JiNUARV t| 1892.] 
THE TROMCAL AQR!0ULTURI8T. 
48s 
■ale for eeveral years, Dhe oSecinKS of Boubh American 
barka were small, and In no way remarkablei nCompeti- 
tlou thronghnat the talc wae fairly aotire, nearly all 
manufaotarers partloipatins In it. Prices showca no 
quotable change, but there was. perhaps, some sligbt 
tendency towards greater firmness. The unit remarks 
at 1 l-ldtbs d. to ^d pec Ib. 
The follow^g ore the approximate quantities purchased 
by the principal buyers 1 — 
I.b. 
Agents for the Mannheim and Amsterdam works... 130.643 
Messrs. Howards & Sons 
Agents for the Italian and American weeks 
., Anerbaoh factory 
„ Frankfort o/M and Stnttg 
., Brunswick works 
„ French works ... 
Mr. Thomas Whiffen ... 
Bnndty druggists.. ... 
ks 
Total quantity of back'sold 
Bought in or withdrawn... 
Total quantity of bark offered the 404,107 
89,339 
68,743 
31,346 
27,481 
23,990 
8,830 
1,481 
25.839 
368,336 
86,873 
It should be well understood that the mere weight of 
bark purchased effords no guide whatever to the quinine 
yield represented by it s firms who buy a small quantity 
of bark oy weight frequently take the richost lots, and 
vice vena. 
CIUCHONA.— A parcel of 4 bales of Huanoeo beck, the 
first of this variety which has been imported this year 
has just arrived i the last price paid for this class of 
bark was Is Sd per lb., but in view of the great scarcity 
the importer.! expect to get a trifle more now. The 
following are the approximate quautltlos of bark, with 
their equlvaleuts in sulphate of qiiiniue added in ( ). 
purchased by the various competitors at the last AmBtei> 
dam anolions Auerbach 100,670 kilos (4,940 ko.) ; Phila- 
delphia 66.939 kilos (3,770 ko.) ; Mannheim and Amster- 
dam 4.'), 328 kilos (3,063 ko.); Brnuawlck 38,384 kilos (1,979 ko.): 
Paris 19.799 kilos ( U90 ko.) ; Howard A Sons 19,378 kilos 
(1.080 ko.): Frankfort and Btnttgart 19.926 klloa (949 ko.) ; 
Hoppert & Heyse, Amsterdam 6,177 kilos (398 ko.) ; 
druggists 10,700 kilos. 
OiNNAMO!!.— The market has advanced farther, and 
sales of 900 bales Ceylon, second quality, have been 
made this week at 7 7-lDthsd. to 74d per lb. At 
anotlen yesterday 250 bags chips wore partly sold at 
251 per lb. 
Quihinu.— V ery flat ; a sale of S.OOO oz at Ofd ssoond- 
hsnd was ropurted, yesterday, but has not since been 
confirmed. The HAS agents aoM a small quantity 
this afternoon at 9]d per oz. The following are the 
present quotations of tlio muniifaeturera Howard A: 
Buns Is Id to la 9d in tius. Is 3d to Is 4d iu 1 oz 
vials : Thomas Whiffen la Id in tius. Is ltd in 1 oz 
vials: SSImmor and Jnb.t la hi tins: Milan lljd in 
tins. IB lid In 1 oz vi ls: Pelletier's Is 9d in 1 oz 
vials : Auerbaoh, Uruuswick, Mauuheim lOd per oz 
in tins. 
THE LANKA PLANTATIONS COMPANY, 
LIMITED. 
Report to be presented at the Elevonlh Ordinary 
Oenoral Meeting of the Lanka FUntationa Company, 
Limited, to bo held at the Offices of the Company, on 
Wednes.fay, the 3nd December, 1891, at 8 o'clock in the 
afternoon. 
1. The Diceetors snhmit their Report for the twelve 
months ending .30(h June last, together with the 
Balance Sheet and Accounts of the Company made up 
to that dale. 
2. The coffee crop was 2.031 cwt., and the amount 
realised therefrom was £2,603 18a 9d. All flelda of 
good coffee are receiving liberal vultivation, but eaoh 
year the acreage becomea unavoidably smaller. The 
Thotnlagilla estate ooutinuea to give satisfactory 
returns, as well as some fields on Ampiitiakande, 
Arnhall, Kappabaunook and Gonagalla, 
6- The ciucboiia bark shipped baa been 61,905 lb., 
which has born realited, and prodneed £781 129 lOJ. 
There is no improvemont 10 this market, and the only 
ouOay made on this product is that of harvesting Hark 
from trees which are oaoketed, or which injuriously 
elfeot the Tea oroolTeo beneath them, 
4. C 0008 realised £5,071 lOi 6d, the quantity 
gathered from the 311 acres now iu beari ‘g being 
1,106 cw^., shewing a profit tUerefiuiu on t!io 12 montlis' 
working ef £2,856. The following ex'rsd is taken from 
the Superintendent's Report dated 16 h July 
‘ Lajt year I planted 18 acres of oaidamoms with 
gocoa, iho growth is remarkably good oven for Yatte- 
watie. I have noticed also along the jungle boundaries, 
aud through the Jungle, that ooooa plants from seeds 
carried by monkeys are springing up wild and oom- 
peting with the natural growth, which shows that the 
pUnl has thoroughly established itself in this looality." 
The cocoa trees are very favourably reported on and 
there is every prospect of a good orop again this season. 
As the aoreaga in Ceylon suitabln for the suooesstul 
oultivation of ooooa is limited, the Direotors oonlidently 
look forward to present quotatioas being znaiutainod 
for this prodoet. 
It seems therefore most desirable that a very con- 
siderable extension of aoreage nnder onltivation should 
at ones be made, but the Direotors cannot undertake 
this expenditure out of Ineome, aud nnlses the Share- 
holders will take up a enbstsntial amount of the un- 
issued 8 per cent. Cumulative Preference Stock it 
cannot be carried out. The oosl of planting aud cul. 
tlvatiug Cocos, until the plants begin to bear enough 
crop to pay expenses, is] about £12 per aore, or £2,4M 
for 200 sores : a moderate sobsoription from eaoh 
Shareholder would produoe this pum. The calls could 
be spread over the year, and the interest would bo 
but a slight burden on the nett profits. The Direo- 
tors therefore enclose a form of iipplioution for Pre- 
ference etook and will open as mu^ land as the sab* 
aoriptiona justify, 
5. The oardsmoms) have produced 8,224 lb. The 
amnuot realised therefrom was £271 Is 4d. 
0. The tea received from ,the Gumpauy's estates, 
without purohasa of any outsido leaf, has amounted to 
248,574 lb. whiob have roaliied £9,827 lie 2d, an 
average of 9Jd per Ib. nett. The leaf from Rappaha- 
nnock and Killamjllo is manufactured in adjacent 
factories, the rest iu the Company's owu factories. 
A small amount of leaf is being piuoked on Thotnls- 
galla, snd this for the present will be sold to a neigh- 
touring f state. 
The following Statement shows the aoieage and 
slate of oultivation of the Company’s cstatts on the 
30tU June last:— 
Kstate, 
Cinch- 
Oarda- 
moms. 
Coffee. 
cna. 
Tea. Cocoa. Ac. 
Ampittiakande 
100 
193 
Arubidl 
132 
46 
124 
Fruit Hill 
Fordyoe Garbawii, ’ 
. 
... 
22U ... 
Gon«g»Ila and 
\ 285 
627 
Paramatta 
) 
Rappabanuook 
40 
21 
270 
Killamnlle 
28 
187 ... 16 
Tbotulagalla 
220 
146» 
Yattawatte 
765 
• Partly in Coffee. 
Grass, 
384 41 
61 1.666 884 56 
Forest A 
Timber 
Pattina. Trees. Total. 
Ampittiaksnde 
2 
3 
84 S32 
Arnhall 
16 
87 
25 873 
Fruit Hill 
220 
Fordyoe, Oarbawn, ') 
Gonagalla and | 
33 
16 
185 936 
Paramatta J 
1 
Kappahannook 
26 
62J 
65 473i 
Rillamulle 
3 
6 
20 258 
TiiOtulagalla 
• 
143 
60 658 
Yattawatte 
95 
162 
160 
417i 
277 941 
4,097f 
The pro 6 t 4 for the past year amounted to £8,443 2s 
fid, and had the rate of exchange duiiiig tho first half 
of tbe year not ruled higher than it has do e during 
the last low munlhs, tho profits would have been 
much better : as it is, tliey are suffioient for the divi- 
dend on the Frefereooe Shart-e and also to pay nearly 
4 percent on the 0/dinary Shares, but deeming it 
expedient, having regard to possible d' preei tion, to 
reduoo the Machinery Account by £410 Os. lOd., and 
having to reduce the Suspense Aeoouut by £1,427 
