
drying of tea is exercising the minds of bo many 
planters, I f-m fending jour enclosed hyme particnlais 
I have obtained regarding the new " Solidified Petro- 
leum blacks' that you may bring this fuel to the 
notice of your friends in Ceylon. I am told that in 
the form of bliicUs this fuel is non-explosive and 
therefore perfectly safe in transit. 
Apart from a very large number of favourable 
press notices, a special circular contains the at- 
tested reports on this new process and result of 
the following gentlemen : — 
Sir Edward J. Keed, k.c.b, f.r.s., M.P.; G. J. Snelus, 
Esq., F E s., F.c.s., Bessemer Medallist, &c., past Vice- 
President Iron and Steel Institute; D. A. Sutherland, 
Esq., F.I.C., F.C.S., Loi don and Berlin ; Boverton Red- 
wood, Esq., f.e.b. e., f i c, f cs.. Technical Adviser to 
Oil Trade Section of the Lo' don Chamber of Com- 
merce ; James Dewar, Esq , f.r.s., Pullerian Professor 
of t hemistry Roytil Insti ntion, Jaokgonisii Professor 
of Natural E.xperimental Philosophy, University of 
Cainbridee; Alfred Blytb, Etq., (late J, & A. Blylh, 
Engineers, Limehouse). 
1 will only quote one paragraph from Sir E. J. 
Reid's report dated Nov. I4th last : — 
It is nut necessary, I presume, for me to furnish 
detailed calculations, and estimates of cost and profit, 
but 1 may observe that, even when bated upon the 
present limited scale of operations, such calculations 
and estimates as I have made, show that at the present 
prices of crude petroleum and of 01 her fuels, a very 
large, I may say an enormous, margin of economy 
results in favour of the solidified petroleum in the 
production of a given amount of heating power. Even 
this margin will be increased, of courfe, when the 
operations assume the proportions of a large manufac- 
ture. There is no reason to suppose that the price of 
crude petroleum will much increase even with a greatly 
increased demand, because new sources of supply are 
frequently being discovered. But a very large increase 
of price might take place, and still leave the folidified 
petroleum a vast field for economical and highly pro- 
fitable extension. 
Messrs. Snelus and Sutherland's summary runs : — 
SuMMAiiy. — We may summarize the advantages of 
this process for solidifying petroleum, by saying that 
it is rapid, extremely simple, and requires no skilled 
labour. The fuel produced can be bandied iu much 
the same way as other solid fuel and a very much 
greater amount of heat obtained from a given quan- 
tity. Its chief advantage over previous experiments 
in this direction, is that it does not fuse when burnt 
under the before-mentioned conditions, 
There can be no doubt from previous experiments 
with petroleum as a fuel, that in relative effective 
Inatiuk' power it is immensely superior to coal. 
We might further add that as it contains no Pyrites 
it will, therefore, unlike coal, not be liable to spon- 
tani ons combustion. 
'1 he experiments we witnessed were, of course, on 
the small Bcale, but we see no reason tu doubt that the 
