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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[December i, 1891. 
ABBOTSLEiail TEA ESTATE Co., LIMITED. 
London, Got. 9th. 
Another ol the private oompanieg which have 
of late years so multiplied lor the working of tea 
estates in Ceylon has been registered this week. 
The following extraot from a ilnanoial paper will 
give you all partioulars reepeoting it. I am told 
that there will be no appeal made to the publie 
for Bubseriplion to its capital : — 
This oompany was registered on the 29 uU., with a 
capital of £25 OOO, iu £100 shares, to acquire the Moutc- 
iiore Tea Estate in the Central Provinces of the Island of 
Ceylon, and also the Abbotsleigh Estate in the same 
province, niid to carry on the hnsinr ss of growers of tea, 
oofieo, cinoh..na etc. The enhsoribera are 
Shares. 
C. B. Smith, 7, Grove End Koad, N. W. 
tea estate owner ... ... ... 1 
N. Bonsell, Abbotsleigh, UattOD, Oejlon, 
tea planter .. ... ... ... 1 
O. Uarrison. 67, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W. C. 
soHoitnr ... ... ... ... 1 
H. W. Matthews, 9, Coleford Bead, Wanda, 
worth, 8. W. clerk ... ... ... 1 
F. Villirr, 24, Kilt's Koad, St. Catherine’s 
Park, S. E. 1 
F. Farris, 49, Jlorley Avenue, Wood Green, 
N,, clerk ... ... ... ... 1 
G, Anderson, 12, Brookville Bead, 8. W. 
olerk ... ... ... ... 1 
The number of directors is not to be less than 3, nor 
more than five ; tbo first being Messrs, C. B. Smith, 
W. W. Simpson, N. Bowaell, and C. Harrison j qual fi- 
cation. three shares; Mr. O. B. Smith is managing 
director in England, with a reinunerstion of £100 per 
annum; Mr. N. Bowsell is the msnsging director in 
Ceylon, with a remuneration of B5,009 per annum and 
6 per cent, on the nett profits, Oihee, 41, East, 
cheap E. C. — Loudon Cor. 
BABK AND DRUG ItEPOBT. 
(From the Chemint and Druggiat.) 
London, Sept. 2Gth. 
Cinchona.— T he auctions held on Tuesday were again 
exceptionally small, the total number of paokages being 
made np as follows 
Pligs. PkRS. 
Ceylon oinohona ••• 167 of which 12i wore sold 
East Indian cinchona ... 309 do 367 do 
■ Java cinchona ... 78 do 78 do 
South Amocican cinchona 273 do 319 do 
Total Otic do 778 do 
Tho assoriment was rather above the average of that of 
the recent auotione, and the hotter parcels were com- 
peted for nlthaomowhat morn auimatfon than tho buyers 
nave been aocustomed to show of late. Tho general 
opinion is that the auettoue showed somo improvement 
on those immediately praoeding, though there is no quo- 
table advance. The average unit for barks of fair quality 
remalna stationary at Ud per lb. 
Tho following are the approximate quantitiei purchased 
by the principal buyers : — 
Agents lot the Mannheim and Amatordam works 
Moasre. Howards A dons 
Agents for the American and Italian works .... 
Agents for Ihe Krankfort 0/51. and Stuttgart works 
Agents lor the llruuswiok works .... 
Agents lot the Anorhaoh works 
Agents lor the Ftcnch works 
Sundry druggists 
01.187 
39,686 
2.3.320 
20,600 
(1,63.3 
3,810 
3,210 
20,066 
Total quantity of bark sold 178,611 
Bought In or withdrawn 20,313 
Total quantity offered 207 , h3,* 
It should bo well undorstood that tho mete weight of 
bark purcliased affords no guide whatever to tho quinine 
yield repteseutod by it; firms who buy a am. 11 quantity 
of bark by weight frequently take tho richest lota 
and vice vena. , . . 
The following figures roiirosent tho e.xports of cinchona 
bark from Java during the mouth ol July (the opomug 
month ol tho sooBon) of the last five years 
— 1891 1890 1889 1888 1887 
Government 
plantations, Am- 
Btordimlb. ... 80,990 12,4.37 .34,827 11,021 78,69# 
Private plan- 
tations, Amster- 
dam lb. ... 1,10.3,173 373,025 20,610 102,080 919,78 
Total ... 1,101,16.3 385,612 305,3.37 174,001 206,486 
It will be seen that the exports for the month of July ISO l 
uloue exceed those of tho four preoeding months of July 
combined. 
THE AINISTERDAM CINCHONA AUCTIONS, 
(Telegram from our C'orrespoufenI .) 
AriSTEnDAM, 'Thursday Evening. 
At to-day’s bark auctions the very Isrge (juautity of 
nearly 6,200 paokages Java bark was oflered. Of this 
quantity 4,937 packages sold at firm prices, though no 
advance can be reported, the average unit being 0 cents, 
per half kilo., or 1 1/16(1. per lb. Mamifacluring bnrks 
in quill, broken quill and chips brought from G to 47 
cents. (=ld. to 8Jd, per lb.), ditto root, from 8 to 4S 
cents, (—lid. to 8J. per lb.) For druggists’ barks in 
quills broken quills and chips up to 60 cents. (— 9d. per 
lb.) was paid, and for ditto root from II to 14 csiits. 
(=2d. to 2}d. per lb.) Thu principal buyers were tho 
Auerbach, Amsterdam, and litnnswiolt works. — Clie- 
mist ami Druggist, Oct. lOtli. 
$otitiespojicl0nci0. 
^ — 
To the Editor. 
TEE-TOTUM VERSICLES. 
Duar Sir, — Could you find space in your valu. 
able column for tho following lines, not on ac- 
count of their intrinsic merit, but for the soundness 
of th eir sentiment. PLANTER PETER. 
In Pbaise opOkvdon Tea. 
(With apologies to " Gipsy John.") 
Another day is over, 
From care and toll we *fc free ; 
Now Mhonid the song-famed rover 
Come punctual homo to tea. 
Why should ho with such oonataut mind 
Have all thinf^s else fore^ne ? 
The reason h not hard to 
His tea came from Ceylon. 
(Churuh) Theyput hot water In the pot, 
And pour it out with glee ; 
You *11 awear met'O earthly drink cannot 
Couiparo with Ceylon Tea. 
Tbo godfi who in Olympug 
Ambrcgiul nectar quaffoj, 
Though vtilcan with a limp pacs 
To fill their oupa, they laug.'ted ; 
Think would they have themselvoa disgraced 
la suuh i\ f:ish-i-oi), 
Had their poor nectar been replaced 
By Tee muds In Oeyloo 1 
(Chorufl) Then put hot water In tlio pot, 
And pour it out with glee ; 
You ’ll nwear more earthly drink cannot 
Compare (vlih Ceylon Tea. 
liOvers of sparkling wine there bo 
The reverse f ascotio, 
■With whtim champagne dees not agreo 
(It s dear aa an emetic) ? 
Thou why not he more rich in purse, 
Though you wear no bine ribbon. 
Briiik that which ne'er made body worse, 
Tbo Tea of Old CoyU n. 
(Chorus) Then put hot water in the pot, 
A nd pour il out with glee ; 
You’ll swear more earthly diink cannot 
OompHTO with CeylrnlVa. 
Now minfl tho water 'e boiling ; 
Theacryant, if it 's not. 
Should 'by a jiiat roooillng 
Find himself in some as but. 
Piiltea,whcn Iho rigUiheat hstruck, 
A spoon for eU'j'h person, 
With ail extra one which Is for luck 
To the Planters of Ceylon. 
(Chorus) Then put hot water in the pot, 
Am) pour it out with glo« ; 
Ytu’li swear mere earthly drink cannot 
Compare with Lanka’s Tea, 
