626 THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [March 2 , iSgli 
Statement of Profit and Loss from 
31st December 1890. 
Dr. E c. K c. 
To yarn Production Ac- 
couat Balance 
31st July ... 24,774 26 
Cotton Expenditure 77,490 25 
Stores do ... 1,302 91 
Fuel do ... 2,035 90 
Wages do ... 8,826 83 
89,603 89 
114,438 15 
Less Yarn trans- 
ferred to W cav- 
ing Eoom 
To Cloth Production 
Account Balance 
31st July 
Yarn received from 
Spinning Eoom 
Stores Expenditure 
Fuel do 
Repairs do 
Wages do 
Agents and Secretaries, 
Allowance for 
Office Establish- 
ment 
Agents’ Commission ... 
Salaries 
To Printing and Sta- 
tionery, Stamps & 
Telegrams 
Charges, and Transport 
and Tolls 
Interest 
Rents 
Directors’ Fees ... 
Auditors’ Fees 
Fire Insurance 
Legal Expenses 
Balance net Prolit 
Total Es. 
Cr. 
By Yarn Sales 
Add, Value of Cot- 
ton in Mixing 
Eoom 
Add, Value of Yarn 
in Process 
Add, Value of Yarn 
in Bales 
Add, Value of 
Waste, &c. ... 
Cloth Sales 
Add Value of Y'arn 
in Weaving Eoom 
Add Cloth in Stock 
50,010 12 
29.534 
58 
50,010 
12 
4,704 
69 
2,035 
90 
188 
56 
10,727 
93 
— 
67.697 
20 
2, -5 00 
00 
1,884 
3,875 
53 
00 
880 
07 
1,484 
73 
6,354 
15 
577 
00 
1,250 
00 
200 
00 
552 
00 
75 
90 
18,633 
38 
59,505 
13 
2,794 
92 
3,805 
35 
1,503 
80 
1,194 
33 
9.298 
40 
88,783 
72 
8,077 
44 
20,268 
89 
— 
28,346 
33 
Transfer Foes 
Miscellaneous Eeceipts 
Aug t 
c 
64,398 03 
97,231 68 
8,456 63 
188,719 62 
68,803 53 
117,130 05 
100 00 
2,686 04 
Total Es, 188,719 62 
Examined and found correct, S. T. Richmondy 
W. E.Taylor, Auditors. 
« 
RAILWAY TRANSPORT OP CARDAMOMS: 
THE NEED OF CONSIDERATION AND ATTENTION IN 
RANDS. 
One interested writes to us about a matter 
which doubtless affects all cardamom owners in 
the Kandy districts and which, therefore, ought to 
receive the early attention of the Railway Traffio 
Manager, The complaint is as follows : — 
With cardamoms sent down green for curing in 
Colombo, quick transport is Ulc essential to success. 
On an estate 8 miles from Kandy, we send off coolies 
.specially after 4 p.m. with cardamoms who reach 
Kandy at say 0 ]),m. These cardamoms are not for- 
warded by the Railway authorities till the 1 p.m 
goodu train of tho following day, rcaoLing Colombo 
about 7 p.m. (too late for removal), and reach the 
Colombo store about 10 a.m. ou the third day. There 
is a goods train which leaves Kandy at 5 a.m. in 
the morning, but all goods for it must reach Kandy 
before 5 p.m. of the day before, as the goods office 
closes then. And although we have sent coolies in 
by night to arrive at Kandy at 4 a.m. goods will 
not be received after 6 p.m. of the day before for 
the early morning train. 
Now surely some arrangement might be made fo 
allow of quicker transit, either by opening the goods 
office for a short time at a later hour say 9 p.m. 
or by allowing goods brought at 4 a.m.* to be forwarded 
by the morning train. 
TEA IN LAG GALA, MAT ALE EAST. 
EXTENSION OP CULTIVATION. 
There can be no question that Messrs. Barlow & 
Co, (large Manchester dealers in tea) have got a 
splendid bargain in the group of properties which 
includes Brae, Lauragalla, Foyers and Dell, covering 
some 1,083 acres of which 180 are in tea, the 
price being £4,500 cash. A short time ago, the 
group was valued at over £6,000 for a Company. 
The tea on Brae is very fine, and it is the intention of 
the purchasers to open and plant some 300 acres 
additional as soon as possible perhaps this year. 
The same firm is likely to purchase the Haltan- 
wella and Rook Park properties in the same district. 
• 
Cultivation of Rice in Russia. — The Russian 
Agricultural Department is about to attempt the 
cultivation of rice in the southern provinces. The 
rice with which the experiments are to be tried is 
an early and quickly-ripening variety found in China. 
It is a very difficult matter to obtain this rice, for 
its sale to private individuals is prohibited. — European 
Mail, Jan. 16th. 
Value op Minerals and Gems produced in India 
IN 1889. — The total value of minerals and gems 
produced iu British India during the year 1889 
amounted to Rl, 72,67,357, and those in Native 
States to R71,70,222, making a total of R2, 44, 37, 579- 
Bengal heads the list with B58, 47,439 ; next comes 
Mysore with E51,13,104 ; then Madras with 
E3378,707,; Bombay with E21,05,602 (this includes 
Sindh and Native States), &o., and Coorg E28,185. 
As regards the production of gold, Mysore stands 
pre-eminent with a money value of R42,62,050; 
followed by Madras with El,39,473. The other 
places are Punjab E14,866 ; Kashmir R6,020 ; 
North-Western Provinces and Oudh E4,4C0 ; Bengal 
E2,000, and Burma Indian Engineer. 
Cinchona Baek and Quinine. — We call at- 
tention to the very full and valuable annual Report 
afliorded by Messrs. C. F, Bohringer & Son, 
which will be found on page 630. It will be 
observed that the price of Sulphate of Quinine 
which was 40s on 1st January 1822 is given on 
1st January 1891 at Is to Is Id ! The exports 
from Java have advanced steadily from 420,668 lb. 
(Amsterdam) in 1882-3, to 4,750.0001b. in 1889-90, 
and the sales of bark at Amsterdam show a large 
rise last year, while those in London are rather 
less than usual. The exports from Ceylon, India 
and Bolivia of bark all show a falling-off, while 
the consumption of quinine in North America has 
greatly increased last year, thus, — 
1889 ... ... 2,825,008 ounces, 
1890 to 20th Deo. ... 3,374,300 „ 
Increase ... 549,292 „ 
Stock in London of bark show a considerable falling- 
off — over half-a-million lb. at the end of 1890, as 
compared with the close of 1889. Altogether, there, 
fore, the prospect is of a rise in the value of bark 
at an early date, 
