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THE  TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
[July  r,  1896. 
port,  Forfiiv,  Lydcl,  Maerhip,  Northback,  Penxanco, 
PresLoii,  'i'eddiiifijlon,  Whiitesford,  \\  inchtidd,  Wey- 
mouth, Wolverhamptou. 
(Jrannauy. — Iiisel-Lcipzig,  lleigen,  Weimar. 
llungary.^ — BudaPcBtli. 
Holland. — Amsterdam. 
India.— Calcutta,  llawal  Pindi,  Umballa,  Karachi. 
.Japan. — Yokohama. 
Mauritius. — Mauritius. 
Singapore. — Singapore. 
United  States  of  America. — Detroit. 
Xote.—A.  Tea  is  delivered  at  any  port  m the  world, 
and  B.  At  any  address  in  Great,  Britain,  freight, 
duty  and  all  charges  paid,  either  before  shipment 
or  on  delivery  at  destination.  Bates  on  appli- 
cation.   , . . 
The  quality  of  the  teas  is  always  maintained  re- 
gardless of  cost,  the  X Blend  lea  being  a Blend  of  the 
choicest  Ceylon  Teas  obtainable.  , , 
Remittance  by  P.  O.  Order  or  Bank  Draft,  which 
should  accompany  Order,  to  be  made  payable  to  the 
Ceylon  Tea  Company,  Uimitod. 
OUVAH  AND  SPRING  VALLEY 
COMPANIES. 
The  annuiil  meetings  took  place  at  the  London 
ottice  of  the  Companies  on  27th  May,  Mr.  Alfred 
Brown  presiding,  supported  by  his  brother  Direc- 
tors, including  Mr.  Oswahl,  while  some  half- 
dozen  City  shareholders  made  up  the  meeting— 
the  only  old  Ceylon  resident  besides,  I noticed, 
being  Mr.  Geo.'  Siiiyttan  Dull',  the  former  res- 
iiected  Manager  of  the  old  Oriental  Bank,  whom 
1 was  glad  to  see  looking  e.vceedingly  well  con 
sideling  his  yeais. 
I sent  you  the  Spring  N'alley  Report  last  mail 
— that  of  the  Ouvah  Company  may  have  reached 
you  also,  but  in  case  not,  I send  it  now.  [Duly 
received  and  published. — Ed.  C.O.]  The  fact 
emphasized  by  the  Chairman  most  in  both  caie.s, 
was  the  better  price  paid  for  their  teas  last  year 
than  in  1894 ; the  good  yield  of  crop  and  the 
first-clas.s  factories  provided.  In  the  case  of 
Sl’tUNtJ  Valley,  a good  coll'ee  crop  had  helped 
in  1895 ; but  this  was  not  to  be  repeated  in  1896 
when  the  crop  would  be  iioor,  and  although 
tea  was  increasing,  yet  with  the  area  of  young 
tea  to  keep  u|>  and  tliat  to  lie  planted— 1. 5 J acres 
in  ’96  and  ’97,  till  1,650  acres  m .all  were  reached 
the  Ch.airm.an  could  not  say  how  the  dividend 
for  the  present  ye.ar  might  be,  tbough  the  jiros- 
pects  thereafter  should  be  gwid.  He  consiilered 
the  Company  should  stop  planting  at  1,650  acres, 
or  at  any  rate  add  to  thi.s  slowly  if  at  all. 
The  purchase  of  Kotagodde  estate  had  been  a 
o-ood  one,  strengthening  the  Company,  and  he 
congratulated  the  shareholders  on  the  increased 
value  of  their  property  as  a whole— shares  which 
were  at  £2  not  long  ago,  being  now  at  £6. 
A SHAREIIOLDEI!  wanted  to  know,  in  the  case 
of  Kotagoda,  how  the  purchase  money  (£6,300) 
was  provided. 
Another  shareholder — if  the  5 per  cent  divi- 
dend would  be  kept  up  for  1896. 
A THIRD  SHAREHOLDER — how  much  of  the  area 
in  tea  on  Spring  Valley  w.as  on  old  coll’ee  land, 
and  bow  much,  it  any,  on  virgin  land. 
Ridkers  shuuld  use 
CALVERT’S  DENTO-PHENOLENE, 
A ERAORANT  LIQUID  DENTII’RICE  AND 
MOUTH-WASH. 
Editor  of  lleoJth  says; — “The  most  ell'ective 
nrejiaration  for  ridding  the  mouth  of  the  arum,a 
of  tobacco,  and  leaving  a jileasant  taste.” 
Sold  in  Is-  6(6,  2.V.  6(6,  and  1 lb.  7-v-  6(6  bottles, 
by  Chemists,  & c. 
F.  C-  CALVERT  & CO.,  Manchester. 
'riie  Ch.urman  replied  that  the  Director.s  were 
inclined,  if  .apiirovcd  by  shareholders,  to  pay  for 
Kotagodde  out  of  ],roli’ts  taking  £ 1 ,000  a year  or 
so.  Nc.\L,  that  it  was  impo.ssihle  at  present  to 
.say  how  the  dividend  might  be— much  would 
depend  in  the  cotlee  prospects  for  ’97;  for  if  the 
Directors  felt  assured  that  a good  sum  was  to 
come  in  for  coll'ee  ne.xt  year,  they  might  feel  more 
justified  in  recommending  a good  dividend  for 
1896. — As  to  area  planted,  most  of  Spring  V'alley 
tea  was  on  cofl’ee  land,  very  little  on  patua  or 
scrub,  and  there  was  this  to  remember  that  the 
worst  cofl’ee  on  the  estate  was  lirst  snper.seded 
by  tea,  so  that  there  was  further  reason  to  c.v|iect 
better  crops  from  the  younger  tea. 
Tlie  Rejiorts  of  both  Companies  were  duly 
carried. 
The  Chair.vian  in  propo.sing  that  Mr.  Oswahl 
take  the  jdace  permanently  of  Mr.  I’otts  as 
Director,  spoke  in  higli  terms  of  the  aid  he  liad 
already  rendered,  and  of  the  barge  stake  in  the 
Companies’  shares  he  repre.sented. — The  election 
was  duly  carried. 
In  moving  a vote  of  thanks  to  the  Chairman, 
Directors  and  ollicers  of  the  (kimpany,  Mr.  J. 
Ferguson  congratulated  the  shareholders  on 
securing  one  so  well-qualified  to  succeed  the  late 
Mr.  Brown  as  Chairman,  and  on  adding  to  the 
Board  a gentleman  with  the  business  capacity 
and  Ceylon  e.xperience  po.ssessed  by  Mr.  Oswald, 
whom  he  know  to  lie  Idghly  esteemed ; while 
in  their  Secretary,  and  Ceyion  Managers  they 
h.ad  all  “'ood  men  and  tine. — Carried  with  ap- 
jilaiLse,  Mr.  Brown  and  Mr.  Oswald  duly  return- 
ing thank.s. 
A NEW  PATENT  ROLL-BREAKER. 
Apparatus  for  breaking  up  balls  of  rolled  tea, 
giving  the  leaves  a final  roll,  and  separating  the 
finer  and  coarse  portions  while  freely  exposed  to 
the  air.  The  leaves  are  fed  by  a hopper  between 
a fixed  corrugated  plate  and  a rotary  corrugated 
disc  which  is  driven  by  a shaft  adjustably 
mounted  in  a footsteji  bearing.  The  leaves  fall 
from  ilie  edge  of  the  disc  upon  a screen,  which 
is  o.s('illated  by  a cam  on  the  shaft,  and  the 
larger  leaves  fall  from  the  end  of  the  seive,  while 
smaller  oiie.s  pass  through  it.  The  upper  jilate 
may  he  fitted  with  a steam  jacket,  when 
it  is  desired  to  heat  the  leaves  under  treat- 
ment, and  it  may  be  hinged  at  one  side  in  order 
to  give  acce.ss  to  the  corrugated  surfaces.  A 
modified  form  of  the  apjiaratus  is  described  in 
which  the  discs  are  arranged  vertically.— 
trated  Official  Journal  (Patcntu).  May  20. 
CooR(j : A New  Tea  District. — There  is  no  end  to 
the  faith  that  is  held  in  tea.  The  latest  district  to 
point  out  the  desirability  of  opening  out  in  tea  is 
Coorg,  where  the  "Western  Ghauts  are  considered 
peculiarly  favourable.  The  rainfall  is  certainly  ample 
enough  and  the  forest  land  good  and  abundant. 
Certainly  West  Coorg  is  a district  to  prospect  for 
men  who  are  still  sanguine  of  tea  paying  for  the 
next  twenty  years  or  so.  We  believe  we  are  correct 
in  stating  that  the  two  failures  in  experimental  tea 
cultivation — both  in  or  very  near  Mercara — were  due 
to  the  extreme  shortness  of  yield  owing  to  the  rain- 
fall at  this  station  not  being  sufliciently  distributed, 
coupled  with  the  wretched  “grass”  land  cliosen  for 
the  sites.  I'lirther  west,  down  the  ghaut,  conditions 
are  far  more  favourable.  'Phe  only  drawliack  is  tlic 
fact  that  during  the  K.W.  nion.soon  no  produce  can 
he  shipped  from  the  Coast.  Were,  however,  the  con- 
templated  pier  at  Tillichorry  constructed,  as  it  un- 
doubtedly should  be,  this  objection  would  be  re- 
moved.— Plantvuj  Opinion,  June  20. 
