Sept,  i,  1896.] 
THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
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THE  DICTIONARY  OF  ECONOMIC 
PRODUCTS  OF  INDIA. 
Tins  majj;iiilicenfc  work,  l>y  Dr.  Ocorge  Watt, 
C.I.E.,  &c.,  and  runnerous  contributors,  wasi  in- 
tended, wlien  tlie  lirst  volume  was  Issued  in  ISSn,  to 
consist  of  six  vohin\es  ; but  Vol.  \T  liad  to  be  ex- 
panded to  fourparts,  tlie  last  of  winch  waspublished 
in  1893  ; and  now  we  have  received  from  the  Gov- 
ernment of  India  an  additional  volume,  contaiii- 
inj'  an  index  to  the  work.  This  has  been  pre- 
pared by  Mr.  Edgar  Thurston,  Superintendent  of 
the  Government  Museum,  Madras  ; assisted  by 
Mr.  T.  N.  Mukerji,  f.l.s.,  Assistant  _ Curator, 
Indian  Museum,  Calcutta.  The  index  is  a poly- 
glot one.  First  we  have  an  English  list,  in- 
cluding classical  or  foreign  names  in  familiar  use. 
Next  conies  a list  of  Sanskrit,  Arabic,  and  Per 
sian  names.  Then  conies  a lengthy  list  of  names 
in  all  the  “Aryan”  (or  “Gaudian”)  dialects  of 
India,  including  the  transfrontier  districts.  Next 
we  have  lists  in  the  languages  or  dialects  of 
the  hill-tribes,  the  Dravidians,  the  Mongo- 
lians, Burmese,  Andamanese,  and  lastly  “ Cingha- 
lese.”  (Why  loill  Mr.  Thurston  adhere  to  this 
atrocity?)  The  spelling  of  the  Sinhalese  names 
is  in  many  cases  pretty  correct ; hut  in  very 
many  by  no  means  so.  For  instance,  we  have 
such  fearful  and  wonderful  forms  as  calnhecde, 
corallia,  clungazha{\),  hcemarago,  kawhy-ya, 
kokabd-larz  ( ! ),’  kokuhulurz  ( !),  malia-erraminza, 
maha-maram  (\),  penqmn{\),  and,  to  end  up  with, 
ziniagaha  ! Of  course  the  compilers  of  the  in- 
dex iiave  .simply  copied  the  forms  given  in  the 
body  of  the  work  ; but  surely  Dr.  Watt  might 
with  very  little  trouble  have  obtained  the  correct 
spellings  of  the  Sinhalese  words.  This  “ Cingha- 
lese”  list  is  a blot  on  an  otherwise  excellent 
work.  The  Dictionary  of  Economic  Products  is 
a perfect  treasurehouse  of  useful  information ; 
and  under  the  title  of  The  Agricultural  Ledger 
the  Government  of  India  continues  from  time  to 
time  to  issue  pamphlets  furnishing  'information 
supplemental  to  that  given  in  the  Dictionary. 
THE  DOOMOO  TEA  COMPANY  OF  CEYLON 
LIMITED. 
The  first  ordinary  general  meeting  of  the 
shareliohlers  of  this  Company  was  held  in  the 
oliice  of  the  Agents  and  Secretaries  (Messrs.  J. 
M.  Robertson  & Co.)  today  at  noon.  Mr.  F.  W. 
Bois  in-esided,  and  present  were  Messrs.  W.  D. 
Gibbon,  W.  B.  Kingsbury,  £.  John,  C.  Minto 
Gwatkin,  Moir,  Gordon  Frazer,  and  J.  B.  Mason 
(Superintendent)  and  Gordon  Bois  (Secretary.) 
THE  REPORT. 
The  report  of  the  Directors,  sulmiitted  by  the 
Chairman,  was  taken  as  read.  Itis  iu  the  following 
terms  : — 
The  Directors  have  now  the  pleasure  to  submit 
their  Report  and  Accounts  for  the  year  ending  30th 
June,  1890. 
The  quantity  of  Tea  received  from  the  two  Estates 
was  150,092  lb.  against  150,000  estimated.  an.I  the 
price  realized  for  that  sold  locally  was  50  cts  per 
lb.  The  Tea  shipped  to  London  amounting  to 
35,060  lb.  has  been  estimated  to  realize  a sum  which 
the  Directors  consider  safe. 
During  the  year  about  120  acres  of  ColTee  on 
Verellapatna  have  been  planted  up  with  Tea,  and 
the  acreages  of  the  Upstates  now  stand  as  follows: 
Doomoo  . . 100  aciTfS  tea  5 years  old  and  upwards. 
30  ,,  4 ,,  ,, 
20  ,,  3 ,,  ,1 
3 ,,  planted  amongst  coffee 
23  „ Timber 
. 63  „ Grassland 
Verellapatna  180  acres  Tea  5 years  old  and  upwar 
120  „ Tea  and  Coffee 
10  ,,  Grass 
213  ,,  Waste  and  Chena 
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Tho  result  of  the  year’s  working,  after  writing  off 
R5,911'23  for  interest  due  to  the  vendors  of  the  pro- 
perties, show  a profit  of  R26,751'49,  and  the  Direc- 
tors recommend  that  a dividend  of  0 % on  tho  capital 
of  the  Gompany-ll400,000-be  paid  ab- 
sorbing ..  ..  ..  ..1124,000  00 
That  a sura  be  transferred  to  de-"' 
preciation  account  of  . . R2,500  00 
and  that  a balance  bo  carried  for- 
ward of  . . . , . . R251  49 
R20,751  49 
It  should  be  noticed  that  the  profit  shown  is  really 
the  result  for  9 mouths  only,  as  the  share  capital  was 
not  finally  called  up  until  the  end  of  Sept.  1895. 
In  accordance  with  the  articles  of  association  all 
the  Directors  retire,  but  being  eligible  offer  themselves 
for  re-election. 
It  will  also  be  necessary  to  appoint  an  auditor  for 
season  1896-97. — By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors, 
J.  M.  Robertson  & Co.,  Agents  and  Secretaries. 
Colombo,  15th  August,  1895. 
The  Chairman  said  he  regretted  that  the 
accounts  were  not  (piite  so  good  as  they  ex- 
pected them  to  he,  arising  from  the  fact  that 
the  coilee  crop  had  fallen  short  of  the  estimate 
—it  Avas  not  much  more  than  half — and  this 
made  a difference  of  1^  per  cent  on  the  divi- 
dend. Then  again  interest  on  the  purchase 
money  made  another  1^  per  cent  on  the  divi- 
dend, so  that  the  two  together  would  have  made 
a nine  per  cent  dividend  for  the  year  indepen- 
dent of  the  fact  that  the  shareholders  did  not 
pay  tho  value  of  their  shares  until  the  end  of 
September,  and,  therefore,  .so  far  as  they  were 
concerne.il,  the  working  ivas  for  nine  months  only, 
the  dividend  of  6 per  cent  being  for  that  period. 
Shareholders  ■would  notice  that  there  was  a very 
large  quantity  of  young  tea.  The  tea  Avhich  was 
higher  up  did  not  mature  so  quickly  as  that  at  a 
lower  elevi'vbion,  and  the  yield  from  the  four-year- 
old  tea  was  not  much  more  than  suJficient  to 
pay  expenses,  but  as  it  gob  older  it  would 
show  a larger  profit.  In  addition  to  that 
there  wms  a large  quantity  of  young  tea  which 
gave  no  yield  at  all.  He  did  not  know'  that  he 
had  anything  further  to  say,  hut  he  himself 
considered  that  the  future  of  the  Company  was 
satisfactory.  The  estimate  for  the  present  year 
which  would  he  shortly  before  the  directors  (it 
had  only  just  been  received)  showed  a rather 
larger  te.a  croj)  and  <a  rather  larger  coffee  crop 
than  they  had  realized  during  the  present  year  ; 
hut  he  thought  the  latter  must  he  considered 
as  very  douhtiul  a.s  coffee  wms  evidently  on  its 
last  legs  ill  Madulsima.  They  must  not  depend 
on  that  in  future,  and  the  Company  must  he 
entirely'  a tea  company.  He  should  be  glad  to 
answer  any  (questions  that  miglit  he  asked  by 
shareholders. 
Mr.  Gowdon  Fr,\:^er  What  w'as  the  rate  of 
interest  ])aid  to  the  vendors  ot  the  estates? 
T'he  Cil.UU.M.VN  : — Eiglit  per  cent. 
Mr.  Gordon  Frazer  asked,  with  reference  to 
an  item  in  the  accounts,  at  wdiat  rate  the 
company  had  taken  over  the  stock  of  tea. 
The  Ch.virman  repliel,  at  a value  of  48 
cents.  The  average  for  the  year  was  some- 
thing like  50  cents.  They  had  heard  of  a sale 
in  the  home  market  before  the  recent  rise  which 
fully  bore  out  their  valuation. 
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