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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIS'l . 
[Dec.  I,  1896. 
fresh  appeals  ; but  an  easier  time  is  anlic'v- 
p.ated  alter  the  American  I’residential  Election 
is  settled.  Speaking  of  the 
SARAPKiUl  tCOSTA  lilCA)  COl'FKK  SYNDICATIC, 
it  was  of  interest  to  me  to  liiid  in  the  iSecre- 
tavy  the  son  of  a gentleman  whose  name  was 
very  familiar  in  Ceylon  forty  years  ago  as  Agents 
for  the  Ceylon  ilailw’ay  Company,  formeil  to 
connect  Colomljo  aiul  Ivandy.  Mr.  Jieeston  left 
Ceylon  before  niy  time;  but  his  name  fre([uently 
appeared  in  print  in  connection  with  the  winding- 
up  of  the  company.  His  son  is  a nephew  of  the 
late  Mr.  George  Steuart  of  the  w’ell-known  Colombo 
House,  and  Ids  sister — shortly  to  be  married — 
iriherits  largely  under  the  will  and  is  interested  in 
Colombo  projierty,  so  that  a visit  to  Ceylon  may 
be  included  this  wdiiter  in  the  honeymoon  trip  her 
husband  and  herself. 
PALLAKELI.E  ESTATE, 
Dumbara,  has  at  length  been  sold  for 
£38,000,  a moderate  price  seemingly  for  the  large 
area  of  the  property  and  the  big  extent  in  culti- 
vation; but  then  ciicao  there  has  had  a trying  time, 
and  tea  and  coconuts  have  to  be  proved,  though 
there  is  no  need  to  sujiposc  (hat  the  jnirchasers  have 
irot  made  agood  bargain,  lik(>]y  to  give  them  large 
prolits  from  the  growth  of  a \ariety  of  lUdducLs. 
With  much  regret — with  little  surpiise  did  I 
notice  the  death  of 
UK.  TRIMEN 
(at  the  ago  of  53)  in  the  London  iiaiicis  the  other 
day.  He  was  so  weak  and  ill  when  he  left  London 
that  I doubted  his  ever  returning.  A’othing  bnt 
a determination  to  linish  his  book  conld  have 
carried  him  out  to  Feradeniya.  1 tru=l  he  was  able 
to  feel  that  he  had  accomplished  the  truly  useful 
mission,  on  which  be  had  set  his  heart,  and  that 
the  third  volume  of  the  “b  lora  r.f  Ceylon  ’ can 
duly  appear  with  the  linishing  touches  of  the 
author. 
I have  seen  a good  deal  lately  of  a relative 
who  has  been  through  the  “ siege  of  liuluwayo’' 
and  the  recent  exciting  times— not  yet  iiuite 
over — in  Maslion.aland.  He  like  all  other  South 
African  Colonists  I have  seen,  looks  on  Ci.'cil 
Uhodes  as  the  ablest  ami  most  progressive  imui 
amongst  them  and  the  only  one  to  restore  pros- 
perity to  the  country . Witli  prolonged  experi- 
ence of  the  Transvaal  and  Natal,  he  tells  me 
there  is  a good  liehl  for 
CEYLON  TEA  IN  SOUTH  AFRICA 
although  the  locally  grown  tea  is  in  favoui  so 
tar  as  it  goes,  lint  he  is  entiinsiastic  over  w ha  i 
the  Messrs.  MacLure  (relatives  of  well-known 
Maskeliya  cotl'ee  and  tea  planter)  have  already 
done  in  .Iohannesb\irg  for  Ceylon  tea,  both 
wholesale  and  ictail.  lie  declares  I heir  ten 
refresjjincnt  shojis  to  bo  superior  in  attracti\i' 
ness,  attendance,  Ac.,  to  any  he  has  scim  in 
London.  The  Mes,--rs.  MacJaire  dcsciaesa  \ole 
of  thanks  Iroin  the  C.  F.  A. 
I ha\'c  been  iiiteiested  in  a serious  of  papers 
by  DI  iss  E.  A.  Ormerod  (the  well-know'u  lead- 
ing Entomologist)  on 
“AGRICULTURAL  PESTS 
with  Metods  of  Prevention  ; ” and  have  secured 
the  light  of  reproducing  the  series  in  cxtenso, 
in  the  Tropical  Afiricalturist ; for,  although, 
mainly  dealing  with  agriculture  in  temperate 
regions,  yet  there  is  much  iu  the  infor- 
mation and  hints,  ot  v.ilue  to  tropical  cul- 
ti\ators — planters  and  farmers  ; and  the  perusal 
of  the  eight  articles  eauuot  bail  to  beuelit  many 
in  India,  Ceylon,  the  Straits,  &c. 
In  reference  to  the 
LADY  lilltu  EXPERIMENT  OF  COFFEE 
Mr.  E.  E.  Green  re^iort-;  : — “1  am  writing  to 
America  to  liml  out  .dr.  Koebele's  present  ad- 
dres-;.  I think  he  has  left  the  Sandwich  Islands, 
having  com)deted  successfully  his  contract  there. 
As  soon  as  1 know  his  whereabouts  I will  find 
out  what  his  terms  would  lie  to  start  the  experi 
meut  for  us.” 
THE  CEYLON  TEA  AND  COCONUT 
ESTATES  COMPANY,  LIMITED. 
The  Gazette  emtains  the  memorandum  and 
articles  of  Association  of  the  Ceylon  Tea  and 
Coconut  Estates  Company,  Limited,  wliicli  has 
been  formed  to  acijuire  the  Perth  ami  Maputu- 
gala  estate  in  the  Payigam  Korale  of  the  Kalu- 
tara  District.  The  original  capital  of  the  Com- 
pany is  H50 ',000,  divided  into  one  thousand 
shares  of  K5U0  eacli.  The  signatories  are  : — \V. 
Henry  Eigg,  Herbert  Tarrant,  H.  H.  Capper, 
Frank  Capper,  by  his  attorney  II.  H.  Capper, 
Ada  Cap|>er,  by  her  attorney  II.  H.  Capper, 
Etliel  M.  Eigg,  by  her  attorney  H.  II.  Capnei 
and  Katharine  Eox  Tarrant. 
M.VHKET  EOU  TEA  SHARES. 
Thursday,  Evening,  Oct.  20,  18915. 
A steady  and  increasing  business  has  been  in  pro- 
gress the  past  week  in  the  shares  of  the  Indian 
tea  companies,  mostly  at  advancing  prices,  and  the 
Stock  Exchange  official  list  shows  more  than  one 
advance  in  quotations.  There  is  a great  deal  of  in- 
vestment buying  going  on  iu  all  the  shares  which 
stand  in  best  repute. 
i\Iincing  Lane  keeps  rather  easy,  though  there 
seems  to  have  been  something  of  a steadying  iu  prices 
during  ilie  week  just  closed.  Telegrams  from  India 
point  to  a somewhat  early  closing  iu  of  the  cold 
weather,  so  that  the  total  crop  seems  likely,  if  any- 
tliing,  to  tot  out  slightly  short  of  even  the  more 
recent  revised  estimate. 
Fur.sn  Issues, — Consolidated  Tea  and  Lauds  Co. 
sliares  are  now  all  quoted  iu  the  official  list.  Special 
settlement,  Itli  prox. — Home  and  Oolonud  JJail,  Oct.  30. 
^ 
THK  LANKA  I’LANTATTGNS  COMPANY, 
LIMITED. 
DiitEirroits. — Mr.  George  Allen,  Chairman;  Mr. 
^Villiam  Austin,  Mr.  Henry  Bois,  and  Mr.  Edward 
Pettit. 
Age.xt.s  in  CoLOMno. — iMessrs.  .1.  M.  Robertson  & Co. 
Secketauy. — Mr.  Charles  M.  Robertson. 
.Vuthorised  capital  T‘200,000,  iu  l.">, 000  ordinary  shoves 
of  tTO  each  ant  5,000  preference  shares  of  TTO  each, 
of  which  only  1,470  have  been  issued. 
Rupert  to  be  pi’escmtod  at  iho  Sixteenth  Ordinary 
tiGiiural  Meeting  of  t!ie  Lanka  Plantations  Compan\, 
Jjiiniled,  to  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  Company, 
on  Woduosday,  the  11th  November  18015,  at  12  o’clock 
noon,  precisely. 
1.  The  Directors  now  submit  their  report  for  the 
twelve  months  ending  30th  Juno  last,  together  with 
tho  balance  slreet  and  accounts  of  the  Company 
made  up  to  that  date  and  duly  audited. 
2.  The  coffee  crop  sliippod  to  London  was  (505 
cwf.,  against  1,371  cwt.  last  year,  and  realized 
L.,,57  lls  2d  net.  The  acreage  under  coffee  alone 
I’oiiiains  at  210  acres,  and  the  trees  being  still  in 
good  heart  are  receiving  careful  cultivation. 
3.  The  total  crop  of  coco.a  gathered  on  Yattawatto 
amounted  to  1,355  cwt.,  against  1,214  cwt.  last  yesr, 
and  realised  tM.lO;!  Is  3.1,  the  market  price  b'ing 
a siiado  stronger.  During  tlie  season  51  acres  were 
planted  with  cocoa,  44  acres  of  which  iiave  hci  n 
interlined  with  Liberian  coffee  which  is  growing  well ; 
and  150  acres  of  available  land  adjoining  the  estate 
