THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[Jan. r, i8g8. 
492 
THE CEYLON AND LONDON SHARE 
LISTS— IN 1896 AND 1897. 
The following comparison is afforded by simply 
taking the local Share Association’s list of yester- 
day’s date and placing alongside the quotations 
in the similar list for 22nd December, 1896. The 
falling-off in the value of the shares of some of the 
local Tea Companies is very striking and shows 
how lack of confidence (due to lower _ prices, 
higher exchange and continued extension of 
cultivation) and scarcity of money have told on 
the financial standing of our local Tea Estate 
Companies. The last cause — scarcity of money 
— has also affected some of the more 
E urely commercial or trading Companies ; 
ut these, as a rule, stand the comparison much 
better. So also, strange to say, do the London- 
Ceylon Sterling Tea Companies, and we are 
aware that, in their case, the quotations _ for 
the local market are not so good as those given 
in the London share lists. Several new Coni- 
panies (some of them absorbing small Companies 
appearing in 1896) have to be noted, and also 
care must be taken to discriminate between Tea 
and other Plantation Companies. In one or two 
cases the value of the shares hp been either 
reduced or increased (more capital called up) 
and this must be allowed for. Nevertheless the 
comparison afforded by the table cannot but prove 
instructive, not the least noteworthy fact being the 
readiness of so many holders of shares to “sell” 
at this year’s quotations : — 
Ceylon Produce Companies. 
Quotatioua Quotations. 
Dec. 1897. Dec. 22, 189S. 
Agra Ouvah Estate t~o., Ltd, 
Castlereagh Tea Co., Ltd, 
Ceylon HilN Estate Co.. Ltd. 
Ceylon Provincial E^tlltes Co., Ltd. 
Clareit ont Estat Co., Ltd. 
ciui.es Tei Co.. Ltd. 
Clyde Estate Co., Ltd. 
Delgolla Estate C ., Ltd. 
Doomoo Tea Co., oE Ceylon, Ltd. 
Drayton Estate Co., Ltd. 
Eadella Estate Co., Ltd. 
EilaTiaCo , ff Cey on Ltd. 
Estates Co. fUva, Ltd. 
Glasgow E tatcs Co., Ltt. 
Great We-tcrn Tea Co.,of Ceylo-’, I td. 
Hapngahalande Tea Estate Co., L'd. 
High Forests Estates Co., Ltd. 
Do part paid 
Hor telly Estates Co., Ltd. 
Kalutaia Co., Ltd. 
Kandyan Hills Co., Ltd. 
Kanapi^awatteCo., Ltd. 
Keiani Tea Garden Co.. Ltd 
Kirklees Estates Co., Ltd. 
Kuavestnire Estates C '., Ltd. 
Maha Dva Estat< s Co., Ltd. 
Ml cha Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 
Nahavilla Estate Co., Ltd. 
Nyassaland Coffee Co., Ltd. 
Ottery Estate Co., Iitd. 
Paimerston Tea Co., Ltd. 
Penrhos Estates Co., Ltd. 
Pine Hill Estate Co., Ltd. 
Putupaula Tea Co., Ltd. 
Ratwatte Cocoa Co., Ltd. 
Rayigam Tea Co., Ltd. 
Roeberry Tea Co., Ltd. 
Ruanweila Tea Co.. Ltd. 
St. Hellers Tea Co., Ltd. 
Stinsford Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 
Talgaswela Tea Co., Ltd. 
Do 7 per cent Prefs 
Tonaconibe Estate Co., Ltd. 
Udabage Estate Co., Ltd. 
Udugama Tea & Timber Co., Ltd. 
Union Estate Co., Ltd. 
Upper Ma.skeliya Estate Co., Ld. 
UvakelUe Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ld. 
Vogan Tea Co., lAd. 
Wanarajah Tea Co., Ltd. 
Yataderia Tea Co., Ltd. 
1050 
1309 
m-60 
I'O 
70 noml.107'50 
SCO 
690 
■SO noml 
75—8' 
115 
170 
105 
120-125 
200 
365 -370 
100 
117'60 
160 
170 
2f0 
560 
fO 
155 
450 
685 
nil 
1409 
750 
965 
320 
.385 
475 
625- 630 
250 nonil 
. £25 
I'O 
90 
330 
530-635 
60 noml 90 
90 
— 
90 
102-50 
170 
180-185 
80 
115 
785 
11125 
900 
1175 
660 oml. 900 
90 „ 
100 nominal 
125 
130 
500 
615 
90 
105 - 107-50 
fO* 
no 
lOOnom' 
. 115 
3 0 „ 
475 
70 „ 
102-50 
75 „ 
105—107-50 
60 
no 
SOOiioml. 1300 
100 
112’50 
35 
56 
90 noml. JS— 90 
660 
700 
t5 
105 
25 noml 
30 
360 
640 
700 
830 
85 iioml. 120 
77-60 
no 
1350 
150-1625 
263 
4035 
Ceylon Commercial Companies. 
Quotations. Quoitions. 
Dec. 21, 1897. Dec 22, 1896. 
Adam’s Peak Hotel Co., Ltd. 
90 
100 
Bristol Hotel Co., Ltd. 
O'* 
100 
1 0 / 1 er cent Deb.s 
lol 
100 
Ceylon Gen. Steam Navgn. Co. Ltd. 
105 
85-'.io 
Ceylon Spinning and Wvng. Co. Ltd. 
15 
40 
Do. 7 o/o Debs. 
90 
KO 
Colombo Apothecaries Ce. Ltd. 
130 
109 
Colombo Assembly Rooms Co., Ltd. 
12’ 0 noml. 12- 0 
Do. prefs. 
17 
noml 17 noml 
Colombo Fort Land and Building 
Co., Ltd. 
so 
95 
Colombo Hotels Company 
335 
32-2-50-3-25 
Galle Face Hotel Co. Ltd. 
no 
105 
Kandy Hotels Co , Ltd. 
85 
90 
Kandy Stations Hotel Co., Ltd. 
— 
noml 7-50 noml 
Mount Lavinia 
.'OC 
— 
Do. part paid 
DO 
— 
New Colombo Ice Co. Ltd. 
192-.50 
180 
Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co., Ltd. 
75 
95-97-50 
Public Hall Co., Ltd. 
17’.50 
17-50 
Wharf and Warehouse Co.. Ltd. 7-5 85 
London Companies. 
Alliance Tea Co. of Ceylon Ltd. 
Associated Co., of C yl n Ltd. 
Do. 6 per cent prefs. 
Ceylon Tea Plantations Co., Ltd. 
Ceylon Proprietary 
Dimbula Valley 
Eastern Produce and Estates Co. Ltd. 
Ederap Ila Tea o.. Ltd. 
Imperial Tea Est it s Lti. 
Kflani Valley Tea Asscn. Ltd. 
K nlyre Estate Co , Ltd. 
Lanta Plantation Co.. Ltd. 
Nahalraa Estates C".,Ltd. 
New Dimbuli Co., Lid. A. 
Do B 
Do C 
Nuwara Eliya Tea Estate Co., Ltd., 
Ouvah Coffee Co. Ltd. 
Bavalla Tea E-tate Co. Ltd. 
Scottish Ceylon Tea Co. Lti. 
Spring Vailey Tea Co. Ltd. 
Standard Tea < o. Ltd. 
Yatij antota Ceylon Tea Co., Ltd. 
Yaiiyautota rref 6 o/o 
* Shares reduced from RlOO to R60 each 
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26 
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29i— 30 
13^-14 
lOJ 
12 - 12 ^ 
lOJ— 11 
7 
H 
26 
25 
25 
15-20 
15-20 
lU 
13— 13i 
12g 
12|- 
12i 
— 
23—24 
23-24 
9 
9-91 
14 
15— 15J 
8 
— 
lOi 
— 
Coffee and Ants. — Here is a receipt for 
driving ants away from coffee beds. It is sent 
to the Straits Times from Kuala Lumpur : — Dig 
where the black ants are to be found, and sprinkle 
cold wood ashes as much as may be necessary. 
This will drive away the black ants, and will 
probably prevent the white ones from coming up. 
The ashes will not only drive black and white but 
even red ants, and can be used to keep these 
little parties away from almost every object dear 
to their tiny hearts. — B. N. B. Herald, Dec. 1. 
Feench Colonies : how a Coffee Industry 
IS (NOT) started.— Says the Daily Chronicle : — 
A Paris contemporary tells an admirable story of 
French colonial administration. Some little time ago, 
500 coffee plants were in store at the public garden 
of a French colony. The director conceived the 
happy idea of distributing these amongst the natives, 
and the suggestion was warmly approved by the 
Governor, who next day issued a proclamation to 
this effect : — • 
Art. I. — Any native requiring coffee plants must 
apply in writing to the authorities. Art. II. — This 
application must bear a penny stamp. Art. III. — 
The request must be countersigned by the head of 
the Second Department. Art. IV. — It must further 
be stamped by the head of the First Department 
Art. V. — The director of the gardens must keep a 
strict account of the plants delivered. 
It is, perhaps, needless to say that coffee culture 
still languishes in that particular colony. In the 
Belgian Congo State private traders buy up the plants 
and give them to the negroes, making the advan- 
tageous stipulation that they shall receive half the 
produce. One hardly knows which method is the more 
to be commended. 
