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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIS I . 
[Aug.  I, 
The  area  under  Tea  is  as  follows 
TEA. 
Over  5 years  old 
1892 
741  acres. 
Planted  Nov./Dec 
53  ., 
1893 
243  „ 
,, 
. . . • • • 
1894 
179  „ 
1895 
115  ,, 
Area  under  Tea  . . 
1,361  „ 
Area  under  Coffee  . . 
' .538  „ 
Area  under  Fuel  . . 
57  „ 
Forest  Patna  and  Waste  . . 
297  „ 
Total  Area 
2,253  acres. 
The  Directors  regret  to  announce  the  retirement 
of  Mr.  H.  H.  Potts  from  the  Board,  owing  to  ill- 
health.  Mr.  P.  C.  Oswald  has  been  selected  to  fill 
the  vacancy.  Mr.  Oswald  retires  on  this  occasion, 
and,  being  eligible,  offers  himself  for  re-election. 
J.  Alec  Roberts,  Secretary. 
18th  May,  1896. 
OUVAH  COFFEE  COMPANY,  LIMITED 
Ebport. — To  be  presented  to  the  Thiriy-third 
Ordinary  General  Meeting  of  the  Oompany,  to  be 
held  at'No.  5,  Dowgate  Hill,  London,  on  Wednesday, 
the  27th  day  of  May  1896,  at  12-30  o’clock  p.m. 
The  following  Annual  Accounts  are  now  presented 
to  Shareholders,  viz. Profit  and  Loss  Accounts  for 
Crop  1894-5,  Balance-sheet  made  up  to  31st  March 
1896 
Crop  1894-5. — In  the  Directors’  last  Report  the 
Coffee  Crop  of  the  above  season  was  estimated  at 
about  1,000  cwt.,  and  it  will  be  seen  that  the  actual 
weight  sold  in  London  amounted  to  1,208  cwt.  2 qra. 
14  lbs.  ^ . , 
The  proceeds  amounted  to  £5,646  14s.  lOd.,  giving 
an  average  of  93s.  5d.  per  cwt.,  against  an  average 
of  99s.  8d.  obtained  for  the  previous  crop.  Coffee 
sold  in  Ceylon  realized  £149  8s.  Id. 
The  ci’op  of  Tea  was  estimated  at  575,000  lb.,  and 
the  actual  weight  sold  from  the  Company’s  own 
estates  was  564,000  lbs.  Besides  this,  3-19,483  Ib.s.  of 
Tea  manufactured  from  leaf  bought  from  neighbour- 
ing estates  w’ere  sold. 
The  value  of  all  tea  sold  was  £34,587  6s  lid,  or  an 
average  of  9.08d  per  lb.  as  compared  with  8.66d  for  the 
previous  season. 
Cocoa,  W'oighiiig  270  cwt.  0 qrs.  3 lb.  realized  £657 
19s  7d,  the  average  selling  price  being  48 1 9d  per 
cwt,  against  60s  4d  for  the  former  y^ear’s  crop. 
It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  total  value  of  all  pro- 
duce sold  amounted  to  £41,090  12s  7d. 
The  tota.1  Expenditure  for  the  year  in  Ceylon  and 
London  amounted  to  £30,022  11s  9d,  and  deducting 
this  from  the  value  of  the  Produce,  a profit  is  shewn 
on  the  season’s  working  of  £11,068  Os  lOd.  To  this 
has  to  be  added  the  sum  of  £83  Os  lid  brought  for- 
ward from  last  year,  giving,  a total  of  £11,151  is  9d 
at  the  credit  of  Profit  and  Loss  Account. 
An  Interim  dividend  of  3 per  cent  on  the  capital 
of  the  Company  was  paid  on  the  7th  November  last, 
which  absorbed  .£3,000  of  the  above-named  sum,  and 
the  Directors  now  recommend  that  £5,00(5  bo  ap- 
plied to  the  payment  of  a further  dividend  of  5 per 
cent,  making  8 per  cent  for  the  year,- and  that  the 
balance  of  £3,151  Is  9d  be  dealt  with  as  follows 
'To  write  off  the  balance  of  the 
cost  of  Ledgerwatte 
£1,000  0 0 
of 
To  be  credited  towards  Cost 
Badulla  Tea  Factory 
To  be  carried  forward  to  next 
Account  
1,000  0 0 
1,151  1 9 
Owing  to  unfavourable  weather  dnring  tin 
part  of  the  season  the  Te.a  Crop  did  not  quit 
up  to  estimate.  The  satisfactory  yield  of 
made  tea  per  acre  was,  liowever,  obtained,  a 
price  shews  an  improvement  compared  with 
the  previous  year. 
The  whole  area  un  ’er  tea  is  reported  tc 
first-rats  order,  and  it  is  hon-d  that  by  the 
the  present  yerr  we  sh.all  have  2,000  acres 
that  eultivation.  Every  care  i.i  being  taken  i 
the  most  suitable  land  at  our  dLp-Jsal  for  pi 
and  to  put  in  only  the  very  best  seed. 
The  four  fac'tories  belonging  to  the  Comp; 
in  full  operation,  and  heavy  outlay  on  this 
may'  be  considered  to  be  at  an  end.  As  furlli; 
of  our  teir  come  into  bearing,  increased  wi 
space  and  additions  to  our  machinery 
required,  but  no  barge  expenditure  will  be  nr 
in  p.ny  one  year. 
It  is  exceedingly  difficult  to  eatimate  what 
Coffee  will  be  secured  tins  year.  Black  b 
other  pests  have  been  very  virulent,  and  tl 
will  in  any  case  be  small. 
The  estimated  Tea  Crop  is  006,000  lb.,  aiif 
is  gathei'ed  and  present  prices  ai’e  maiutaii 
result  of  the  1895-90  working  should  be  satis 
The  area  now  under  Tea  is  as  follows: — 
TEA. 
Over  5 years  old 1,21 
Plan  ted  Novembor/Decomber 
1891 
1892 
1893 
1894 
1895 
1( 
II 
1- 
1; 
Area  under  Tea 
Area  under  Coffee  . . 
Area  under  Fuel  . . 3; 
Forest  Tatmi,  and  Waste  4( 
1,81 
6( 
'Total  Area  . . 3,2 
The  Directors  regret  to  announce  the  retiri 
Mr.  H.  H.  Potts,  from  the  Board  owdr.g  to  il 
Mr.  P.  C.  Oswald  has  been  selected  to  fill  the 
Mr.  N.  Stew.avt,  a Member  of  Lbe  Bo;xrd, 
on  this  occasion,  and,  being  eligble,  offers  hit 
rc-cleoticn, 
Messrs.  Deloitte,  Dever,  Griffiths,  A C 
Auditors,  abio  offer  themselves  for  re-electioi 
18th  May,  1896.  By  order,  J.  Alec  Eo 
Secre 
£3,151  1 9 
The  result  shewn  above  cannot  but  be  satisfactory 
COFFEE  NOTES. 
It  is  estimated  that  the  coffee  crop  of  Liberi 
50,000  piculs  this  year,  against  30,000  piculs  1 
'The  state  legislature  of  Espirito  Santo  is  d 
the  plan  adopted  in  the  agreement  signed 
polls  by  the  representatives  of  four  coffee  £ 
increasing  the  consumption  of  coffee. 
Francisco  Schmidt,  a planter  residing  near 
Preto,  has  scut  two  coffee  trees  to  Germany 
purpose  of  figuring  at  an  exhibition  in  that 
E-ach  tree  together  with  tiie  earth  at  its  root 
frame  in  which  it  is  packed  is  said  to  wei{ 
According  to  a recent  offici;xl  stat'.miout  tl 
ill  1H94  ill  the  Mexican  state  of  Oaxaca  alone  ( 
coffee  trec.s.  In  lS89  the  exports  of  col 
Mexico  amounted  to  9,213,091  kilogixwnmes, 
1893  bad  increased  to  14,514,919  kilogramm 
plantations  are  being  constantly  created. 
Messrs.  W.  H.  Crossman  & Co.,  of  N« 
estimate  that  the  Brazil  coffee  crop  of  18' 
be  about  10,000,000  bags,  of  which  about 
bags  will  be  marketed.  Brazil  has  lately 
55  per  cent,  of  the  ooSee  production  of  the  wi 
other  countries  for  some  years  past  have 
an  average  of  4,889,041  bags  per  annum.  If 
duce  this  average  the  total  supply  for  ISi 
be  13,389,000  bags.  The  consumption  is  cal< 
11,2.50,000,  bags,  from  w'hich  it  appears  that 
