Dec. I, 1897.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 423 
THE LANKA PLANTATIONS COMPANY, 
LIMITED. 
Dibectohs. — George AHen, Esq. (Chairman), 
William Austin, Esq., Henry Bois, Esq., Edward 
Pettit, Esq. 
Agents IN Colomeo. — Messrs. J. M. Robertson & Co. 
Secretary. — Mr. Charles M. Robertson. 
The following is a cony of the report presented 
at the seventeenth ordinary general meeting of the 
Lanka Plantations Company, Limited, held at 
the office of the Company, on Wednesday, the 17th 
November, 1897, at twelve o’clock noon precisely. 
1. The Directors now submit their report for the 
twelve months ending 30th .Tune last, together' with 
the balance sheet and accounts of the Company 
made up to that date and duly audited. 
2. The coffee crop shipped to London was 172 cwts., 
against 605 cwts. last year and realized T2,688 15s. 
8d. net. The acreage under coffee alone is nominally 
187 acres. 
3. The to'al crop of cocoa gathered on Pattawatte 
amounted to 1,272 cwt., against 1,355 cwt. last year, 
and realised £3,735 8s. 4d. Durirg the season 46 
acres were planted with cocoa, 24 acres of which have 
been interlined with liberian coffee, and .58 acres of 
available land adjoining the estate have been pur- 
chased, making a total of 250 acres new land. The 
cost of the land and the new planting are charged to 
capital cocaunt. 
4. The tea received from the Company’s estates 
amounted to 701,112 lb. and has been sold at an average 
of 7'53d. per lb. net, realizing £22 002 8s. 4d. Last 
year the Company received 646,161 lb. which was sold 
at an average of 8T5d. per lb. net, and realized 
£21,967 lOs. 2d. The cost of production has, however, 
been increased by the rise in the sterling value of 
the rapee, consequent upon the closing of the Indian 
Mints, and by loss on the sale to the coolies of im- 
ported rice, owing to the famine in India. A fully 
equipped factory has been erected on the Rillamulle 
Estate, and the cost charged to capital account. 
5. The following statement shows the acreage and 
state of cultivation of the Company’s estates on the 
30th June last : — 
Choiia 
and 
Patena. 
'm 
<3> 
td 
C£ 
Coffee 
Tea. 
Cocoa. 
Grass. 
Fores 
aud Til 
her Tre 
Total 
Ampittia- 
kande, and 
Arnhall . . 60 
414 
4 
167 
70 
705 
Fruit Hill 
227 
10 
237 
Fordyce, 
Garbawn, Gona- 
galla aud Para- 
matta 
784 
17 
185 
936 
Rappahannock . . 
322 
31 
30| 
90 
473J 
Rillamulle 
232 
, , 
6 
20 
258 
Thotulagalla 137 
235 
4 
83 
96 
555 
Tattawatte 
*717 
95 
803 
82 
1,197 
187 
2214 
717 
151 
699J 493 
4361J 
* 68 acres interlined with liberian coffee. 
6. The net profits for the past year amounted to 
£8,281 Os. 4d., to which must be added the sum 
£2,060 7s. lid. the balance brought forward from the 
year 1895-6, making together £10,S41 8s. 3d. 
7. Having already paid a half-year’s interim divi- 
dend on the six per cent. Preference shares to the 
31st December, 1896, amounling, less property tax, 
to £426 6s. Od., the D'rectors recommend payment 
of the dividend on these shares to the 30th June 
last requiring, less property tax, a similar amount, 
and having deducted £1,493 8s. Od., being one-tenth 
of the sums charged to suspense account during the 
10 years ending 30th June, 1896, they further recom- 
mend a dividend of 10/- per share, being 5 per cent, 
free of income tax on ihe ordinary shares amounting 
to £7,500, carrying forward a balance of £495 8s. 3d. 
to the next account. 
8. The Directors who retire on this occasion are 
Mr. George Allen and Mr. Edward Pet.tit, who being 
eligible offer themselves for re-election. 
9. Mr. John Smith, the Auditor, also retires, and 
being a shareholder offers himself for re-election, 
— By order. C. M. Robertson, Secretary. 
12, Fenchurch street, London, E.C., 5th November, 
1897. 
THE KANAN DEVAN HILLS PRODUCE 
COMPANY, LIMITED. 
NEW ISSUE OF SHARES. 
Capital ... £1,000,000. 
DIVIDED INTO 
25.000 Six per cent, cumulative preference shares of 
£10 each. 
75.000 Ordinary shares of £10 each. 
(Of which £500,000 of ordinary shares have already 
been issued to the Coi solidated Tea and Lands Com- 
pany, Limited, and the Amalgamated Tea Estates 
Company, Limited.) 
present issue — 
10.000 Six per cent, cumulative preference shares of 
£10 each. 
15.000 Ordinary shares of £10 each. 
directors. 
Sir John Muir, Bart., of Deanston ; and of Messrs 
James Finlay & Co., 22 West Nile street, Glasgow' 
and 34 Leadenhall street, London ; and of Messrs’ 
Finlay, Muir, & Co., Calcutta and Colombo 
— Chiiirmnn. Sir Robert Drummond Moncreiffe Bart 
of Moncreiffe, Bridge of Earn, Perthshire. ’ P r’ 
Buchanan, Esq., of Darleith, Cardross. 'Wiliiain 
Allan Coats, Esq., Director of Messrs. J. & P, Coats 
Limited, Thread Manufactures, Paisley. ' ’ 
A. B. Murray, Esq., 33 Renfield Street, Glasgow, and 
Rosebank, Partick; A. M. Brown, Esq. of Messrs 
James Finlay & Co., 22 West Nile Street, Glasgow - 
William Walker, Esq., of Messrs. James Pinlav & Co ’ 
22 West Nile Street, Glasgow; Robert Scott. Esq of 
Messis. Moigan & Scctt, 12 Paternoster Buildiiins 
Lot don ; R. H. Sinclair, Esq., 19 Ktlvinside Terrace’ 
Glasgow. ’ 
BANKERS. 
The Bank of Scotland, Glasgow and London • The 
Eoyal Bank of Scotland, Glasgow and London - The 
British Linen Company Bank, Glasgow and London 
The Clydesdale Bank, Limited, Glasgow and London 
The Capital and Counties Bank, Limited, London - The 
National Bank of India, Limited, Loudon India 
and Ceylon. ’ ’ 
AGENTS IN INDIA AND CEYLON. 
Messrs. Finlay, Muir, & Co., Calcutta and Colombo 
solicitors. 
Messrs. M'Grigor, Donald, & Co., 172 St. Vincent 
Street, Glasgow. 
auditor. 
Alexnnder Sloan, Esq., C.A., 140 Hope Street 
Glasgow. ’ 
AGENTS IN LONDON. 
Messrs. P. R. Buchnan & Co., 46 Leadenhall Street. 
Loiidcn. * 
FECEETAEIES. 
Messrs. James Finlay cSi Co.,22 West Nile Street, 
Glasgow. ^ 
OFFICES. 
22 West Nile Street, Glasgow. 
PROSPECTUS. 
This Company was formed in May, 1897 for the 
purpose of acquiring a,nd developing the lands and 
estates which originally belonged to the North Tra- 
vancore Land Planting and Agricultural Society, 
Limited, particularised in section A of the accom- 
panying schedule. The purchase price was fixed hv 
Mr. W. Milne and Mr. L. Davids^, as follows -- 
Value of Land, .. £102 775 
"Value of Estates, 43,750 
, £146,525 
The purchase price has been paid, possession has 
been given, and the transfer of the property to the 
Ccmpany is in course of comptetion. 
