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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
Nov.  2,  1896. 
1894,  as  printed  in  the  Grocer  of  October  last.  The 
companies  and  their  planters  contributing  most 
largely  to  the  production  of  tea  in  the  past 
season  were  as  follows  : Assam,  with  3,225, 1891b  ; 
Jokai  (Assum),  with  3,063,0511b;  Dooars,  with 
2,987,1301b ; Assum  Frontier,  with  2,390, 0531b  ; Land 
Mortgage  Bank,  with  2,179,1871b ; and  the  Brahma- 
pootra Company,  with  2, 175, 1781b.  The  gardens 
producing  the  next  largest  quantities  of  tea,  say 
between  1, 304,9211b  and  1,714,0891b,  were  thost  be- 
longing to  the  Single,  Upper  Assam,  Cachar  and 
Dooars,  Chargola,  Lungla  (Sylhet),  Dooma,  and 
Jorehaut  companies.  The  plantations  which  turned 
out  crops  varying  from  about  410,0001b  to  a little 
over  930,0001b  each  were  those  known  as  the 
Chubwa,  Sephinjuri  Bheel,  Jhanzie,  Moa- 
bund,  Majuli,  Allynugger,  Attaree  Khat,  Bri- 
tish Indian,  Noakacharee,  Doluo,  Borelli,  Derby, 
Darjeeling,  Longai  Valley  Eastern  Assam, 
Lebong,  Indian  of  Cachar,  Scottish,  Assam,  Moran, 
Tingri,  Chandpore,  and  Dejoo  tea  estates.  The 
minor  growths  gathered  were  by  the  Endograin, 
Boroka,  Hunwal,  and  Balijan  planter,  who  had  not  in 
all  cases  the  unenviable  reputation  of  payirig  the 
smallest  dividends.  The  best  of  these  were  indeed 
paid  by  Assam,  -Jorehaut,  Brahmapootra,  Chandpore, 
Lebong,  Moabund,  Kajmai,  and  Sephinjuri  Bheel 
companies,  whose  distributions  of  profits  on  their 
ordinary  shares  wei-e  at  the  rate  of  from  15  per  cent, 
to  20  per  cent.  Others,  such  as  the  Dooars,  Derby, 
Attaree  Khat,  Balijan,  Doom  Dooma,  Jhanzie,  Jokai 
(Assam),  Moran,  and  Tingri  proprietors,  returned 
dividends  of  10  per  cent,  to  12r  per  cent.  Less  suc- 
cessful owners  and  growers  of  Indian  tea  did  not 
pay  more  than  5 per  cent,  to  8 per  cent,  out  of 
their  year’s  net  earnings;  and  there  were  some 
whose  payments  were  at  the  poorer  rate  of  2i  per 
cent  to  4 per  cent  on  their  paid-up  capital.  This, 
for  the  whole  of  the  forty  companies,  reached  the 
sum  of  414,076,488,  and  the  total  area  under  culti- 
vation (including  young  and  matured  plants)  covered 
fully  107,000  acres.  Tbe  cost  p^er  acre  varied  greatly, 
ranging  from  £19  to  £79.  The  expenses  of  culti- 
vating and  managing  the  different  estates  swallowed 
up  from  4'34  pence  to  10'33  pence  for  every  pound 
(avoirdupois)  of  tea  produced;  and  whilst  the  prices 
realised  were  from  6-7  pence  to  13'62  pence  per  lb.,  the 
actual  profit  fluctuated  from  0 31  to  5'21  pence  for  the 
same  quantity  of  drinkable  tea.  The  yields  per 
acre,  of  course,  differed  widely,  according  to  cir- 
cumstances of  locality,  management,  weather,  time  of 
gathering,  Ac  , and  were  calculated  at  from  2821b  to 
as  much  as  6851b  per  mature  acre,  running  up  in 
two  instances  to  9361b  and  l,045lh  for  a similar 
breadth  of  plants.  All  this  indicates  a high  state  of 
prosperity  for  the  British  Indian  tea  companies,  and 
they  may  look  forward  to  achieving  still  greater  suc- 
cess in  their  industrial  enterprise,  as  there  is  a cons- 
tantly increasing  demand  for  their  pioduce  in  the 
home  country  as  well  as  in  the  colonies.” — U.  and  C. 
Mail,  Sept.  4. 
TEA  AND  (JJKFEE  COMBANIES 
IIEUISTEKED. 
mOALLA  CKVnON  THA  KSTATl’.  COMPANY,  UMIl'ED. 
Registered  August  5th  by  Murray  & Co.,  11,  Bir- 
chin-lane,  E.C.,  with  a capital  or  1:25,000  in  £10 
shares.  Object,  to  adopt  an  agreement  with  R.  B. 
Reid  for  the  purchase  of  the  Digalla  Tea  Estate, 
Kelauy  Valley,  District,  Ceylon,  and  to  plant,  grow, 
and  produce  tea,  coffee,  cinchona,  cocoa,  Ac.  The 
directors  are  H.  K.  Rutherford,  G.  A,  Talbot,  and 
II.  B.  Reid.  Qualification,  £250.  Registered  office: 
21,  Mincing-lino,  E.C. 
jntITISH  CEVI.ON  TEA  ESTATES  COMPANY,  LIMITED. 
Registered  July  31.  by  Warner  and  Seligman,  21,  Great 
Winchester-street,  E.C.,  with  a capital  of  £160,000 
in  £5  shares.  Object,  to  adopt  and  carry  into  effect 
an  agreement  expressed  to  be  made  between 
George  Jj.  Davies  of  the  one  part  and  this  company  of 
the  other  part;  to  acquire  by  purchase  or  otherwise 
any  grants  or  leases  from  Government,  and  to  pur- 
chase, take  on  lease  or  in  exchange,  hire,  or  other- 
wise acquire  from  any  other  company  or  companies, 
person  or  persons,  any  tea  or  other  estates  or  lands 
or  property  of  any  description  situate  in  Ceylon, 
British  India,  or  elsewhere,  or  any  right  or  interest 
therein,  or  any  rights  or  privileges  (including  any 
copyrights  or  trade  marks)  which  may  be  deemed 
necessary  or  convenint  for  the  purposes  of  the  com- 
pany ; to  cultivate  tea,  coffee,  cinchona,  rice,  coca, 
cocoa,  coconuts,  and  other  produce,  and  to  carry  on 
the  business  of  tea  and  coffee  planter  in  all  its  bran- 
ches ; to  carry  on  and  work  the  business  of  cultiva- 
tors of  and  dealers  in  every  kind  of  vegetable, 
mineral,  and  other  produce  ol  the  soil ; to  prepare, 
manufacture,  and  render  marketable  any  such  pro- 
duce, either  in  its  prepared,  manufactured,  or  raw 
state,  and  either  by  wholesale  or  retail ; to  construct 
and  maintain  buildings,  sawmills,  roads,  rail,  and 
tramways,  Ac.  The  signatories  are  : — 
Shares. 
G.  L.  Davies,  32,  Stanley-gardens,  N.W.  . . 1 
E.  E.  Abrahamson,  18,  Rockley-road,  West- 
Kensington  . . , . . . 1 
T.  W.  Watson,  Pailton,  near  Rugby  ..  1 
D.  H.  Gibson,  40,  Broad-street  House,  E.C.  ..  1 
E.  H.  King,  6,  Belsize-park-gardeus,  N.W.  ..  1 
II.  E.  Warner,  21,  Great  Winchester-street,  E.C.  1 
J.  D.  Campbell,  65,  Bramah  road,  S'W.  . . 1 
DUNSINANE  TEA  COMPANY,  LIMITED. 
Registered  August  28,  by  Murray,  Hutchins,  Sterl- 
ing and  Murray,  11  Birchin-lane,  E.  C.,  with  a capital 
of  £100,000  in  £10  shares.  Object,  to  adopt  and 
carry  into  effect  an  agreement  expressed  to  be  made 
between  W.  R.  Arbutnnot  and  P.  M.  Anstruther  of 
the  one  part  and  this  company  of  the  other  part 
for  the  acquisition  by  purchase  or  otherwise,  as  a 
going  concern,  of  the  tea  estate  known  as  Dunsinane, 
Kotmalie  Korale,  in  the  Nuwara  Eliya  district. 
Central  Province,  Ceylon,  to  develop  and  turn  to 
account  the  said  property  in  such  manner  as  the 
company  shall  see  fit,  and  to  carry  on  business  as 
planters  and  growers  of  and  dealers  in  tea,  coffee, 
cinchona,  cocoa,  cardamoms,  rice,  Ac. ; to  work  mines 
or  quarries,  and  to  find,  wind,  get,  work,  crush,  smelt, 
manufacture,  or  otherwise  deal  with  ores,  metals, 
minerals,  oils,  precious  and  other  stones  or  deposits  or 
products,  and,  generally,  to  carry  on  the  business  of 
mining  in  all  its  branches;  to  build,  maintain,  and 
work  tea  factories,  coffee-curing  mills,  roads,  tram- 
ways, and  other  works,  matters,  and  things  of  any 
kind ; to  acquire  and  turn  to  account  patents,  Ac. ; 
to  undertake  the  office  of  trustee,  executor,  Ac. ; as 
merchants,  exporters,  importers,  traders,  enginneers, 
and  any  other  trades,  businesses,  or  undertakings 
whatsoever;  and  to  transact  all  kinds  of  financial 
business.  The  signatories  are: — 
Shares. 
W.  R.  Arbnthnot,  Plawhatch,  East  Grinstead  . . 1 
P.  S.  M.  Arbnthnot,  Plawhatch,  East  Grinstead  1 
II.  D.  Arbnthnot,  2,  Royal  Exchange-build- 
ings, E.C.  ..  ••  ..  ..  1 
A.  N.  Frewer,  34,  Nicholas-lane,  E.C.  . . . , 1 
J.  C.  Sanderson,  37,  Mincing-lane,  E.C.  . . 1 
J.  F.  Shelly,  37.  Mincing-lane,  E.C.  . . . . 1 
W.  C.  Somerville,  62,  Ilauden-road,  Lee,  S.E.  . . 1 
SAUAPIQUI  ESTATES  COMPANY,  LIMITED. 
Registered  August  28th,  by  J.  Ballautine,  21,  Cornhill, 
E.C.,  with  a capital  of  £120,000  in  £1  shares.  Object, 
to  adopt  and  carry  into  effect  an  agreement  expressed 
to  be  made  between  G.  Rothe  of  the  first  part,  the 
Sarapique  Syndicate,  Limited,  of  the  2nd  part,  and 
this  company  of  the  third  part,  for  the  acquisition  by 
purchase  or  otherwise,  as  agoing  concern,  of  certain 
estates  situate  in  the  Republic  of  Costa  Rica,  belong- 
ng  to  G.  Rothe,  to  develop,  cultivate,  and  deal  witn 
the  said  properties  in  sush  manner  as  company 
shall  see,  fit,  and  to  carry  on  business  as  coffee 
planters,  growers,  exporters,  and  merchants,  ns  also 
of  such  other  trees,  planes,  crops,  and  produce  as 
can  or  may  by  grown  or  produced  on  tlie  property  of 
the  company  and  to  prepare,  treat,  and  fit  the  same 
for  market  and  to  sell,  ship,  and  dispose  of  the  same; 
to  construe  and  maintain  any  roads,  buildings,  works, 
ways,  rail  and  tram  roads,  wharves,  piers,  docks, 
