THE TROPIf;AL AQRfCULTURfST. 
[July i, 1891 
72 
VHSSBI.-*' MYiiMIDON.” 
B. P 
66 
3.229 
58 
19 1b. 
Pek 
I 
53 
2.442 
53ffaiaof4 
Pev. 8OU. ... 
, l.ktO 
35 
1,57s 
36 „ 
3 M 
B mde ... 
I 60 
1 
46 
1 loss 
1 
Dutit. 
. l&O 
2 
147 
1 — 
1 „ 
Total loss 
. 14 lb. 
Extra lotw 
oz. per packAg»». 
VKiSBL-' 
“ UANFA.*' 
B. P 
. 4.144 
74 
4.0i8 
74 
42 Ih. 
Pi k 
. 3. 60 
6i 
8,< 63 
433 
24 
Pek. Kou. . 
.. 2, 62 
47 
2s> H6 
47 
27 
B. tod. 
■ «o 
3 
97 
a 
1 M 
Dust. 
.. 132 
2 
m 
.2 
2 
Total.. DB lb. 
Extra losB about i lb. a paukuKO. 
No II. 
23, Cnitohed Friars. London, E Cl., Msy 2lst. 
Di!ab Sir.— Your paper of the 30th ult. oontainn 
numerous ictieiB from tea planters, oharnii g 
London brokrrs and others with wholw‘Ble robbery 
of tea intrusted to their oharge. I think it is 
disgraceful on the part of the writers of the let ers 
to niuke sooh 8 charge B<t.T the repeat«rt infor- 
mation they J'Hve reo. ivt i In n Loiidou showing how 
the diRC.epai oy ar-eeB. 
In the first place packages are weigh d and tsrnd 
by the < ustoma to tbe pound, viz if a package 
weighs 7u lb 15 oz it is o»lled 70 lb., the loss 
to the pl'intirs being 15 oz. If the taro of tbe 
paokag" i- 20 Ih 1 cz. it is oilleil 21 Ih., also a lo-s 
of 15 oz. I was called upon bv a client to give 
an explanation with regard to the diff reaoe between 
Ci-yloti and London weights, and to make the 
matter plain, I weighed and tared a shipment e" 
tea as under. 
(Copies of which I enclose for your inspection or 
for insertion in your paper if you think necessary.*) 
In the first irislanco, they were weighed and 
tared hy tbe Ousioms, and afteruards weighed and 
tared to the i z. By weighing and taring to the 
oz, you will see that the weights exeei d the t eylon 
weights, which shows that the weight of tea given 
is correct ; but under the Customs regulations it is 
not possible to agree the weight-* with ml they pay 
attention to the making up of the packages to meet 
the I ustoms regu aliens, v z. gross weight 2 or 3 
oz over -ne even lb., and the taro 2 or ,3 oz. imder 
the even lb. 
lb. 
oz. 
say 
19 
1.3 
Tare 
50 
5 
Tea 
70 
2 
the Customs calling that 
7d lb. 
Giosa 
20 , 
Tate 
60 „ 
If th 
Nett 
a proprietor 
of the 81 boxes wishes 
send paokiges, 17 lb. nett, he should have them 
mrde up aa under:— lb. oz. 
Tare of box 10 14 
Tea 17 4 
28 2 
lb. 
The Customs calling that 28 Gross 
11 lare 
17 Nett 
and no draft of 1 lb. allowed. — I retoain, yours 
truly, KOBhBT JONES. 
• Far too long to insert: eau be soeu at our othuc 
by auyone iuttroBtud.-*-ED, T. 4. 
Desiccated Coconut. — The manufacture of this 
artic r w a only comioenoed a year ago, bu’ it has now 
evidently at'amed a'ge prop r'ions aa tbe quiutity 
all pped is neatly 100 per cent m -re than it was origi- 
nally. The or giual spot wbete it was manuf c'ured 
was nt VryaugOiU, anil its maniifao urs was I'olloweil by 
Messrs. Vavassenr & Co, at Maradai a. It now appears 
that. Mrs rs, L e, U ilges k On. have ev rylniug ready 
as regsi' s inachim ry and Q-tings at tbeir mil a at Col- 
peiiy loromnirnce p et-ari -g ileaico>ted oooimut aa well, 
while Me*srs, Akbar Brothers hs-e ab*iur 8 dessicators 
u-'W being c ns-rn-'te * for erection at their large croi- 
nut esU e in tbe Neg>mbo dia r ct, f-dUiw d b\ an tber 
i-ativ -, wit wants 10 atari -'an oppositi <n shop** at 
Vryangoda It looks like go*id tim s for all coconut 
proprietors and planters.— C'i»r. LjibI " ludrueudent.’’ 
Oevlon Tea PiANTATrONs Co.— By the present 
mail you will rei-eivi a r- port of the proceed- 
ings at 'he Anna 1 Meeting of the Ceylon Tea 
PI utations Company held on Wednesday last, 
the Diieotirs’ It p rt having gone forward by the 
previ IIS 111 il. The ad ress of the Chairman will 
h. rt-ai with iulrrost, not only by Coy Ion sharo- 
h Id.rs a-iil planters generally, but bv Indian planters, 
as CO "veying infonnati-m on a vsriety of points 
in wbi. h a I are concerned more or less. You will 
observ tltai Mr. it- i I is tuorougbly sv isdt d with the 
Company's recent additii na to its long roll of the 
es'atcB, tie latest i-f wbiob was completed not more 
than a we k ago. Tha furlnigb aononnt which has 
j i-t he-n ■ poped in the interest of the Conipsny’s 
worti g B aff 1 a highly commendable ins itu’inn, and 
thong I the ai.nua smoimt anticipated as bei g tbe co-t 
o t 1 oouu SSI n Is .£(100, it mnsi be rememb -rod that 
Ibis la* to cover tbe p ovision for leave to Europe 
f r tt 6 s iperii t- ndeiils of twenty estaies. The Chair- 
msii's opiui- n of the emdi ion i-f ihnse properties, 
B' d m tie siability f thnr fact -rics, is uiid'ubted: 
the lat»er are dtclared to be of the most permanent 
'ie.sciiptioD, well built, well designed, sn-l aispred 
for * con -mical snd efficient wo'king. Whi *t im 
money has been eipein'e 1 in putting up fancy or ah- TV 
biiildin.s, n-* outlay has been gm-lged to give tbe 
supeiiu eiideiils iho rip-ane of makii g good tea. It 
Was poiiit.d out by the Cbsirman that 'hey weie 
ei abh-d by fb*tr buil in s and maol inery no only to 
prod iCB iuceasing qnautities of tea Ir mi tbeir own 
ostites, I ut diirius t'le year to make neary two 
m IhuiiB of poun. s of tea from other plan ations, and 
-sheu til* ir Iste.st f-cories are rompieted the Ooin- 
pauy will bo in a posit'ou to tiitn out considerably 
Dioro than tour mil ion pounds of tea anuusllv from 
their own es ares During 1890 a profit of £31 OOO 
was made from a pliiekiiig ares of 1 ss ilia ■ 4 1100 
acres. 0 tbeo- mp ny'a lati at purnl ases, the Chair- 
man said, "Yox'ord, with tho adj ining esia es of 
East anil We.af, H iyroi-d snd Ratbnil okelly, form 
a compact block of vor 1,700 acres. The to'al cost 
to the Company will bo £.54,000. In « lew years this 
ought to be a very Hue prupe*ly, ms it has great advan- 
tag s in olira te, soil, clasa t f plant, pr, x ml y to rail- 
way 0 Inmunieari n, a«'l w»ter power. Cue old tea 
cn Yoxf rd and K st Holyrix d shows what wa may 
exp 01 the whole area to be like when it comes to 
t iO sanrio sg".” Opii ions will no cloulit differ aa to 
tho s-nindness of Mr. J. L Bb-iud's cri-i ism* of the 
foiipar-i’s aooouri s s plac'd before the sbareb.ilders. 
For 111 own purl I am inolinel to agree with tho 
Ohai man wheu he replie*! that their r* port and 
ataterriont of accounta wore prepared for the inlor- 
mation nf tbeir shar. holders ai d not for that of rhe 
gi-neral public, a d 'hat any fuller details r quired 
bj the form-r noiinl alwavs be oh'aineJ from tho 
derre ,lty. It may bi l.u-, as urgeii by Mr. Siia d 
an-l another goii-i-mtn preseu', that ono provision of 
the .loiiit S'oek Company's Act has not b' eii com- 
plied wi.h in.smuoh as the lotsi ixp-niitiire of the 
year did rot appear in the balance sheet, but this 
will probably b r. medh d in tbe nex' .nmial acc m t 
ren leiing, and otheiw settle, ststimen- su not «.l met 
witb tite epproval of all prjsent,— Local " Times.” 
