432 
I 
Ueviscd eiiti- 
niate for ton 
montbs. 
3,500 buibole. 
46,000 lb. 
100,000 lb. 
THE STANDARD TEA COAIPANY tE 
CEYLON, lAMlTED. 
A goneral meoting was hold at th' c of tb.- 
oonipany, Tuesday Oiitobe. 27th. Dbeotors pros' "t : 
Mr. Alexander Brooko (in the chair.) Mr. Peter 
Moir and Mr, Robert Kay Shuttloworth. The 
chairman, said “the meeting was necessary with" 
four months of registration of the coiupany, nndcr 
the Acts dealing with iho incorporation of joint 
Btock oompanies, in order that the uccessary 
returns of capital might ho made to the Registrar of 
Jfoint Stock Companies, which will bo attended 
to by the aoorotary. The prospectus was issued 
with oei lain estimates of the probable produce to bo 
expected from the 3t. Leonords estate during the 
year 1891. The estimates were Mr. Edward S. 
Uriason's. The company, as stated in the prospectus, 
was entitled to all the produce gathered from 
March let, ».c.. entitled «o ,‘1*® bulk of the 
crons 1 am happy to say that Mr. Edward Gngson, 
nnd^er date Colomlio, Sept. 2lst, teporls that the 
ouantities gathered since March let will exceed, in 
each ease, the quantities estimated for the whole year, 
thus 
Original esti- 
mate tor twelve 
months. 
Coffee... 3,000 bushels. 
Oinohona 40,000 lb. 
Toa Leaf 80,000 lb. 
The expenditure will also be somewhat in excess of 
estimates, partly bcoanse they are estimates only, 
nartlv beoause of the increased quantity of produce 
fo be cured and handled, for it goes without saying 
the cost to transport and care the greater 
ouantity is more than the smaller 3,800 bushels 
coffee more than for 3.000 bushels, &o. This produce 
haBnot yatcome to ®oy exleut into the hands of the 
cempaur It i» yet to be accounted for. The St. 
Te^^atd’B estate was handed over to the com- 
on Ananst 24th. Perhaps, it your directors 
Sad th^ir own way, they would not have asked you 
fo meet them until they had something more 
fleflnite to announce, bnt the dates are settled for 
them' the Act requires the shareliohlers to meet 
within four months from the first formation of the 
Mmosny. All the capital asked for in the pros- 
pectus was applied for, and a good de.i ,uore. Many 
St the applicants for shates-I think I may say, the 
creator number— were rosidsnts m Ceylon, or people 
fcqSaintfrwith the island and with the district of 
udapussellawa, and some of them with the estate 
itself and its exact condition, and no perhaps hotter 
than anyone olso in the island what are the prospects 
ol coffee continuing toiyield on a remunerative scale, and 
when the young te.i mentioned in the proipootus will he 
Tn a ploying coodiUon, and thought favourably of those 
nroBpeots. On tea, when it has attained full bearing 
Is oar chief reliance. The production of tea is greatly 
an the iiioreoBo ‘both in India ami Oeylon ; but Ooylnn 
bnlds its own wherever it has obtained a footing. It baa 
wiRiutained it, beoaise it Is a good article, and no one 
Mcuetom^i to it will go back to an infcrior article such 
M Oh?na. notwithstanding anything Sir Andrew Clark 
may have said. The host Ceylon teas promise in the 
oninion of your directors mo»t permanency in this res- 
nect Among the best ol the Ceylon toss ate those from 
ITdanasaellawa, snd your directors have pleasure to 
that they have arranged with Mr. Norman 
W Grieve, tlie owner of Bskd'de and Liddesdale 
Estates near to the company’- property, St. Lionards 
to throw in his lot with the omipany from January 1st 
iRua I nrofor to say Mr. Grieve throws m bis lot with 
1892. I proier to s y expression ‘ that tbo com- 
X hTvrcentrfrd to buy^^lrom -d for tins 
reason that Mr. Grieve takes a groat part of the 
purohaso-amney in shares of the “‘’“r"!'- 
directors hope to have him as a valued celleag_ue The 
election of a director is s' ictly « ® 
of the otiier side of the table ; but Mr. Grieve m a weiy 
known rosu in Ceylon, is a gentleman of high character, 
knows the distrioU, has had exporitnoo as a planter anu 
1 o w ei ' e ■ • 
, 1 . 1 m li V . ,ea lu-two v 
r 10 ' , K 
A o.. o t uUa 1 'll lb . n-ai. 0 0 ude 'bo 
i'oc e iu»s . — II and C. Mail, Oc.. 30 li. 
Camphob PROM Jaitpna. — T his aitinle ol nxport is 
used in the inanulaoture ol smokeless powder, and 
oame into prominent notice when this invention 
was first publicly announced. The stock at that 
time in London was exceptionally small, so that 
values were suddenly forced up. In order to 
maintain the abnormally high level ol prices pro- 
duced by speoulatien, dealers withhold supplies for 
many months, bringing to market only sulDoient to 
meet actual engagements. The bulk ol shipmonts 
to Europo were so well watered that the ^ loss in 
weight upon arrival there was found to be in many 
instances from 17 per cent to 20 per cent., instead 
of the usual 74 per cent to 10 per cent. Prices at 
one time during the year rose nearly 100 per cent but 
closed quite normally, — Manufacturer and Inventor. 
Tea Pbeparino Machinbbv. — Hero is an item that 
may interest tea-men. We take it from the 
Kokkai : — “Tea is among the most important artioles 
of export from this country, Every year about 60 
million lb. are sent abroad. Hitherto in the manu- 
facturing disttiols everything has been managed by 
band, the expense being great and the profits to 
producers small. In India on the contrary ino- 
chinory is used with the result of materially eoo- 
nomiziug time and outlay. Lately the Governor of 
Haitama Prefecture informed the department of 
Agriculture and Oommeroe that a certain Mr. 
Takebayaehi Kenzo of Kawagoye, in that Profeotura 
had invented a tea-preparing machine after many 
years of labour and experiment. The Governor 
asked that an expert be sent by the Department 
to examine the machine. This duty was entrusted 
to Mr, Omura Takeshi and he has reported that 
he found the invention thoroughly suitable and 
very convenient. He added that if the maohine 
be brought into general use throughout the tea- 
prodnoing districts, a great saving ol time and 
expense will bo achieved.’’ — Japan Weekly Mail, 
0«*. 24th. 
Abiifioial Ivory. — P ersistent attempts have been 
made to produce a good artificial substitute for 
ivory, says the ISnginecr. Hitherto none has been 
sueoessful. A patent has recently been taken out 
tor a prooess based upon the employment of those 
materials of wbioh ivory is oomposed, t.e., tribasio 
phospbato of lime, calcium carbonate, magnesia, 
alumina, gelatine and albumen. By this prooess 
quioklime is first treated with sufficient water to 
oonvort it into the hydrate, but before it has become 
oompletely hydrated or " slaked,” an aqueous solu- 
tion of phosphorio aoid is poured on to it, and while 
stirring the mixture tbs oaloium oarbonate, magnesia 
and alumina are incorporated in small quantities at 
a time ; lastly, the gelatine and albumen, dissolved 
in water, are added, Tbo point to aim at is to obtain 
a oompoBt suffloiently plastio and as intimately 
mixed as possible- It is then set aside to allow the 
phosphoric aoid to complete its action upon the 
ehalk. The following day the mixture, while still 
plastio, is presBcd into the desired form in moulds 
and dried in a current of air at a temperature ol 
about 160° 0. To complete the preparation ol the 
artificial product by this prooess, it is kept for throe 
or four weeks, during whioh lime it booomes per- 
fectly hard. The following are the proportions lor 
tbo mixture, whioh oan be colored by the addition 
of suitable Bubalauoo ; Quicklime, 100 parts ; water, 
3U0 parts ; phosphoric acid Solution, 1'0.5 sp. gr., 76 
parts ; calcium oarbonate, 16 parts ; magnesia, 1 to 
2 parts ; alumina, precipitated, 6 parts ; gelatine, 
