July  i,  1896.) 
THK  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
61 
w’.'il.or;  vofiin  oil  is  nso.loss  for  (ho  jiurposo;  oorrosivo 
sublimate  is  too  dangerous,  and  is  not  very  fatal 
to  ticks  e\en  in  solution  I to ‘JOO  of  water;  and  to- 
b.acco  sheei)-di[)s  liave  no  practical  value.  Lr 
Francis  is  at  present  studying  the  effects  of  other 
oils  the  most  [U'omising  being  West  Virginia 
black,  a mineral  oil. — Chemist  and  Driifjr/isf, 
May  23. 
The  Vendor  (Company  will  pay  .all  expenses  up 
to  the  lirst  allotment  of  shares  except  those  in- 
cidental to  the  registration  of  the  Company,  and 
have  fixed  the  imrchase  jirice  (which  includes 
their  profit)  at  £56,000,  payable  as  to  £30,00o  in 
cash,  £13,000  in  fully  paid-up  preference  shares, 
or  partly  in  cash  and  partly  in  preference  shares 
at  the  option  of  the  directors,  and  £13,t00,  in 
fully  paid-up  ordinary  shares. 
.SEFvENDlB  TEA  ESTATES  COMPANY, 
LTD.,  CEYLON. 
The  mail  has  brought  us  a copy  of  the  pros- 
pectus of  this  Company  formed  with  a capital  of 
£150,000  in  30,000  shares  of  £5  each  (whereof 
18,000  are  6 per  cent  cumulative  preference  shares 
preferred  as  to  cajiital  as  well  as  to  dividend), 
anil  12,000  are  ordinary  shares),  for  the  purpose 
of  acquiring  live  estates  in  the  districts 
of  Pussellaw.a,  Ilamboda  and  Badulla,  aggre- 
gating a total  .area  of  1,808  .acres,  ot  which  a limit 
942  are  in  tea,  and  the  bakance  is  described  as 
chena,  forest,  and  grass  land,  a large  portion  of 
Nvhich  is  avail.able  for  tea  planting.  The  oflicials 
.are  : — Directors. — William  Stephenson  Bennett, 
Director  of  the  New  Dimbula  Co.,  Ltd.,  Tower 
House,  Ch.alvey  Park,  Slough,  avIio  will  join  the 
board  after  allotment;  Herbert  Wilford  Brett,  Halli- 
ford-on -Thames  ; John  Loudoun  Shand  (Messrs. 
Shand,  Haldane  & Co.),  24,  Rood  Lane,  E.C.  ; 
Patrick  Gordon  Spence,  (Messrs.  Spence,  Wallis 
& Co.),  Chairman  Duckwari  Te.a  Plantation  Com- 
pany, Ltd.,  17,  Philpot  Lane,  E.C.  Bankers. — • 
Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Austialia  and  China, 
Hatton  Court,  Threadneedle  Street,  E.C.  Brokers. 
— Messrs.  Roger  Mortimer  & Co. , 57,  Old  Broad 
Street,  E.Cb,  and  the  Stock  Exchange.  Soli- 
citor.— H.  B.  W.ade,  8,  Old  Jewry,  E.C.  Secre- 
tary .and  Otiice.s. — H.  Wallis,  71,  Philpot  Lane, 
E.C.  The  following  .are  particulars  of  the  estates, 
showing  the  acre.age  under  tea  and  in  reserve  : — 
U 
^ D 
O rQ 
, 
c-2 
U a 
c3  ^ 
II 
CO  rf 
cs  Pi 
I c3 
c3 
c3  a 
^ fl 
g 3 
•u  Co 
o ^ 
H o 
CO  c3 
fL 
“Riverside” 
. 268 
3 
lit 
12 
88 
390 
“ Gleuloch  ” 
. 1.35 
— 
■101 
58 
82J 
316 
“Kai-agastalawa”. 
“ Wow’esse”  and 
. 120 
— 
— 
72 
200 
392 
“ Debedde  ” 
. 245 
50 
61 
120 
324 
800 
768 
53 
120J 
262 
694* 
1898 
In  the  present  issue  provision  is  made  for  a 
working  c.apital  of  £7,0U0,  which  ^in  the  opinion 
of  the  Directors  is  ample,  as  the  e.states  taken 
over  are  all  going  concerns.  The  production  for 
the  current  year  of  these  estates,  is  estimated  at 
330,000  II).  of  tea  from  821  acres  in  full  be.aring, 
the  prolit  upon  which  calculated  at  only  3d  per  lb. 
is  equ.al  to  £4,125,  which  is  .ample  to  provide 
for  Ihc  ])refcrcnce  dividend  u])on  the  c.apit.al  allo- 
(xated,  .and  le.ave  a good  return  upon  the  paid-ui) 
ordinary  share  c.apital  involved  in  the  purch.ase, 
.and  .as  the  b.alance  of  s.ay  121  .acres  now  in 
young  lea  comes  into  full  bearing,  the  proiluc- 
iion  slionld  be  incre.a.-^ed  to  at.  least  .37-5, 0()0  lb.  ol 
tea,  .and  l.aigei'  prolits  bi‘  in  l•l)il.‘.'equenec  realizeii. 
n U A CM  C Q Q 'lescribing  a really 
ULnllNLOUi  genuine  Cure  for  Deafnes':, 
Ringing  in  Ear.*.',  &c.,  no  matter  how  severe  or  long- 
standing, will  be  sent  p«.st  free.  Artilicial  Ear- 
drums .and  sinul.ar  a])pliances  entirely  super.seded. 
Address  THOMAS  KI'IMPE,  ViCTOiu.v  Cham- 
bers, 19,  Southampton  Buildings,  Holborn  ; 
LONDON. 
CEYLON  TEA  COMPANY,  LIMITED. 
At  the  Fifth  CYdiinary  General  Meeting  of 
shareholders  in  the  Ceylon  Tea  Company,  Limi- 
ted, held  at  Kandy  on  Monday,  the  15th  June 
1896,  there  were  present  Mes.srs.  W.  D.  Gibbon, 
J.  Munton,  A.  Philip,  Mr.  A.  E.  Wright  by 
his  attorney  W.  D.  Gibbon.  Mr.  Gibbon  held 
.a  i>roxy  from  Mr.  A M.  h'orbes,  Mr.  Munton 
held  a proxy  from  Mr.  Harry  Whitham,  and  Mr. 
Philip  hehi  i)roxie.s  from  the  following  share- 
holilers  : — C.apt.  E.  de  Frisch,  Me.ssrs.  .Lames 
Westland,  A.  E.  Holsinger,  .1.  H,  Renton, j C. 
S.  Armstrong  C.  .1.  Pattenson,  F.  T.  Hawke, 
Reginald  Collinson,  H.  YL  Maselield,  Edward 
Hamlin,  R.  Bartrum,  C.  A.  Kalenberg,  J.  A. 
Spence,  P.  Japheth,  Wm.  A.  Wijesekera,  ^V. 
Hasman,  A.  J.  B.  Unwin,  J.  H.  Cobban  Lea, 
Sinnattamby  Wellu|jilley,  and  R.  Burke,  Mrs.  E. 
A.  Carey. 
The  Annexed  ReiKirt  w'as  adopted  and  Messrs. 
W.  D.  Gibbon  and  C.  S.  Armstrong  %vere  elected 
Directors,  while  Mr.  J.  Guthrie  was  reappointed 
auditor. 
Repobt  of  'ihe  Directoks. 
The  Directors  submit  to  the  Shareholders  the 
Fifth  Annual  Report  together  with  the  usual  scate- 
ments  of  accounts. 
The  Directors  have  steadily  kept  in  view’  the  ad- 
vertising of  pure  Ceylon  Tea,  and  their  endeavours 
have  met  with  a satisfactory  response  in  this  res- 
pect, orders  having  been  received  and  repeated  from 
Home  and  the  Continent  as  well  as  the  Colonies. 
A list  is  appended  at  the  foot  of  this  report. 
The  gross  sales  of  Tea  show  an  increase  on  the 
previous  year,  and  the  quality  has  been  much  appre- 
ciated by  visitors  to  Ceylon  and  others. 
In  continuation  of  the  policy  initiated  by  the 
present  Dii’ectors  to  reduce  liabilities  incurred  in 
advertising  and  introducing  Ceylon  Tea  on  the  Con- 
tinent and  in  America,  the  Board  has  decided  to  write 
off  a portion  of  the  amount.  The  working  of  the 
Company  for  the  past  year  may  be  considered  satis- 
factory, and  under  ordinary  circumstances  a dividend 
has  been  earned. 
While,  however,  the  comparatively  large  amount 
of  Capital — R3,654‘74 — remains  locked  up  m the  New 
Oriental  Bank  Corporation,  Jjimited,  in  Liquidation 
none  can  be  paid  tor  the  present. 
MEMO.  OF  PE.XCES  TO  Wllltm  ('F.VEON  TE.V  TEAS  HEKN 
SENT  IN  LSS»5-‘.IC). 
Australia, — Adelaide,  .‘Mhaiiy,  Alclboiuiic,  Sydney. 
Austria. — Fume  Cratz. 
Aden. — Aden. 
China. — Hongkong,  Shanghai,  ILcntsiu. 
I'lgyi'.t. — Poit  Said,  Sue/:,  Cairo. 
Franco.— Castres,  Giron  :es 
Great  Britain. — Bristol,  Brighton,  Boncliim  li,  Boik- 
loy,  Beverley,  Buzzard,  Colciio.sLo)-,  Covan,  Canter- 
t.ury,  Cowes,  Chatham,  Croydon,  Dloore,  Dublin, 
Dulwich,  Dunnore,  Donegal,  Dunedin,  ICdiu- 
burgh,  Erlingi.on,  Glasgow,  H-ilifax,  Havant,  In- 
verkip,  Ipsw’tch,  kmg-ito..ii,  Letcerkonny,  Keh, 
Liverpo  1,  London,  Loicoster  Longliborougli, 
Leeds,  Lottes,  Lurgan,  Ijoighton,  Malo  haum,  May- 
nalty,  Macclesfield,  Man  Nottingham,  I’raigutoli, 
Plymouth,  Ridgsrove,  Southampton,  Shrewsbury, 
Spilsby,  South  Sea,  Tillicoultry,  Western  Super- 
mare, Weltingboro’,  Alloa,  Aberdeen,  Abbotsbury, 
Baaingstake,  Cork,  Cheltenham,  Dumbarton,  Devon- 
