June i, 1892.] 
THE THOPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
8 S3 
1886. 1886. 1890. 1891. 
8,218,1001b. 6,245,220 1b. 84,616,469 lb. 51,227,60218. 
In the Schedule at foot are givfn parliciilare of 
tbe acreagt) cultivation, and elevation of the < etatea to 
be acquired. Thp fincHt Teas aro grown at an eleva- 
tion of from SO, 01)0 to 6, COO feet, and tlio aroaof Bucli 
laud being very limited, it will at onco be apparent 
that most of the estates are favourably eituated. 
Tbe following cootraots bav© been entered into: — 
An Bgreemoiit da^ed 31't March, 1892, between the 
Ceylon and Oriental InvoBtuieut CorporKtion, Limited, 
of the one p'trt, and the Company of the other part. 
An agreement between the Ceylon and Oriental 
Inveatmeut Coiporatiou, Limited, and Mesers, Baring 
Bros, and Co., couiaiutfd in letters dated the 11th 
January, 1802, from the Corpointion to Messrs. Bnring 
Bros. & Oo , anH 15th January, 1892, from Messrs. 
Baring Bro“. ft 0‘). to ihe Corporation. An agreement 
dated the 3lKt Mnrch 1392, between the Foreign and 
Colonial JDeben’ure Corporation, Limited, of the one 
part, and tbe Company of the other part. An agree- 
irent dated 3Ut Marob. 1892, between John Huntley 
Thring of the one p%rt, and the Company of the 
other part. 
The Ceylon and Oriental Invesltnent Corporation, 
Limited, in carrying on its operatiousto the prosonltimo 
has entered into various other ooutracts, of the ordinary 
business nature, hut which it is impossible to cunmerato 
in detail. Applications for Shares will, therefore, be 
received rnly on the footing that the applicants have 
notice of such contracts, and have waived the spcci* 
ficalion heron of the particulars ol such contrscis or 
any further information with regard thcr# to to which 
they may be entitled, who’ber under the 38tb etction 
of the Companies Acts, 1887, or otherwise. 
The Memorandum and Articles of Association of the 
Company and the above co* tracts can be irspected at 
the Offices of the Solicitors to the Ccnpa»*y. 
It is intended to apply for a Stock Exchange 
quotntion tor the Company's Shares. 
Applicatii'ii should ho ma«'eon the Form accompany- 
ing the Prospectus, and sent, with deposit money 
payable on application to the Company’s Bank< rs. 
Prospectuaes and Forms of Application may he 
obtained at tbe <ffice of the Company or from the 
Bankt rs or PoUci ors. 
SCHEDULB OF EbTATES TO UK ACQUIRED. 
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B<yahawatte 
.. 518 
22 
78 
818 
4, .500 
XzeVaHofi 
. m 
(i6 
1779 
,3,600 
Keiatalawa 
’‘‘Dpnegama (one- 
. 283 
.316 
3,600 
buif) 
. 112 
48 
64 
224 
3,500 
Peacock Hill 
. 300 
... 
68 
388 
3,500 
Keoiiakclle .. 
. 225 
210 
5.38 
973 
3,000 
Perndenia .. 
•Ooficwcllo (one 
. 33.'J 
*• 
767 
1,100 
2,50 J 
half) 
Wilr^hJro niul 
. 158 
60 
179 
387 
2,600 
Hampshire .. 
. 20.5 
aaa 
245 
540 
2,500 
Wangle Oya 
Muralioya and Wil- 
. 430 
... 
137 
567 
4,700 
ton 
.. 130 
293 
423 
600 
PatliraKalla 
Narthapane and 
. 147 
438 
685 
700 
Deegalla 
. 140 
310 
460 
300 
3,044 
330 
4,076 
8,350 
... 
* The figi’rea represent Ihe Company’s one-half share 
in these estates. 
CEYLON TEA. 
1 had a talk with Mr. Boustead about tea pre- 
paration and prospects : he does not approve of 
tea-drying at a low temperature and as regards the 
ory for '* keeping qualities *' in Ceylon tea, a great 
change has taken place because our teas now pass 
BO quickly either into consumption or to the sninli 
distribuLors, having last year and this ousted China 
BO very widely. A ooDBiderable ditferenoo in Ua 
preparation has been effected in some cases by 
Bhilting a factory or at any rate withering sheds 
from a damp hollow to a breezy sunny height. 
But Ibis ro/era more espeoially to the lowoountry. 
On the other band I am told of very favorable 
reports on pome Indian teas treated with low 
temperature drying, and I have been asked to call 
and see the r* port of a member of the well known 
Mincing Lane Firm, Messrs. W. J. & H. Thompson, 
which I must do. 
FUEL FOR TEA FACTORIES ; BOLIDIFIED RKTROtlUM 
BLOCKS. 
I am indebted this morning to Mr. Win. Gow 
(head of the well-known Broking Firm and tea 
planter himself), for some important papers with 
striking testimony to the value of a new patent 
solidified petroleum as an efficient and useful fuel. 
Mr. Gow writes: — 
‘ As the supply of a cheap and gcod fuel for the 
drying of tea is ixiroising the inimis of eu m.ny 
planters, I am i on ding jour enclosed s. me pariicnlais 
1 have obtaii od regarding the new " Solidified Petro- 
lium blacks’ that you may bring this fuel to the 
notice of your friends in Ceylon. I am told that in 
lie form of bl cks this fnel is uon-cxploaivc and 
Iherefcre perfectly safe in transit. 
Apart from a very largo number of favourable 
press notices, a special circular contains the at- 
tested ri ports on this new process and result of 
the following gentlemen ; — 
Sir Kdward J. lieed, K.c.n. F.R.s., M.P.! G. J. Snclue 
Ksq., F a s., f c.s., Bessemer Medallist. &o., past Vice- 
President Iron and Steel Institute; D. A. Sutherland 
Estp, F I.C., F.C.8., Loi.dou and Berlin ; Bovertoii Red- 
weod. Esq., F.n.e.is., Fit., FC.a., Teoluiic.1 Adviaet to 
Oil Trade Sectioa of the Loi don Chambir of Com- 
merce ; James Dewar, Eaq , f.r.s,, Fulh rian Professor 
ef Chemiatry Royal Inaiimtiou. Jaokaouian Profesfor 
oi Natural Experimental Philosophy, University of 
Cambiidee; Allred Blyth, Esq., (late J. & A. Blyth 
Engineers, Limehouse). ' 
1 will only quote one paragraph from Sir E. J. 
Beid'a report dated Nov. 14th last; — 
It is nut l ocessary, I presume, for me to furnish 
detailed calculations, and estimates of cost and profit, 
but I may observe that, even when based upon the' 
pnsent limited scale of operations, such oalculaliona 
and estimates as I have made, show that at the present 
prices of crude pstroloum and of o'her fuels, a very 
largo, 1 may say an enormons, margin of economy 
results in favour of the solid fled petrolenm in the 
production of a given amount ot heating power. Even 
this margin will be increased, of Course, when the 
operations asenmo the proportions of a large manufac- 
ture, There is no reason to suppose that the price of 
crude petroleum will much increase even with a preatly 
increased demand, becttuae new sources of supply are 
frequently being discovered. But a very large iuore.se 
ot price might tske place, and atill leave the solidified 
petroleum a vast field for economical and highly pro- 
fitablo extension. 
Messrs, Snelus and Sutherland’s summary rune ; — 
SuMMAHY. We^ summarize the advantages of 
this process for solidifying petroleum, by saying that 
it is rapid, extremely simple, and requires no skilled 
labour. The fuel produced can be handled in much 
the same way as other solid fool and a very much 
greater amount of heat obtained from a given quan- 
tity, Its chief advantage over previoua experiments 
in this direction, is that it does not fuse when burnt 
under tbe helore-mentioned conditions. 
There can be no doubt from previous experiments 
with petroleum as a fuel, that in relative effective 
heating power it is immensely superior to coal. 
We might further add that a. it contains no Pyrites 
it will, therefore, unlike coal, not be liable to snon 
tarn ous combiistiun. ' 
The experiments we witnessed were, of course on 
the small scale, but we sue no reason to doubt that thq 
