March d, 1891 ,] 
THE TROPICAL AQRICULTU R}ST 
By Balance brought down... ... ... 476 
By Balance transferred from Worliing Account 24,U99 
K2S.474 85 
Audited and found correct. 
(Signed) R. Lewis M. Brown, Auditors 
(Signed) A. Thomson, W. H. G. Duncan, Chas. Young, 
Directors 
,, G. W. Carlyon, Secretary, 
Colombo, Jan. 24th 1891, 
THEFT OF CACAO. 
No. .5,802. — Jalaldeen, conductor of the Grove 
estate, charged one Jeronis Appu of Dumbukola with 
theft of about a lb. of cacao seed, the property of 
Mr, J. H. Barber, valued at 50c, The following is the 
judgment : — 
The evidence in this case is meagre, but in the absence 
of any eiplanation from the accused ns to how he came 
by he 0 acao found in his house it is sufficient to con- 
vict the accused, Blr. Barber’s estate is robbed of c.acao 
on the night of the 20th instant. On (he morning of 
the 23rd, tlie accused is f e< n bringing o pot of ripe cacao 
seceds cently sholled and couce.aling’ it in the spout of 
the house where he is a lodger. He lives within ten 
chains of the trees from which the pods were broken 
off. The seeds in his possession appear to have been 
shelled about three days before they were brought to 
the house, tallying thus with the time when the 
pods were stolen. In quantity they an.swer to the 
quantity which would be the outcome of the stolen 
pods. The seeds were obviously pul away from 
observation, for they were concealed inside a spout 
over which the two eaves of the maduwa and the house 
meet. That is not a place where an hone.st man would 
stow away cacao seeds honestly coma by. The poor 
old woman in whose house the accused lives, frightened 
by the discovery of the cacao seeds, which she found in 
the pot the accused was seen stowing away in tlie 
spout, calls in a labourer or watchman of Ukuwela es- 
tate and gives him information of what she had seen. 
She is a most truthful old creature and was no doubt 
impelled to give this information by the thought that 
if the stolen cacao was found in her house, she may be 
m ade responsible for it. At all events, that very day the 
araohohi comes with the conductor and takes the cacao 
from where it was concealed. Tlie accused was not in 
the house at the time, but it is clear that either he or 
the old woman must have put (he cacao there. I be- 
lieve upon the evidence that the accused put it there. 
He has elicited from the arachchi of bis village by 
cross-examination what I could not have elicited, viz., 
that he has the reputation of being a thief in the vil- 
lage. He is besides a convioted gamb’er. He has 
practically no defence to make. His witnesses whom he 
called prove nothing, and he does not in the smallest 
degree account for the cacao seeds found in bis possession. 
When within a few days of the theft of cacao from 
a complainaut's trees, the accused is found in posses- 
sion of cacao seeds, recently shelled, corresponding in 
quantity to what would he the outcome of the stolen 
pods— the cacao seeds being further put away into an 
out of the way place within the precincts of where the 
accused lives and obviously put away lor concealment, — 
I think I am reasonably entitled to conclude, in the ah- 
senoe of any satisfactory explanation, that the accused 
is the thief. 
I find the accused guilty and sentence him to two 
months’ rigorous imprisonment. 
(Signed) J. H. Eaton, P. M. 
^ — 
THE CEYLON SPINNING AND WEAVING 
COMPANY, (LIMITED). 
Iteport of the Directors for tho year ending 31st 
Deo. 1890, presented at the general meeting held at 
1 p.m. today. 
The Directors now submit the annexed statement 
of accounts up to 31st Dec. 1890, from which it will 
be seen that the net available balance is R8,45G 63 ; 
this is equal to over !> per cent per annum on the 
paid-up capital for the five months the Company has 
been working, but, at this stage of the Company’s 
esist«Qce, Hud in view of its reqqircmeuts, tho Direo- 
625 
tors recommend that a sum of R4 000 be placed to 
a Reserve account, and that the sum of R4,456 63 be 
carried forward. Tho erection of machinery occupied 
the early months of the year, and the getting of the 
various appliances into working order (necessarily a 
slow process) cannot be said to have been accom- 
plished till the end of July. TD vorking period 
therefore comprises the months irom August to 
December inclusive. During that time steady pro- 
gress has been made in Spiniiiug and Weaving, and 
it is expected that a gradual increase in production 
will now take place. The Directors have felt; that 
the prospects were snffloieotly encouraging to warrant 
them in ordering 68 more looms. Six of these huvo 
arrived, and tho rest are on tho way, and will bo 
erected in the existing 'Weaving Department, thereby 
tilling the present available space in it. lu order to 
pay for machinery, it will be necessary to rise 
some additional capital, and it is 2 Jfoposed to do this 
by the is.'^ue of debentures, or by such olher means 
as may be considered more favourable in the int< res. a 
of the Company. The directors consider that tUo 
results attained so far go to show that tho expectations 
formed at tho formation of the Company are likely t 
be gradually realised, and they congratulate the sharo° 
holders on ihe prospects before them. The directoi-s 
who retire are the Hon. J. J. Grinlinton and F. J. do 
Sararn, Esq., and they are eligible for re-election. 
Balance Sheet of the Cevlon Spinning and 
Weaving Company, Lijiited. 
Made up to 31et December 18'JO. 
Dr. Capital and Liabilities. R 0. R c 
I. To Capital 
3,667 Sliares paid R] 00 per Share 366,700 00 
J20 
do 
80 
do 
9,600 
00 
55 
do 
00 
do 
3,360 
00 
50 
do 
40 
do 
2,000 
00 
60 
do 
20 
do 
1,200 
00 
48 
do 
10 
do 
480 
00 
383,280 
4,000 
Particulars of arrears will be found noted below. 
II To Debts and Liabilities : — 
Debts tor which acceptances 
have been given 
Debts ior Machinery and Stock 
in Trade 
Balance of Wages due 
Petty Cash 
■VI. To Marine lusurauco Fuud 
VII. To Profit and Loss 
291,261 13 
17,952 73 
3,672 22 
4 96 
312,891 04 
730 00 
8,4.66 63 
Cr. Property and Assets R 
Itl. By Property held by the Com- 
pany : — 
Immovable Property: — 
Freehold Laud 
16,116 
44 
Uuildiugg 
145.033 
75 
Movable Property : — 
Fixed Piunt 
123,140 
97 
Spionuig Machinery 
190,803 
38 
tVoaving do 
106,269 
1^(5 
Grinuin-? do 
2,790 
64 
Furuiture ... 
1,126 
63 
took in Trade: — 
Cotton ... 
27,442 
80 
Yarn in process, Yarn and 
Waste 
9,298 
40 
Cloth iu Stock and Yam in 
Weaving Room 
28,482 
31 
Stores ... 
22,358 
35 
Fuel 
2,335 
48 
IV. Debts Owing to the Company 
_ 
Debts for which the Company 
holds Dills 
3,703 
12 
Debts for wliirh the Company 
holds on Security ... 
1,9.52 
7.3 
Colonial Store Deposit 
50 
00 
Interest due by Shareholders 
iu arrears 
1,"35 
05 
Consignment account 
22,619 
72 
V. Cash iu the Bauk of Madrai 
R70.5.357 67 
100,155 19 
421,130 78 
69,917 
29,969 62 
1.193 71 
R(V5,357 67 
