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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[April i, 1892. 
expect Ru increaseil qutintity in tlie current year and 
prefer haring their calculation at the name rat(^ per 
acre. The oetiniate is therefore put down as 25C,000 
lbs. tea, against an estimated expenditure on the e-atate 
of 1160,000. 
In lerraa of the Articles of Arsociation, Mr. W. D 
Gibbon ret ires by rotation from the ofBoo of Director 
but. beirg eligible, offers himself for re.eJection 
The appoiotment of an Auditor for the current 
year will rest with the meeting. 
By order of the Direoto'S, 
G. W. Caulyon, 
Secretary. 
Oulombo, 26th Jan. 1862. 
THE WE-OYA TEA COMPANY, LIMITED. 
Tho following is tbp report of ^ho Directors pi"®" 
sented at the Annual Ordinary General Meeting of 
the Hharfholders held at 3 p m. today : — 
The Direotora hare pleasure in submitting to the 
Shaft hoMeta the Accounts of tho Company for the 
past year. 
The total Tea crop was 50,175 lb b^tn? 10 1751b. in 
exoesB of the estimate, sn ' rta'ized R21,197'89 or an 
average net pnoe of .12^ cent, per Ih. ngii'iist an 
expenditure cf R15 620 01 • qnal 'oOlCerils per lb. 
The pri fit on 'Un ymr’a working is i qua' to abeui 
6i per cent on tho Capital of the Oi inpairy and after 
writing off the old balance at debit of Profit and 
Loss, a credit balance is shewn of Rl,712 73 which 
tho Directors propose to carry forward. 
The Factory was completed in August and 28,106 lb. 
of tea were manufactured in it during the lasfrflve 
mouths of the year. 
Since the issue cf tho Company’s last report It was 
found odvisable to increase the size of the Factory and 
to add to the Machinery ; the expenditure nmlor these 
heads is therefore larger than was antioipated hat it is 
expeoted that all necessary manufacturing arrange 
menta for some years have i ow been mot. 
The estimated expendi'uie for the present year is 
19,550 on 85,000 lb. of Tea and R3 5.50 to plant fur- 
ther 29 aeris with Tea and to build mire lines. 
With the new clearing referred to, the aiiHivsted 
acreage of the Kaksto will be 218 acted. The 219 
acres planted in 1808-1890, whicli will si) be in bearing 
this year, now show a very fine cover of Tea. 
The Directors regret that iit the clearing of 1890 
owing to a falte boundary, a mistake wa* made whcieby 
15 acres belonging to Edersnoila Es'ate were felled and 
planted in Tea by the Company The mislalte was dis- 
covered in February 1891 and the land was rcstnrr'd to 
Ederapolla, from the pr- prietorsofwhich the Company 
hope to be ecouped their expenditure. A small 
f iayment in part compendalion has boon made and 
egal steps have been taUen to reoover the balance 
claimed, viz. R1.160. 
In tirroaofthe Articles of the Association, Mr. W. 
J. Bmiib now retires from the i.ffioe ol Director but, 
being eligible, offers himself for re-election. The 
elcc'ion of a fourth D roctoraiid of sn Auditor for the 
current year will rest with the Meeting. 
By order of the Directors, 
O. W, UASbYON, Secy. 
Colombo, 26th Jan. 1802. 
OiNcnoNA PBOM Rktinion. — .A lthougli it has long 
been known that some of the planters in the Island 
of B6anion. near Mauritius, were experimenting in 
oiuohoiia cultivation, no bark from that part of the 
world has as yet appeared upon the market. It now 
transpires, however, that samples of Bfunion 
oinohona have lately been anslysed by M. Houdas, 
of the Baris School of Pharmacy, and found to con. 
tain 1'70 per cent, of quinine (=229 per bent of 
Bulphsto of quinine), in a total of 4'32 per cent, ol 
alkaloids. M IIoudaB advises the planters not to 
pursue the oultivatiou at present . — Chemist and 
Druggist, Jan. 23rd. 
Amstekdam Babk-holdebs Want to Sell. — I n con- 
ncetion with the large quantity of cinchona which 
will bo offered for sale in Amsterdam on February 
25th, our oorresponde.nt there points oot that of the 
4,780 packages in the oatalogues no less than 1,158 
are of old import and belong to owners who want 
lo seize the opportunity to profit. If they can, by 
tho improved tendency of tho market. The fact 
also deserves atteniinn that at the forthooming 
auctions 327 paokage.s (rquivalent to 28,000 oz. 
quinine sulphate) of bark from tho Djsjagiri and 
Hoekawana plantations will bo offered. This is the 
first time for several years that this bark, whioh used 
to be consigned direct to the Btunswiok factory, 
appears in the open market . — Citemist and Druggist. 
Thk Finai, Dryino of Tka for Packing is 
thufl discussed by the London correspondent of the 
Indian Planters' Gazette ; — 
There are some liere, now strongly preaching the 
doctrine that the r. a.on why fras do not keep as of 
old, lies in the method of rapid firing for " piiccabnttie" 
which the intrcdneiioii of Dryers fta. brought about. 
They point r ut that when tea wsa “ fiiiHl fired" by 
rruiiaiiiing all ni.ff/it upon warm chulahs or dhools, one 
n'vrr.or ven Kcldoni, beard complaints of ti-ss m t 
keep ng Whilst I bey aokiinwli ilgc the immense 
nmouot of loom etc., that would be roquiretl to final 
fire so slowly now, with the imnicnse out-put ot todsy 
on some estates they m«iutain that the quality woiiM, 
by the improvr merit effected, r"pay ihe extra honsc- 
room and labour : and that the expense of th' so 
items should iit t atnn I in tho way of pence per lb. 
put on the value of 'he produce. I o ly call prelimi- 
nary attention to this doctrine now. just to record its 
b'rth ; but it will not be thr* last word lisartl about it. 
Kearonsare given, of coursn, to justify it. Sorut- may 
fool t' nipted lo put th" question to the tost tt is next 
season, that they may be ihe first to benefit by it, 
elioiild it prove to bo. woT-founiird. One ‘‘brink" 
niigfit show as some index as to t ffoot on quality, 
though it would not, unlesa In-Id for inontfis, show 
tlio precise effect upon the l-eepisr/ qna ity. Of coursrr, 
this trial “ break,” to bo of any vtduu as a te-t, woii'd 
require a sister break final fired on modern principles, 
out of the same bulk of tea. If anyone is tempted to 
make ihet ial,l will, if requested, tike simrilris of ifit 
twu breaks lo a dozr'n liriiiarif biokers and publish the 
reports here, prohouo publico. 
Tna Kinds cf Cacao.— We give prominenoe 
to tho following remarks on this question by Dr. 
Trimen r — 
Mr Hart of Trinidad in n paper on the nomenelalure 
of cacao (Hsrepriiilo I m Tropica! Agriculturist for .Ian. 
1892 from tho ‘* Agricultural Utcnni”)take me to 
task for translating (in n.y report forlSSHI) ‘‘C iollo," 
by " wild.” lie does uot however show me to be 
wrong ill so doing, but m rely snegests as a fittir 
reiiderii g tlin word nsiive.” This is perhaps a 
boner equivalent, but I wish to point out that it is 
prcoisely Whnt I inteuded to convoy by the wrord 
*' wild, BUd that I havo made uo error in this matter. 
I am disappointed to find that Mr. Hart supplies no 
data towards di terniining the interest ng qne-tiou as to 
which of thi' two ouliiva'ed stains is the nearer lo the 
original nncultivsted 'V, cacao. It should surely bo pos- 
sible to settle this in the West ; h* ro of oourso we arc 
holphssin the matter. Mr Hart se ins to have been 
much impressoil bv tlie r, cord in ni‘ report ef the 
opinion ot a large Ceylon go wer of foriisie o esoiui ihat 
it is here gradaally iiequiriiig the clisracters of the 
old Ceylon sort; and lie appears to jump to theron- 
clusioii that cr ollo must liieri-fore be tlic “or'g'nKl 
type.” lo whieli a reversion is tasiiig pisop. B it in 
my rep rt I took rare to p iiit out, and I now do so 
again, that many more years’ expi ricnce, and many 
more noeiirate ohservsln ns will bo required to establish 
as an actum fact, the suggestive observatirn refi rrcil to, 
and it is, in my opinion, premainrp to base any argu- 
ment upon it at present.— Henhy Tiiimen, Peradoniya, 
Fob. 8th. ’ 
