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MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS,
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QU ULE. | UU LA DTONS. QUALITY QUOTATIONS.
a ee Lier suet aed Pertenece ee dee ee en eee
ALOE, Soc:otrine cwh.| Fair to ine av, . (443 4 1093 INDIARUBB R, (Contd). ,
Zanzibac « Hepatic ,, |Jsumoa to got . [Lista 0s Java, Sing. & Penang 1b.j/Foul to good elean .. |81 a2? Hd
BEES) WAX, © Wer c pl (\Good to fine Bill 35 80m Se Bhd
Zanzibar & { White ,, }(t10d to Ane (£7 2% a £7 103 | {Ordinary to fair Ball [2s8d ass
Bombay Yellow,, |Fair £6 5s 8) 76 GA Mozambique » 4 |Low sandy Ball iséd ade6d
Madagascar
CAMPHOR, China
Japan 5, + Se -
CARDAM MS, Malabarlb!Clipped, bold, brig'ih,fine}2s vd a 3s
Ceylon..Mysore ,, |Fair t» fine plamp ..|23 9d a dn 4d (INDIGO, E.L 2 Bengal -- /
. Sve is ».{23'8d v8 Shipping mid violet'3s Oda '& 6d
*” Tollicherry,, |Go91 to % 14 123 Lida 3s Consuming mid. to gd./4s 10d a3s 44
é GSrownish [28 6d Ordinary to mid. (28 a 2s
Long
fe Mangalore ,,
CABTUR OLL, Caleutta,,
; Madras ,,
» |Dark to " 994 palish C663a £5 103
| Sausage, fair to good
» |Fair average quality 1325 61a 135s ~~
140s
8s ad a Ss 8d
\|Liver and livery Ball es A 3s 3d
Fr. to fine pinky & white!3s éd pay ote
be Fair to good black .../2s 2 2s
Madagascar
Nigvers, low to good {ts #d-a2s 10d
“iddling, stalky & lean|2s a 26 3d
Shelly t 2 2011 1/28 61a Iwied
Med browa to good bold|3# 9d a 4s 4d
ists and 2nds (39d a 4d
Mid. to good Kurpah /le 1074 2s 3d
ow to ordina: Is dda ts 8d
Mid. to good ras” [1s Oda zs 8d
ale reddish to fine 2s a dso
”
(sida Bel MACE, Bombay & Penang
CHILLIES, Zinzibac cwl,| Dull to fine brig it .. [303 a 408 per Ib. Ordinary to fair le 6dads lld
CINCHONA BARK.— : ; Pickings le2dai
Ceylon Ib. | Ledgeriana Chips 3d abd MYRABOLANBS, = Dark to fine pale UG 6s a 6s
Crown, — ‘Renewed iid a 8d Madras f °¥"!Fair Coast Gs
Org. Stem |lida 63d Bombay __,, |Jubblepore 4094 ah od
Red Org. Stem |ida é$d BShimlies 4591» 10s
Renewed 3ad a 5jd Rhajpore, &e. 4s 3d.a Os
CINNAMON. Ceylon Ists}Ordinary to fine quill |10d ais 6d Bengal ,, |Calcutta 4s 6d, +4
per lb, aude ” ” Std a Ls 4d NUTMEGS— Ib. |64’s to 57's 2s bda oe 1
3rds ‘9 sy 8d # 1s 8d Bombuy & Penang ,, |110's to 65's Is ld a te o€
4tlis is = i¢d @ lid 16)'s to 130's 6d a 11
Chips 4 8td a aga NUTS, ARBCA cwt, Ordinary to fair fresh /12s a
OLOVES, Penang 1b.} Dull to fine bright bola “a ala NUX VO ACA, Bombay jOrdinary to mid fs a 68'0
Amboyna ..| Dull to tine 4d a 53d per cwt. Madras {Fair to good bold fresh )83 a 10s!
Zanzibw Good and fine bright |8fd a 4d Small ordinary and fair 5s 6d ,
aad Pemba Common dall to fair 37. a Bid OIL OF ANISEED Ib /Fair merchantable t ied
Stems .. | Bair 2d CASSIA », |According to analysis (8s lid. aps 6d
COCULUS LNDiVUS ewt.| Fair os LEMONGRASS »» |@ood flavour & ur 7a
COFFEE “a: NUTMEG », |Vingy to White 8d
Ceylon Plantation ,,/ Boil to Ane bold colory] 110m @ 120% CINNAMON » |Ordinary to fair sweet {34a
Middling to fine mid 1038 a 1088 CITRON ELLE ;, |Bright & good flavour |M¢d ads ope
Low nid. and low grown/|92s a Lous ORCHELLA WEED—cwt y)
Smalls 588 a 82a Ceylon ., |Mid. to fine not woody .,.10s ales 64
Native » |Good ordinary 35s & 80s Zanzibar. », {Picked clean flat leaf ,.,|108 a ia
Liberian » | Small to bold 238 a 37s » Wiry Mozambique)l¥s a
COCOA, Ceylon » |Bold to fine bold 74s & $23 PEPPER -(Black Ib.j. ,
Medium and fair 703 a 733 Alleppee & Tellicherry/Fair to bold heavy... a oh
Triage to ordinary 50s a 678 Singapore ...| Pair A. % )
COLOM8O ROOT » |Ordinary to good Lls a 19s Acheen & W. C, Penang}Dull to fine PPD ‘
COIR ROPE, Ceylon ton nominal PLUMBAGO, lump cwt./Fair to tine bright bola 30s
Cochin ,, ]Ordinary to fair £10 a £16 Middling to good sma
FIBRE, Brush » | Ord. to fine long straight|£10 a £21 chips »» | Dull to fine bright a
Cochin ,, |Ordinary to good clean|£loa £21 ust » |Ordinary to fine bright
Stuffing,, |Common to fine £7 @ £9 SAFFLOWER + {Good to fine pinky
COIR YARN, Ceylon ,, |Common to superior £12 a £26 10s Mi to fair
Cochin ,, » oe, very fine |#12 a& Inferior and pickings
o- 4, |Roping, fair to good |£1010s\ 415 |SANDAL WOOD— :
CROTON SEEDS, sift. cwt.} Dull to fair 533.4703 Bombay, Logs ton.|Fair to fine flavour
cUICH ” » |air to fine dry 93 3d 3d Chips ,, wen re
QINGist, Bengal, rough,, | Fair Zau~s J Madras, Logs ,, |Fair to good flayour
“Calicut, Cut A, |Good to fine bold 3803 a 853 ips ,, |Inferior to fine
B&C,, |Small and medium }43 a 60 SAPANWOOD Bombay,, |Lean to good
Cochin Kvugh ,, |Common to tine bold {2334 23s Madras ,, |Good average
Small and D's lis 6d.a 22s_ Manila ,, | | Rough & rooty to goo £4 1054 £5 lop
Japan » | Unsolit 193 a 2ls Siam ,, bold smooth ..
@UM AMMUN{ACUM ,, |Sm. blocky to fine clean|293 a 45s SEEDLAC ewt.|Ord. dusty to gd. soluble
£107s 6d a £15/SENNA, Tinnevelly lb 1
ANIML, Zanzibar ,, | Picked fine pale in sorts
Madagascar ,,
Turkey sorts ,,
Ghatti ,,
Kurrachee ,,
ABABICE.1.& Alen. ,,
Madras ,, Che fe poe spare * eis eae 35s oar sidis ae part heary
IDA ean fr. to gd. almondsj 37s a 80s MERI engalewt,} Fair ..|19:
ASSAFGT ” Ord. stony and blocky|25s a 36s "Madras ,, ots
Part yellow and mixed|£32/6a £1010s
Bean and Pea size ditto|70sa £7 12/6
Amber and dk. red bold) £5 10s a £7 10s|SHELLS, M. o’PEARL—
Med. & bold glassy sorts|80s 2 100s Bombay cwt,| Bold and A’s
Fair to good palish ...] £4 83 a £3
Sie eh ke .., £4 53 a £9 Sma
Ordinary to good pale|493 a 55s _ Mussel », [Small to bold
67s 6d a 85s |TAM ARINDS, Calcutta ..} Mid.to fine bl’k not ston:
Pickings to fine pale ...|/28 6d a 4s percwt. Madras |Stony and inferior
TORTOISESHELL—
Good and fine pale’ ..,/52s 6d a57s6q >
_ | Zanzibar & Bombay Ib. |Small to bold dark
Reddish to pale selectail|30s a 49s. iameaael a
uD. 2
{
Fine bright
8s
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= icked Fair to fine pale 658 a 75s Dot G5 2
NEE da serts i Middling to good 338 a 55s Cochin », |Hinger ..|18s@
OLIBANUM, diop ,, {Good to tine white 345 a 60s Bulos ../9sa 1
Middling to ae a a gis Bd ONS a Tb. By lized 33 age. Ole
valerie. Low to good pale Us a 125 6 Mauritius an Ists| Gd. crysallized 31a 9 in, /14s 6a :
Titinge - ” |Slightly foul-to fine 98 Gda 14s Bourbon —... J 2nds/Foxy & reddish 4tag | li95 4 on
INDIAB UBB 4k,ASsam1b}Good to fine - 28 9d a 33 3d Seychelles 3rds|Lean and nferior a 10
Common to foul & mxd.}1S 3;d a 2s VERMILION 1b. | Fine, pare, brigat 12
Rangoon
Fair to good clean 4,./259d a 3s
Common to fine
AGRICULTURAL MAGAZINE
COLOM Bo...
Added as a Supplement Monthly to
the “TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST,”
The following pages inelude the Contents of the Agriculiural Maga:ine for
_ April:—
Vol. X.]
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LOCUST DISEASE FUNGUS.
E are glad to announce that the
locust disease fungus referred to
in cur last issue has arrived, and
we trust that the use of it will
prove as successful as it has done
in Cape Colony.
The following notes referring to the fungus and
its use have been published by Dr. Edington :—
Highly satisfuctory results have hitherto been
obtained, and it is particularly requested that all
persons using the fungus will report the result of
their experiments to this Institute.
During dry weather it is difficult. to get the
disease to spread, and hence it is advisable to use
it in Moist or wet weather, and t2 make the in-
fection of the swarms just before sunset.
DIRECTIONS FOR PREPARING THE FUNGUS
PREVIOUS TO USE.
Open a tube and take out the contents entire,
add it to two tenspoonfuls of sugar, and rub the
whole together with a spoon or flat knife so as t>
break up the material and mix it thoroughly. Then
dissolve thig in three-quarters of a tumblerful of
water, which has previously been boiled and
allowed to cool. Float in this a few pieces of
cork, which huve been previously steeped in
boiling water and cooled.
Now cover the tumbler with a piece of paper,
and let it stand during the day in a warm corser
of the house. In the evening the following
methods are to be used i—
KERTL.
1899. [No. 10. 3
METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION.
(1.) Catch some locusts, and after dipping them
into the fungus, let them go into the
swarm again.
(2.) Smear patches of damp ground, where the
locusts alight to feed, with the fungus.
(8.) Confine some locusts in a box which ccns
tains some favourite food moistened with
the fungus, and, after the food has been
eaten, return the locusts to the swarm.
ALEXANDER EDINGTON, M.B.,
Director.
Bacteriological Institute, Graham’s Town,
November 7th, 1898.
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RAINFALL TAKEN AT THE SCHOOL OF
AGRICULTURE DURING THE MONTH
OF FEBRUARY, 1899.
1 Wednesday... “02 17 Friday ws Nil
2 Thursday Nil 18 Saturday Nil
3 Friday Nil I9 Sunday Nil
4 Saturday Nil 20 Monday Nil
5 Sunday Nil 22 Tuesday ... Nil
6 Monday Nil 22 Wednesday... Nil
7 Tuesday - 16 28 Thursday Nil
8 Wednesday... *23 24 Friday — Nil
9 Thursday 23 25 Saturday Nil
10. ~Friday ‘6 26 Sunday Nil
11 Saturday Nil 27 Monday Nil
12 Sunday Nil 28 Tuesday Nil
13 Monday Nil 1 Wednesday... Nil
14 Tuesday Nil ae
15 Wednesday... Nil Total...2°66
16 Tbursday Nil
Greatest amount of rainfall in any 24 hours
on the 7th inst. 16 inches.
Mean rainfall for the month ‘95 in.
Recorded by Mr. J. A. G, Roprico.
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OCCASIONAL NOTES.
In reply to a letter asking for information
regarding a rubber extractor which was referred
to by one of our contemporaries as being shown
in Trinidad, we have been favoured with the
following reply :—“ Phe Rubber Extractor shown
in Trinidad was made by me on the base of a
‘Cream Separator’ ayd adopted upon on improved
principle to that of Mr. Biffen, I cannot send you
a description of the machine, but you will be able
probably to see quotations fd¥ it or a similar one
upon the market shortly by a London firm,
I have now a process of preparing Castilloa
rubber by another method which will be put upon
the market shortly. I will advise you in both
cases where you can procure the machines and
when.”
We make no apology for taking over the
, instructions on trout breeding from the Cape Agri-
cultural Journal, in view of the active interest
now being taken in this matter.
We have at the request of Mr. Jolin Ferguson
‘take charge of the plants (familiar enough in
Ceylon) consigned from the Seychelles as the food of
young gourami, and they are now established round
the pond in the School of Agriculture grounds.
We are expecting to have some of the fish
to stock the pond, and trust before long to
be able to make a favourable report with reference
to the experiment.
The report on the Poona Dairy is always interest-
ing to us, from the fact that it served as a model
for the Ceylon Government Dairy; and Mr. Mollison
never fails to give us useful hints in his report
which we publish on another page.
The February number of the Queensland Agri-
cultural Journal quotes the letters of Mr. 8S. M.
Fowler and “C. D.” contributed to the Ceylon
Observer With reference to Gourami fish.
We learn that Mr: O’Connor, who called here
on his way from Europe, after conveying speci-
mens of the Queensland Ceratodus to London and
Paris, has introduced gourami from Java. Some
seventy specimens were taken over and placed
in suitable lagoons and waterholes.
; ;
THE BRAHMANI BULLS OF INDIA.
There is a good deal of confusion existing
abroad, to judge from frequent references in the
press to the ‘“ Sacred trotting oxen of Ceylon,”
_ between the sacred bulls of India and the trotting
bullocks of this Island, and we are therefore glad
to find a clear account of the former given by wr.
. Voelcker in his report on Indian Agriculture.
The Brahmani bulls, which are dedicated to Siva
or some other deity, are let loose when. still young,
on the occasions of funeral ceremonies, or in
fulfillment of a vow. They are picked cattle, and,
‘being sacred, are allowed to roam wherever they
please, no one being permitted to kill them. The
custom is still maintained, and in some parts
there are too many Brahmani bulls. Sometimes
Supplement to the “ Tropical Agriculturist.”
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considerable dissension exists re ing the bulls,
and frequent trouble between Hindoos and
Muhammadans arise on this account. In many
parts, however, the Bralhmani bull is quite extinet,
this being due chiefly to the decrease in free
pasturing area, and to the decline of faith in the
eld religious beliefs.
The Brahmani bull, where he exists, is almost
always a fine creature, fed on the best of every-
thing. All that a cultivator may do is to drive
the bull off his own field, though it may be only
for it to go on to hisneighbour's. Theold Hindoo
system of breeding is carried on by means of these
sacred bulls, but so well does the animal fare
that it.is frequently asserted against him that he
getstoofat and lazy to pursue his proper calling,
and that tle cows get served by the half-starved
bulls of their own herds instead. Nevertheless,
it is very certain that were it not for the Brah-
maui bull, many villages would be very badly off.
Jn some parts, as already mentioned, (Behar for
instance) the bulls are too numerous, and ¢ause
serious damage to the crops of the indigo planters.
Though they do not eat the shrub itself, they
tread it down while searching for the grass that
grows under its shade but nowhere else. Much
expense has accordingly been incurred by planters
in putting ditches and hedges round their indigo
fields.
When the bulls get too numerous Municipalities
often seize them aud work them town carts.
This proceeding, so long as the b ¢ not rilled
or sold, is quietly acquiesced in. \ |) Moe
In the North-West Provinces) \ ider
trouble has been caused by the
cattle-stealers and Muhammédag
Muhammadans, being meat-eaters, have no
reverence for the Brahmani bull, and it is said
that numbers of these cattle are stolen for the
eee of being slaughtered, and that their flesh
is sold,
Dr. Voelcker complains of a decision of Mr
Justice Straight, in which he (the Judge) declared
the Brahmani bull to be “no one’s property,”
inasmuch as it could not be said to belong to any
particular owner. The bull is thus. deprived of
the protection of ownership, and becomes more
than ever the prey of the cattle stealers and
butchers, while the villagers are deprived of the
means of getting their cows served, “Surely,”
says Dr. Voelcker, “such a decision cannot
allowed to stand. That men should be allowed
to steal and realize money by the sale of the fles
of stolen animals, and then escape punishment on
the ground that the animals aré ‘no one’s pro-
perty,’ seems manifestly unjust, and in th
interests of the agricultural communities, the
practice should not be permitted to continue.”
_We doubt not, however, that the Judge's ¢
sion is correctly based on the law of property,
and there is of course the other side of the story,
viz., that there is no possibility of recovering any
compensation for the damage wrought by anit
that have no rightful owners. Some comprom
Bccruing to the agriculturist from Brahmani
can be secured, while at the same time the d
which they are capable of causing might
prevented. T° efaodaee
ApriL 1, 1899,]
CATTLE NOTES,
In Guzerat (Bombay Presidency) the he-calf is
simply starved off by withholding milk trom him.
In other purts he is driven away to the forests to
become tlie prey of wild beasts. In Bengal he is
often tied up in the forest and left, without food,
either to starve or to be devoured. And yet
the people who do this are those who do not
allow an animal to be killed outrigit even if it
were in extreme suffering.
The cow, as being a sacred animal to the
Hindoos, is only rarely worked in [ndia, and only
by Muhammadans. his is the case at Serajgunge
(Hastern Bengal), the Muhammadans regularly
using cows for ploughing, but the Hindoos not.
The same reverence is not always extended to the
she-buffalo as to the cow. At Belgaum, when the
buffalo cows do not calve, they are sent to the
plough or to work the wells,
The udder of the cow is divided into two
chambers by 2 membrane which runs in the same
direction as the backbone, So complete is the
division resulting from the presence of this
membrane that the milk from one chamber cannot
pass into the other, For this reason it is advisable
that the milker should operate, say on the front
and hind teats on the side next to him, and having
emptied onechamber of the cow’s vessel, should
proceed with the other, This is not, however,
the general practice. It is customary to operate
on the teats of different chambers simultaneously
on. the ground, that the method of procedure
preserves the natural state of the udder whereas
such a contention is quite contrary to facts.
Here again is one of those absurd paragraphs
quoted by the Farm and Dazry of February 11th,
1899, relative to the so-called “sacred running
oxen of Ceylon,” wherein the diminutive breed
peculiar to Southern India, the trotting bullocks
of Ceylon and the Brahmani bulls (referred to
in another part of this issue) are so hopelessly
confused :—The newest breeds of cattle coming to
the Dexter Kerries, that were landed with the first
batch of Government imported dairy cattle, are
the Cingalese cattle. They are known to zoologists
as the “sacred running oxen.” They are the
dwarfs of the whole ox family, the largest
specimen of the species never exceeding 30 in. in
height. One which is living, and is believed to
be about 10 years of age, is only 22in. high and
weighs 109} 1b. In Ceylon they are used for quick
| trips across the country with express matter and
other light loads; it is said that four of them can
pull a driver of a two-wheeled cart and a 200 1b.
load of miscellaneous matter GO or 70 miles a day.
They keep up a constant swinging trot or run, and
haye been known to travel 100 miles in a day and
night without either food or water. Noone knows
anything concerning the origin of this peculiar
| breed of miniature cattle. They have been known
on the island of Ceylon and in other Buddhist
countries for more than 1000 years.
We have before referred the various methods
of dehorning cattle, but having received fresh
@uquiries, we repeat a description of the most
Supplement to the “ Tropical Agriculturist.”
737
effective process:—Stick caustic potash is the
medicine. The earlier the application is made in
the life of the calf, the better. ‘The hair should
be clipped from the skin, and the little horn
moistened with water, to which a few drops of
ammonia have been added to dissolve the oily
secretion of the skin, so that the potash will
adhere to the surface of the horn. ‘Take care not
to moisten the skin, except on the horn where the
potash is to be applied. One end of the stick of
caustic potash is dipped in water until it is
slightly softened. It is then rubbed on the horn.
This operation is to be repeated from five to eight
times, until the surface of the horn becomes a
little sensitive. If done carefully, a slight scab
forms over the surface of the budding horn, No
inflammation or suppuration of any account need
follow. i
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MORE ABOUT MILK. ,
(Continued. )
Before one can intelligently search for the cause
of the taint in milk, he must have some idea as to
the character of the same. A tainted condition
arising from any source injures the quality of the
product, but the effect of a taint is largely deter-
mined by its character,
Taints may be classified into two groups depend-
ing upon their origin—
1, Those produced by bacterial fermentations
in the milk ;
2. Those caused by thé absorption of odours
directly from the animal, or after milk
is drawn,
In the minds of most dairymen, the latter class
has been considered the more important, and the
effect of the first group has not been adequately
recognised. -As a matterof fact, alarge number
of taints, thut affect‘ the quality of milk, are
induced by bacterial growth than otherwise. The
danger that comes from this class is, that it
is caused by a liviryg organism, and, therefore,
may be widely distributed unawares. A physical
taint is unable to reproduce itself. so that a mixture
of tainted milk with a larger quantity of normal
milk serves to diminish the intensity of the taint:
The manner in which the respective taints are
produced enables one to detect the difference. If
produced by germ origin, a well-marked taint in
any milk can be propagated from one batch of milk
to another, by transferring a small quantity and
placing it under conditions that favour bacterial
growth. Particularly is this true, if the inoculated
milk is first heated to destory pre-existing bacteria.
If it has been directly absorbed from some external
source, it cannot be transferred in this way.
Then, again, if a taint is produced by biological
causes, it will not, ordinarily, appear until some
time after the milk is drawn ; for, as arule, bacteria
gain access to the milk subsequent to its with-
drawal, and a certain period of incubation must
elapse before the taint-producing organism can in-
crense in sufficient numbers to produce the obnox-
ious odour or flavour. If the defective condition
of the milk is due to direct absorption from the
animal, as is the case where the food contains
volatile odour-producing substances, then it will be
noted immediately after milking. Aeration of the
milk is often recommended in such cases, but
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_ sometimes the odour is so persistent that this fails
to eliminate it.
Milk may acquire a taint some time after milk-
ing; and still it may be due to direct absorption,
If it should happen to be placed in a room with
odour-yielding substances, it can easily acquire it
in a cold condition, Such belated absorption
might be considered asdue to germ origin, unless
theconditions were carefully determined.
Itis a current belief that milk does not take up
odours so long as it is warmer than the surround-
ing air, aud on this ground the practice of leaving
the milk in the cowshed for a longer or shorter
period of time is sometimes defended, more especi-
ally if the cansare arranged so as to preclude the
possibility of the introduction of dust and dirt,
This belief is not infrequently formulated in this
way :—Milk evolves odours when warmer, and
absorbs them when colder, than the surrounding air,
Recent experiments made by the writer seem to
indicate that such a general conclusion cannot be
experimentally verified. Exposure of hot and cold
milk to an atmosphere charged with various
vapours'and odours, such as manure, urine, ensilage,
and different volatile substances, showed that
almost without exception both hot and cold milk
absorbed distinctive odours in the course of a few
hours to such an extent that they could readily be
detected. Moreover, the intensity of the odour
was almost invaribly more pronounced in the
warm than the cold sample, although precautions
were taken to have the temperature of both samples
alike at time of judging.
This belief, that warm milk does not readily
absorb odours, is contrary to the housewife’s
experience whoallows warm milk or warm food to
cool before putting it into the refrigerator, Being
warmer than the surrounding air, it absorbs more
readily the odours arising from fruit, vegetables,
or other food substances, than would be the case if
it was first cooled down. Such a condition is not
due to the retention of tne“ anima! odours,” but
direct absorption from without.
The practical bearing of this is that milk should
not be kept in contact with air that is saturated wi h
undesirable or marked odours, Even 2n exposure
for a half-hour has sometimes been fcund sufficient
to impregnate the milk with the odour of decom-
posing manure. The straining of the milk in the
cowshed, and then its immediate remoyal, may not
give time for the absorption of odours in a marked
degree, but it should be bornein mind that the
conditions at that time are the most favourable for-
rapid absorption of any odours, and that in milk
that is being produced in the best possible manner
even such an exposure is not to be recom-
wended.
The presence of bacteria interferes not only with
the keeping quality of the milk, but affects the
sanitary conditions of thesame. Bacteria are also
intimately connected with the production of disease
that the mere mention of the word calls up to the
minds ef many dread visions of epidemics. That
all bacteria should thus be considered as enemies
of man is entirely erroneous, for, in many cases,
they are decidedly beneficial, and particularly is
this true with reference to those forms found in
the milk. The mere fact that milk invariably con-
Supplement to the “ Tropical Agriculturist.”
[APRIL 1, 1899.
tains hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of
becteria per cc. need uot in itself cause alarm.
Mere numbers of bucteria are no just criterion as
to the hygienic value of milk. Of course, just to
the extent that bacterial life can be reduced in
milk, just to that extent are the decomposition
changes retarded, but milk or its by-products, skim
milk or buttermilk, may contain scores of millions
of germs and still be perfectly wholesome from a
hygienic point of view.
The bacteria that exert a deleterious influence
on human health are vot necessarily those that are
distinctively disease-producing,—z¢., pathogenic
bacteria; for, in many cases, sickness is caused by
the ingestion of milk that is contaminated by
putrefactive organisms. ;
7. —______
WILD INDIGO AS FOOD,
The Agricultural Ledger, No, 197, 1898, deals
with the Wild Indigos as a source of food in times
of scarcity.
The fact that the grain afforded by certain
species of Indigofera is eaten in years of searcity
is not new. The grains are known to have been
consumed during the Deccan famine of 1877-78,
and were deseribed in a paper read by Dr. W. Gray
before the Bombay Medical and Physical Society
so long ago as 1882. The seeds were ground to
flour, and either alone or mixed with cereuls they
were made into cakes which are very palatable.
They were occasionally eaten raw but were found
to produce ill-effects ; when properly cooked, how-
ever, they afforded a nourishing food which had
all the characteristics of pulse.
From a letter addressed early this year to the
Survey Commissioner and Director Land Records
and Agriculture, Bombay, it appeirs that during
1897,a year of great scarcity ia India, a consider-
able number of people of Malsiras and Pandhapur,
in the Bombay Presidency, were subsisting on
these grains. The following were the varieties so
used: Indigofera cordifolia, I, glandulosa, and I.
linifolia.
Analyses of these grains had been made by Prof.
Lyon, Chemical Examiner of Bombay, in 1882, but
Prof. Chucch, who is conducting a series of
analyses on India Food grains on a special plan
of his own—in which he brings out very
prominently the nutrient ratio for comparative
purposes—has again subjected them to a Chemical
examination at the Imperial Institute,
Of the three species of wild Indigo mentioned
above and examined by Prof. Church, the only one
indigenous to Ceylon is L. lisifolia which inhabits
the dry country. In India the flour of the grain
with the husk removed by pounding is made into
bread. This bread has a somewhat bitter taste,
and is therefore eaten with vezetables or hot condi-
meats. To make the breid palatable the flour of.
millets is mixed withthe Indigo. The bread should
not be made of the whole grain without pounding,
as it is said to produce a swelling of the mouth or
body when thus eaten, iv =
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Aprit 1, 1899.]
Prof. Church reports on the seeds of I. linifolia
as follows :—
Water aes Adc ac 9°3
Albuminoids (from total nitrogen) 39°'3
Soluble carbohydrates (by difference) 43-4
o0 3°
Oil Kiso é ete 0
Fibre cot bor} Cob 65
Ash ane ane coy 3:5
7
The nutritive ratio is 1: 1:47
The nutzitive value is 8:4
The phenol method showed 822 per cent of
albuminoids.
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TROUT BREEDING AND STOCKING OF
STREAMS,
The annexed memorandum drawn up by the
officer in charge of the Government Trout Hatchery
at Jonkers Hoek, giving instructions for the
hatching of trout in a simple and inexpensive
manner, and the transport of fly and stocking
of streams &c., is published for the information and
guidance of persons interested in Trout accli-
matization in Colonial waters.
WATERS SUITABLE TOR TROUT.
The trout being an inhabitant of fresh waters
may be placed in perennial rivers, or in lakes
and dams cf clear waters, and into which a
stream of clear water is always running, or
which miy be fed by bottom springs. Trout
will not sacceed in waters that become stagnant
and muddy at times, or in rivers that dry up in
summer. In dams and lakes water plants are
of great advantage, both as food producers and
also as a benefit to fish; plants absorb carbon* and
give out oxygen, while fish absorb oxygen and give
out carbon*, so by placing the two together
we are taking advantage of nature’s agencies and
also materially assisting in kesping the water
clearer and wholesome to the fish during the hot
gummer months. When planting trout in a river
or pond a little knowledge of the habits of the
fish at the spawning season will be oc great
benefit. When trout are ready to deposit their
spawns they repair up stream as far as they can
get, even leaving the river and going up small
side streams and rivulets with hardly enough
water to cover them. Having chosen a suitable
bed of gravel and loose stones; they commence
by digging out a bed for their eggs; this is done
by séraping out the gravel and small stones with
their fins and tail, thus causing an eddy in
which they deposit their spawn. The eddy
prevents the spawn from being washed away by
the stream until they are covered by the parent
fish as they work, and also materially assists
in the fertilization of the ova. As soon as the
trout have completed spawning they return to
their old haunts, leaving the egzs to take care
of themselves. Here again we have a provision
of nature for the protection of the ova; for by
placing the eggs in so small a stream they are
safe from any larger fish that would otherwise
prey on them when latching out, and they are
also safe from being was'cd away by heavy
rains, as might be the case were they left in the
* No, doubt a misprint for carbonic acid—Ed, A.M,
Supplement to the ‘* Tropical Agriculturist.”’
739
larger river. Therefore it is necessary for us to
assist nature by placing eyed ova and the young
fish in similar plices as would be chosen by
the parent fish themselves, and there leave them
to their own resources.
TRANSPORT OF YOUNG FISH.
When transporting fry any Gistance to a river
or lake it is mecessary that there should be as
little delay on the journey as possible; nothing
ought to be left to chance, but all arrangements
should be made beforehand. One hour's delay
may prove fatal to the fish, when all trouble
and expense would count for nothing. When
travelling, the fry are safe under ordinary circum-
stances, as the water in splashing about inside
the carriers mixes with the air, thereby supplying
the fish with oxygen which is necessary for their
existence; but when left standing still for any
time the air in the water beccmes exhausted
and the fish will die not for want of water but for
want of a. In cases where they have to stand
for an hour or more some person must attend to
them, and on any sign of any of the fish turning
sick and coming near the top, they may be revived
by taking one side of the carboy and lifting it
up and down for ashort time, this causes the
water inside to splash about and take in a fresh
supply of air. A few simple rules may. be laid
down for guidance, such as:—
Keep the water as cool as possible, travel
quickly, don’t let the sun shine on the carboys
and carriers if it can be avoided; don't cover
the top closely, but allow as much air to get
inside as possible; a wet blanket put around the
carboy or carrier on a warm day is a great
assistance in keeping the water cool,
When arriving at the stream into which the
fry are to be put (a suitable place having been
previously selected for them) the first thing to be
done is to ascertain if the temperature of the
water in the carriers is the same as the water in
the stream; if so, then the fish may safely be
turned out. But should it happen that the waters
vary in temperature, then the water io the carriers
must first be brought to the same degree as the
stream, for should the fish be turned suddenly into
water ten degrees higher or lower the chance is
that it may kill most of them. The desired result
may be obtained in the following manner: first,
fill the carriers up with water from the stream,
pouring in steadily, then pour off say half (taking
care none of the fry escape) and fill up again;
repent if necessary, ov until the water in the carboy
is the same degree of temperature as the stream.
The fry may then be turned out into a clean bucket,
sink the bucket in the stream, and quietly turno it
over, when all the fish will come out.
[Here follows a diagram of a‘ Trout Hatchery ”
which is not reproduced. ]
The first and most important consideration
for a trout hatchery is to obtain a good supply
of suitable water for the purpose. All waters
are not suitable; spring water is often too cold,
and even allowing thatit may answer very well for
incubating the ova, is not always good for rearing
young trout, as if sometimes contains mineral
matter of different sorts.
A very good test of water is to ascertain if
it contains a good supply of insect life, for where
insect life abounds trout will generally succeed,
i.
740
DIRECTIONS FOR PACKING OVA.
Have at hand a clean basin or bucket about
two-thirds full of water from the stream, to place
the ova in, . Curefully open the box containing
the ova, take off the packing on top, lift out the
cloth containing the eggs and gently place it in
the basin of water, let go two sides of the cloth
and pullit gently away ; the ezgs will then float off
and sink to the bottom,
WATCHING THE EGGS,
Almost any place may be used for the purpose
of hatching eyed ova, as long us a suitable supply
of good water is obtainable and proper means
taken to guard against its being turned off at any
time, or the hatching beds flooded by heavy rains,
In the latter case it 1s best to have the hatchery
placed some way from the stream and the water
led on in pipes, or even through an open furrow,
and so arranged by having a properly made sluice
to regulate the supply that only a certain amount
of water can pass.
When the ova are laid down in the stream itself,
a small stream with a low temperature sbould be
selected; the smaller the stream the better as long
ngs it does not run dry in summer, Select a place
in this stream having a nice bed of coarse gravel
with a run of water three or four inches deep.
The gravel must not be too fine—say from the size
of a pea upwards—and may be stirred over and
levelled with a garden rake before putting the ova
down, 'The'eggs should be gently poured ont of
the basin, adding water until all have passed out.
No further attention is needed beyond keeping off
birds, crabs, frogs, &c., as much as possible,
When it is not found expedient to hatch the ova
in the stream itself very good results can be ob-
tained without the expense of building a hatchery,
by leading out the water as stated and simply
erecting hatching beds at a suitable spot. The
beds may be dug out or wooden hatching boxes
may be used; the boxes are the best as they are
better under control and easier kept clean. Eyed
ova could then be laid down in them and the boxes
covered with lids made to fit, to keap ont all crabs,
birds, &c., and also to keep it dark inside, which is
better for the young fry.
The boxes might be made say fourteen or fifteen
feet long, two feet broad and nine inches deep,
the outlets so made as to allow raising or lowering
the depth of the water in the box at will. A box
of that size will be quite capable of hatching suy
16,000 fry. The sides of the boxes should be made
of inch and a half plank, the bottoms of inch and
eighth flooring, tongued and grooved. All wood-
work inside the boxes would require to be well
charred with a red hot iron before using, and the
outside painted, or if buried in the ground muy be™
given a coat of tar and pitch.
TREATMENT, OF FRY ON AND AFT!R HATCHING.
As‘soon as the fry hatch out in the boxesmll the
bad eggs must be picked up, also all the shells
from which the little fish have esetped, or they
will tend to foul the water. The be-t method is
to take out the plug so as to case a stronzer
current through the box, when all She shells, ‘ete.,
will float against the screen, the plug must be
replaced before too much water is ran off and also
without disturbing the young fry.
Supplement to the ‘‘ Tropical Agriculturist,”
The shells, etc., may then be taken ont A
syphon int> a basin or bucket; should a few fry
escape through the tubs into the basin then the
shells, ete., must be poured steadily out and care
taken that none of the fry eseape. Water must
be added until all is out, whenthe fry left in the
basin may be put back into the hatebing bex,
putting them in near the head of the box where
the water enters, as it is best to keep them away
from the screen as much as possible,
As soon as the fry hatch out it will be found
that they will pack near the head of the box, there
they must not be disturbed other than by an
occasional look to see that they are all right, and
the lid must be kept close to keep them dark.
The top half of the box only requires to be covered
(the lid may be removed as soon as they are about
to ccmmence to feed.) As long as they keep packed
together they do not require to be fed, as they have
their food for the time being in the sack attached
to their body, but as soon as it is all absorbed they
will begin to feed and look out for food. That
will be abont three weeks after hatching. They
will then scatter and head up the stream on the
look out for what they can get. They may then
be given a little food unless they be turned out
into the stream, which may be the most satisfac-
tory as they require a lot of care and attention
in feeding.
In turning them out a good plan is to take out
the screen and let them escape of their own free
will, that is to say, if they are intended for the
stream on which they have been hatched and into
which the water from the hatching boxes is
flowing; but if they are to be divided ameng a
number of places then they may be caught with a
fine net made of muslin or some other suitable
material, put into carriers, and taken to their
destination.
HATCHERY.
Should it be thought that a hatchery will
answer best, then a house for;the purpose may be
put up. It may be made of wood, iron or stone,
but the floor is best made of concrete. In size it
may be made to suit circumstances; a place say
sixteen feet by twelve broad inside will be capable
of hatching at least sixty thousand fry,
The hatching boxes may be made any size to
suit the building or the maker’s funcy; for a
building 16 feet by 12 feet, boxes 12 feet long,
18 inches broad and six or seven inches deep
would suit very well, for they could be placed 1s
shown in the drawing attached and leave about
three feet space at the end to get round them.
The hatching boxes may be raised on tressles about
two feet high or to suit the operator, it is then
easier to work them. The boxes will require to be
fitted with a screen to keep the fish from escaping,
also a plug-hole and plug for running the water
off when cleaning the boxes out, and must be
placed between the screen and the end of the box.
The water may be led into the hatchery through _
earthenware pipes, or even a. charred wooded
spout, but iron pipes must not be used as they
are liable to rust aud thereby harm the fish.
[A plan of filter frame and section of filter box |
are here given. |
FILTER,
The water will first require to be filtered before
= in,
Bere
APRIE 1, 1899.]
using in the boxes, not that a little sediment or
mud will harm the fish, in fact it does good rather
than harm, as if helps to kill any impurities that
may arise in the boxes, but to guard against the
danger of any enemy to the fry getting among
them, such as crabs, frogs, aud insect larvae. A
box fitted with frames to slide in grooves, and the
frames filled with coconut ‘bre, makesa gocd filter
for the purpose, and requires very little cleaning.
The filter may be placed inside the hatchery if
space will permit, and the water led from it into
the distributing box to supply the hatching boxes,
An overflow ought to be made ina suitable plece
in the distributing box but higher than the outlets
to the hatching boxes so as to keep it from
overflowing and running into the boxes.
Joun C. Scort,
Jonker’s Hoek.
—
MR. MOLLISON’S REPORT ON THE
POONA DAIRY.
‘The financical results shown in the appended
balance sheet are disappointing. The net cost
works out R831. It will ke noticed, howerer,
that the valuation of livestock at the end of the
year shows a decrease of R1,640. Under ordinary
conditions there ought to have been an increase,
because though there should be a liberal deduction
for depreciation in the value of the older animals,
it should be more than counterbalanced by a
corresponding increase in the value of the young
stock owing to the natural increase of the herd
and improvement during the year in value of
growing animals. There were 187 animals in the
herd at the end of the year as compared with 192
~at the beginning: 35 animals were sold, chiefly
old worn-out cows and buffaloes and young bull
calves, The older animals had necessarily to be
yalued at a lower figure than in the previous year,
because owing to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth
disease many of the milch cattle, and in particular
the buffaloes, had gone dry when they became
affected with disease, There was then an unduly
large proportion of the animals dry at the end of the
-year, receipts for the year being R1,800 less than
in previous year. Among older animals there were
no deaths attributable to the disease, but pregnant
animals aborted in some instances and many young
calves died. Affected animals were segregated as
the disease appeared, and their treatment, especi-
allyin the case of heavy buffaloes, gave much
trouble. They had to be thrown daily, so that
their feet could be examined, washed and dressed,
The milk of the affected animals was of course not
issued. The difficulties connected with segregation
were considerable. It was found hard to deter-
mine, in the early stage of the disease, whether
or not particular animals were affected. Slight sali-
-yatior without any rise in temperature was the
first noticeable-sign. But such might occur in a
perfectly healthy animal, If, however, an affected
salivating animal was not at once removed, the
saliva or other exeretions apparently proved a
ready source of contagion to adjacent animals in
the stalls. The contagion was chiefly from animal
to adjacent animal in the stalls, and this notwith-
standing the fact that the whole of the healthy or
apparently healthy were at pasture during the day.
Supplement to the “ Tropical. Agriculturist.”
741
T]:¢ stalls, feeding hoxes, gear, &c. were thoroughly
disinfected with phenyle twice daily. Every care
was tekken regarding segregation of animals and
attendants, yet fully one-third of the herd became
affected.
The Dairy produce from 77 animals in milk
was sold for R15,242. These animals yielded
a fair profit. But the upkeep of the young
stock had also to be met, and this expense is
always heavy. The cost of concentrated food
consequent upon scarcity in the year of famine
was considerably above the average during the
greater portion of the year. The value of concen-
trated food and fedder bought, the rent of grass
Jand, and haymaking expenses amounted to
Ri2,570, The fodder on hand at the end of
the year amounted to R2,876. The difference
represents the value of food consumed by the
whole herd during the year. The costliness of the
upkeep of the young stock has been referred to,
This is a contingency that cannot be avoided. The
majority of Indian cows, and specially Indian
buffaloes will not yield their milk freely unless
the calf is allowed to suckle or is tied near the
dam at milking time. I am aware that some
authorities dispute this conclusion.
The calves of docile tempered Aden cattle might
possibly be advantageously weaned at birth, also
of cows and buffaloes with feeble maternal
instincts, particularly if the practice is started
when a particular animal produces a first calf.
Taking one anima] with another, I think it is best
to follow the indigenous method and allow the
calyes to suckle. If this, however, is allowed, the
owner is in the unenviable position of knowing
that the calf will consume, before it is weaned,
many times its own value in milk. This is
especially true of he buffalo calves. Their value,
when a year old, rarely exceeds R5. Even in the
case of she buffalo calves and the young stock
from cows if hand fed with any degree of liberality
from birth, the cost of upkeep exceeds their value
considerably, particularly if sold as yearlings or
two years old. This statement holds good in any
purely agricultural district, and the question may
be asked how crn cattle breeders afford to breed
cattle at all. Tlie answer is where the cattle
breeding is practised to any extent and followed
on systematic lines, extensive grazing lands exist
and other suitable facilities and conditions. The
extensive tracts of grass land west of Ahamadabad
along the Ran of Cutch, the Gir hills of Kathiawar
and the Satpuda ranges in Holker’s territories are
notable examples. In each case well-known pure
breeds of cattle are raised at purely nominal cost.
fhe annual grazing charges never exceed a rupee
for a full-grown animal, and usually range from 4
annas to 12 according to age.
In our cattle-breeding operations we have taken
upa certain line, viz., breeding for milk. In this
connection it is necessary that our young stock
shall be maintained in continuously thriving con-
dition as they grow, and in consequence their cost
of upkeep will be considerable and neeessarily much
higher in the Poona district or in any otber agri-
cultural district than would be the case in eattle-
breeding districts proper. When, therefore, the
profitable part of our stock—tbe animals in milk—
get out of profit through contagious disease of a
eerious nature, the balance is likely to appear ou
742
the wrong side of the accounts. There is always
a risk of contagion, because cuttle disease and its
spread is uncontrolled. The danger to private
owners is infection of healthy cattle and consequent
loss. The danger to the public is perhaps more
serious, because the sale of milk from diseased
Cattle is also uncontrolled, Fortunately, however,
in the cise of a cow, and especially in the case of
a buffalo, mill secretion stops if fever becomes
high and illness severe.
We have a full reserve supply of fodder on hand,
and at the end of each monsoon a supply sufficient
for a full year will always be in stock. In former
reports the objects aimed at in our cattle-breeding
operations have been fully discursed, The primary
object is breeding for milk, and in doing s0 the
iudigenous breeds under trial are maintained pure.
Inherent characteristics of pure breeds, which
have taken probably centuries to stamp, are
deformed by cross-breeding, and in consequence |
do not believe in the practice. There is good
enough pure breed materfal in the eountry, if
properly selected, and I have pleasure in being able
to point now to young animals bred on the farm
which give great promise of being specially good
milkers, We lost by rinderpest three years 9g9
nearly all the first produce from cows mated at
the farm, otherwise our operations would have
made better progress. Sind cattle will, I believe,
prove our most satisfactory milk breed, although
they have shown one failing in the Deccan, which,
if inherited by offspring, would be rather disastrous,
Darry Hurp,
ots INCREASE,
35
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DESCRIPTION. ae seicg
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2.2/)e¢ —
»~n 4 3
Rm og
3
Cows.
Stud Bulls 7
Cows 33 3
Heifers ... 7 12
Cow Calves 19 sae 8
Bull _,, 26 3 10
Total...| 92 15 18
Buffaloes.
Bull Buffaloes a 8 a
She es wed 47 6 wk
' Heifers ... Fal fe ls 5 ae
She Buffaloe Calves 25 1 9
Bull _,, j9 Corsten 5 16
- Total... ] 100 17 95
Dairy Cart Horses . 2
Supplement to the ‘ Tropical Agriculturist.”
eS
ible
of inflammation of the udder, and in the of
deep milkers, no remedial precautions that can be
The cows at parturition are peculiarly suse
taken is quite effective. Imported animals are
more susceptible than heifers or cows bred on the
farm, and perhap3 in stock bred in tne Dezean the
trouble may disappear. The direct cause, [ belie: e,
ty be the change from the dry natarally drained
alluvial soils and rainless climate of Sind to the
chil! dimp climate and the cold floors of bires in
the Deccan, particularly in the monsoon.
The dairy supplies milk and butter to the Com-
mixsariat Department for soldiers in hospitals at
ordinary rates and to the public at rates fixed pur-
posely higher than in private dairies. Improved
method and the manipulation of improved dairy
machinery are taught to natives. Those who come
to learn have to work. The trade in butter, and other
dairy pro:luce made by improved methods, is now
in Indin enormous, and the Bombay Agricultural
Dupariment can take credit for initiating this trade.
The services of farm bulls are given gratis for
all healthy cows and freely taken advantage of,
Fall information regarding the management of
duiry cattle in India and regarding milk and milk
products will be found in two pamphlets, whieh I
have written for the Agricultural Ledger series, and
full descriptions of the various breeds of cattle of
the Presidency and of the conditions under which
these breeds are bred will shortly be published,
illustrated by photographs of numerous typical
specimens.
1897-1898.
DECREASE. of | Vatvation.| | &
a2 ue
: Hus ‘2 33
54 (=| oom
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3 |2 to 533
ra) Z =. ate
be 4
€ +o r g
B 2
sab 1 1
Sey 3 5
aan 1 1
6 lL 20
6 23
1 a7 sae
2 S00 7
1 -s 1
2 5 7
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APRIL 1, 1899.]
Supplement to the “ Tropical Agriculturist.”
BALANCE SHEET OF THE POONA Dartry FOR 1897-1898.
743
EXPENDITURE, Rs. | as. | p.
By Overseer’s Pay 180} 0; 0
», Herder’s '’,, 2167)" O10
;, Concentrated Food 7,033 | 4 |.-4
», Fodder bought : 3,168 | 11-| 0
», Rent of Grass Lands 740 | 0) .0
», Haymaking Expenses 1,627 |. 3.) 11
3, Labour ody 2,565 }.13 |. 1
», Water Rate 36 | 0.|.0
», Cost of Repairs and Incidental
Outlay woh obs G20 A att] 2-0
», Purchase of Dairy Utensils ... 222) 4) 0
5 Livestock TA Ta a)
ae Butter on hand on 31st
March, 1897. 35 697-2540
- Decrease in Value of Livestock] 1,840} 0} 0
19,703 | 14 | 10
EEE
RECEIPTS. Rs. as. | p.
To Sale of Milk and Butter, the , ‘hoa ae
Produce of F'arm Cattle 15,241 |-15 | 5
, Sale of Milk tins and jars pac Ox len8 17 0
3 », Livestock ... 430 | 11 5
A », Manure 260 | 12 | 0
,, Butter on hand 31st Mar,, 1898 54 Ot 1 G6
», Fodder ,, 5 9 2,875 {12 | 3
,, Balance (net cost) ane 830 | 12 | 3
B19,703| 14 | 10.
INDIARUBBER FROM EUPHORBIA.
_ Major C. Giberne writing to the Standard says :—
“Will you allow me to draw attention to the
enormous quantity of Indiarubber locked up-in
the jungles of India in the various species of
Euphorbia or “ milk-bush,’ with which it is in
parts so thickly studded ?
‘Many years ago when in India I ordered a box
of chemicals from England, and in the course of
some experiements I made, I added a little nitric
acid to the strong alkaline milk juice of Huphorbia
tircualli, and to my surprise not only neutralised
the alkali, but left floating on the surface a piece
of Indiarubber. There is a considerable quantity
of #. tuuculli growiug in Guzerat and especially
in the neighbourhood of Bombay, but the supply is
limited. Onthe other hand there are other species
of milk-bush such as &. antiquitwnm and
L. neritfoka, the supplies of which, should they
be found efficacious, are inexhaustible.
“T should strongly recommend that a trial be
made of all these different species as to the quality
of the Indiarubber they generally produce.
Probably also a cheaper acid, such as hydrochloric,
would prove efficacious as nitric acid. The milk
could easily be extracted from the milk-bush by
means of a common native sugar-cane press. ‘The
only question then would be whether the acid should
be brought to the milk or the milk to the acid,
and, in the latter case, whether it should be sent
in the form of a fluid or be previously dried in the
sun and exported to England in the form of the
gum known in commerce as Euphorbium.”
DL. tirucalli, E. antiqurum, and EL. neriifoha
are also well-known in Ceylon, and are familiar
‘as “nawa-handi,” “patuk” aud “daluk” res-
pectively. It remains to be proved, however, that
the latex from these plants is capable of yielding
commercial rubber. Dr. Watt mentions the fact
that many Euphorbiae yield a gum or gutta-
percha-like substance, but does not say anything
ot as: its economic value.
GENERAL ITEMS,
In a recommendation by Dr. W. Schlich, ¢.1.z.,
Principal Professor of Forestry at Cooper's Hill,
which has just been circulated by the Government
of India, that eminent authority on Forestry
refers to a visit paid by him with his students to
Vieraheim in Hesse-Darmstadt, where they saw
the regeneration of oak and Scotch pine. in
combination with the rearing ot field crops, which
has been carried on in these forests during the
last 80 years with remarkable success. He
recommends this as an object lesson to Indian
Foresters, particularly to those in Burmah, where
teak cultivation under somewhat similar con-
ditions is carried on.
A Frenchman (Mons. Cossins) is said to have
invented and patented a new process for sterilising
all fermenting liquids. He places the liquid to
be operated on in a closed vessel, and subjects
it to a stream of oxygen. proportionate to the
quantity of fluid. Milk can thu; be kept for
any length of time after the steriling process
To make champagne milk, which also keeps any
length of time, and is a most delicious and re-
freshing drink, sugar and an aromatic essence
are added to the milk, which also receives a
quantity of carbonic acid gas in a closed vessel,
Not many people are aware that the onion
contains a principle which acts on the nerves in
a manner similar to the action of opium.
Unfortunately, the persistent odour of the vege-
table makes sensitive persons disinclined to use
them, at all events in a raw state. Now, an
onion taken at night, is one of the best sleep-
inducers. The element above mentioned has
the effect of calming the nerves, and consequently
of putting the brain to rest.
Mr. Cowley, Manager of the Kamerunga State
Nursery, Cuirns, sees no reason why Cacao should
144 Supplement to the “ Tropical Agriculturist.”
not be grown in Queensland, which seems to pro-
vide the conditions suitable to the cultivation
of almost every agricultural product! Cacao has
indeed been grown already as an experiment, and
Mr, Cowley says that one thing has been ascertained
as a result of the trial in his nursery, and that
is, that “it should be left unpruned,” and that
it ig as well to let nature have her own way 10
Queensland. He will be interested to learn that
after many years’ experience in Ceylon the same
‘decision has been arrived at as regards the cacao
tree. Messrs. De. Moleyn are said to be planting a
considerable area with cacao in the Russell district
of North Queensland.
It is tantalising—says Planting Opinion—to
think of what the consumption of coffee might be
bat for the adulteration that is practised. Prof.
Cochran of the Department of Agriculture at
Washington has made examinations of a large
number of samples of sound coffee with the follow-
ing results :—
1. Composed of bran, cracked wheat, and a
little caramel; chiefly wheat-bran sweetened and
roasted. :
2. Sample beans about the same relation to
coffee as wheat screenings do to wheat,
8. Roasted sweetened wheat 75 per cent,
coffee 25 per cent,
4. Composed of roasted and rather finely broken
grains of wheat and barley.
5. Sample is composed chiefly of wheat bran.
6. | Coffee about 64 per cent, pea bulls 13 per
cent, chicory 23 per cent.
7. Sample is roasted rye. —
8. Sample is roasted barley.
9. Sample is composed of wheat, chicory,
coffee, and peas coarsely ground.
10. Composed of peas about 69 per cent, grains
29 per cent, and chicory about 2 per cent.
11. Sample is composed of bran, cracked whet,
chaff and caramel.
12, Sample is composed of wheat, chicory, coffee
and peas, all coarsely ground.
Of all the samples examined but four were found
to be composed of pure coffee, and of these three
were pronounced to be of “ very inferior quality.”
The Jamaica Agricultural Society’s Journal re-
marks that though the budding of the mango is
generally considered impossible, it has been done
. by experts in Florida, and can be done by others
when understood, The secret lies in taking the
bud from about the middle of the growing shoot
where they are well developed, and yet not too
tender—where the colour of the bark is just
turning from green to purple—and at a time
just prior to a vigorous stage of growth in the
tree to be budded. ‘The shield method has been
used, but the ring plate style is recommended
as being better.
oe an
[Apri 1, 1899.
The following recipés for preserving and
pickling tomatoes given by the N.8.W. Agri-
cultural Gazette should prove acceptable to house-
keepers :—
Green Tomato Pickle. —Wash and cut out the
stems of green tomatoes; and place in layers with
silt sprinkled between them. Let them remain
in the vessel two days, then drain; and put in jars
or wide-mouthed bottles with a few chillies, bruised
ginger, whole pepper, cloves, and onions, and fill up
with the best vinegar. Then place the jar in a
cool oven in a saucepan of water, which must boil
until the tomatoes are cooked tender, but not done
too soft.
Tomato Pickle.—Scald the tomatoes, remove the
skiu; boil spice, whole pepper, a little garlic in
the vinegar; pour on tomatoes while hot; put in
pickle-bottles, seal securely. This pickle is im-
proved by keeping.
Tomato Chutney.—4 lbs. of tomatoes, scalded
and peeled; 1 1b. of very sharp apples peeled and
cored, 6 oz. of stoned raisins, 6 oz. currants, 4
little lemon peel, 4b. of brown sugar, 2 oz. chillies,
2 oz. bruised ginger, 1 oz. garlic, 3 oz. onions,
a large stick of horse-radish grated, and a small
bunch of mint. Chop all these pep ta coarsely.
Mix all togetherwith one pint of vinegar, put on
lime-juice. Putinto a saucepan to simmer by the
side of the fire untilclear. The chutney should be
syrupy, but not too liquid, and all the ingredients
should be tender but not cooked to a pulp.
Tomato Sauce.—6. 1b. of tomatoes, 1 Ib. onions,
4 oz. ground ginger, } oz. cloves, 2 oz. salt, cayenne
to suit taste. Boil slowly for four hours. Strain
through a colander; add sugar to taste ; boil to a
proper consistency.
Red Tomato Jam.—Scald the fruit and remove
the skins; put the fruit into a preserving pan
(enamel) ; sprinkle sugar over the fruit, let it stand
twelve hours; boil up the fruit, add more
sugar, making fruit and sugar equal; boil quickly,
stir carefully. Try a little on a plate; if suffi-
ciently boiled it will set and have a glaze, All
tomatoes, when made into jam, require some
flavouring to take away the vegetable flavour
which they have. There are so many excellent
fruit essences, such as lemon, strawberry, jargonel,
&e., that this matter may be left to the cook’s
discretion. ;
Yellow Tomato Conserve.—Scald the fruit
that. the skin may be removed. This is an im-
portant item when preparing tomatoes, either for
culinary purpose or jam-making. Sprinkle sugar
over the fruit; let it stand for a few hours (to set
the fruil), then add more sugar, and boil rapidly,
keeping it carefully skimmed. Any fruit-flavour-
ing can be added, with a little acid, such as lemon-
juice. It is thought by some that three-quarters
of a pound of sugar is enough for most fruits; my
experience is that equal parts is best.
«| MONTHLY, be
Vol. XVIII.
COLOMBO, MAY
Ist, 1899. No. 11.
REPORT ON COFFEE LEAF DISEASE
IN COORG.
[INCLUDING DESCRIFTION oF CooRG; CULTI-
VATION OF COFFEE—SHADE, WkEEDING, MAN-
URES,—SEED, VARIETIES, HYBRIDISING.]
BY MR. JOHN CAMERON, r.1.s.*
ARRIVAL IN COORG.
Y arrival in the province on the
15th November was happily
timed, as the N. EB. monsoon
had just subsided, and the coun-
try was, therefore, seen to the
best advantage.
Coffee was also in its prime,
: crop beginning to ripen in the
drier and more exposed parts of the planting zone.
Mr. Parsons, Honorary Secretary of the Coorg Plan-
ters’ Association, who had kindly made all arrange-
ments for my tour, met me at the Pollibetta Club, and
accompanied me to his fine residence at ““Beechlands,”
which subsequently became the base of operations in
South Goorg, or what is locally known as the
“Bamboo” district.
Daring the following fifteen days of inspection and
touring, I must have passed through 50 miles of fine
coffee in full bearing, most of it in the ‘“Bamboo”’
being in one continuous stretch.
The crop this season is also considered well above
the average. It is needless to say that this was an
unique and impressive sight such as one does not
forget. Asight such as the former rulers of Coorg
had never dreamed of!
It is also my first experience of the kind, as on for-
mer occasions when visiting planting districts in
Manjarabai, South Wynaad and the Nilgiri Hills
the coffee was not in crop.
PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE COUNTRY.
Coorg is a hilly plateau girt on the west and south
by the western ghats, tho highest boundary peaks
being Subrahmanya in the North (5,543 feet), La-
diandamol in the west (5,682 feet), and the Brah-
eee
* Reprinted from “Planting Opinion,” March 18, 1899.
magiris in the south (4,500 feet), It is situated
between north latitude 119 55’ and 129 50’, and east
longitude 75925’ and 76° 14’, covering an area of
1,585 square miles. Mercara, the capital of the pro-
vince, occupies a commanding site at an elevation of
3,800 feet. The view from the spot called ‘‘ Rajah’s
Seat” is one of the finest I have ever seen. The
average elevation of the upper plateau is 3,500, but
gently sloping towards the eastern frontier, where the
elevation in some places does not exceed 2,700 feet,
Minor mountains and hills intersect the whole country
beautifully, and are mostly clothed with interest-
ing trees of varying tint. In most parts of the
“Bamboo” one feels rather over-shadowed by trees;
but commanding situations, as at the Pollibette Clubs
Mr. James Gerard's Bungalow, and Elk Hill, afford
fine views of this part of the country.
In North Coorg, the finest views observec are at
Peremboo Coolly, Mr. S:lisbury Trelawney’s charm-
ing place, Mercara, and Hallery, where I was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sprott and had the pleasure of
meeting Mr. rank Mangles, one of the most success=
full pioneers of planting in North Coorg.
The principal rivers and streams have an easterly
course and flow right across the peninsula into the
Bay of Bengal. These are the Kaveri,—rising on
the Brahmagri Range at a sacred spot called Tala-
Kaveri, or head of the river,.—Hemavate and
Lakshamanatertha. The Barapole is the principal
river flowing to the western coast. Mountain streams
are abundant and rapid during the monsoon season,
but at other times they are not so apparent, and the
planters mostly complain of the difliculty they ex-
perience in watering floower gardens around their
bungalows during the dry season.
But this is of course due to the bungalows being
mostly situated on high ground, where there is less ma-
lavia to contend with, The little alpine province of Coorg
is justly described as one of the prettiest spots in India.
GEOLOGICAL FORMATION.
The geological formation is eminently favourable to
the creation of good soils. This is due both to the
mineral constitution of the indigenous rocks and of
their age ani mechanism. In nearly every part to
the country one sees an abundant outcrop of dis-
746 THE TROPICAL
integrated rock in all stages of decay, and in coffee
lands this valuable material is intimately incorporated
with the tilth. It is, in my humble opinion, the
backbone of both the soil and the plantiug industry.
Would the latter have progressed for 40 years without
this wealth of nutrient matter to support it ?
The prevailing rocks consist of gneiss, syenite, and
limestone; and a reddish-coloured laterite is plentiful
in many localities. The minerals from which a fertile
soilis usually formed are strongly in evidence, e. q.,
felspar (in several forms), mica, hornblende, and
possibly augite. Such being the case, I conclude
that the inorganic portion of the soilis mostly made
up of varying proportions of these mineral ingre-
dients. Of organic constituents, humus is the largest
natural deposit. But in the planting districts the
general use of special manure has tended to greatly
alter the nature of the soil, It will thus be seen
that the planter possesses all the crude elements
for forming fertile soil of an enduring character, and
judging from the successful cultivation of one ex-
austive crop for periods of 30 to 40 years, the
nutrient ingredients of this natural soil must be
available in proper proportion, although, in all
probability they have not been expended lavishly.
In this soil, I therefore think, the Coorg planter
possesses a very sound investment: Those crumbling
rocks will go on liberating (in some proportion to
the pressure put upon them) nutrient material for
thousands of years,
FLORA AND FAUNA.
Botanically, the whole country is most interesting.
But todo justice to this section of natural history
required time and equipment for which I was not
prepared on this occasion. A list of such known
plants as were observed en route is appended* to
this paper, as also of specimens collected when there
was an opportunity. Most attention was given to
the arborescent flora, as bearing more directly on
the special workin hand. Except in a few isolated
instances, the trees in Coorg do not equal the
splendid arborescent growth one sees in Manjara-
bad and other parts of the Mysore Malnad. But
this is partly explained when it is remembered that
extensive jungles of bamboo (hence the local de-
signation) have been to a great extent replaced by
secondary growth. Colonel Welch refers to the
extensive and almost impeuetrable growth of bamboo
iu his ‘ Military Reminiscences,’ 1790—1829. The
virgin forest has also been felled to a great extent
to make room for special and exotic trees (sec ndary
planting) now favoured for shading and otherwise
promoting the growth of coffee. But except for the
arborescent growth, with a few orchids and parasites
found upon it, the strictly industrial tract is not of
great interest to the botanist. For profitable field
work he prefers the primeval forest, the Devarakad
riverside and Cadanga, where the indigenous flora
is more rampant. The latter position consists of
primitive embankments or ancient lines of defence
which are found at short intervals all over the
country. Weeds of an exclusive kind were observed
on several of these mounds, and are possibly due to
a difference in the physical or mechanical condition
of the soil. A wild or indigenous species of coffee is
found in North Coorg. It was first brought to my
notice by Mr. Wood, of ‘‘ Ahtur’’ estate, who kindly
procured me several specimens of the plant in fruit.
The only indigenous species hitherto found in the
south are Coffea travancorensis, W. & A., and C,
Wightiana, W. & A., the latter being perhaps only
a variety of the former. I consider this the most
important find during the tour. But the most
attractive plant seen in quantity, in North Coorg,
is the beautiful Barleria Gibson. The flora of the
Sampagighatis of a ravishing description, and it is
difficult to decide whether wealth of vegetation or
beauty of scenery is the most attractive in this
glorious spot. Of the fauna I practically saw nothing
during my tour. Some ofthe birds of plumage are
~* [Will be published later.]
AGRICULTORIST. [May 1, 1899.
exceedingly attractive, and some are very destructive
to the coffee. Of the latter classs the green barbet,
Theretceryx viridis, is one of the worst. Beesare plenti-
ful and a giant tree having many tiers of honey-combe
suspended from its upper limbs is indeed a noval
sight. Iam told that it is diffienlt to iuduce jangle
experts (Kurumbers or Kaders) to collect honey from
isolated trees owing to the limited means for beat-
ing a hasty retreat, if necessity should require it.
SOUTH COORG,
Formerly this region was the home of the bamboo,
where it was the admiration of every traveller. But
1( is now the home of coffee, extending over @
continuous area of many square miles. In no other
part of India does one find so much coffee cultivated
within a limited area. With the exception of a few
Intervening Devarakads (temple lands) the bulk of the
cultivation may be described as an unbroken tract.
Wherever one looks, hillside and valley is an unbroken
sheet of shining green with thickly clustered berry, the
whole being shaded by stately trees. Throughout the
tract there is a close similarity in the nature of the
shade, or over-growth, as also in the estate roads and
boundaries ; so that a stranger has difficu'ty in finding
his way about. The ‘“ Bamboo” is much the largest
planting district in the province, and possesses about
70 estates belonging to Europeans. In extent these
gardens vary from 80 to nearly 500 acres, but in
some cases they are not fully planted in coffee.
The fact of their being joined on to each other as
already stated, offers facilities for the easy spread of
leaf disease and similar pests. The district differs
from North Coorg in being 500 feet lower, with mostly
an eastern or southern aspect. It is also warmer,
somewhat drier, and more uniformly shaded through-
out. The soil is rocky near the surface in some parts,
while in others there are deep deposits of clay. As
a rule the estates are very neatly kept, some of them
being demarcated by thriving hedges of the shoe-flower,
Hibiscusrosa sinensis. Pretty bungalows crest the
lower hills, with flowers and other signs of social
life about them.
NORTH COORG,
Here the country is of abolder and wider type, with
mostly evergreen forest at intervals. Coffee estates
are fewer in number and more isolated ; not in one
continuous stretch asin the ‘‘ Bamboo”. Itis a more
exposed region and the rainfall is comparatively
heavy. The natural soi) appears to be excellent,
and old coffee locks well upon it. I was astonished
at the steepness of the land in some parts, but withal
in good growth and bearing. The scenery in North
Coorg is delightful. Owing to the heavier rainfall
and colder aspect, estates are not so heavily shaded
as inthe south. Taking them all round, the crops
were heavier here than in the ‘Bamboo.’ There
were also fewer complaints of the ravages of the
borer, an insect which prefers to bask in the southern
sun. The mean annual rainfall for the whole
province is 123 inches; but the distribution is un-
equal, being always heaviest on the west side of the
country. In some parts of the “Bamboo” it does
not exceed 50 inches.
With the foregoing attempt to show how the Coorg
planter is situated in regard to climate, soil, and
environment, I shall now proceed to discuss more in
detail, some of the vital questions bearing on the
future prosperity of the planting industry.
SHADING.
What constitutes the best shade to coffee is still a
keenly contested point among planters, and while one
warmly recommends the indigenous “‘ Biti’—Dalber-
gia latifolia, another rejects this tree, and, for
example, wholly places his trust in the exotic
“ Silver-Oak,” Grevillea robusta. But for reasons
which shall be explained farther on, it is preferable,
in my opinion, to employ a selection of trees to shade
an estate; and most planters have adopted this
plan either from necessity or choice. The trees
mostly favoured for shading coffee are cf two classeg
May 1, 189¢ |
e.g., the indigenous and exotic. Their names are as
follows :—
INDIGENOUS.
Ficus Glomerata ote Att?.
Dalvergia latifolia oe Biti.
Erythvina indica 20 Palwan.
Pterocarpus marsupium ... we L/onne.
Lagerstrcemia lanceolata Nandi.
Terminalia belerica ‘ Tare.
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius ..- Hlowlige.
Cedrela toona ... aye Noge.
Ficus bengalensis o00 Alada.
cf) tuberculata 3
y Mysorensis 200 Gont.
s Tjakela Cup baswt.
=f) Tsiela — Bilt basurt.
" Asperrima (Inferior) Gargattt.
Albizzia odoratissima Bilvara.
Artocarpus integrifolia ... Halasu.
os hirsuta .. Kad halasu.
Antiaris toxicaria 0 ar
Also some undetermined species.
Exoric.
Erythrina lithosperma
Albizzia moluccana
Grevillea robusta
Cinchona succirubra. Not classed as shade
Pithecolobium saman,
The correct amount of shade to be maintained on
an estate is another matter for which a fixed rule
cannot be laid down, as it must of necessity vary
according tocircumstances. In situations where the
raipfall is heavy or regular, soil good, and aspect
cool, the shading should be comparatively light. But
in the greater part of the ‘‘ Bamboo” these conditions
are somewhat reversed, and particularly in those parts
where the «oil is light, stony, and sunburnt, it is
essential to have beavier shade. In furnishing this
protection, however, care has to be taken not to
remove an undue proportion of plant food from the
staple cultivation, and in places where young shade
trees are thickly planted thereis the danger of doing
this. During the early years of growth, trees of this
class draw nearly their waole nourishment from the
surface soil, and at all ages the surface roots of trees
will contend for a share of its abundant food.
It is true that most saplings will soon establish
their leading roots in thesubsoil at depths far beyond
the reach of the coffee bush, and as they increase
in size, this tendency to draw nourishment from the
substratum increases until in many fully developed
forest trees surface rooting is reduced to a minimum.
All other conditions being favourable, it is deep-
rooting trees of this class that should be preferred to
shade coffee. The only exceptions would be in the
case of fig trees, which (probably from their quasi-
parasitic nature) do not appear to exhaust the soil
to the same extent as other shaders, and leguminous
trees, which assist nitrification in the surface soils.
On some of the estates visited, sapling trees ranging
in age from five to fifteen years were so closely
cultivated that the growth of timber almost appeared
to be the primary object. On others, having a more
advanced growth, the trees had been considerably
thimed, while the remainder had been “lopped up,”
e.g., pruned from the base upwards, so that the
actual shade was far above the coffee. This again
conveyed an idea of arboriculture, the trunks being
so numerous and bare. Of course, the object aimed
at of admitting air and light in this way is perfectly
sound, but the fact remains that a plantation of
young trees is rapidly consuming food which by
right belongs to the coffee.
Where the initial mistake has been made of removy-
ing the indigenous deep-rooted shade—and it is
pretty universal—replanting has been compulsory, as
no one now thinks of growing coffee successfully
without shade.
But in addition to losing much valuable time in
secondary planting, it will be felt that the land is
called upon todo double service. This, however, is
not the only disadvantage arising from the sudden
exposure of forest soil long nurtured under shade.
Mostly young.
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
747
Such treatment causes a revulsion in the chemical
action of the soil, and under strong sun-light the
valuable process of nitrification is arrested, Possibly
this may account for the infertility of long-abandoned
coffee lands. It is, therefore, clearly to the planter’s
interest not to bare the land entirely, but rather by
careful selection to retain and make use of the forest
trees already in possession. The finest shade, with
tbe least exhaustion to the soil, is provided by
deep-rooted umbrageous trees growing at 60, 80, and
even 100 feet apart. Specimens of this description
are Sufficiently abundant in the virgin forest, and
planters should always utilise them when making
new clearings. It is under shade of this sort, with
Perhaps a little secondary planting here and there
to fill up gaps, where one sees the finest coffee.
““Devaracadoo” in the south and ‘“Hallery’’ in the
north, may be quoted as good examples of mixed
shade. These fine trees not only indicate the fertile
nature of the soil but they also protect and manure it,
while reserving tle upper stratum for the growth
of coffee.
They also drain the subsoi!, and extract mineral
solutions from the latter, which are indirectly conveyed
to the surface soil in the fallen leaf and decayed
roots. It is in this reciprocation of mineral focd
constituents that the use of a variety of good shace
trees, in preference to a few, is chiefly commendable.
But variety is also needed to produce the light ard
shade which is so necessary to effect the best resulis
in growing coffee, Whenin the months of Juneand
July the sun is often obscured for weeks together
and the trees are dripping with superabundant water,
it stands to reason that dense shade would do harm.
Then, again, when tender growth is progressing during
the hottest months of the year more shade wou'd
be necessary. In other words conditions vary, as
should also the amount of shade on a coffee estate,
Different trees cast their leaves at different times cf
the year, hence the admission of light ina somewhat
varying quantity. The greatest amount of exposure
should extend from November, when the berry is
ripering, until the flowering period, when the young
fruit is set; the object being to insure the thorough
ripening of the young wood. Naturally this is what
happens, as with the cessation of rain, fall of the lea
is hastend and the coffee bush becomes more exposed
to the ripening irfluence of sun-light. I observed
that the “ Palwan’’—Erythrina indica—is a favourite
shade-tree with many planters, and is looked uponas
a fertiliser of the soil. The evergreen species,
Evythrina lithosperma, is also under trial, although in
some cases it isnot true to name, being thcrny anda
doubtful evergreen. Dalbergia sissoo, Roxb., is a new
shade tree which 1 have recommended for planting in
stony land,
Seed can be supplied in quantity from Bangalore,
where the tree flourishes.
: CULTIVATION OF COFFEE.
It is not my intention to write a treatise on the
cultivation of coffee, as every planter is sufficiently
skilled in the routine of his particular work. while
many are clever experts in the whole industry. But
there are certain details of an important nature,
bearing on the results of cultivation, on which the
opinion of an outsider might be of some value.
Lands selected for the cultivation of coffee are
usually of three classes, ¢. g., virgin forest, Kwm7ri and
and kanave; and they are always the best of their
kind, due allowance being made for other necessary
conditions, such as_ rainfall, aspect and shelter from
prevailing winds. But forest soilis the best, as also
the most enduring under shade. When fully exposed
by the entire removal of shade, land of the latter
class exhibits extraordinary fertility for a time, but
under the influence of full snn-light it gradually
becomes less fertile, and coffee eventually dies out.
This is due to what might be called adverse cir-
cumstances, as for ages, the soil had been accustomed
toa wholly different course of treatment for which
it was specially adapted. Py its absorptive and
retentive nature, a deep vegetable mould is peculiarly
fittedfor the dual support of forest trees and coffee,
748 THE TROPICAL
rom which products there is an unceasing demand
or moisture. But with the removal of this natural
drainage (absorption by growth) the soil bacomes wet,
cold, and unfertile: while the influence of intense
light induces denitrification and hence a state of at
least partial sterility. It will thus be seen that
shaded and exposed lands are differently constituted
and that the one cannot be merged into the other
without causing intermediate disadvantages to the
cultivator, The planter now realises that entire
felling is the biggest mistake hehas made; but
he attributes the cause and, perhaps rightly, more
to the absence of shade than to a depreciation of
the soil. In planting up abandoned coffee-land the
growth is often slow and unsatisfactory, even when
supported by liberal tillage and manuring: also in
putting in “supplies” the reaction caused by undue
exposure is sometimes felt. These difficulties I mostly
attribute to a want of tone in the soil, caused by the
absence of sufficient shade. Secondary plantings of
coffee seldom do much until the shade is well up,
when, it will be observed the natural condition of the
soil becomes re-established. .
When an estate is planted, and during the first few
years of its existence, the tillage of the whole land
should be deep and thorough. The more the land is
opened and aerated at this period the better, as at a
later stage of growth when the bushes nearly meet
there is both less opportunity and less necessity for
deep tillage, should the land be well drained. To
recommend draining the side of a steep hill may sound
pena donical; but during my travels I observed such
and evidently in need of drainage. Then, where it
is not very steep, especially in low-lying ground, a
proper system of drainage is a most important factor
in the sweetening of the soil.
Humus is not only very absorbent of water, but it
also retains it like a sponge.
Wherever there is sufficient foothold for soil of this
description, plants will obtain moisture and grow
readily, a fact which is strikingly exemplified by the
steep cultivation at ‘‘Abiall’ and other estates in
North Coorg. But while the drainage system is
intended to remove surplus moisture, care must be
taken not to increase “wash” on the upper slopes.
On a few estates I observed that open drains, a foot
or more in depth and only afew feet apart (sufficient to
accommodate one row of coffee bushes), were
perpendicularly aligned from top to bottom of the
slope. Unless the land is very heavy—a stiff clay—I
should consider this practice opento question. Drains
eighteen inches deep, following a gently sloping
cont»ur across the face of the slope, would be better
and would to a great extent intercept wash. The
proper distance apart would wholly depend on the
nature of the sol.
But as far as can be judged, twelve and eighteen
feet are reasonable distances for heavy and inter-
mediate soils. Stagnant waterin the soil is a most
hurtful thing, and should be removed at any cost.
“ Renovation pits,’ or holes made at intervals for
the deposit of weeds, are supposed by some to
facilitate drainage. But this isa doubtful function,
as the pits have no collateral outlet and soon become
clogged with weeds and forest refuse. I should be
inclined to call them 4rood-hbeds for the propagation
of fungoid diseases. At any-rate they should not be
allowed to supersede a proper drainage system when
it is required. Many fig trees possess the advantage
of being openers of the soil, a fact which would
easily account for the luxuriant growth of coffee
underthem. The woody lateral roots of these trees
form vacuities and tunnels which readily admit liberal
currents of oxygen for many yards around each
trunk, This now brings me to the all-important
question of digging ina plantation. Thorough tillage
up to agiven limit has already been advocated, and
itis also admitted unconditionally that a moderately
open tilth is beneficial at all times. But there are
other conditions to be takeninto account, and I hope
to show presently that in tha matter of digging, the
lanter has to decide between two evils. These are
1) the destruction of coffee roots and (2) the closing
AGRICULTURIST. [May 1, 1899.
up of the soil to some extent. The coff. i
naturally a surface feeder, a position of mode Bf
which is further strengthened by subdued light and
the prevailing practice of manuring on the surface,
or very near to it. On productive estates I observed
that fine meshes of young roots pervaded the upper
soil everywhere, and I contend that the periodical
removal of these feeders by injudicious mamati-
digging would do the estate an incalculable amount
of harm. Certainly much more than would be done
by leaving the land undisturbed for a season. For
routine tillage on an established tote, the momati
should be entirely discarded in fayour of the fork;
which opens the soil lightly without cutting many
surface roots. A good argument advanced in support
of mamati-digging is its efficiency in removing the
encroaching roots of treer, which would otherwise
take possession of the land. In reply to this, I must
refer the reader to what has been written about
deep-rooting trees being preferred to all others where
coffee is largely grown. When surface-rooting trees
are retained for shade (unless they possess special
merits, as it has been shewn may be the case) the
evil cannot be remedied by surface digging without
injuring the coffee, as it is unlikely that in using a
mamatt the ordinary cooly would take the trouble,
even if he possessed the skill, to discriminate between
the young roots of trees and the roots of coffee. It is
rather by the thoroughnes; of preliminary operations;
effectual drainage, and occasional surface forking that
the planter can hope to oxygenise his land and
thereby maintain its fertility and sweetness. But I
can fully sympathise with those who are pestered
by the surface roots of voracious trees, and if some
implement could be invented to draw these out without
doing much damage to the coffee roots, it would be a
ood thing. Lopping off the principal root-limbs and
eaving them with their ramifications to rot in the
land is not a bad practice. Care must be taken,
Sov EEE not to kil the tree or needful shade would
It may here be asked why so mnch importance is
attached to coffee roots being near the surface.
The aaswer is, that all fruit-bearing plants should
have their roots well under the influence of li
and heat to insure the best resultsin the Been
of fruit. Thisis all the more necessary in the case
of coffee, where the soil is thickly covered by a
mantle of vegetation. The food stnffs required for
the formation of fruit are not usual'y procurable in
the subsoil, hence the advantage of shallow cultiva-
tion. Surface rooting is therefore desirable, although
to support vegetative growth during periods of drought,
1t 18 necessary to encourage fairly deep-rooting
development also. But in this connection the
admission of light, and regulation of growth, is
controlled to some extent by careful pruning. I say
4 careful” advisedly, as the system of praning which
have seen on some estates (not on the occasion of
this tour) leaves much to be desired. It is a truism
that bad pruning is ‘worse than none, while hackir g
and reckless mutilation is ofien followed by trouble-
some diseases, such as rotting and canker. The
object in pruning coffee is to equalis2 and encourage
the growth of healthy bearing-wood. Anything not
capable of giving crop, unless indirectly leading tu
the formation of crop-bearing shoots, should be
removed by clean cutting. If this is done with care
shortly after picking, the soil, bush, and planter will
each benefit by the operation. The organic and
inorganic substances which combine to form plant
food are well known to the intelligent cultivator.
What heis more concerned about is whether these
substances are present in propoctionate quantity and
soluble form, as if they are not, the soil will be
uaproductive. The mere fact that certain consti-
tuents are found in a soil is no criterion of its
fertility. And whea it is remembered that mechani-
cally, chemically, and biolog‘cally, soils are subject
to ever varying conditions, this is not to be wondered
at. Uncertainty as t» the natural c pab.lities of the
soil has led to much inyestigaticn, and the traths
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revealed by agricultural research in recent years are
not only very encouraging but of the highest impor-
tance to the cultivator. He now understands how
the defects in « soil can be remedied at the least cost.
Indeed a bad soil can soon be converted in'oagood one.
It has already been stated that the Coorg soils are
naturally good, therefore the planting industry was
commenced on favourable terms; and bumper crops,
obtained without much cultivation, were the order
of the day for many years. But as time went on the
shrub became less productive, and coffee pests of
sorts commenced to attack the cultivation. It was
then realized that the natural soil was becoming
deficient in something which only heavy manuring
could restore, and henceforward, manuring estates
became a necessity. What the planter is chiefly
interested in at the present day is how to restore to
the land, in the cheapest and most efficient form, what
his crops remove from it. :
Agricultural chemists tell us that only three prin-
cipal substances need be applied in the form of
artificial manures. These are nitrogen, phosphor
acid and potash.
WEEDING.
The incursion of weeds on cultivated land has
always been looked upon as thriftless husbandry, and
generally speaking, we should take that view of it in
coffee cultivation also, as the demand made upon the
land by tree and coffee roots is already more thun it
can bear. But the primness of a flower-garden is
not required on the estate, and in some exposed soils
of a stony nature I instinctively felt that a light
covering of weeds would have done good. by cooling
the over-heated surface. The prevailing weed in the
plantations is Blumea Wightiana, DC. (Kan ‘Gabbu
Soppu”). It is an annual herb of rapid growth, and
abounds everywhere in two varieties, determined by
white and purple flowers respectively. Considerable
expense is incurred annually in the destruction of
weeds, bnt the outlay is compensated to some extent
by the gr2en manure which is thus secured to the soil,
If weeds of annual duration, such as Blumea, have
their tops cut off before flowering, they will do no
harm to the coffee and comparatively little to the seil.
Iwas favourably impressed by the clean cultivation
which mostly prevails all over Coorg.
MANURES.
Valuation of Manures.
The manurial substances at the planter’s disposal
are of several kinds and may be roughly classed as
follows :—
(a) Manures having both a direct and indirect
action on the soil:—
Cattle manure of all sorts.
Green manue of all sorts.
Sewage.
Composts.
Humus top-dressing.
Bones, when largely applied.
Guano do.
(b) Such as act indirectly:—
Lime.
Marl.
Chalk.
Gypsum.
Salt.
Lime is of the highest importance to coffee land,
&; im addition to acting beneficially on humus, it
i; the salifiable base for the process of nitrification.
(c) Manures having a direct and comparatively
quick action:—Bone-meals, dissolved, and in
sulphuric acid; Guano, including tish guano,
and flesh guano such as Mr. Petrie Hay
prepares at Hunsur.
Oileake—Poonac, castor, honge, etc.
Nitrite of Soda,
Superphosphates.
Sulphate of Ammonia,
Sulphate of Potash.
Muriate of Potash.
Mineral Phosphates.
Kainit,
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A most valuable fertiliser of this class, recently
discovered in the debris of steel factories in Europe,
is basic slag.
Of the abovenamed manures I shall now attempt
briefly, to show which are most valuable in provid-
ing nitrogen, phosphoric acid ani potash, leaving
the cultivator to use his own discretion in a final
selection. But manure in name and the substance
in reality are often quite different things, and in
the case of portable manures at least, I would
strongly advise careful analysis.
Nitrogenous Manures.
Nitrogen in its different forms may be said t> be
present in everything. But for purposes of eculiiva-
tion we mostly require it in the forms of nitive acid
and ammonia, of Which there is often a deficiency
in impoverished or over-cultivated soils. It is,
therefore, in the application of substances rich
in nitrates and nitrites that we are likely to main-
tain this indispensable constituent in a form snitable
to the growth of plants. The fixation of free
nitrogen from the air through the combined action
of leguminous plants and bacteria is a recent
discovery of great value to the agriculturist. Nitrogen
abounds in humus, an] is found in varying quantity
in all decaying organic substances.
The artificial manures which contain it in the
largest proportion are nitrate of soda, sulphate of
ammonia, Peruvian guano, bones, fish and flesh
guanos and oilcakes.
All these are now used on coffee estates.
Phosphate Manures.
Next in importance to nitrogen, as a soil consti-
tuent, comes phosphoric aci’. But as the latter
enters largely into the composition of the coffee
bean it is really of almost first importance to the
planter. It is fortunate, therefore, that the crumbling
rocks of Coorg are wellcharged with this useful acid,
apatite, carbonate of lime, and the decaying felspars
being the usual basis for it. Bare, arid tracts with
occasional stunted vegetation indicate its scarcity,
as plants are unable to grow without it. Coprolites
abound in it. In nature, Phosphoric acid is mostly
insoluble, occurring as phosphates of lime, alumina, and
iron, etc. For convenient restoration to the land
we have numerous artificial manures, such as
guano, bones, basic slag and all the mineral
phosphates. But for quick effect on growth the
soluble superphosphates are the best, especially the
double superphosphates manufactured at Wetzlar
jo Germany.
Potash Manures,
Although not so important to growth and repro-
duction as the preceding constituents, still, potash is
an indispensable factor in the raising of crops. Itis
naturally abundantiu old rocks—especially felspar—in
decaying vegetable matter and in the salt-water of the
ocean. Itis the princip.vl ingredient of the ash when
aplant is burnt. Mr. Sprott, of Hullery, burns the
noxious Lantana Camara, to utilize its potash on the
estate. Ina country situated as Coorg is, one would
think that Potash would never be wanting: dense ve-
getation, sea influence, and crumbling felspar rocks
being natural conditions. Still, the application of this
mineral by artificial means has proved highly
beneficial, and it can only be surmised that the
natural product is in some way slow or defective
in action. Sulphate and muriate (chloride) of potash
are the two artificial forms in which this mineral is
quickly restored tothe soil. Dvried blood is also good
for the same purpose.
Application of Manures.
Having now classified the important manures under
their respective headings, itis necessary to svy a few
words regarding their application to d fferent kinds of
land. Soils poor in organic movtter are usually the
most benefited by the application of nitrogenous
manures. But some of the latter, such as nitrates,
ammonia salts, and a few organic forms of nitrogen
act so quickly on the soil that they should ouly be
applied as top-dressings at the time the crop most
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750
requires them, Of this class, nitrate of soda is the
most volatile, But bones, guanos of sorts, and oilcake
are of slow action, and should be applied some months
before they are actually required as food to the plant.
Powerful fertilisers, as nitrate of soda and sulphate of
ammonia, should always be applied in limited quantity,
and, if possible, on two occasions during the growing
season. Nitrate of soda is of most value in a compara-
tively dry season, heavy rain having the tendency to
wash it down into the sub-soil. :
Sandy soils are usually improved by the applica-
tion of potash. Damp heavy soils, as also such as
are rich in organic matter (humus), should have phos-
phatic manures in preference to all others. a
Manures of a quickly soluble nature are best suited to
a dry climate, while those of slow decomposition are just
the reverse, Mineral phosphates and basic slag
require time to ferment in the soil, and should, there-
fore, be applied several months before they req).irve
o be in action, J
: Superphosphate on the other hand acts speedily, and
should be applied as a light top-dressing at two or three
intervals during the period of active growth. It will
thus be seen that special fertilisers can Only benefit
crops while active growth is progressing, and when the
soil is sufficiently moist to induce chemical action. In
the case of nitrate manures the same conditions are
neces ary to enable the micro-organisms in the soil
and roots to work satisfactorily in the production of
nitric acid, thro.gh the wonderful process called
nitrification, It is now known that a fertile soil teems
with bacteria, as also the roots of many trees, shrubs,
and herbs of the natural order Leguminosae.
Indigenous Manures.
It was pleasing to hear that a few munurial pro-
ducts of the country are growing in favour. These
are, in addition to oil-cake, which is universally and
deservedly popular, lime, fish, guano, from the Malabar
coast, and a substance which I shall call flesh guano,
prepared by Mr. Petrie Hay at the Hunsur works. It
consists of the dried flesby material which is separated
from greenish bones in going through the mill, and as
now prepared by Mr. Hay forms a rich compost. If
this manure could be prepared on a large scale, and
in a somewhat different manner, it would be in great
demand as an organic fertiliser. In this connection it
may be asked if the millions of carcases (cattle and
horses, etc.), annually put away in obs ure places
could not be applied to a more useful purpose? Be-
ing rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, the fish guano
of the western coast should be liberally used on estates.
The lime procurable about Hunsur, and in some parts
of Coorg itself, is supposed to be of questionable
quality for manurial purposes. But this is a matter
which chemical analysis would easily decide. In all
probability it is better in some quarries than in others.
There are two classes of land in Coorg which could be
vastly improved by a liberal use of lime. These are
the inert forest tracts and clay deposits. The me-
chanical and chemical action of lime on these rich soils
would, in my opinion, be of the greatest value to the
planter. Of course, phosphates in the shape of bone-
meal or otherwise, would, to some extent, have the
same effect, but they are more expensive and have
practically no mechanical action on the suil. Although
not a direct food giver, it must be remembered that
good lime is a great manufacturer of plant food.
The free admixture of decaying rocky material, con-
taining felsp ws, etc., is another means of improving the
mechanical condition of heavy soiis. Indian cattle
manure is much poorer in quality than the farmyard
dung of western countries, where much pains are
taken to make and preserve the latter. But where
cattle are folded and littered on the estate, the manure
is of better quality. The bracken fern, Pers aquilina,
which contains a good percentageof alkuline mutter
in its constitution, is an excellent materixl for litter-
ing cattle. The location of this herb is said to indi-
cate the presence of a calcareous soil. It is strange
that soils of this class are often improved by a lisht
topdressing of chalk and gypsum. In dealing with soils
of different sorts, itis necessary to apply such ma-
nures as are best adapted to each condition, and the
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quantity to be applied has to be regulated on the same
principle.
Practical experience is much the safest guide, and
it is not difficult to conduct such experiments on @
small! scale ia different classes of land.
NURSERIES AND SEED SELECTION.
Preliminary operations on the estate require much
care, forethought, and energy ; none more so than the
selection of sites and formation of nurseries where
the young erffee isto be successfully reared. It goes
without saying that nursery land should be of the best
quality, while specially prepared composts are necess-
ary to provide soluble food for the little seedlings.
Bat this in itself can only maintain and nourish young
life. Mere culturable operations cannot prevent or
remedy constitutional defects arising from external
causes. ‘hus, although the situation, aspect, and soil
of a nursery may be everything that can be desired,
it does not follow that the seedlings raised in it are
always the best of their kind. For constitutional vigour
wo have to study race, pedigree, and the quality of in-
dividual seeds. This constitutes what is called “ selec-
tion" of the latter, and when carefully practised is
usually the means of improving races or strains of
cultivated plants. It is true, purity of strain is sus-
tained by isolation so Jong as a plant retains its pris
tine vigour, but it has been observed in the case of
many industrial plants that isolation accompapied by
much seed bearing has gradually led to degenerac
and loss of constitutional yigoar. To prevent this
the seed-bearer should not be allowed to produce
more than a limited number of seeds, while the
nourishment given should be in proportion to the
important work such w plant has to perform. In
coffee, seed-bearing can easily be regulated by re-
moving 50 to 80 per cent. of the flower buds, leaving
such as are favourably situated on the lower half of
the primary.
Bat without taking special measures, a first picking
of the finest beans from all over the estate will also
be found useful for the propagation of nursery stock,
And if such pickings are exchanged with planters
situated in different localities, the results are ikely to
be better still. In nurseries and seed-farmsin Euro e,
the raising and selection of seed form a special de-
partment of work to which the greatest attention is
paid. Small seeds are carefully examined under the
microscope, so that only the very best may be chosen for
sowing. Thus by eliminating the inferior and encour-
aging the cultivation of the best at one’s disposal, an
improved strain of plants will be gradually formed.
VARIETIES OF COFFEE SEEN IN COORG.
The species observed were only three in number, ¢.g
1.. Coffea Wightiana, W. & A., Indigenous.
2 », Liberica, Hiern., West Africa.
3. » Arabica, Linn. Abyssinia.
No. 1 is somewhat sparsely found in North Coorg,
and is never admitted into cultivation, I believe, It
is whippy-looking shrub 3—5 feet, leaves thinner,
smaller, and more pointed than in C. arabica. The
reddish-purple berry is also small, but contains two
miniature beans of perfect form. There were vely
few berries on the specimens kindly gathered for me by
Mr. Wood. The flower was not seen, but I am told
it is much smaller than the flowar of C. arabica. Of
No. 2 Mr. Parsons possesses two, if not three, varieties
at Beechlands, the most important being the one
known as “ Johore-Liberian.” On this estate the
cultivation of Liberians has been pursued for many
years, and I had the pleasure of seeing a large number
of fine specimens both in flower and fruit. There
ave also some seedlings in the nurseries with a dis-
tinctly hybrid look about them. Indeed it will be
a wonder if natural hybrids are not freely produced on
this estate before long. Mr. Parsons also deserves
cece lit for the experiments he has made with grafted
coffze. Although results in the latter are not great,
the p2rsistence in experiments shows the proper spirit
of enterprise.
No. 3 affords the staple coffee of the province, as
it does of South India geaerally. There are several
May 1, 1899.]
well-marked varieties in cultivation known by the
local names of ‘‘ Coorg,” “ Chick,” ‘ Nalknad” and
‘Golden drop.” Another variety, intermediate be-
tween ‘‘Chick’’ and ‘ Coorg.” evidently a natural
cross, is abundant on the Hellery estate, where it
was pointed out to me by Messrs. Mangles and Sprott.
Specimens of the “Golden drop” coffee, were
seen at Mr. John Logan’s place in South Coorg and
also at Santagherry in North Coorg, where Mr. H.
F. Davy is Superintendent. Instead of being red
when ripe, the cherry in this variety is ofa bright golden
colour. But the most important variation in coffee
is that which improves the size, colour, weight, and
quality of the bean, conditions which the planter 1s
no doubt on the alert to discover. It is not likely,
however, that much improvement in this direction
will occur without greatly enhanced vigour in the
plant. In other words, the present strain of coffee
should be improved by artificial fertilisation.
CROSSING AND HYBRIDISING.
In my last report on the Lal Bagh, at Bangalore,
Thaye written as follows on the subject of hybrid
coffee:—
“The possession of hybrid plants on several estates
in Southern India now appears to be an undisputed
fact. These new forms are reported to combine, more
or less, the characteristics of Coffea Liberica and
Coffea arabica, and are only found in localities where
the two species have been cultivated and propagated
together. They have not been introduced by the
planters as new varieties, and were unknown prior
to the introduction of the West African species, Coffea
Liberica. It is therefore reasonably inferred that
these intermediate plants are true hybrids. The most
remarkable thing about them is their immunity from
coffee-leaf disease, a condition which can only be
attributed to enchanced vitality in the constitution
of the hybrid. This isa discovery of much importance
to the planter, and will encourage him to pursue the
operation of crossing on methodical lines, with a
view to raising improved strains of seed, as has
already been done in most of the chief products of
agriculture and horticulture in Europe. What
should be aimed at now is the systematic crossing
and re-crossing of different species and well marked
varieties until a really good hybrid or cross is pro-
duced, With this object, a small coffee-plot has
been planted in the Lal Bagh. It consists of 135
bushes in two species and one variety as named in
the margin. Most of the plants were of a good size
Coffea Liberica (Liberian) ) when put down, and
» Arabica (Arabian). +it is almost certain
5, Arabica (var. Maragogipe) J) that a few of the
Liberian and Maragogipe specimens will flower early
next year, when crossing operations will be com-
menced.
“On the occasion of the Planters’ Conference at
Bangalore last August, the writer had the honor
of being invited to attend the discussion on “ Scien-
tific Investigation,” when the opportunity was taken
before the represeMtative planters of Southern India
to advocate the advantages of crossing and hybridising
coffee with a view to invigorating growth and increas-
ing productiveness.
“The same advice has been given in official corres-
Oosoor Estate, Manjarabad ) pondence with planters,
Ubban » ss ‘and the institution is
Koppa » Kadur Dis. | generally doing what it
Panora Peak S. Wynaad roan to promote the
Kalpatti do | welfare of the planting
Beechlands S.Coorg J industry. Hybrids, or
supposed hybrids, have been reported from the
marginally noted estates.”
It is now some years since the operations of
crossing and hybridising were first advocated by
me and as time advances, I feel more convinced that
in these operations, carefully conducted, we possess
a potent means of resuscitating worn-out estates.
Without a rotation of crop it stands to reason that
coffee will become less productive, unless some radical
change is brought about to modify or alter its con-
dition, Change of constitution in a plant really
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means change of action on the soil as well, and where
the effete plant must eventually languish, even under
the best of treatment, the newly born one will
flourish. Coffee planting is a special industry which
ce nnot conveniently or profitably be rotated with
other cultures; therefore, to keep the plant going
for an indefinite period we must change its nature a
little, so as to be in harmony with its environment
Judging from the foregoing remarks, and from what
has actually taken place on estates where Coffea
Libevica is established with the older species, there is
no doubt but the shrubs, in both cases, are predisposed
to cross fertilisation. That important point being
set led it now remains to discuss how a good hybrid
or crossis most likely to be produced. ‘his I have
already done when lecturing at Mercara and Polli-
betta, but it will refresh the planters’ memory to
reproduce the more salient points here, while the
information given under Appendix 1 affords the
modus operandi of the work in some detail. A defini-
tion of the terms ‘‘cross” and ‘ hybrid” will be found
inthe same place. As far asI am aware (but this
is open to correction), no artificial cross or hybrid
has yet been produced in the genus Coffea. At any
rate not in this country, and the new cr varying
forms referred to above are all nature-crosses.
But artificial crossing, done with a definite object
has been productive of many useful and beautiful
plants in Europe. Indeed it may be said that horti-
culture (and agriculture) is toa great extent revolu-
tionised by this means. It is therefore not a fad
but a potent reality in the improvement of both
economic and ornamental plants. In crossing, the
object chiefly aimed at is to reproduce the desir-
able qualities of two distinct individuals, of different
kinds, inthe body of one individual. It is not
always easy todo this, bat it can be and has been
done extensively; and is weil worth trying as a
perfectly feasible means of improving an important
and growing industry such as coffee-planting. A
bybrid produced from two distinct species is called
a “primary hybrid,” and succeeding generations, if
intercrossed, may become secondary and tertiary
py bride etc. i
When tbe characters of both parents are pr
evenly blended in the hybrid, the Tage may be Pailed
the “mean” of the former. But it often happens
that the prevailing characters are more approximate
to one parent than to the other, in which case we
have what is known as a ‘goneoclinic hybrid.”
Another way of producing the latter is to cross
a hybrid with one of the parent stocks. Ternary
hybrids are the indirect offspring of three different
species.
Itis in the production of the two latter form: (goneo-
clinic and ternary) that the greatest achievements in
hybridisation have been made.
The hybrids naturally produced at Oossoor seem to
possess the vegetative vigour of the maternal parent
Coffea Liberica, but are deficient in the productive
quality of the paternal plant, Coffea arabica. To
remedy this defect, a cross should now be tried be-
tween the latter and the hybrid, as the pollen of C
arabica would possibly be more potent in the second
degree. In nature there are numerous and beautiful
inventions to facilitate the crossing of flowers, but
ina paper of this scope it is inexpedient to attempt
more than a brief reference to what transpires in the
short-lived coffee flower. The latter is structmally
hermaphrodite, but nct functionally so in every case
as 1 have observed small insects crawling over the
mature stigma before the anthers had dehisced
having pollen from other flowers attached to their
legs. I cannot say to what extent this provision is
made for cross-fertilisation, but as the flowers open
progressively for 24 hours and are visited by swarms
of insects at the time of opening and during the
receptive period, it is probable that a large percentage
of the whole are cross-fertilised. =
The active life of the individual flower is of short
duration, and possibly within the first hour of its
existence it has been fertilised, cross-fertilised or
sterilised, It belongs to the entomophilous class of
~Yy
flowers which are pcllinated through the agency of
insects, such as small bees, midges, beetles, small
moths, and weevils, ete. Dull cloudy days with a
lowering of temperature are unfavourable to fertilisa-
tion, hence- a bright warm day is desirable when the
blossom is out.
REVER-ION OF HYBRIDS.
This is a matter which troubles the planter a good
Cexul, aud possibly causes him to pause before under-
taking a series of precarious expelimel.s which involye
much time and may Jeai to uothinyin the eud, Lt
may, therefore, be said at once that established
hybrids of similar strain (slight viriations being of
little account) do not revert to the parent»l stock
if they are not pollinated by the latter. To main-
tain purity of strain in « J.ybrid is simply a matter
of protection. Trivial c:oss11 ¢ between members cfa
select group of hybrids—all bi ing very nearly related
—is perhaps beneficial on the Wuaole und canuot easily
be prevented,
Then, when a really suitable hybrid hws been
produced, the proper couise is isolation from all
other varieties of coffee, with a view to inbreeding
and seed production. I hope I have mae _ this
sufficiently clear, as on these final precautions must
rest the success of the whole operations of crossing.
INARCHING,
This form of grafting, like the other, retards
vegetative growth and promotes the development
of fruit.
The coffee-grafts at Bangalore behave in exactly
the same way as mango-grafts; ¢.4¢., plant stunted
and spreading, fruit large, and not se plentiful as in
the seedling. C. arabica on C. Liberica is the only
combination of any value at head-quarters. Seedlings
from the latter have been distributed for trial, and
are being cultivated under my own observation. It
is possible that some constitutional vigour may be
gained from a mechanical connection of this kind,
especially where the grafts are interbred, In other
respects I do not think that grafted coffee is of much
practical value. Some beans exhibited from the
inarched bushes here were admi-ed for their size and
colour. The operation is chiefly useful in dwarfing
vegetative growth, causing early fruiting, and repro-
ducing the true qualities of parcticular kinds of
plants.
(To be concluded. )
a
RUBBER IN INDIA.
That the exploitation of the rubber vines in Africa
will lead to serious denudation, once the cupidity
of the tribes dwelling in and around the forests
in which they are found is excited, seems a fore-
gone conclusion ; and unless measures are taken to
plant and strictly conserve large areas, this valuable
gum promises to become extinct, or procurable
only at well-nigh prohibitive prices. We know that
efforts are being made to provide supplies for the
future, but as erroneous ideas prevail as to the age
at which the plant can be tapped, no appreciable
quantities are likely to be forthcoming for at least
16 or 20 years, unless in the meantime the received
impressions we allude to, are dissipated. On the
subject of yearly extraction of rubber, proof of its feasi-
bility has been adduced several times within the
last few years; but yet the time is not far distant
when the dearth of indispensable material will force
attention to this matter. We wish to discuss at
present whether our frontier officers, (such as Mr.
Needham and others) having influence with hill
tribes like the Dufflas, Akas, Abors and Mishmies,
in whose countries large reserves of jicus elastica
are known to exist, could not persuade these people,
to adapt a more sensible and less destructive method
of collecting the gum than they have hitherto prac-
tised, Immense damage has been done by Marwaris
and general traders im inciting the tribes to bleed
52 THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
| May 1, 1899.
the vines to death; bat savage and unreflecting
as the hill men are, the chiets at least are open
to conviction; and were it pointed out to them that
they were sacreficing the tuture to the present, it
is possible the forests high up the Boreili, Suban-
siti, Dching and similar streams might be saved
from destruc.ion, while furnishing moderate supplies
of the gum, and élips fur propagation, until at ieast
our own planting was deemed ot matare enough age
to be tapped according to sensible methods. Weare
eucouraged to make this proposition by calling to
miud a coufab we had with an intelligent Lushai
who accompanied Messrs. Savage and Loraine on
their visit to Calcutta some three years since. The
attempt is worth making in the interests of the
people themselves, for though, with the sole ex-
cepwon o: the Abors, the tribes have been taught
the futility of raiding our territory, there is no saying
what they may do when all means of peaceful trading
iu their torest produce is exhausted aud themselves
reduced to something akin to destitution. For some
years previous to 1561 the men of Sookpilall’s clan,
hoiding the country round about our outposts at
Aijui, were peaceably enough inclined, as they could
swap their tac and rubber to Beparis for the re-
quirements the Bengali and Manipuri traders took
up, aud had these friendly relations been cultivated,
as Lieutenant R. Stewart then suggested, we should
have secured at least the gooa-will of this clan
any rate.
Unfortunately the Bengal Government decided to
leave these people severely al ne, and the unscru-
puious men of the plains, with their over reaching
uricks and covert threats, roused surpicion, bring-
ing about the raids of 1861-62. But the mischief
had been done, and the exhausted vines to the
south of the present site of Sookpilall’s villages
tessify to the etiforts of hounding on the people to
* kill the goose, etc.” Not only this, but cupidity
once aroused led to the practice of adulterating the
true gum with the sap of any tree or creeper trom
which any milk-like juice could be extracted; a
falling-off in the quantity of Lushai rubber took
place, leading to disputes, and rejection of much that
was brought down by the Bepa:i traders. This was
the real origin of the rows with the clan mentioned.
The missionaries and officers of the scattered garri-
sons in the North Lushai hills have, we may say,
civilised these men, and it is time now that every
effort should be made to lead them on to make the
most of the produce their mountains can yield,
There is still a number of vines, though sadly hacked
about, in the terai and ravines lying between the
Lungai and Tipu, along the south of Sylhet and
Cachar, that would furnish saplings enough to plant
many hundreds of acres, and the country is opened
out sufficiently for our forest officers to exercise the
supervision requisite to prevent premature bleeding.
The valleys ot the Upper Chinwin and pigeons, as
also those extending across the basin of the Irra-
wadi up to the Chinese border, are rich in ficus, if
it is soaght for in the densely-wooded terais; and
though auy very strict conservation of the plant here
presents some difficulty, while facilities tor smug-
gling are abundant, saplings for planting can be
had in such quantities that the Burma Government
would be well advised to take the matter in hand
in view of securing a handsome revenue a few years
hence. Withthe prevalent ideas, tea planters, unless
they contemplate handing their estates down to
posterity, are not very likely to undertake the cul-
tivation, but companies, who are not supposed to die
or retire, should plant, and even young men opening
tea or other plantatious on their own account would
derive a much larger income from two hundred
acres of jicus laid down at the same time, on their
retirement thirty years hence, than from the present
staple of Assam according to European lights.
Though we cannot now enter minutely into the
proper method of rearing rubber from slips, we may
mention that a good deal of misconception on the
subject exists, and the expense is trivial, being but
a tithe of what is supposed.—Z’he Planter.
May 1, 1899.]
AND A DECORTICATING
MACHINE.
Our readers are aware that at the in-
stance of a Syndicate of local gentlemen who
have taken up the matter, a ‘‘Silburn’s Patent
Decorticating Machine,” to deal with Aloe
Fibre, has been constructed at the Colombo
Tron Works. It has given much trouble to
the machinists and the gentlemen more
immediately concerned; but it is hoped
thatall is now smooth, and lately an ex-
hibition of the machine at work was
conducted by the patentee at Mr. Alex.
Stevenson’s Fibre Mills, Mattakkuliya. The
veason for going to Mattakkuliya was
the need of a good water supply. The Goy-
ernment has very readily met the wishes
of the pioneers in a new industry—which
may be of importance to the Colony,—by
granting free carriage of aloe leaves by
rail from Hatton, Kotagala, &c., and alto-
gether as much as 87 tons, we believe, have
een received. This quantity should certainly
afford a fam trial and give a sample of
fibre that can be practically tested in the
London market. The machine is an insigni-
ficant one to look at, the whole being en-
closed in a small case; but if it does what
the patentee claims, appearance does not
matter. The advantages claimed are :—
“That the Machine will extract the whole of
the fibre contained by the leaf. That the Fibre
is extracted without any breakage whatever.
That the Machine will decorticate one ton of
Aloe leaves per hour, which can be increased
pe poonately with the width of the Machine.
hat the Machine will supply along felt want in
the island, and will make the cultivation of Aloe
a sure commercial success.”
Mauritius has a considerable export trade in
aloe fibre, but we do not think it is very
rofitable to the producers. It remains to
e seen if. Silburn’s machine will make a
wider margin of profit to be secured in Ceylon
and elsewhere.
: —
ALOE FIBRE
NOTES FROM THE CENTRAL PROVINCE. .
March 25.
I suppose the little monsoon will be on us
more early than usual this year after the
drought and frost. So far the showers are
very partial. Kandy requires alot more rain.
Oh! bother Tewson’s case. We are all
sick of it and the same of Talwatte. The
“Standard” ’s idea of astatue for the Kandyan
murdered martyr is too funny. Where does
murder come in the case? At the worst
the Tommies were hastening home to _ bar-
racks, and Mr. Talwatte blocked the way.
One of them gave him a clout on thehead with
a hockey stick, and it happened to alight
on a most wonderfully thin-sculled native
gentleman. He died trom its effects; but
there was no premeditation in the matter,
and all the wonderful letters from eye-wit-
nesses that are sent in now, are only pabulum
to get more damages and sympathy from
Government and the gullible native com-
munity.
The proper step for the P.A. to do in the
matter of Fieruek et Heaton is to pray Her
Majesty to bestow on him a baronetcy. He
is more worthy of that title than the general
dealer and blender of tea, Lipton, who scored
a knighthood,
94
THE TROPICAL AGRICUILTURIST.
753
British North Borneo is to the front. They
could not issue fresh shares when the old
shares were at a discount: Now that they
have touched par and even a premium, this
issue of shares can be effectively placed.
British North Borneo only wants developing
to be one of the finest jewels cf the Empire.
Why were you down on Carruthers: for
his report on gray fungus, in the Kelani
Valley ? He tells you that the time at his
disposal was too short to give more than a
very general Report.
[Which we think, kad better be reserved
and not given at all, for the reason that the
matter required more careful study and
attention than Mr. Carruthers could haye
given to it. We were jealous for the Crypto-
gaumist’s own reputation in the matter, know-
ing the good work he had done for cacao,
—Kp. 7.A.|
a ee See ee
COLOMBO COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
LIMITED.
London, 7th March, 1899.
Directors :—Alfred Brown, Chairman, Leon Famin,
J G Wardrop, P OC Oswald. Secretary :—J Alea
Roberts 5, Dowgate Hill, Offices London, E C.
Report.—To Be presented to the Fonrth Ordinary
General Meeting of the Company, on Thursday, 16th
day of March, 1899, at 12 o’clock noon.
The Directors have pleasure in placing before
shareholders statements shewing favourable results
for the past year, viz. :—
Profit and loss account for the year ending 30th
Sept. 1898,
Balance Sheet made up to 30th Sept, 1898.
It will be seen from the profit and loss account that
after debiting all charges, interest on debentures, &c.,
the profit for the year amounted to .. £9716 1 1
A balance was brought forward
from last year of 50 510 14 6
Making the total at credit of profit
and loss £10,226 15 7
From this there has been trans-
ferred to exchange reserve
against capital expenditure 2,232 5 5
Leaving available for dividend,
&e.,a sum of es £7,994 10 2
Interim dividends of three per cent onthe prefer-
ence capital and 23 per cent on the ordinary capital
were paid on the 15th Sept, 1898, and the directors
recommend that the following dividends be now
declared, viz.: three per cent on the preferenee
capital, making six per cent for the year, and 54 per
cent on the ordinary capital, making eight per cent
for the year, the latter free of income tax.
After payment of the above dividends there will
remain a balance of £1,303 8s 24, which the direc-
tors propose ehould be carried forward to next year,
The liquid assets in Ceylon appear in the Com-
pany s accounts at the same exchange as in last year's
balance-sheet, viz. :—ls 1d per rupee, the present
value of the rupee being about 1s 4d.
Exchange reserve against capital expenditure now
stands at £26,000, inclusive of the sum of £2,232 53 5d
transferred in the present accounts.
The directors regret to report the death oftheir
esteemed Colleague, Mr. Norman Stewart, and thoy
have filled up this vacancy on the Board by the
appointment of Mr, J GWardvop D
Mr. L, Famin, a member of the Board, retires from
office on this occasion, and, being eligible, offers him-
self for re-election.
Messrs. Deloitte, Dever, Griffiths & Co., theandi-
tors, also offer themselves for re-election.
754
NORTH CENTRAL CEYLON:
THE SCOPE FOR NEW OR EXTENDED
INDUSTRIES.
The approach of the ‘railway era” gives
a new interest, if not importance, to the
North-Central division of this island. The
province itself contains 4,002 square miles or
almost the same extent as our largest or East-
ern Province which includes 4,037 miles—both
divisions comprising well-nigh one-third of
the whole area of Ceylon. In the four
thousand odd square miles in our North-Central
division, last census gave but 75,333 of a
population—in the proportions of 41,545 males
and 33,988 females—or at the rate of 19 to
-the square mile. Anuradhapura, the capital
and terminus of the section of railway al-
ready sanctioned, had in 1891 a population
of 2,508. To enable a comparison to be made
with territory nearer Colombo, we ma
mention that the district of Kegalla, whic
is also to be favoured with Railway exten-
sion, had in 1891, on the 624 square miles
within its bounds, 150,627 persons or double
the total scattered over the North-Central
Province There is therefore, immense room
‘for occupation and settlement in the terri-
tory entrusted to the administrative care of
Mr. Evan Byrde whose Report for last year
has just been published. Let us see what
encouragement can be gathered from its
contents for capitalists and settlers to go
up and possess the land, now in advance of
the railway, when the terms pee acre are
exceedingly low and favourable; or later
on—five or six years hence—when doubtless
rates will have increased more in proportion to
those prevailing nearer Colombo. Let us
remise by stating that we have never
Ronbted the fertility and advantages of a
_ great deal of the country in the immediate
neighbourhood of Anuradhapura. We ex-
cepted ten miles south of that town as well
as ten miles north of Kurunegala from the
criticism we have uniformly advanced and
still support, against the sixty miles of
intermediate terrtiory, a great deal of it
in the Wanni gi oats or wilderness
division. To get to the richer land beyond,
our route would have been along the
' populous coast division from Colombo
Northwardst and then turning inland from
Puttalam to Anuradhapura, so _ follow-
ing the natural course with which the
great coconut planting industry has hitherto
extended in Ceylon—from the coast gradually
inland. But let that pass. The point has
yet to be practically settled whether much
of the North Central Province will do to grow
coconut palms profitably, on account of the
scarcity of rainfall. We are quite clear
that very little, if anything can be done alon
the railway route, until the neighbourhoo
of Anuradhapura is reached. There the
coco-palm has been planted to a_ limited
extent within recent years and Mr. Ievers
had favourable reports to give of the condi-
tion and prospects of the indusiry. Mr.
Byrde gives a table of rainfall for five years
showing a-maximum of 673 inches last year
and a minimum of 46 in 1894, the average
being close on 55 inches and wonderfully well
distributed, no month (save February in one
year) showing an absence of rain; while the
Pa
{May 1, 1890.
ovember,
most of the Province, as
the arid region of the North and
of Ceylon, the palmyra palm should prove
far more _ suitable than the ~ coconut,
and we have often regretted that the
system of toll or * rajakariya” suggested by
the late Mr. Kilner wellnigh 40 years ago,
was never established, namely that every
traveller along the North road between
Dambula and Elephant Passs should, pro
bono publico, carry with him and plant
at least one palmyra palm nut, this
time, no doubt, an avenue of such palms
would be in process of growth. We hear a
good deal ath at present of the field for
growing aloes and other fibre plants, that
will be presented along the Northern rail-
way. But we much fear that for so succulent,
fleshy a plant as aloes, the rainfall generall
will be found deficient. There is more likeli-
hood of cotton succeeding; but is the price
now offered for cotton grown on the strong
black soil of Tinnevelly sufficiently remuner-
ative to justify extension? Wherever irriga-
tion is available, there is no doubt of the en-
couragement to grow rice and it is some-
thing to learn from Mr, Byrde that a
sufficient supply was last year produced
at least for the people in the rural
arts of his province, though not enough
for the town. On_ small plots of good
soil with the means of watering,..we shall
see tobacco gardens multiply, and there will
be an extension of cultivation in. vege-
tables and fruit for local requirements if not
for export. So far as we can judge, how-
ever, the only agricultural industries on a
large scale that would seem to suit the
province are pay where irrigation can be
made available; and palmyra palms which
do well with a limited rainfall ; and, in some
favoured parts, a certain area of coconut
palms. No doubt in time other industries
may be developed. We are now writing of the
early future in the light of Mr. ’s
Report. One of the first questions for a
capitalist will be, of course, as to labour supply ;
and labour, we fear, is not available locally
to any extent. In ‘one “part,” Mr.
Byrde tells us how his attempt to
et ‘villagers to make village gardens
elow their tanks has proved a failure. I
offered the land free, also seeds, which I am
constantly distributing, but all tono se.”
Such villagers are not likely to be tempted
to work for strangers; nor do we anticipate
that the capitalist will be able to tempt
many Jafinese to the neighbourhood ° of
Anuradhapura. The patient, industrious,
money-making, immigrant cooly must be
looked to, for any hard work in the
region referred to, which may be set
a-going through the influence of capital;
and no doubt the proximity ‘to ‘his
own country should be an attraction.
At the same time the work of pioneering
and turning over new land is’ often an
unhealthy one, and special care would have
to te taken against an outbreak of fever in
the case of a large gang. But, in this respect,
a good deal of experience will be gained—let
us trust at not too heavy a cost—during ©
railway construction between Kurunegala and _
Anuradhapura. Meantime, we should be —
zy
May 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL
glad to learn for what purpose—besides
paddy, palmyras and possibly in more
favoured parts coconuts—land can be ex-
pected to be taken up in lots exceeding a
hundred acres, within the bounds of the
North-Central. Province, or to begin with,
alongside the Railway line between Kurune-
gala and Anuradhapura?
ee ge
PEPPER-CULTIVATION IN ASSAM.
The Assam Government has recently issued @
note on the cultivation of black pepper in that
province, with the idea of inducing the people
to cultivate if extensively as a commercial pro-
duct. At the present time it is only produced
in sufficient quantities to supply local require-
ments. The pepper-vine in Assam, it appears,
is generally reared on betelnut trees, and the
average yield of a single vine is said to be
about three seers (40 seers=2} lb.) of eured
pepper. .An acre of betel-nut plantation holds
‘about 500 trees. —Chemist and Druggist, March 11.
Se ee
RUBBER AND THE CONGO.
A telegram from our Brussels Correspondent to-
day indicates that fresh effort is being made to
develope the natural resources of the Congo State.
The suitability of its soil and climate for the
growth of trees producing caoutchouc, or india-
rubber, has often been insisted upon by travel-
lers during the last few years, and systematic
efforts are to be made to foster the industry.
The King of the Belgians has just signed a Decree
prescribing that a certain number of the trees
yielding rubber are to be planted every year in
the forests in all parts of his Domain. It goes
on to establish a staff of inspectors and other
officers to look after the culture. In a climate
favourable to the rapid growth of rank vegeta-
tion, and among a ‘‘ happy-go-lucky” folk like the
native races, the young trees would have a poor
chance, and those which reached maturity would
be destroyed by the reckless collection of their
produce. ‘Tocut them down causes least trouble
and gives the largest immediate supply of rubber,
but it is killing the goose which lays the golden
eggs; a proceeding which seems to commend
itself to the savage mind, and is not always
without attraction even to the partially civilised
intelligence. The crop of rubber, if we may use
that phrase, is obtained by tapping the tree, and
there are right and wrong ways or seasons for this
process; so that the officials are not likely to
find their posts a sisecure. Forty pounds of the
juice, itis said, can be taken trom a tree during
the period of its yield, so that in afew years the
output from the Congo State ought to be largely
augmented. India-rubber is not obtained from a
single tree. In Central Africa alone itis to be
found in more than one species; in India it
comes from the Ficus elastica, a tree allied to the
banyan, and known in our greenhouses as the
india-rubber. plant ; while the most noted variety,
from Brazil, is got from a tree called siphonia,
wich is related to the spurges. Probably the
last-named kind will be selected for systematic
cultivation, for of late years several experiments
have been made to acclimatise the Brazil or Para
india-rubber tree in other countries, —London
Standard, Feb. 28,
AGRICULTURIST. 755
EIGHTY YEARS AGO AND NOW,
The following table gives a comparison of ap-
proximate prices in England in 1819 and 1899 :-—
s. d. 3. ds
Tobacco, per lb. 6 — 5 — -
Tea,in canister perlb, 7 4 158
Sugar, moist do — 19 — is
Do lump do 1-4 — 2
Cheese do — 10 — 8
Salt tok Cate reY ee
Candles ° — ll — 4
Soap, yellow, per owt. 11 6 Deo
The figures point their own meral.—Planting
Opinion, March 25,
——_—_—___g—_____—
THE TORTOISESHELL TRADE.
Last week’s Nature contains an articleon the
trade in tortoiseshell. It is largely based upon
trade-ciculars of Messrs. Lewis & Peat. The
article deals with the origin of the shells, the
quantities annually consumed, the different varie:
ties, and the price obtained for them. Great
Britain, France, Japan, China, and the United
States are the principal consumers of this com-
modity, of which enormous quantities are cone
sumed annually, but it is believed by this autho-
rity that there is no real danger of the reptile
being exterminated. The uses of tortoiseshe!! are
also referred to. It is worked practically in the
same manner as horn, and is exceedingly amen-
able to steam, heat, and pressure ; indeed, it
seems to be more easily moulded than horn, be-
cause the dust and scrapings are collected,
steamed, and remoulded into solid pieces, from
which articles may afterwards be turned or carved,
—Chemist and Druggist, March 11.
ae ee
THE CHINA TEA SEASON FOR 1898-9 may be
considered to be closed and here is the result ;—
THA.
Canton, 2nd March.—The market is closed, and
there is nothing further to be shipped.
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED KINGDOM
AND CONTINENT.
1898—99. 1897—98,
lb. lb.
Hankow and Shanghai 12,230,663 15,099,727
Foochow es -- 12,545,346 12,160,708
Amoy ate — 688,318 685,651
Canton a sia; 09,149;722 5,889,288
30,614,049 33,836,374
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED STATES
AND CANADA.
1898—99. 1897—98
f lb. lb.
Shanghai sf +» 16,621,547 20,836,000
Amoy isi .. 15,036,413 15,861,506
Foochow e «. 17,297,412 7,126,264
38,956,372 43,523,770
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO ODESSA,
1898—99. 1897—98,
lb lb
Shanghai and Hankow 22,783,272 19,462,293
EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED STATES
AND CANADA.
1898—99, 1897—98,
lb. Ib.
Yokohama 26,517,085 26,414,353
Kobe 13,658,363 15,602.288
39,176,448
42,016,641
756 THE TROPICAL
NORTH-CENTRAL PROVINCE OF CEYLON.
(FROM ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR 1898.)
Foop Suppiy.
Rice, the main food supply of the inhabitants,
was grown in sufficient quantity. to meet
the requirements of the people. Imported rice is
not much used except by Tamil coolies and in the
town of Anuradhapura. Its price varies according
to the distance from Matale, The price of locally-
grown vice varies slightly in the different palatas of
the Province. Curry stuffs, onions, coconuts
and kitul and coconut jaggery are imported from
Matale, palmirah jaggery from Jaffna, salt from
Puttalam, and some dried fish. The Le ba part of
the dried fish comes from Mannary and Trincomalee.
Kurunegala supplies the larger number of coconuts.
Fruit and vegetables were not so searce as during
the previous year. The town market was generally
well supplied. ‘Thecultivation of plantains is on the
increase throughout the Province. The annual show
of garden products was held in the “ Pilgrim’s Rest,”
which was kindly placed at my disposal by Mr. N.
g. Fernando of Colombo. I feel satisfied that these
shows are doing good, and stimulating the people to
more activity in the growth ef vegetables and fruit.
At the close of the show vegetable seeds from the
Tissa gardens were distributed free to all who cared
to have them. During the year supplies of seed
were issued to the chiefs for distribution among
villagers; this besides the distributions I made when
on circuit. Nearly every village school has its garden
now and JI have full hopes that the early training
of the young will have good results. The cultivation
of cocouuts is not increasing as I should like to see
it, though there is ample land fit and available in
different parts of the Province. The adyent of the
railvay will no doubt be the means of bringing ont-
siders into the Province, who will I feel sure purchase
land for this cultivation.
IRRIGATION.
The only large work in course of construc-
tion is the restoration of Maha Ilupnpallama
tank in the Eppawala korale of Nuwaragam palata,
one mile to the south of the Talawa-[halagama minor
road ‘and between Ipologama and Eppawala, This
work has not progressed satisfactorily, owing to the
difficulty experienced by the Public Works Depart-
ment in procuring labour. The people are quite
prepared -to purchase all the irrigable land below
the tank, and I.feel sure’ that its restoration will
prove to be a remunerative work. Nuwarawewa
Yoda-ela.—The restoration of this ela is progressing,
Minneriya Tank.—The Irrigation Engineer, Mr. Eves,
is on the spot working under the Director of Public
Works and Mr, Parker. This work is taken out of
the hands of the Provincial Irrigation Board. The
sluices were fully opened, after a deal of trouble,
to enable the work to progress, but in December
the tank filled considerably, and the work is delayed.
The Kalawewa Yoda-ela has again given a lot of
trouble in consequence of large quantities of silt. A
special Irrigation Engineer, Mr. Nunn, was busy on
this work for about six months taking sections and
levels. For over two months the ela was allowed
to. run dry for the purpose of clearing, as it was
found that the water would not flow into the Anu-
radhapura tanks, After the clearing the water reached
Anuradhapura-in nine days, travelling at the rate
of six miles per day. For want of water at the
Tissawewa high-level sluice and in’ Basawakkulam
tank part of the paddy crop failed. Village Tanks. —
In the northern division there are 723 village tanks
under supervision. Of this number, 325 are com-
pleted tanks and 396 are half and one-fourth com-
pleted, and two are new tanks. Three tanks were
added to the completed list during 1898. Exclusive
of old Crown tanks given for restoration, the quantity
of earthwork done in village tanks during the year
amounted to 221,255) cubic yards. This includes work
for 1898 and arrears of previous years. Compared
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AGRICULTURIST, (May 1, 1899.
with 1897 there was an increase of earthwork to the
extent of 41,774 cnbic yards; this is very satisfactory.
Sixty village tanks were sluiced during the year
with cement pipe sluices (Murray's): 44 of these were
four-inch, 16six-inch, and 1 a nine-inch sluice, Many
more have still to be sluiced, and these will receive
attention next year, Fifty-three Orown are
being restored under permit, and I am glad to be
able to record that the earthwork done on these
tanks exceeds that done in 1897 by 3,112 cubic yards,
Very few tanks were breached during the wet weather,
and this I attribute in a great measure to the more
even distribution of rainfall during the year. There
were no heavy floods ia November and December,
as is usually the case in this Province. The votes
allowed for upkeep of tanks were expended in repairs
to (iron and cement) sluicesand in repairs to spi
There can be no doubt that the restoration of the
village tanks is helping immensely to improve the
condition of the peteie, The water supply is better
and purer, more paddy is grown, and the people are
better off than they were even a few years ago.
Parangi is not so common. As I stated in my re-
port last year, I consider the restoration of vill ¢
tanks to be far more important than the undertaking
of large new works in a Province so gs y popu-
lated as the North-Central Province, When the
population increases and ontsiders apply for land, it
will be time enongh to consider the restoration of
some of the fine old tanks that are now in jungle
all over this vast Province. For the present I
prefer to improve the condition of the existing
population.
New Are4s oF CULTIVATION.
Daring the year 241 lots of Crown land
were sold, comprising an extent of 1,278
acres. Much of this land has been cultivated
with peer: It is seldom that an igh land
is applied for and purchased, but towards the latter
end of the year there were several inquiries for land
suitable for coconut cultivation from capitalists out-
side the Province, and { was informed that with the
advent of the railway many applications would come
in for coconut as wellasfor paddy land. I 60,
for there is abundance of good land available. The
people of the Province are too poor to purchase more
than a few acres ata time below their village tanks,
I have received an application from some Jaffnese
to purchase 1,000 acres of irrigable land below
Sangilikanadarawa, a breached and abandoned old
tank, on condition that the Government restore the
tank. The restoration of this tank is under the
consideration of the Provincial Irrigation Board. My
attempt to get villagers to make village gardens
below their tanks has proved a failure. I offered
the land free, also seeds, which I am constantly
distributing, but all to no purpose.
BoranicaAL AND EXPERIMENTAL GARDENS.
The gardens were well kept, and were visited by Mr.
Willis from Peradeniya. Nearly 1,000 fruit and shade
trees were distributed for planting round Govern-
ment buildings, dispensaries, gansabhawas, as well
as amongst yillagers. A large number of plants were
given for the general cemetery. A plant of the
Victoria regia was sent from Peradeniya Gardens,
and within six months it had eight blossoms. Tissa
vegetable garden has done well in the way of produc-
ing a large quantity of seed, which I have had distri-
buted all over tho Province. The fig trees continue
to do well. ' a
GAME.
Thirty-six game licenses were issued, as against
fifty-four during the preceding year. Twenty-
five licenses to capture buffaloes were issued. In
most of these cases the animals are village cattle,
unbranded and unregistered, and quite wild. No
licenses to shoot buffaloes were issued. WNo licenses
were issued to capture elephants; there were two
licenses to shoot issued. In four cases rogue
elephants were proclaimed and rewards offered,
Skins are not brought to the Kachcheri, as traders
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offer a larger price forthem than the amount of the
reward offered by Government. Any illicit shooting
of game that takes place is merely for the sake of
the meat as food, andIhave not heard of any gang-
shooting whatever. There were prosecutions in three
cases, two for illicit capturing of buffaloes and one
for game, and all resulted in convictions.
ARCHZOLOGY-
Excavations were continued at Thuparama and
Elala’s tomb, just outside the town, and at
Puliyankulam on the Jaffna road. Under an
extra vote the Archwological Commissioner was
entrusted with the clearing of jungle round the ruins
outside the town, and good work was done.
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TEA IN RUSSIA.
Tea ‘‘ Farmer” is no doubt well justified
in writing as he does, in criticism of the
statements we quoted the other day from
the ‘‘Home and Colonial Mail.” If the
Russian people throughout the Empire were
the greatest tea drinkers in the world, not 92
million lb. (according to Mr. T. N Christie’s
official figures) or 140 million lb. (according
to the Shanghai Committee’s return); but
well over 900 million lb. of tea would be re-
quired to meet their requirements! This is
taking the population of the Russian Em-
pire at 130,000,000 and the Australian rate
of consumption at T7lb. a head; whereas it
is evident that the Russians do not average
at the highest estimate, much above Ilb. a
head. How then explain the statements of
visitors to Russia that their friends there
seem to be drinking tea all day long
and that tea is the chief drink of Russian
families. _We think the explanation is (as
“Farmer” surmises) found in the fact that
tea is far too dear to be afforded by the
poorer classes—by the bul” of the people away
from the large towns, or even by the ordi-
nary workmen and labourersin the towns.
The higher and middle classes may be
drinking tea all day long to an average of
7\b, a head; but then that would mean only
some 20 millions of people out of the total
of 130 millions. However, in accordance with
our correspondent’s suggestion, we hope to
give the opinions of the Russian tea buyers
in Colombo, on the points raised.
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COLOMBO AND TEA BLENDING,
“ "COLOMBO AS A GREAT TEA-BLENDING
PoRT AND THE CONSEQUENT ADVANTAGE TO
LOcAL PRopucERS”—forms the theme of
the paper by our old friend ‘‘W.F.L.” to
which we give prominence below today.
In a private letter our correspondent
emphasizes his little sermon as follows :—
‘There is a lot of Ceylon and Indian tea
which goes home and is practically taken
over by the buyers without any competition
whatever. A few months ago it was common
teas; now it is medium. The danger in the
London market is that what with big dealers
like Lipton, Mazawatte and Peak Winch
Bros. and a few other, competition may cease
altogether. Ceylon would find a better abid-
ing market for teas of these descriptions if
it went in for blending, besides be able to
compete with London in the rest of Europe.”
Now, in nearly all that he says on this
subject, ‘* W.F.L.” must know that he was
long ago forestalled in the editorial columns
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157
of the Observer. We urged the abolition of
the existing iniquitous local import duty on
tea many years ago, and pointed out how it
practically shut out Travancore—an outlying
district of Ceylon—from the Colombo market
and port. We urged the great advantage
of making Colombo the principal tea depdét
in Asiatic waters, so that teas could be
blended on the spot to suit all markets
and shipped direct whether to Australia,
North America or the Continent of Europe.
Leading planters took an opposite view,
dreading an influx of cheap China and Java
teas which would be afterwards shipped hence
under marks, claiming to be Ceylon’s, In
rejoinder, we showed first that Ceylon, as
it was, is even now responsible for some of
the poorest and cheapest (as well as for
some of the best and dearest) teas that go
into the London market; that nothing
prevents local tea dealers shipping the
veriest trash as Ceylon-grown teas and that
in the present day no teas were bought on
their name or mark, without expert testing,
so that there was not the least chance of
the value of good Ceylon teas being affected.
“«W. F. L.” now shows how, on the con-
trary, it is to the direct interest of our tea
planters to encourage blending operations at
this port of Colombo,—how one result would
be to create greater competition for local
teas, and to fit our teas for direct export
to the various European markets. We leave
his admonitions to the careful considera-
tion of those most concerned. We think the
time has come to appoint Sub-Committees
(or a joint Sub-Committee) of the Chamber of
Commerce and Planters’ Association, to en-
quire and report on thesubject, namely, as to
whether it is, or is not, to the advantage of the
Ceylon tea producer to maintain the present
import duty on other teas at this port, and
prevent Colombo becominga great tea blend-
ing depot, as well as market, and_ port
of direct shipment to all tea-consuming
countries :—
CEYLON BLENDED TEAS.
(Communicated. )
With relation to teas, if there is one ac-
cepted fact more than another, it is that the
British consumer has a preference for blended
teas. The custom of the blender is to buy
a certain quantity of various qualities and
out of them to make a drinkable tea, for
rice, at the smallest cost to himself. This
as resulted in the smaller country blender
and dealer being almost thrown out of the
market and the consequent larger London
man acquiring an undue influence on the
London market, and this looks as though it
might go on until he has a monopoly alto-
ether. Then, what willbe the use of a Public
ales Auction mart?
**a knock out.”
Surely it is time that the question of bonded
warehouses and blending teas in Ceylon
should be considered. There are buyers and
there would be more, for they know what
would re-sell best. Excepting perhaps some
Chinas and some Darjilings, most Ceylon
teas, more than others, can be drunk alone:
yet few will be prepared to admit that any,
even including the above, are so attractive
as when judiciously blended; and thus think
It will become simply
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the blender and consumer: so it is no use
bringing abstract ideas against practical con-
clusions,
Somé years ago I proposed a scheme for
introducing Ceylon’ teas into America and
impressed my opinions fully on the necessity
of the American dealer supplying blended
teas to consumers. There is not the slightest
doubt but that this is the line to be adopted.
Americans have not hitherto proved them-
selves willing to drink either Ceylon or In-
dian tea, pure and simple; and this has been
expressed by many writers, including our
Commissioner, over and over again. I fear,
however, Ceylon ls lost the chance now
of ‘selling blended teas to America, if it ever
possessed it, although other m>w countries are
still assailable.
There are, strong peers flavoury teas
grown in India, which if blended in incon-
siderable proportions with many Ceylon light
teas, ould raise their values in the Colombo
market, and besides make them more accept-
able in other countries. In other words a
judicious use of Indians would help the ex-
tension of four-fifths of the Ceylon-grown
article. I do not say that Indians are supe-
rior to Ceylons : such would be treason, even
if I thought it, which I do not; but I will,
however, say that not using the geo-
graphical position of Colombo for this pur-
pose, is neglecting one of the great adyan-
tages that the island possesses. ;
At present there are regular buyers in the
Ceylon market_and_a fresh incentive would
be established by those who, by, blending a
small proportion of foreign teas with Ceylons,
would raise the value of those special kinds
for which everyone would be pleased to meet
with a better demand and_ price, resultin
in obtaining help where most needed an
producing qualities ractically suited to the
wants. of the whole universe. At present
Ceylon in adhering to sell not exactly what
the buyers require, is injuring herself. _
T doubt if requirements would be shipped
from Calcutta or China to Colombo, cheaper
than to London; so that the object in in-
troducing would not be for the benefit of
those countries, but to make the most, of
Ceylon teas. Neither is _the importation
likely to be overdone, as it would cost too
uch. 5
The consumption of tea is doubtless
spreading over Europe; so if the mer-
chants of Colombo could only adapt their
samples to the wants of Southern Europe, say-
ing nothing of the Persian Gulf, and Egypt,
a grand future is before them for the blended
article. No country in the long-run could
compete. with them in the East. It does not
much matter how the Ceylon planter is
willing to view the question :—blending, if
not done in Ceylon, will be done elsewhere ;
and if in Colombo the extra cost of extra
shipment, carriage and landing will handicap
the imported tea to such a degree that the
object. will be to use as little foreign, and
as much locally-grown, | as. the blend will
stand, and this always in a growing degree ;
so. that in the long-run, Ceylon teas will be
most benefitted. Besides, from what I have
seen, 1 believe it could be much better done
a Geylon than in London and as I have said
its position seems to bave been naturally
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Te eS eee
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AGRICULTURIST. (May !),! 1899,
chosen ‘expressly for the Indeed it
is a great pity, that from the first, when
Oeylon emerged into the world as a tea-
growing country, it did not also start a
universal market. Regn
As I see blended teas winning their way
everywhere, I write in no interest other-
wise than that of a tea-grower, in whose
basket most of my eggs are lying. As time
goes on, Ceylon will ‘be brought in closer
competition with Assam, and perhaps Java:
so I consider it is now acting unwisely
not using its best means of making the most
of every chest of tea shipped from its shores.
That is, no effort should be lost in maki
the tea attractive, and not have it cas
aside.as wanting, and so knocked: down to
the buyer almost at his own price. Nothing,
I believe, would benefit. the Ceylon. grower
more than shipping blended teas into London;
as it might bring back the smaller buyers
into competition with the larger who are
gradually and effectually dominating the
market. Again, probably four-fifths of the
Ceylon tea shipped would be placed more
attractive, if wisely blended with suitable
teas of other growths, and which in time
would find their own markets and help to
prevent the heavy drops in prices experienced
during the last two years.
Prices are now looking up again ; yet, after
my past experience, I am inclined to think
that, if growers are most careful when times
are good, they will have less to rue, when
they go down again. W, F. i.
—— —~om —
COFFEE AND SHADE-TREES ; AND TEA
AND SHADE-TREES. -
We have been seeking the opinion of our
‘*Honorary Entomologist,” Mr. E, E, Green,
on the very full Report just. furnished by
Mr. Cameron, F.L.8S., to the planters of
Coorg on their coffee and its enemies, pe
ticularly hemileia vastatria. The practical
point was whether we should al the
whole of the Report in our monthly periodical.
Mr. Green is good enough to write :— '
“It is a most interesting Report and is
certainly worth a place inthe 7.A. The re-
marks on the use of shade trees are of
particular interest to Ceylon planters. I
Sehera that we should have more coffee
remaining in Ceylon if partial shade of the
right . sort been more systematically
employed. And I think that most planters
are beginning to realize that a light shade
will be equally a necessity for tea, if it is to
BO on 7 eer gece Mr. Cameron points out
that one of. the: most important properties
of partial shade is the conservation of fer-
tility 1n the soil. Speaking of forest soil,
Mr. Cameron writes:—When fully ex
by the entire removal of shade, land of the
latter class exhibits extraordinary fertilit
for a time; but under the infiuence of full
sun-light it gradually becomes less fertile.
«+ «4 « The influence of intense light
induces denitrification and hence a state of
at least partial sterility. Stet wat
‘*My. own idea of the right kind of shelter
for tea is a light shade—such as given’
a, judicious admixture of Lrythrina (D. ‘
Albizzia molwecana and Grevillea—high ups
the stems bare up to at least 30 feet—pre- io
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“May 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL
ferably 40; and the branches first. meeting
at. that height, leaving plenty of air space
below, with an evenly diffused chequered
shade.
‘““Mr. Cameron’s suggestions on the hybri-
dization of coffee are of great importance to
coffee planters. Some of the natural hy-
brids seem to show a marked immunity
from leaf-disease. The pity is, that systeim-
atie work in this direction was not com-
menced on the first appearance of leaf-disease.”
We shall take Mr. Green’s advice and re-
print the Report in full; and in regard to
the value of light shade for tea we have
been getting a great deal of evidence lately
from different quarters and especially from
some of the lower and medium districts.
Mr. Maitland-Kirwan is ‘as. strong as to
the value of grevillea trees in Elkaduwa as
Mr. Cantlay is in respect of the same in
his fields in Dimbula.
JAVA. QUININE.
'A meeting of the shareholders of the Java
Bandoerg Quinine-works was held there on January
23rd, Baron van Heeckeren (director of the com-
pany) ocevpying the chair. The first point of the
agenda, the election of a director, was quickly
disposed of, after which the terms of dismissal of
“Mr. H J van Prehn were considered. Until Dee.
~ 14th last the management of the company had
been vested in Mr. Van Prelin as teclinical direc-
‘tor, jointly with the commercial director, Barron
van Heeckeren, but on that date, at a general
meeting, Mr. van Prelin was removed and the office
of technical director abolished. A committee of
shareholders was appointed to report on the sub-
ject, aud if was now proposed :—
~ 1. That the dismissal of Mr. van Prehn should
take effect from December 14th last.
2. That the conditions of his dismissal should be
‘definitely settled only after the balance-sheet had
been dealt with.
The articles of association required alteration in
accordance with the committee’s report, and after
an ainendmentincreasing the maximum number of
directors on the board from four to five had been
adopted the whole proposal was carried unani-
mously. As, however, pending the approval of
the alteration of the articles of association by the
Government, the oftice of fteehniea] director, va-
cated by Mr. van Prehn, had to be filled tempo-
rarily, the meeting appeinted to this post Mr.
Smith Sybinga, who had acted since Mr. van
Prelhn’s reinoval.— Chemist and Druggist, March 11.
eee
THE COTTON INDUSTRY IN INDIA.
~The Annual Report of the Bombay Mill-
owners’ Association contains some interest-
ing figures, exhibiting the continued deve-
lopment of cotton mills and their outturn,
notwithstanding all that is written of bad
times and diminishing profits, and notwith-
standing the terrible ravages of Plague.
The figures further justify Lord Curzon’s
lecture to Bengal, in replying to one of the
many addresses which he used as occasions
for enforcing much-needed lessons, when he
drew attention to the little that was being
done for trade, and industries and agriculture
by the Bengalis, as compared with other
races, and notably as compared with the
people of Bombay. It will be seen from the
AGRICULTURIST. %
759
following that Bombay can claim fully one-
Dal oe what is credited to all India under every
each :—
eal
fo}
5 En
ras of |
= a BS 3
on 2 a Bs »S
© AMES ob 6) lo gigi oll
° eae) Ci
Fae ey 4 So a= hae
For Bombay :
1897 e« 75 - 2,187,425. 21.2387.. 702,756 § 69.530
1898 .. 82° 2.2926,982 21,379 817,328 70,728
For all India :
LSST ss 73 4,065,618 37,584 1,300,936 1,44.335
1898... 185 4,259,720 38,913 1,481,328 1,48,964
The. outlook cannot, however, be said to be
very hopeful, seeing how greatly restricted is
the demand for exports. _ In yarns there was
an increase of 76,254 bales, or about 21 per
cent ; but there was a material decrease in
piece-goods—the shipments in 1898 to China
alone having fallen-off by about 12 million
yards or over 56 per cent ; while Japan (which
is starting mills of her own)took no goods from
Bombay ! But, curiously enough, the imports
from the United Kingdom to China and
Japan of piece goods and yarn combined,
show an increase of of 9-68 per cent as com-
pared with 1897. Competition must there-
fore be very keen. No doubt the influence of
such conditions has told on our own Spinning
and Weaving Company apart from restricted
capital to start with. We would fain hope,
however, that the local Mills may not cease
work, but that they may prosper in the
hands of a richer Company (or enterprising
wealthy individual) not only because of the
numbers to whom they~ give employment,
but because their presence should ‘ensure
some attention to cotton-growing, in one or
other division of the Northern districts to
be traversed by the Railway.
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TEA IN. RUSSIA,
In accordance with our correspondent’s
suggestion yesterday we interviewed the
Russian tea-buyers, Messrs. Tokmakoff and
Stcherbatchoff, of the firms of Tokmakoff
Molotkoff & Co. and Stcherbatchoff, Tchokoft
& Co. with the following result :—
_ The price of the very cheapest brick tea
in Russia is, we learnt, about 2s a brick
which consists of from 2! to 3 Ib., so that
the average price per Ib. of the cheapest
tea drunk in Russia would be little more
than 8d. But, Mr. Tokmakoff informed us
brick tea is very little drunk in European
There were, also, two kinds of brick
tea known in the Russian dominions. the
black and the green. The green brick tea
unlike the black,’ was never employed to
make an afternoon beverage. When a de-
coction was made from it, it was always
mixed up with a quantity of (to us unheard
of) ingredients and transformed into a thick
soup; milk, fat, tallow, and mutton chips
were, said Mr. Stcherbatchoff, often
thrown in and the resulting fluid was only
used at meals—like ordinary soup. 5
On enquiry as to what classes in Russia
drank tea we heard that. the working men in
the towns drank it whenever procurable, the
drink being very popular, but no leaf teas
760 THE TROPICAL
were obtainable under 2s a pound. The
easants in the country very seldom tasted
it, the beverage being beyond their means.
Several millions of the poorer people in
Russia had never heard of tea to this day
and would not understand its use if it were
distributed to them gratis. Amongst the
middle and well-to-do classes, however, the
consumption was very large.
“What would be the average per head
amongst those who can afford tea?”
“Ah! Russia is a large place,” was the
reply, ‘‘and it would be difficult to ask
every man if he had drunk any tea during
the year. But, yes, it is a sad thing that
the Russian Government do not i such
full statistics as you have here and in London.
All the figures, nearly that we get about
the imports of tea into Russia come from
London,”
Was tea-drinking likely to spread, we
asked, in view of M. de Witte’s (Finance
Minister) policy of repressing the drinking
shops. Most arabe it it would, was the
answer we received. The ‘‘policy” in ques-
tion was the buying up of all liquor shops
by the Government, and this immense piece
of work had now been very nearly com-
leted, only a few liquor shops remaining
in private hands, Liquor had conkedunney
become far dearer than previously, and,
amongst the beverages to which the people
would have recourse, tea held a prominent
lace. But it was not this so much as the
ecrease of duty that would increase the
gale of tea in Russia, for so few could now
afford to buy it.
The duty at Odessa and the other ports
was 86 kopeks per pound, ie., about Is
10d—100 kopeks going to the silver rouble,
which is about 2s.; on the frontier the duty
was just under Js, 1d. The smaller duty here
being to encourage the transport of tea from
China overland, and the consequent opening
up of Siberia. When the Siberian railwa
is complete, however, the duty will be raised,
in all probability considerably above ls. 1d.
as the railway rates will be cheaper than the
present overland means of transport.
On asking how other tea than that from
China reached Russia we were told that none,
or very little indeed, came overland from
Italy or across vid Germany from London.
Direct shipments of Ceylon and Indian tea
were made to Odessa, but the quantity bought
in the London market and taken round by
the Baltic was about twice as much as that
shipped direct from the East. The total con-
sumption of Ceylon and Indian teas in Russia
was now about 10 million lb. per annum.
Another item, interesting to learn, was
that originally there was no duty in the
Northern ports of the Russian Empire and
that tea was actually sent from Hankow to
London and thence round the North Cape
to the Gulf of Obi, whence it was quietly
brought into North Russia and sold cheaper
than what was brought over the frontier.
The tea was sent to London first and tran-
shipped there in the months of June and
July, these being the only months in which
the most northerly sea on the route would
be navigable. But in due time ths Govern-
ment found out this little game and stepped
jn and stopped it. Amongst the last con-
‘oe. *, “rt = 2
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AGRICULTURIST. May 1, 1899.
signments which might have into Russia
without duty was one of 14,000 1b. on board
the ill-fatel P. & O. steamer ** Aden,” but
the wreck of that vessel prevented its ever
reaching its destination. .
In conclusion we learnt that the Russian
Volunteer Fleet which conveys tea to Odessa,
while also acting as troop-transports, is to
be increased by several new la vessels,
one of the biggest being a sister-ship to the
big three-funnelled *‘Moscowa” which was
in the harbour the other day at the time of
the Regatta, as seen in Messrs. Plate’s
photographs. With native vessels like these
the Russians will more freely convey teas to
Russia; and from all we could learn, though
the Russian nation as a whole are yet far —
from being reckoned as the greatest © tea-
drinkers in the world; yet amongst the
better classes the beverage is highly appre-
ciated and wherever Russians can afford to
indulge it the taste_ grows upon them with
no small rapidity. The outlook, therefore,
for tea, as far as the Russian market is
concerned, may even now. be considered
bright and full of promise.
COLOMBO TEA TRADERS’ ASSOCIATION,
In another column we give the report of the Com-
mittee of this Association for the past year, show-
ing a credit balance of R101971. Gratilying re-
ference is made to the increased quantity of tea
soli locally, and the growing demand from
American and Russian markets. We sincerely
join in the hope expressed by the Committee that
sellers on the local market will endeavour to ob-
viate the complaints received from Australia
and other places as to the bad condition of
packages owing to excessive quantities of tea
aving been put in them. We are also glad to
know that the three pounds’ sampling allowance
has worked satisfactorily. There has been an
increase in the membership of the Association
which we trust will continue to grow in use-
fulness.
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TEA IN THE NORTHERN DIstTRiIcts,—After
all we have heard about tea going back in
some quarters, it is extremely satisfactory to have
such good reports of the splendid appearance and
yield of tea on such good old plantations as are
comprised in the Elkadua group and in the Kele-
bokka valley. Galheria, Oonoonegalla and Madul-
kele are said to be a picture of the vigoorns tea.
TASMANIAN FRUIT.— Messrs. Anderson, Anderson
& Co., of the Orient Steamship Co., intorm us
that they have received a telegram to the effect
that the quantity of Apples shipped in the “ Cuzco”
is 11,000 cases, and in the “ Britannia” 10,000 cases.
This quantity includes Apples from Australian
ports as well as from Hobart. Vendors here will
appreciate the value of this communication. The
“ Cuzeo” is due to arrive on April 1.—Gardencers’
Chronicle.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.—I‘: may be men-
tioned that missionaries and persons going out
to the German tropical colonies are instructed
n botany and plant-raising at the Central Ex-
perimental Station in Berlin. Though this idea
w.s madein Germany it is an excellent one. Such
enlightenment and instruction is what the natives
in all colonial centres stand greatly in need of,
and it might be taken over by Britishers with ;
advantage.—Journal of the J. A. Society.
ce Seg
May 1, 1899.]
CAMPHOR.
The pécsition of this article remains strong,
but it is felt that we are approaching the end
of the advance. At this time of the year pur-
chases for domestic purposes are generally made,
but since camphor became of technical importance,
much of it being used in the manufacture of
celluloid, a new basis is supplied for calculations.
The utility of celluloid is increasing day by day,
and nothing so far has been found to take the
place of the ten per cent or so of camphor which
it contains. There has been little speculation
in the heavy purchases made recently ; cam-
phor-refiners bought well, and the advance _ is
commensurate with supply and demand. The
subjoined figures show the statistical position in
London for January-February and stocks on Feb-
ruary 28th in the respective years :—
1899. 1898, 1897. 1896 1895,
Imports 775 134. 1,934 447 530
Deliveries... 1,701 368 1,991 3,045. 451
Stocks 4,968 11,204 11,874 13,674 4,379
The stock is, therefore, much lower now than it
has been for five years.—Chemist and Druggist,
March, 11.
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A RUBBER PECULIAR TO COLUMBIA.
In a recent official report, the British Consul at
Tolima, Columbia, makes the following reference to
a tree which is little known asa producer of rubber.
If the rnbberis really of good quality, it may in
time prove of importance, owing to its adaptability
to high elevations, which, as arule, is not true of
rubber trees. The report says: ‘‘ A very important
species of rubber is indigenous, and Iam inclined to
think peculiar, to Tolima. Unlike other importart
kinds of rubber, it grows at high elevations, namely,
at from 6,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Several
thousand bales of it were exported a dozen years ago.
But as the trie was only locally distributed, the
source of supply was soon exhausted. The authorities
at Kew haye named this plant Sapiwm biglandulosum,
g@ species which is also saidto be found in British
Guiana, where, however, it seems to be of no value as
a rubber producer. In connection with the cinchona
plan‘ations * * * * aplantation of this rubber
was made ebout ten years ago. The trees grew with
remarkable rapidity, with trunks a foot in diameter
insix years; but this plantation shared the same fate
as the cinchonas—that is, it was abandoned years ago
because the cinchona was abandoned. With renewed
attention, however, this plantation may still be made
important.—Indian Planters’ Gazelte.
: ene Paes
THE FUTURE OF CEYLON TEA.
THE RISK OF HEAVY CHINA EXPORTS.
(By an cx-Ceylon Merchant.)
London, March 16.
As long as the lower grades of common Indian
or Ceylon tea could be bought in London at five-
pence per pound, there was not much chanee of
the market being inundated with increased im-
port of common China congou, because this price
would not pay exporters from China, even with
the protection afforded to them, by the effect of
the closing of the Indian mints. But with pekoe
souchongs at 7d per pound, the matter assumes
a very different aspect, and it is to be feared
that larger shipments may be made from China
next June, July and August. ‘The only thing
that will prevent them, is the fear of the certain
loss that would oceur, if such shipments were
made,
Prices in China will doubtless open high in
May next, and when they arrive here they wil!
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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 761
Iiing down. prices to their old level. Unfor-
tunately the British speculator seldom benefits by
past experience ; old ones die off, or have re-
tired from the trade, but a new set always springs
up to take their place. A friend in the China
trade, told me yesterday, he was going to send
out an order for common congou by the next
mail. I asked him if he had lost bis senses,
or had more money than he knew what to do
with, for in the latter case I could comfortably
help him to get rid of it, When I pointed out
to him that present prices of common tea could
only be maintained by being scarce, and any
large increase from China would lead to dis-
aster, he made up his mind not to send the
order.
Indian and Ceylon planters will this year have
to watch the China exports closely. As [told you
in my last letter, the advance has not affected
Home consumption ; the retail prices cannot be
raised ; but there is no doubt, it is interfering
with the continental and American demand,
and may extend to the Australian colonies. It
has been somewhat too rapid. -Common teas will
I think more than hold their own until July,’
when the market will have before it the un-
known Indian and China supplies, Every en-
deavour will be made to push forward ship-
ments to catch the high prices now current
whilst they last; it will be a case of ‘devil take
the bindmost.”
Jf no great increase takes place in next season’s
Cilina exports to England, then [ think the Indian
and Ceylon Tea Industry has a good future before
it, because though Foreign and Colonial consump-
tion may not expand, at the same rate as
during Jast year, it will not be diminished by
an advance of only a penny per pound on the
average,
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CALABRIAN MOTHER.-OF-PEARL
INDUSTRY:
An interesting report was receivedat the Foi"
eign Office on 7th January last from H. M. Vice-
Consul at Taranto, giving an account of the new
mother-of-pearl industry on the Calabrian coast.
The prices obtained for mother-of-pearl vary
from year to year, but the average price realised at
the Torres Straits fisheries is £125 per ton for the
raw shell. The only place, so far, where the pearl
oysters are cultivated, is Queensland ; at all the
other fisheries the shells are collected from the
banks formed by the natural oyster. Queensland,
however, is far distant from the chief markets for
mother-of-pearl, London, Hamburg, and Trieste,
and it was this fact that gave rise to the idea of
cultivating the pearl oyster in European waters.
A series of interesting experiments was com-
menced by Signor Comba, in 1860, and continued
by him from time to time till 1884, when he was
director of the aquarium of the National Exhibi-
tion at Turin. These experiments proved defi-
nitely that pearls can be produced bya certain
process of treatment, and also that. the cultivation
might be conducted ona large scale on the Cala-
brian coast.
In a pamphlet on the subject, Signor Comba
says that ‘‘ Having proved that they are repro-
ductive in a domesticated state, that is in small
aquariums, we can be certain that in large basins
they will reproduce with better results. The
facility with which these oysters throw out their
byssus allows them to be transferred from the
breeding tanks to the coast, where the natural
banks would be made, without any danger of
their dying. As the spawn is not exposed in
the tanks to currents or to the danger of des-
truction by fishes, it would be easy to form large
762
banks in a very short space of time, the value
oi which would always be increasing.”
It has been decided that the south coast of
Calabria is the fittest locality for the laying down
of the beds, and the Italian Government has
conceded the necessary waters, and done much
t) encourage this new industry. It is proposed
to acquired 10,000 pearl oysters (Meleagrina mar-
goritifera), of which 500 will be set aside for
breeding purposes. It has been computed that
the spawn produced by one of these molluscs in
the open sea contains about 12,000,000 eggs. The
majovily of these are lost, either because they
serve as food to other animals, or because they
get covered up by the sand, or are carried away
y the currents into places unsuited to their
development. By breeding in tanks these dangers
can, forthe most part, be avoided, and certainly
a twentieth part can be saved, which would give
an average of 600,000 eggs for every shell, and
a sw total of 3,000,000,000 eggs for the 500 oysters
set apart for breeding. But, allowing that of
these only a twentieth part develop, in the second
year the total would be 15,000,000. Again, if
only half of these survive all the natura! and
chance risks to which they may be exposed, still
7,500,000 would be laid down on the banks in
the open sea. At the end of the seventh year,
say 50 per cent, are fished up; this would give
3,750,000 shells, and, at an average of 3 lb. per
shell, would realise 5,020 tons of mother-of-pearl,
which, even of third-rate quality, and worth but
1,500 fr. (£60) a ton, would yet bring in a sum
of 7,580,000 fr. (£805,200),
It is possible that this enormous uantity of
mother-of-pearl brought suddenly into the market
would considerably lower the price, and in the
estimates only half this amount, 3,765,000 fr.
(£152,600) has been calculated for each bank fished
every seventh year, that is one annually, seven
being laid down. To this may be added the worth
of the pearls which might be found naturally, or
produced. artificially.
it would not, however, be necessary to wait
geyen years before any return cou d_ be ob-
tained for money invested, the reproduction being
so great that at the end of the third year it
would be possible, without damaging the banks,
to take up shells of 8 to 10 centimetres in diameter,
which are well suited for the manufacture of
buttons, and could be sold at 1,500 fr. (£60) per
ton. It would also be easy to prepare a sufficient
quantity of the 9,500 oysters not used for breeding,
s) that they would produce pearls by the end
of the third year.
As the productiveness of the banks would in-
crease yearly, there is no doubt that by the
seventh year, when it would reach its height,
the receipts from the sale would have sufficed
to leave a very fuir margin of profit, in addition
to redeeming the capital and paying off the
interest.
The Vice-Consul concludes his report by observ-
ine that, as at present the chief market for
mother-of-pearl is London, and as the larger part of
this trade is in British hands, this scheme for
bringing the sources of a valuable commodity
nearer to the home market is not without in-
terest. ‘‘It seems, too, that this might, upon
inquiry, turn out possibly to bea very favourable
opening of the British capital. —Imperial Institute.
Se re
Morus.—An Indiansewspaper says that clothing
szen ed with a mixture of oils of clove, cinnamon
and cedar will not be attacked by larve of any
kind.—8. and C. Drug iist.
T iin CorrerE EsTATES IN SEL\NGOR that have
suffsrcd most from caterpillars are those in which
the plants are raised from Pengerang seed. Mr.
Bailey is reported to have a theory that there
is something peculiarly sweet or attractive in
trees raised from that seed.—S, I’, Press.
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
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PRODUCE AND PLANTI\G.
_ Tetiinc Us aut Asovur Ix,—Jost as planters
importers were congratulating acmiagitan that —
were looking up in the tea market their hopes are
suddenly dashed by the revelation of one who, with a
fine gift for seeing round the corner, tells us all about
the workings of the market, andreveals the future in .
a flash of inspiration. Describing himself with sweet
simplicity as “ Merchant,” a corre dent of the
Grocer lets himself go as follows. He says: “In
regard to the advance in Indian tea, I believe that
the market is getting excitedin regard to the short-
ness of supply in Indian tea, under a somewhat
mistaken notion. I notice in your last Saturday's
issue you give the quantity of teas sent direct to
America, Australia, &c.. for the last two mouths, and
for the same two months in previous years, and
whereas last year there was practically no increase
over the previous year, this year there is a tremendous
increase, amounting to millions of pouuds of tea,
which I am informed is entirely due to a direct line
of ships having commenced this year, for the firet
time to those countries, whereas in previous years
those countries were supplied chiefly from the London
market. The result is, tuerefore,that there will not be
so much tea required from our London stock as was re-
quired in former years. My opinion, therefore, is that if
the blenders and other buyers will buy from hand
to mouth, the prices will not go up—indeed, I believe
they will come down. I hear, also, on conclusive
information, that a number of brokers bought largely
on their own account, and that they are trying thet,
best to drum into the blenders the alleged fact of
shortness of stock, whereas, as I have shown above
it is chiefly caused by tea being sent direct to countries,
instead of their being euppled, as in former years,
ote London.” How the wicked brokers here re-
erred to must equirm as they r af Pf?
terrible dediebotertie are wditet ie
In Apvance.—We notice that certain
brokers have been asked to give Pete rohan
to the probable effect of a reduction in or the total
ubolition of the tea duty, as though the Chancellor
of the Exchequer were eagerly awaiting this ex-
pression of opinion before taking action. It is, of
course, very interesting to Jeara the view of | ex-
perienced brokers on this subject, but it seems just
now rather a waste of force. While Sir Mic
Hicks Beach is engaged with plans for raising the
wind rather than removing or reducing duties he is
less likely to give attention to the views of members
of the tea trade about the duty question than he
would if the matter were under serious considera-
tion. All the same, it is useful to know that Messrs.
Thompson think that if “the tax were removed,
_probably the number of distributors might be increased
with the result that for the time at least demand
would be brisk and clearances large, which would
deplete stocks to the benefit of importers; but it is
by no means certain that a large permanent increase
in consumption would follow, and that looking at the
question broadly, they incline to the opinion (not
generally held) that abolition of duty would tara
the scale in favour of the best as against the cheapest
tea—thus directly encouraging the production of the
finer kinds in Ceylon—but importers would not expect
to obtain mcra than a part of the total remission, and
that only fora time.’ Messrs. Wilson Smithett &Co
express the view that ‘tne home consumption of
Ceylon tea would, ia all probability, receive some
stimulus, in common with thit of other growths
from a reduction or total abolition of tie duty; an :
alteration would, we think, affect every growth ike,
with this exception, that inasmuch as the present
fixed duty imposes a relatively heavier tax on low-
priced tea, any reduction or total xbolition of duty
would give considerable impetus to the exportation”
of common tea from China, which wou!d, in that case.
become once more an important factorin the trad :
and interfere considerably with Ceylon and Indian
teain the merket for low-grade tea for “ price.’ The
May 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL
total abolition ofthe duly and the consequent absence
of proper Customs supervision would also greatly
facilitate the importation of worthless or adulterated
leaf, which has hitherto not been allowed to be
entered for home consumption.” This may savour of
discussing the nature of the jelly to be eaten with
the hare before the latter is caught, but these opinions
may haye some weight one of these days when the
tea duty becomes a burning question.—H. & C. Mail,
Mrrch 17.
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THE AGRA TEA COMPANY OF
CEYLON, LIMITED.
The following is the report of the directors :—
Directors :—Major E. F. Tranchell, Joseph Fraser,
Esq., John K. Symonds, Esq.
The Directors have the pleasure of submitting
their Report on the transactions of the Company for
the year ending 3lst December, 1898.
The acreage of the Company’s property was given
in the last report.
The estimated crop for 1898 was 155,000; but
owing to the unfavourable weather that prevailed
all over the planting districts, the outturn was only
{51,887 lb., showing a shortege of 3,113 lb. This
crop realized R68,244, or 45 cents per lb. The
total expenditure on Sackarawatte, as shown in the
-accompanying accounts, was R42,060'17, or 27% cents
er lb.
Pethe net profits on the working of Sackarawatte
Estate amounted to R27,348°83, which represents over
65 per cent on the value of that property, as shown
in the balance sheet.
The balance, after writing off the balance of pre-
liminary expenses, interest on mortgage, etc. is
R14,111:03; but as the expenditure on Kalkudah
state has not been provided for the Directors pro-
pose to carry this forward to next year’s accounts.
The profits of the Company being much hampered
by the expenditure on Kalkudah Estate, the Dir-
ectors recommend that the vendors be requested
to take back the property for the price paid by
tho Company plus the amount expended on it with
interest at 4 per cent on the latter.
The Directors propose to borrow the equivalent of
£1,000 sterling at 8 per cent interest to pay the
Standard Life Assurance Company foy the release
of the mortgage held by that Company over Kal-
kudah Estate. The interest on the loan to be paid
half-yearly.
The Visiting Agent reports that the tea property
has been kept in very good order, and the new
cart-road and bungalow and the improvements to
the Factory have been completed.
In terms of the Articles of Association, Mr
Joseph Fraser retires from the Board of Directors
but is eligible for re-election.
The appointment of an Anditor rests with the
meeting. By order of the Board of Directors,
J.P. Green & GCo.,
Agents & Secretaries.
aoe ee
NAHALMA TEA ESTATE.
he report of the directors of the Nahalma Tea
Estate Company, Limited, for the year ending
December 31st states that they regret it results
in a debif to profit and loss account, at December
3lst, 1898, after providing for general expenses,
directors’ and auditors’ fees’ interest on Debentures,
ete., of £143, leaving a deficit of that amount to
‘be carried forward against next year. The directors,
in handing their report for 1898, regret that it
is so unfavourable. The crop obtained was 234,917
lb, as against an estimate of 260,000 lb. This
disastrous result is mainly attributable to a blight
of helopeltis (helopeltis antonia) (“ mosquito blight,”
‘tea bug” of India), which prevailed during the
closing months of the year, The average cost per
lb, was 5.49d, and realised 5.91d per Ib, as against
he cost in 1897 of 5.27d per lb, and an average
AGRICULTURIST. 763
sale price of 6.04d_ per Ib, The increased rate
of cost is due to shortness of crop and to the
higher rate of Exchange, which averaged Is 4id in
1898, as against 1s 34d 1n 1897, 1s 2 7-16d in1896, and
Js 1 29-64d in 1895. The prevalence of the blight
has also tended to lower quality. The cirectors
are assured by Mr. William Forsythe, the director
resident in Ceylon, that the superintendent is
taking energetic steps to overcome the helopeltis
acting upon the advice of Mr. E Ernest Green
the Ceylon Honorary Government Entomologist
who visited the estate in December last, and
pointed out the best method of dealing with the
insects in their embryonic stages. For the informa-
tion of the shareholders, the directors asked Mr.
J P Anderson (an independent shareholder resi-
dent in the Kelani Valley, Ceylon) to visit and re-
port upon the estate. This he did on January z0th
last, and remarks generally as_ follows :—
Nahalma Estate is not well situated as regards
transport facilities, being six miles from the
nearest cartroad. Tor three miles ont of six the
transport has to be done on coolies’ heads, the re-
maining three miles being done by boat. The
estate, when I visited, was much troubled with
helopeltis, 175 acres being very bad indeed, and
the pest appearing rather badly on 119 acres,
which were coming into flush after pruning. The
rest of the estate was fairly free, but Mr. Duncan
informs me that the only field which this insect
has never touched is the 30 acre field, the re-
maining fields all having suffered more or less.
To this pest [ attribute the loss in crop snd the
high expenditure incurred last year. When the
pest is at all bad, the flush, as it appears, is
attacked, and instead of plucking a healthy shoot,
one has to be content with a wretched shrivelled
thing, more like a cinder than a tea shoot. In
this way the crop is lost, the expenditure is in-
creased, and the tea made cannot possibly be as good
as that made from healthy leaf. To put the damage
done in figures, Nahalma Estate should I consider,
«give 650 Ib. tea peracre. The tea should, easily be
put f.o.b. for 24 cents, and should certainly fetch
the Kelani Valley average, which will be about
32 cents net for 1898. This on 446 acres tea would
mean a profit of R23,000, or say, £1,540, asum
sufficient to pay both Debenture and Ordinary
shareholders well. Mr. Green (Hon. Consulting
Entomologist to the Ceylon Government) visited
Nahalma Estate in December, and his report is
daily expected by Mr. Duncan. In the meantime
his suggestions are being carefully carried ont,
and I have not the slightest doubt that Mr.
Dunean (now that he knows the habits of the
insect) will very materially reduce, if not entirely
eradicate the pest. The latest advices from the
estate are more hopeful, and had it not been for
the blight the results for the year would have been
more favourable. The acreage of the company’s
properties on December 3]st last remained un-
altered, at; Teain full bearing, 446 ; jungle, 246;
692 acres. The crop for 1899 is estimated at
260,000 lb, to cost 24 cents per lb. f.o.b.
Colombo. During the year the improvement of
the coolie lines has been continued at an outlay
of R3,145, which has been charged to current ex-
penses. The estate is now, with the exception of
one set, equipped with permanent coolie lines.
Two of the company’s Debentures have been re-
deemed during the financial year ending December
3lst. The chairman, Mr. Arthur Marshall, the
director retiring by rotation, being eligible, oflers
himselt for re-election. Messrs. Fox, Sissons and
Co,, auditors to the company, offer themselyes for
re-election, —Bullionist, Barol 16,
164 THE TROPICAL
BLENDED TEAS.
( Conumunicated. )
A few months ago one of the chief subjects
before the British public was the volume of
the exports of their manufactures; and which
statistics, in spite of all the promises of
Cobden and his party, are proved without
doubt to be rapidly decreasing. Instead of
becoming the manufacturers of the world,
the world is gradually becoming the manu-
facturers of Great Britain. 'Thismay be some-
what strongly put, but as a matter of fact,
if Britain loses as much of its foreign trade
in the next fifteen years, as it has in the past,
the accomplishment will be proved beyond
doubt. The investigations this has occasioned,
have resulted in a somewhat unanimous
opinion that the British producer is too
prone to supply what he chooses ; while the
chief aim of the German and foreigner is to
supply what the customer wants. ‘Time was
when such discrimination of goods and pro-
duce did not exist—when sound and strong
calico and drinkable tea and coffee woul
betaken without comment. Whether through
the art movement or from what cause—
everybody has become a man of taste: for
now differentiation is extreme. Everything
is required to the closest degree of indivi-
dual fancy; consequently, the wholesale Bri-
tish deliveries are complained of, and the
more painstaking and patient poueigner is
gradually but certainly making himself felt.
have always maintained that America
should be Ceylon and India’s chief objective,
and that black and not green teas should
be poured in, although we are told America
only asks for the latter. :
My reason for this one exception to my
main contention, is that America is practi-
cally a coffee and not a tea drinking coun-
try ;and that we can never expect its people
to become tea drinkers—in green teas alone,
These are all very well in their way, but
they will never induce people to leave off
drinking coffee and take to tea. Judicious
blends with their own teas, will in time
overcome the partiality for green; and as
biack predominates the coffee drinkers will
come in. Such has been the experience else-
where, and what happens elsewhere will most
likely happen again in America, The blend-
ing art is a wonderful means of persuasion
as to what is best; and it also produces
drinkable tea, to the public taste, at the
lowest price, even though we grumble there at
to our hearts’ content; yet the consumer is
the man we have to please; and as I have
before stated, he will have whut he likes and
mot what we want. He has distinctly evinced
a preference for blended teas, so there is an
end of the matter as far as we are concerned.
It is practically impossible to send any
continuous standard of tea from any one es-
tate in Ceylon or India, without the aid of
blending. The character of tea made would
be different in the South-west, to what it
would bein the North-east, monsoon; prun-
ing, tipping, exceedingly wet or exceedingly
dry weather would prevent equal standards
being maintained. These causes are ac-
countable for many of the shipwrecked hopes
and aspirations of many tea planters who
have imagined they have discovered a special,
direct and permanent market for their own
Me Tis i oS
AGRICULTURIST, [May 1, 1899.
particular gardens’ produce in the Mauritius,
the Cape, Australia, New Zealand or else-
where. The demand doubtless continued until
it came into competition with the blended
article, when it had to give way to some-
thing more stable in character and so more
acceptable.
It must not be considered that I, indiwi-
dually, am advocating blended against pure
teas. The little “J” has little to do with
the matter; for poor ‘‘I” drink perhaps six
lb. of tea a year; while those who will have
the blend drink perhaps nearly 400 millions.
Personally, I am prepared to say I prefer a
judicious blend myself, although I am prepared
to admit that I have seen some awful mix-
tures; yet as a rule the consumer prefers
the blend, the British isles first and now
Russia and America without doubt are of
the same opinion. The question now resolves
itself into whether in the face of all the
evidence, the growers in Ceylon are deter-
mined to stand by their resolve and not
allow Ceylon to take its chance of becomi
the centre of the world’s tea industry ?
it desires to become this, the sooner it re-
moves the restrictions upon blending teas,
the better. It should give every inducement
for Colombo to become in the Hast, what
London is in the West, a centre of the tea-
trade. It could blend better, pack better
and do all far cheaper than could be ac-
complished in London; but all obstacles
should be removed, even to the abolition of
Customs duties on the importation of foreign
teas. This would enable many estates near
Colombo where teas are grown, not of the
highest price, to do a little judicious flavour-
ing on their own account.
ne
A SEASON FOR MANURING.
We hear on all sides of the wonderful
effects of judicious manuring, more especi-
ally in respect of tea grown on old coffee
fields as well as in regard to coconut palms
in the lowcountry. The old veteran palm
planter, ‘‘W.B.L.”, long ago declared that no
plant was more greedy of manure, or re-
‘Eggi more readily to its application, than
the coco-palm. For every rupee judiciously
spent in fertilizers, he calculated that under
ordinary circumstances, the return ought to
be tenfold. So, in respect of tea. The way
in which fields yielding under 390 1b. of made
tea per acre have been worked up to a sub-
stantial yield, and the bushes invigorated,
in some of our older districts, forms a striking
testimony to the value of experimental if
not scientific manuring. We are promised,
for publication, some ‘facts and figures”
giving actual results in this connection, which
cannot fail to be of interest. Meantime, it is
evident that the present season is going to
bea busy one in the market for manures.
—_—_.——_____
THE YATADERIYA CoMPANY.—We are i0-
terested to learn in connection with the
recent paragraph in the Observer re an offer
made to the Directors fot the purchase of
Yataderiya, that aconsiderable spring has been
made on the original price offered ; but that the
Company’s Directors do not see their way t9 con-
sider anything under £50,000 sterling—or over
R400 per share. Gn eal
May 1, 1899.]
THE TROPICAL
PRUNING DOWN OF TEA CHARGIKS.
The following circular has been issued by
the Tea and Produce Committee :—
The profit on tea cultivation having reached
such a narrow margin, it has become imperative
on the grower to curtail every item of expendi-
ture on the garden to the very lowest limit ; and
many forms of allowances, which were common
in better times, have of necessity been abolished,
It has now become necessary that the grower
should extend this pruning down of charges to
those on his teas afterreaching the London Market.
The allowance of 1-lb draft per chest or half-chest
to the buyer is considered by the grower an un-
warrantable charge on his teas and one that should
be abolished.
The reason for this allowance is founded on the
assumption that the dealer and grocer loses weight
in sampling and in the turn of the scale when
retailing the teas. Importers, however, are con-
vinced that sufficient allowance is given in the
Customs weights to cover any such loss.
By the system of weighing by H. M. Customs,
the weight is always in the buyer’s favour, and
this advantage varies from as much as 1-13th oz. to
5 oz. per package, and may safely be taken to
average lb. per package.
When in September, 1890, H. M. Customs issued
an order that, in future, teas were to be weighed
to the 4lb., the order was withdrawn on the strong
representation made by the dealers and grocers
that the turn in the scale of the Customs weigh-
ing was essential; otherwise they would sustain
considerable loss.
The late Sir Francis Peek (Chairman of the
meeting held in London to protest against the
order of Government) in referring to the sys-
tem of weighing by the Customs said :—‘ Ifit
were not for the turn of the scale given in favour
of the buyer, it would result ina loss to him.”
The growers haveno wish to do away with this
system of weighing or to deprive the buyer of his
present advantage, although, at 5lb. per package,
it means the grower has to provide 1,350,000 lb. of
tea for which he receives no payment.
The 1-lb. draft, however, is a distinct bonus
to the dealer or grocer which the grower can
no longer afford, owing to the difficulty of pro-
ducing tea at a profit.
Last year there were imported into London :—
Chests. 4 chests.
From India 1,286,998 285,664
», Ceylon 831,406 316,090
2,118,404 601,754
and the allowance from draft alone amounted
to 2,720,000 1b. of tea which, at a cost of 8d and
2d profit, equals a bonus of £115,000 per annum
to the trade. Inclusive of the turn in the scale,
iven by the Customs, the growers, therefore,
foe to provide 4,080,000 lb. per annum which
are not paid for.
India and Ceylon supplied last year 560,000
chests of Tea to Countries other than Great
Britain, on which no rebate in weight was
allowed, and it seems, therefore, preposterous
that: this allowance should continue to be given
in England.
In 1890, all draft allowance on cured provisions
and cheese was abolished, and the same has
been the case with bark and other articles.
It may further be pointed out that, even if it
could be shown that there was any sufficient
reason why an importer in selling 100 lb. of tea
should be paid for only 99 lb.=1 per cent. re-
duction, there can be none in penalizing him 2
per cent. when his teas are put into a 50-lb. chest.
CINNAMON Oib.—For the week ending February
14th 2,600 oz. only of both bark and leaf oil
was shipped from Ceylon, and all to Hamburg.
PLANTING NOTES.
MAbDRAS CEMENT.—Why should not Ceylon be
able to manufacture her own cement? An Indian
contemporary reports that some time ago the
Madras Government determined to try Madras
cement against English cements of the highest
quality sent ont by the Secretary of State. After
prolonged tests and trials, a circular has been
issued to the D.P.W. to the effect that “the
tests of cement made by the Consulting Architees
show that Madras cement has attained a sufliciently
high standard to be commonly used in the Depart-
ment. Its use in the Department is, therefore,
sanctioned and recommended.”
IN SAMOA COCOA grows very freely, and yields
abundant results with bnt little attention. There
seems very good prospects for small eapitalists go-
ing to this part of the world, who have about
£500 to £2,000 making a fair income by the eul-
tivation of cocoa. Of course it is necessary to
have a knowledge of tropical planting at the start,
so that those ignorant in this respect should ob-
tain knowledge from those in Samoa who are ex-
perienced before planting on their own account.
The cocoa tree does not begin to pay until
the third or fourth year, and is in full bear.
ing after the fifth year, and continnes to yield,
for there is practically no age limit to the bear-
ing of the cocoa tree. —Produce World.
INDIAN Museum Nortrs.—Volume IV.—No. 3.
—We have to acknowledge receipt of the latest
of these useful issues. The contents are as
follows :—
1. Original Communications—(i) Description of
two new species of Tineina from Bengal by the
Right Honorable Lord Walsingham, ma, F.R.s, ete. ;
(ii) On the possible utilization of the Calcutta Green
Bug as food for Birds, ete.: by F. Finns,z 4, ¥.Z.8. 3
(iii) Description of three new species of Indian
Coleoptera of the family Curculionide: by Mons. J,
Desbrochers des Loges; (iv) Some comparative trials
of Insecticide pumps in relation to the treatments of
Tea blights, and experiment in the treatment of red-
spider: by W. J. Fleet.
2. Notes cn insect pests from the Entomological
Section, Indian Meuseum: by E. Barlow—(i) Tea
Pests ; (ii) Insects destructive to cereals and crops:
(iii) Insects destructive to frait-trees; {iv) Forest
Pests; (v) Determination of miscellaneous insect
pests; (vi) Reports of results of remedies, ete., tried
during the years 1895-96.
3. Reprints and Miscellaneous Notes—(i) Descrip-
tion of three species of Indian Aleurodide : by W. M.
Meskell, reprint; (ii) The Bot-fly of the Indian
Elephant, reprint; (iii) Food of Wood-peckers of the
United States, ; ing
May 1, 1899.]
MANURING TEA:
PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTS
BESULTS.
Vementioned the other day that a planter
had promised us some figures in reference
to practical experiments in manuring, which
he had sent in to Messrs. Freudenberg &
Co. Our application to the latter has been
courteously attended to,as may be seen from
the letter and return appended. These carry
to a great extent their own explanation,
more especially. as Mr. Joseph Fraser has
himself summed up the main results. We
see that all the experiments, save one, shewed
a profitable return even on the first year’s
crop; but a second year’s crop must be
vealized before a fair conclusion can: be ar-
rived at as to the most economical and most
durable as well as profitable application. At
present we suppose plot No. 8 stands at
the head of the list so far as profit per acre
is concerned, but then we are told the tea
bushes shew a falling-off in vigour. The tea
bushes on numbers 5and 7 ave very vigorous ;
but the returns in profit per acre are con-
siderably less. Still, we have to wait and learn
which will do best during the current year
AND
without any further fertilizer. ‘As re-
gards the essential ingredients applied,
there seems to be an utter absence of
consistency, not simply as regards ‘* Potash”
as pointed out by Messrs. lveudenberg & Co. ;
but also in regard to Nitrogen and Phos-
phoric Acid which are most unequally
supplied to the several plots without the
higher quantities at all corresponding to the
higher returns. But here again, safe deductions
can only be made when Mr. Joseph Fraser
furnishes his next Report, twelve months
hence. The inclusion of such returns in
our Tropical Agriculturist are of immense
importance to the whole “planting” world
for instruction as well as for future ready
reference. Meantime here is the letter of
Messrs. Freudenberg & Co. embodying the
Report and figures remarked on above :—
To the Editor ** Ceylon Observer.”
Colombo, April 5.
Duar Sir,—Replying to your memo. of yester-
day, we take pleasure ia handing you enclosed,
the statistics asked for, to which Mr. Fraser
made at the time the following additional re-
marks :—
‘“* With the exception of field No. 2, they have
all paid for the manure and most show an
excellent profit besides. The results in yield
next year will show more accurately whieh will
give the best paying results per acre for a two
yearly application—what is the best now may not
by any means show the best results at the end of
the two years.
‘* The suppression of one essential ingredient in
2,3 and4 shows clearly their relative importance,
Nitrogen being the dominant clement, Potash
the next and Phosphoric acid the last, which
agrees with my previous experiments.
“The Basic Slag through its free lime helped in
several instances apparently to bring the nitre-
fying organisms into play and helped to render
the inert nitrogen available for plants. Next
year’s results will further test this point. So far,
as appearance of the bushes is concerned, they
look best in the following order 5, 7, 10 and 6,
969
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 769
9 shows most fungoid-affected leaves and a falling-
off in the vigor and succulence of the flushes
and § shows a falling-off to a more limited ex-
tent. Thismay be owing to the lack of available
nitrogen during the dry weather.”
. These experiments are exceedingly instructive.
Some of the results are difficult to reconcile as
for instance plots 6 and 8 with a maximum and
@ minimum supply of potash, but the following
year may throw more light on the subject.—We
are, dear sir, yours faithfully,
FREUDENBERG & Co.
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COCONUT OIL FORK THE AMERICAN
. MARKET:
NEW RIVAL TO CEYLON AND
COCHIN OIL—IN CUBAN OIL?
The latest New York ‘*‘Oil Market Review”
has an article on the probability of Cuba
supplying the United States, among other
things, with a sufficiency of coconut oil to
render the country independent of shipments
from the Hast Indies. It is acknowledged
that some time must elapse before the ship-
ments from Cuba are regular or important.
This is how the New York paper looks at
the matter :—
During the early part of 1898 the shipments from
various Cuban ports to New York were small, but
with the close of war operations wilh Spain, or since
November last, they have been on the increase.
While it is true the shipments all told look insignifi-
cant, they being only about 350 tons, still they are
sufficient to cause the trade to ask themselves what is
to be the future of this new enterprise, and how
it will affect the conditions of a trade which has here-
tofore been supplied from Ceylon and Cochin. While
it is true the lots of Ouban oil which have come to
band have been of poor quality and by some in the
trade considered only as a ‘poor specimen of axle
grease,’’ still large Western soapmakers considered it
good enough and of sufficient importance to recently
clean up the market of the stock on hand ata price
equal to about 5 cents per pound.
One reason why the Cuban shipments have been
curtailed has been not only the cost of producing
the oil, but the poor shipping facilities existing there.
But with the islands under our control new lines
of transportation, bith by water and land, will be
e tablished, and it will not belong before the Western
soapmaker will be able to purchase bis supplies de-
livered on a through bill of lading at his works.
Just as his neighbor, acorn oil minnfacturer is
enabled to sell his product delivered in Germany
or England, cheaper than he can deliver acarload
to a consumer on the seaboard. This is also true
today of cocoanut cil, either brought by steamers
direct from the coast or via England. The future
development of this new enterprise will be watched
with interest not only by the consumers of coconut
oils, but by those in other lines of trade, who have
besn contemplating a similar step in their various
interests with the recently acquired possessions in
both the Hast and Cuba, and its adjacent islands.
Since writing the above there have been sales of
609 tons Cuban oil for March—May delivery at
5& cents. With the adjustment of affairs in the
Philippines that country will also become an im-
portant factor, as the quality of the oil produced there
is much superior to the Cuban. Already negotiations
are pending with San Francisco parties for round
lots for forward delivery at that port for distribution
in this country.
Then, again, Florida is likely to come to the
front as a producer of coconnts rather than
oranges; tor, we read:—
A
While on a recent trip down the east coast of Fiorida
we were impressed by the large quantities of coconut
trees, loaded with fruit, and the question naturally
arose why have not these nuts been utilized. When
one who was familar with the situation was asked the
question, he at once wanted to know “our occupation.”
When however, we gave him an “‘Irishman’s answer,”
and at once began to display such an amount of ignor-
anca about theuses of coconut oil as to really surprise
ourselyes, we svon found out that steps had already
been taken to ascertain the cost of a plant for the
production of coconut oil, and the prospective demand
for this grade of oil. At thesame time a large dele-
gation of Ohio merchants stopped off at this point in
Florida on their way to Cuba to spy out the land and
pee what the prospects were for locating factories and
ot he
* ‘ ss “ &
[May 1, 1899.
other business enterprises in our newly acquired pos-
sessions. Among them were two gentlemen who were
going to look into the matter of making coconut oil,
it having been of sufficient importance to attract the
attention of Western consumers. While we admit
the manufacture of this article is in its infancy and
it may be several years yet before it will be satis-
factorily produced, yet with the large available capital
seeking investment by either Western or Bastern
capituists, andthe improvements which are being
made in machinery and the opening up of these
islands to travel and commence itis only a question
of time when this article will bean important factor
in the soaptrade of this country.
The great comfort to the coconut planter is that
he has so many markets to look to—and so
AGRICULTURIST,
many different products available in his nuts,
a
THE PITAKANDE TEA COQ, OF CEYLON,
LIMITED.
' Tuk Reporr,
Directors :— Messrs, Joseph Fraser, (Chairman),
Edward C. Mitchell and Robert Morison.
Solicitors to the Company :—Messrs, F. J. & R.
F. De Sarai,
ACREAGE :
Tea in full bearing 500 acres
Tea in partial bearing .. 260 ,,
Tea not in bearing PAD sos bs
——— 1,000 acre:
Cardamoms in bearing.. "44 s ;
Cocoa in bearing 100 ,,
Fuel Trees + BD os
Forest ae a 29 ,
Grass Land 207 |
Waste Land, Buildings, &.
te ad ; ner area ~. L4dh,,
e Directors beg to submit their Report f
year ended 31st December, 1893, ; se
The total crop of tea secured was 409,953 Ib
cost of cts 264149 per lb or cts 24-20
allowance is made for manure in stoc
*
at a
er lb f,0.b. when
charged against
1893.
An interim dividend of nine per cent on the capit
of the Company, viz., R280,000 as it ahs in
September, 1898, has already been paid, and taki
the unsold 53,270 lb tea at the cutichingiad viearel
34 cts. per lb there remains a further balance of
R7,440°05, of which it is now proposed to carry
R700 to the Reserve Fund, making this account
R27,000 at the end of December, 1898, and to carry
forward te next year’s accounts the balance R440-05,
It_will be seen from the accounts that the ex-
penditure of 1898 includes an invoice of manure
amounting to R',897°87, which manure will be applied
in 1899. It has further to be mentioned that, ia the
year under review, the expenditure on 260 acres of
young tea, and the manuring of 110 acres of similar
tea which has as yet given little return, have been
included in the current expenditure. During the
year, 9,953 1b. Teaover the estimated quantity were
secured, and cocoa and cardamoms came fully ur to
expectations. The 500 acres of tea in full bearing
gave 676 lb made tea per acre in spite of very adverse
circumstances during the latter half of the year,
_ In October, 1898, the capital of the Company was
increased by 50 shares of R500 each to rank for
dividend on the working of the properties from ist
January, 1899, the whole of which were taken up
ha A present shareholders.
e Directors appointed Messrs, Buchanan
Agents and Secretaries of the Company. Tn tea
of the Articles of Association, Mr. Edward ¢
Mitchell retires from the Board of Directors but
being eligible offers himself for re-election, The
appointment of an Auditor for the current year rests
with the Meeting. By order of the Directors,
Bucwanan & C)., agents & secretaries, —
In February, 1898,
ra
May 1, 1899]
PEARLS: NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL.
M. Dastre contributes to the first February num-
ber of the Revue des Dewx Mondes a very inter-
esting paper on the production of fine pearls both
by natural and artificial means.
We have lately been interested in the announce-
ment that a syndicate in London were placing
upon the market considerable quantities of pigeon-
blood rubies which were products of the labora-
tory and not of the mine, and now it seems that
as far back as last November the French Academy
of Sciences received a report on the experiments
of aM. Boutan in making artificial pearls. The
curious part of itis that in spite of the advances
made in biology we are stillignorant of the precise
manner in which the natural pearl is produced
inside theoyster, and our imitations of nature must
therefore be empiricaland consequently not always
trustworthy. ‘here is no need to follow M. Dastre
in his investigations into the ancient repute of
the pearl as a gem, Itis enough to say that the
principal fisheries of pearls are those of Ceylon,
the Coromandel Coast, those which have existed
from time immemorial in the Persian Gulf, and
those of the Red Sea, the Antilles, and Australia.
M. Dastre contrasts the intelligence of the Indian
Government, whichcarefully regulates the fisheries
within its control and draws from them an im-
portant revenue, with the entire neglect by France
of her fisheries in the Gambier and the 'Tuamotu
Islands.
It is interesting to note that M. Dastre does
not expect much danger to the market value of
the natural pearl from the competition of the arti-
ficial one. The artificial cultivation of the pearl
oyster appears to be a matter of considerable diffi-
culty, which is always likely to handicap the artifi-
cial pearl in competition with the spoils of the pearl
divers. By artificial pearl is meant, of course,
some foreign body introduced into the oyster and
clothed by it in the course of years with the mother-
of-pearl covering with which the creature also
covers its shell. The objection to introducing this
foreign body into the oyster is that the result is not
so fine as the pearls which are produced by natural
means by the oyster itself. Curiously enough, in the
last century a Swedish naturalistattempted to pro-
duce the real article by irritating the oyster, but
though a merchant of Gothenburg bought his
scheme for a large sum, he seems never to have
carried it out. ‘The Chinese, who are not cele-
bratedas a nation for humanity, introduce into
the unfortunate oyster all kinds of irregularly
shaped foreign bodies, such as little dragons and
idols, which must irritate the creature much more
than a perfectly rounded object. As for the ex-
periments of M. Boutan, their object was appa-
rently not commercial but scientific. In coneclu-
sion, M. Dastre gives some interesting figures as
to the value of famous pearls. It seems that the
modern collections of pearls do not really rival
the magnificence of those possessed bythe wives
of famous Romans, and nothing, M. Dastre thinks,
could compare with the magnificence of one neck-
lace possessed by Lollia Paulina.
nd
CACAO PODS’ DISEASE.
The following Report from scientific men
in Trinidad will be of interest to cacao planters
in Ceylon. It should be carefully compared
by them with the Report of Mr, Carruthers
on the same subject as they will find it
reproduced in their file of the Tropical
Agriculturist. It will be observed that the
Trinidad investigators make light of cacao
disease and generally blame Mr. Carruthers
for giving it undue importance ! This is simply
absurd; for, the fungus in Ceylon had done
most serious damage in certain districts and
among the weaker cacao; but probably
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
771
Messrs. Marryat, Carmody and Hart merely
mean that undue importance has been given
to the cacao pod disease ?
REPORT OF THE CACAO COMMITTEE ON
“CACAO POD DISEASE.”
(Laid before the Agricultural Society, Trinidad, 14th
March, 1899.)
At the meeting of the 14th February after discussion
on theso-called ‘ Cacao pod disease,’ the Committee
appointed a Sub-Committee to make a Report, dealing
with the various facts brought out in the discussion,
and to invite further information from members of the
Society.
The opinion of the Sub-Oommittee is as follows :—
1. That the malady is due to a fungus, the precise
species of which is being isvestigated at Kew, but
that pending a longer term of observation and of a
series of experiments, it would be premature to make
too positive assertions, as toits origin and growth. 2.
Experienced planters state that they have in certain
seisons, known the pods to be similarly affected any
time during the past 25 years. Much depends on the
nature of the soil. November and December are the
worst months, especially if cold, wet, and a northerly
wind follow a hot Indian summer. With the dry
weather the fungus disappears. 3. There is no evi-
dence to show that the Cacao tree itself is in any way
affected by the malady of the pods and to all xppearance
a peifectly healthy tree may be laden with diseased
pods. The fungus has not been observed to penetrate
to Camage the bark, even when a diseased pod is lying
against the trunk. 4. The experiments which the Goy-
erument Botanist has found time to make, unfortu-
nately only on a limited scale, prove conclusively :—qa,
That a sound pod inoculated from a diseased pod,
readily takes the malady and becomes rotten in a week
to tendays. 4, That pods in the immediate neighbonr-
hood of the inoculated pods, though purposely wounded
witha knife, were not affected. It has yet to be proved
that the malady is infectious. 5. 1t having been shown
that a wounded pod readily accepts inoculation,
it is obvious that the fungus may be carried
and spread by rats, bats, squirrels, wood-peckers,
insects, etc., which attack the pod.
6. Assuming this to be possible. the origin and
the home of the malady may not befar to seek. The
Government Botanist in visiting an estate by request,
noticed within a narrow radius of the ‘ breaking”’
grounds, a greater number of black pods, than in
other parts of the cultivation.
7. In some cacao countries (Surinam and Central
America), the practice of breaking the pods in the
field itself, snd of allowing the shells and refuse to
remain and rot on the ground as in Trinadad, is un-
heard of. The pods are picked and carted to the
‘‘ works,’ then broken, and the refuse placed on the
manure heap and properly treated. To ask the
planter in the hilly districts to adopt this system,
would be too great a taxon the labour and stock
at his disposal, but pending furtber investigation,
and as a matter of precaution, it is recommended
that the following procedure be adopted :—(1) Where
burning is not practicable, to cover all refuse
with soil and bury it, or otherwise completely destroy
it. (2.) Or the “broken’’ pods may be chopped up
small and covered with quick ortemper lime. This
in time would form a safe and valuable manure.
(3.) All pods showing signs of attack should be
carefully collected and destroyed. ‘The probable home
and nursing ground of the fungus would thus be
destroyed.
8. In conclusion the Sub-Committee is inclined to
think that an undue importance has been attached
in certain quarters to the question of disease amongst
Cacao, which would never have arisen but for the
publication of Mr. Carruthers’ Report on Ceylon
cacao disease.
Complaints of the same character have
arisen in Trinidad from time to time for many
years past, but so far as can be ascertained
no serious loss has occurred; but the question having
772
been raised, the committee is of opinion that it
should not be allowed to drop until thoroughly in-
vestigated. ‘
It is highly probable that conditions of season
have a great influence on diseases of the nature above
discussed, and that given more favourable conditions,
no more will be heard next year of “ Cacao disease’ ;
but bearing in mind that prevention is better than
cure, the Cocao planter will do well to put himself in
the position of the prudent householder, Who when
rumours of fever are in the air, looks to his Sanitary
arrangements and sees that wis surroundings are
kept sweet and clean. ;
A. P. Marnryat, Chairman.
F. Carmopy, F.1.c, F.¢.s., Govt.
Aualyst.
J. H. Harr.
P.S.—It will materially assist the committee if
members whose crops during the past three months
have suffered from ‘‘black pods,” will put
in writing their experience, coupled with suggestions,
and forward them to the Secretary Mr. EB. Tripp.
—_—__.—___—_
THE CULTIVATION OF COCONUT TREES
AT ZANZIBAR.
REMARKABLE YIELD OF NUTS AT
MANGAPWANI.
Mr. J. T. Last, F.r.c.s., of Mangapwani, Commis-
sioner of Slavery, reports, that from 350 coconut trees
he is getting 7,250 nuts at one gathering ; an average
of 29 nuts, which at 4 gatherings a year gives an an-
nual yield of over 80 nuts per tree. Twelve months
ago these trees gave about 2,300 at a gathering, which
is less than 30 nuts pertree per year. What is more
remarkable is that from one tree he got 106 nuts (at
one picking); from another 100 nuts ;from two others
91 each, and that from 7 trees he obtained 644 nuts
at one gathering, an average of 92 nuts per tree in
3 months, This has occurred during an exception-
ally dry season. Mr. Last attributes these yields to
the fact of his having dug the ground round each
tree to a radius of 6feet fromthe stem, increasing
the distance a little each time over, leaving a shallow
trench at the circumference to catch the water. We
cannot offer the planters of Zanzibar better advice
than to go and do likewise. Let us figure out the
money value of this increase. The increase, re-
presented by the difference between 2,300 and 7,250
is (roughly) 5,000 nuts which at R22 per 1,000 is worth
R110, equal to R410 per annum. Some allowance
should perhaps be made for the fact that the
September crop is usually a much smaller one,
though on the other hand the coming March or
April gathering is as a rule large, when the
Mangapwani trees may be expected to yield 9,000
nuts. The cost of cultivating the trees (dig-
ging, not merely weeding) is insignificant.
men working together will do 20 trees per
diem, which at 20 pice each man comes to 2 pice per
tree. Give them 2 pice per tree and they would pro-
bably do more than 20 trees. At less than 1 pice
each the trees can be mulched with grass to keep
the sun off the newly upturned soil and check the
evaporation of moisture:—Say 3 pice a tree alto-
gether. If the trees are gone over twice a year the
annual cost comes to 6 pice; that is about R33 for
850 trees, leaving a net profit of about R407, or nearly
ee per tree. ae
igging round the trees aerates the soil, increases
its capillary attraction, and promotes nitrification,
It is the same thing as stoking the fire which burns
brighter as fresh particles are exposed to the air.
The manufactnre or ‘burning’ of plant food in the
8 il cannot proceed without air any more than the fire
can burn wituouu a draught. i f
A correspondent of the Tropical Agriculturist wrote
as follows in April of last year:—
This short paragraph contains much that
is worth reflecting upon. The pendant
branches, as they clasp the trunk, are another
ef natures’s provisions for protecting the tree
Two .
° « ¥
[May }, 18
from the baneful effects of the sun. In one
we have the advantage of the writer in that we
plenty of weeds available for litter, The
ve
: Zanzibar
plauters cannot be esid to be victims of «=thetic
prejudices in the matter of weeds, But of cattle
manure there is little or none thongh many cart-
loads of horse manure from the town stables are
daily emptied into the sea. Goat manure is more
plentiful and equally good, while at Latham island
there are large deposits of guano that could be
utilized. Lime, again, is a valuable manurial jn-
gredient. Dr. J. Augustus Volker, consulting chemist
to the Royal Agricultural Society of England, to whom
samples of Zanzibar soils were submitted for anslysis,
wrote of Lime (see the aunnal Report of the Agri-
cultural Department, 1897):—“\I am quite certain that
value of Lime on the land has been underrated, and
that in many cases it will be found to give valuable
results.” Lime and guano must however be used
cantious)y, as they wonld injure the trees if teo
liberally applied.—Slamba, Jan. and Feb.
—_—————_—______
MR. E. E. GREEN, HONORARY ENTOMO-
LOGIST.
This gentleman will be much missed even
during the five or six months’ absence from
the island, which is to limit his holiday.
Mr. Green has so completely — identi-
fied himself with the interests of his brother
lanters and he so well combines scientific
cnowledge with practical experience that he
is the beaw ideal of a scientist-planter ;
while in his own special departinent of
Entomology, Mr. Green’s attainments are
acknowledged all over the world, There
never, in our opinion, was amore fortunate
appointment for the Colony—for the agri-
cultural interests of the natives as well as of
the European planters—than that of Mr. E. E.
Green as *‘‘ Honorary Entomologist.”
It is very interesting to learn that after
all, the consignment of lady-bird beetles
which the Entomologist at Cape Colny
sent ‘by letter-post (ina biggish case!) was
not altogether useless. Myr. Green found in
the moss three or four beetles and a
couple of larve alive and two beetles and
one larva continued to flourish under his care—
the chief food being the “green bug,” though
aphes generally will do—until now there are
16 lady birds and several Jarve which Mr.
Green is leaving in the well-qualified and
interested care of Mr. Jowitt of Haputale
until his return. We trust that before the
end of the year a regular campaing against
the enemies (green bug chiefly) of the little
coffee left to us, may be opened.
Mr. Green has tried in vain so far to find a
remedy for,—or efficient enemy to,— ‘Lan-
tana bug” which has developed so much
of late and which ought te be checked,
lest unknown evils arise. He thinks that
probably the latest introduction by Mr.
Recstite which has proved so effective against
‘fluted scale” in oranges, might do. This
has now been introduced into Portugal;
and we would urge that, on his way back,
Mr. Green should be commissioned by Gov-
ernment to visit Portugal and secure a
consignment for Ceylon. Of even more
Pee importance with reference to the
uture of Mr. Green’s work in Ceylon
would be a brief visit to the United States
—the country, before all others, in which
the application of science to agriculture in
all departments, is studied and utilised. We
May 1, 1899.)
trust Governor Ridgeway may empower
Mr. Green to visit Washington and consult
with Dy. Howard, the leading Entomologist,
with whom he has already been in corre-
spondence. Much benefit to future work in
Ceylon might well be anticipated. In any
case we hope Mr. Green may have a plea-
sant and profitable holiday and return in-
wigorated to enter on his special duties out
1ere,
i
DRYING CLOVES IN PEMBA.
[ro THE EDITOR OF THE SHAMBA. }
FRIEND'S INDUSTRIAL MISSION, PEMBA ZANZIBAR
Oct. 27, 1898.
Dear Sir,—I am just in receipt of yours of the 15th
inst, After various experiments in drying cloves
under glass and otherwise, Iam of opinion that, for
the present we shall do best to try and improve the
present syetem without introducing any radical
changes which the average planter would not be able
to carry out. The old method of drying our cloves
in the open sunshine is not far wrong; but some im-
provements are needed all throngh the prcecess.
Greater care must be taken in the gathering of the
buds to get them as. near the pink of perfection
as possible, and not to damage the trees. In the
‘stalking’ constant watching is needed to see that
all stalks, leaves and sticks are removed. This work
is usually done in the evening, and the buds are then
left in baskets or heaps until morning by which time
they have become heated and brown. 1 believe this isa
great mistake; those which get heated are apt tobecome
dark coloured in drying, they should be spread ont
thinly on mats during the night. To issue good cloves
planters need better stores which should be roomy,
clean, light and airy; the present dark hovals are
fatal to the production of good samples. Large open
sheds adjoining the stores are also much needed, so
that whena shower comes on the cloves can quickly
be put under cover when they will have air and be
spread out to prevent heating and discolouring.
Wherever possible a large concrete floor should be
provided instead of the bare ground to spread the
mats on; as the damp ground in showery weather
injures both the mats and the cloves. Tiven if all
these things aredone, and a good sample produced
it is liable to be ruined before it reaches Zanzibar.
So long as cloves have to be exported in dhows they
will get wet and damaged. Exporters are compelled
to use dhows and run the risk of damaging the cloves.
lt isscarcely likely that the bulk of the year’s erop
can be got as good as small experimental samples
which have =been dried entirely under Muropean
supervision. Much of the crop has of necessity
to be dried under native management. This
year there will be many small cloves and
some over ripe ones amongst the bulk, as,
owing to the drought the bunches contain
cloves in all thiee stages of development. Some
simple machine needs constructing to screen out
sand and small fragments of stalks, and to blow out
dust and bits of leaves before the cloves are finally
bagged for exportation.—Yours, etc.,
THEopore Burr.
We agree with Mr. Burtt in thinking that the
Arab method of heaping up green cloves isinjurious.
In rainy weather, when drying cannot proceed, these
heaps remain in the go-downs for several days,
growing daily larger, till a high state of fermentatiou
is setup. hese cloves will subseqnently turn black.
The desirable rich brown colour can be secured only
if the clove buds are spread out as they are brought
in, and never alowed ‘0 be heaped. Colonr how-
ever depends as much, if not more, upon the picking
than upon the drying, and unless the buds are picked
in the proper pink condition no amount of subsequent
management will produce a good samp!e.—Shamnba,
February,
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 773
PLANTING IN NORTH TRAVANCORE,
(From our Correspondent. )
April 1899.
Grand rains after the long spell of drought
we have had, the littie dribiets during the
month of January, February and March, only
amounting to 0:28 of an inch : How is this for
a drought? On 31st March we had a_ nice
shower; on Ist April a grand down-pour ;
and today, Sunday, another nice wetting rain,
commencing at dark and still going on as
I now write at9p.m. I note by the Observer
that Ceylon has also passed through a severe
spell of dry weather; but I do not think so
_ severe as the above, and still our tea does
not seem to have suffered very much. In
not one instance, have [ seen a dead bush.
Our soils are deeper perhaps, and the tea roots
get away down further into the damp sub-
soil. On some of the lower-lying estates, the
bushes had pretty well closed up; but away
higher up on the hills, the shoots continued
to come until the last, and I have no doubt
would have gone on sometime longer. But
these rains were very welcome nevertheless,
and have cooled the air, and made it much
more bearable for man and beast.
A noteworthy feature of the dry season was
the number and variety of
WILD ANIMALS
which were evidently driven down from the
higher hills in quest of water,—elephants and
quantities of sambur foot-prints being found
allover the estates, along roads, through tea,
upsetting nursery pandals and _ passing, in
some instances, within 150 yards of bungalows;
but all evidently making for the much-
prized water. The hills all about [ need
hardly say are all of the colour of dirty
dusty roads, except those which had been
set fire to, and they are still black as the
old boy himself. The rains, however, will be
the means of making these to be clothed
with a coat of emerald hue, and so provide
good grazing for the numerous animals about.
The streams had gone down to a very low
ebb, and in fact, a great many of the smaller
ones had gone dry altogether; dust driven
by the wind, and ashes from numerous
clearings which had been lately burnt off
have been rampant for weeks past :—
Away before, and give a whirlwind room,
Or I will blow you up like dust! Avaunt;
Madness but meanly represents my toil
Eternal Discord !
Fury! Revenge! Disdain and indignation
Tear my swol’n breast, make way for fire and
tempest.
My brain is burst, debate and reason quenched ;
The storm is up, and my hot bleeding heart
Splits with the rack, while passions like the wind,
Rise up to Heav’n, and put out all the stars.
Clearing work being the order of the day,
we are all busy in this quarter. Coolies are
fairly plentiful, and quite sufficient for all
requirements at present: glad to see tea has
taken a turn for the betteragain. Long may
it remain and bring more grist to the mill,
although a good many companies have done
no that bad considering the hard times.
KD,
TEA Buicir.—It is reassuring to learn from
Mr. E. E. Green that, so far as he has seen,
only one of the “ blights,” described by Dr. George
Watts as affecting tea in Assam, is to be found
in Ceylon.
774
QUININE EXCITED,
SOLD AND RESOLD AY’ FEVERISIT RATES,
Quinine has had a rollicking week of business,
“forging a head like Pattisons whisky said a
‘Change frequenter the other day, but “forging
suggests too much effort for the progress of the
alkaloid, and the connecting of Pattison’s with
quinine has an_ unfortunate inappropriateness,
Quinine has sold and re-sold at feverish rates
in the second-hand market, and is now on the
border of 1s 6d an ounce. More noteworthy even
is the fact that the German combination of
makers have put up their price to pretty nearly
the same figure, and, of course, the chief English
manufacturers have advanced, maintaining a
dignified reserve as to how much they sell and
whom they sell to. ; bs
This is the result of eight weeks’ influence on
the situation that existed when quinine was 104d.,
and we were anticipating the advance that is
now a fact. No wonder timid spectators of the
rush are shaking their heads and prophesying a
slump. Still, there is plenty of confidence in
others, and these--we must say, generally the
best-informed inthe subject—that we shall have
quinine worth 2s. before the year is out. Even
the more cautious ones, who, nevertheless, are
not afraid to look facts in the face, ask one an-
other whether we are not rapidly a nape a
very serious scarcity in the supply of bark.
Of course, these thoughtful observers do not say
this because of the speculation. That. is really a
result, not a cause of such reflections. Spe-
culation, like it is always doing, is anticipating
future events. All this buying and selling of
quinine that has been going on during the last two
months is merely the constant turning over of
the same parcels of the article. The consumptive
demand is stagnant compared with this specula-
tive activity. All the same, the latter rests for
its justification ultimately on the principle that
second-hand quinine could always go into con-
sumption at, say, 2d. per oz. below the makers
price, and a second-hand price of Is. 6d. on this
basis is really only warrantable on the supposi-
tion that makers will, shortly, either not be able
to sell at all or will have to sell at 2d. above
that. Hence all this selling and re-selling in view
of future upward movement. No one would buy
quinine to-day in the second-hand market for im-
mediate consunipvion, for a better bargain could
Q with makers. , ; J
pe tile is the usual danger in this speculation
that it may go too far; that the second-hand price
may anticipate too much ; or that it may go so fast
that a reaction will set in and the weakness of
nervous holders will cause the market to collapse
at a time when it has got too far ahead of natural
effects, which, if they could be awaited, would
support it. And it is to answer the question
whether the speculation has gone too far now that
some are eagerly watching the reports as to ship-
ments of bark, and asking, as we have said, whe-
ther all these signs of great future shortage are to
neve: Pome ee the same question, and we can
only say that unless some extraordinary artificial
arrangement is at workin Java there is only an
affirmative answer to be given. If we turn round
to all the possible places from which bark can be
ot we see none that is sosituated as to beable to
s ly the market if Java falls short. That ought
to “3 too obvious to need stating. But people talk
in an absurd way about this, that, and the other
untry being able to bring forward bark if the
Bee e goes much higher. Can India put forth more
ee she did last year, when she came up to her
highest year's production, and effected—nothing ?
She did not put bark down a fraction. Can Airica
do anything, seeing that she has made the mistake
f others and given all her attention to a compara-
face: little-needed bark, because it is easy to
cultivate ? ’
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
-
‘May 1,
Of Bolivian cultivation there was hope once ; but
even here there has been disappointment, and of,
South America generally it may be said that bark
must very considerably advance before it will be
induced to collect again. We have little trust-
worthy information as to its stores, and so
will leave alone the question how far it is
exhausted. In the matter of remuneration for
collection, it must be remembered that men often,
once having started a business, continue it long
after it reaches that point at which it is barely
pruiitatile to begin it, and the price that made
vark collectors and. exporters in America desist
will have to be materially increased before they
begin again. Those who know at what figure
South American bark did not pay to collect will
also know that we can go on putting up bark
a great deal more before collectors will organise
those arduous journeys that are
required to
obtain South American bark,
Ceylon is not worth thinking of, but so des-
perate are some in their desire to take a pessi-
mistic view of bark, and so singular are others,
that the most easily negligable factor in the
situation is one on which we must spend most
words. We have given our contemporaries the
lead in the proper direction on this subject. but
to get them to go in the right way seems futile
judging by the hopeless tangle into which one
of them gets itself. To talk seriously about Ceylon
in the situation was, we thought, only possible
in such a case as that of an acquaintance on
‘Change who gravely asked us the other day if
we had noticed that Ceylon had exported in the
first week of February as much bark as in the
whole of January. When he was gently taken
in hand he yea ig that he did not get the
Java figures—only the Ceylon! However,
was done in his case, and’ even something has
been effected in the case of the contemporary, for
we have at last managed to make it see that the
German purchases and sales are the key of the
situation ; but this lesson has taken so long to
penetrace that the learner has forgotten whence
he received it.
There is left Java herself. Here it is most diffi-
cult to get at anything like an accurate figure
for the possible output at present. Wedo know,
though, that after a year of large shipments at
prices lower than the Bee ct Java is only send-
ing small supplies to the European market, and
what itis sending is better bark. The natural
conclusion is that it has not got more bark to
send, and this is true, unless, to come back to
our earlier statement, the Java planters have
been induced to do what they have never been in-
duced to do before—i.e..keep bark back when they
are getting good pay for it. We do ndt say such a
thing is impossible, and after the recent visit of
the planters’ emissary, an arrangement of this
kind might seem likely, but we doubt very much
its having been made, and, in the absence of other
information, look upon the present circumstances
as leading fast to a scarcity that has never been
known in the bark market.— British and Colonial
Druggist.
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MANURING TEA.— We are interested in learning
that the experience of Mr. Melville White fully
confirms that of Mr. Joseph Fraser as reported
yesterday. Mr. Geo. Greig, in Maskeliya and
Dimbula, has also confirmatory evidence. Mr.
W. D. Bosanquet again reports that experi-
ments made by him during the past three years
bear out the conclusions arrived at, especially as
to Potash being an important element. Potash and
Phosphoric acid he has found quite inert with-
out Nitrogen, and Nitrogen most effective
when combined with 2 considerable proportion of
Potash and Phosphoric Acid—more especially
the former.—C. O., April 7,
May 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL
NATAL TEA INDUSTRY
REPORT.
It will be remembered that the tea taken to
the Grahamstown Exhibition by Mr. Hindson
of the firm of W. R. Hindson & Co., Clifton
Tea Estates, Nonoti, met with remarkable success,
there being a very heavy demand for it at the
various kiosks and other places frequented by
visitors to the exhibition, while large orders for
supplies for the Cape have since been received.
ft is gratifying to learn that, as the result of
samples of exhibition teas sent to London for
valuation and report, Messrs. R. M. Holborn &
sons, one of the oldest-established and largest
firms of tea merchants in Mincing Lane, have
forwarded most satisfactory reports. One ofthe
members of the Mincing Lane firm reports as
follows :—‘‘Lhave now carefully tasted the samples
of Natal teas. They are certainly a long way
the best specimens we have yet seen.” The
‘irm’s detailed report is as follows :—
““We have pleasure in sending our present
snarket valuations, also our descriptions of samples
of Natal tea received from you, and now return
your canisters by post.
No. 7.—Tippy, leafy broken Pekoe, very brisk
and good quality; value 8d. to 83d.
No. 19.—Well made, grey leaf Pekoe, excellent
quality, with bright infusion, and very pungent;
value, 10d.
No. 10.—Orange Pekoe, golden tipped and well
twisted leaf, bright infusion, fine quality, pun-
gent liquor; value, 1s. tols. Id.
No. 9.—Broken Orange Pekoe,
tip, fine pungent liquor, with
value, 1s. 4d.
When it is stated that at the date of these re-
orts Indian teas were only averaging 9d. per
b. and Ceylons 8d. in public sales, and that
Messrs. Hindson’s teas were valued against all
going, it will be recognised that the valuations
are eminently encouraging. It has been asked
from time to time whether in Natal we cannot
obtain high-class teas approximately to some of
the fancy kinds that were exhibited at the last
Durban July Show. It will be seen by the fore-
going that teas ofas good a quality as can be
lesired are to be obtained in the Colony, and par-
ticularly if people will payfor these better quali-
ties prices analagous to those they pay for the
best imported article. The fact is that Natatians
have heen favoured in having tea grown at their
own doors and supplied at a very cheap rate, and
have perhaps grown accustomed to using lower
grade teas because of their cheapness; whereas
if they paid, say, 2s. 6d. per lb., which is not so
much as is asked for some of the best imported
blends, they would geta superior tea, and one
grown within the Colony. It is, at any rate, satis-
factory to find our tea-growers not only paying
attention to the quality of their teas, but offer-
ing them to the public in an attractive style. Such
a canister as the sample we have before us can
scarcely fail to commend itself to purchasers. It
may be mentioned that the tea can also be ob-
tained in lead packets and in boxes.—Natal Ver-
cury, March 10,
A GRATIFYING
bright, golden-
bright infusion ;
—_.>—-—
MINOR PRODUCTS REPORT.
Croton Srnp.—Offered 48 packages. Sold 0. The
buying-in price was 60s to 70s,
Coca Lraves.—Offered 11 packages. Sold 6. No
South American leaves were sold. Ceylonleaves sold
at 11d for good bold green of Truaxillo character, and
84d for bold brown,
CINcCHONA Bark.-—Offered 98 packages. Sold 74.
South American Calisaya bark sold at from 6d to
9d for small strips and chips. Guayaquit Succirnbra
sold at 2d to 4d, Bold Maracaibo chips fetched
144 to 3}d.
Cinnamon,—Ceylon chips sold in auction this week
ab 3gd,—Z, & C. Druggist, March 17,
AGRICULTURIST. 175
AnnATIo Serp.—No business was done publicly,
although abundant supplies were offered ; 33d per lb.
was the limit placed on good bright Madras.
Kouta Nurs.—Small Atrican quarters sold at 13d
per lb for poor West Indian 24d was refused; and
5d was the limit for washed.
CirRonELLA Oin.—Buiness has been done privately
at 113d per lb (in drams) c.if. The exports from
Ceylon, from January Ist to Februray 21st were
114,141 Ib.
Lemoxeriss O1u.—Unchanged at 22d per oz.
VaniLua.—Only oddments were offered, and the
business done was unimportant. Tahiti, good choco-
late, realised 103 6d per 1b for 4 to 6 inch,
and 45d to 64 inch. Seychelles, good 7% inch 22s ;
and mixed lengths 16s 6d per lb.—Chemist and
Druggist, March 18.
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KEELING AND CHRISTMAS ISLANDS.
Acting-Governor Sir J. A. Swettenham has just
sent to Mr. Chamberlain an interesting report on
the Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands, whose
“ing,” Mr. Ross, was recently in London. The
population of Cocos is now 595. The copra ex-
ported in 1897-8 amounted to 8264 tons, valued at
nearly £15 per ton. The general neglect of
theoretical education is counterbalanced to some
extent by the anxiety of the boys to go through
the practical training of the workshops. Religion
is regarded with almost as much indifference as
education, the people being satisfied with one
annual attendance at the mosque. A really calm
day is almost unknown. ‘The valuable beds of
phosphate on Christmas Island remain practically
undeveloped, but Sir J. A. Swettenham expresses
the hope that Mr. Ross’s visit to England will
settle the policy of the company concerned, and
enable the phosphate industry to be developed
within a reasonable time.—Daily Chronicle,
March 17.
PLANTING NOTES.
EigHr CAMPHOR SEEDLNIGS were planted on
experimentally in the Mysore Government gardens
a couple of years ogo, and the superintendent,
in his recent reports, notes with satisfaction,
that the growth, under full exposure to the sun,
has been vigorous. The largest specimen is
3 1-2 feet, with a branching diameter of about
3 feet. Such rapid growth, he remarks, would
soon establish a young plantation of this useful
tree.—Bonwbay Gazette.
INDIGO. —Messrs. J. Thomas and Co.’s Price
Current, dated Caleutta, 6th April, says:—“The
crop in Lower Bengal is well reported on,
tain is rather wanted in Pturneah. In Behar
sowings bave been completed. Caterpillars have
shown tl#mselves in most places but no material
damage has been done by them. Some of the
latest sowings have suffered from the west
winds, but the crop on the whole is a good one
so far. Jn Benares sowings are_ progressing
under favourable circumstances.” —Pioncer.
“STRAY LEAVES FROM INDIAN Forests” is the
opening part of what it is hoped will quickly become
a volume ot important dimensions and interesting
contents. It contains notes on the deodar, the
sil, the shisham and the khair by well-known
forest officers. All forest officers are requested
to contribute articles dealing with the life-history
of any particular species of tree, results. of
mechods of treatment of forests, and any subject
relating to forestry in India. It is intended that
the work shall consist of records of actual know-
ledge rather than theoretical discussions. The
work is published under the authority of the
Inspector-General of Forests to whom contribu:
tions should be sent,.—Pionecr,
’
776 THE TROPICAL
MR. T. N. CHRISTIE.
A FAREWELL INTERVIEW.
Before this well-known Ceylon planter and
estate proprietor left by the ss. “Staffordshire
recently we had a brief interview with him,
asking several questions of general interest
to the planting community of which he has
for many years been a distinguished and
valuable member. The answers _to ou
enquiries we here briefly sumiuarise.
Mr. Christie’s general impression of
THE TEA IN THE DISTRICTS aa
he saw was that it was eminently satisfac-
tory, and far more so than somewhat-recent
reports and prices would have led people to
anticipate. He did not, beside ‘this, notice
anything special, and certainly he had seen
nothing in any way likely to affect for the
worse the prospect of the tea crop for the cur-
rent year. As to
MANURING,
of course, Mi. Christie said, no general rule
can_be laid down. In some cases it is worth-
while, in others decidedly. not. If you are
going to get only 6d to 63d for your teas,
you will be running the minimum cost of
production very close and by the extra
outlay on manure you will injure or destroy
the very slight margin of profit that might
have been yours. but if yom: prices are
bound to run higher than that you can
afford to manure plentifully and be pretty
certain that some result will be seen in en-
hanced prices. He had noticed the * blister
and grey blights” upon the tea in several
places, but neither was likely to do any
serious harm or to spread with the fatal
power or even the rapidity of a disease, like
Hemileia for instance.
ee LABOUR ea ste ;
i lon he considered would never e founc
een eee to a degree that would in time
check the Eeoeriian ea eogbee from the
i ‘ing peninsula.
neighbouring p ul ‘it : ;
hought there would always be a& Zoo
ae Nothing had struck him more in this
last visit than the marvellous celerity of
rowth (since he was last in Ceylon) in the
Breen that had been planted with a view
to fuel supply. The timber in the country
was likely to last, well,—as long as it was
d. The
wante noenee
in the planting districts, too, he found to be
everywhere in very good order.
= ae SALE OF TEA IN RUSSIA
and on the Continent generally, Mr. Christie
was highly pleased, and here and there as-
tonished, with the immense progress made,
He had read our recent interview with the
local tea-buyers (appearing in our issue of
March 30th), and found nothing therein to
contradict or even supplement. On the
subject of tea in America Mr. Christie was
not very communicative, but could scarcely
assert that Ceylon ought just yet to give
up its campaign, costly though it was.
AS TO OTHER PRODUCTS
he found CAcAo doing well, and the cacao
disease he considered far from serious; it
gould not be compared to that of coffee for
a
7 Pere
AGRICULTURIST. (May 1, 1899.
danger and destructiveness. CARDAMOME,
too, were making good srogress, but numbers
of acres he saw had been planted in soil
entirely unsuitable for it, Cardamoms
needed the richest soil, virgin forest soil, at
a fair elevation, under good continuous
shade, and notin a very damp situation—at
any rate as regarded the lie of the ground
they grew in.
For the proposed
_. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
Mr. Christie had no great praise or en-
couragement to offer; such departments were
seldom worth their cost ant the trouble
expended. And he would certainly not have
all revenue cadets pass through Cirencester
Collége. They would come out here know-
ing far too much for their position, and
with an utterly insufficient quantity of
practical experience to balance it,*
As to the abolition of the
RICE DUTY
he thought it very desirable, were it possible
to substitute an equitable and easily collected
tax in its place.t At present he had seen
no suitable substitute suggested. The Land
Tax he could not by any means approve.
HIGH PRICES FOR COMMON TEAS,
which of late have become likely to continue,
Mr. Christie thought would undoubtedly
encourage larger imports of China tea into
the United Kingdom — this year; but
he did not consider the effect would
be so marked in the home as in
the continental markets. In conclusion
Mr. Christie expressed strong condemnation
of the abolition of the
IMPORT DUTY ON TEA,
As we stated two days ago, it would, he
felt sure, encourage " the importation of
Indian and China teas by unscrupulous dea-
lers in Colombo, who after keeping it awhile
in their godowns, would ship it off without
compunction, and without un acking it even,
as Ceylon tea. Even if Ceylon does seli
some of the commonest teas now, the inrush
of other common teas in the manner des-
cribed would go far to blind the public to
the good name our Colony has also possessed
hitherto for exporting some of the finest tea to
be tasted anywhere. As to macking Colombo
a general blending depét, he did not know
of any marked advantages contained in the
roposal, if the tea-duty were not abolished,
Bae against that abolition, Mr. Christie
remains, like most of his planting brethren,
immovably firm.
Apropos of the
PLANTING COMMISSION
at the Paris Exhibition, we learnt in reply
to a question we put to him; that our de-
parted visitor had no intention of serving on
it if he were asked. Mr. Christie hopes to
return to Ceylon in twelve months’ time,
probably visiting the Paris Exhibition en
route. We look forward to’ his next tri
hither and to whatever he may have to te
us, either by way of change or comfirmaton
of his views, with anticipation of a pleasur-
bale kind. :
—*Tn Java, the result of the system is, we believe,
that a more sympathetic interest is taken in all
the native and other branches of agriculture.—
erica Se diture to RQ2,000,000, the
r to keep down expenditure to Rg2,000,
tate of two years ago ?—Ep, Zid m0?
Ten Se GNTERS AND OTHERS.
4 SEEDS AND PLANTS
Or
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS.
Hevea Brasiiiensis (Para Rubber),-—Seeds aad Plants supplied, immediate delivery,
quantity limited, good arrival guaranteed, packed to stand 4 to 6 months’ transit well, five
hundred plants in each Wardiam case.
Out of a supply of Para Rubber seed collected in July, 1897, and preserved by us, a
quantity was forwarded to Hammond Island in December of the same year, and the gentle-
man who ordered the seeds in ordering a further supply wrote us on the 30th April, 1898 :—
‘« All the seeds done well, and now some of the plants from them are 18 inches high.” This
seed was put in nursery eight months after gathering.
A Merzantile firm who ordered 30,000 Para Rubber plants in 60 Wardian cases, 500
plants in each, wrote 5th April, 1898 :—“ I note that you accept delivery of 60 cases. We
shall probably require further supply of seeds and plants.”
» For price, instructions and particulars, see our Circular No. 30, post free on application.
Manihot Glaziovii (Ceara. Rubber).—Fresh seeds available all the year round for
shipment at any time, guaranteed to stand good 8 to 12 months.
For price, instructions and particulars, see our Circular No. 31, post free on application.
Castilloa Elastica (Panama or Central American Rubber).—Seeds and Plants supplied
See owr Circular No, 32 for price, wmstructions and particulars, post free on application.
Urceola Esculenta (Burma Rubber),—A creeper Seed and Plants.
Landolphia Kirkii (African Rubber).—A creeper Seed and Plants.
Seeds and Plants of Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Clove, Kolanut and different varieties of
Coffee, Cacao, Tea, Coca, Fibre, Medicinal and Fruit trees, Shade and Timber trees, also Palms
Bulbs and Orchids, &c.
Professor MacOwan writes : —
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
MEssRS. WILLIAM Bros. CAPE Town, 27TH JULY, 1898.
GENTLEMEN,—I have this morning received your letter of 21st June covering parcel of Catalogues
It will give me pleasure to fulfil your wishes in regard to their distribution among likely purchasers.
You will be glad to learn that we have very good reports of the success of the semi-tropical things
sent by you to the little Eastern Coast-strip of this Colony, particularly about the mouth of the Butfalo
Rum at East London, Pine Apples are now grown there far superior to the stuif sent half ripe by sea
from Natal.
; Always yours faithfully,
(Signed) P. MACOWAN,
Government Botanist,
Our enlarged Descriptive Price List of Tropical Seeds and Plants of Commercial
Products for 1899-1900 now in the press, post free on application.
Agents in London :—Messrs. P, W. WOOLLEY & Co., 33, Basinghall Street.
Agent in Colombo, Ceylon:—E. B, CREASY, Esq.
Velegraphic. Address ; J. P. WILLIAM & BROTHERS,
WILLIAM, VEYANGODA, CEYLON. Lropical Seed Merchants,
A.J. and A.B.C. Codes used. HuNARATGODA, CEYLON,
97
478 THE TROPICAL
MALABAR-WYNAAD NOTES.
WyYnaAb, April 1.—Liberian coffee will be in
blossom on the 3rd or 4th instant, Arabica
following three days later, and the hybrids in
between. The good rains we have had should
ive a great start to old and young coffee,
orce old tea into a flush, and prove the salva-
tion of young tea clearings, where such down
pours were wanted, especially as there is every
indication of the showery weather continuing.
Upon most coffee estates pruning has been com-
pleted, and surplus labour discharged, but upon
tea gardens all available hands have been re-
tained.— WY, Mail, Apiil 7.
a ea aad
DRAYTON ESTATES CO,
THE DIRECTORS’ REPORT
was as follows :—
Directors :—Messre. V. A. Julius, A. R. Wilson Wood
and H Whitham.
The Directors beg to submit the Annual Balance
Sheet and Profit and Less Account for the year ending
81st December 1898;
After providing for depreciation of buildings and
machinery the balance of profit available is R52,667°57.
The Directors propose that a dividend of seven per
cent be declared, making, with the interim dividend of
four per cent, eleven per cent for the year, and that
the balance R2,617°57 be carried forward to next year's
account. ‘
The crop of T'e1 secured from the Company's Estates
was i—
lb. Ib.
Drayton 402,770 Increase... 68,432
Yuilletield 77,024 Decrease... 1,296
Cwm ay 31,792 do, .... 680
Total..'511,586 as against 460,000
estimated. The following comparative statement
may be of interest to the Shareholders.
Yield per Acreage Acreage
Acreage. Acre. Pruned. Mannred.
Drayton .. 722 565 305 306
Yuillefield.. 207 384 117 37
Cwm 90 342 42 as
Cost F.O.B Cost F.0.B. :
Exclusiveof Inclusiveof Priceper Profit per
Manure. Manure. lb.
Drayton ...22:23 27.07 46°43 19°36
Yuillefield. .28'29 30°13 46:06 15°93
Cwm oe. 24'98 24°98 46°43 21°45
Expenditure for 1898 includes the sam _of R20,886°70,
cost of manuring 343 acres at R62°25 per acre as
follows i—
Acres.
With Artificial re 268
With Bulk . : : 35
Burying and Lining Prunings .. 40
Total.. 343
The estimate provided for 200 acres to cost R64:87
per acre,
The total cost of 511,586]b. ‘Tea, including above
and Cwm rent, but exclusive of depreciation, was
cts. 28°30 per lb., as against estimated 460,000 to cost
cts. 27.. Excess is explained by cts. 4:06 being spent
on manuring as against cts, 2°41, estimated, so there
is an actual saving of cts. 1°65 per lb. on other items,
Estimating thatthe tea unsold will fetch 48 cts,
per lb., the nett value of the whole crop will be
cts. 46°37 as against cts. 45°05 last season, shewing
a profit of cts, 18:07 per lb. as against a profit of cts,
16'85 in 1897.
On Drayton the sum of R10,002'83 was spent on
capital account, this includes putting wooden tats in
one floor of factory, new sorting room and packer,
new set 14 rooms lines, and iron roofing for 20 rooms,
May 1, 1899.
a large new cattle shed, and opening up 8 acres of
forest land in grass.
In view of largely increased yield on Drayton and
the fact that neither the Tarbine nor Eugine are
AGRICULTURIST.
capable of driving more muchinery, it has been
decided to erect a small factory on division,
capable of turning out from 12,000 to lb tea
per month.
The estimated cost of above is R20,000, and it is
hoped that with more room a better class tea may
be turned out, as present accommodation was in-
sufficient to manufacture all the leaf in November
and December. Some 20,000 Jb. was sold at cts. 4 per
Ib., purchaser plucking the leaf.
The Company’s properties consist of :—
Dzgaytorn—
Tea in bearing ee +. 769 Acres.
Grass Land rY' 6 *
Timber ee 10 '
Forest me 46 » ty
Waste Roads, &e, te . 69 ”
YvumLLerretp—
Tea in bearing ob soe 2B 3
Forest and Timber .. a ae
Waste 6 she Bisa
Total...1,116 e
Tue EstiMatep Crop ror 1899 lta =
Drayton -. 440,000 Ibs.
Ynillefield ... 90,000 ,,
Cwm -» $0,000. ,,
Total.. 560,000 lb3. at an estiamted t
of cents 27°50 per lb.
Estimate includes R17,800 =cts. 8 per Ib. for manur-
ing 330 acres with Artificial, 40 acres with Bulk, and
Pruvings being buried and jined on 70 acres, making
a total to be manured of 440 acres.
In terms of the Articles of Association Mr. A. R.
Wilson-Wood retires from the Board by rotation, and,
being eligible, offers himself for re-election as o
Director.
The Shareholders will be requested to appoint an
Auditor for the current year.
by order of the Board of Directors,
Harry Wurrnam, Secretary.
Colombo, March 18th, 1899.
_—_ Oo
TALAWAKELLE ESTATES COMPANY, LTD.
The following report was presented at the first
‘ery apes general weer of the Company
held at tbe office of the Company on Tuesday,
28th March noon :— pee . ‘
The Directors have the pleasure to submit the
balance sheet and accounts of the Company for the
year ending 3lst December 1898, duly audited.
The mortgage of £21,500, which was being
arranged when the Prospectus was issued, was ex-
ecuted on 2lst February. It bears interest at the
rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and the principal is
repayable in 14 annual instalments, the first of
which £1,500 was paid on the 3lst December last,
and charged against the profit ef the year.
' The high rate of exchange averaging Is 43-16d
per rupee increased the cost of production. Owing
owever to the satisfactory prices obtained for the
tea, the profit for the year compares favourably
with that of the three years preceding, and is equal
to over 12 percent. on the cost price of the estates,
after charging some £500 spent on factory exten-
sion and new machinery against revenue.
The total yield was 421,284 lb. Tea plucked off
802 acres, being at the rate of 525 lb. per acre,
costing about 274 cents or say 44d per Ib., free on ~
4
May 1, 1899. |
board Colombo. The gross average price of the
418,565 lb. sold in London was 10°57d per lb.
The Profit for the year in-
elusive of Interest, and after
-providing for General Ex-
penses, &c., amounts to
Interest due Vendors and
onthe mortgage, Jess Income £
Tax, has been paid, amount-
ing to as 35 ... 1,047 92
The first instalment of the
mortgage of £21,500 has
been paid, viz. FA .1,500 00
Dividend on the 6 per cent.
Preference Shares for the
year, Zess Income ‘l'ax aye
In Interim Dividend of 4
per cent., free of IncomeTax,
on the Ordinary Shares was
paid on the 30th September,..1,482 16 0
It is Proposed—
To write off the whole of
the Preliminary Expenses ...
To pay a Final Dividend
of 6 percent. on the Ordi-
nary Shares, free of Income
Tax, making 10 per cent. for
the year, which will require...2,224 40
And to earry forward (out
of which Income Tax has to
be paid) the balance of
£7,691 9 5
sd
319 00
198 06
924 19 9
————— £7,691 9 5
The Directors desire to place on record their
appreciation of the efficient management of the
Estates by their Superintendent and his Staff.
The Director who retires on this occasion is Mr.
Charles Murray Robertson, who, being eligible,
offers himself for re-election. Mr. John Smith, the
Auditor, also retires, and offers himself for re-elec-
tion.
ROBERTSON, Bois & Co., Agents & Secretaries.
12, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C.
SCHEDULE OF THE COMPANY’S ESTATES.
Forest Grass Approxi-
and Land mate
Estates. Teain Timber. Build- Total
bearing. ings, &o, Acres,
Talawakelle.. 302 402
Nanuoya 250 3 9 262
Katookelle .. 250 30 8 288
Totals ... 802 109 41 952
—_——___q—___—______
PUNDALUOYA TEA COMPANY OF
CEYLON, LIMITED.
REpoRT.—To be presented at the Second Or-
dinary Annual General Meeting of the Company
to be held at the Office of the Company Thurs-
day, 30th March.
1. The Directors now submit their Report for
the year ending 3lst December, 1898, together
with the Balance Sheet and Accounts of the
Company made up to that date and duly audited.
2. The tea crop amounted to 627,986 lb., of
which 627,740 lb. shipped to London realised a
gross average of 9:27d. per lb. This crop, although
exceeding that of tie previous year by some 4,000
lb., is considerably less than was expected at
the commencement of the year, aresult due to
’ unfavourable weather in the first six months,
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
779
The cost of the production in rupee currency is
less than in 1897, but in consequence of a higher
average rate of exchange the sterling cost of
production is slightly greater.
3. During the year 106 acres of land have
been planted with Tea, and a further 30 to 35
acres have been opened and partly prepared for
planting in the rainy season of 1899, while Tea
Nurseries have been laid down for future ex-
tensions. The cost of this has been charged to
Capital Account, as well as the cost of new
machinery.
4. The following statement gives details which
may be of interest :—
lb. Tea.
Average wrate of
dinary Shares.
Total Tea Crop.
Yield per Acre.
Cost of Crop per
& 1b. £.0.b. Colombo,
Gross Average
Hxchange per
Rupee
Dividend on Or-
Season
Acreage Plucked.
- price obtained per
lb,
383 529
=
acres lb,
1898 1,640 627:886
1897 1,640 623699 380 6:22
5. The profit for
the year inclusive
of Interest and
after providing for
General Expenses,
&c,, ameunted to
To which has to be
added the Balance
from last year of
making Total of...
The Directors have
already paid out
this, Interest for
the year upon the
Mortgage, less In-
come Tax
Dividend for the year
upon the 6 percent.
Preference Shares,
less Income Tax
Income Tax t
And they propose to
deal with the
Balance as follows:
To pay a Dividend
of 6 percent., free
of income Tax,
on the Ordinary
Shares, requiring
To Transfer to Re-
serve for Deprecia-
tion and General
Purposes (increas-
ing this Account
to £2,500)
And to carry for-
ward the Balance of
aioe
on
ws
et @
Cor
oxo
ed
a
o
Oo
PRONG
£7,419 12 4
340 16 7
ve £7,760 8 1]
£441 17 4
1,914 0 0
317 10 8
3,960 0 0
1,000 0 0
127 011
£7,760 8 11
6. The Director whoretires on this occasion is
Mr. Charles Murray Robertson, who, being eli-
gible, offers hiniself for re-election,
7. Mr. John Smith, the Auditor,
and offers himself for re-election.
By order of the Board,
also retires
ROBERTSON Bois & Co., Agents and Secretaries.
12, Fenchurch Street, London E.C.
22nd Mareh, 1899.
780
SCHEDULE OF THE COMPANY’S ESTATES, ON 31ST
DECKMPBER, 1898.
2 ;
Ete Sg. 22
a. Ci) eg 2
a 8, fy 8g 4°
— 2) 5 ~~ W 4 a ° E =
a Bo ef ppt ies & s
a cic Eee edie See Bail
ca a €8 tHisa He ee
Sheen 482 138 178% 45 52 895 acres
Pundaloya’ AnQ: Ag aly Ba 93 634 ,,
Wootton aie BOD 4 — 40 28 B78 .,.
jeeside -» 400 10 2 —= "26 "436 *,,
Total ». 1,640 19) 205 109 199 2,343 acres
——————————EEE=E
STRAITS SUGAR INDUSTRY.
To “The Straits Sugee Company, Limited,”
which has recently been formed, already
one of the company’s new estates (Gedong)
has begun to assume a definite shape. A large
area of jungle has been cleared; canals and
drains have been dug; and cane planting has
commenced, Mr. Stothard is opening up a large
block of land in Lower Perak, lately conceded
to the new company by the Perak government.
In addition to cultivating eanes on the eompany’s
behalf, Mr. Stethard is prepared to give out land,
free of rent, to any cultivators who are able to
show that the land handed over to them will be
planted up in canes within a reasonable time.
Advances will be made by the company as work
progresses, the company buying the canes, when
Tipe, at a fixed. price, and deducting the ad-
vances from tlie proceeds.
THE TRAVANCORE TEA ESTATES
COMPANY, ‘LIMITED.
The annual ordinary general meeting of the
shareholders of the Travancore Tea Estates
Company, Limited, was held at the offices of
the company, 20, Basteheap, yesterday (Thurs-
day), ee :
n the absence ofthe Chairman of the Com-
pany the chair was oceupied by Mr. H. K.
Rutherford. pe
The Secretary. read the notice convening the
meeting.
The Chairman; in moving the adoption of the
report and accounts, said :—I happen to be in the
chair today by the unavoidable absence of Mr.
McKenzie, the chairman of the company. who is
at present in America in connection with the
joint enterprise of ‘India and Ceylon: in pushing
ritish-grown. teas in that country. Another of
our colleagues, Mr. Talbot, is absent in Ceylon
where he had an_ opportunity of meeting our
Estates manager, Mr. Knight, and going into
various matters connected with the management.
Mr. David Reid’s absence, I regret to say, is due
to. the fashionable complaint of influenza.
My duty today does nov demand of me any
lengthened statement of the position of the
company, as the reports and accounts explain
that position very clearly. Perhaps it would
be well to take the accounts first. You
a. aaa oon
’ ¥ 30 to 35 acres cleared and partly prepared for Tea
Planting.
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
will note in the balance-sheet the capital issued
is £70,000, or £14,500 more than it stood at a
year ago. That difference arises from the 10s
per share called up + on the 21,000 ordinary
shares amounting to £10,500, and an issue of
£2,000 in ordinary shares and 2,000 in prefer-
ence sllares amounting to £4,000, as payment
for part of Pambanar Estate. There is mext a
sum ot £1,150 153 ld placed to reserve which,
as you will doubtless remember, represents the
profits earned between the date from which we
took over the properties and the date of reyis-
tration of the company, and which sum was not
legally available for dividend. Bills »payable
and sundry creditors amount to £28,443 as’ 9d.
The proportion of this sum which is chargeable
to capite! account as the bills falldue is provided
for by issuing debentures against the same, and
up to the present time we have issued £25,000
of debentures. On the other side of the account
you will note the cost of estates amount: to
£91,016, and this is £31,635 more than last year
—a very large sum, but necessary for the land
we have opened np. This sum is made up of
£11,400 for payments for land, £15,553 for new
clearings and upkeep of land notin »bearing,
and £4,682 for buildings and 1 i - In
the profit and loss account» you will observe
the profit on sales was £2,031 or £814 less than
the previous account, but which you will re-
member was for a period of fifteen months, so
the profit is practically abont the same. You will
note the directors again give their services free,
and that the London expenditure is remarkable
for its moderation. The balance of profit is
£2,358 2s 8d, which admits of the full preference
dividend being paid, and leaves a “balance of
£241 23 8d to be brought forward to next year.
Now we cannot pretend to say this is a very
satisfactory result, but when you take into cou-
sideration that the fall in the price of our fea
of 3d per |b, and the higher rate of exchange has
curtailed our profits some £1,500, you will. per-
haps agree we have been fortunate in coming out
as well as we do in probably one of the worst years
the British-grown ‘ea industry has had. The erop
was unsatisfactory in quality and yield, but we
see hopeful signs of better results in the earrent
year in bothof these particulars. You will note we
have planted up nearly 1,300 acres with tea, which
isa great deal to accomplish in one season and
great credit is due to our manager Mr, Knight and
his staff for the work they have been able to get
' through, and which we are Jed to believe is good
work and that the clearings promise to be success-
ful... Now with regard to our debentures, we told
you at last meeting we were contemplating such
an issue and I am ‘happy to state we have
been able to carry this matter through. The
debentures are for a total issue of £50,000 of which
we hope only £44,000 will be required. They are
repayable at par on January Ist 1904, and are only
being issued as we require the money. When this
issue is completed the estates with factories, will
have cost us about £32 per acre which is a reason-
able price. As to the future we are of course,
inainly dependent on the selling price of tea. and
if this continues to keep about its present level
which is ‘considerably higher than last year—ld or
1gd4 per 1b.—I have no fear wh itever but that the
other important factors of yield and cheap produe-
tion will not be found wanting. We can only ask
the ordinary shareholders to exercise patience until
“the estates come into bearing, when we trust the
‘hopes of ‘your directors may be realised. I shall —
he very dleased to give any further information _
Aad es (ei =
May 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL
-that any shareholder may desire to ask and
now beg to move the following resolution :—
“* That the report and accounts be adopted.”
The proposal was seconded by Mr. H. Tod and
carried unanimously.
Mr. White then moved the re-election of the
auditors Messrs. Harper Brothers, which was se-
conded by Mr. Dangerfield and carried unani-
mously. ‘he meeting concluded with a vote of
thanks to the chairman, directors and managers.—
H, and C. Mail, March 22,
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TEA IN GREAT BRITAIN,
IS THE DUTY TO BE INCREASED ?
This will be definitely known on April 13, when
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach places the Budget be-
fore the House of Commons, but the following
remarks taken from the columns of the York-
shire Post, a leading provincial conservative paper,
seem to point to the possibility :—
We are now within a fortnight of the end of the
financial year. The Statist thinks that the revenue
will much exceed the estimate which Sir Michael Hick-
‘Beach placed upon it last April, and that the Chaa-
cellor of the Exchequer will be justified in anticipa-
ting a still larger yield in the coming year. Trade no
doubt continues good, the foreign and colonial out-
look is better politically and commercially. If only
our expenditure could be held in check the path of
the Minister of Finance would be rosy. But that
will not be possible. We are already committed to
an expenditure which cannot be met by the existing
standard of taxation, however buoyant may be the
sources of revenue. Assuming that we may reckon
on an income of £109,000,000—which would probably
be something like a million more than that of the
present year—there must be a deficit in prospect of
at least three millions, for the estimated expenditure
is not less than £112,0C0,000. We are still in the
dark as to how this marginis to be met. The grocery
trade is, we observe, somewhat agitated over the
possibility of some of its staple commodities being
affected by fresh taxation. Most of the controversy
seems to circle round the item of sugar, but an Hidin-
burgh firm of tea merchants has had its eye upon the
warning we offered ten days ago that the charms of
tea might well attract the attention cf Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, and has embodied itin a circular
which it is issuing to its customers on the sub-
ject. The Grocery also takes note of the contin-
gency, and counsels the trade to be on the alert and
make provision against the evil day. It is unnecessary
to say that we pretend to no specific knowledge of
what is likely to happen. What we said on the subject
wus said in the way ofargument that if fresh taxa-
tion is necessary it should come in the form ofan
indirect charge such as would fall equitably on all
classes, and that there is no reason why the reduc-
tion made in the tei duty a few years ago should
be regarded as permanent under all circumstances.
No doubt there is a larger party in favour of a
restoration of the sugar duties, and of course there
is behind this feeling a desire to hit the bounty-fed
sugar and to assist the West Indian planters. But
if the Government selected sugar for revenue raising
they would scarcely place the taxon the basis of a
countervailing duty on bounty-fed sugar. They would
be raising two thorny questions xt once instead of
one. The objection to reviving the duty on sugar
at all is that sugar has become the raw material
for a very important industsy in this country, one
that is vastly greater and more widespread asa source
of employment than that of the refineiies, which
Were jnjord by the influx of cheap sugar from the
bounty-giving countries.
NO SUCH OBJECTION
applies to the duty on tea. It is a mere article of
domestic consumption, and if wecould afford to pay
& sixpenny duty on tea a few years ago we can
AGRICULTURIST, 781
better peord is pay pow, when the cost of pro-
is 1oWer uD 4
higher than they pas then ace wesc
It is whispered (says another London Correspon-
dent) in weli intormed City circles that the
Government, instead of announcing increased taxa-
tion in the forth-coming Budget, will propose
a loan, to be called the ‘‘War-ship Loan,” with
the object of paying for the necessary naval in-
crease, Particulars, it is understood, have not
yet been definitely concluded; but the amount
will, of course, be for some millions, and the
interesb probably 24 per cent.
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SOUTH AFRICAN I'rvir.—Says the Spectator ;
Cape growers are not handicapped, as are those
in the West Indies, by want of adequate steam
service or easily reached markets. The huge in-
crement of wealth in the gold-fields has caused
passenger lines to increase their steamersin number,
size, and accommodation. These steamers, meant
to carry those enriched by the goldfields, or those
who in hope of being rich are careless of exper.-
diture, are the ideal vessels for fruit transport,—
speedy, roomy, and furnished with ample cold
storage. Yet Cape fruit, except tlie little black
grapes, is very dear. It is still a costly luxury,
not a popular delicacy. The Japanese plums
grown in South Africa were this week selling at
a shilling a piece in Covent Garden, Cape peaches
were eighteenpence each, and pears elghtpence.
The quality of all three kinds was pertect, but
they could only be regarded as specimen fruit.
While the crop remains dear and uncertain it is
not strange that little Cape fruit is yet imported,
compared with the demand. ‘The blame lies en-
tirely at the doors of the growers themselves,
Their Government is endeavouring to awaken
Afrikander opinion on the snbject. They need
teaching that only the best fruit is wanted here
that this must be carefully sorted, beautifully
packed, so thatin the package the fruit looks like
a piece of decoraticn, or, at least, as fresh as
when plucked, and that then the English public
will pay a good price for it. At present the far-
mers are mostly tooignorant and indolent to do
this. The fruit, as the Government botanist com-
plains, is thrown into kerosene tins, or any chance
receptacle, and sent off tobe hawked about the
local towns instead of being properly graded and
sold in Europe and America. They should be
taught the methods of California.” Unlike the
Cape, California has no near markets, as at Cape
Town and Johnnesburg. The shortest journey is
to Chicago, two thousand five hundred miles by
rail, which costs £10 for every ton of frut. New
Yorkis three thousand five hundered miies distant
yet tens of thousands of tons are sent by rail
to each cify. They also ship their fruit another
three thousand miles by sea from New York to
England, making six thousand five hundred miles
in all ; and they make this pay, though their sea-
son is the same as our own. If California had
the season of the Cape, and could get its peach
and grape crops into our market in the winter
and spring, it would double its industry. But
the organisation of the Californian growers is per-
fect. The Fruit Growers’ Union, in “acre shares”
so that the smallest and the largest owners are
members, collects the fruit, despatches it, and
finds a market. The Cape growers have only to
stndy the Californian system of business and mo-
dern modes of culture, and Nature will complete
an industry as valuable as the goldfields and more
lasting.
782
AMERICA.
New York, March 8.
The following United States Treasury circular re-
‘fers to Foovchow and Amoy teas :—
: Treasury DEPARTMENT, Feb. 27, 1899.
To Collectors and other officers of the Custons :—
In accordance with the recommendation of the
board of tea experts, Department's regulations uuder
the tea Act of March 2, 1897 (Synopses 17895 and
18933), are supplemented as follows:
_ All Foochow and Amoy teas will hereafter be com-
pared with both the Foochow and Amoy slaneaen,
und, if found cqual in drawing quality and infuse
leaf to either, the tea may be admitted. It should
be understood, however, that the tea need not be of
the same character as to drawing qualities as either
“standard, so long as it is equal in general sweetness,
This rule will be followed until the adoption of new
~standards to be prepared by the present board of tea
“experts.—Respectfully yours,
e W. B. Hower, Assistant Seoy.
-* The | test London Circular, February 24, reports &
“strong demand for tea under about 8d, which ad-
-yauced + to 4d per pound. The average price of
Ceylon tor, the week was 866d, against 7°23d, same
week in 1898. Indian tea sold, averaged 942d,
inst 815d in 1898.
de hin F PHILADELPHIA, March 4, 1899.
Editor, American Grocer:
Sir,—Since the effects of the blizzard have passed
away it is gratifying to note the very large number
of inquiries that are being received trom all over the
country for ‘‘ teas for price,’ but particularly sofrom
the West and South. From the tenor of the letters
we note that interior supplies of teas must be very
low indecd, as the requests for a prompt mailing of
“gamples suggest that tact very plainly. Country
“greens and l’oochows, with here wnd there an in-
‘quiry for Japans, are mostly in demand. Dealers
“here expect w very lively trade from now until the
/ middle ot April, when it is believed that no teas of
any kind, green or black, will be obtainable under
25 cents.
TEA IN
Tuomas MARTINDALE.
Some of the worst rubbish that ever bore the name
of tea is being sold in a jobbing way at 22 cents
per pound; one dealer says it’s poison. The Tea
Act has made a fine market for all the trash and
‘accumulations of years. Good low-priced tea is
in light supply and very firm. The character of the
market will be developed at the regular monthly
auction sale, at noon today, held by the Montgomery
‘Auction Company and comprising 9,801 packages,
viz: 503 half-chests Moyune; 50 boxes Pingsuey; 97
half-chests Japan, basket-fired aud Sandried; 493
packages Congou, a varied assortment, including
small boxes; 193 packages India and Ceylon Pekoe;
1,099 half-chests and boxes Amoy; 529 half-chests
Foochow.
INDIAN TEA.
Although we are not one of those who adyo-
cate ‘‘ whistling ere we are ont of the wood,” it
“must be conceded that both the tea and indigo
seasons are commencing under more than. usually
favourable auspices. Not only are stocks of both
being depleted in the home markets, but purchasers
_ here are diverting no inconsiderable quantity
direct to foreign centres of consumption, or, at any
rate, of distribut on. Direct shipments of tea from
Ceylon to America and Russia, coupled with the
expansion of the Gulf trade via Bombay, ought
to have a hardening tendency on London prices
that should more than compensate for the possi-
bility of exchange coming up another halfpenny,
Still the markets need careful watching, and we
hope our remarks as to the undesirability of
~ sending forward coarse teas, at all events in the
early part of the season will not be unheeded.
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
ES a a ee
As yet we regret being unable to record that any
unanimous decision has been arrived at on this
point and would urge upon the heads of the agency
houses the advisability of coming to some mutual
understanding with as little delay as possible for al-
ready there are opinions expressed in the districts ot
beating last year’s outturn in quantity, this inten-
tion being also apparent in tie estimates placed
before the shareholders at several recent meet-
ings. Almost all anticipate an exeess over the
past year, and the early storms seem to justify
the realization of such. With reference to Cey-
lon’s crop, there would appear little difficulty
in disposing of it to advantage, as for some un-
explained reason our competitor's teas lave ac-
quired a greater popularity in the Colonies and
Canada than our own, and much the same may
be said as tothe Russian demand.—Jndian Plant-
ers’ Gazette.
ee ee ee
COOLIES AND TEA PLANTING
ASSAM.
The number of adult coolies per 100 acres of
tea in Assam is now nearly double what it was
sixteen years ago, the actual number now em-
ployed per 100 acres being 129. Planters as a
rule are now well aware that a strony labour
force ensures the health and conteniment of their
coolies, as well as thoroughness of enltivatien,
and they have profited by the facility of recruit-
ment during the last two or three years to secure
this. There is also a considerable inerease in the
land cultivated by time-expived coolies. Sixteen
years ago only 4,584 acres were held by ex-tea
garden coolies, and there is now nearly 70,000
acres under such cultivation; even this figure
does not adequately represent the land held by
emigrants, as in the Assam Valley many coolies
rent land from the gardens on which they are
employed, or from Assamese ryots, while the
land rented from the zemindars of Sylhet and
the mirasdars of Cachar amounts to many thou-
sands of acres.—Indian W’lanters’ Gazette.
ae ee
CARDAMOMS.—The long list of sales in London
of Ceylon cardamoms, published by us lately
shews the growing importance of this. in-
dustry. We notice that the exports up to 28th
March last compare as follows :—
1si January-28th March 1899 158,361 lb.
- 1898 134,116 ,,
IN
Mr. T. N. Christie has something to say abont
cardamoms in an interview which will be found
fully reported on page 776,
Messrs. I. A. RuCKER & BENCRAFTreport on
coffeeMarch 23rd :—‘‘ Since the commencement of
December last little progress has been made in the
relative position of receipts. Then we were 1,500,600
bags behind, and were talking of an 8,000,000
crop, today we are 1,650,000 bags behind, and are
looking for a crop of 8,750,000 bags. Last year
at this time values of Rio and Santos were about
what they are today, Exchange was However 6id
and went decidedly lower, today it is 7d, and
exprcted to go higher. The sentiment of the
market is Janguid, because in the notable ab-
se1c2 of estimates the worst is anticipated. Two
factors however, continue, which some day will
aller things, viz., the steadily increasing con-
sumption, and the steadily decreasing inclination to
produce. Term absolutely unchanged on the week,
cost and freight steady, bué moreinclination to sell
forward shipments.” White: 5:
Dpreateerr yt
May 1, 1899.]
PRODUCE AND PLANTING.
KeepPinc uP THEIR Spirits.—A few months ago
most of the newspapers were very pessimistic on the
subject of tea. The industry was in a bad way, and
tea planting had been altogether overdone, There
is a different tone observable now, and the ‘‘ Leeds
Mercury,’’ a journal which claims credit for being
cheerful on the subject of the outlook when other
papers were very gloomy, congratulate investors on
the brighter outlook. It says: ‘‘A few months ago,
when the outlook in the Indian and Ceylon tea trade
was popularly regarded as extremely black, we sought
to infuse a more hopeful spirit amongst investors in
tea shares. Up to that time it was the fashion to
refer to the high rate of exchange as an influence
that was likely to work havoc with this particular
industry, but we pointed out that it had its advantage,
inasmuch as it was calculated to restrict over-produc-
tion) which was, from our point of yiew one of the
main causes of the trouble that had overtaken the
trade, Since then the situation has greatly improved.
The consumption of Indian tea has once more
reached a record level, having for 1898 exceeded the
production exported from India and Ceylon by no
less than 2,594,0001lb. The excess of the exports over
the world’s consumption ranged during the three years
1895-6-7 from about 6,000,000ib. up to 7,000,0001b. The
last occasion on which consumption was ahead of
the export from countries of production was in
1894, when the excess amounted to 4,945,000lb. In
regard to prices of Indian tea, the average obtained on
garden account for the past week was 927d., in
comparison with 8°20d for the corresponding week
last year. The averagesince June 1 to date was 8°70d.
as compared with 8.77d, while as regards Ceylon
tea, the average was 8.30d, as compared with 7.68d:
Looking broadly at the position, it is obvious that the
maintenance of a high rate of exchange is not in-
consistent with a marked improvement in the trade,
and we should say that the future has about it many
elements of an encouraging nature. We look for an
improved state cf the share market, and think that
investors on the look-out for shares likely to undergo
enhancement in price could do worse than give their
attention to these specialities, confining their pur-
chases for the most part to preference shares. Prices
are well above the level at which they stood when
we last dealt with this question, and there is little
reason to doubt that they are destined to advance atill
farther.”
Tue TEA TRADE oF THE United Statres.—The
effect of the tea duty imposed last year in the United
States to meet war expenses, a duty by the way
which is not expected to be removed until 1,900, has
been to reduce importations to the lowest point.
Importations for warehousing have not fallen off, but
the withdrawals for consumption upon which duty
is actually paid have been much less. An American
paper gives the following figures, giving the com-
parison in the importation of tea in 1897 and 1898,
and showing the countries from which teais shipped
to the United States: France in 1897 sent 209 lb,
and in 1898, 333 lb.; Germany in 1897, 39,093 lb., and
in’ 1898, 586 lb.; Italy in 1897, 367 lb., in 1898 6401b;
Netherlands in 1897, 20,143 lb., in 1898 280 lb.; Russia,
on Baltic and White Sens, in 1897, 600 lb. in
1898, 270 lb., the United Kingdom in 1897 sent
6,217,726 lb. an@ in 1898, 2,971,116 lb.; Nova
Scotia in 1897, 90,531lb, in 1898, 27,128lb; Ontario,
Quebec, &e., in 1897 sent 2,155,75$lb, and in 1898,
1,305,8171b ; British Columbia in 1897, 1,C051b, in 1898,
168,336lb; China in 1897 sent 53,524,546lb, and in
1898, 39,754,7361b; India (and including, presumably,
Ceylon) sent 2,117,433 in 1897, and 2,237,8971b. in 1898 ;
Japan in 1897 sent 45,465,1611b. in 1897, and 22,798,3081b
in 1898. About 4000,000lb. of tea were sent from
Hong Kong in 1897, but only 189,972lb. in 1898.
Wonverrut.—Excessive tea drinking, some medical
authorities have stated drives people mad, especially
in Ireland, but in New York it is coffee that works
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
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83
the mischief. The noted specialist, Doctor Elton,
tells us that American women of the middle classes
remain too much indoors, drink extravagantly of
coffee, and breod too much over their inability to
compete with the wealthy women whose doings are
advertised in the daily Press. This is the great
cause of insanity. It is but fair that coffee should
have a turn just by way of a change. It will be
time that sugar had an innings soon.
RussisH MAsQuERADING As TshA.—Five hundred and,
eighty two half-chests of stuff called tea (about 30,600
lb), which recently arrived at the Albert Docks,
and were seized by the sanitary authorities of
the Port of London, were brought to the West
Ham Police Station on Tuesday and submitted
to Mr Gillespie, one of the magistrates, The tea
which was said to have been submerged in Marseilles
Harbour, looked like a mixture of mouldy manure
and black and green mud, and Mr, Spadaccini, one of
the food inspectors, asked that it mht be destroyed,
Dr. Collingridge, the medical officer of heal-h, in
supporting the application, said he had made cxpe-
riments and found that though the tea was so bad
it could be “faked’’ and put on the market in
such a condition as to deceive the purchaser. Mr
Gillespie ordered the whole consignment to be des-
troyed under the supervision of Customs officers.
A Bic Curqut ror Durty.—Lipton, Limited, have
paid Her Majesty’s Customs a sum of £76,847 9s 14, re-
presenting a clearance of over 2,000 tons of tea, a quan-
tity equalto the average weekly consumption through-
out the whole of the United Kingdom.
Cinnamon As A Curr For INrLUENzA.—Cinnamon
should be in increasing demand. Dr. Carne Ross,
in the current number of “The British Medical
Journal,” claims to haye discovered a cure for in-
fluenza. His remedy is simple. All that one has to
do, according to Dr. Carne Ross, is to dose oneself
with cinnamon as soon as one feels the grip of the
microbe. The doses have to be repeated at intervals,
first of half an hour and then of an hour, until
the temperature becomes normal, and the patient
must stay indoors for twenty-four hours afterwards.
By that time, Dr. Carne Ross believes, the disease
will have disappeared. This is not the first time
that cinnamon has been suggested as a specific for
influenza. Butits properties seem now to have been
tested with unusual thoroughness, during a period
of five years, and the result has made the investi-
gator an enthusiastic believer in its value.—H. and
C. Mail, March 24.
eee eed
Woop PRESERVATION.—A process of seasoning
wood which, it is stated, will in about a fort-
night render timber as well seasoned as is ac-
complished in five years by storage in the usual
way has recently been attracting attention. Ac-
cording to “‘ Nature,” an effort is being made to
introduce the method, which is known as the
Nodon-Bretonneau method, into this country.
The system consists in placing the timber to be
seasoned in a large tank and immersing all but
an inch or two in a solution containing ten per
cent. of borax, five of resin, and three-quarter per
cent. of carbonate of soda. The lead plate upon
which it rests is connected with the positive pole
of a dynamo, the negative pole being attached
to a similar plate, arranged on its upper surface
so as to give good electrical contact, and the
circuit is completed through the wood. It is
stated that under the influence of the current
the sap appears to rise to the surface of the bath,
while the aseptic borax and resin solution takes
its place in the pores of the wood. This part of
the process requires from five to eight hours for
its completion, and then the wood is removed
and dried either by artificial or natural means.
In the latter case about a fortnight’s exposure
in summer weather will complete the process,~
Daily Chronicle, March 17,
784 THE TROPICAL
PORTMORE THA COMPANY OF CEYLON,
LIMITED,
Offices.—24, Rood Lane, London, E.C.; Directors.
—R.'C. Bowie, L. M, Torin, W. Herbert Anderson ;
Secretaries—Shand Haldane & Co.; Manager in
Ceylon.—k. C. Grant.
The Directors have the pleasure to submit the
General balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Ac-
count for the year ending 31st December 1893,
duly audited.
£ ‘sid. £s.d,
The net amount at Credit of
Profit and Loss Account
after providing for General
Expenses, Income Tax, &e.,
and writing off New Clear-
ing Account £238 10s. 1d. 5,167
An Interim Dividend of 5 per
‘cent, was paid 19th August,
- 1898, amounting to 3
It is proposed to pay a final
Dividend of 7 per cent.
eet 4 12 per cent. in all,
free of Income Tax) which
will absorb im $n
And to carry forward to next
year a Balance of
2,000 0 0
2,800 0 0
367 5 8
£5,167 5 8
In presenting their second Annual Report, the
Directors have pleasure in recommending a divi-
dend of twelve per cent.
‘The yield of tea has been 241,686 lb. being at
the rate of 509 1b. per acre, the cost of production
has been £4,349 8s, 8d, being at the rate of 4d.
319 per pound and the crop has netted £9,878 8s.
5d., eine 9d. 80 per pound equal to a profit of
13.82 per cent. on the capital of the Company.
The average rate of exchange for year has been
Is. 4 5-64d. against Is. 3 29-64d. during 1897.
The latest reports from the Manager in Ceylon
describe the estates, buildings, and machinery as
all being in good order and the estimates of crop
and expenditure for the current year give promise
of continued satisfactory results.
The Directors desire to express their unqualified
satisfaction with the manner in which the Manager
and the Superintendent of the estates in Ceylon
have discharged their duties during the year,
‘By Order of the Board,
SHAND HALDANE & Co., Secretaries.
———_—___
PLANTING NOTES.
QUININE SPECULATION has gone ahead strong
this week, and cinchona is also in a similar
position.—Chemist and Druggist.
PEARLS AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL.—Everything
connected with this subject is of interest in
Ceylon; for who does not anticipate the day
when lucrative Pearl Fisheries will be resumed off
our North-West’ Coast, and when not only the
pearls but the shells will become an object of
merchandise and trade?
Ty “NILU :” ITS DISTRICTS, HABITS, FLOWER-
ING, &¢.—We direct attention to another in-
teresting letter from Mr, Thomas Farr who did
so much to help Dr. Trimen in describing the
“Nilus” in his °‘Ceylon Flora.” Mr. Farr
mentions there are perhaps 30 different kinds in
the island. Dr. Trimen gives the names of 28
species and considers all but three to be endemic ;
put he thinks there may be other local species
nndetermined from net haying been met with in
flower.
Logan, Mullof Galloway, N.B.
AGRICULTURIST, [May 1, 1899,
COCONUT PLANTING IN THE STRAITS. —Here
is news of progress in Lower Perak in the local
Gazette of Mareh 10th :—Two Chinese planters
from Province Wellesley applied on behalf of
themselves and their beothers for 1,920 aeres of
land, at Bagan Datol in this distriet, for eoeo-
nut planting, on similar terms to those given to
a recent Enropean applicant in the same locality.
One hundred and forty-six Tamil immigrants
arrived here on the 30th in the steamer ‘‘ Perse ”
Cryton TEA IN FOREIGN AND COLONIAL
Markers. —It is certainly a little self-denying
on the part of the well-known Rood Lane firm
of Tea Brokers to express their great satisfae-
tion—see their letter elsewhere—at the process
which has taken away so much tea from the
London Market during 1893—a process whieh i«
bound to go on during 1899, tft #0 Colombo a
more and more important tea market for the
supply ot Australasia, America, Africa, the rest
of Asia, Russia and the rest of the Continent
of Europe cirect, to the great advantage of our
tea industry.
SEASON ReEportT.—The following is an abs-
tract of Season Keport for the month of
February for the Galle District :—Paddy ;
maha harvest has been reaped, and prepara.
tions are being made for the sowings of yala.
Miscellaneons : the supply of vegetables is poor.
Cocount crop fair; price varies from K3 to
R4. Prices of staple food: rice, RB to R4 per
bushel ; paddy, RK1°50 to K2 per bushel; kurak-
kan, R2 per bushel; and amu, R150 per bushel.
Health satisfactory ; a few cases of chicken-
pox and dyseztery prevailed during the month.
Rainfall ; 2°21 in.
CEYLON TEA COMPANY DIVIDENDS.—Our Spe-
ca’ tee ram from London affords information
as to the dividends ce lared by a number of
Sterling Tea Companies in their annual Reports
just published. Noone mentioned ean be consi-
dered to make a brilliant appearance, the 6
cent given by the Purdaluoya Company being
the highest. The Yatiyantota Company has,
however, doubled its dividend of 1898 which was
only 2 per cent; but some othersof the Companies
have done much worse. On the other hand the
5 per cent interim dividend of the flourishing
New Dimbula Company is 1 per cent more than it
was a year ago.
EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS IN SCOTLAND.—Having
read several letters in the Gardeners’ Chronicle
about these trees, my experience in the open here
may be of interest. Some fifteen years ago a
plant of Eucalyptus Globulas was put out against
a south wall of this house. The plant has thriven
since, and now covers theentire wall, the top of
the tree having been cut off many years ago to
encourage the branches tospread. In 1894 this
plant flowered freely. I gathered the seed in
1896, and sowed it in February, 1897. Almost
every seed came up, and these are now splendid
young plants, all of which I intend planting out
when two years old. In the autumn of 1897 E
planted in the woods two young E. Globulus,
about 7 feet high, both these have grown rapidly,
one making a growth of 9 feet 4 inches during
the past summer. This plant is growing in a
very wet peaty soil; the measurement was taken
on September 30, and is accurate. Seventeen
degrees of frost was registered here in November
last, but neither plant was in the least affected,
May 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL
TEA IN AMERICA.
New York, February 22nd.
The new tea law goes further than the ex-
clusion of impure or adulterated tea, and makes
a quality standard. The result has been a general
improvement of quality, but the question has
been raised, and not without reason, that it is
beyond the province of the United States Govern-
ment to establish standards of quality. Naturally,
some will ask, if the United States Government
fixes a quality standard for tea, why not for
sardines, spices, or coffee, of which some very
inferior and trashy lots are imported? The chair-
man of the Board of Tea Experts, Mr. Phelan,
in a letter to the Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, makes answer to this and says :—
The reason for the incorporation of ‘‘ quality”
in the present law is because of the failure of the
original tea law on account of not having ‘“‘ qua-
lity” established as a test. Under the old law
“quality” was not mentioned, but the tea exami-
ners were instructed to exclude teas which had
“an adulterated, spurious or exhausted leaf, or
such an admixture of chemicals or deleterious
substances as to render them unfit for use.”
After ten years’ trial it was proved conclusively
that no two tea men could agree on what was
adulterated, spurious or exhausted leaf, or what
constituted what was unfit for use. This law re-
sulted in two evils—first, wild inconsistency and
constant injustice; and second, the gradual ad-
mission of anything that had the appearance of
tea, until the country became deluged with the
trash of the world to such an extent that the very
ex-istence of teaas an article of consumption be-
came jeopardized.
Toremedy all this and establish the most certain
guide known to tea men the term “ quality ” was,
withgreat care, incorporated in the new law as the
onlytest which could be used with a minimum
amount of uncertainty and inconsistency.
Mr. Phelan attributes the reduced imports to
former importations of trash. Thisis true in part,
but another cause is the narrowing of the differ-
ence between the relative cost of tea and coffee.
One pound of tea at 50c, would make six gallons
of infusion, costing 84¢ per gallon ; while one
pound of coffee at 15c, would make two gallons of
infusion, costing 8$c, and if the coffee cost only 9
or 10c per pound, the infusion would cost only 43
@ 5c per gallon, while a35c tea would make the be-
verage cost about 6c per gallon. If, however, a
Ceylon or India tea is used, one gallon of infusion
will cost from 5 @ 8c per gallon, making it a chea-
per beverage than if Japan or China sorts are used,
as one pound makes 10 to 16 gallons of infusion.
The decline in the cost of coffee makes it re-
latively the cheaper beverage and that, in part,
accounts for the increased imports of coffee since
1896, and the decreased imports of tea. The net
imports of the two articles compare as follows:
1896. 1898.
Meas oivhi in, ned 83,549,331 66,290,691
Goieenah wietectsas: 621,429,664 781,028,847
Trashy coffee is freely imported, but it does
not seem to reduce consumption. Regarding the
workings of the tea law, Mr. Phelan says:
After only one season and a half we have had
almost all the evils of fifty years abolished from the
trade and the country. The millions of pounds of
decayed and spurious leaves with which we were
inundated have been at last eliminated, as well as
all the trashy and worthless flavors which have
been so unfit for use as almost to drive tea
out of consumption. This has been accom-
plished without any advance of price, excepting
on the very trash which it was desirable to ex-
clude. Until a recent advance, on account of the
imposition of a duty which deterred importation,
all the teas which had any substantial merit were
sold at a lower price than ever before in the his-
tory of the tea trade. Good flavored Oolongs are
procurable in large quantities for l4e, per pound
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AGRICULTURIST.,
785
in bond, and good sweet young Hysons at 12sec:
per pound, the same quality of Congous (English
reakfast) at 14c. per pound, and Japans from 15
to 16c. per pound. There is hardly an impure leaf
in the entire importations of teas to America
during the present season, and we go on record
as receiving the finest crop of teas, not only in
our own history, but in the history of any other
nation. i
The consumer has been thoroughly and abso-
lutely protected without increase in price for fair
quality, excepting by the recent duty imposed by
vongress. The representation, therefore, made in
the brief that great injustice hasbeen done to the
poor man is entirely at variance with the univer-
sally acknowledged facts.
Inthis connection werepublish the statementfrom
last week’s market report, showing: the importa-
tions of tea in 1898, and the sources of supply, as
_ follows :—(Already given.)
The above shows that Japan furnished 45 per
cent of the total imports ; China. 44:4 per cent.
Before the 10c¢ per pound duty, a very good
tea was retailed at 20 @ 25¢ per pound
furnishing a wholesome and palatable bever-
age at 3c @ 44c per. gallon, but now coffee
is the cheaper drink, for which and beer the
American people seem to have a decided pre-
ference. The value of the 1898 imports of tea was
59,608,252, against imports of coffee valued at
$62,674,241.
Demand quiet, but the market is strongly held
on all medium and low-grade teas.—American
Grocer, Feb. 22.
>
‘THE INDIAN TEA ASSOCIATION
(LONDON.)
The following is the interim report of the Ame
rican and Foreign Tea Committee :—
The committee now have the pleasure to lay before
the members, as is usual at this time of the year,
a review of the work undertaken during the period
that has elapsed since the annual meeting, which
was held in July last.
The subscriptions to the fund raised for exploiting
new markets during the year amounted to R1,02,031
collected in Calcutta as compared with 1,02,029 in 1897
and 1,03,674in 1896. The planters in Southern India
have, as bzfore, contributed liberally to the fund, and
a subscription of £200 from a London subscriber was
again received last year.
Awar tax of ten cents per lb of tea imported
was imposed last year by the United States Govy-
ernment towards meeting the cost of hostilities with
Spain. This has had the effect for the time of
seriously curtailing the importation of all tea, and
has been a great hinderance to business. On the
other hand, it has served asa useful advedtisement,
enabling attention to be called to the economy effected
by using British-grown teas in performance to those
of other countries.
It is gratifying to Jearn that the prospects of India
and Ceylon tea are much brighter in consequence of
the strictness with which the law excluding poor tea
is enforced inAmerca, This falls heavily on the low
class tea of other countries, although the recent
sharp rise in the value of common tea must have a
tendency for a time to check the expansion of the
trade,
The committee
panying report
refer members to the acecom-
received from Mr. Blechynden,
under date New York, January 10th, in which
he reviews the work for the year 1898. The Com-
missioners for India and Ceylon have been continned
to co operate to the mutual advantage of both asso-
ciation.
Fewer demonstrations have been organised during
the year, as this work is been done by packet firms
and others engaged in selling tea, but more money
has been spent in subsidies and grants to those
doing the work of educating the public and pushing
our teas
786
Advertisements have continued to be inserted in
principal papers, and are followed by those of houses
dealing in British-grown tea.
The committee call attention to Mr. Blechynden’s
remarks in his repoit on unfermented or Oolong tea,
for which a demand exists, although it must be borne
in mind that this is a distant class of tea for con-
sumption in America alone, and failing a sale there,
cannot be diverted to other markets.
The committee have to thank Messrs. Gow, Wilson
and Stanton for the following figures, which show
concisely the progress made in the use of India and
Ceylon tea in North America :—
India and Ceylon tea taken by the United States
and Canada each of the last seven years:—
1898. 1897 1896.
Ib. Ib. Ib.
Indian .. 5,972,000 .. 5,663,000 .. 5,259,000
Ceylon Ac 7,637,000 .. 5 699,000 .. 4,365,000
Notal .. 13,609,000 .. 11,362,000 .. 9,624,000
1895. 1894. 1893, 1899.
Ib 1b. Ib Ib
». 2,111,000 .. 1,586,000
Indian 4,072,000 . 2,428,000
.. 1/871,000 .. 1,490,000
Ceylon 3,745,000 .. 2,295,000
Totale 7,817,000 .. 4,723,000 ... 3,982,000 ... 3,076,000
The above figures show that a trade has now been
establised which may be expected to continue to in-
crease. Your committee are of opinion that the work
Mr. Blechynden has been engaged in during the last
five years, since his return to America in May, 1894, has
been productive of much benefit to the industry and
has been well performed, but there are now so many
well-established and powerful agencies at work in the
United States and Canada, whose interest it is to push
. Biitish-grown tea, both by means of travellers and by
the distribution of samples through the post and other-
wise, that the committce consider the further expansion
of the trade may safely be left in their hands,
and that it is not necessary for the Association to con-
tinue a special agency for the purpose. Any further
assistance that may berequired should, your committee
think, take the form of subsidies.
Your committee hope to give more attention in
future to the other new markets for our teas that
are opening out on the Continent, particularly in
Russia and France, and especially in connection
with the forthcoming Paris Exhibition in 1900,
where it is hoped that a good impression may be
made by the arrangements that are in contempla-
tion for serving Indian tea in connection with the
building for Indian Imperial exhibits. It is expected
that 38 millions of persons will visit Parisnext year.
Funds will be needed for these purposes and for
assisting in the work of pushing the sale of our.
teas in France, Russia, Germany, Turkey, Sonth
Africa, or elsewhere.
Your committee therefore recommend that a
levy be raised in Caleutta on the same lines as
before, but on the understanding that the funds
shall be employed to push Indian teas in any part
of the world and not in the United States only.
A Bryans, G W Christison, D Cruickshank, R
Lyell, J Riddell, A J Stanton, J N Stuart, W HF
- Verner, C W Wallace, Members of the Committee.—
H. and C. Mail, March 10.
—_—_—__o___
ANOTHER TEA CIRCULAR,
DISTRICT INQUIRY AS TO FACILITIES FOR
MAKING GOOD TEA.
In continuation of the Circulars we had
previously issued, and which had resulted in
the collection cf a mass of most useful in-
formation from a variety of sources, which
we published for the benefit specially of our
planting readers, we sent out a series of
questions of more general import bearing on
tea toward the end of last year. The re-
sults we are able only now to make public,
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
. scorching all the blossom,
[May 1, 1899.
owing to the pressure of subjects demanding
attention during the few months, in connec-
tion with the Legislative Sessions Planters’
Meetings, Railway controversy, and other
matters of interest which have arisen from dw
to day. Nor do we regret the delay that has
occurred in dealing with the information
supplied by our obliging correspondents ;
for although it may at first sight seem as
if the improvement in tea prices renders
some of the cautions and hints embodied in
the answers rather out of date, it is really
not so, We may hope that the advance.in
prices has come to stay; but there is no
guarantee that such will be the case; and
political and economic developments entirely
outside the island may upset our calculations
Indeed, what has beén the chief factor which
has contributed to the crisis through
which tea recently passed, and from which
it cannot be said to have yet wholly emerged ?
It has been the rise in exchange, brought
about by Indian legislation which we were
helpless to control, or even to delay. So it
may prove in the future. Outside cireum-
stances, entirely beyond our knowledge or
guidance, might once again induce a crisis
more or less sudden, and more or less pro-
longed.
Quite apart, however, from such consider-
ations and from unpleasant surprises, we
have a continual war to wage with our
rivals. Our efforts must not be relaxed to
oust China and Japan from the best markets -
and we can accomplish that only by estab-
lishing and maintaining the superiority of
our teas. That, of course, can be done only
by conscientious attention to details: while
there are few estates, and certainly no
districts, which can declare perfect content-
ment with prices, yield, naghiie. and profits
In this view, even in our ‘present good
humour, and in our present satisfaction with
the outlook, the following questions cannot
be considered wholly out-ofjpines —
What are any drawbacks to making better-tea than
the average now turned ont, in your neighbourhood ?
Is the jat generally good? or inferior? Is the soil
generally poor on estates in your division? Are an
estates worn out? Would manuring improve the Hrd
and be protitable, in your opinion? Are factories
on the whole deficient in Withering room? Are
factories on the whole deficient in machinery ? or in
motive power? Is the labour force snfficient to
secure regular cultivation and careful plucking? .Has
the pruning been too severe, or too frequent ? Or has
the pruning been too long neglected ? Any general
ronan: on your neighbourhood and its suitableness
We must content ourselves today with the
answers which have come from the two
rather out-of-the-way districts of Rakwana
and Morawaka, whose possibilities in respect
of tea are far different from what the were
with coffee which practically depended on
one blossoming season—a prolonged drought
é i the and too much
rain resulting in its running into leaf. And
often the memory of past failures hangs over
a place, as it sticks toa man; for Rakwan
in holding the London Market (the eit
ation of big buyers, we presume) to be the chief —
drawback to the manufacture of better tea, —
declares its average out-turn “good stuff” |
and that, at the price it fetches, it
x
simply given away, not sold! The jat, -
is
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May 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL
generally fair, excluding small patches
of China, and although the soil is not of the
best, some of the old estates being worn out,
it responds to cultivation, while the shuck
fields are little by little struck off. It is
cheering to learn, in view of recent experi-
ments and our consistent advocacy of
manures, that manuring both improves the
tea and is profitable. Thereis no complaint
about factories, the labour supply is ample,
‘medium pruning is the rule; and only the
Kelani Valley Railway with its branch to
Ratnapura, is wanted to give the old, and
rather inaccessible district a spurt, and
attract settlers by its climate, and _ its
capabilities, not alone for tea, but also for
cocoa, coconuts, and even coffee, if trans-
port difficulties are overcome.
The tale from Morawaka is not so cheery ;
for _ although its. factories are deficient
neither in machinery, norin motive power,
they ave not generally provided with sufficient
withering space. The pruning, while not
severe has to be pretty frequent to force
paying fiushes, and that must tell on the
bush. Though the district has a sufficient
labour force, and is well suited for tea, itis
handicapped by land badly opened with in-
sufficient drainage, and planted with poor
jats to the extent of quite one-half. Inthese
circumstances, the tea turned out is naturally
poor, and aithough confidence is expressed
in manure, as a means of improving both
the quality and the yield, the plea is put
forward that the cost would swallow up the
profits ‘at’ present prices.” But prices have
improved since October; and we trust that
the outcome of experiments now undertaken,
will demonstrate the remunerativeness of
manuring even when prices are lower; for
though there is splendid soil in parts of
Morawaka, it cannot be said to be generally
rich.
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IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA.
NEWS OF MR. A. WHYTE.
We have intelligence of Mr. Alex. Whyte,
so well remembered in Ceylon and who is
Naturalist and Botanist to the British Central
African State, but who has this time been
on a special mission to British East Africa,
travelling from the Coast up to Uganda.
Mr. Whyte’s letter to a friend in Ceylon is
from ‘‘Kampala or Menyo, capital of Uganda,”
but without date. He was well and hearty
when he wrote and full of interest in the
natural resources of the country. He had
hada very tedious journey up, occupying
over four months, owing to the great
scarcity of porters. This, however, enabled
Mr. Whyte to look round all the Government
stations, and to form some idea of their
capabilities, as he has to report on the same
to the Foreign Office. He has been freely
collecting seeds and dried plants on_ his
journey—many of the seeds being from
macnificent timber trees. Some may come to
Ceylon. . He is anxious to introduce economic
plants into Uganda, always barring coffee
(at least from Ceylon), though he remarks
that Uganda is a good coffee country and
that he is trying to get the natives to
cultivate rice on a large scale to save the
importing of Indian rice, Coffee so far is
AGRICULTURIST. 787
only cultivated in small patches by the
natives who raise it not from seed, but from
twigs, both ends of which are stuck in the
ground! This must mean a rich soil and
forcing climate; and, indeed, Ugandais not far
off the original habitat of coffee, which is
supposed to be Abyssinia or in the region
south of it. Mr. Whyte concludes by saying
how much he prizes the Tropical Agriculturist
which he receives regularly.
——__—-——
MANURING TEA AND. RECENT
PERIMENTS,
Mr. Joseph Fraser writes, in correction of
an error which we noticed and corrected
immediately after our daily issue; but it is
well to put Mv. Fraser’s remarks with his
additional observations on record :—‘‘ In your
remarks on the Pitakande manuring experi-
ments, I find an error has crept in, which
might be corrected, before the inclusion of
the veturns in the Tropical Agriculturist.
You say ‘so with No. 6 which comes next
in profit, but has most fungoid affected
leaves.’ The paragraph in my letter from
which you evidently drew this inference,
should be ‘so far as appearance of the
bushes is concerned, they look best in the
following order 5, 7, 10 and 6, while 9 shows
most fungoid affected leaves and a falling
off in the vigor, and succulence of the
fiushes, and 8 shows a falling off to a more
limited extent.” Six therefore comes 4th in
order, as regards appearance and vigour of the
bushes, and was little affected by fungoid
or insect pests. Nine and 8 were the two plots
that suffered most in this respect. The
healthy condition of the bushes judging by
the foregoing is largely the outcome of a
liberal supply of available nitrogen and
potash, and this is confirmed by the fields
it have systematically manured on similar
lines for the past 6 to 10 years.
““T have for the past 4 years had clear
indications that by indirect means, the
organic matter in the soil may be so acted
on, and aid the nitrifying organisms in
their work of rendering inert nitrogen
active, that the cost of manuring so far as
the direct application of nitrogenous manures
is concerned, is greatly reduced, but in this
case the supply of organic matter will have
to be kept up, while a liberal supply of
potash and a more limited quantity of
phosphoric acid will in most cases, have to
be added to the soil.”
EX.
Books ON TEA AND TEA PeEsts.—A leading
colonist, after reading both books, writes :—
“Dr. Watt’s book and Kelway-Bamber’s are very
interesting reading, and ought to be in the posses-
sion of such bodies as the Planter’s Association and
tle Chamber of Commence, as well as of all those
who largely control the cultivation of tea in the
island.”
Tne EXPERIMENT WITH ALOFS.—A correspond-
ent writes that ‘' it would be of interest to know
what the result of the recent experiment in ex-
tracting fibre from Aloes was—-what the cost
was, the proportion of fibre to the weight of leaves
operated on, and local valuation of the fbre. Of
course, the final valuation and decision depend on
London.” We bope shortly to give some informa:
tion on this subject
788 THE TROPICAL
THE FOOCHOW TEA IMPROVEMENT
COMPANY.
The loochow Echo says:—The news of the winding
up of the Foochow Tea Improvement Company comes
as agreat disappointment to us al]. Any hope that
remained of a possible revival of the trade rested on
the chance of our being able to meet the demand in
London and other markets for machine-made tras,
and now that has to be abandoned we are left with
the gloomiest of prospects. The wish being father to
the thought there are those who argue that the end is
not yet, that there is nothing more certain to happen
than the unexpected, that we need not despair. Who
knows, they ask, that Indian and Ceylon will be able
to meet the rapidly-increasing consumption of tea all
over the world? Are there not such things as drought
and blight, without referring to the arbitrary Indian
exchange? Will not the Chinese see soon how greatly
it would be to their advantage asan economic measure,
to do awuy with, or at any rate lessen, the heavy duty,
likin and squeezes which have been killing the trade ?
These thoughts will be read by most of us as the
dreams of despair. Nothing remains but to make the
best of what is still left us and await the course of
events ; but in the meantime our thanks are due to
the Tea Improvement Company for the time and
money they have expended in their endeavonr to
revive our languishing trade.
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~ ELECTRICITY AND AGRICULTURE.
Science as applied to the operations of Agricul-
ture has for many years engaged the attention of
enthusiastic. experimentalists, and in many cases the
results of applied sciences have been little short of
marvellous. ‘he idea of the application of electricity
to growing crops is not by any meansrew, We haye
ourselves achieved good results by using itin connection
with-a crop of potatoes. Whe California Fuit Grower,
writing on the subject, says :—
Perhaps the most extensive and corolusive experi-
ments:on the relation of electricity to plants grow-
ing were those of Dr, Selim Lemstrom, a physicist
in the University of Helsingfors, Finland. He became
convinced that the rapid growth of plants in the short
summers of Finland and Spitzbergen was due to the
highly electrified atmosphere. Laboratory experiments
were so successful that in thesummer of 1885 a field
trial. was made with barley. Part of the field
was covered with parallel wires, about a yaid apart,
which were secured to insulators on low posts at
the margin of the field. At distances of eighteen
or twenty inches each wire was supplied with
metal points, through which a current could dis-
‘charge into the air. The whole was connected with a
Holtz electric machine, and the current was sup-
plied from six to ten o’clock in the morning and
from five to nine o'clock in the evening, from the
middle of June until the first of September, The
barley was well up when the experiment began, and
ati harvest time it was found that the yield of this
portion of the field was thirty-five per cent greater
than the other; also that the quality was corres-
pondingly improved. The following year the experi-
ment was repeated upon a more extensivescale. In
this case garden vegetables were the plants tested,
and white beets, red beets, potatoes, radishes, parsnips,
leeks, celeriac, turnips and rutabagas gave increased
yields ‘in/the order named varying from 1C7 per cent.
to one per cent. On the other hand, carrots and
kohlrabi showed losses of five per cent and cabbages
cereals and potatoes gave per cent. Further experi-
ments with of forty-three results that were considered
vory favourable.
‘At lest one’ instance may be cited in which elec-
tricity has ‘been used commercially. Near Boston
na large grower has pat the electric light to work
in forcing lettnce so that again of at least two weeks
on three crops is secured. ‘Two lamps are hung above
the, house, and theiz effect is apparent for at least
100 feet... |
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AGRICULTURIST. (May 4, 16
COOPER, COOPER, AND JOHNSON, LTD.
A PROMISING INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT:
THEIR CEYLON ESTATES.
The sharp rise which has recently taken place in the
price of common teas, and the improvement in the
general outlook of the trade, have caused considerable
attention to be paid by investors to the shares in
companies owning estates in Ceylon and India, The
ordinary and preference shares in the above-named
company seem to us to be unduly depressed and well
deserving the attention of investors, combining, as
the company does, two essevtial factors, viz.. pro-
ducing and distributing businesses. The company
was formed to take over the old-established and well-
known businesses of Messrs. Cooper, Cooper, and
Company, Limited, and the Manchester and London
businesses of Messrs. Johnson, Dodds, and Company,
the profits of the latter bkeing guaranteed by the
vendors ata minimum rate of £5,000 per aunam for
three years. In addition to these businesses, the
company took over as going concerns the well-known
estates of the Ceylon and Oriental Estates Company,
Limited, and the Pallikellie Ceylon Estates Company,
Limited, and numerous tea and cocoa estates owned
by private owners. The board is composed of sound
business men, and we are officially informed that
Mr. E. H. Hancock, one of the directors, is now in
Ceylon iuspecting and supervising the management
of thecompany’s estates. I'he important rise that has
occurred in the price of common teas, and which is
now affecting teas of a higher range of value, must
necessarily have an important bearing on the earning
capacity of the company, having regard to their
valuable tea and cocoa estates in Ceylon. The special
settlement in the compeny’s shares end debentures
has been fixed for April 6, and an official quotation
will be applied for in dune course. We look for a
considerable increase in the price of the shares from
the present unreasonably depressed level, which is
lis to 163 for the £1 fully-paid ordinary, and 18s to
19s for the £1 fully-paid six per cent preference, the
five per cent. first mortgage debenture stock being
at the same time quoted about 95. The company
have paid the interim interest to December 31 last
on the preference and debenture capitals. The
estates of this company in Ceylon are both important
and extensive. They comprise 19,670 acres, of which
6,860 acres are already in cultivation in tea, 3,543 in
cocoa, and 177 in coffee.—Sunday Times, March 26.
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TEA GOSSIP.
The most important feature of late in the tea world
is the issue of Mr. Blechynden’s report on the Indian
Tea Propaganda in America. On the whole it cannot
. be doubted that the movement isin first-class hands
there, and the only point to be deplored is the want
of push behind the American explorers.
We have waited until the conclusion of Mr. Apjohn’s
experiments in tea bulking locally to note our opinion.
We call them ‘‘ experiments’ advisedly, for it
patent from the first that the machine would not
completely or nearly effect the desired object. The
machine as it stands does not effect the object pro-
posed because of the absence of any arrangement for
thoroughly incorporating the teas during their pas-
sage through the funnel. How to do this without
cutting the leaf is the problem and a pretty stiff one;
and when this isovercome the question remains how
the tea is to be exposed to the humid air of Calcutta
without taking injury. Special dry chambers will
certainly have to be devised to get over the latter
difficulty.
With regard to the question of uniformity of tea
supply we attribute the great success of packet teas
everywhere tothis feature. Undoubtedly the great
advertising firms deserve their success to their care
in ensuing uniformity.
Most districts are reporting prospects of @ prose
perous year to come. We fear that in most instances
vhe prospects haye only in regard the actual quantity — :
May 1, 1899. ]
to be manufactured irrespective of quality or price to
be obtained.
Capital has been going for the Rhont Tea Co., now
in liquidation,in its own lovable style. We do not
know if any good is toke done by the ‘‘ screamer”
style of writing against a company which is admittedly
down and is now trying only to pull a few rupees out
of the wreck forits shareholders by the sale of its
property; but at the same time we do not commit
ourselves tosaying that the object of the paragraph
was to do good toanyone. The garden will ke sold
to the highest bidder by Messrs. Mackenzie Lyall &
Co., on the 16th instant. The total grant is 4,830 acres
of which 1,470 is under tea. Estimate for ensuing
season 6,000 maunds,
We may here note an attempt that is to be made by
Mr. Russell Pymm, brother of the well-known book-
maker, to push Darjeeling teas as such in London.—
Indian Sportsman, April 8.
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PRODUCE AND PLANTING.
Tra AND CoFFER IN AmEeRICcA.—Although the people
of the United States are not large consumers of tea,
the representatives of the Indian and Ceylon tea-
planters have yet considerable scope for activity, for
China last year supplied 44-4 per cent. of the total
imports of tea into the United States. Perhaps when
the art of judicious blending with China is thoroughly
understood, and the advantages from the point of
view of purity which Indian and Ceylon tea possess,
as compared with China, make a deeper impress upon
public opinion, business will develop more rapidly.
The Americans are, on the whole, coffee drinkers, and
the consumption of coffee was never larger than at
preeen although less than 4.4 per cent. comes from
ndia and Ceylon. The United States Government’s
official record of Imports for the calendar year 1898
show gross imports of 804,250,988 lb.; exports, 23,231,141
lb.; leaving net imports of 781,019,847 1b., against
787,561,585 lb, in 1897,621,429,6641b. in 1896. This
shows an average annual net import for three
years, which practically represents consumption, of
720,003,632 lb., or over ten pounds perecapita. Of the
total imports of coffee 75.6 per cent came from Brazil,
20 per cent. from the West Indies and other South
American countries (except Brazil).
Tux “ Maoniricent Tua Inpustry.’’—This pamphlet
while attacking the policy of the Indian Government,
pats the Indian tea planter on the back. Itsays: It
would be fax better for the Indian Government to
spend part of its present surplus in teaching its sub-
jects how to grow an improved stock of sugar
cane and how to extract and manufacture the sugar by
scientific methods. It is by means of scientific cultiva-
tion and scientific manufacture that the magnificent
tea industry of India has been built up, and by the
same means India could quickly crvase a sugar indus-
try that no other country could rival. Instead of
helping in the development of sueh an_ industry
Lord George Hamilton proposes to throw India back
upon methods of sugar production that were already
ancient when the Honourable East India Company
first received its charter from Queen Elizabeth.”
PuLANTING Prospects In New Guinva.—At a meeting
of the Royal Colonial Institute, held on Tuesday night
at the Hotel Metropole, Sir H. W. Norman presiding,
& paper was read by Sir W. Mecgregor (late Lieut.-
Governor of British New Guinea) on the prospects of
the Colony. Sir William said that peace and tran-
quillity had been established over large areas of the
country, and that some of these extensive stretches
of land could be utilised for industrial purposes. As
regarded cultivation, perhaps the most promising un-
dertaking would be the development of rubber-producing
trees and vines. There are several trees and plants
indigenous to the country that produced a high-class
article in this line, The area of land that could be
utilised for this purpose was extensive. The land sui-
table for growing sugar cane was not likely to be turned
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though the sugar cane ina great many varieties was
indigenous to the country. There were numerous hills
and mountain slopes suitable for the production of tea,
coffee, and articles of that kind. With a rainfall of
about 37 in. in the central district to 120 in. insome
others; and with altitudes from sea level to 13,000 ft.;
and with almost all sorts of soil, it was manifest that
in a colony lying between five and eleven degrees south
of the equator a very great variety of articles could be
grown. Land had been offered at cheap rates, but
with small results—H. and C. Mail, March 30.
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CEYLON TEA ON THE CONTINENT: MR.
RoGivur’s Work.—A letter of the highest
interest to the planting community written by
Mr. Bremer, and forwarded to us by Mr. Philip,
has reached us and will be found on another
page. It deseribes the widely spreading work
of Mr. Rogivue in Switzerland in making
known the excellencies of Ceylon tea to the
intelligent Swiss. Glasgow companies are not
wont to do things by halves, and the account given
of how Mr. Rogivue distributes circulars and
sample packets and is enabled to advertise with-
out stint, and of the numerous fresh orders that
reach him every day (eg. through someone
having tasted his teas at a friend’s house), carry
their own lesson with them. Some time ago we
recommended that an illustrated pamphlet, with
a sample packet of tea, if freely distributed,
would greatly further the increase of tea sales
in Germany. Circulars, (no doubt illustrated)
and sample packets are the method pursued with
marked success by Mr. Rogivue, and the letter
from Mr. Bremer, from the shores of Lake
Geneva, tells us that Messrs. Jas. Finlay & Co.,
the Glasgow agents of his Company, are
anxious he should similarly establish agencies in
Germany. ‘The greater portion of the strongly
commercial race of Switzers are of German origin
and speak the German tongue, and if the methods
of Mr. Rogivue have proved so vastly successful
amongst these citizens of the Swiss republic there
is every reason why the same success should
be won for our teas throughout the German
Empire. The ‘Thirty Committee,” in the
fuller light that has been throwa upon the
harvest-bearing work aecomplished by Mr.
Rogivue, should henceforth deal out with no
lavish hand the monetary aid necessary for
pushing our island teas in the land of the
Teuton with all skill, thoroughness, and despatch.
Mr. Kogivue has even gone so far as tosupply
neat little tea-pots to the Russian consumers,
ank we have no doubt that the same course
would prove a great ‘‘ draw” in Germany where
crockery of a tasteful, if curious, sorp meets
with high appreciation. The main point to be
pressed upon the Thirty Committee is that
small doles, poured out trickle by trickle, will ac-
complish ess than half what the same suns’ dealt
out in a lump, liberally and without delay, would
perform in a rapid and immediate campaign.
There is, in our opinion, no country in Europe
so ready for our teas, or where their popular:
isation could proceed with such rapidity, as
hitherto half-neglected Germany. If a reduction
in other markets is necessary for the develop-
ment of this most promising one, it ought, it is
pretty generally agreed, to be made in the
American States, though not in Canada. But
whether such curtailment is desired or not, in
all respects the Teutonic people should have more
Money spent upon them in the generous promul-
gation of ene most beneficent gospel from this
sland ;—~‘' Drink Ceylon tea {”
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THE VOGAN CO. AND PLUMBAGO MINING.
DRAFT AGREEMENT
referred to ;—
Colombo, 24th March, 1899.
Heads of Agreement provisionally arranged between
Mr. W. Kingsbury for the Vogan Tea Company of
Ceylon, Ltd., and Messrs, Peto for the Morgan Crucible
Company, Ltd.
1. The Vogan Tea Company of Ceylon, Ltd., to
grant to the Morgan Crucible Company, Ltd., the sole
right to seek for and mine Plumbago for a period coter-
minous with their own leases or for 21 years if they
own the freehold on all lands held or owned by them
in Ceylon containing or believed to contain Plumbago
or necessary for access thereto.
2. The Morgan Crucible Company, Ltd. to pay the
Vogan Tea Company of Ceylon, Ltd., for land required
for spoil heaps, dressing floors, cooly lines or other
purposes connected with the raising of, or rendering
marketable any Plumbago from their estates at the
following rates per acre or part of an acre—at a rate
per acre :—
- For land under cultivation . R900 per acre.
For land suitabie for cultivation .. R200 per acre,
such land to revert to the Vogan Tea Company of
Ceylon, Litd., at the termination of the Mining Lease
or renewed lease, and to pay an annual rent for
Jand not suitable for cultivation at the rate of Re.1
per acre.
8.—a..The Morgan Crucible Company, Limited,
to refund to the Yogan Tea Company, Limited, the
net amount they are out of pocket at this date in
respect of their plumbago mining.
b.—The Morgan Crucible Company, Limited, to pay
to the Vogan Tea Company of Ceylon, Limited, a
Royalty per ton half yearly on the actual ont-turn
of cleaned plumbago, lump, chip, and dust, on the
values of same determined by Messrs. Ailken Spence
& Co., at the following rates :—
24 per cent on the value below R200 per ton.
5 per cent on the value from R200 and below R300
per ton.
. 7% per cent on the value from R300 and below R500
per ton.
10 per cent on the value from R500 and above.
4.—The Morgan Crucible Company, Limited, to
have the right of determining this agreement and
any leases under it, and of removing all plant and
machinery and buildings and ail mine timbering, on
giving three months notice in writing.
5.—The Morgan Crucible Company, Limited, to have
the right of renewing this agreement for a further
period of 21 years from its expiration on the same
terms, on giving three months’ notice.
6. The Morgan Crucible Company, Ltd. to haye
the right toassign this Agreement and all Jeases under
it at will—but in the event of the Vogan Tea
Company of Ceylon, Litd., not approving of the
Assignee, the Morgan Crucible Company, Ltd, to
be responsible for the performance of the covenants of
the Agreement.
.7., The Morgan Crucible Company, Ltd., are not
bound to continue working continuously, but in the
event of their ceasing to mine for any period they
to leave all pit-shafts, etc. securely fenced in.
8. The Morgan Crucible Company, Ltd., are to keep
accounts showing, and furnish the Vogan ‘Tea
Company of Ceylon, Itd., with particulars of the
tonnage raised. .
9. If the Royalty remains unpaid and is in arrear
for six months, then the lessors have the right of re-
entry and re-possession of the Mine.
10. At the expiration of the lease or renewed lease
the Morgan Crucible Company, Litd., are to leave all
pits, shafts, etc,, securely fenced.
“11. The Morgan Orucible Company, Ltd., are not
at liberty to sink any shaft within 300 feet of the
Vogan Tea Company of Ceylon, Ltd, as Factory or
Bungalows, ty sé
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12. The Morgan Crucible Co., Ld., are to contribute
towards the upkeep of estate roads in proportion
to the damage done by their traflic.
13.—The Morgan Crucible Company, Limited, to
have the right to purchase from the Vogan Tea Com-
pany of Ceylon, Limited, and the Vogan Tea Com-
pany of Ceylon, Limited, to agree to sell to the
forgan Cracible Company, Limited, any timber they
may require for mining, or purposes connected there-
with, at the same price as the Vogean Tea Company
of Ceylon, Limited, can obtain for sale of similar
timber to other people in the neighbourhood.
14.—The Morgan Crucible Company, Limited, to
have the right to divert any surface water with the
object of preventing its damaging their works.
To appropriate and use for any purpose any water
not now required by the Vogan Yea Company of
Ceylon, Limited, subject to usual Ceylon riparian
rights.
To construct any culvertyrequired for the discharge
of waste water, or to use any culvert constructed by
the Vogan Tea Company of Ceylon, Limited, for this
purpose.
But the Morgan Orucible Company, Limited, are
liable for any damage done to any culvert or other-
wise by the discharge of waste water or for any
damage proved to be done to other parties by ithe
diversion or consumption of water by them.
15.—If any other minerals are foand, Royalty to
be paid by the Morgan Crucible Company, Limited,
who are to have the eole right to work them, in
accordance with the scale provided in the Mining
Rules of the Madras Presidency.
16.—Usual arbitration clause.
CHAIRMAN’S SPEECH,
The chairman said that when the directors asked
the permission of the shareholders to spend R5,000
in prospecting for plumbago they did so because
they had private information that the miping of
this mineral in Ceylon was attracting the atten-
tion of European Capitalists. h5,0C0 was not a
very large sum for a company like theirs to run
the risk of losing, and as they had proved that
nlumbago did exist on Iddagoda, he thought they
be enhanced the value of their property at a
very low cost. He mentioned this because some
of the shareholders seemed to think that the pro-
posal of the directors to spend this money was a
speculative. He thought, however, the directors
had very good grounds for hoping to be able to lease
their mining rights, and they had much more
chance of doing so if they went in for a certain
amount of prospecting on their own account, so
advertising themselves rather than Jet ‘others
approach them. On the 12th February they had
an interview with Messrs. Peto of the Morgan
Crucible Co., who made the following offer sub-
ject to certain contingencies which he need not
refer to there :—
The Tea Co. to grant us the right to seekfor andmine
plumbago for a period coterminous with their own
lease or for 21 years if they own the freehold of ali lands
held or owned by them in Ceylon containing or
believed to contain plumbago or necessary for access
thereto.
(2) We to pay an annual rent for land requixed
for dressing floors or other purposes connected with
the raising of, or rendering marketable, any plum-
bago from their estates at_the following rates per
acre or part of an acre. For land under cultivation
R—for land suitable for cultivation R,—and for
land unsnitable for cultivation R1 plus actual
damage to growing crops. Timberat valuation. We
to purchase any land required for spoil at the fol-
lowing. rates—under cultivation R—and not suitable
for cultivation R—. ;
(3) On signing the agreement we will either (a)
refund the Tea Company the net amount they are
out of pocket to date in respect of expenditure on
plumbago mining and pay thema royalty of Roper
May 1, 1899.]
ton on all plumbago we raise when cleaned, or (b)
we pay a royalty of R20 per ton on the plumbago
we raise when cleaned. We to have the right te
determine this agreement and any leases under it,
and to remove all plant and machinery whether
fixed or not on giving three months’ notice in
writing. In the event of their electing (a) we also
to have the right to remove any shaft timbering.
(4). The usual arbitration clause.
This letter was left in abeyance till the 22nd
March when Mr. Peto wrote a letter to him
saying that they would make their conditional
offer absolute. On receipt of that letter he went
and interviewed Mr. Peto and told him that they
did not think the amount of the royalty offered
was high enough and afterwards the firm wrote
making another offer which was embodied in
clause 3 of the draft agreement (which had been
sent to the shareholders) which was more favour-
able to the Company. The other terms would be
on the basis of the original draft proposa! of }2th
February. Now although the directors did not
approve of all the conditions of this draft agree-
ment they agreed to bring them before the share-
holders who could decide for themselves whether to
aecept them or not. The clauses that he more
particularly objected to included clause 5.
The original proposal was that the lease
should be one of 21 years but there was
no mention then that the Crucible Company
should have the option of renewal, He certainly
thought that a lease of practically 42 years was
much too long. Then as regarded No. 7 he was
of opinion that if the lessees did not mine, say for
six or twelve months they should be bound to
cancel the lease because the Company would not
be getting any royalty and the fact of their
having leased their mining rights might prejudice
any chance they might have of selling this estates
if they wished to doso. He also suggested that
the proposed concession should be limited to the
Kalutara property. If they were to mine on the
Dikoya estates the Company would have a good
deal of difficulty in working economically because
the properties were so small, being only about 80
and 140 acres respectively. This they would not
agreed at all; they said they preferred to have the
whole thing. Well the matter really resolved
itself into this—were they willing to write off the
amount spent which came to K4,748-27 and reject
the offer made on the chance of getting better
terms elsewhere, or would they lease their min-
ing rights, getting the money they were out of
poeket and any royalty that might accrue, Per-
sonally he as a shareholder was against leasing
their rights on these terms. As a director he
should like to see every shareholder satisfied.
There was a great many shareholders who at
the beginning were against spending this money
and if there was any way they could get back
the money it would be satisfactory.
Mr. ALDERSON asked what was the value per
ton up to date,
The CHAIRMAN said it had gone up as they
sank the pit. The first two tons realised 209.31,
which was about R104 aton, the second two tons
realised R322, which was about R160 a ton, and
then they sold just over five tons for K1,282, which
was about R260 a ton.
Mr, ALDERSON asked what was the average.
The CHAIRMAN replied that it was about
R213 and explained that the value had gone up
the further down they got the pit, which was
now about 91ft., The last must have been very
good stulf.
Mr, ALDERSON thought the offer that had been
made extremely low.
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791
The CHAIRMAN said that was what they wanted
to get the opinion of the shareholders about. He
got the best terms he could and he felt’ bound
to bring the matter before the shareholders, for
those who made the offer said— Are you going
to work this mine or are you going to entertain on
proposal? If you are not going to entertain our
proposal tell us at once.
Mr. WALTHEW:—You have proved you have
got a plumbago-bearing property and improved
the value of it.
Mr, ALDERSON:—I think an offer has been
made by some native or other.
The CHAIRMAN :—That was a long time ago.
Mr. ALDERSON :—Any native would give one-
eighth and R10 royalty.
; The CHAIRMAN :—Personally I am against leas-
ing to natives, because [ do not believe that we
would get what they would promise.
a Mr, ALDERSON :—A check could be put upon
rem.
The CHAIRMAN said they went burrowing all over
the place and of course they would not pay the
money back.
Mr. ALDERSON said that if they granted a lease
for 21 years at the rates offered they would be sim-
ply throwing.away the property. The terms sug-
gested tied them down fearfully.
Mr. F, W. Bots thought it would bea vast mis-
take if they leased the property onthe terms of
fered. It they analysed them ‘the terms were not
very much afcer all. Vlumbago was either there
or it was not there. If it was there he thought
they should feel very toolish if on such low
terms, they gave up all the rights of mining plum-
bago that they now held. If it was not there
they only recovered the R5,000, which he thought
had been well spent, but in return for that
R5,000 they gave a lease for 42 years and the
right of going all over their property sinking
shafts and doing other damage for what he did
nob consider adequate payment. The condition
about supplying timber might also hamper
them very much and altogether he thought
this was a purely one-sided bargain. He was
not here when the resolution was passed to
allow the Directors to spend this R5,000, but
had he been he should have entirely approved
of it. He thonght the money had been very
well spent. They now knew that plumbago
was there and probably to a large extent.
He would not advoeate that the Company
should spend more money but there was no
reason to believe that they would lcse any-
thing by holding off. In all probability ex-
periments with a proper system of mining
would be made in Ceylon, and they could
very reasonably write off this 5,000 which
Was very little seeing that they had
ascertained that they had plumbago on
on their property, and wait to see what was ac-
complished, and they could take advantage of
anything that might accrue. *
Mr. ALDER-ON approved of all that Mr. Bois
had said and he should like to see the meetin
follow his advice and allow the matter to stan
over. He knew the district well and they had
a valuable property there and it would ‘be a
great mistake to give the concession on the terms
proposed,
Mr. Bots said he would propose that the pro-
posed agreement be not accepted.
Mr. JULIUS said, before they
actual yote, he thought there was a misappre-
hension with regard to that matter. A great
many proxies had come down with ro instrug.
got to the
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tions as to low they were to be used. The im-
pression seemed to be among the outside publie
that the draft was approved and had only to be
brought forward by the Directors to be passed.
That was not so at all. That meeting was sim-
ply to take the sense of the shareholders on the
matter. If they came to voting then the Direc-
tors would be in a rather awkward position in
holding proxies without knowing how they were
to be used. As a Director he would say that
he did not approve of that agreement as iv
stood, and besides the points that their attention
had been called to there were various other
matters, as the limiting of amount of land and the
number of shafts to be put in. Then there was
nothing there as to the damage done to the
surface by mining. They said the shaft should
not be within a certain distance of their buildings,
but there was nothing to prevent the purchas-
ing Company from tunneling under their build-
ings if they wished to, and that would have
to be dealt with. A shareholder spoke to him
about some other small matters with regard to
that, and if the question was then to be whether
the agreement was to be or not to be
signed, he thought that it would be well to
postpone the meeting, and get direat instructions
from the shareholders as to what they wished
to do. There were only a few shareholders pre-
sent, but a large number of proxies, which if
used could swamp the meeting in either direc-
tion. As for himself he was quite prepared to
agree with the shareholders that the agreement
should not be accepted. A
Mr. Bois thought if there was any feeling
that the matter should not be decided at once,
it might be better to adjourn the meeting and
reconsider the question.
The CHAIRMAN explained that he would not
know what to do with a number of the proxies
if it came to a vote. As far as he was con-
cerned he would vote against accepting the offer,
but preferred not to have the onus of the proxies
on his shareholders. :
Mr. W E MITCHELL enquired if the agreement
was subject to revision or would it have to
stand if they accepted it asit was. He thought
there were a lot of clauses that required to be
looked into, one being how the value of the
plumbago should be determined.
The CHAIRMAN said the qaestion was whether
the shareholders were in favour of leasing their
rights upon certain terms or whether they were
not. He would not think of accepting the offer
as it was. Those, however, were the best
terms they could get, and they as Directors
were bound to bring them before the meeting.
Various things were discussed that the Directors
did not approve of, but the Company
making the offer insisted upon them. They
might refuse the whole thing, but if they
wished to lease it, they could authorise the
Directors if they liked to enter into communica-
tion with the lessees and lease their mining
rights on that basis with any modifications they
might think necessary, or else they could reject
yhole thing.
aE AIOaRAGN :—I think we ought to defer
the whole thing, and put this offer aside and
wait. There are sure to be some better offers
i re.
tthe: OF ATRMAN remarked that he had in quite
a private way been asked by a friend in
London upon what terms the Vogan Company
would lease their mining rights, but he did not
wish to raise people's hopes by stating that.
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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
(May 1, 1899,
Mr. ALDERSON said they ought to be able to
raise their own hopes aad get much better terms
for their rights.
Mr. Bots mentioned, although he did not
wish to compare gold mines in any way with
plumbago mines, that in South Africa gold mines
and land were sold for a mere song, and after-
wards turned out most valuable mines, and he
believed that might be the case with p'umbago.
Mrs. Obeyesekere was working a mine which her
husband worked from 29 to 25 years ago.
Mr. ALDERSON pointed out that the Kalutara
district was full of plumbago, and mines were
being opened up all over the place, and getting
good returns from them.
Mr. Bois:—We should be very foolish if we
give up our rights for the sake of recovering a
few thousand rupees.
Mr. ALDERSON fully endorsed these remarks.
Mr. Bois then proposed the following resolu-
tion :—‘‘ That this meeting be adjourned for a
period of six months, and that the Directors
then lay before the shareholders any offer they
may have received in the meantime for the leasin
or working of plumbago.” Mr. Bois adde
that that resolution was a practical rejection
of the agreement, and was simply to bring the
matter again before a general meeting for them
to decide.
Mr. ALDERSON: remarked that it was a very
slow matter to get tenders for a lease of that
description.
Mr. Bots ; It only means that if we get anything
at the end of six months we can bring it up again,
Mr. ALDERSON: Why not have an indelinite
period ?
Mr. Bots: Said the shareholders wonld like a
certain time. He would ratner postpone it
for an indefinite time unless they received a good
offer.
Mr. ALDERSON: There is
valuable property there.
Mr; W. E. MITCHELL: thought they were re-
jecting that offer too hurriedly. It was not such
a bad offer after ali. R25 per ton of the plum-
bago taken cut he did not think was so bad.
The CHAIRMAN : Upon what basis are you tak-
ing plumbago ?
Mr. W. E. MITCHELL : R250 per ton,
Mr. WOODMAN : thought they ought to reckon
on getting R300 per ton average as they were
no doubt there is
now well below the surface. He thonght
that a very good offer and a _ very fair
return. No native would take over the mine
because it was flooded, and if they refused the
offer they might be passing over what would not
be repeated. He admitted there were one or
two weak points in the agreement, but at the
same time it was not at all bad, and they secured
themselves for the money that had been expended.
Mr. ALDERSON : This the first offer made? -
Mr. WooDMAN :—Yes.
Mr. ALDERSON : —Then there is no hurry.
Mr. WoopMAN :—They are trying to hurry us.
Mr. W. E. MITCHELL :—It is very good if we
can get a modification of some of the terms; if
not, we ought to refuse the offer.
Mr. ALDERSON :—I entirely disagree to the
whole thing.
Mr. Bois expressed the opinion that too much
importance was attached to the offer. The people
to whom they gave the concession would probably
do nothing at all. He thought they would get
the concession and then put it up for sale in the
London Market, and get a good price tor what
they obtained fora mere song. Then a company
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would probably be floated and which would go
all over the estates they had concessions over,
and cut them up in alldirections to ascertain if
there was plumbago in paying quantities. That
was what would happen to their estates for
the simple return of R5,000. If they found no
plumbago they would have their estates cut
about and get no royalty at all; if it did pay
it meant that plumbago existed in such paying
quantity that the returns to the Vogan Company
would be totally inadequate.
Mr. ALDERSON agreed.
Mr, W. E. MitcHELL :—Do the Directors think
there is any chance of having the agreement
modified ?
The CHAIRMAN said he tried to alter the con-
ditions, but they absolutely refused to do so,
They certainly refused to bind themselves to work
the thing at all, and would not agree to a 21 years’
lease, as they said they would have to stop
working after 16 years. Their reply to his
(the Chairman’s) arguments was that it was
usual in mining concesssions, and therefore they
preferred to have it. The conditions might be
modified. (To Mr. Mitchell) Do you propose an
amendment ?
Mr. W. E. MircuELti.:—No, I do not propose
any amendment,
Mr. JULIUS suggested that the Crucible Com-
pany would be written to pointing out one
or. two reasons why their offer could not be
accepted as it stood, and that they could renew
their offer after being modified.
Mr. W. E. MircHety :—I don’t think I should
drop all negotiations.
Mr. JULIUS said unless certain modifications
were made he thought the offer should be declined.
Thedamage done to the surface by mining should
be provided for, and also that there should
be no renewal of the lease after twenty-one
years, and in the event of their not using the
mine for a period—say for six or twelve months
—to forefeit their rights, and also to send to
them prices realised and details of the tonnage
raised, Then in clause 14, in the second para-
graph, it issaid ‘‘To appropriate and use for any
purpose any water not now required by Vogan
Company,” and the word ‘‘ now ” must came out.
Mr. ALDERSON also suggested some _alter-
ations in the 13th and 5th clauses wtth regard
to the sale and purchase of timber and the
rights of the lessees to renew the agreements after
21 years. i
Mr. JULIUS considered that there should be no
renewal after 21 years, as that was much too
long even if they took the agreement into con-
sideration.
Mr. ALDERSON observed that plumbago wasa
very fluctuating product, and there was a chance
of its becoming more valuable in future than it
was at present,
The CHAIRMAN said if no one had any amend-
ment, he would put Mr. Bois’ proposition to the
meeting. After reading the motion again.
Mr. ALDESON asked : —-That does not bind us
to anything, does it ?
Mr. JULIUS :—No.
Mr. ALDERSON :—Then I shall be glad to
second it.
The resolution was carried nem con. Con-
siderable further discussion, however, ensved on
the subject, those present conversing in little
groups,
Mr. ALDERSON enquired
if they thoubgt it
would pay for the Vogan
99
Company to work
THE TROPICAL, AGRICULTURIST. 793
the plumbago in charge of a European with a
knowledge of mining. The cost of water and
timber would be absolutely nothing.
The CHAIRMAN :—Without pumping
nery ?
Mr, ALDERSON :—Natives would take the water
out in no time. How many veins tapped or cut
through have you already ?
The CHAIRMAN :—Five or six.
Mr. ALDERSON :—What size were they ?
The CHAIRMAN :—The last had been started
at two-and-a-half inches and then the springs
came in.
Mr. ALDERSON
well ?
The CHAIRMAN :—The native miners seem
very keen,
Mr, ALDERSON :—What about the quality ?
The CHAIRMAN:—It is not of the very best, but
I have a lump of plumbago in my _ office
weighing 42 lb.—pure plumbago.
Mr. ALDERSON :—That ought to be good enough.
The lump of plumbago referred to by the Chair-
man wasthen brought into the room and came
under the interested inspection of those present,
and after some further discussion of an informal
character the meeting concluded after lasting
nearly an hour.
machi-
:—Does it really promise
Cacao DISEASE IN TRINIDAD.—Mr. Hart
has kindly given us a full answer, it will be
found elsewhere, to the questions we asked
him in view of the criticisms of Mr. Carru-
thers’ report, by a well-known planter, in our
issue of January 2lst. From all he says, and
his words deserve close attention, we gather that
the attack of the disease is periodic, during the
moist season chiefly, and net of so serious a
character as to cause general alarm, if only
judicious measuresare taken. Chief among these
is the burning, burying; or otherwise completely
destroying all infected pods and pods opened for
abstracting beans; for it is in these that the
spores which are responsible for the disease most
readily germinate.
COFFEE PLANTING IN SUMATRA.—-Upon this
subject some interesting (periodical) notes
by W.T.M’K. appear on page 802. It is
ainusing to read the German coffee planter’s
comment on the recent present of Ceylon tea to the
German Emperor. ‘‘ German soldiers ” he says
‘will never drink tea.” Probavly this planter
refers to the tea with which he has perhaps been
acquainteL in Germany, the ordinary decoction
brought to one at the hotels under the name of tea.
This we have tasted, and found it not only weak,
but offensively weak, and offensive as well; we
can well believe that German soldiers would re-
fuse to touchit. But onze the finer article makes
its way in German homes, we are sure this
Tenton colonist will one day need to retract his
words. But, as to coffee ; Serdang seems to be a
veritable paradise for the Liberian coffee grower
as Mr. M’K.’s report will testify. Yet no colony
likes to consider itself really prosperous, as our
correspondent’s’ half-recriminative remarks on
the Ceylon planters outeries will show. It
is also found difficult to obtain cacao seed ;
Ceylon seed is mistrusted, and from __ else-
where it spoils in transport. It is gratifying
to find taat the Northern Railway Agitatien
has been followed with relish beyond the seas,
for here in Ceylon we were thoronghily sick of
it, and feel relieved at its cessation,
794 THE TROPICAL
NUTS AS FOOD IN FRANCE.
Through the centre of France, from the Bay of Bis-
cay to Switzerland, there are large plantations, almost
forests, of chestnut trees. The poor people through
the autumn and winter, often make two meals daily
from chestnuts. The ordinary way of cooking them is
to remove outside shelland blanch them. The blanch-
ing is done by throwing the nuts into boiling water,
and with a briquette rubbing them around the kettle
until the inside skin peels off. The briquette is com-
posed of two square pieces of wood, 24 to 36 inches
long, the angles of which are notched about. one foot
up; they are joined like shears with a rivet. After
the blanching process, a wet cloth is placed in an
earthen pot, which is almost filled with raw chestnuts ;
they are covered with a second wet cloth, and put on
the fire to steam. They are eaten with salt and milk.
Hot steamed chestnuts are carried round the city
streets in baskets or pails; the majority of the work-
ing people, who usually have no fire early in the morn-
_ ing, eat them for their breakfast, with or without milk.
These nuts are often used as a vegetable, and are
exceedingly popular, being found on the tables of the
well-to-do and wealthy. They are seryed not only
boiled, but roasted, steamed, pured, and as dressings
for poultry or meats. Chestnuts are made into bread
by the mountain peasantry, After the nuts have been
blanched they are dried and ground. From this flour
»a sweet, heavy flat cake is made. It resembles the
oaten cakes so popular among Scotch peasants. The
United States commercial agent at Limoges says
that when these nuts are stored they are very apt to
heat and ferment, and great care must be taken to
prevent this: they are placed in cool, airy bins, so
that the air can readily pass through the pile and
‘perfect ventilation be obtained. Ihe walnut tree is
very generally grown all over France, but more es-
pecially in the central and eastern departments. Wal-
nuts, as an article of food, are losing groundin France
because of their scarcity. The trees have beenin great
demand for timber and furniture-making: neverthe-
less there are certain sections of the country in which
these nuts forma regular article of diet. The peas-
ants eat them with bread that has oftentimes been
rubbed with garlic. The hygienic effects are con-
‘sidered good, replacing meat to a large extent. These
nuts are also used to make oil. It is much cheaper,
and similar in taste to that pressed in olives, and is
employed to adulterate the latter. The prisoners in
certain prisons are, says the commercial agent, en-
gaged in cracking walnuts and picking out the kernels,
which are pressed into oil. Almonds are largely ex-
ported from France. The climate of the middle and
southern departments of the country are most favour-
ably adapted to the growth of this frnit. In the
summer, the almond, while the shell and husk are
soft, green and tender, is sold by the dozen or hundred
in the markets, at from one farthing to two pence half-
penny per dozen, according to the condition of the
crop. The meat is white and creamy. As an article
of, food they are not used as extensively as chestnuts
and walnuts. Almond oil is employed for various
purposes. Apricot stones are often ground with al-
monds to adulterate the oil. Confectioners and bakers
consume large quantities of these nuts in making dif-
ferent kinds of cakes andsweetmeats. Hazelnut trees
axe only grown for their fruit, and although they will
flourish in nearly all the departments, the nuts are con-
sidered a luxury, and are always high-prized. Hazel-
nuts are eaten green, like almonds, in the summer,
when they are sold at more reasonable rates. The
exportation from France is unimportant. The pea-
nut so common io the United States, is very rarely
eaten roasted in France, and nearly all that enter the
ports are imported from Spain, Italy and Africa. The
variety is small and uninviting, and very high in price.
The taste for these nuts, asa food, is said to be grow-
ing. Many tons of pea-nuts are imported from the
west coast of Africa, India and the Malayan Archi-
palago, and «resold in Marseilles and other centres.
These are principality bought for the oil which is
extracted from them, Pea-nut oil is used for cooking
" ° u o¥ a
AGRICULTURIST. [May 1, 1899.
purposes, aud as an adulterant and substitute for olive
oi]. Many physicians in different parts of Europe
have been making experiments as to the nutritive
and medicinal qualities of all kinds of nuts, and have
advanced yiews favouring their use as feod, under
certain conditions, for special diseases.. Nuts contain
a special kind of salt, especially adopted for lubrica-
ting and softening the muscles. Some practitioners
claim that elderly people would be benefited by «
more «xtensive nut diet. The only evil to be over-
come is that the nuts should be thoroughly masti-
cated.—Journal of the Society of Arts, Mar. 24.
Gherae a
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SALE OF A COFFEE ESTATE IN THE
WYNAAD.
On Tuesday, May 16th, Messrs. Oakes & Co.,
Limited, will sell by public auction at the
Exchange Hall, Broadway, Madras, Wood-
lands estate, a valuable coffee estate free from _
encumbrance situated at Kulpetta in the
Wynaads, Southern India. OY See
a ee
May 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL
Cotrespondence
C3 io a ESC
TEA-DRINKING IN RUSSIA.
March 28,
Sir,—See that article in the H. & C. Mail
of March 10 about tea-drinking in Russia?
When are you—as the first authority on
Prapical Agriculture as well as Trade Statistics
—going to prick this bladder about the greatest
tea-drinking nation in the world being Russia ?
You must know better than most people
that, if Russia consumed three pounds a
head against seven pounds per head in Aus-
tralia, and nearly six in the United King-
dom, there would not beenough tea grown to
go round. And yet there is not the slight-
est protest on the part of the local or any
other press when we are periodically treated
(eepeally in the pages of the singularly ill-in-
ormed AH. & C. Mail) to this sort of thing :—
‘The Russian drinks enormous quantities of
tea sufficient to frighten any Englishman,” or
“The Russian working man takes 20 tumblers
of tea aday.” Isupposethese mis-statements
are too gigantic to be tackled, and therefore
they are let pass. And the ‘‘Samovar” is
responsible for a good deal of misinforma-
tion one gets about Russian tea drinking. As
a matter of fact the ‘‘ Samovar ” is about as
common in the house of the ordinary
Russian peasant or Monjik, asa claret jug
is in the cottage of a Suffolk farm labourer.
Surely the actual figures can be got and
published as regards consumption per head
in Russia. We all want the Russians to take
our tea, but with the present duty on it, it
is absurd to suppose that the Russian work-
ing man (about the poorest inthe world) can
treat himself to much of it, if any. Very
strange it is with a lot of slack writing
there is about tea. Anything seems good
enough or wrong enough to set down.
For example the London Correspondent
of the local ‘‘ Times” can describe a race—a
cricket match—a garden party, ora play, or
anything that he has not seen and knows
nothing about quite as well as the average
London Reporter. But when he gets on to
Tea, about which he is supposed to really
know a bit, this is the sort of thing he treats
us to (quoting from his letter of March 10,
1899) :—‘*It would have been well if some of
the optimistic writers and others, who are so
ready to hit an article when it is down, to
see the scramble for the lots.”
With the number of Russian buyers now in
Colonibo, it would surely not be difficult to
get some correct information as to what
Classes in Russia drink tea, and how much
they consume. Put your clever “Cyclist”
on to them.—Yours obediently
FARMER.
THE BLENDING OF TEA IN
COLOMBO.
DPaRr Sir,—I have always been under the im-
pression that ‘the blending of tea” was a speci-
ality indulged in only by experts; but now it
wold appear from “ W.F L.”s laboured re-
marks that even I may settle down in Co-
lombo, connect with Labugama and blend
teas for the million.
AGRICULTURIST. 795
It sounds so sweetly simple and remuner-
ative, I have the greatest difficulty in res-
training myself from embarking in it forth-
with.
Reason, however. comes to the rescue and
asks is it true, or is it not, that all big blend-
ers get samples of water from the particular
district they purpose exploiting and blend
accordingly? Is tabugama, the jake and
those delightfully green canals in Colombo
equal to such varying requirements? I trow
not, as any novice knows some teas taste
ever so much nicer when made with certain
water than they do elsewhere and therein
lies the secret of blending.
Is Colombo a suitable place to keep and
expose tea in for any length of time.
Most certainly not, and here is my reason
for saying so. A few mouths ago a small por-
tion of a break of tea got slightly wet on
the way to Colombo, and I consequently
had the whole lot examined and partly re-
fired there and the result was jd per Ib.
less for that lot than for anything for some
time before or afterwards. London report:
‘““These teas have a rather dull smell which
we fear may detract from their value, &c.”
A recent lot which lay in Colombo. for
about a fortnight owing to lack: of freight,
was reported on thus:—‘‘The firing is
fairly satisfactory though they do. not
smell quite as fresh as many teas we have
received from’ this estate and the result is
just 3d perlb. less than for the following lot
sold in the same sale.”
In neither case was the Broker aware of
anything unusual having happened to the
tea; so evidently some folks know the rudi-
ments of their business which is more than
IT can give fW. EF. 1.” credit for.
If Colombo is to become the hub of the
universe in tea, special warehouses will have
~ to be constructed for its manipulation as at.
present I would sooner see my teas bulked
in London than blended in Colombo. and
that is saying a good deal.—Yours faithfully,
OLD FOGIE.
[We have no doubt that if Colombo
were made a free port for -teas, the
construction of special. warehouses or the
alteration of existing stores would | fol-
low. Our correspondent forgets that there
are tea experts already among Colombo
buyers and that a good deal of blending
is already done, no doubt tothe satisfaction
of Australian buyers and consumers and to
the profit of the blenders.—Ep. 7'.A.]
CEYLON TEA IN AMERICA.
THE PACIFIC ROUTE ADVOCATED,
Kandy, April 7.
Str,—Under separate cover I send to your
address an American Newspaper with some
columns in regard to a Mx. Tissera, who, I
think, proceeded to Chicago as one of Sir
John Grinlinton’s staff, which may not have
been seen by you.—l am, sir, yours fathfully,
A. PHILIP
article referred to begins by referring to
the arrival in Seattle (Washington) of ‘‘a quiet
business-like foreigner,” who ‘fit is not improbable
may prove a potent factor iu the unfolding of that
great volume of Transpacific Commerce of which
the world is now beginning concede that Seattle to
The
796 THE TROPICAL
is one of the accredited heirs. This gentleman is
Vincent L Tissera, head of the firm of V L ‘Tis-
sera & Co., one of the largest tea importing houses
of America, The object of his visit here is, in
brief, to see whether the growingtea trade between
Ceylon and India as exporters and the United
States as importers cannot be diverted to the
Pacific instead of the Atlantic Coast. At present
most of the tea sent to America from those coun-
tries goes by way of Liverpool and thence across
the Atlantic to New York or Montreal. There are
other East Indian products which Mr. Tissera thinks
should also reach this country by way ofthe Pacific
Coast, and he is profoundly impressed with the con-
viction that return trade could easily be built up
in American products, especially in the line of
machinery and mechanical products of all kinds.
He is also positive in his conviction that this in-
terchange of trade, if it can be effected will seek
Puget Sound as its natural entrepot, and the Seattle
will inevitably become the centre of it.’ This
pupctically sets forth the news of Mr. Tissera which
occupy about three columns in the contemporary
from which we are quoting, accompanied by a por-
trait of this Ceylonese abroad.
THE SANDALWOOD PLANT.
SEA VIEW ESTATE.
Veyangoda, April 14.
DEAR SiIR,—The Sandalwood (Santalum Album)
plants, planted out at this and Kola Estates 24 years
ago in the open, in red gravel and sand (mixed)
soils are now five to six feethigh. The plants will
not thrive at damp situations; green or dried leaves
of jungle trees answer well as manure. Cowdung
or any other manure is injurious to the tree. When
weeding care should be taken not to disturb the
roots. If the roots were injured the tree perishes.
Plants may be raised in ordinary nurseries with-
ont using any manure or seed and may be planted at
stake in favourable weather. I enclose a few seeds
for your inspection.—Yours faithfully,
J. P. WILLIAM,
[We are obliged to our correspondent for the
seeds sent. ‘ The tree,” says Dr. Trimen, in his
Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon, ‘‘ is a native of
Central Peninsular India, and known in Ceylon
as a cultivated tree only ; it was introduced here
in 1850.”— Ep. 7. A.]
CEYLON TEA ON THE CONTINENT.
MR. ROGIVUE’S WORK.
Kandy, April 14th 1899.
Sir,—I herein enclose extract of a letter
from Mr. Bremer, to Mr. J. P. Ryan in_re-
ference to Mr. Rogivue’s work on the Con-
tinent as likely to be interesting.—Yours
faithfully, A. PHILIP,
Secretary, ‘‘ Thirty Committee.”
. Extract.
Hotel Beau-Rivage, Ouchy, Lauanne.
March 25th, 1899.
You asked me the other day at Milan to let
you know how Rogivue was getting on. He is
now in Switzerland establishing agencies for Jas.
Finlay & Co. and they want him to do the same
in Germany. He sells and advertises Ceylon Tea
chiefly and there can be nodoubt that the con-
version of his business into a Company, with a
man like Sir John Muir as Chairman, has enabled
him to push our teas far more suecessfully than
he was able to do when working on his account.
He now has capital at .his command and money
is not stinted for advertising. His whole time is
taken up in travelling between Moscow, Cons-
tantinople, Switzerland,and London, in all of which
places M. Rogivue’s & Co. have established them-
selves. I enclose some circulars, &c., to show you
what is being done. Thousands of sample packets,
AGRICULTURIST.
[May 1, 1899,
circulars, &¢., aresentout. I had no idea that he
had done so much for Ceylon until we went into
details, and there is no doubt he is deserving of
every support which the Thirty Committee can
give him. Of course he is making a good thing
for himself, but his opportunities for making our
teas known are now so many that the more we
can help him, the more we shall help on our-
selves. I have been travelling about the country
with him, and have seen how he is able to pu
business. His teas are Al, and are so superior
to what the people have been accustomed to get
that every day brings in fresh orders, from ple
who have tasted the tea at some friend's i.
In Russia he has spent a lot of money in sendi
out thousands of elegant little teapots, mark
Ceylon Tea and with directions for inaking, also
thousands of photographic cards, and this yeaa
thousands of very attractive-looking and useful tea
caddies are going out. He is quite enthusiastic
over it. It is most gratifying to find such enthu-
siasm. Rogivue told me that the money he lad
received from the Tea Fund was a mere nothing
compared with what he had spent in advertising.
If he apples for assistance in Switzerland I ho
his application will be granted, as I am sure the
money will be well spent. There are all sorts of
people pushing Tea here, but they are mostly if
not all agents for London blending houses and do
met make such a speciality of Ceylon as Rogivue
does.
CACAY DISEASE.
Sir,—I note the questions asked in your issue
of January 2Ist, 1899. Recent reports from Kew
en specimens sent home by this Department, show
that a species of Peronosporee (so named provi-
sionally) is the origin of a ‘* pod disease” which
appears to be of similar character to that recently
studied by Mr. Carruthers in Ceylon. This fun-
gus was found by me some three days previous
to the receipt of Mr. Carruthers’ report, on. pods
sent up to the Gardens for examination. Far-
ther specimens are to be examined later with
the view of obtaining fnll particulars of the life
- history of the organism.
The disease is readily reproduced by ineocula-
tion on healthy poda,
Planters state that they have observed this
disease for many years past, and that it only be-
comes prominently present during moist seasons.
I have observed that the disease is much more
prevalent in localities where the broken. pods are
allowed to rot upon the ground without being
either covered or buried. I have re-
commended burying, burning, or otherwise
completely destroying all infected pods, and all
fresh pods opened for the abstraction of the beans.
So far I have only observed the disease upon
material which contains living tissue. It however
germinates upon the freshly opened pods which
seon rot and are then taken possession of by sap-
rophytic fungi, which soon destroy all trace of
the parasitic forms, Seve!
It appears, so far as can be ascertained at pre-
sent, to affect all varieties of Theobroma alike ;
but I think that it is likely to affect the weaker
growing varieties far more seriously than the ro-
bust and stronger kinds.
Mr. Massie suggests that the fungus can hardl
exist on the pods alone, but must find for itself
a congenial habitat elsewhere, and a search for any
likely host is strongly reconmmended so that the
power of the enemy may be well understood. -
So far the attack in Trinidad is not considered —
ee *
pices
by planters to be of a serious character, except
perhaps in places where the trees and. general —
cultivation have been much neglected.
J. Ho HART, BLS,
| a a ia ia
pte, en tt
May 1, 1899.]
THE: VOGAN COMPANY AND
PLUMBAGO. MINING,
Colombo, April 1.
Sir,—Referring to the following
made by one ot the’ Vogan sh 10leler
the meeting of that Company! held on
April, viz: :— f
“Too much importance was att od! to the
offer. The people to whom they ¢ the “con-
cession would probably do nothin He
thought they would get the conce phen
put it up for sale in the Lon 12 i
get a good price for what they obtained: for,a
mere song.’
We, as representatives of the Morgan Cru-
cible Co., Ld., in Ceylon (since the Chairman
of the Vogan Co. did not at the 1e see
fit to contradict it) beg to state that the
LLC
remark’ was absolutely and entirely without
fact or foundation.— Yours faithrilly,
p-p. AITKEN, SPENCH-& Co.,
A. S.-BERWICK.
MANURING COCONUTS.
Colombo, Aprild9,
DEAR SiR,—As promised we now beg to en-
close copy. of Mr. Beven’s interim report on
manurine coconuts, carried on Vrank!lands
Estate, Veyangoda.—W e.are, dear sir, yours
faithfully,
FREUDENBERG & CO.
REPORT ON THE APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL MANURES
ON FRANKLANDS ESTATE, VEYANGCDA.
The manures applied for a series of years are cattle
manure and bone meal; sulphate of ammonia, Thomas’
phosphate powder (Bassic Slag) and Kainit were used
side by side with them, so that the fields might be
compared both in appearance and in results.
The two first plots experimented on contain trees
which have been in beaving for several years and
have been regularly manured every other year. Vhe
third and fourth plots contain oily a few trees just
coming into bearing, the resi being too young to
bear, and most of them have had-cattle tied under
thera for the first time; the droppings of two
cattle tied under.each tree for ten days being dug
in 2 or 31b. bone meal. The trees in plots 1 and 2
have cattle manure brought from the roadside ap-
plied to them :—
Puor No. 1.—This plot I divided into four blocks,
viz., A containing 32 trees, B 33 trees, C 22 trees, and D
35 trees. Of these A was manuree with 8 baske
mannuie and 3 1b. bone dust per tree; 2b with 2 lb. Tho-
mas’ Phosphate and 6 th. kainit per tree, C with cattle
manureand bones and D with 4 lb. kainii and 4)b. svl-
hate of ammonia per. tree. ‘Lhe soil in A and
Be is somewhat clayey and in Cand D gravelly. The
general appearance of the trees isinuch the same.
The manures were applied in November and Decem-
ber 1897. since when I have kept 9, record of the num-
ber of nuts plucked in each block.
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D, 122. 96 274 412.572 246 171, 80.1973
The trees are ylucked six times a yenr, the’ first
plucking being in Apri!, the beginning of the financial
year, The disappointing crop in February is, I believe
THE TROPICAL’ AGRICULTURIST. 797
wholly unconvected with the manure, and is due partly
to the season, but chiefly to the unusually heavy crops
of June and August.
_I give below the total amount plucked for the
year ending April, and the crops plucked for the
two previous years, when cattle manure and bone
was applied.
April 1896-97. April 1897-98. April 1893-99:
5,340 5,466 5 525
Considering that it is just over a year since the
manures were applied, four or six months must yet
elapse before I can determine whether the trees
have responded, with regard to their bearing capacity.
No, 2.—Is a block cut up into two (a) gravelly
soil containing 72 trees, manured with 73 lb, castor
cake, 13 1b. Thomas’ Phosphate and 4 Ib. Kainit per tree
in November ’97 (b) light blackish goil containing
75 trees manured with 2 lb. Thomas’ Phosphate
115. sulphate of ammonia and 1 1b. sulphate of potash
also in November 1897. The nuts plucked in each is.
tf (oo) DD oa
Go o& ; PD DP
SEIS: sei otsle es
Alm a) 8°24 "S' auc,
a@ 136 175 280 623 750 315 187 99 2,565 35.6 per tree.
b 356 342 525 900 10°20 483 434 236 4,296 57.2 *
Below I give @ similar comparison as the above, in
Ict No. 1.
April 1896-97 April 1897-98 April 1898-99
4394 5944 5852
abe trees in both the above fields are about 20 years
old.
No, 3.—Consists of 48 trees, coming into bearing
on the slope of a hill of fairly stiff soil. The trees
were mavured in Dec. ’97 with 1 1b. Thomas’ Phosphate
z 1b. Sulphate of ammonia, and1l1b. sulphate of potash.
No separate record was kept of the nuts plucked,
owing to no separate record having been kept before,
only a few cf the trees are in bearing. With regard
to the general appearance of the trees, of which I
made a note at the time of manuring there seems to
bs no difference compared with those immediately
surrounding which were manured with cattle drop-
pings and bones.
No 4.—Is another block of 56 trees, which I marked
ont and to which was applied 2 1b. kainit, 1 1b. Thomas
phosphate and #1b. sulphate of arnmonia in Decem-
ber “97. The soil is a fairly stiff brown. The same
remarks as lmade at No. 3, apply to this.
No. 5.—L[ have also applied 2 lb. kainit with cattle
manure and bones to other fields but can trace no
improvement so far.
Se
Tae Rice TRADE.—Enropean competition
seems to be steadily increasing in the rice trade
and that isin favour of lower prices. AnIndian con.
temporary reports that European merchants have
been the largest buyers of paddy this year in
Akyab; and literally nothing is being exported
to India. ~The Arakan News states that this
time last year there were 25 native crafts in the
port loading with paddy, whereas now there are
oaly 6 European steamers. Paddy has risen very
considerably in consequence. Probably, the time
is nob so far distant when the market. rate of
paddy in most places in Burmah will not: aiffer
vastly fiom the ruling rates in Rangoon. Prices of
paddy nuling lower in) Kangoon than in the dis-
uiets, the ewliivators are holding back their sup-
plies hoping for a vise in the market rate. ‘There
is an unusual absence of shipping from the port,
showing how well ealculated and carefully con-
sidered has been the fixing of tie present rates
and the mancuyres generally of the merchants
and shippers, who, however, cannot put back the
Kurope demand much longer,
798 THE TROPICAL
» PANAWAL TEA COMPANY, LID.
Report of the Directors of the Panawal Tea
Company, Limited, to be presented to the share-
holders at the seventh aunual general meeting
to be held on Tuesday, 11th April 1899, at the
office of the Company, 39, Victoria Street, West-
minster, $.W., at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
The Directors beg to submit the general balance
sheet and profit and loss account fur the year
ending 31st December 1898, duly audited—
The net amount at eredit £ s d £ sa
of profit, and loss ac-
count, including bal-
ance brought forward at
3lst December 1897,
after providing for gene-
ral expenses, Directors
and auditors’ fees
It is POE OnE to pay a
dividend of 4 per cent
on the ordinary shares
for the year ending 81st
December 1898, absorb-
ing
Dividenils on the 7 per
cent cumnlative prefer-
ence shares were paid
for 1898 in full, amount-
ing to
It 4 proposed to add to a
special reserve fund
against loss on cooly
bite des asum of
To set aside in reduction
of capital expenditure
on estates
Leaving a balance to be
‘carried forward to next
season of
680 0 0
371 0 0
250 0 0
500 0 0
2 210
£1,803 2 10 £1,803 ? 10
The Directors are of opinion that the result
of the year’s working may be considered satis-
factory, having in view the further rise in ex-
change, and the very low prices appertaining to
the earlier months of the season. ]
“No alteration in the acreage of the Company's
properties has taken place during the last twelve
months. It may be given as— 5
n
3lst December
‘ last.
Tea in full bearing Exe 577
_ Do. under two years old 13
Total under eultivation ... 590
Jungle .. 3414
9314 Acres
The Visiting Agent inspected these properties
on 25th and 26th January last, and reports that
he found them in capital order. Zits
During the year the whole of the coolie lines
have been pee _with iron, and additional
itherine accommodation,
vr ee of £548 2s 4d. It 1s proposed to write
off £500 of this out of the year’s profits, thus
reducing the cost of the estates on the Com-
pany’s books to £20,2¥8 14s 6d.
Having in view the unsatisfactory state of
labour in the past, the Directors recommend that
the sum of £220 be placed to a special reserve
fund against loss on coolie advances. The pre-
sent state of labour is more satisfactory, there
ete., has been provided’
am)
AGRICULTOURIST. [May 1, 1899,
being a large enough force on the estate for
present requirements.
The average rate of exchange tor the year
was Is 4 l-lfd against Is 3.11-32d in the pre-
vious year.
The crop obtained for 1898 was 293,933 Jb., as
against an estimate of 300,000 (and a yield of
258,309 Ib. in 1897), and realized an average of
631d per |b. against 5-76: per |b. in 1897.
The cost of tea f.o.b. in Colombo was about
23.63 cents per Jb. and laid down in London
482d, after payment of London charges, expenser,
income tax, &c., as against 27 cents and 5:17d
respectively in the previous year.
Mr. John Holgate Batten, the Director retir-
ing by rotation, being eligible, offers hinself for
re-election.
Messrs. Fox, Sissons & Co,, Auditors to the
Company, offer themselves for re-election. —By
order of the Board,
J. HOLGATE BaTTEN, Secretary.
London, 28th March, 1899.
Se
BATTALGALLA ESTATE COMPANY, LTD.
NINTH ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS.
The directors in presenting their report on the
Company’s business for the past year, are glad
to be able to advise an improvement in the
average price obtained for tea during the year,
but the higher working expenses, due te the high
rate of exchange ruling, continue to bea serious
tax upon the industry.
The quantity niannfactured has not differed
much from the previous year, being 222,414 |b.,
ayainst 226,191 1b. in 1897. The average selling
price in Loudon has been 9°13d, against 8-30d in
the previous year, the average selling price’ in
Colombo was 32 cent, against 31 cent in 1897.
London sales amounted to 184,055 1b... realizing
net £6,153 15s 1d, and Colombo sales 37,430 Jb.,
realizing R12,016°10. The compares with 163,670
lb., realizing £4,934 13s 10d, and 60,120 Ib., re-
alizing 118,729°85, sold in 1897 in London and
Colombo respectively.
Exchange has again ruled higher, the average
drawing rate for the year having been 1/4 9-22nds,
against 1/3 15 32nds in 1897.
A further amount of about £1,200 has been
expended on the new Withering House, which is
now completed, and is proving a most. satisfac-
tory addition for conducting the Company’s busi-
ness.
expected.
‘The securities of the Tea Corporation, Limited,
owned by the Company, have been sold, and a
small excess on previous valuation has been
credited to profit and loss account.
An interim dividend of 5 per cent on the shares,
free of income tax was paid in October last, and
after writing off £233 1ls 6d from machinery ac-
count the Directors have £956 17s 4d at credit
of profit and loss account left to deal with,
They propose to pay a further dividend of 5 per
cent, free of income tax, absorbing £750, and to
carry forward £206 17s 4d.
In accordance with the articles of Association,
Mr. Adolf Zimmern retires from the Board by
rotation, and, being eligible, offers himself for
re-election.
The Directors have
again been most ably
seconded by their Superintendent on the estate, -
Mr. G.C. R. Norman, and by their Colombo agents,
Messrs. E. Benham & Co., to whom the best
thanks ot the shareholders are due. ‘
No further outlay on capital account is now -
5 alee
May 1, 1899.1
AUGUSTA TEA ESTATES COMPANY, LTD.
SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
The Directors beg to submit the audited accounts
for the year closing 3lst December, 1898 :—
The accounts show a profit of £172 2s 6d after
paying fixed charges and writing £58 13s off
preliminary expenses account ; out of this amount
the preference dividend for the year has been paid,
amounting to £162 18s, and leaves a small balance
to carry forward of £10 4s 6d.
The quantity of tea manufactured during the
year has been 101,211 1b., of which 91,780 Jb. have
been sold in London at an average price of 671d
per lb., and 9,431 lb, in Colombo, chiefly dust, at
‘an average of 17 cent per lb.
The average rate of exchange has been 1/4
5-16ths, and the average cost of production 26:90
cent, or 44d per 1b. f.o.b. in Colombo.
The outturn from the garden has been less than
estimated by about 9,000 lb., owing to the partial
failure of both monsoons, With favourable
weather this year the Directors expect 110,000 lb.
from the estate, which should give a more satis-
factory return to the Company. Since the com-
mencement of the new year there has been a
substantial rise in the price of conmon and
medium tea, which, if continued, will considerably
increase the profits.
By the articles of Association Mr. H. A. Han-
eock retires by rotation from the Board, and, being
eligible, offers himself for re-election.
Lhe Auditors again offer themselves
election.
C, A. Reiss, T. J. LAWRANCE, Directors.
=
BURNSIDE TEA CO. OF CEYLON.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
To be presented to the shareholders at their
third annual ordinary meeting, to be held at the
office of the Company, 15, Philpot Lane, London,
E.C., on Monday, 10th April 1899, at 2 o’clock p.m,
The Directors beg to submit to the shareholders
the report and accounts of the Company for the
year ending 3lst December 1898.
The past year in Ceylon has not been a zood
one for planters, drought having been experienced
in the first half, and too much rain in the latter,
and although as regards the estates in the Ran-
gala District the rainfall for the year was about
the average, if was not well distributed.
The total crop secured from the four estates
during the year was 356,455lb made tea against
an estimate of 380,009!b, and 1164 maunds of tea
seed and 202lb of cardamoms, against respective
estimates of 150 maunds of the former and 300Ib
of the latte: product.
The estate comprising the Burnside group (Burn-
side, Wattagalla. and Heeloya) are 8,3081b short
estimate, and Midlothian is responsible for the
balance of short fall, viz., 15,237lb, a result due,
in the Superintendent’s opinion, to the very un-
tavourable season experienced.
The average price realized for all the Company’s
tea was 67d per Ib, and the directors have been
disappointed with the comparatively Jow prices
realised for Midlothian tea.
The average rate of exchange was Is 4 15-16d
per rupee as against ls 3 21-32d last year.
Owing to the poor prices realized during the
first half of 1898, coupled with the short fall in
crop, the profit earned on the year’s working after
paying de enture interest, etc., amounts to only
£395 4s 1d which, with £27 9s 7d brought forward
yom last account leaves £422 13s 8d to be now
for re-
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 799
dealt with. ‘lhe directors propose to pay a divi-
dend of 2 per cent for the year (free of income
tax) absorbing £352, leaving £70 13s 8d to be
carried forward to next account.
In accordance with the Articles of Association,
Sir George A Pilkington retires from the Board,
and being eligible offers himself for re-election.
Messrs. Cape and Dalgleish,C.A., also offer them-
selves for re-election as anditors.—By order of the
Board, LYALL, ANDERSON & Co.,
Agents and Secretaries.
EDERAPOLLA TEA COMPANY OF CEYLON,
LIMITED.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
To be presented to the shareholders at their third
ordinary general meeting, to be held at the oftice
of the Company, 16, Philpot Lane, London, E.C.,
on Tuesday, 11th April, 1899, at 2 p.m.
The direetirs bez to submit to the shareholders
the report and accounts of the Company for the
year ending 8lst December, 1898.
The total crop secured from the three estates
was 447,026 Ib made tea against an. estimate of
478,c00 1b being a shortfall of 30,9741b a result
principally due to the unfavourable season ex:
perienced.
The average yield for the three estates was
524 |b per acre, the average price realised 634 per
Jb and the average rate of exchange was 1/4
1/4 against 1/3 37/64 per rupee for the previous
year.
In his report on the estates, dated 28th De-
cember last, the visiting agent speaks very
favourably of the young tea planted as follows :—
872 acres in 1896
se agente hide § IN
CAT a ailanencapeced (i:
and anticipates that during the last six months
of the present year a good deal of leaf will be
secured from the two earlier plantings.
On Ardross, plumbago las been discovered, and
under a working arrangement with a native,
mining is being carried on successfully; so, far
about four tons have been secured, a sample of
which has been very favourably reported on by
a London expert, but at present the output is
being sold locally.
Mr. Bett having occasion to visit Ceylon, has
gone carefully over the Company’s estates, and
his report on their condition and prospects has
given satisfaction to his co-directors, who are also
glad to have from him a strong confirmation of
the favourable opinion expressed by Messrs.
Porter and Smith, with iegard to St. Helen
Estate, and which appeared in last year’s report.
The nett profit for the year amounts to £2,068
4s 4d. which with £13 18s 3d bronght forward
from last account, leaves £2,081 17s 7d to be now
dealt with, and this it is proposed to appro-
priate as follows :—
Amount as above ..,
Dividend of 5 per cent
(free of income tax),
absorbing ... Be
To write off for de.
preciation on build-
£2,081 17 7
ings and machinery 450 0 0
To place to reserve
account (making it
£1,000) «. 300 0 0
2,025
Leaving a balance to carry forward of
00
£56 17 7
800
In accordance with the articles of Association,
Mr. J. . MacMartin retires from the Board,
and being eligible, offers himself for re-election.
Messrs. Cape and Dalgleish, C.A., also oiler
themselves for re-election as Auiitors.
G. W. PAInt, Chairman,
>
KELANI VALLEY, TEA ASSOCIATION,
LIMITED.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
To be presented to the shareholders at their
thirteenth ordinary general meeting, to be bell
at the Office of the Company, ou Morday, 10th
April, 1899, at 12 uncon.
The Directors beg tosubimit to the shareholders
the report and accounts of the Company for the
year ending 31st December, 1898.
During’ the year the £2500 debentures referred
to in the lust’ report, were issned for five years;
£5,400, which matured on the Ist July, were
renewed for a further period of three years, and
of £5,350, which matured on the Ist January
last, £2,000 were renewed for three years and
£3,350 for five years, allat five per cent interest
per annum.
The total crop secured from the four estates
amounted to 578,169 lb. against an estimate of
$51,000 Ib., and 53,854 Ib. “less than the 1897
--erop, a result due almost entirely to climatic
Visiting Agent ve-
causes. The Company’s
ports as follows, under date 28th Decenber
last :—
“Shortage of crop on each of the places is
very disappointing, but it will be Satisfactory
to you to know that it is not from the want of care
on the part of the Superintendents, or from any
shortage of labour, or in fact fron: any cause that
was preventable.”
The average price realized forthe whole crop
was 63 per lb, being the same as last year,
and the average rate of exchange was Is 4-19 64d
against 1s 31-16d for the previous year.
Making the Water course for the New Joint
Factory for Wereagalla and Parusella estates lias
proved more expensive than anticipated, but when
completed and Water Power applied, the saying
effected from its use should compensite for the
cost ; and with accommodation fully sufficient
for every pwpose in the New Factory, and ample
“Water Power, a great improvementis confidently
looked for in the quality of the teas from these
two estates.
On this oceasion the Directors have written 5
per cent off the cost of buildings and machinery
as on Ist January, 1898, and the aniount, £384 4s,
appears in the accounts.
The Company's acreage now ‘stands as fol-
lows :— ;
ee te et gale tee
< a Sa a= =. ee
ge ER go oben sate
ra) oS 2 a es =! P aes
= PY © R
Degalessa 555 54 72 > 319 — 1,000
Dover 702. — Be aa 702
Wereagalla 232 — 10 127. 369
Parusella 210 32 — © 38 275
1,0672 86 9820: 479 9 01,7148
— ——— —————
The net profit for the year, after deducting the
above sum of £384 4s written off for deprecia-
tion, amounts to £1,094 I4s 10d, which with
£184 12s 9d brought forward from last account
Rg 2a ee ae
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
© With
é “e
“ty so
{May > |
leaves, £1,279 Je 7d to be ,now dealt with,
and this it is proposed to appropriate as Tol-
lows
Pee
3,279;.7.7
Amount as above
Dividend of 5 per cent for the
year (vee of Income Tax)
on. £18,766 “we 938 5 0
Leaving «balance: to. -¢earry
forward of £341 2°97
In necordance with the articlesof Association,
Mr. L F Davies: retires from the Board, and,
being eligible, ofiers himself tor re-election.
Mr. J B Laurie, c.A., offers bimeelf. for « re-
election as Audivor.
G. W. Panu, Chairman.
le ee
YATLIYANTOTA CEYLON TEA COMPANY,
L'MITED. F
- Lhe report of the directors for the year ended
December Slst last states that the weather during
1S08 was not generally tavourable, and, in com-
mon With most, estates in Ceylon, the c
secured from the company’s properties fell. short
of expectation formed at the commencement of the
yenr. ‘The plocking area, in full and. partial
Learivg, on all the estates was 2,240 acres, and
‘yom this area the crops amounted to 1,135,794 lb.
In addition, 5,628 lb, tea were made from pur-
eliasel jeaf, giving a total crop, as shown in the
peolit and loss account, of 1,144,422 Ib... Of this
quantity 665,413 lb. were sold im Colombo,
and the balance of 479,009 Jb. was shipped
to Lendo»y;. the net. average. yealised for
the whole being 535d per pound. Ineluding pur-
chased leaf, the average cost f.o.b. (or delivered
to buyers in’ Colombo) 3°62d per pound, on an-
average rate of exchange of ‘Is 4 5-64 per rupee.
Phe fields which came mto bearing in -1898—viz.,
208 aeres—Cid not yield more than sufficient crop
fo meet the ontlay incurred in working them,
and = the profit of the ‘year was practically
obtained from the 3,032‘aecres mn full’ beari
heing little more than! two-thirds of “the cul-
tivated area represented by’ the subscribed capital.
the younger fields steadily approaching
maturity larger crops may confidently he expected.
"Phe coast advances outstanding on December 3Ist
last aniounted to R49,690, as against R78,024 on
same date in the previons year. Of the differ-
‘ence, R24,431 was recovered in cash, and the
balance of 3,903, which proved irrecoverable,
bas been written off to debit of the current year’s
working expediture. The directors consider that
the Ceylon manayement are to be commended for
the appreciablereduetion in the amount of these ad-
vances, notwithstanding the loss referred to, which
latter, however, has been fully covered by profit on
rice issues, amounting during the year to R5,418,
which profit has been deducted from working ex-
penditrre, The net profit for the year amounts
to €7:666. to which has to be added — balance
from 1897 account, £140, together £7,806. Divi-
dends at 6 per cent. per annum on the preference
shares have been paid, leaving now to be dealt
with £5,379. The directors propose a dividend ot
4 per cent., free of income-tax, on the ordinary
capital, writing off cost of properties, including
depreciation for two years (1897 and 1898) of machi-
nery and buildings £1,000, and carrying forward
£779. During the yeara sum of £5,047 was ex-
pended on ihe development of the properties. Sinee
the commencement of the current year an appre- =
-
first planted on Muendeniya
-to the shareholders
MAY 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL
ciable increase has taken place in the market
value of the class of tea produced by this com:
pany, and althongh the advance came too late
to have any marked effect on last year’s results,
it affords good reason for expecting an improved
average price for the current season’s crops, while
the cost of production is unlikely to exceed that
of last year. The directors are also glad to say
that a modification has been made in the agency
charges, to the advantage of the company, and
for which thanks are due to the Colonsbo agents.
The furiher issue of £8,000 in preterence shares
was fully subscribed and paid for during the past
year ; dividends there on have been paid from the
dates when the shares were allotted.—H. & C.
Mail, March 31.
a oe ————
BANDARAPOLA CEYLON COMPANY,
LIMITED.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
To be presented to the shareholders at’ their
siath annual ordinary meeting, to be held at the
Office of the Company, cn Tuesday, 11th April,
at lio’clock a.m.
The Directors have now the pleasure to submit
the accounts and balance
sheet for the year ending 31st December, 1898.
The net profits for the year after payment of
Debenture Interest and all other charges amount —
to £1,488 3 Od, to which has to be added £66
3s 8d brought forward from 1897, giving a total
sum to be now dealt with of £1.554° 6 8
Out of this it is pro-
posel to pay a
Dividend for the
year of 5 per cent
(free of income Tax),
absorbing
And to write off for
depreciation. on
Buildings and Machi-
nery
£1,050 0 0
450 0 0
Leaving a balance to carry
forward of Hs
1,500 0 0
£54 6 8
uring the past season the crops secured
amounted to 395,270 lb. tea, and 195 ewt. 0 qr.
1 tb. cecoa, against 407,250 1b. tea, and 181 ewt.
0 qr. 141b. cocoa in 1897, showing a comparative
decrease of 11,980 lb, on the former product, and
an increase of 13 ewt 3 qr. 15 lb. on the latter.
The average return from all the tea in full
and partial bearing was 540 lb. per acre, the
eld tea on Bandarapola giving 745 1b. and that
772 |b. per acre.
These figures show a falling off from 1897 re-
turns, but on the other hand, the average price
realised for the Company’s tea shows a fractional
advance being 6°155d per Ib. against 6:008d for the
previous year.
In view of the unfavourable season through
which we have passed, thesevere dronghts with
which the Coimpany’s property has had to con-
tend, and the low range of prices which ob-
tained in the Tea Market during the greater
part of 1898, the Directors do not look upon the
results as altogether unsatisfactory, but given
favourable weather, the prospects for current year
are considered promising.
The policy of systematically manuring the Com-
pany’s property is being continued, and during
1898 a total of 168 acres were treated, at a cost
of about £500 which is included in the year’s
expenditure.
100
AGRICULTURIST. 801
A few little lots of land, about 20 acres in all,
have been acquired during the year on favour-
able terms, and the acreage according to latest re-
turns is now as follows
Acres,
Tea in full bearing : 478
Tea in partial bearing... 254
Tea not in bearing 3 bgt 50
Cocoa in fulland partial bearing... 226
Grass ae 12
Total cultivated area 1,020
Reserve, Jungie, &c. 520
Total Estate 1,540
The Board avail themselves of this opportunity
to again express their appreciation of the etticient
manner in waich the Company's property is
managed by Mr. James Anderson.
Since last accounts were issued, debentures at 5
per cent to the extent of £2,500 have been placed
at $ per cent preminm, secured on the un-
called capital of the last issued 500 shares,
and the small amount of premium received, £12
10s, has been added to Reserve Fund, bringing
that accounts up to £1,525. £9,000 Debentures
also matured for payment on Ist January last,
and these have been renewed at 5 per cent
£2,100 for a period of three years and £6,900 for
five years.
In eceordance with the articles of Association
Mr. Hugh Fraser retires from the Board, and
being eligible, offers himself for re-election,
Mr. John Dalgleish, C.A., also offers himself
for re-election as Auditor.
G. W. PAINE, Chairman.
aoe eee $-_____—
NEW DIMBULA COMPANY.
The following is from the Investors’ Guardian,
of March 25th :—
New DimpuLa ComMpANy, LTD. (61,124).—Re-
gistered March 16th, with capital £100,000, in £1
shares to acquire the business of the New Dimbula
Company, Ltd., (incorporated in 1895), and to carry
on in Ceylon and elsewhere the business of plan-
ters, growers and exporters of tea, coffee, cocoa,
and cinchona. The subseribers are : Shares.
W.S. Bennett, Tower House, Slough, tea planter .. 1
Henry Rrooks, St. Peter’s Chambers, Cornhill, E.C.
merehant us sed
Herbert Brooks, St. Peter’s Chambers, Cornhill, B.C.
merchant Bs yey l
H. T. Brooks,. St, Peter’s Chambers, Cornhill, H.C.
merchant 6 bo
W. Jordan, The Acacias, Loughboro’ Road, Brixton,
merchant a .
A. Crabbe, 52 Gracechurch Street, E.C., merchant 1
E. T. Wise, Hillgrove, Altyre Road, Croydon, clk .. 1
The numbers of directors is not to be less than
three nor morethan seven; the firstare the directors
of the old company ; qualification £300 ; remunera-
tion £500 per annual dividend. Registered office,
52 Gracechurch Street, H.C,
ieert het PRS Veen
ALOE FIBRES IN MaAurrr1us,—The market is
firm. We have to record the sales of 160 bales
first quality at R300 per ton of 1000 kilos. NW °
quote nominally : Ist quality R300 to R305 per
ton: 2nd quality R165 to R170 per ton.—Commer-
cial Gazette. bs
CINCHONA BARK.—We hear of 400,000 Ib. of six
per cent cinchona bark being sent off from oue pro-
perty in Southern India. ‘This, at present prices,
should bring a very satisfactory return.
1
EL
802 THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. (May 1, 1899.
RE-EXPORIS OF INDIAN AND
CEYLON TEA.
The table included by Messrs. Gow, Wilson
& Stanton in their last circular is of special
interest. It shows that the total of Indian
teas re-exported from Great Britain has risen
from about 34 million lb. in 1894 to 7,846,500
lb. in 1898; while those of Ceylon’s in same
period have risen from 5,166,620 lb. to
11,523,186 lb. Germany is our best customer ;
but it is supposed that the bulk of 3,577,526
lb. of Ceylon tea sent thither, passed through
to Russia, a country which also took direct no
less than 1,605,701 lb. We suspect, too, that a
ood deal should be credited to ** Austria”
or Karlsbad, where 40,000 people for the
six months of the season drink a good deal
of tea imported through Hamburg. It is
noteworthy that Germany and Russia to-
gether took nearly double (certainly 75 per
eent more than) United States and Canada.
France’s import (89,207 lb.) is quite imsigni-
ficant; and Belgium, with no duty, ought to
do better than 108,000 Ib, The people of
Chili and of South Africa seem fond of
Ceylon (and Indian) teas to judge by the
figures, as also those of Newfoundland, Den-
mark and the Channel Islands. But cer-
tainly Russia and Germany—with Northern
Kurope generally—would seem now to be the
fields most deserving of attention, though,
of course, the American campaign has to he
persevered with.
ae Ey a eee
COFFEE PLANTING: NOTES FROM SER-
DANG O. K, SUMATRA,
April 6.
Isent the Weekly Ceylon Observer with the
telegraphic account of My. Ryan’s reception
b is Imperial Majesty to a German coffee
plendiee in this district, who is vice-President
of the Serdang Koffie Planters’ Vereinging
(i.e, P.A.), and this is his reply :— Many
thanks for your note and the Ceylon Observer.
No fear, the German soldiers will never drink
Jeylon tea, as they are accustomed to coffee.
Nevertheless, the idea of the Ceylon planters
was grand, and should be followed by us
Serdang planters.” Referring to the accounts
of frost in Nuwara Eliya and the Agras,
he says, ‘“‘I hope that they will get 28°
Fahrenheit in Brazil in their coffee, confound
them !” :
The long continuance of low prices is hitting
hard some few here who rushed into coffee
when the prices were most inflated, trusting
to be able to borrow later on. Alas! no
money is to be found for coffee at present
prices. Some of the most careful who went
in before the period of inflation, made cal-
culations which were prepared to stand a
fall in price to $20 per quien, though they
never really anticipated having to face the
musi¢e set in such a minor key. These looked
upon thé affair as an investment. and are
consequently rubbing along, though not yet
making fortunes! A few, however, with small
capital, went in purely and simply on the
spree, and that of the wildest ; and the corners
of their mouths are considerably turned down
just now. However, these prices cannot last
for ever. One thing here is assured, and
that is crops. Thanks to the soil, these come
**whether or no,” and the seasons do not
affect Liberian to nearly the same extent
that they do its more aristocratic brother.
-The original 20 year old trees have this year
borne enormously. Five to six catties clean
coffee per tree, which is equal to 64 to eight
Ib., and one old giant is estimated to have
yielded no less than /5 catties. Pro-di-gi-ous!
There has recently been a considerable re-
vival of tobacco in Serdang. One Company
is planting both products on a very exten-
sive scale, while others who are planting
coffee only, are leasing portions of their
lands to tobacco planters, and ave getting
very favourable terins for them, too.
One or two are turning their thoughts to
cacao; but so far nothing practical has been
done in this direction. One difficulty is
where to get seed from? Ceylon is pest-in-
fected, und the risk of seed spoiling in transit
is a considerable one. On Tandjong Merawa,
a tobacco estate, are some cacao trees, the
seed of which was got from Ceylon, 15 or 16
years ago. The cacuo was abandoned, and
is now, | am told, growing luxuriantly and
bearing heavily in the jungle. But nobody
knows whether it is the right sort or not!
W. T. WK.
SIR T. LIPTON’S SUGAR SCHEME.
It was reported from Barbados the other day
that the committee of the Agricultural Society had
recommended the rejection of Sir Thomas Lipton's
offer to purchase canes at 16s per ton for a central
factory, to cost £130,000, and to manufacture only
£5,000 worth of sugar, the committee being of
a that there was nothing in the scheme for
them.
Sir Thomas Lipton informs us that there must
be some misunderstanding, either in the report or
on the part of the committee, because his repre-
sentative has not made any actual offer to the
planters of Barbados. Sir Thomas's experts are
still in the West Indies making inquiries, and any
offer will, of course, depend on the commercial
aspect of the matter as it appears to Sir Tffomas
when he receives the full reports, which are yet —
by no means complete.
But his impression is that in the end the matter
will come out all right, and he may- be able to
make an offer to planters on a co-operative basis,
Obviously there is some misunderstanding in the
report that Sir Thomas Lipton proposed to manu-
facture only £5,000 worth of sugar. In the event
of his taking up the question of central factories
in Barbados, it canlt be, we are informed, with a
view of dealing with a matter of something lik
three quarters of a willion pounds’ worth of sugar.
—Daily Mail, April 14.
SS
TEA-PLUCKING TENDENCIES. A well-known
V.A. writes:—“I hear the tendency now is to
pluck more coarsely.” Is this the resnlt of any
fear lest, by plucking too fine, the home market
for the better Ceylon teas may be weakeued
consequence of Jarger purchases of cheap Chim
and Indian teas being made. The late news
to hand, on the contrary. deseribes the bidding
for the higher grades as being very vigoro
and, as our London Correspondent tells us,
brokers seem to be looking forward to a s
of high prices. :
May 1, 1899.) _
Satrespendence.
———_@—_:—
™ the Editos.
CEYLON TEA IN AMERICA.
Toronto, March 2Ist, 1899.
DEAR SiR,—We are enclosing herewith*an
article which appeared yesterday morning in
one of our daily papers. It will perhaps be of
interest to your readers.—Yours truly.
P. C. LARKIN.
TEA AND THE PREFERENTIAL 'ARITF.
It_is reported that the Government has in view
the placing of a taxon tea to meet the deficiency
caused by the recent postalreductions. If such is
its intention, advantage should be taken of the
opportunity to discourage the use of the adul-
terated and poisonous teas that are dumped on
the Canadian market. There isa lot of trash known
as tea that should be absolutely prohibited from
entering the country. Thislow grade stuff is the
cause of sallow complexion and nervousness in
the people who use it. We have no hesitation in
saying that itis the exciting cause of many cases
of insanity. The farmers seem to use a good deal
of it and with bad effects. Whether the Govern-
ment places a dutyon tea or not, it should protect
the people from these poisonousteas. They come
peincipally from China and Japan, being prepared
y people who are mnclea nly, ignorant and devoid
of all ideas of sanitation. In order to discourage
importations from China and Japan, it would not
be a bad idea to extend the preferential tariff, as
applied to Great Britain, to such parts of the empire
as produce tea, thatis if a duty of any kind is to
be imposed on tea, The tea plantations of Ceylon
and India are under the control of Englishmen,
who use machinery to prepare the tea, while in
China and Japan the work is done by the bare feet
and hands of the natives. A preferential duty
would kill two birds with the one stone—encour-
age trade within the empire and discourage the
use of an article that is sending many people to
the asylum.
TEA FOR THE QUARTER,
London, E.C,, April 6.
DEARStIRs,—We are not issuing atea circular this
week as no public sales have been held in London,
but as the month’s figures have been published
since our last circular was sent out, we enclose
copy of the figures with afew remarks upon them
which we think may interest you.
The increased deliveries of Indian tea are very
encouraging, while the reduction in the stock is
very marked. The smaller Ceylon deliveries
during the past few months are doubtless ac-
counted for by the somewhat higher prices which
ruled for the lower grades of these teas during
the greater portion of the season.
We feel sure that you will be interested to
receive the enclosed copy of figures, and we are,
dear sir, yours faithfully,
GOW, WILSON & STANTON.
Deliveries of Indian tea during March were nearly
one million and a half pounds above March last year.
This brings up the increase in deliveries of Indian
tea for the first ten months of the season to 134
millions ahead of the corresponding period last sea-
son; while ihe stock is 64 millions below that at
the end of March 1898, Smaller Ceylon deliveries
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
803
are doubtless accounted for by the higher relative
prices at which the lower grades of this growth were
selling during a large portion of the season; but it
is satisfactory to notice that the stock is practically
the same as a year ago.
Movements (in lbs.) of Indian and Ceylon Tea
from :—
Ist June 1898 to 31st
March 1899.
Indian. Ceylon.
ist June 1897 to 31st
March 1898.
Indian. Ceylon.
Imports 134,212,606 77,266,270 133,389,215 78,782,754
Deliveries 119,886,559 76,153,798 106,572,938 80,661,592
MANURING EXPERIMENTS.
Colombo, 21st April, 1899.
DEAR Stk,—Mr. Joseph Fraser sends us today
the analysis of a fair sample of the average soil
of the experimental plots which, he writes, might
be inserted alongside tle imanuring experiment
figures, first published in the Observer of the
6th inst., and since in the Zropical Agriculturist.
The following is a copy of the analysis men-
tioned above :—
The results represented the composition of the fine
earth of the soil viz., that portion which passes
through a sieve having 40 meshes to the linear inch,
Per cent.
Water lost at 212° Fahr. es D000:
*Organic and volatile matters 11:900
Soluble in standard hydrochloric
acid oxides ofiron .. 11720
Alumina and Manganese oxide 16°127
Lime .. oo as ate 461
Magnesia 60 ate ate 690
Potash .. AO 58 oe 245
Phosphoric Acid ao; 56 153
Insoluble silicates and undeter-
mined matters ate ». 63154
Total seke —
100:000
*Containing Nitrogen "1385
The soil is well supplied with lime, potash, phos«
phoric acid and magnesia. There is a fair amount
of nitrogen, but this is relatively the most deficient
element of plant food present; and from the analysis
we would expect this soil to be more responsive to
the nitrogenous elements in manures than to the
potash and phosphoric acid. The air-dried soil con-
tains a high percentage of water, viz., 5°E5 per cent.
or in a drier condition of the atmosphere 4:20 per
cent. The high percentage of alumina accounts for
the soil being thus retentive of moisture.
(Signed) M. COCHRAN, r.c,s.
City Analyst
—We are, dear sir, yours faithfully,
FREUDENBERG & CO.
CEYLON TEA IN AMERICA.
Kandy, April 21st, 1899.
Sir,—l enclose copy of a letter received by Mr.
Lane from Mr, Wm. Mackenzie, aated New York,
March 20th, reporting generally on the state of
the tea trade in America,—I am, sir, yours faith-
fully,
y A. “PHILIP.
Secretary ‘‘ Thirty Committee,”
New York, March 20.
Dear Lane,—I wrote to you three days ago, to
catch Saturday’s mail. This may possibly catch the
same mail from London to Ceylon.
I have just heard the surplus Revenue in Canada is
likely to be so large that no new duties will be imposed.
But until the Revenue Bill comes up, nothing definite
will be known.
Discriminative against China-Japan meets with no
approval from the Home Government, who have
to take a wide and general view of the Wmpire’s
affairs,
804 THE TROPICAL
See the enclosed cutting. (Given below.—Eb. C.O.)
It is astonishing how the dealers here are sticking
out against the rise in the London tea market for
lower grades,
The importers had Calcutta and Colombo teas on
hand—bought before the rise which began two months
ago, hese teas have been arriving during the list
three weeks basing their prices on the recent rise, the
Importers have been loudly boasting that they would
not sell under present London values. But one after
another hs been selling his teas one-half per cent,
under London value to please the trade, and steal
his neighbour’s customers.
The trade has for years been getting China blacks
(Congous) at 6d. and under, and last year got our P.
Bouchong at 33d to 54d. With another year of low
prices, we would, I think, have entirely killed the
China blacks. But the rise has driven importers to
enquire for these again.
During my oe to the West, I had chiefly in view,
an enquiry into the success or otherwise of the demons-
trations scheme I started last November-December
re Pittsbury, Detroit, Buffala and fsoston. I had been
getting weekly returns of those sales since we began
demonstrating. I sent you some of those before
leaving, Engiand, I was shown those of past four
weeks all exhibiting a steady increase.
Feb. 18th Feb. 25th March 4th March 11th
Detroit 702 lb, 673 Tb. 584 1b. 711 Ib.
Buffalo 617 737 7A9 804
Pittsburg 649 773 617 934
Boston* 460 1,210 1.440 1,685
2,428 3,393 3,390 4,334
* A snow-storm stopped deliveries.
Those demonstrations were in connection with——
fea. He had previous to last October been
pushing his teainthose cities some for 12 months,
some for twoyears. He at first met with great en-
couragement, as the grocers took small quantities 5
to 20 lb. on the strength of his promise to advertise
the tea. This he did splendidly, and at a great ex-
pense, spending in Boston alone £20 to £30 a week in
the best papers. His sales however gradually fell off
—but perhaps because his advertising roused U.S.
firms tomake a push with similar teas. Grocers
returned his teas instead of paying for them—he be-
came disheartened, and was gradually reducing his
advertising. I was afraid he would retire from the
States,in which case his U.S. rivals would revert to
their first loves. Chinas and Japans. I proposed
substituting demonstrations for advertising and
offered to contribute: so far the success has exceeded
expectations and when! put it to his Managers in all
four cities, ‘‘ whether they would have advertising or
continue the demonstrations,’ they with one accord -
answered ‘Let us have both, but if one must go, let
it be the ‘ advertising.’ ”
One of the travellers selling the tea in Boston
said, what I have often urged :—“ I have been selling
those teas since started in Boston. I failed
miserably with the advertising. I have succeeded
splendidly since the demonstrations. were started.
Every packet bought from advertisements, makes enemies,
because of the way the teais made,
The demonstrators show the people how to make it—and
make friends for us.”
IT haye been interrupted by several callers. Mr
Blechynden has returned. It is not quite certain yet
what the Indian Comittee are to do. Ishall not
know till Isee themin Londoa, which I hope to do
within a fortnight.
The last week for which I gave you the sales here
(weare having demonstrations) ended March llth. For
week ending 18th, I have,so far, had the return
from Boston only—it is the largest on our record,
1,740 lb.
About Chicago, andthe West, I have much to say;
but must postpone it. All goes well, however, so far
as the packet business is concerned, but bulk teas
are too dearin London for the market, as it is, low
grades may take.
et
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Logo.
Greens.—In Mr, Blechynden's report to his committee
he cays about wnfermented teas :—* Some camples of
these Oolong teas made in India, were sent me early
thie yur. They were found so suitable for the
ma.ket, and firms were so ready to give immediate
large orde rs, that I have had to revise my opinion.
I now believe tbat there are certain distviets in
India, where Ovlong teas cf a character to command a
ready sale can be made, and if such teas are pro-
duced there is practically no limit to the business that
could be done” §e.
Those Indian | pegs I mentioned in my letter of
14th were packed np at once. Unfortunately there
were only a few hundred cases, whereas thousands
could be sold, These could be sold easily, wherea
our blacks for price are unsaleable being too dear.
An Importer bought some Ceylon greens lately.
He has twice told me the people to whom he sold
them, coald not get rid of them—as they were good
and pretty, but different from the kinds used here,
hese people have now wired to him to reserve for
them any other similar Ceylor greens he could get.
—Yours truly, (Signed) Wu. Macxenzir.
— > +
PLANTING NOTES.
Brazit Corrke Nores.—The committee of coflee
factors of Kio de Janeiro, in its report presented
on last Friday, maintains its previous estimate of
3,000,000 bags for the crop of 1899-1900. The com-
mittee says that the crop, as well as the trees, has
been injured by drought, but that it is not yet pos-
sible to estimate the amount of damage thus caused.
It is expected that the early maturing of the coffee
will cause an increase of 20 per cent. in the receipts
at Rio de Janeiro before the 30th of Sauna
News, March 28,
HOOKER’s ‘‘ICONES PLANTARUM.” Part IV.
of the sixth volume (March 1894), of Hooker's
Icones, edited for the Bentham Trustees by Sir
W T Thiselton-Dyer, contains illustrations of
several plants of botanical interest. Among them
various species of the Euphorbiaceous genus Hevea
are given. The floral details of some of these are
singularly like some of the Malvales or Sterculiads-
Odontospermum pygmeum, t- 2583, is a desert
Composite, shrivelling in dry weather, but expand-
ing when the rain comes, hence it has been (with
others) called the Rose of Jericho. Mr Hemsley
contributes further details relating to the extraor-
dinary Pandanad named by him Sararanga sinuosa.
—Gardeners’ Chronicle, April 1.
CEYLON TEA AT MANILA.—At the close of some
interesting notes on affairs at the Philippnes
forwarded to us by a resident, at Manila,
we learn that there is likely to be a considerable
opening for the sale of Ceylon tea at the Philip-
ine capital. At present it is quite unknown there
he price at present paid there for China
tea is 2} dollars, or rather over 4s apound. With
the increasing traffic which passes through
Colombo on its way to Manila there should be no
difficulty for the transport of the article, and
the sooner an experiment is made at Manila,
the more likely is the Ceylon product to get a
footing too firm to suffer appreciably by any con- —
tinuing importations of China teas. Although the
troops are reported to be discontented and eager
to returo home, there is little donbt that onee _
the islands are subdued aconsiderable number of —
colonists will pass over from America to settle in.
these fertile colonies. In this connection we may _
mention we have received some daily notes
from a private on board the U S transport “Sheri-_
dan” from which we hope shortly to publish
extracts,
May 1, 1899.]
THE VELLIKELLIE TEA COMPANY OF
CEYLON, LIMITED.
REPORT :—
To be presented at the second ordinary general
meeting of the Vellikellie Tea Company of Ceylon,
Limited, held at the Offices of the Company, 12,
Fenchureh Street, London, E.C. :—
Your Directors have the pleisure of submitting their
Report and Balance Sheet for the six months ending
31st December, 1898, in accordance with the announce-
ment made in their last Report, that such special
closure of Accounts would be effected, in order that
the Season’s working may henceforth run from Jan-
uary to December of each year.
The result of the working isnot very favourable
but as much so as could be anticipated from the
weather conditions.
_ The yield of the Estates has been 90,539 lb. of which
85,145 lb. have been shipped to London, and sold
at a grossaverage of 10:08 per lb.
The crop for 1899 is estimated at 210,000 lb.
Exchange has averaged 1/4 13-64 per rupee.
The Working Account discloses a surplus of receipts
(£919 173 11d), which, after the addition of the bal-
ance bionght forward (£47 8s 6d) and the deduction
of dividend on Preference Shares (£142 10s 0d), leaves
sufficient for the payment of a Dividend of 2 per cent
free of income tax, on Ordinary Shares (£705), and a
balance to be carried forward of £119 16s 5d in res-
peci of preliminary expenses, income tax, etc.
Mr. G. A, Dick, at present in Ceylon, expresses
himself as thoroughly pleased with the local manage-
ment of the Company’s property and affairs, and con-
siders that the present season opens with better
prospects of financial success,
Mr. Edgar Bois retires from the Board on this
occasion, and, being eligible, offers himself for re-
election.
Mr. J. Hamilton Alston, the Auditor, also offers
himself for re-election.
" ln |>
Mocha Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 500 G5C ‘ po ne fei Poa eh 4 qe s°o°EL Fe To 41s
Nahavilla Fstate Co , Ltd. 500 Es 50" a 8 es. Sy Gas, ins
Nyussaland Cotiee Co. Ltd, 100 e 90 n'l a 2/3 /z DOSBSUAASOMOD i zy
Ottery Estate Co., Ltd. 100 110 = 6 8 | 8 |Fenxsnocasern sg |F
Laem er pee oe ee 500 bs 423 eee aed = : ib:
Ponrhos Estates Co., Ltd. 100 95 Sis | SEe32ern432en- =
Pine Hill Estate Co., Ltd. ea Shales ~ §|8 | SSPETebeetcas|= 3
Pubupeule Tee Re “is 160 -. 00n'l aay = rime E
Ratwatte Cocoa Co., Ltd. 600 Sat mH ale |sounws ms |e
Rayigam Tea Co., Ltd. 100 uy a a 3 | SSPSRESSSERSF a le
Roeberry Tea Co., Ltd. 100 55 60 i | 2 a tae eR ae essa Tome
Ruanwella Tea Co., Lid. 100 = 75 a jen | ee Tide > |e
St. Heliers Tea Co., Ltd. 50 500 au 5]|>18 CSaRE SHR Oe Den|S &
Talgaswela Tea Co., Ltd. Lou = 32-50° a S| 2 | Goon AMAOS gS so je 18
Do TEC ea aba ‘ 100 " 90 = z ers AS tn Ee
Tonacombe Estate Co., Ltd. 500 i 5 : 28 Sseriansnassos Hs =
Udabage Estate Co., Ltd. 100 oi 65 nil Fa & % eceeeeeneeee é 5 z
Jdugame leas Hinks Co., Ltd. 50 aE 10 az se es = |e =
Onion Estate Co., Ltd. 500 220 — Qliaga |\sananoncowxws ao 12
Upper, Meckeliya Estate C., 4 % EPESSEST ET SZ2 E é
: 500 an 50G* fy = = ia iS ip
Ovakellie Tea Co., of Ceylon, I.td. 100 72 =e E = \s
Vogan Tea Co., Ltd. 100 3 gon Zz mB | SSeSSS2SSsRes | S$ iz
Wanarajah Tea Co., Ltd. 600 11001150 < SB | Gnaadshawaaeon \5 ls
Yataderiya Tea Co., Ltd. 109 375-400 oe == eon Me
Oryion CommenciaL Compan?Es S |SSSSSSSSLESSS 1S |g
Adam's Peak Hotel Co., Ltd. 100 va a7e0 Re Q | Gowmsonacnmars | a :
Bristol Hotel Cc., Ltd. 100 at 85* = rt ARES
Do 7 per cant Debts. 100 101 fu Rew > het: iis Leer: Fee ees
Ceylon Gen. Steam Navgt: ae 2ue 5 2 E 6
Co., Ltd. 100 190 = ~ akise SESES 5 len
Caylon Spinning and Weaving, Co, BRUM Lo, eoSo Ear
Ltd. a one 100 2 a S955 5225553
9 o/o Debts. 100 45 = = Be
New Colombo Ice Co., Ltd. 100 “160 — arelbei d estas large quantity
Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co., Ltd. 100 2585 e being made, the machine having been care-
Public Hall Co., Ltd. Be AME LEY 2 fully tested in several rubber countries. Th
Petroleum Storage Co. 100 as * price will be somewhere about £7 ; .
Do — 10 % pref. 100 35 40 figur t havi 7, the exaet
Wharf and Warehouse ©o., Ltd. 40. « «80 a gure not having been fixed yet. 3
a ee
%* Transactions. * Transact
May 1, 189¢ | THE TROPICAL,
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT.
(Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.)
Colombo, May 2nd, 1899
ExcHANGE on Lonpon :—Closing Rates Bank Selling
Rates :—On demand 1/4; 4 months’ sight 1/4 1-32;
6 months’ sight 1/41-16.
Bank Buying Rates:—Credits3 months’ sight 1/4 5-32
to 316; 6 months’ sight 1/44 to 9-32; Docts 3 months’
sight 1/4 3.16 to 7-32; 6 months’ sight 1/49-32 to 5-16
Indian Bank Minimum Rates 6 %
Local Rates: 1 to 2 o/o Higher.
CorrEEz :—
Plantation Estate Parchment onthe spot per bus—
R13.00
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b on the spot per cwt
174.00
Liberian Parchment on the spot per bus—none
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. R44°50
Tra:-- Average Prices ruling during the week—Broken
Pekoe per lb. 45c. Pekoe per lb. 40c, Pekoe Sou-
chong per lb. 36c, Broken Mixed anid Dust, per lb.
28c.—Averages of Week’s sale.
CincHova Barx:—Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine
perlb 7c. 1 0/o to 4 o/o
Carpamoms:—Per lb R1.75
Coconut O1n:—Mill oil per cwt. none.
Dealers’ oil per cwt. R14.37; Coconut oil in ordinary
packages f.o.b. per ton R325.00
Copra:—Per candy of 560 lb. R45.00
Ooconut Caxr:— (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, R77.5)
Cocoa unpicked & undried, per cwt. R48.00
Picked & Dried f. 0. b. per cwt R52.
. Kozalla 217.25
Corr Yarn.—Nos. 1 to 8 | ColomboR16 00 { Unchanged
Cinnamon :—Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 60c.
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 52c.
Exsony.—Per ton.—none
PuiumBaco:—Large Lumps per ton, R750
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R700
Chips per ton, R550 Dust per ton, R350
Rick.—Soolye per bag, R 7.50 to 8.20
» per bushel, { R 2.85 to 3.10
Pegu & Calcutta Calunda per bushel. R2°95 to 3:10
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3.20 to R3.40
Mutusamba per bushel R3.30 to 3.75
Kadapa and Kuruwe, per bushel—none.
Rangoon, raw 3 bushel bag R 9.37 to R10.00,
Coast Kara per bushel & 310 to 3.35
Soolai Kara per bushel R 2,75 to 2.80
THE LOCAL MARKET
(By Mr. James (ribson, Baillie St., Fort.)
Colombo, May 2nd, 1899.
Estate Parchment :—per bushel R1000 to 12°00
Chetty do do 7-00 to 9:00
Maye eed. is }Pex ewe. 20°00 to R31-00
Liberian cotfee:—per bush R3°50 to 4°00
do cleaned coffee:—per ewt R18°00 to 20°. 0
Cocoa unpicked:—per ewt R44°00 t» 49°00
cleaned do R46°00 to 52°00
Cardamoms Malabar per lb. R1'25 to 1°30
do Mysore do R50 to 1°65
Rice Market List
Soolai per bag of 164 lb. nett
Slate or Ist quality :—per bushel
Soolai 2& 3rd. do do do
Coast Calunda
Coast Kara
Kazala
Muttusamba Ordinary
Rangoon Rice per bag R987 to 10°00
Cinnamon. per lb No 1 to 4:00°49 to 00°51
R7 50 to 8°20
R300 to 3°10
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do do l toy RO00'56 to 00°60
do Chips per candy R90'00
Coconuts Ordinary per thousand 35°00 fo 38°00
do Selected do R360) to 39°00
Coconut Oil per ewt R14 25 to 14°50
do d> KF. O. B. per ton R285'00 to R290°09
Copra per candy
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Marawila do R45°00 to 43°50
Cart Copra do R40°00 to 41°50
Gingelly Poonie per ton R90'00 to 92°50
oconut Chekku do Rs0'00 to 82°59
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do Mill (retail) do R78'00 to §6 00
Cotton Seed do R65-00 to 67°50
Satie cod © nes cubic feet R200 to 224
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Palu do R160 to 112
Ebony per ton R750) to 17500
Kitul fibre per ewt R30°60
Palmyra do do R450 to 17°59
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do mixed do £11-00 to 12°30
Indian do R800 to 13°59
do Cleaned do R809 to 17°50
Sapanwood per ton 250°00
Kerosine oil American per case R625 to 6°50
do bulk Russian per tin R2°75 to 2°85
do Sumatra per Cases, n ne
Nux Vomica per ewt R2-00 to 3°50
Croton Seed per cwt R38°00 10 40:00
Kapok cleaned fob do cwt R24:00 to 25-00
do uncleaned do R800 to 9:09
Large lumps R 60°00 to 700700
Plumbago per ton,according do = -R°Cv'00 to 650-0
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Dust R 50°00 to 30070
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MAGAZINE,
COLOMBO.
Added as a Supplement Monthly to the “TROPICAL AGRICULTULIST”
The following pages include the Contents of the Agricultural Magazine for
May :—
MAY,
1899. [No. 11.
NEW
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
COCONUT INDUSTRY,
m3). have: had the privelege of being
consulted by a party who has been
going very fully and energetically
into the methods of extracting
oil from the coconut, and has
brought to bear much practical
experience of a technical nature on the ques-
tion, with a view to discovering a means of
producing a finer article on a commrcial
scale. I is well known that special metheds can
be, and are, used for preparing special samp.es of
fine oil for exhibition purposes, but such methods,
or rather devices, are quite outside commercial
possibilities.
Not very long ago the Czylon Observer opened
its columns to the discussion of the question of the
superiority of Cochin over Ceylon coconut oil, and
the reasons for this fact, Asa result a good deal
of interesting correspondence was forthcoming,
in the course of whici much useful information
regarding the preparation of coconut oil was
brought to light. The conclusion of the whole
matter, however, pointed to the fact that there
was no secret in the preparation of the best oil in
the market, and that the sun-drying of the copra,
coupled with careful manipulation in the orthodox
fashion, accounted for the difference in the quality
of the rival oils.
Now, a dry heat anda meagre rainfall are not
within the command of the coconut planter who
would turn his nutsinto copra, while, some how,
(we will notstay to enquire why) drying the kernels
by means of dessicators has not come to be fanciep -
in copra making as in the manufacture of
“ dessicated coconut.”
It has remained, however, for the party above
referred to, after an expenditure of much time—
not to say capital—to solve the problem of
producing, on acommercial scale, the finest possible
quality of oil by an altogether new process.
Naturally, a prolonged and careful study of this
question has brought other new facts to light as side
issues, for instance the purification of oils generally,
and the preparation of what for the present are
called “ Extracts” from oil seeds, and particularly
the coconut. Again, we would state that the
tedious device of straining and filtering adopted
in the clarification of exhibition oils, forms no
part of the purification method referred to, while
the rew ‘‘ Extracts” are as promising as they are
startling in their novelty, And the great point aboug
all these processes isthat they can be carried on
rapidly and on the widest commercial bases, with
the production of the purest articles—perfectlY
fren, be it said, from chemica! taint.
These statements as to the quality of the products
are not merely founded on the zpse divé of the
inventor, nor are they the views of an interested or
favourably prejudiced critic, but are based on
reports of chemical experts and dealers in London.
The keenest interest has been evinced in this new
developement of the cocount industry, and busi-
ness negociations are just now in active progress.
“We have been permitted to say this much and no
810
more, till definite arrangements have been made to
launch the new industry, which is already engaging
the attention of more than one espitalist outside
the island, and we will only add that we heartily
congratulate the promoter of this business which
should help to further strengthen the position of
the coconut planters of the Colony.
—__@—_<_<<<_
RAINFALL TAKEN AT THE SCHOOL OF
AGRICULTURE DURING THE MONTH
OF MARCH, 1899.
1 Wednesday... Nil 18 Saturday .. Nil
2 Thursday .. Nil 19 Sunday .. Nil
8 Friday .» Nil 20 Mondsry Nil
4 Saturday .. Nil 21 Tuesday Nil
5 Sunday ..» Nil 22 Wednesday... Nil
6 Monday Nil 23 Thursday .. Nil
7 Tuesday .. Nil 24 Friday Nil
8 Wednesday .. Nil 25 Saturday .. ‘50
9 Yhursday .. Nil 26 Sunday ,, °16
10 Friday .. Mil 27 Monday 05
11 Saturday Nil 28 Tuesday .. -29
12 Sunday .. Nil 29 Wednesday... ‘74
13 Monday .- Nil. 80 Thursday .. Nil
14 Tuesday .., Nil 381 Friday soy) ea
15 Wednesday .. Nil 1 Saturday .. ‘28
16 Thursday .. Nil —
17 Friday ainy Nak Total. .1-78
Greatest amount of rainfall in any 24 hours
on the 29th inst, -74 inches.
Meen rainfall for the month ‘05 in.
Recorded by Mr. J. A, G. Roprico.
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OCCASIONAL NOTES.
Catelogttes of the Colombo Agri-Horticultural
Show to be held in July next can be had on appli-
cation te the Honorary Secretary, School of
Agriculture, Colombo.
—
The following are the Agricultural Exhibits
retjuired for the Ceylon Court in the Paris
Exhivition 1900.—Group VII. Agriculture (classes
35-42) in the Paris Exhibition official catalogue.
Class 89. Vegetable Food Products: Rice, Tea,
Coffee, Cacao, Cardamoms, Vanilla, Pepper, Cin-
chona, Sugar, Cinnamon. Class 41. Non-edible
Agricultural Products: Rubber, Ramie, Aloe and
Fibre, Coir, Palmyrah, Kitul, Coconut Oil, Citronella
Oil, Cinnamon Oil, Lemon Grass Oi], non-cultivated
oils (such as Kekuna, Mi, Domba, &c.) and Tobacco.
Of these the Planters’ Association of Ceylon has
undertaken to collect the whole of class 39, except
Rice, Sugar and Cinnamon, and also Rubber, while
the Chamber of Commerce has undertaken to supply
Sugar and Cinnamon as well as the whole of class 41,
excepting Rubber, non-cultivated Oils, and Tobacco.
Rice has been assigned to the Government Agents,
Western, Hastern and Southern Provinces ; Tobacco
to.thé Government Agents, Northern, Eastern and
North-Western Provinces; Sugar also to the
Government Agent, Southern Province; Non-culti-
vated oils to the Conservator of Forests and the
Government. Agent, North-Central Provinces
Supplement to the “ Tropical Agricultwrist.”
aA
(May 1, 1899.
Mr. Thomas Christy of Lime Street reports that
he will shortly place a large stock of approved
Rubber machines on the market, the approximate
price of a machine being £7. Some of there will
no doubt very shortly reach Ceylon, and help to
settle the vexed question of what form of rubber
would be most easily grown and remuneratively
cultivated in the Colony.
Mr. E. Elliott, of Walawe Estate, Amblautcta,
reports having received from Queensland three
descriptions of paddy seed—one of which is put
down to yield 14 to 8 tons per acre (75 to 100
bushels).
Mr. 8. D. Mahawailatenne, Ratemahatmeyas
of Balangoda, is establishing an extensive
girden, both for flowers and fruits, in which
he is trying different imported varieties of fruit
with a view to finding out those which will thrive
in his district. Naturally, the experiment is
costing a good deal, but Mr. Mahawallatenne will
have the satisfaction of feeling that he is engaged
in a most laudable work, which should goa great
way towards making his district conspicuously
progressive, as well as to confer a permanent bene-
fiton the inhabitants. Balangoda possess good
soil and a climate that should suit many temperate
plants.
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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.
Just at this stage when the question of an
Agricultural Department and the reorganising of
Agricultural Education in the Island is occupying
the attention of a Commission, the following
extract from Dr. Voelcker’s report on the improre-
ment of Indian Agriculture is much to the pout :—~—
“The question next arises: granted that there is
a need of men more agriculturally trained, what
inducements are there to be given to them to pur-
sue the study of agriculture? If young men go
to other employments because there are no ope n-
ings for them in agriculture, how are these open-
ingstobe made? Only by giving as good “ prizes”
for agriculture as for the Bar or fer Government
employ. The Land Revenue Administration needs
a regular supply of men to fill posts in it. Land
Revenue Inspectors are required whose business 1s
with the people in their agricultural relations,
and who have to do with the soil and the crops.
Surely those best fitted are the ones who have had
an agricultural training, and the administrationjof
matters connected with the Jand will be best
carried out by the men who understand agricul
ture best. In England a land steward is not a
man who is taken out of a bank, or who has do.e
no more than take a high unisersity degree in
classics or mathematics. So should it be with
Land Revenue Inspectors; they should be men
who have passed through the agricultural classes,
or through institutions that give a training in
agriculture. In the course of my tour I met many
Inspectors wbose mind seemed to be quite a
blank on the subject of agriculture; in other
parts, as in some districts of the Central Pro-
vinces, I found them to take a decided interest
in agriculture.- These latter were men who had
passed through Mr, Fuller’s Agricultural Clase, —
—*
May 1, 1899.]
In Bombay it is now provided that all can-
didates for the staff of Inspectors of Village
Records must qualify by passing a course in
agriculture. I cannot put these views into better
general terms than those adopted in the following
two Resolutions adopted at the Simla Agricul-
tural Conference :—
Resolution VI.—It is highly desirable that the
cluims of men trained in Scientific Agriculture
fo appointments in the Revenue and Cognate
Departments should be as freely recognised as
those of men trained in Law, Arts and Engi-
neering.
Resolution VIf.—That where appointments in
the Revenue| and Cognate Departments are made
on the results of competitive examinations, Scien-
tifie Agriculture should be included as an optional
or necessary subject in the examination course.”
These remarks of Dr. Voeleker have, to our
mind, a most important bearing on the question
ut issue in Ceylen.
It is common enough to hear the remark that
the School of Agriculture is a failure. And why?
The answer, we think, is because the Govern-
ment do not recognise the factors which are
necessary for the success of the school, One
important factor has been indicated in the passage
extracted from Dr. Voelcker’s report, namely, that
Government should utilize the agents which have
been provided by them.for the spread of agricul-
tural knowtedge among the masses, and to kelp the
cultivators in the rural districts.
In this connection we might quote from a letter
received from a Tamil gentleman, referring to the
circumstances of the Tamil districts. “ Headmen,
such as Irrigation Vannias, Pattu Vannias in the
Eastern Province, and Maniagars and Adigars in
the Northern Province sheuld be drawn from among
those who have had a training in agriculture. I
say this with good reason, since everything con-
nected with puddy cultivation is under the control
of these officers. How wella trained man could
serve in such appointments will be seen when I
refer to the duties of such headmen.
‘he headman, as a responsible officer, has to
convene meetings of cultivators and discuss with
them such questions as the extent of land which
could be irrigated, the kind of paddy to be sown,
the method of sowing to be adepted, and other
agricultural details of a practical nature, In short,
lie is the authorised guardian of paddy culti-
vation. Where else could a man with an agri-
cultural training better prove his utility than
in such a situation, invested with authority
sufficient to influence and control the cultivators
in their practical operations. Why, the power
for good he will be able to exert will be immense.”
These remarks are on all fours with those of Dr.
Voelcker, though written with reference to Ceylon.
There are some who would say, the idea is
sound enough, but the School of Agriculture does
not turn out men suitable for such appointments.
And the reason is because the students at present
at the school are drawn from a class that have
no hopes of attaining such positions, Given the
plospects, and the proper class of men will be
attracted.
There is one other point we would wish to
refer to before abandoning this subject tor the
present, and that is the importance of widening
Supplement to the “ Trapical Agriculiurist.”
811
the scope of the practical side of an agricultural
training (now totally lost sight of) by, among
other methods, taking the students about to sce
in actual practice the work which they have
been taught theoretically or by small object lessons,
and to appreciate the defects and excellences of
agriculture in preetice. This is a detail which is
acknowledged to be of the first importance in
a technical training, and forms part of the course
in all agricultural schools and colleges, whether
in the West or the East—with Ceyloa alas! asa
solitary exception.
But we have written enough for the present,
and we conclude with the hope that such im-
portant points as we have touched upon in
this article will not be lost sight of by the
Commission at present sitting.
a rere
THE JAK TREE.
We are indebted to the Hon'ble W. T. A.
Edwards, M.P., of Mauritius, for a copy of the
annual report on the work carried on at the Station
Agronomique in that Colony during the year 1897.
The report is very full and interesting, and we
would acknowledge its receipt with many thanks.
Most interesting to us, however, are the chemical
analyses of many vegetable products familiar
enough in this Colony, and for the present we shall
refer to the notes on the Jak Tree (Artocarprus
integrifolia). ‘The tree is referred to as an
excellent shelter against wind, a vigorous grower
and supplying valuable timber for carpenter's
work, The leaves are spoken off as good food for
cattle, while the fruit is used both as food for
human beings und for cattle. The seed and fleshy,
sweetish* pods” are edible, but the remainder of the
fruit—that is almost half the total weight—
consisting of ihe envelope properly so called, and
the core, is excellent food for cattle and swine,
Each fruit weighs from 10 to 20 kilos: the
tree is therefore highly productive.
The entire fruit yields a proportion of
Rind and core oo 008 54:5
Pods... wae ate Ree 15:0
Seeds we ae ACA 32°35
Fruit complete 100:0
The composition in 100 parts is given as
follows .—
Envelope. Seed. Podss
Water oan ate 82°30 52-40 73.50
Mineral matter... 0:97 1:28 118
Callulose... aa 207 2:99 061
Fat 70¢ a 0-49 0:16 0:08
Non-Nitrogenous
substances * 550 13-04 8741 23°49
Nitrogenous... ae 1:13 5:77 1-19
100:00 10000 100:00
* Containing Saccharine
matter 5°72 one 18°51
Oe a ae - a . a
1. cs
812
Or in 100 parts of the entire fruit;
Envelope. Seed. Pods. Hutire
Fruit.
Water on ALBS 681 23°29 750
Mineral matter 0:58 017 O88 1.8
Cellulose... 1:18 0°39 0°20 1-2
Pat bey 0:27 0:02 001 03
Non-Nitrogenous
substances * 7:10 4°86 763 19-60
Nitrogenous 0°62 O75 0:39 175
5450 13800 82:50 10000
‘Containing Sugar 3812 ee 602 914
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BORACIC ACID AS A PRESERVATIVE.
Boracic acid is the chief ingredient in most of
the patent preparations which are sold under
various trade names for preserving milk and
butter. A little boracie acid added to milk goes
a great way to keep the milk sweet, an
important consideration in tropical countries
where milk turns so quickly. The sonring of milk
is due to the generation of lactic acid brought
about by the action of a ferment which converts
the milk sugar or lactose in milk into lactic acid.
When the acid reaches a certain proportion the
milk begins to curdle. The sume change could of
course be brought about artificially by adding
other acids such as citric acid in the form of
lemon juice. In cheese-making the curdling of
milk is a necessary process, and is induced by the
‘addition of rennet, an extract generally got from
the fourth stomach of the calf or the stomach of
‘the pig, and containing hydrochloric acid, an
ingredient of the gastric juice. Boracic acid, or
~borie acid as it is more commonly called, is an
antiseptic which prevents the action of ferments
-in a medium such as milk when added to it. The
chief merit -of boracic acid is that it is a com-
paratively harmless substance as compared for
instance with salycilic acid, which possesscs the
same antiseptic properties. Still,itis not to be
supposed that it can be used in unlimited quan-
tities, and for that reason it is reasonable thay
some check should be placed on its use as a pie-
servative. In this connection we might quote
from the Adelaide Observer a reference to the
excessive use of boracic acid in the preservation
of butter, while the maximum quantity
permitted is also indicated: “The Minister of
Agriculture, the Hon’ble R. Butler, his received
from the Agent-General, Mr. E. Benny Young,
Manager of the London depot, an account of the
prosecution of a grocer in Birmingham for selling
butter from Adelaide containing too large a
percentage of boracic acid. ‘The report states that
~ the two boxes purchased were part of a consign-
ment of 25,148 packages from Adelaide in the
steamship “India.” The butter as testea was found
to contain ] per cent. of boracic acid, equal to. 70
grains to the pound. A fine of 40s. was imposed.
The Minister wishes attention drawn to this case,
ag it is of the greatest importance to the Australian
butter trade, and he also points out that the total
quantity shipped from Adelaide by the “ India” was
~-76 cases, or less than 2 tons, and that there is no
Supplement to the “ Tropical Agriculturist.”
(May 1, ?
proof that the two cases tested were of South
Australian manufacture. On the other hand, it is
extremely improbable that out of the 25.143 cases
on board, the two cases te-ted would belong to
the 76 cases from South Australia. The Minisier
sent on the information to the Dairy Expert, Mr.
Thomson, for report, and he rej lied as follows:—
“Concerning the use of preservatives for butter
and dairy produce, this | have emphatically
condemned in my Jectures throughout the dairying
districts of the colony, and also in articles written
on dairy subjects. Many eminent authorities
recognsie their use as benefiical to health, but the
maximum quantity advised for better preserva
tion rarely exceeds 0'6 per cent, The butter-test-
ing lately conducted at the Government Depot
gave satisfactory evidence that preservatives are
not essential to the keeping qualities of well-
washed and carefully-manufactured batter. When
butter is thoroughly freed from battermilk, preser-
vatives can be entirely dispensed with, If the
system of pasteurization were adopted, the general
quality of butter would be increased considerably,
and little cause would remain to encourage makers
to add boracic acid or any other preservative.”
Taking | per cent. of boracic acid as equivalent
to 70 grains to the pound, O06 per cent (the
amount which, it is recommended, should not be
exceeded) would be equivalent to 42 grains to the
pound.
Taking the same proportionace weights and
milk equal to 24 Jbs, per quart, the maximum
amount for milk would be as nearly as possible
52 grains per pint (20 0z.). Those who arein the
habit of using boracic acid for preventing milk
from turning sour quickly would do well to note
this fact which is based on expert opinion.
= haere
PREPARATION OF ANATTO IN THE WEST
INDIES,
The preparation of anatto is very simple. The
freshly-gathered seeds are put in a tub and boiling
water is poured over them, the mass being
frequently stirred so as to wash off the waxy
testa from the seeds. After some days the
mass is passed through 2 sieve to separate the
“seeds which should come away free from the dye.
The liquid is then left for a week to ferment and
to allow the dye to settle at the bottom of the
ve-sel and the clear water is drawn off. The de-
posited dye ig next put into shallow pans in order
that the excess of moisture may be evaporated in
the shade. When the substance is of the con-
sistency of putty, it may be made into ro]ls of two
or three pounds weight and wrapped in banana
leaves, and it then becomes the flag or roll anatto
which is exported in great. quantity from Brazil.
_It may, however, be ailowed to become drier by a
longer exposure in the shallow pans, and then it can
be moulded into square cakes weighing eight or
ten pounds each and also wrapped in banana leaves.
_ The cakes are usually packed for export in casks
containing five hundredweights,
browa externally, but the inside is of a reddish or
yellow colour; and in this form it fetches the
highest price in the market. The cakes should he _
thoroughly dry before they are packed to prevent —
deterioration by their becoming mouldy after they
are shipped. a
Cuke anatto is.
May 1, 1899.]
Inthe French Colony of Guadeloupe where anatto
(called by the French “roucou”) is extensively
cultivated, a different mode of preparation is
adopted, The seeds are thoroughly crushed
bet ween rollers so that they come out as fine powder
infimately mixed with the dye. The product is
then put into water, and whenit has subsided to the
bottom, the surface water is run off, and the paste is
boiled for four or five hours. Itis afterwards put
into boxes pierced at the bottom with holes that
are covered with a cloth so us to prevent the paste
running through. A board is placed on the top of
the paste, and weighted down soas to press out the
excess of moisture through the bottom holes. The
paste is then packed in cakes in layers separated
by banana leaves, and this is done so as to retain
mcisture and to prevent fermentation. If the
paste be too dry water is sometimes poured into the
cask, for unless the anatto be kept moist it will
deteriorate in value. The product, of course, con-
tains ‘nly a proportion of the dye mixed with the
powdered seeds, and it is, therefore, not nearly so
valuable as the pure cake anuatto. The finer the
dye is sent to the markets the higher will be the
prices obtained for it; and, unless a fine article be
prepared, it is better to ship the dried seeds from
which the dye is extracted in England and the
United States,
[ior the above interesting description we are
indebted to Dr. Nicholls.
We would point out an apparent contradiction
in the above account, for while we read in one
place that anatto cakes shonld be thoroughly dry
to prevent them losing their value by becoming
mouldy, in another place we are told that unless
the anatto be kept moist it will deteriorate in
value.
In Ceylon anatto cultivation has been practically
abandoned, but the name which is always associated
with the product is that of Mr. A. Van Starrex of
Crystal Hill, Matale. Mr. Van Starrex is no doubt
quite familiar with the different processes of pre-
paration referred to above, and we believe he has
worked out a new one forhimself, which to judge
from his persistency in anatto manufacture and
his excellent exhibitsat the last Fruit and Flower
Show in Colombois doubtless asremunerative as it is
successful. We understand that his modus operandi
is not so simple as either of the methods above
de-cribed, and involves many mechanical and
chemical details, with the re-ult that a highly
finished article is produced. We have seen no
account of Mr, Van Starrex’s system of anatto ex-
traction and preparation for the market, and ifit is
no secret we shall be most pleased to have a des-
cription of it—in continuation of the above notes—
for publication in these pages.
Aceurding to Dr. Nicholls ten pounds of seed
will give at least a pound of the cake.
The dye is used for colouring butter and cheese,
and also for dyeing calico, silk, wool, skin, feathers,
ivory, bone and the like, It produces a fast colonr
of a fine tint, and it is somelimes used to give a
deeper shade to simple yellow dyes. A red as well
as a yellow dye can be obtained from it. Weread
in the January number of the Queensland
Journal that Aniline is being used in butter-
colouring—a practice which is of course most
objectionable and has been strongly condemned by
Chemists,
Supplement to the “ Tropical Agriculturist.”
813
The following method of detecting the presence
of aniline has been published as a warning against
the practice : —
“Pour a few drops of the butter-colour upon a
white china plate and over-pour these with a few
drops of pure concentrated sulphuric acid. If
the butter colour is vegetable colour (orlean or
Orlean seed) there appears a dark bluish-green
colour, which gradually goes over the greenish
yellow. If it contains aniline eller tar colour
there will appear a red margin or red spots. which
gradually spread themselves over the whole.—
Ep. A.M,]
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FORTHCOMING AGRI-HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY'S EXHIBITION.
THE
The Catalogue of this Exhibition, fixed to taka
place in Colombo on the 2st and 22nd July next,
is now out, —___—_
GENERAL ITEMS.
The following is taken from Dr. Voelcker’s
annual report for 1898 to the Rvyal Agricul-
tural Society of England, under the head of
Analyses of Feeding Stuffs :—The husk or “ parch-
ment” skin of the coffee berry which envelopes
the berry after the fleshy pericarp has been
removed by the washing and macerating pro-
cess to which the fruit is subjected on the
estates where the coffee is grown, and which
in turn is rem)ved by hand before the coffee
is roasted, has hitherto been rightly looked
upon as useless for feeding purposes. Lately,
however, it appears to have been introduced as a
convenient component of certain of those fre-
quently very “doubtful” articles known as “com-
pound” or “ feeding’ cakes. I have also had
before me an instance of the direct sale of the
material by itself as a feeding substance. The
composition is represented by the following
analysis :—
Moisture ne 10°78
Oil oti 300 600 ‘90
* Nitrogenous constituents 3°88
Digestible fibre, &c. : 25°71
Woody fibre ee wes 57°63
Mineral matter (ash) ... 1°10
100°00
* Containing Nitrogen... 62
It is sold at 20s. per ton, but is quite worthless
and unsuitable for feeding purposes. The
microscopical appearance, presented by coffee-
husks are distinctive, and somewhat resemble
those of earth-nut.
os
In an article on Duck Farming in an Australian
exchange, we read with refrence to muscovies that
they are a comparatively distinct species, and the
progeny of a cross between them and the more
common kinds has be2n found decidedly unfertile.
They are also said not to mate with other ducks
if left to their own choice, keeping to their own
kind in all respects. Their native country is
South America, and are found in great numbers
in the Amazon Valley. The drakes are said to
818
reach 10, 11 and 12 lbs, in weight, while the ducks
turn the scale at 6, 7 and 74 lbs, Growing
quickly and maturing early they are fit to kill as
early as eight weeks old. The females are des-
cribed as good sitters producing large broods,
nevertheless they are great scavengers and re-
quire plenty of food—being particularly partial
to meat. They will go the length of eating up
each others’ young to satisfy their appetite. The
drakes are much given to fighting, and as a result
become very rugged after a time. Muscovies are
not great layers, but will keep it up off and on all
the year though if allowed to hatch their own
young Five eggs often go to weigh apound. It
is thought that they cannot be improved upon for
table use by crossing with other breeds, and are
better kept to themselves and bred as naturally as
possible. 1f not killed young for the table the
flesh has an unpleasant musky flavour,
A correspondent writing to The Dairy makes
out that there are certain unknown virtues in
Castor-oil, which go to make it s most useful
agent in the improvement of the milking capacity
of the herd, He describes how he brought a
Jersey cow milking in only three teats, and these
were covered with warts. The fourth teat was
quite dry, and about half the size of the others,
and that quarter of the udder shrunk to less than
half its proper size. He goes on to say: “In two
months I had milk coming from the blind teat,
and every wart gone; in twelve wonths | had her
udder as perfectly shaped as wasever seen. Breed
had not been able to resist bad treatment in this
case, but responded to. good feeding and good
handing in a most surprising manner. The prac-
tical lesson from this is, don’t cast a well-made
milker because she has gone wrong through bad
treatment. Try good feeding, and rub castor oil
into the udder after every milking. No one can
imagine the effect. of castor oil on the mammary
glands unless they have tried it. Once haying
made your good milker, remember she is a
machine that requires constant and most careful
looking after, just like any other machine thas has
to be kept running at high pressure. Having got
your machine in the best of order, turning out a
good reliable urticle, don’t sell it to anyone that
is not willing to pay according to quality.”
At the Cape they have a bill for checking the
spread of insect pests and plant diseases, and for
preventing the introduction of the same from
abroad by means of imported fruit, plants, &c.
Some time ago we heard of a proposal to enforce
quarantine measures in the case of plants im-
ported into the Island and for fumigating all such
before allowing them to pass iato the interior,
but there has been no~practical issue so far.
The report of the Government Entomalogist of
the Cape of Good Hope for 1897 ccntains the
terms of the bill referred to above and the regula-
tions based thereon, as well as an illustrated
description of the treatment of infected and im-
ported vegetable produce,
It was stated some time ago that Australian
leather was rejected by the military authorities of
Great Britain as not being sufficiently tanned to.
Supplement to the “ Tropicrl Agriculturist.”
meet the requirements of the home Government,
and that the English-made leather throughout
showed a marked superiority over the colonial
article. There is no doubt that some inferior
Australian leather is from time to time placed on
the English markets, but it is hardly fair to judge
all the colonial Jeather with this as the standard,
It is evident that the superiority in quality is in
a great measure due to the process of tanning, the
oak-tanned hides and skins, for instance, being
considered far better adapted for purposes of trade
than that cured and preserved by means of wattle
bark, Within a fairly recent date it has been the
privilege of a Queeusland firm of leather manu-
facturers to open up a new departure in the art of
tanning, which for effectiveness and durability is
said to be one of the most valuable patents in the
trade. The patent is the properly of Messrs.
Dyball & Co., Limited, Toowong, near Brisbane,
und is known as the gum process, the eucalyptus
gum having proved an excellent tanning medium,
and completes the work of tanning in about half
the time ordinarily required, The leather samples
are of excellent quality, and work up well, while
the sole leather, for hardness and solidity, is
considered by many expert boot and shoe manu-
facturers throughout the colonies as equal to
anything that could be possibly procured from the
old country. The process seems particularly
adapted to the tanning of fur skins, the texture
of the leather being very close, and the fur show-
ing no tendency to fall out. Mr. Dyball is pre-
paring an exhibit for the Greater Britain Exhibi-
tion, and is also getting up samples of buff and
piano leather, which, we are informed, is a new
departure for the colonies. Operations at present
are not on an extensive scale, but deyelopment in
this direction is only a question of time. This
process has been patented in all the colonies, the
registered office of the company is at Adelaide-
street, Brisbane, and the Secretary, Mr. J. Steven-
son, will be pleased to answer any inquiries.
In referring to the different methods of pre-
serving eggs we made mention of water-glass as
among the best preservative media. What this
substance is is not generally known. Water-glass
is silicate of soda. It is easily dissolved in water
and is used for a great many purposes. For,
egg preservation, boil 10 gallons of water to
kill all germs. When the water is cold, add to it
a gallon of soda silicate or water-glass and pour
over the eggs until they are immersed in the
fluid. The cost of the silicate of soda is 10s. per
cwt. in Europe, and 94d. per lb. for small quanti-
ties here, ye
Quite lately we were referred to by a gentle-
man who was full of che idea of starting trawling
operations, on the most modern lines, in Ceylon,
We find from a most interesting publication we
have received—the annual report of the Mavine
Biologist at the Cape, whieh covers 148 pages—
that the fishing industry has there been placed on
an organized basis, and that the trawling experi-
ments which have been initiated by the Govern-_
ment have given most encouraging results. Now>
that attention is being directed to Inland fisheries;
it is opportune that the subject of Mavine fisheries —_
should be-also taken in hand. feat CF
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wt February and June - 1896 we had friendly
adtes from him (besides an‘interview)with reference
bo sesuring a sufficiently good photograph, fron
wwhich to prepare an illustration for say
fropical Agriculturist, The one eventually. used _
“was a copy of that placed in the Ceylen (ca-
don) Association album and hed been taken bie
Walery of Regent Street some years prasiguely.
To turn now to the subject ef what has become:
our Memoir ; Mr, John Capper was born in 1914 of
fa Baet Anglian, and we believe Noticontormiss, ”:
family; though he hinaeli became an Anglican Lew
Chmrehmas.. Aftera jood plain education, he took”
Ww journalism early in lifé, and when oxi y 20 years
“of aie wine eugaged in the oflice of a weekly
‘ paper” ¢allod~the *Miniop and Steam Navipa-
*iog (evette " of which he became Sub-Editor, and -
he continued bis connection with the press, until he
started for Ceylon in 1837, This same year wit.
nessed the arrival here, of bis future rival in Ueylon-
Journalism, A. M, Perguaon, who was two yoars
Mr, Capper's javior in-age, Me Capper cane out ,
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thew fast deveopiny tuto the lomting Planting and
Mernwitite Heats te Civloasbo. Mr, Ackland was
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COLOMBO, JUNE isz,
1899, No, 12.
“PIONEERS OF THE PLANTING ENTERPRISE IN CEYLON.”
(Third Series,)
JOHN
MERCHANT, PLANTER,
CAPPER.
JOURNALIST,
1837-1886*.
HE name of Mr. John Capper
as an old and notable Colo-
nist, was placed in one of the
early lists of ‘ pioneers ” to
be enrolled in our annals of
the Planting and Commercial
as wellas Journalistic Enter-
prise of Ceylon, But it was not till our visit to
England in 1896 that we could command the needful
information to make our biographical notice an
adequate one. Mr. Capper himself had shortly be-
fore taken a special interest in our proposal, and at
our request, readily wrote out some dozen pages
of ‘* Recollections ” of his early days in Ceylon ;
but these had to be closed abruptly for the
reason given in a pathetic little note which accom.
panied the manuscript, and which we venture to re-
produce as follows :—
‘‘Mrno: to J. Ferouson, Esa.
London, December 25th, 1895,
“When I promised to send for publication some of
my Ceylon experiences [ was in good health : since that
date I have been afflicted with paralysis affecting
my muscular and cerebral powers. Please therefore
kindly edit these remarks snd omit or modify any
which apreir to need revision—this for my sake,
With best wishes for your future health and
prosperity.—J. Carrer.”
Mr, Capper was then in his 82nd year. Later
in in February and June 1896 we had friendly
notes from him (besides an interview) with reference
to securing a sufliciently good photograph, from
which to prepare an illustration for our
Tropical Agriculturist. The one eventually used
was a copy of that placed in the Ceylon (Lon-
don) Association album and had been taken by
Walery of Regent Street some years previously.
To turn now to the subject of what has become
our Memoir : Mr, John Capper was born in 1814 of
an East Anglian, and we believe Nonconformist,
family, though he himself became an Anglican Low
Churchman. Aftera good plain education, he toolt
to journalism early in life, and when only 20 years
of age was engaged in the oflice of a weekly
paper called the ‘‘ Mining and Steam Naviga-
tion Gazette ” of which he became Sub-Editor, and
he continued his connection with the press, until he
started for Ceylon in 1837, This same year wit-
nessed the arrival here, of his future rival in Ceylon
Jonrnalism, A, M, Ferguson, who was two years
Mr. Capper’s junior inage, Mr. Capper came out
as Assistant to the firm of Ackland and Boyd,
then fast developing into the leading Planting and
Mereantile Housein Colombo. Mr, Ackland was
an able, all-round man who took a keen interest
* Although 1886 was the year in which Mr. Capper finally quitted Ceylon; yet he continued to act
as London Correspondent for his firm’s
paper, the ‘Limes of Ceylon,”
until 1894,
820 THE TROPICAL
in public as well as in commercial and planting
affairs. Mr. Boyd (or a relative, Capt. Boyd 2) is
credited with having made the first shipment,
of coconut oil from Ceylon. We may mention
in passing, that Robert Boyd Tytler also came
out in this same year 1837, in the service of
Messrs, Ackland & Boyd, in order to introduce the
West Indian system of coffee cultivation into Dum-
bara and other districts, he (Mr. Tytler) having
served an apprenticeship in Jamaica.
To return to the subject of our Memoir, we
may now let Mr. Capper speak for himself in
the following very interesting autobiographical
narrative :—
‘* When I landed in the Island in 1837, the coffee
industry was just coming to the front ; whilst sugar
was scarcely an article of daily concern, I had little
or nothing to do with either one or the other;
and my first business on behalf of the then well-
known firm of Ackland and Boyd was the care
of the firm’s books, Two years later, however, my
services were brought into requisition for the super-
vision of some extensive Cinnamon properties
at Kadirana, near Negombo, totalling in the aggre-
gate some 3,000 acres. If I knew nothing of
the cultivation of this spice, I was but in a simi-
lar plight to others, and I managed to expend largely
in coolies’ wages, *
“At Kadirana TI resided about five years, and
eventually took charge of the firm’s Oil Mills in
Colombo, and besides took the supervision of
their general Export business into the intricacies
of which somehow I managed to obtain an insight.
Later on I was on trial as a junior partner
taking charge of the entire Hxport business of the
firm, In 1848 a crisis in the affairs of nearly all
Ceylon business houses gave a check to my
career ; the firm had to suspend payment, and
after two years spent in the service of the then
Shipping Company of the place, I took my de-
parture for England on the ‘Alice Maud.”
In 1851 I was appointed to represent the Island
at the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, but with
a sorry show of Ceylon Industries,
‘““My means were now recruited by writing for
Dickens in his new venture Howsehold Words, in
the pages of which I continued to furnish chapters
of Eastern life more or less successtully, I, about
the same time, also undertook the Sub-Editor-
ship of the Globe, to which I was appointed by
Colonel Torrens, the then proprietor: this how-
* Tn order to illustrate the fallacy of the old-
fashioned belief that the indigenous industries of a
tropical country can be most successfully worked by
natives, I may state that when I took over charge
of the Kadirana Oinnamon Gardens I was warned
that Europeans were ignorant of the mysteries of
spice cultivation, and when I selected an_experi-
meatal block of ten acres of cinnamon land by
no means the best on the estate for high cultivation,
and began putting the pruning knife into the
bushes, ruin to their production was predicted. The
actual result was that in four years I brought upthe
early produce from three-fourths of a bale to nine
ales anacre, with the result that the London Agents
forbade any further work on that system on the place,
as it would flood the market and tend to lower
the price of the spice,”—J.C,
AGRICULTURIST. [June 1, 1899.
ever was not my first venture at London Journal-
ism, as I had in 1834 assisted in launching
the first paper devoted to Mining and Railway
matters, the Mining and Steam Navigation Gazette,
which proved a success, I, at the same time,
had worked on the staff of the Spectator under
Rintowl, the founder of that journal,
‘* Tn 1852 whilst on the Globe, I wrote and brought
out an octavo volume profusely illustrated-—‘The
Three Presidencies of India’—which wasa marked
success, the East India Company’s Charter being
just then under discussion, At this time, too, I
began writing for the stage and successfully, but
my work in that direction was so opposed to the
wishes of my family, the stage being regarded
as a rather discredited connection, and soon after-
wards my labors were devoted to quite another
channel by my departure for India, where, having
succeeded in greatly improving the then little known
jute fibre, I proceeded to Calcutta and started Steam
Spinning and Weaving Mills at Serampore, I set in
motion the first jute-weaving machinery, which pro-
mised a fortune in the near future, for whilst thou-
sands of tons of jute cuttings lay about the yards of
jute shippers, who were glad to get rid of the
incumbrance at the rate of six-pence per maund
of 80 lb., it was worked into yarn worth ten times
that amount, An enormous trade soon sprung
up ; but, alas! our dreams of fortune were scattered
to the winds by the Indian Mutiny, which
just then broke out and cut off our supplies of
the raw material, Of course, those who, having
capital in abundanceand could afford to bide their
time, were content to wait for the collapse of the
Mutiny; but this was not my case, and making
over the concern to my partner Ackland, I bade
adieu to Calcutta and once more sought the
familiar shores of Ceylon, where another phase of
my chequered career met me. This was in 1858 ;
and as it happened I found the Ceylon Times
on its last legs, and at once set to work to nego-
tiate for its purchase from the nominal proprie-
tors, Messrs, Wilson, Ritchie & Co, It signified
nothing that I was without capital; but I had,
what was in those days, nearly as good, any amount
of credit ; for the competition amongst the banks,
for business of almost any kind, was extreme,
‘*Those were golden days for the needy specula-
tor, ‘and of this latter class there was no lack;
as one Kandy Manager said:—‘ Plenty of stiff
pleases the head Johnnies, and it looks well on
paper.’ But, alas! they had rather too much ‘stiff’
in the end, It was an unhealthy state of banking
business when your appu’s name on a pro-note
was as good asthat of any European and sometimes
better !—when estates could be bought on credit
for the utmost amount which friendly Estate
Agents chose to place against them and no ques-
tions asked; and when they were paid for by the
convenient medium of * stiff’ It is true that
half of the Central Province would have remained
under forest had these conditions been otherwise,
aud well do I remember the saying of one go-
ahead young planter declaring that he was so
deeply in debt to his Agents that he had no
alternative but to buy another estate which he
found no difficulty in having appraised for sale
at something like thirty per cent. above its actual
value. In those days estate valuers were fre-
quently very obliging !
“There were at that time many royal roads
to fortunes; amongst them were the charges levied
by Colombo Agents on the preparation and ship-
ment of Coffee, The consolidated amount waft
JUNE 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL
usuilly Ss. per cwt,, out of which there was a
royal slice for the shippers. It may not be amiss
to mention in this place the reply of a well-
known Colombo retail trader who, when he was
told that the officers’ mess of a certain regiment
was about to embark for England, coolly replied
that they owed him just a thousand pounds
sterling, but that he should not trouble them
for the amountas they had always treated him
in a most gentlemanly manner and he would behave
towards them in a similar fashion, a declar-
ation which evoked from a well-known joker
of that period, ‘ What a world it is, Mr. Venn!’
—a saying which since passed into a proverb,
‘“* The following years were memorable ones, long
remembered from the sad and eventful changes
which overturned many a hitherto prosperous
planter. lLeaf-disease and financial disaster each
worked their share of havoc in nearly every dis-
trict. In the course of ten years the face of the
country was changed from smiling prosperity to
a deepening gloom whichgradually spread from one
district to another until all wore similar features.
These were not times one cares to recall to
memory: one would fain try to forget them, Hap-
pily there were bright spots in that gloomy
picture which modified the saddening recollection
of what one would fain pass over. In cheery
contrast to the misery to be found on every
side were the redeeming features of calm self-
denial and courageous endeavour of scores of young
planters who had to look upon actual poverty
and semi-starvation, the results of the insolvency
of their proprietors, Many an instance occurred
of assistant managers of estates being indebted
to native dealers in rice and fish in the bazaars
for their daily rations and occasionally for clothing.
I have not forgotten how liberally some of the
Chetties of Uva and Dimbula joined in raising
funds towards enabling destitute planters to leave
the island for more favoured lands in the south.
‘“As one of the incidents illustrating the changeful
tenor of Ceylon planting life I can call to mind
how at a festive gathering in the Dimbula Hall
one of the guests posted up a fictitious Reuter’s
Telegram from London advising Plantation Coffee
as up to 100s, which he caused to be exhibited
by way of ajoke, This elicited roars of laughter,
but the figure was actually realised early in the fol-
lowing year. I have in mind also words of warn-
ing uttered by one of the speakers at the same
meeting cautioning his fellow-planters against extra-
vagant expenditure, for that a time might come
when times would be so sadly changed that
estates would probably be so sadly depreciated in
value as to be sold for the value of the iron roofing
on their stores, a prediction which I lived to see
realised,
‘* But I pause in my notes of recollections which
might be extended over many sides of a news-
paper sheet. Having jotted down such notes as
occur to me at atime when my powers of memory
are no longer what they were, I close my jottings
asking readers to bear in mind the fact that, thank-
ful for the share of health and strength left me,
I rejoice to know that a large measure of pros-
perity is youchsafed to those I leave in the island
which has witnessed so many vicissitudes of for-
tune in the past.”
Tt must be confessed that there is not much that
is autobiographical in the above paper, after 1858 ;
but the sketch afforded of the vicissitudes in
coffee and afcerwards cinchona planting, carries
AGRICULTURIST. 821
with it the history of the Colony and of nearly
every European, whether planter, merchant or
journalist. Our own arrival in the island dates
from 1861 in the midst of what were still the
““good old times” when we had to content our-
selves witha fortnightly mail from Europe ; whena
foreign telegram—Reuter not having then appeared
--was a rarity; when the island was well
supplied with a daily newspaper through the
Observer publishing on Monday and Thursday,
tne Times on Tuesday and Friday, and the
Examiner on Wednesday and Saturday. Easy-
going days these were in the Fort of Colombo,
when Mr. E, J. Darley and other ‘old hands ”
did their banking as well as office business all
in “white” with short white jackets—now relegated
to the dinner table; when a black hat or boots, (or a
pair of gloves) under any circumstances (save a fun-
eral), were the occasion of derisive comment ; when
everyboily knew everybody else, and the gathering
on Galle Face of an evening approached a good
deal to that of one big family, and the illness of any
one member disturbed the entire, but very limited
community of ladies, and provoked offers of nursing
and aid from all sides; when, moreover, the spirit
of competition (outside the newspapers) was still
very much in abeyance, so that it was thought
unfair to compete ata land sale with the man
who had taken the trouble to prospect for any
particular lot and to cause it to be put up for sale;
and when, for instance, we have personally known a
Baillie Street merchant rush in to stop the press
and get an advertisment altered, because he did
not want to announce his quarter casks of Madeira
as for sale until his neighbours, Mackwoods & Co.,
had disposed of all their stock, and he had jusb
learned from ‘Frank Smith” that some still
remained on hand! Those were the days of
sailing ships, when a steamer, save Captain
Donnan’s little ‘‘ Pearl”, was scarcely ever seen in
Colombo roadstead, and when the commanders of
barques took many weeks at their ease in our port,
to discharge and take incargo. ‘The first interrup-
tion to these quiet, old times,—certainly the first
public excitement we can recall—arose out of
the American civil war, when Tinnevelly
cotton (largely dealt in by Colombo merchants)
rapidly rose in 1862-3, from 24d to 1s 6d and
more per lb., and Messrs. Darley, C. Shand, A.
Gibson and J. C. Fowlie made rapid ‘* fortunes”
and retired. Those were the years too of one of
the most somnolent governments that ever
administered affairs in British Ceylon: Sir Charles
MacCarthy was a polished scholar and speaker,
but averse to travel or hard work: his Colonial
Secretary, Mr. Wm. Charles Gibson, was bent on
hoarding revenue; and so Mr. Cardwell as Secretary
822 THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
of State swept down and took large appropriations
of surplus balances for the military chest, The
merchants in 1863-4 had found it impossible to
get one of their number to accept a seat in the
Legislative Council, and so finally recommended
the Editor of the local “Times” as an ex-merchant?
and thus Mr. Capper was one of the unoflicial
phalanx whick under the leadership of Mr. George
Wall (then Planting M.L.C.) resigned during the
temporary administration of Major-General O’Brien
who had succeeded Sir Charles MacCarthy. After-
wards, under Sir Hercules Robinson, Mr. Capper
served as paid Secretary of a Cattle Commission, he
having got out anephew, Mr. Keppel Jones, to help
with the paper. After this Mr. Capper aided
another nephew in starting and carrying on the
‘‘ Kandy Herald,’ an abortive effort which speed-
ily died down. He also contributed to the short-
lived comic journal ‘‘ Muniandi,” if indeed he did
not edit it at one time. To this same period of
unsettlement and of many ‘‘irons in the fire,”
belongs Mr. Capper’s origination of a Cart Trans-
port Scheme for Uva, in which he was specially
supported by the late Mr. Thomas Hudson (ot J. I,
Strachan & Co.) This was managed by his son,
Mr, Charles Capper, and was afterwards taken
over by Mr. Lucius C. Glenny when he
commenced his Haldummulla aud Ratnapura
stores. In 1870 the Duke of Edinburgh visi-
ted Ceylon, and Mr. Capper acted as Correspond.
ent for the London Times and afterwards published
an illustrated volume on His Royal Highness’s visit.
In 1874 Mr. Capper parted with the local ‘‘ Times”
to a Limited Company formed by Mr. Dunlop,
Manager of the Oriental Bank, and from this year
dates the ‘Times of Ceylon” which had for its
first Editor Mr, Ailardyce from Bombay, after-
wards Reader to the publishing house of Black-
woods. In 1882, the Company having collapsed,
the newspaper and printing property reverted
to Mr. Capper (who had returned from home)
‘and his two sons who made the Firm ‘ Capper
& Sons.” Mr. John Capper (after a brief engage-
ment as representative of Ceylon at the Cal-
cutta Exhibition in 1884) finally retired to
London in that year; but, although then in his
T1st year, he could not be idle, and so he took
up the role of London Correspondent, continuing
in that post for fully ten years more. Indeed after
he gave over this special work to younger hards,
we found him early in 1896 still interested as
Editor of a small monthly periodical published in
London for the benefit of West Indian planters.
Even after 63 years of continuous work with his
pen, the veteran journalist could not refrain from
doing something ir his old capacity, and we believe
his interest in public news continued unabated
[June 1, 1899,
until the end came on March 31st, 1898, when
Mr. JOHN CAPPER had attained the good old age
of 85 years. Mr. Capper was twice married : first,
to a sister of Mr. Ackland of the firm he first
jo-nedin Ceylon, by whom he had two sons and
two daughters—all of whom, save one daughter,
predeceased their father. By his second wife (Miss
Baylis, aunt of Dr, Baylis long in Kellebokka)
there were three sons, i
We are conscious of affording but a meagre
sketch of the career of one who served his day and
generation well, aud whose connection with
Ceylen during about forty years of continuous
residence, was marked by much useful work. Our
foregoing record is by no means complete;
for as ‘* Honorary Secretary to the Ceylon Branch
of the Royal Asiatic Society,” Mr. Capper (as we
publicly testified at a meeting some years ago)
rendered for many years very valuable service,
keeping the Branch alive in fact, when it
would otherwise have possibly become defunct.
Then, too, there is a phase of his literary career we
have omitted to notice above, namely, in his contri-
butions to Dickens’ ‘‘ Household Words” and this
we nay best do by quoting from a notice of Mr.
Capper in the local ‘‘Examiner ” at the time of
his death :—
He will best be remembered as the writer of those
breezy sketches, which found a permanent lodge-
ment eventually in Old Ceylon. Who thathas read
hissketch of ‘“ Our Uld Clerk’—a figure taken from
life when the writer was an assistant at Ackland
Boyd’s, and the object of the sketch was the Chief
Clerk of the firm with his strict business habits
unswerving integrity, unassuming ways, and yet
shrewd dealings—but will acknowledge that the
writer possessed powers of observation beyond the ordi-
nary—the ordinary standard that is generally con-
centrated in the one word keen? Then, “ Philip of
Brassfounder Street’’—a faithful sketch of the Kana-
kupillais of the olden days : and the Chetty with his
elastic ideas, first as to the free use by him of the
Fiym’s postage stamps, and his indignant and
dignified planking down of his purse when he was
reminded that stamps could not be supplied for nothing
—all these sketches and more of mercantile life in the
metropolis in days gone by may be reaj in the little
volume we have referred to. Nor in it are scenes ofa
graphic and even teuching interest wanting of up-
country life. Ofthe particular sketches of planting
life in the work we are referring to, we cannot speak
with certainty—we have all along been depending
upon memory. But there is one bit—* The Kandyane’
Captive,” we think is its title—which for the simple
narration of an incident—real or fancied—in connec-
tion with the Kandyan dynasty, may fairly lay claim te
a place among not the least of our prose idylls,
Our portrait gallery of the Pioneer Colonists of
Ceylon would certainly have been incomplete if
it had not included one whose career we have
thus imperfectly indicated and to whose work
and memory we have endeavoured to do justice,
in the varied capacities of planter, merchant, but
especially of littérateur and journalist, all of which
appertained to Mr. JOHN CAPPER.—Requiescat
in pace.
JUNE 1, 1899.}
REPORT ON COFFEE LEAF DISEASE
IN COORG.
[INcLUDING DEsCRIPTION OF Coore ; CULTI-
VATION oF CoFFEE—SHADE, WEEDING, Man-
URES,—SEED, VARIEEIES, HYBRIDSING, |
BY MR. JOHN CAMERON ..s.
(Concluded from page 752).
COFFEE PESTS.
«We shouldbe happy that it is an industry that
involves a certain amount of trouble. Otherwise it
would be taken cut of our hands altogether.’ Such
is the pithy and hopeful remark made by an able
and experienced planter on the occasion of the
last Conference of the United Planters’ Association
at Bangalore. A statement of this sort indicates
the true energy which underlies all the actions of
British enterprise. J
In the latter case obstacles are of little moment,
and may be of real advantage in keeping out the
faint-hearted. The same spirit prevails in Coorg, al-
though borer, leaf-rot, leaf-disease, bug and other pests
have each done their best to diminish the planters,
profits—uncertain crops and toreign competition being
a futher tax on his patience. Leaf-disease, which is
most dreaded, was not very prevalent or any of the
estates visited. Jlemileia JVastatrix, the fungoid
parasite which causes leaf Gisease, by partially cr
wholly disorganising the functions of the leaf, made
its appearances in Coorg in the early seventies after
committing great havoc in the planting districts of
Ceylon. The peculiarity of the fungus is that it
persistently follows the coffee bush all over the
country and is more or less prevalent wherever
coffee is grown. A virulent attack on the experimen-
tal plot in the Gardens (Lal Bagh), has just been
temporarily checked by burning every infected leaf
and coating the ground with a thick layer of
quicklime. ; ? '
Combustion, whether active or passive, is the
natural enemy of fungoid organisms; and when Mr.
Marshall Ward recommended burning everything
that could be burnt with safety on the estate, he
gave good advice. During the pruning and wood-
ripening season, tons of leaves and twigs could be
disposed of in this way, although it is admitted that
a coffee zone such as the ‘“ Bamboo’’ provides
but little space for kindling fires. It is the annual
recurrence of the scourge which makes it so disas-
trous, and anything that would harass it or deprive
itof nourishment at critical periods would have the
effect of saving the host to a large extent.
Spraying operations were observed at Hallery, where
Mr. Sprott thinks he has gained some advantage over
the fungus. The mixture in use is3 Ibs. sulphate of
copper and the same quantity of lime dissolved in 25
gallons of water.
The Californian remedies for fungoid and other
pests are given at the close ef this paragraph.
The Life-history of
Hlemileia Vastatrix was thoroughly worked out by
Mr. Marshall Ward in 1881, and readers cannot do
better than refer to his acientific reports, written for
the Ceylon Government on the subject about that time.
The Dicector of Kew Gardens gave it as his opinion,
in 1892, that Memileia Vastatrix is a species endemic to
the Island of Ceylon. Thisgreat authority futher adds,
—‘ Like thousands of other microscopic leaf fungis,
it probakly maintained its existence in an unconspicu-
ous manner in some native Rubiaceous plant (v. ¢.,
belonging to the same family as the coffee). It was
probably only bya kind of accident that about 1869 it
feund a suitable host in cultivated coffee, and thus
was enab!ed to develop itself on a scale which speedily
made it a scourge.’ Since the latter date, when
first observe, the parasite has followed its host unre-
mittingly to every coffee region of the old word.
Change of food would possibly arrest its progress
sooner than anything. Slight constitutional change in
the host might bring this about, and the process of
hybridising would be of much value if it secured even
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
823
partial immunity to the coffee plant from the attack
of Hemileia. That such a thing is possible has
already been proved by the rising of certain varieties
of potato which are wholly immune from Phytcphthora
infestans, the most hurtful fungoid parasite of that
esculent.
THE BORER.
The next pest to be briefly considered is the borer
(Xylotrechus quadrupes), which is indigenous to the
country. In fact, there are saveral borers, and the
remedies here recommended will app'y to them all.
It is only in the more exprsed parts of South Ooorg
that the ravages of these insects are much frlt, and
even there the condit’ons are far more hopeful than
they were thirty years ago. At that time the whole-
sale 7estruction of forest trees, accompanied by undue
exposure and indifferent cultivation, aggravated the
attack and was the indirect cause of enormous loss to
the planter. But itis now understood that sufficient
shade and moisture, supplemented by good tillage,
are conditions inimical to the spread of borer. The
rush for extension which prevailed a few years ago,
when prices went up, must be held responsible to a
large extent for the maintenance, if not increase,
of coffee pests. A large area (in fragments here and
there) of unsuitable land was placed under cultivation,
and by a process of forcing in some cases and compa-
rative neglect in others it was hoped to increase the
average outturn of bean. But a cycle of dry seasons
shortly followed, and the new openings were mostly
foun’ to be infested with leaf disease and borer, which
rapidly spread to healthy tracts that had not suffered
before to the same extent. The occupation of such
lands by coffee is therefore a standing danger to the
whole local industry. I can imagine nothing more
disheartening to a really good planter than te
have neighbours who will act recklessly in the
selection and treatment of land, to the jeo-
pardy of the whole community. In addition to
depth of soil, moisture, and shade, the presence of
numbers of insectivorous birds is recommended for
the extinction of borer. Of these, woodpeckers, jays,
thrushes, mynas, hoopoos, sparrows, larks, jungle
fowl, the crow pheasant and many others are inseet
eaters. When the larvae canbe got at, which is not
very frequently, the dircct aplication of neem oil
is the surest remedy. If poured into the holes and
tunnels caused by the insect, it will either bring out
the latter quickly or cause its death inside. In this
connection 1 may mention that neem oilcake, which
is manufactured at Hunsur, might have a remedial
effect if applied to land affected by borer. Rubbing
the coffee stem at intervals with the oil would bea
good practice.
LEAF ROT.
Pellicularia Koleroga, or “leaf-rot,” is an epiphytal
fungus which envelopes the coffee leaf during the
monsoon and subsequently kills it. Continuous or
heavy rainfall, density of shade, drip, and stagnation
of drainage, are the causes of this fungoid growth.
A modification of the above conditions with the use of
fire to destroy all affected leaves, and the application of
flowers of sulphur in the early stages of attack are
the best known remedies. Bordeaux mixture and
other fungicides should also be tried. For the eradi-
cation of bug and scale insects, the importation of
a useful species of lady-bird is under trial. The brown
scale-insect,* Dactylopius adonidum, is prevalent on
many of the jungle trees, where it is farmed by ants
for the secretion known as ‘honey dew.’’ It is
usually accompanied by the black fungus 7risporrum
Gardnert, Berk, Kerosine emulsion is a good remedy
for these pests.
REMEDIES FOR PLANT DISEASES.
Extract from Spraying Calendar, Central Experi-
Farm, Ottawa,
*The ‘Brown scale insect’ is Lecantum coffea
Dactylopius adonidum is the so-called ‘Mealy bug'—
Ep. 7.4,
8260 THE TROPICAL
prevailing variety on the estate. 'Lhis is all right
where the prevailing strain is good. but where the
product for which a plant is cultivated shows signs
of exhaustion, or has become deficient in quality or
quantity, the strain is said to have run-down,” and
in all such cases too much individualism in reproduc-
tion is undesirable. Itis in all probability to prevent
this runnivg down of strain or breed that nature in-
sists on cross-fertilization.
Coffea arabica, or Arabian coffee, of which there
are several well-defined local varieties known by such
names as “ Chick,’ Coorg and “ Nalknad,” has been
almost exclusively cultivated in this country from the
time the industry was started, and it is only within
recent years that one or two new varieties and species
have been introduced and cultivated on the estates.
This fact will explain the absence of hybrids over such
an extensive area, there being no material to make
hybrids from. Yet, within the past few years, some
hybrids have made their appearance, shortly follow-
ing the introduction of Liberian coffee, a distinctly
new species. And, barring the fact that two distinct
species have been placed in juxtaposition to each
other, the hybrids are the work of nature. But in
the instances referred to, man must get the credit
of having materially helped nature by providing a
new species for the latter to work upon.
If he would, therefore, do more in this direction,
the chances are that worn-out strains of coffee would
soon be replaced by better kinds.
This leads me on to the suggestion that approved
varieties and new species of coffee should be freely
introduced from other countries. he field for ex-
periment would then be much widened, as planters
would have sufficient material to work upon.
The cultivated forms of coffee in different parts of
the world are already so far advanced of the indige-
nous or wild bush that it would probably be mere
waste of effort to bring the latter into experiments,
the object of which is to secure further improvement
in productiveness and quality. Collections of species
and varieties should, therefore, be confined, in the
first instance at least, to well-known jats already in
cultivation. These I shall leave the planter, being
the best judge, to select for himself. Now supposing
that some enterprising planter has already secured
such a collection of coffee-bearing plants, how is he
to dispose of them to the best advantage ?
This is a question that I shall endeavour to answer
in my next.
With one or two new species of coffee at one’s
disposal, and a like number of distinctly marked varie-
ties, such as the “‘ Maragogipe,” which is an intro-
duced variety (from Brazil) of Coffea arabica, an ex-
perimental plot could be started on the following
lines :—
(a) Stuatiom, as regards aspect, soil, water and
shade, to be the best the estate can afford. Occasional
irrigation will possibly be required to induce the dif-
ferent bushes to blossom together, so that the pos-
session of a perennial water-supply would be a conve-
nience. :
(6) The crossing-plot need not exceed one-eighth
or at greatest one-fourth of an acre in extent, while it
is possible that equal results may be obtained by
working systematically on a few bushes.
(c) In planting up the crossing-plot, an equal
number of healthy seedlings of the estate coffee
should be thoroughly mixed with the new kinds, so
that winged insects may have full play on the whole.
But in addition to the general and haphazard
operations performed by the insects, a few bushes
should be carefully isolated for hand-fertilization.
For the latter purpose a few skeleton frames covered
with fine muslin would be a sufficient protection, if
placed over the bushes before the flowers opened.
Plant ina square plot at 6 » 6 feet, so that air may
circulate around the bushes freely. The preliminary
details which I have emphasised under the sub-
headings a, b and c will keep the planter employed
for at least two years, or to be strictly accurate,
until a maiden crop of flowers is produced in the
grossing-plot,
AGRICULTURIST. [JuNE 1, 1899.
Then, at this latter stage, the work of fertilization
will actually begin, should several distinct kinds of
coffee flower simultaneously. Unprotected bushes will
be pollinated through the agency of insects chiefly,
while the protected ones will be self-pollinated,
should no precautions be taken to prevent it. Where
bushes are intended for hand-fertilization, it will be
necessary in the early stages of reproductive growth
to rub off a great many of the young flower buds,
so that the inflorescence of an individual may be
reduced to a manageable number of flowers. For
that matter, the flowers could be reduced to what
is borne on a single primary, or to a few clusters
of the same. The necessity for this apparently
ruthless treatment is contained in the fact that,
during the short time the stigma is receptive of
foreign pollen, the fertilizer ceuld only pollinate a
limited number of flowers with any degree of certainty.
It is, therefore, wiser to make sure of getting a few
goods crosses than to attempt a larger number
indiscriminately. Let us now suppose that the opera-
tion is about to take place. Having provided himself
with the marginally no-
ted requisites, and se-
lected a protected bush
to become the seed-
bearer, the fertiliser
places himself under the
protective frame and
eagerly watches for the opening of the first flower.
Directly the flower opens (usually early in the
morning), there will be seen, slightly projecting from
its delicate-white throat (tube of the corolla) a bifid
or two-horned stigma supported by 5—7 arrow-headed
another on shorts on short stalks. At time of opening,
the stigma, which is seen well in advance of the
anthers, glistens with a sticky substance which holds
fast any powdery matter, such as pollen, that ma
fall on to it. What the fertilizer has to do at this
stage is to dust a little foreign pollen on to it by
means of his camel’s-hair brush. This done, he in-
stantly, and deftly as possible, cuts away the
5—7 anthers behind the stigma. But as the anthers
are usually closed at this early period, they could
perhaps do no harm if they were left. Everything
would depend on the bebayviour, so to speak, of the
stigma towards the new pollen by which it has
been fertilized.
The process as described above has to be done with
every flower until the primary or clusters of flowers
reserved for crossing have been exhausted. A register
is then made of the parentage on both sides, and after
a day or two the bush is liberate] from its protecting
covering.
Ihave examined many coffee flowers at the moment
of opening, in most cases the stigma projects in
advance of the anthers and the style lengthens rapidly.
By this means the spreading horns of the stigma
afford a good platform for small bees and other
insects to rest upon when searching for honey. Then
flitting from one stigma to another they deposit
quantities of pollen, which readily adheres to their
hairy limbs. Crossing operations being completed,
the next step would be to select a suitable piece
of land for the cultivation and trial of seedlings
raised from the crossing-plot. 1: is in this final
stage of the experiment that the exact result of
cross-fertilization would become apparent, and not
before.
But the operator needs to possess patience, for
among 10,000 seedlings cultivated there may not be
one showing real improvement in every respect.
With our limited experience in crossing, it is un-
certain what would happen, although there is reason
to believe that cross-fertilization would induce bene-
ficial variation in the growth and production of coffes.
The land required for testing seedlings of mixed
parentage should be of the best quality, and the
cultivation should be on a liberal scale also. Area
isa matter for the planter himself to decide, as
it depends wholly on the extent of his operations.
I do not, however, advocate large areas for mere
experimental work, When the seedlings give theig
A fine camel’s-hair brush ;
small, sharp penknife ; small
sharp pair of scissors; pocket
lens; flowering branch from
male parent, with pollen.
JuNE 1, 1899.)
maiden crop, it- will be seen approximately what
merits they possess from a productive point of view.
But other merits, which may be roughly termed
constitutional, will only become apparent after a lapse
of time and under different modes of treatment.
I can readily imagine that a judicious selection
of the fittest would prove a most difficult task, even
to an expert.
The operations discussed from the beginning until
now, when the second generation has borne its first
crop of fruit, covers a period of about six years. This is
a long time, and some men. would doubtless say
“is the trouble worth the candle? especially as there
is nothing to proye that much good would come
owt of it.’ In answer to such a remark, I am pretty
firmly convinced that good would come out of it and
have already planted up a small crossing-plot with
the view of raising hybrids. The plot consists ‘ of
130 bushes, and includes (. arabica, C. liberica and
the variety—Maragopipe.” A few of the bushes are
alzeady well advanced in growth, so that the first
batch of crossed seedlings may fruit within five years
from date. But when matured bushes can be cross-
fertilized this season, the results might be known
within four years, which is not very long for a
planter to wait. My object, so far, has been to
explain the modus operand: of fertilization rather than
to discuss side-issues bearing on its application to
the genus Cofee. But now, I may xefer briefly to
argumentative views on the Jatter question. As the
coffee bush possesses a hermaphrodite. flower, it may
be held by some that crossing is neither possible
nor desirable. But it does not follow that a flower
is self-pollinated because it contains both sexes. In
numerous hermaphrodite flowers the sexes attain
maturity at differené periods, and in all such cases
self-pollination is effectnally prevented. That dicho-
gamy preyails to some extent in the coffee-flower is
certain, as L heve often observed stigmes in the
receptive stage when tbe antheres had not dehisced.
I am unable to say, however, if this is a general
condition, orif it only happens in occasional flowers.
A flower may thus be structurally hermaphrodite and
functionally unisexual, Then, thesweet-scented coffee-
flower offers great attraction to inserts, which is a
pretty sure sign that the dispersion of pollen is
favoured by Nature. Indeed. the condition of the
pollen is such as would adhere readily to the hairy
limbs of insects. It is not of the fine powdery kind
(so-called dust of flowers) that would be suspended
in the air or lightly carried by the wind.
Considered, therefore, from a morphological stand-
point there is little doubt but the genus Coffee is
subject to cross-fertilization, and that its flowers are
entomophilous. Lastly, { wish to dispel the idea that
established coffee can be influence one way or the
other by operations of crossing, the results of which
are only discovers d in a subsequent generation.
But it is highly necessary that the planter should
strictly conseive his testing-ground, and not allow
any unknown seed to be utilised for estate purposes.
The golden rule in the testing or experimental ground
isto destroy all inferior forms as quickly as possible.
New strains of seeds reserved for trial could be
treated separately until such time as their merits
are fully established. This is all I have to say on
the fertilization of the coffee flower at present.
MR. CAMERON'S REPORT ON COFFEE IN
“COORG.”
Ws have been requested to give publicity to the
following correspondence between Mr. Alex. M. Neilson,
£.C.S., of Coimbatore, and Mr. John Cameron, F.L.S.,
of the Government Gardens, Bangalore :—-
I-—From Mr. Neilson to Mr. Cameron.
CommBarore, 25th Murch 1899.
Dear Sir,— I have read your Report on Coffee Culti-
vation in Coorg with much interest. There are some
statements, however, underthe the heading ‘‘Manures,”
which, I think, require explanation. You do not men-
tion Saltpetre at all though it is one of the chief sources
ef Nitrogen and the principal artificial sources of
Potash te most South Indian Coffee. In European
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
Works on Agriculture itis scarcely mentionod as its
price precludes its use where Nitrate of Soda and
Sulphate and Muriate of Potash are cheaper. In this
country, where it oceurs naturally, itis a much cheaper
and more inportant manure than either of these three.
Then you do not inelude Dried Blood in your list of
Nitrogenous Manures, but mention it as a source of
Potash. This is no doubt a slip, as Dried Blood
contains only about one 1 per cent. of Potash and 12°14
per cent. of Nitrogen, whichis the ingredient which
gives it its value. I should like to know, also, on what
experimental fact the statement is based that ‘for quick
effect on growth the soluble superphosphates are the
best, especially the double superphosphate manufactured at
Wetzlarin Germany, Ave double supers better than an
equivalent quantity of the ordivary kind, and in what
way are those manufactured at Wetzlar superior to the
numerous other makes ? I can understand that in cases
when the cost of transport is very heavy the double
supers might prove more econonomical, bub only in very
exceptional cases as the anit price of the phosphate is
very much higher than in the ordinary kind. [have
thought it better that these things should be pointed
out to yourself personally, rather than through the
newspapers; and this is my apology for addressing you.
Il.—From Mz. Cameron to Mr. Neilson.
BanGatone, 7th April 1899.
Dear Sir,—Owing to my absence at Mysore, I regret
that your letter of the 25th altimo has not been answered
promptly. I have to thank you for drawing attention to
the weak points inmy statments about manure. Salt-
petre was inadyertently overlooked, although I was
under the impression that nitrate of potash had been
recommended and entered in the list. Dried Blood is of
course wrongly place’, being a nitrogenous fertilizer.
Thave not heard that German superphosphates are in
use in this country, but they are highly spoken of by
continental cultivators, and Lam going to try them here
on coffee and other plants. Being specially prepared
for export to dietant countries, they are worthy of trial.
But Tecan understand that their use ona large scale
might seriously affect local interests—a phase of the
question which didnot occur to me until i had read
your letter. I may tell you, in conclusion, that my
report to the planters’ of Coorg has no pretension to be
exhaustive, and that sound criticism may be of more
valne, if made known to the planters, than the report
itself.
Yours faithfally,
>
SEEDING OF THE GREAT BAMBOO
(BAMBUSA ARUNDINACKA).
Some account of the seeding of this plant in its native
country may not be out of place at the present time,
when the cultivation of the hardier kinds of Bamboo in
Great Britain is receiying such general attention, creat-
ing, as it were, another link of sympathy tetween the
nations of the Hast and West, bringing to the minds of
former travellers familiar and graceful objects in the
landscapes of foreign climes, and to the untravelledsome
idea of the graceful beauty of one of the most interesting
and wonderful genera of plants. It would almost appear
that there is nothing in this life unaccompanied with
some disappointing drawback, and the more exquisite
“a thing of beauty” it frst appears, the more crushing
the subs-quent disappointment.
In the case of the genus under notice, the drawback
undoubtedly is the death of the plant after producing
seed, this effort of reproduction beivg, I believe, in
most if not all the species, fatal to the existence of the
parent plant.
The seeding and eubsequent death of at least some of
the hardier kinds of Bamboo in Britain may, perbaps,
be familiar enough to some people, but it may be
doubted if it has fallen to the lot of many English men
to have witnessed the phenomena on a large scale in
the native country of the Bamboo. It was my lot early
in life to see this mysterions act of Nature in relation to
the huge forestsof Bambnsa arundinacea covering hun-
dreds of square miles of conntry in Malabar and Coorg,
in Southern India, and reaching farinto the adjoining
province of Mysore. It was atthe close of the year 1562
(Sd.) J. Cameron,
826¢
that 1 took up my residence in an upland district of
Malabar, where the slopes of the Western Ghauts
were clothed with gigantic evergreen forests and from
their base stretching for several miles into the Mysore
territory, grew a veritable forest of Bamboo, intermixed
with Teak and other deciduous and hard-wooded trees,
the Bamboo predominating.
My primary object is to give some account of the
seeding of the Bamboo, I yet cannot help writing a few
words on the beauty and grandeur of this forest as I
first beheld it, and before ‘‘decay’s defacing fingers”
had wrought desolation. Viewed asa whole from an
eminence, nothing could well surpass the splendour of
this vast area of waving plumes rising to a height of
60 to 70 feet ; and individually the clumps as seen more
or less isolated on the grassy laterite knolls. were of
surpassing beauty. From March until nearly Christmas,
the Bamboo is clothed with leaves ofa pale delicate
green, after which they begin to fall, and the jungle for
a month or two is shorn to a great extent of its
attractiveness, But thereis extra beauty in the young
leaves as they begin to appear in response to the first
showers of spring. I shall never forgeta ride I took on
my first arrivalin the country alorg a road leading
from Malabar into Mysore, and cut right through the
heart of the Bamboo-jungle, and when the trees had on
their best attire. The huge clumps stood almost at
regular intervals close by the road on either side, the
culms bending over and forming a complete archway
of greenery for miles. This was the grandest triumphal
archway I ever beheld, and when the subsequent
seeding and destruction came, one could hardly help
lamenting the inexorable laws of Nature.
Very soon after my arrival in Malabar, L heard
rumours that the Bamboo forests of Travancore to the
south were in seed, and in the following season our turn
came, and then that of Coorg to the north. So that
this strange frutescence would appear to have taken
place in sections, beginning at the most southern
point of India, and travelling northwards year by year.
When the seed became fully ripe, the culms
were quite divested of leaves, and bent down with the
heavy load of oat-like seeds—a magnificent harvest,
it is true, but one which only occurs twice in a
century, and which is then accompanied with the
annihilation of the parent plants.
When the seed became quite ripe, it fell to the
ground, which was quickly covered with what had a
wonderfully close resemblance to Oats. This fall was
the signal tothe jungle tribes to lay up a store of
the grain to serve them during the ensuing monsoon.
and groupsof men and women were tobe seen ail
over the forests gathering and deftly winnowing
the seeds, whilst pea-fowl, jungle-fowl, partridge, and
others of the feathered tribe, were not slowin taking
advantage of the bountiful supply of food, and waxed
fat and lazy, and sv became an easy prey to the fowler’s
gun. Long, however, before a tithe of the rich store
could be consumed the season of jungle-fires began, and
added by the thick coating of leaves on the ground,
completely licked the Bamboo forests from end to end,
to all appearance converting into cbarcoal every seed
that had dropped from the trees, extinguishing
every hope that the land would ever again resume its
former appearance. Nature, however, had her own
secret way of preservation, and as time went on, tiny
little Bamboo seedlings began to appear, which year
by year increased in strength till, in 1877, or fifteen
years from the time of seeding of the forests, the
country had all but resumed its former grandeur.
No description of mine could possibly convey an
adequate idea of the scene of desolation the country
presented after the death of the Bamboos over the
whole extent of this magnificent forest, which was
transferred suddenly from a scene of surpassing
spleadour into one of dust and ashes. The monsoon,
which had: brought revivifying power to the leafless
Bamboos for the byegone fifty years, and bid them
again and again burst into leaf and beauty, at last
failed in its appeal to the “‘dullecold ear.of death.”
- The succeeding hot season began its drying process
on the dead culms, preparing them for the fires which
were destined eventually to clear the country of every
yestige of the old forest. It was several years, however,
_ tropical garden during a warm summer.
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. — [June 1, 1899.
before this process was completed, and here again
rested a marvel, viz, how the young seedli
escaped with life and increased in stuture throu
the years of heat and smoke.
For several seasons in succession the country was
filled with smoke from the combustion of the dead and
dry culms from about January to April which made it
very unpleasant to the lives of the Coffee-planters and
others. There was kept up night and day also «
succession of loud reports from the ignition of t he pe nt-
up gases between the joints of the huge eu!lms.
I do not know, but I sometimes doubt if there is any
example in the vegetable kingdom which can boast of a
more rapid growth in a given space of time than the
culms of a fully-developed plant of Bambusa arundinacae
in its native clime. The clumps send up @ yearly
supply of culms, which begin to appear in February,
and by the end of July they have reached a height of from
60 to 70 feet, and are well furnished with lateral branches
from top to bottom, with a diameter, close to the ground,
of some 8 or inches. The culms, as they issne from the
ground, are furnished with a curious protecting capping
of brown-colonred sheaths, which they retain till they
reach a considerable height, and the points are out of
danger—an admirable protective process of nature.
With reference to the longevity of the Bamboo, I
took considerable pains to arrive at the approximate
truth. I questioned and crose-questioned on many
occasions the jungle tribes, who had their homes in
the seclusion of these Bamboo wilds, and who, previous
to the advent of the Coffee-planting industry, hardly
ever left but lived on the produce from their small
clearings, edible roots dug with pointed etakes from
the woods, honey, and the fruits of the chase. One
tribe was called Jain Coorumbers, or, in plain English,
honey men, cr honey collectors. They are a lively
race of people, with a wonderful amount of intelligence,
and withal a rare appreciation, among natives, of fun
and humour. I singled out several of the elder and
most intelligent of this interesting tribe for my imquiries,
ard arrrived at the conclusion that fifty years, er
thereabouts, was the limit to the life of Bambusa
arundinacea. There were several other species of
Bamboo in the district, which, curiously enough
seeded simultaneously with B. arundiracea.
The uses to which the larger Bamboo is put in
Malaber and other provinces of Southern India are too
numerous to mention, and it would be diffienlt to
imagine what the natives would do without ii.
The Bamboo in Malabar is found almost from the
sea level up to an elevation of something over 3,000
feet so that its range is considerable, and although
it is generally described asa stove-plant in England,
it might, I think, flourish in a house with less heat than
that usually assigned to a stove, and might possibly,
without hurt from an interesting object in the sub-
To meke the
canes more lasting, and, in some measure prevent the
ravages of the white ant, the natives of Malabar adopt
the practice of soaking them in water for some mont
before putting them to use.
The belief, or rather superstition, obtaining in some
parts of England with regard to the influence of the
moon on vegetation is also found amongst the matives
of Malabar, and no native will cut » tres or a
Bamboo for his own use during the wane of tlie moon.
For some reason unexplained these Bamboo forests
of Malabar are very unhealthy, alike to European and
native. Ague and - fever prevail, more especially
during the showery weather of spring, and immediately
after the end of the south-west monsoon, when the,
ground begins to dry, or, as the natives put it
“ during the making of mud andthe making of dust.”
The natives sometimes attribute the prevalence of
malarial fever. in these jungles to the quality of the
water, andI have frequently known a gang of coolies
fresh from the Mysore stop at a Coffee plantation and
taste the water, and then pass on to the next plantation.
IfIam correct in. thinking that the life of Bambusa
arundinacea is limited to fifty years, those forests in
Malabar which I saw in seed and then perish, will
again come to matuity about the year 1913, when will
be. witnessed. a very curious. phenomenon im the
vegetable kingdom.—Ji, Lowriz.— Gardeners’ Chronicle.
18LJ0
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June 1, 1899.) THE TROPICAL
FACILITIES FOR MAKING GOOD TEA,
Tn continuation of the notes and comments
dealing with the above subject, on we shall
next take up two sets of replies to our circular,
received from the Kelani Valley, which regard
the situation from different stand points. | And
that is one of the advantages of eliciting infor-
mation, by means of circulars, from men who
are engaged in the same vocation, but who
work necessarily under conditions more or
less different. One of ow: planting friends
congratulates himself that the old fancied
draw backs to making good tea are being
overcome, and that better tea is now being
made on a majority of estates: another
deals with the drawbacks as still potent
factors. The two he gives prominence to
are the scramble for quantity, and the
attempt to cut down expenditure as much
us possible. The inflated rupee compels the
strictest economy, and the planter must
show a saving on the cost per Ib. of tea laid
down. By sacrificing quality he attains
this end; and if quantity yields a very
slight profit, he excepts the inevitable, but
at the cost of the estate’s name in the
market. If the craze for quantity has not
altogether subsided, we doubt if ever before
in the history of the enterprize there has
been a greater trust in quality than during
the past few months; and perhaps the
wave has spread into the Kelani Valley too,
since the answers to ow: cireylar were
penned,
As regards jat, both writers hold it to be
poor on most old estates, while land more
recently opened up had the benefit of the
best jats. Neither is prepared to class the
preyailing jats as inferior; but merely
medium; but even so, we fancy, both
quality and yield must be affected by, the
failure to secure the best types of indigen-
ous and hybrids. On_ the other hand,
these were scarce and difficult to get
at the out set of the enterprise; and in
fea, as in other things, it is experience
that teaches. In soil, too, the lower parts
g? the district ave wanting, with alaterite
. iv
and white quartzy stratum. Though the
higher parts are much better, there is no
rich deep loain to speak of, most of the
good soil being shallow, and many estates
have a sub-stratum of slab rock. In these
civeumstances, we should say careful drvain-
age for the conservation of soil and manur-
ing for its improvement, wre of prime in-
portance, even though no estates can vet
ye spoken of as worn out. It is with a
field here anda field there that abandonment
begins, and with timely attention, a venture
which might otherwise prove unreimunerative
mav be made to yield what may be
ealled a living return. One of the papers
before us is most emphatic that manuring
is profitable and improves the tea, and it
rvecords the heavy application of manures
during the past two years on some estates
with the best results: while the other is
more cautious. It admits the improvement
of tea by manuring, but doubts whether,
the results are generally remunerative—the
fear being expressed that, if a continued
downward tendency in prices vender ex-
penditure on manures impossible, the last
state x the estate would: be woyse thay
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AGRICULTORISY. 827
the first! We trust such apprehension is
out of place now—at any rate average
estates—and that the ruling prices will justify
and repay the liberal treatment of bushes.
Except in small privately-owned places, there
is, according to one report, sufficiency of
withering room and well-equipped machinery,
but the other refuses to regard accommoda-
tion which cannot cope with a week of
rainy weather as adequate. As leaf must
be plucked when it is fit, and manufacturing
cannot wait, it is always better to err on
the safe side, and a factory which cannot
wrovide for arush must be deemed deficient.
The second report puts it in this way :—
“T consider a factory should have a roller to
take 350 1b. withered leaf for every 100,000 lb. of
made tea, so a factory making 500,000 lb. tea
should have five of these, and driers in proportion.
Very few factories in the island have, ar least I
do not know many, and in this district I do not
know one factory.”
In motive power, however, both reports
agree there is no deficiency to mention, and
such as there is being yearly lessened.
Both reports speak of a more than suffi-
ciency of labour—and that is not an unmixed
blessing. Superabundant labour means short
time. and that, however coinforting to the
worker temporarily, means less pay, with
all the trouble incidental to it. Theve is,
happily. a concensus of opinion that the day
of too severe pruning is past. The lessons
of expertence have not been lost; and light
pruning, at intervals of 14 to 18 months,
now commends confidence as suited to the
Kelani Valley at any rate, and is practised
on most estates. It is cheering to learn
that, though the Valley does not profess to
turn out Darjilings, or to match Udapussel-
lawa and Nuwara Eliya, it beats them in
yield, in pungency, and in transport facilities;
while it is happy in its labour, and only
wants a l4dd. rupee to be content all round.
even while looking to Lipton as its best
customer! With more supervision, too, said
to be directed to manufacture than afore-
time, and with the Railway in view, there
is no reason why old planters and young
should not hold wp their Fedde proudly in the
great young district.
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AMBALANGODA DISTRICTS NOTES,
April, 236¢
WEATHER.
I'ine weather set in again on the 25th inst.,
after most useful showers which came on every
day for over a fortnight. The rains freshened up
everything and have not only made the tea bushes
flush vigorously, but put renewed life into
all the various products cultivated in these dis-
tricts—coconuts Cinnamon, sugar-cane, arecanuts,
&e., &e,
Sinhalese pluckers have at last put in an ap-
pearance after their somewhat prolonged new year’s
junketings, much to the relief of mind of many
an estate manager about here, visions of the gar-
den covered with bushes yards high, having been
prominent as the flush sprung up so rapidly. As
usual the wenches all demanded a new year’s gift
each in cash on coming to work again. Is this
custom peculiar to the low country Sinhalese,
or does it prevail too among the Kaudyans?
828 THE
Artizans; have also returned to work, but ave
a more than a trifle listless and needless to say
stony-broke.
ACREAGE.
There will not be much added to the acreage
under tea in this portion of the province this mon-
soon, small clearings at Elpitiya and Baddegama
being the only ones mentioned ; while afew acres
of moist and will go into Para Rubber. Of course
one must not forget the whole half-acre the en-
terprising directors of the Talgaswella Company
have decided to put into Vanilla, as mentioned
recently in the Observer.
THE TEA CROP.
So far the tea crop on most places is larger than
for the same four months of Jast year, except on
some of the estates near Mapalagama where it
is said to be short ; but the drought there was more
severe than at Baddegama and Elpitiya and the
celebrated ‘‘Jake” on Talgaswella is reported,
though probably an exaggeration, to have eva-
porated down to a chunk of mud before the rains
restored it,
SUGAR.
Tt is a current idea upeountry that the only
place that sugar-cane is grown and sugar manu-
factured atin Ceylon, is Baddegama estate. A trip
by boat up the Ginganga river from Galle would
dissipate this notion; for miles up one sees flour-
ishing cane fields on both banks. The fields are
not continuous, but show up constantly behind
_the fringe of coconut trees, with every mile, or
two mile where sugar and treacle are made.
What becomes of all this sugar ?
SNIPE, :
Two good bags of snipe were made during the
past week in the Karandeniya fields by a local
planter, but these will be about the Jast of the
season, and it is a little surprising it should
windup so well, as birds have not been partien-
larly plentiful in the Karandeniya-Elpitiya fields
this year,
KELANI. VALLEY,
NEW FACTORY FOR THE KELANI VALLEY THA
ASSOCIATION, LTD. (WEREAGOLLA ESTATE).
This has been erected on land specially
nequired for the site and to provide for the
“development of the water power, on the
opposite side of the Weoya river to the
original factory and estate.
It will now serve for the manufacture of
tea from Parusella estate also, and which is
about two miles distant by cart-road direct.
A substantial suspension bridge is being
erected over the river in place of the ordinary
terry-boat, so that all communication and
leaf transport will be independent of floods.
The factory is of ixon, 45 feet by 120 feet,
with teak windows aud weather boarding.
There are two upper floors for withering
purposes, with a special entrance for green
i, from. the outside. The ground fioor is
lofty, well-lighted and ventilated.
Power is transmitted to the various ma-
chines by a line-shaft extending the full
length of the building and passing into
the _power-house . which adjoins
-qnain building at its end andin which
is stationed the engine and boiler and also
the counter-shaft connected with the turbine.
“he turbine is of the vortex type (80 h.p.)
and stands just below the level of the power-
house and near the river. Water is obtained
TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
the |
ene |
at a point about one-third of a ynile abyrys-
the Factory by building masonry —
the river, the supply being aievldial by
means of asluice, and conveyed through pipe
and open spouting to a settling tank, which
connects by pipe with the turbine direct,
The construction of the damn has been a
very difficult work, and in the upper por-
tions of the waterconrse many tons of vock
have been removed by blasting.
Work was commenced at the middle of
March last yearand the factory was running
under. steam power by December, the water
power being completed and . started on the
2th inst. All the machinery awailable from
the two factories has been thoreughly put. in
order and they with the new ones added
provide ample pee capacity,
The Superintendent. Mr. A. H.. Wyness, las
had a very arduous task in connerc-
tion with the dam and watercourse
and it is. satisfactory to. know . that
a heavy fiood immediately following its
completion has nob damaged it in. any
way. . The ironwork of the. Factory was
supplied by Messrs. Main, the woodwork
and complete erection by Messrs. Walker
Sons & Co., Colombe, the water power being
devised and generally carvied out under the
supervision of Mr. Hotland Porter of the
latter firm. The Directors have now a
commodious factory, well-situated for trans-
port, and supplied with coppcate power,
water-power being available throughout the
year, and it is hoped they may reap the
benefits avising therefrom to the full,
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CENTRAL TRAVANCORE PLANTERS
ASSOCIATION
From the report of the Secretary of this Association
for the past year we extract the following :—
Fixance,—Our expenditure for the year amounted
to J28sv-1-4 inclusive of our donation of R1,0@0 to
the American Market Fund, as wellas R200 for the
expenses of our delegate to ‘Prevandrum, an item
which @ces not often occur. ‘Lhe yedr closed with a
credit of balance of R77-90.
Mepicat’ Tunp.—Owing to the depression from
which our industry is suffering, we found Ourselves
unable to maintain so costly a Fund; the Fand was
accordingly wound up, the Travancore Tea Estates
Go. taking cver the dispensaries and who make a
charge for medicines, etc., to outsiders making nse of
the dispensaries. T.H. Goyernment was approached
on the subject of appointing a fully qualified medical
man to the District and acceded to our request by
appointing Dr. Joseph, to whom we guarantee a sum
ot not less than H100 per month, in addition to his
grade pay as remuueration for ‘the extra work
entailed on him in visiting members of this Associa-
tion. FT;
Roaps AnD Brinces.—-This is a subject which engiges
no small amount of our attention every year. I think
we must all agree, however, thatroads have of late
improved, but much still remains tobe done. At the
same time I fail to understand why large quantities
of metal have been broken if it is not to be spread. For
months past it has been almost impossible, I may
even say dangerous, fora horse to pass a cart or fortwo
carts to pass One another on certain roads, more espe-
cially on the Carady Goody Hill, a road none too wide
in itself to admit of any portion of its width being
blocked by heaps of breken metal. With regard to
- tze bridgesin the District, I donot think that I have
ever scen them in a more dilapidated and unsafe con-
dition than they are at present, and I trust the Chie€—
BEugineer will lose no time in putting them i thorough
ordex heforg the approach of the monsoon,
“June 1, 1899. THE TROPICAL
Rartways.—A light tramway line is shortly to be
constructed from Ammavanayakanur to Uttamapolium
and will eventually be extended to Kuravancoth. If
yates for goods over this line are sufficiently low, and
when taken into consideration with the cheaper
steamer freights always to be obtained at Tuticorin,
no doubt some estates, more especially those on the
eastern side of the District, will send their tea to
Tuticorin for shipment rather than as at present to
Cochin, The promoters of the line expect considerable
progress will have been made in its construction by
the end of the current year.
Oxsrtuary —We have to deplore the death of one of
the oldest members of this Association, Mr. J. Bur-
rows, who passed away early in the year, Decessed
was on the point of leaving for Hngland when death
overtook him.
Game Laws.—Mr. Holder at the meeting of
the association drew the attention of the
meeting to the way in which big game of both
sexes was being exterminated and numbers of per-
sons how to be seen prowling around the confines of
the estates with guns intent on butchery. Only re-
cently a cooly had been shot by some person un-
known. who had been trespassing on the Woodlands
Estate. In fact, it was becoming positively dungerous
on some estates to walk along the roads even in broad
day-light. Je therefore proposed and Mr, Laurie
seconded the following Resolutions which were carried
unanimously :—
1. “Vhat members of this Association do view
with alarm the manner in which game is being ex:
terminated in the District, and do agree to do their
utmost to prevent the possession of guns by coolies
and kanganies on their respective estates and in
every way to try and protect the game surrounding
them.”
2. “That the Dewan be requested to confer the
powers, &8 laid down in Section 4of the Travancore
Game Preservation Regulation, on all members of the
Committee of this Association.”
‘“Tt was further resolved ‘ that members’ attention
be drawn to Section 3 of the Travancore Game
Preservation Regulation.”
DiRle Lorre, £2
THE EXPERIENCE OF CHYLON AND
SOUTH INDIAN PLANTERS.
A correspondent writes :—Looking through
the columns of Planting Opinion (issue of
the Ist inst.) the heading ‘Tea from Seed
to Cup,” attracted my attention. Your con-
temporary has arranged with a South Indian
Planter (the italics are mine), to write a
special series of papers on tea cultivation
and manufacture, giving practical hints that
will serve the beginner and enable him to
suart tea planting with the teachings of ex-
perience before him. What struck me was
the announcement that the papers were to
be written by a South Indian Planter.
Considering that North-Rastern Indian and
Ceylon planters are far more experienced
men than their confreres in the South of
India, specially as vegards manufacture,
woull if not have been more to the point
if we had been informed that that some
expert from our part of India, cr from
Ceylon, had engaged to write a series of
practical articles for the benefit of his less
experienced brethren in the South of India.
Although tea was started in Southern India
at the same time as if was in Assam and
North-Western India, the Industry may, in
comparison to the latter, be said, to be still
in its infaney in the former. 1 look forward
with interest to see how my Southern brother
will teach “the young idea -how to shoot,”
especially vegarding manufacture.—Planter,
April 16, i
AGRICULTURIST. 8295
CINGALESE CATTLE AND GOVERNMENT
BPARM IN. TRINIDAD.
We direct’ attention ‘to the interesting
letter sent tous by Mr. Meaden, the Manacer
of the Trinidad Government Farm, in refer-
ence to the cattle selected by Dr. Stureess
and sent from Ceylon, via Calcutta, to Trini-
dad. It is tooscon yet, it will be observed
to say that the expreiment is a success :
but so far all has gone well and we trust
Mr. Meaden will have a good: account to
give by-and-bye. The Government Farm on
which: he reports is entirely devoted to
cestock:, 7 and the title of. the *§ Council
Paper No. 10° of “1899,” now before ‘us. is
* Annual Report of the Superintendent ot
Pastures for 1893.” Both the Farm and the
Pastures seem to be worked at a prokt :
the former shown in the sale of £872 worth
of stock and of the supply to hospitals of
about 130,000 quarts of milk produced at so
low a cost, as 32 cents per quart. In the
case of ‘* Pastuves,” the fees leave a’ balance
to the good of £230. A halance-shees fo
the whole establishment tells us that the
value of stock is £3.775; the cost of Farm
£6,160. The total revenne for 1898 equalled
£3,114 (counting the milk at dd a “quart
less than is paid for inferior milk to Colombo
milk-sellers) and the total expenditure in
salaries, wages, feeding stock, &c., expense
of stallions, purchase of pure-bred poultry
&c., £2,00l—showing a net profit of £1,118.
Clearly Mr. C. W. Meaden deserves epeat
credit for so good aresult. The stock under
his care on Ist January, 1899, included dairy
stock 224; zebus 2i—total 245. Stud -:=—one
stallion, 14 brood mares, 16 young stock—
total 33. Poultry:—Wyandottes 14: white
Minoreas 9: Créve Cours 3: Creole 12—total
88. Here are extracts of interest and of
practical value with reference to local ** Dairy”
experiments. Mr. Meaden. states :— ;
The milch herd numbers 91 cows, all in profit-
able condition, and 26 heifers ; these will come in
later on in the year to augment the herd, or for sale
in calf as suggested in the Report for 1897. The
health of the herd has been, as usual. excellent:
anything like disease is unknown. In calfhood
there must be lesses from various causes known
and unknown. During the year 82 calves were
born and 8 died, a rate of 10 per cent.
The average quality of the Farm milk has main-
tained its high standard and kept pace with the
extra amount produced. Below is shown the aver-
age composition of mill from. 8 leading Conti-
nental countries, the minimum quality permitted
by the Society of Public Analysts, and the analysis
of the average milk of the Farm taken mornine
and evening :— — =
33
Fat Solids ‘Total Mois
noé fat solids ture
Jontinental Milk. 3°73. 9°19, 12°92. S7-48,
Society public Ana-
laysts,. & on $50, 11°50. 88°50,
Farm Milk.—Morn-
ing , 6700" 9°38, 15°38, $462.
Evening a°20° 9-36, 14°56, sad,
Average per cent. Cream 10.
i! Sp. Gr. 10°28.
P. CARMODY, Govt. Analyst.
During the year experiments in butter-making
have been carried on. ‘The chief obstacle to sue-
cess is the difficulty in bringing the moisture eon-
tained in the butter downto the legal limit, viz.,
12 percent. When it isconsidered that the melt-
ing point of butter is $7 degrees and that our tem-
perature nearly always approaches this during
830 THE TROPICAL
the day it is quite clear that there is a difficulty
in effectual working. The milk yields as much
butter as the English average, the colour, Havour,
grain and consistency is good and an excellent
article has been produced with the exception of
the amount of moisture, However, Vrofessor
Carmody, the Government Analyst, has kindly
given me his assistance and no doubt success
will follow. A Dairy has been fitted up with Sepa-
rator, Churn, Delaiteuse, Thermometers, &c., all
that is necessary to carry out experiments in a
complete manner.
The benefit conferred not only on Trinidad,
but on the West Indies generally. by this
Farm experiment, is clearly seen in our
next extract :--
At the anuual December sale 58 head of stock
were offered. The prices obtained weve in advance
of the last sale and yvenerally were satisfactory,
The animals were all in excellent order and well
shown. The pen and boxes were littered down
and the place on the sale day looked in business-
like order. ‘The attendance was good and the bid-
ding fairly brisk. Jamaica were buyers of the pure
bred bulls. | am informed that the stock bred from
these bulls in that Colony are 100 per cent in ad-
vance in price upon the ordinary Creole stock.
Two new features of thesale were the cross bred red
Poll stock, and pure bred poultry. The bulls of
the above cross realized £12 per head, a reason-
ably good price for a first attempt and for little
more than yearlings. The two heifers went for £3
5s each. The poultry--White Minorecas and silver
Wryandottes sold for 9s per head and the regret was
that there was not more of them. Demerara for
the first time were purchasers of stock and as they
got some excellent cross bred bulls, it is to be
hoped that they will prove satisfactory and induce
the purchasers and others to visit us again. The
following were offered and the prices realized
were : --
Per
Head.
6 Milch Cows and 2 in-calf Heifers $179 00- 22 37
19} bred Zebu Heifers 1-2 years old 273 50= 14 40
2 Cross bred red Poll heifers : 30 00= 15 00
1 Pure bred Zebu Heifer ‘ 36 00= 35 00
4 Bulls 569 00=-142 25
7 4and ad bred Zebu 3s »
3 Cross bred red Poll Bulls
143 bred Zebu Oxen 3-4 years old
217 VO= 3010
174 00— 58 00
964 0U= 69 00
$2,442 50 4211
Average.
1 Trio white Minorva Fowls 575 5 75
6 Silver Wyandotte 3 12 35 2 06
As regards ‘‘ breeding,” we have informa-
tion which ought to be of value not only
to local officials concerned, but to many of
our planters who go in freely for stock, both
in the hill and lowcountry. Mr. Meaden
reports :-—
It may safely be asserted that the animal most
suited to the climate of Trinidad is the Zebu
(E. I. Cattle). They have great size and are very
healthy, produce fine stock and without detri-
ment to the milking qualities unless bred too
close. They are irritable and difficult to handle
and move from the place they are accustomed
to: this is the chief objection to them. The red
Poll was introduced to breed a more docile class
and one that would in a greater measure than
the Zebu become beef beasts. The result of
crossing the red Poll with our mixed breed of
cows has given satisfactory results sofa~ Alto-
‘gether 32 calves were born to him, 13 bull and
19 heifer calves, with only the loss of one. Four
hull calves were sold as unthrifty to the butcher,
Five head were sold at the annual sale leaving
six bulls and 16 heifers for augmenting the he
-or future sale. Those reserved have shown ex-
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_ acteristics of their breeds.
(June 1, 1809.
cellent growth under ordinary treatment, They
are hardy and healthy aud have given no trouble,
In the event of the heifers being beg co into
the herd they will be sent to a pure bull ;
this cross it is anticipated will give stock suit-
able for work or the butcher, and will be
superior milkers, docile and with reduced horns.
The red Poll bull cost £65, of his stock £46
worth was sold during the year, and stock to
the value of £113 based on the prices realized
remains on hand. This within two years may
be considered satisfactory. Outside of the imme-
diate profit, the result of importing this bull
will be the foundation of a type new to the
Colony which will have many advantages, one
of which is that they will be practically horn-
less, a great point where a number of animals
are herded together.
The Guernsey bull imported as a calf has grown
well and given no trouble and is now quite accli-
matised, and his case proves that it is good policy
to import from temperate climates all animals as
young as possible, though the delay may be tedi-
ous. This bull will be put to 4 and ¥ bred Zebu
heifers from the best milch cows. This cross though
smaller perhaps than the above will, it is antici-
pated, result in deep rich milkers. It is early te
speak of this because another year must clapse
before service can commence. However, the above
is the line it is preposed to go upon in improve-
ment.
We next come to * Poultry ”-—a department
of almost universal interest to Ceylon resi-
dents both Native and European, if they
would only take the trouble to learn how to
improve their “‘poultry-keeping.” Myr. Meaden
tells us that,—
Three varieties of poultry were imported from
England in June. The breeds were :—No. 1— White
Minoreas, No. 2—Silver Wyandottes. No. 3—
Creve Cours. They came to hand in bad order in-
fested with vermin, and four hens of No. 3 were in
the last stage of disease and these succumbed in
a very short time. A good deal of this mischief was
due to faulty in packing. They were placed upon
peat litter which speedily became filthy ; it would
have been better to have left this out and
turned the hose upon them each day if the decks
were washed. The different breds are enclosed in
separate runs, well shaded. They each in turn
have a run about the stables and guinea grass
plots during the day, and in this way gain most
of their living. Nos. land 2 have k-ept in excel-
lent health, but have lost some of the leading char-
The Minorecas, six hens,
laid nine dozen eggs from June to November, then
moulted. They have now recommenced laying. The
Wyandottes, six hens, laid 14dozen eggs, but did
not become broody, and only lightly moulted.
Speaking froma fairly extensive knowledge of dif-
ferent breeds of poultry here, I think that the
Wyandottes are one of the best and most useful
breeds ever introduced, and no better fowl could be
desired. The two Creve Cour hens laid two dozen
eges, allunfertile. Now these fowls have
accustomed tothe climate, better result will be
recorded. A few pullets have been added to Nos.
land 2, and willbe further increased so as to reduce
the price of the eggs and distribute them cheaply
amongst the peasantry. Minorca cockrells
here, at six months old, weigh 4+ ibs., pullets 3ibs.,
their eggs six to the pound, Wyandotte cockrells
at the same age weigh dtbs., pullets 4ifs., and
their eggs nine to the pound.
As regards “pastures,” it is evident that
special attention is given and there ought to
be valuable lessons to stock-owners in a land
‘with so poor a natural pasture as Ceylon
has. For instance, we are told ;—
To make up for the loss of pasture handed over —
to the Botanic Department, the land between the
* a3
We hs
bi cipal ye
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‘June 1, 1899] THE TROPICAL
rifle range and the river was cutlassed, burnt and
roots grabbed out, and about 4,000 feet of open
drains was dug, It will take some time and ex-
pense to bring this land into sound grazing. A
piece ofland at the rear of the range, about five
acres, was also cleared of bush, fenced and had live
hedging placed to the wires. Guinea grass and other
grasses were planted, but the land is poor and will
only afford rough accommodation for oxen
und perhaps occasionally for horses. The calves
pasture received a dressing of bone ash
two cwt. per acre. The Euphorbia hedges were
trimmed and looked exceedingly well. The only
expenditure for the Farm fences will be the
annual trimming of them. A lot of old standing
prass was mown and had a little artificial feea
added, this was fed to the oxen during the
driest period, they did not seem to relish it much,
and beyond the good done by mowing the pasture
it would not pay as a feed. Some of the old
grass was burnt standing, but no good result
appeared from this (a few ticks may have been
destroyed) and if more expensive it is better to
mow than burn. An additional acre of Guinea
grass was planted to provide fodder for stabled
horses. The Guinea corn was also extended. I
still find this a most useful fodder. for young
cattle. Guinea grass, the finest fodder in the
West Indies, grows most luxuriantly in a wild
uncultivated state. The analysis of a sample
collected in the scrub is as follows :— i
Moisture By 16°83
Albumenous Compounds 8448
Carbonaceous principles, woody fibre 58°752
Mineral matter 15°72
100°00
A note accompanying the above from the act-
ing Government Analyst remarked that: “ From
the analytical data guinea grass is infinitely
superior to ordinary pasture or Bahama grass,
but had about the same value of manured pasture
grass or English clover.”
Trinidad, like Ceylon, depends largely on a
foreign supply of meat; and we read:—
Our meat supply comes from Venezuela and
the market is worth £50,000 per annum. A re-
cent advance in prige and the stoppage of ex-
porting heifers indicates that their stock is run-
ning low. This fact ought to be another induce-
ment to invest in stock-raising in Tobago. A
paper was submitted to the Agricultural Society,
entitled ‘‘ Breeding for Beef.’ This gave an
account of the commencement of an experiment
to test whether beasts suitable for the butcher
can be reared on our natural pasture grasses
within a reasonable length of time and of suffi-
cient good size. Without repeating too much,
three young bulls were selected, cross red Polls.
No. 1 at 12 months weighed 570 lbs. No. 2 at 7
months weighed 435 lbs., and No. 3 at 14 months
weighed 465 lbs. Up to this age their daily gain
equalled weights recorded by the Smithfield Club.
Until the time they were weaned they had the
greater part of the cow's milk, with Guinea grass
and Guinea corn fodder at night and were
stabled. After weighing, Nos. 1 and 3 were
turned out with the oxen to take their chance
with them. No. 1 speedily ran down and became
infested with ticks and had to be brought in
for a couple of weeks, he is now out again and
doing well. No. 3 has given no trouble. No. 2
gets 24 artificial feed per day. These bulls will
be weighed when another year expires, and go
to the butcher, Their carcasses will be examined
to ascertain the quality of the meat, &c. Some-
thing definite will then be ascertained as to the
rospect and value of raising cattle for the
yutcher, and whether under ordinary conditions
we can compete with imported cattle,
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831
Finally, we come to ‘the stud” and here
is a check to prosperity; for Mr. Meaden
tells us :—
The history of the stud for the year is not a
pleasant one to relate, on the two principal points,
viz., the demand for the stallion’s services and
the foaling; failure and disappointment has to
be recorded. A new departure was made in dis-
posing of the horses, as indicated in last year’s
report, by offering at auction such as were for
disposal. This being the first attempt in this
direction some anxiety was felt as to the re-
sult, but what were good realized satisfactory
prices, and further the sale indicated the right
class of horse to breed and what would most
likely find a demand. The three young mares
realized £28 per head, about the current value
for this class of horse. The price obtained for
the seven young horses averaged £30 per head.
The cost to rear them to 3 6-12th months old
amounted to £17 each, leaving a profit of £13,
an excellent average as times go. I'rom the time
they were weaned until commencement of break-
ing they had a feed each morning consisting of
two parts crushed oats, two parts middlings, one
part Indian corn, in all about 4 lb. costing 3d,
per day. On this feed and always at pasture
they have shown good growth, and the fact of
their being disposed of at so early an age is
sufficient proof of this. An exercising and driving
ground was laid out levelled and gravelled. A
dog cart and harness was purchased. These are
home made and show excellent work. ‘he horse
stock stood as follows on the 3ist December :—
One thorough bred Stallion, nine in-foal mares,
one Gelding, five years old, eight rising three
year old colts and fillies, 10 rising two year old
colts and fillies, two yearling colts, and was
valued at £1,100.
We make no apology to our readers for the
many extracts we make from Mr. Meaden’s
useful Report; for what intelligent’ family
in Ceylon is not interested, more or less, in
the improvement of cattle and poultry—in
the suppy of better milk and beef: of less
skinny fowls and better eggs?
PRODUCE AND PLANTING.
Tse “ Fren Breaxrast Tasre.’’—This pretty ex-
pression of political sentiment is lost sight of for the
present, theincreased national outlay relegating it to
the back ground. Indeed, speculative opinion is en-
gaged just nowin discussing the prospect of a reim-
position of duty in some cases, and an increase rather
than a reduction on those articles of produce on which
the duty is comparatively slight. Tobacco importers
are preparing for a possible rise in duty, and the
clearances of tobacco from bond have been enormous,
The possibility of a tax on sugar is discussed in some
quarters, while the idea that tea so far from being ©
relieved of any of its present burden should be made to
contribute a still higher sum to the Exchequer is
not regarded as an altogether remote contingency.
Chancellors have receptive minds, and if the consumer
bears his burden patiently, itis very unlikely even in
a tat year that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will
do anything to lessen, say, the duty ontea, so long as
hecan with confidence affirm that members of the tea
trade are not in favour of any change. ‘I'he question
is, do thore who express this view represent the real
interest of the trade? and upon this doubtless, there
will be a considerable difference of opinion also.
A MecHANICAL TEA Burxrr.—We notice tbat Mr.
HJ Apjohn, chief engineer to the Port Commissioners
at Calcutta, recently gavea Cemonstration of his plan
for the mechanical bulking of tea and repacking.
Fiom the comments inthe “ Indian Planters’ Gazette”
we gather that the representatives of the tea industr
who were present were not yery favonrably ibereasadl
832 THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
Bocus Tres.—We referred in a recent issue to the
destruction by the Customs authorities of some bogus
tea. According to the ‘‘ Grocer,” one of the ‘ latest
discoveries of the public analysts is thas the Cus-
toms authorities are growing careless in the matter
of the tea imported into our ports. There have
been two prosecutions within the pwist few months
for an alleged excess of foreign matter in sam-
ples of tea; bnt both of these were dismissed, and
now there is another prosecution proceeding in
which «a small country grocer is being made to
bear the expense of a scientific discussion as to
how far the Customs anthorities are doing their
duty in examining tex’? As the “Grocer’’ points
out, it is a great hardship that retail grocers should
have to bear the brunt of this battle.
Eyrerprise.—Ceylon tea proprietors and their re-
presentatives do not weary in the task of advertising
the merits of Ceylon tea. The idea of sending samples
appropriately packed to the Austrian aud German
Emperors is one capable of further development. All
the remaining crowned heads of Europe might be
treated in the same generous way, and donbtless the
industry would ultimately benefit, The plan adopted
in Ceylon of bringing the produce of the island to
the front on every possible occasion must tell in
the long run. It has been successful hitherto, and
will, if persisted in, work wonders.—//, and C. Mail,
April 7.
pec ce ite
CARRITE & CO’S INDIAN TEA MARKET
REVIEW. SEASON, 1898-99.
April, 1899.
The season closed on the 3lst ultimo, with an ex-
port to the U. K. of 135} millions compared with
133} millions the eeeeae year,
Tne quality of the crop taken as a whole has been
of average standard. It has been largely coraposed
of ordinary medium grades, and the proportion of high
class tea has been siaiall.
Early in the season Cachar and Sylhet suffered
severely from prolonged drought ; outturns at oue time
were seriously behind last year, and the indifferent
quality of the early teas resulted from the same
cause. A favorable spell of weather, however, set in
with the rainy seasov, and prospects were improved
both in respect of qnality and yield, but generally
speaking outturns had fallen so far behind that
Managers found it impossible to overcome the defici-
ency ; much of the lost ground was eventually re-
covered, but the crop fell far short of estimates,
“Assam has experienced fairly favorable weather
throughout the season ; the character of the crop has
been of a useful description witha very limited pro-
portion above the ordinary average standard of
ality.
Windle conditions have prevailed in the Dooars;
at one period of the season the outturn was appreciably
ahead of last year, butan early setting in of the cold
weather curtailed yield, and manufacture concluded
somewhat sooner than usual. Some good teas were
seen at the beginning and close of the season, but
during the intermediate period, with some few ex-
ceptions, arrivals somewhat largely consisted of thin
iquoring kinds.
sae cates has not been altogether favorable in
Darjeeling. The second flash produced some ex-
cellent teas, but continued and heavy downpours during
the rainy season made it impossible to turn out any-
thing but different quality from the leaf available.
With improved weather, better quality followed, and
some attractive flayory teas were made towards the
ose. : ge
SO thier districts call for no special remark, their
quality being of the usual description. Vhe Terai,
with the exception of s few of the best gardens, has
practically passed into the hands of natives.
The markets have remained fairly steady throughout
the year; beyond the usual irregularities consistent
‘with a large trade, no violent fluctuation in prices
has occurred, but the establishment of scale a lower
of value for all but finest descriptions, and the diffi. j
culty in moving tea outside this sphere ia spite of
an exceptionally strong statistical position, have been
the disappointing features of the season,
The result of the last year’s working has again
been unsatisfactory to growers. The chief causes are.
to be fonad in the sameness of quality of a very large
proportion of the crop, the uarqual distribution of
supply, the concentration of buying power in the
London market and high exchange.
Climatic conditions have not been altogether favora-
ble, and existing circumstances have made it difficnlt
to raise thestandard ef quality, waich, as a rule, can
only be doue at the expeuse of onttarn. The con-
sistently low level of value, increased deliveries
at home, together with the certainty of a crop practi-
cally the same weight as lust year, and the uncertainty
of a proportionately better price being obtainable,
opposed the idea of curtailing ontiura with a view
to improving quality. .The character of the crop,
which has largely consisted of ordinary medium
quality, has not tended to bring about any appreciable
uuvance in sterling values, though, apart from other
features of the trade, it shuuld have — sufficiently
good to maintain last year’s level,
Owing to improved facilities of transport, and also
to uccelerated services, the crop has reached the
market quicker than usual; no adverse influences
have, temporarily impeded transit or have tended to
check the rapid forwarding of supplies. Climatic
causes, however, bave had some beating on the adjust-
ment of supplies; and although regarded at the time
in the most serious light, have really proved to be
of some help to the industry—whilst favorable to
yield in some districts they have at the same
time occasioned a serve check to outturn in others,
and excess on the one hand has been couuter-
balanced by deficiency on the other—no relief however
has been afforded the London market, which for
Several] months during the season receives a supply
ultogether out of proportion to demand.
The effect of a congested supply, and the want
cl a more equable distribution of the crop on the
home market, has been more than ever emphasized this
year. Improved means of carriage have been large}
availed of (maiuly on account of economy in fnameee
and tea has been rushed forward at headlong rate
regardless of the inevitable fate awaitiog it in London.
A more convincing proof of the need of a better
regulation of supply cannot be wanted than this
year’s working affords ; even the law of supply and
demand has been suspended by the persistent pouring
in of shipments, and any tendency to improved prices
has been immediately stified.
The altered condition of the trade, and the con-
centration of buying power in the hands of the
comparatively few large London houses, make it all
the more necessary to feed the markets judiciously,
aud the abseuce of this precaution has never been
brought home to the seller so acutely as in the past
year. The continually depressed market at home,
and the difficulty in moving up sterlivg value, in
spite of an exceptional position, are in a great
measure directly attributable to this drawback, and
so long as the annual Mooding process supervenes
no healthy recovery in values appears probable ;
they may slightly improve during the months
ef dimiaished supply, bat only to be forced down
again when the weight of tea comes forward.
That some effective scheme for ensuring a more
uniform supply throughout the year than now exists
would prove of enormous benefit to the industry is un-
doubted, but the difficulties to be overcome appear
insurmountable; it would necessitate a strong com-
bination of producing interests, and restricted dealinga
would probably b2 unacceptable to many. But prices
have been forced down to such a low Jevel, and the
margin of profit to the grower, whereit has not dis-
appeared altogether, is so small and uncertain, that
any activemeasures with this object in view should
receive every consideration. Reference to the ap-
pended ‘ Movements of Tea” will be interesting in
this connection, a8
(use 1, 1698
June 1, 1899.}
Fine teas have maintained their value throughout
the season, and have realised full prices whenever
brought forward, indicating that there has been no
falling-off in the appreciation of really good tea.
The distinction made by the home trade between good
to fine teavand tea barely reaching that s andard has
been severely reflected in prices; the difference
in value has become more accentuated, and Darjeeling
gardens have been the chief sufferers. When teas
from this district fall short of good to fine quality
(whic is as a rule unavoidable in respect of * first
flash” and “rains” manufacture) they drop into the
plane of ordinary classes, and become ditficult to
move ; they fare badly in London in competition with
Ceylons, and unlike Calcutta, with its various outlets,
there are, comparatively, no special demands for Dar-
‘jeelings of intermediate quality to look to for support,
The distribution of the crop from Calcutta, as
compared with last year, has been as follows :—
1898-99, 1897-98.
To United Kingdom — ...1354 millions, 133% millions,
», Colonies on 61 cr 6 *p
,, America Ber ED aes 2 i
,, Bombay, Persian Gulf,
Black Sea ports, C :n-
tinent & other markets 84 *S 4}
The above figures may be considered eminently
satisfactory, showing as they do, healthy competi- -
tion and a substantially extended business between
Calcutta and new outlets for Indian tea. The quantity
drawn from Calcutta sales to meet these demands
has amounted to 172 millions, or about 36{ per
cent. of the total offerings, and contrasted with last
year’s work in this direction the detaile are as
follows :—
1898-99. 1897-98.
Total quantity sold in Oalentta 49 millions 46 millions
Percentage of the above ex-
ported to the Colonies ai 13in8 96 14%
» » 9» America « 63 % 45%
972) Bombay, &er.. 17 1% 94. %
The satisfactory increase in trade with America and
Bombay can ina great measure be attributed to the
fact that asomewhat more liberal supply of teas suitable
to their particular requirements have been offered in
the Calcutta market.
As foreshadowed in our review last year, these
markets have readily responded to the opportunities
given them, and it is encouraging to kvow that the
endeayours made to stimulate these demands have
been so successful. It isa clear indication ot proba-
bilities, and should offer producers a strong induce-
ment to teed these valuable outlets more freely, as
they are capable of rapid extension and can generally
pay a better price than obtainable in London for
similar descriptions.
The benefits of such a policy are manifold: Lon-
don would be relieved to some extent of a class of
tea which is yearly becoming more unsuited to the
home trade, and which has consequently shrunk in
value considerably; the demands ior new markets
which are, in a great measure, the salvation of the
industry and are gradually but surely extending in
Coleutta, would be nurtured, and the grower, in doing
this, would derive advantage in price. Our trade with
America, Canada and Russia is surprisingly small
when contrasted with an annual consumption of 150
to 200 millions, but Indian tea has secured a footing,
and considerable progress may be confidently expected
in these directions, provided the proper channels are
used to encourage it.
Vbhe strength of these demands, and the imperative-
ness of drawing supplies from Calcutta, were clearly
demonstrated during the euwrly months of the sea-
son. Hitherto operations had been almost exclusi-
vely confined to Cachars and Sylhets, but owing
to severe drought, supplies were much cartuiled;
the volume of business however was not affected,
buyers nee substituting the produce of other
districts, Neilgherry and Travancore teas, of
which none appear on this market, would be taken
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
833
freely, and it is a matter well worth the consideration
of growers in those centres if it would not benefit
them, suitable as their teas are for the various foreign
markets, to sell ia Calcutta.
The market has felt the want of a better selection
of high class tea; no fine. and yery few really good
Assams have been seen during the season, the bulk
of the offerings having been of the ordinary descrip-
tion. The same may be said of Darjeelings, though a
few attractive second flush teas were shown.
The growing scarcity of the
market acts as a serious check tothe progress of our
trade with Australia and New Zealand particularly,
and to this is partially attributable the disappointing
export figures tothese ports. In the case of Dar-
jeelings, paucity of supplies has been specially observ-
able, andimporters in those centres do not disguise
the fact, that owing to the difficulty and delay ex-
perienced in finding their requirements in Calcutta,
they have often been compelled to substitute Ceylon
growths.
higher grades in the
A feature of considerable importance as affecting
the price of tea in Calcutta is the appreciable quantity
now being purchased for direct shipment to the
large distributing houses in Great Britain. From
the commencement of the season up to the middle
of January last Calentta ssles have totalled about
43 millions, of which 15 millions have been absorbed
by outside markets, leaving 28 millions for London.
Allowing for transit, the corresponding period in
which this tea would be placed on the London market
exteuds from the beginning or July until the end of
February. During this interval sales in Mincing Lane
of Calcutta bought teas have totalled 25 millions
against 28 millions actually shipped. The appreciable
balance may be regarded as going to the distributor
direct and to America, Such teas are therefore never
seen on the London market; heavy warehouse and
other charges are consequently avoided, and the buyer
is therefore in a position to pay the producer a
better price proportionate to the charges he saves,
The question of exchange has attracted consider-
able attention during the year. Producers have
viewed the prospect of a fixed rate of 1s 4d with
dismay, and it would seem that they have good reason
for regarding the future with no little concern.
The immediate effect of an appreciated rupee has
been to severely handicap the industry, so much so
that many concerns that could have existedon a
natural exchange, or even at a compromised rate,
have been obliged to give up the struggle, as no com-
pensating advantage has been secured in_ sterling
values, the movement being in the opposite direction.
Difficulties in arranging fiuance, which may in some
measure be attributed to the same cause, have also
hampered the industry, and the workof opening out
new markets, although it has made considerable pro-
gress, has nevertheless been cramped. Advanced ex-
change has been reflected in a higher cost of produc-
tion, and as it isa matter of price alone that can en-
able us to compete in new countries of consumption,
the natural progress of our trade in this direction is
in danger of being materially checked.
It has been argued that the state of over-production
has been reached, and that a fixed exchange of Is 4d
would be the means of checking supply and restoring
a healthy position. Sofar figures show that we are
some distance off this deadlock; excess supply has
appeared temporarily during the rush of shipments,
but home deliveries for the past twelve months have
outstripped receipts to the extent of 7 millions, and
stocks on this date are over 64 wmoillions less than
last year.
Prospects for the ensuing season are brighter, and
there are indications of a more prosperons year before
the trade. The present strong position will doubt-
less become accentuated by the end of May, andsta-
tistically the outlook is exceptionally encouraging.
The low scale of prices has enabled distributors to
handle tea freely and force consumption, and the
extraordinary increase in home deliveries is the most
gatisfactory foature ia the yoay’s work. Phat solarge
834 THE TROPICAL
a portion ofthe crop should, under such abnormal
conditions as existed during the past year, have been
dealt with before any recovery in prices took place in
London, is instructive, andit is to be hoped that the
measure of strength now acquired by producers will
not be disturbed.
The statistical position would seem to invite a freer
supply, which in many cases would mean a coarser
system of plucking and a conseyuent lowering of
quality ; under such conditions the outlook isnot fa-
vorable. Thepast year’s crop was by no means a
full one, and with the increased yield during the
current season from considerable extensions coming
into bearing, there should, under normal conditions
of weather, be quite sufficient tea to meet home re-
quirements and also the increasing demands for out-
side markets. With a largeand inferior quality crop,
lower prices must be looked for, and any recovery in
value (signs of which are now seep) cannotbe main-
tained.
As regards manufacture, the foregoing remarks may
be some guidein decidiuog upon the best course to
pursue. In the districts Planters have been fully alive
to the situation, and every effort on their part will
dcubtless be continued to attain the best results.
——
PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION.
LABOUR SUPPLY
From the official minutes of the annual general
meeting held in the Victoria Hotel, Kuala Lum-
pur, on Saturday, 25th February, we take the
tollowing :—
Mr. Carey, (Chairman) proposed the following, resolu-
tion viz:—“ That in view of the increasing demand for
Tamil labour in this State, it is desirable than an
understanding should be arrived at amongst employers
with respect to the employment of labourers from
other estates,and this Association is of opinion that
members should individually guarantee to knowingly
employ no cooly or gang of coolies from another
estate without the express consent and good will of
their previous employers. In order that fair play
may be assured in every case and that the liberty
of the coolies may not be unreasonably curtailed
all employers shall have the right of appeal to the
Committee of this Association, whose decision shall be
final and failure on the part of any member to comply
with the Committee’s ruling should be at once at-
tended by the prompt expulsion of such offending
member from the roll of the Association. In case,
where coolies who hare been a cause of trouble to
their previous employer, have been engaged in good
faith and in ignorance of the facts on another estate,
the Committee shall deal with each such case upon
its merits and their decison as to the course to be
followed shall be final, and neglect on the part of
members concerned to comply with their ruJing shall
be attended by expulsion from the Association ;
special emergency meetings of the Committee to
deal with these questions will be held upon members
advising the Honorary Secretary of their desire
to have a settlement of such disputes arrived at.’’
Mr. Carey said it was of vital importance that there
should be combination amongst the planters so as to
be masters of the coolies or the coolies would be
masters of the planters. In Ceylon great trouble had
arisen through coolies moving about without reason-
able restrictions and in consequence advances had gone
up by leaps and bounds until it had become a serious
matter indeed for proprietors. In Ceylon kanganies
left estates unless they got anything they wanted and
if Selangore Planters were not careful they would find
SELANGOR
themselves in the same position. Under the present”
a cooly can legally givea month’s notice and
ee tke seas and apather planter would take him
on, but planting etiquette was stronger than law and
this resolution would prevent coolies from acting ina
manner which was unfair to their employers. The
cvolies’ interests however mustalso be safeguarded and
a the case of a very unhealthy estate, they should be
(JUNE 1, 1899.
allowed to leave if such was their wish. Boycotting and
unreasonable restrictions were obviated by the second
part of the resolution, for it gave the right of appeal
to the Committee, men in whom presumably the Asso-
ciation had confidence and who would see that no in-
Justice was done. The labour question was a most
serious one, but treated on the lines of the resolution,
there would be no friction. There was no earthly
reason why a planter should say he was dependent
upon his neighbour for labour, yet anyone who opposed
that resolution practically did say so. There was
every reason for believing that Government would
meet the planters fairly in this matter and if coolies
left a plauter without sufficient cause no Government
Department would employ them.
_Mr. C Meikle in seconding the resolution said that
similar ye momo had been discussed some years
ago and that the effect of that discussion had been
wonderful. The coolies understood from it that
furopeans would stand by each other and the passing
of this resolution would have the effect of maxing
the coolies contented and would be a guarantee that
a planter would get a return for his outlay in bring-
ing our labour from the coast. He hoped the resolu-
tion would be passed unanimously. Mr. W W
Bailey said he agreed with all that had been said
and approved of the resolution, but he would go fur-
ther and would like to see every planter present
guarantee to import a certain number of coolies from
the coast. Now that many estates were coming
into crop it was found a great difficulty to keep
coolies where a pickings were in force as they
preferred such works as weeding, &c., which was
easier. He was prepared to guarantee to take four
times as many coolies ashe now had on Lowlands
and if the other planters would do the same Govern-
ment would be impressed with the importance of
granting reduced fares,
Mr. Gibson said that certain representations had
been made through the UP A to the R G with a
view to having the present cheap-ticket system
extended, for another year, and he believed that such
would be done. The passing of this resolution would
necessitate the importation of coolies from the coast
as local supply would virtually cease.
Mr. Carey sympathised with what had been said
but pointed out that it was impossible for planters
to say off-hand how many coolies they wanted. Com-
petition with each other would cause a rise in the
price oflabour, but the resolution did not mean com-
petition. A definite statement as to the number of
coolies each planter would import was very necessary,
butit was impossible to make such a statement then. 4
The resolution on being put to the meeting was
carried unanimously.
Mr. Carey proposed the following resolution viz :—
“That the Government be accorded a hearty vote
ef thanks for their prompt action in rendering as-
sistance to the Superiutendent of Petaling Estate
by sending down large gangs of coolies to help him
in clearing his coffee of caterpillars, and also for
temporarily remitting the export duty on coffee,”
and said he could only characterise the action of
Government as magnificent.
Mr. Bailey in seconding the resolution said that,
but for the grand assistance of Government, and
that from other Estates, not only Petaling but many
other Estates would have been absolutely ex-
terminated, and he took that opportunity of publicly
thanking Messrs. Mitchell and Poulett for their as-
sistance.
The resolution was unanimously carried with ac-
clamation.
The meeting then proceeded to ballot for a Chair-
man and Secretary for the new year with the result
that Mr. Carey was elected Chairman and Mr.
Gibson, Hon. Sec. practically unanimously.
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WILLIAM S. ARMSTRONG, who owns a rubber
AGRICULTURIST.
plantation in Nicaragua, writing from Natalbany,
La, invites correspondence from persons wishing to
purchase rubber tree seeds,—India Rubber World.
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JUNE 1, 1899. |
DELGOLLA ESTATE COMPANY.
The Directors have now to present to the Share-
holders their report for the season ending 28th
February, 1899, together with the aunual statement
of the Gompany’s accounts for the same period
Tun Isappu Estare.—Lbe decision of the share-
holders to part with this property was carricdont as
‘directed, with the results shewn in the balance sheet.
The effect of the diminished cocoa crop has been
to make the balance of the working account some-
what less satisfactory than was anticipated at the
-time the estimates were framed, but the expectations
of crop so early in the year have always to be
founded more orless upon mere conjecture so many
months prior even to the blossoming season and the
apparent capabilities of the trees are entirely
modified by.any vicissitude of the scasonlater on, and
although only 250 cwts. of cocoa were estimated as
against 4034 cwts. gathered the previous year on
-Delgolla, only 211% cwts. were secured, and the
quality of much of it exceeding poor, the weather
-being unpropitious and the tree suffiring theretrom
considerably.
Goconurs.—There were 240,500 nuts gathered on
Delgolla against an estimate of 250,000. The pre-
vious year’s crop was 200,265 against an estimate?
150,600, and although this season’s crop falls short of
its estimate by 9,500 nuts, it nevertheless shows an
increase of akout 20 per cent above last year’s yield and
steady progress. ¢
IncrrAsED AREA oF Coconuts.—Of addi-
-tional land brought into cultivation there is 133°3° 4
-and the old lands have been thoroughly
_ supplied =p Je .»,,409°1:29
making a total area now under coconuts .. 643°0.33
and the Visiting Agent reports the supplying a success.
Cocoa SurPiins.—A larger area than estimated has
been fully supplied, viz., 158a. 3r. id4p. and is not
altogether the complete success that the coconut
supplies have been as the season has not been so
favourable, but the work has to be gbne over every
season until the land is fully occupied as intended.
Direcrors.—Mr, Frank M. Laurie
Board by rotation.
Auprror.—The elec'ion of Anditor rests with the
meeting.
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CEYLON TEA PLANTATIONS COMPANY,
LIMITED.
Directors.—H. K. Rutherford, (Chairman
-and Managing Director); Henry Tod, David
Reid, G. A. Talbot; Secretary, Sir Wm.
Johnston, Bart. ; Manager in Ceylon, H. V.
Masefield; Office, 20, Hastcheap, London, H.C.
Report of the Directors to be submitted at
the Twelfth Annual Ordinary General Meet-
ing of Shareholders, fixed to be held at the
Office of the Company, on Wednesday, 26th
Apvil.
The Directors have the pleasure to submit the
General Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss
Account for the year ending 38lst December,
1898, duly audited,
The net amount at credit of Profit £
and Loss Account, including Balance
brought forward at 3ist December,
1897, and after providing for General
Expenses, Directors’ Fees, Income
Pax Sed, 18) ee Os .. 44,502 15 1
An Interim Dividend of 7 per cent.
on the Ordinary Shares was paid 28th
October, 1898, amounting to yh.
It is proposed to pay a final Dtvi-
dend of 8 per cent. on the Ordinary
Shares (making 15 per cent. in all,
free of Income Tax) vehichi will absorb
Ot
s. d,
11,716 12
13,300 8 0
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
Income Tax), amounting to
retires from the *
Dividends on the 7 per cent. Pre-
ference Shares were paid for 1898 (less
5,486 16 0
It is proposed to add to Reserve Fund 5,000 0 0
It is proposed to write off for Depre-
ciation 5,000 00
And to carry forward to next year a
balance of 3 rf 3,908 19'1
£44,502.15,1
Owing to climatic influences the Ceylon tea
crop of 1898 fell considerably short of estimates,
and the yield from the Company’s Estates was
73 per cent. under that of the previous year. This,
coupled with a further rise in the rate of Exchange,
somewhat diminished the profits for the year,
The Directors, however, are in a position to
recommend the usual dividend of 15 per cent,
on the Ordinary Shares, this being the twelfth
consecutive year of a like distribution.
It is proposed to write off for depreciation the
sum of £5,000, and to add £5,000 to the Reserve
Fund, which will then amount to £95,000, and
to. carry forward £3,908 19s 1d.
The yield,of ea was 460 lb. per acre as against
495 lb, the previous year. :
The crop for-1898 was as under :—
Estate Tea, 8,714,316 lb. ; Bought Leaf Tea, 355,571
lbs; Tea manufactured for others, 1,005,294 lb. ;
Total, 5,075,181 1b.
The gross price realized for the Company’s
Teas sold in London was 8'24d as against 7'85d
per lb. in 1897, and the average rate of exchange 1s
4 3-16d compared with 1s 3 13-32d the previous year.
The crop of Coconuts fell somewhat short of
anticipation, due to a partial failure of the
blossom, and the working of the Hunupitiya
Mills resulted in a loss, owing principally to un-
fortunate delays with the installation of the oil
machinery, and the low price obtained for dessi-
cated coconuts.
The following is a statement of the crops for
the last three years.
Years 1896 875,570 Coconuts.
is TOO 1,209,980 ie
>, 1898 1,180,520 nd
The Board have again great pleasure in ack-
n@®wledging their appreciation of the services of
the staff both in Ceylon and London.
Under the Articles of Association Mr. H. K.
Rutherford: vacates his seat on the Board, but,
’ being eligible, offers himself for re-election. The
Auditors, Messrs. Harper Brothers, Chartered
Accountants, also retire from office, and offer
themselves for re-election.—By order of the Board,
Won. JOHNSTON, Secretary.
Pe Ti See a
PRANUT BuTTER.—It is reported in an Ameri-
can journal that a new factory has just been
put in operation in the City of Kokomo, Indiana,
for the manufacture of butter from peanuts. At
the present price of the nuts the butter can be
sold at 15 cents per pound. The process of mann-
facture is no secret. The nuts, after the hulls
are removed, ave carefully handpicked and taulty
kernels removed. They are then roasted in a large
rotary oven. Again, they ave gone over by hand
for the removal of seorched grains, The nuts
are then put through a mail and ground as fine
as the finest flour the natural oil in the grains
giving it the appearance and consistency of putty
as it leaves the mill, except that it is more of
an orange colour. By the addition of water the
butter is complete, no other ingrediert— not even
salt—beine used. It never grows rancid, and keeps
in any climate. If this Lutter is all that it is
suid to be, it would seem that sooner or later
the ordinary dairies will have to cease business,
but much must be allowed for American enthu-
siam in heralding this new butter substitute,
—Chem, Trade Journal.
836
CEYLON TEA IN AMERICA.
By latest accounts from London, our Tea
Commissioner had just returned from
America. He thinks our Ceylon teas are
too dear now for America, the rise of 2d fol-
lowing on 5d duty, being more than a people
who care so little for black tea, want to
digest. Coffee—their national drink—they
can have almost for nothing. On the other
hand, men have been scouring the American
cities for tea to be shipped to London!
Some teas rejected by the United States
Inspectors lately. were bought for 24d in
New York, shipped to London, and sold for
64d. They were rubbishy ‘China blacks.
—We append an article on the proposed
differential duty in Canada. Several papers
are agitating for it; but we learn that the
agitation is a ‘ worked-up” one, not the
natural outburst which would betoken a
strongly felt grievance. Still let us hope it
may succeed. But the Canadian blenders
and packet-people who have made our trade
with the ‘‘ Dominion,” will feel this rise
very bitterly. Unless they organize, they
cannot raise the price of their packets. The
article from the Toronto World is as fol-
lows :—
TEA AND THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF.
It is reported that the Government has in view the
placing of a tax on tea to meet the deficiency caused
by the recent postal reductions. If such is its in-
tention, advantage should be taken of the opportu-
nity to discourage the use of the adulterated and
poisonous teas that are dumped on the Canadian
market. There 1s a lot of trash known as tea that
should be absolutely prohibited from entering the
country. This low grade stuff is the cause ofsallow
complexion and nervousness in the people who use
it. We have no hesitation in saying that it is the
exciting cause of many cases of insanity. The far-
mers seem to use a good deal of it and with bad
effects. Whether the Government places a duty on
tea or not, it should protect the people from these
poisonous teas. They come principally from China
and Japan, being prepared by people who are un-
cleanly, ignorant and devoid of all ideas of sanitation.
In order to discourage importations from China and
Japan, it would not bea bad idea to extend the pre-
ferential tariff, as applied to Great Britain, to such
parts of the empire as produce tea, that is if a duty
of any kind is to be imposed on tea. The tea plan-
tations of Ceylon and India are under the control of
Englishmen, who use_ machinery to prepare the tea,
while in China and Japan the work is done by the
bare feet and hands of the natives. A preferential
duty would kill two birds with the one stone—encour-
age trade within the empire and discourage the use
of an article that is sending many people to the
sylum.
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NORTH MYSORE PLANTERS’
ATION.
At the last annual general meeting of this As-
sociation a report was submitted showing that the
accounts were in a satisfactory condition. ‘he income
derived from subscriptions amounted to R1,593-11-0.
The expenditure was R1,483-8-6 and there was now
*g total credit balance of R2,013 of which R1,000 was
‘allotted to the Reserve fund. Crops had been good,
but any satisfaction felt on that account, was fully
counterbalanced by the poor prices their coffee was
now realising. The plague had been very severe in
several districts of the Province and had interfered
with the completion of various public works, parti-
cularly in connection with means of communication.
The Imperial Government had sanctioned the ap-
ASSOCTI-
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
(Jose },
te ~> 4
1898,
pointment of Dr. Adolf Lehmann as Agricultural
Chemist to the Mysore Government for a period of
five years. No cases of coffee stealing had this year
been brought to the notice of the Association, in
spite of the fact, that placards offering a reward of
R100 for information leading to the conviction of
receivers of stolen coffee were posted in the principal
villages of the district; the absence of claims for
the rewards did not, it was feared, mean that coffee
stealing had in any way abated.
Mr. O Scor-Kimyinc was elected President for the
year, Aletter was readfrom Mr. G R Oliver re the buy-
ing and selling of coffee advocating theuse of English
weights as a standard, stating that at present the
Mangalore maund is 28} lb. English. and a candy
576 lb. instead of a maund of 28 lb. and a candy
of 560 lb. It is true that the native lb. is 40 rupees
weight and the English 39 rupees in weight, but
even then the difference is not caleulated correctly,
and as it is presumed that English weighing ma-
chines are used by all planters and firms it is an
anomaly that native weights should be used. Re-
solved that the Honorary Secretary address the
South Mysore Planters’ Association, and in the
event of their agreeing to co-operate, that all Curing
Agents be addressed on the subject.
ADDRESS BY THE AGRICULTURAL CHEMIST.
Dr. Lehmann then said:—I thank you for the
honour you have done me, in inviting me to be
present at this Meeting, and I wish to take this oppor-
tunity of expressing to you, and to all the other
planters, it has been my privil to meet, my
gratitude for the hearty welcome which you and they
have given me. It would be useless to mention to
you the objects of my visit to this State, but I onght
to say that my present tour is only a preliminary
one, and simply for the purpose of becoming acquainted
with some of your difficulties. As I have been barely
two months in India I am in a large measure un-
acquainted with your climate, and have examined
your soil, with a mamotie only. Ikmow practically
nothing of the peculiarities of the coffees tree, and
have not had the opportunity of making a single
experiment, it would be presumptuous on a to
speak to you, on any of the subjects which lie
nearest to your hearts. I should however like to ask for
your support and co-operation in the work which the
Mysore Government has asked me to undertake. The
Laboratory work will suggest metheds or in other
cases, tes* results, but a part of the work will have to
be carried out on experimental plots, or on your plant-
ations, I hope that some experimental plots will be
established, yet the great difference in climatic and
other conditions in the State, make the experiments
conducted on your own estates, other things be-
ing equal, of greatest value to you. Ishould be glad
therefore if you would undertake some experiments for
yourselves,and I shall of course give you all the assiat-
ance that liesinmy power. The subject of fertilisers
is one that has been much spoken of ;as you know,
plants are composed of compounds of various elements,
some of which are essential, or necessary for the growth
of the plant; others are simply accidental or taken up be-
cause they happened to be present in the soil. The
plant is not dependent on the latter. It could grow, if
they were not present, but if any of the former were
missing the plant could not grow. I doubt if there
being any soilin the Mysore in which one of those
essential elements is absolutely absent, still there are
probably Districts in which plants suffer, because
their roots are not ableto obtain aslarge a supply of
one or other of these constituents as is necessary for
the perfect growth of the plant. It suffers from
partial starvation. As you are aware, this starvation is
generally due to the absence of available compounds
of either potash, phosphoric acid, or nitrogen, one
or more of these compounds, or possibly some other
compound like lime may be lacking, or in other words,
the particular plant, to be grown may be unable to
assimilate a sufficient quantity, for there is a differ-~
ence in plants as well as a difference in soils—some
plants for example, can readily assimilate from a
particular soil all the potash they require, while
JuNE 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL
another crop, on the same soil, would readily res-
ond to a potash fertiliser. Fora crop, the pecu-
iarties of which are well-known, an analysis of a
soil may suggest the particular fertiliser which
would give best results: but achemical analysis is
by no means absolutely necessary for finding out the
requirements of the soil you can easily do this on
your estates, ‘‘ The proof of the pudding is in the
eating.’ Ifa crop is benefited by a certain simple
fertiliser it is evident that the soil was lacking
in that particular plant food in so far as this
particular crop was concerned; but in order to ascer-
tain whether a fertiliser has had a beneficial effect
or otherwise we must leave a part of a uniform piece
of land, treated in every other respect in the same
manner, unfertilised. To my mind an advisable
way of conducting these fertilising experiments would
be to select as uniform a piece of coffee (uniform
shade-soil-coffee, etc.), as possible, to apply to a
narrow strip, say 20 or 40 feet running straight
down the hill, a certain fertiliser leaving a similar
strip next to this unfertilized, follow this by a strip
to which another fertiliser has been applied. Every
strip to which a fertiliser has been applied will thus
be separated, by a similar strip, of unmanured soil
which will serve as a standard for comparison. if
shall not take up your time with any further remarks
on this subject but hope you will do me the honour
of writing to me when you have time. The extent
and the object of the experiment will have to deter-
mine the particular fertilisers used, and the rotation
in which they are applied. I should esteem it an
honour if you would permit me to consult with you
whenever you contemplate making an experiment,
however small it may be. While speaking of fertilisers,
permit me to say that the more evenly and the more
intimately it is mixed with the soil (other things
being equal), the better the results are likely to be.
Of course you know that certain fertilisers, such
as sulphate of ammonia and lime ought not to be
mixed together as it would result in the loss of
ammonia; and that saltpetre ought never to be applied
either just before or during the monsoons, as a heavy
shower of rain would cause it to be washed away.
But I am not yet in a position to say what would
be the best time of the year to apply it, this might
viry for differents easons and localities, and would
depend to some extent on whether the coffee re-
quires a period of rest curing the hot weather or
not. On the subject of digging, mulching, and green
manuring, I hope to have something further to
say later on. Jf my first impressions are true it
would be well to try and allow the leaves to remain
on the surface as long as possible. But I must not
occupy your timeany further as I hope to have the
privilege of attending some of your fature meetings.
After a vote of thanks to Dr. Lehmann for his
most ineresting address, and the usual vote of
thanks to the Chairman and Honorary Secretary, the
meeting broke up.
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TEA IN AMERICA AND
RUSSIA.
We have received a number of specimens
of the advertising of Ceylon and Indian Teas
in the American press. Most, if not all, of
these are very admirably conceived and in
design and letterpress reflect credit on Mr.
Mackenzie and Mr. Blechynden. Our corre-
the
CEYLON
spondent, in forwarding specimens,
writes from New York, March 17th, as
follows :—
“Some of the enclosed might interest you. The ad-
vertisements are more to the Grocery trade, on the
position of the market. Teas are now being shipped
from here to London. Any rubbish, provided it is
cheap enough, is the tenor of the orders from
London!
“What has become of shipments to Russia? Up
to the middle of Feb, the Observer shows none! If the
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rise in lower grade has already stopped the Russian
trade, it can be of use to Ceylon, only when teas are
below the cost of profitable production. Perhaps
Russian buyers are holding back for a vessel of their
Volunteer Fleet.”
Our correspondent will see that Russia did
much better in March and that the com-
parison of shipments to Russia at the latest
date the Chamber’s return is as fol-
lows :—
January to April 18, 1899 -- 599,796lb.
January to April 18, 1898 -. ~ 315,3811b.
Increase ,. 284,415]b.
To America, the increase is very satis-
factory :—
January to April 18, 1899 +» 613,3991b.
January to April 18, 1898 eee OOT LS Ups
Increase oo. 54,262lb.
ee eres
INDIAN TEA AND COFFEE AT THE
PARIS EXHIBITION.
The following communication from the Govern:
ment of India to the Madras Government has
been passed on to the United Planters’ As-
sociation of Southern India for remark :—
“Copy of letter from the Secretary to the Govern-
ment of India, Department of Revenue and
Agriculture Commercial Exhibitions), Circular
No. 15-1-11, dated 25th March, 1899. -‘* In accord-
ance with the terms of the Resolution of the
Government of India, dated 2nd March, 1899,
the Rules and Regulations relating to the British
Indian and Ceylon Section of the Paris Exhibition,
1900, have been published in the Gazette of India
and the Gazette of Local Governments and Admin-
istrations. In the meantime the question of how
the space provided in the Indian {!mperial Court
which is shown in the pian attached to the
Rules and Regulations can be best utilised in the
interests of India has been under consideration.
The Government of India have decided to con-
tribute to the Exhibition representative collections
of forest produce and minerals. But after pro-
viding for these collections a certain amount of
space will remaim, and the Government of India
consider that this cannot be better utilised than
as a meansot assisting the tea and coffee in-
dustries to an adequate and effective exhibition
of their produce. It is proposed therefore to
grant, free of charge, to the Indian Tea Asso-
ciation, and also to Coffee Planters’ Associations
in case the latter should desire it, such space
as is available in the Imperial Court and to
assist in the decoration of the Court ina suit-
able manner. [ am further to request that inti-
mation of the Government of India’s intention
may be given to the Planters’ Associations of
Madras, and that it may be suggested to those
bodies that should they desire to avail them-
selves of the offer of exhibition space, the ar-
rangement of details might most conveniently
be entrusted to a Central Committee working in
London, and representing and financed by the
several Associations. If this suggestion be adopted,
the Central Committee might organise a coffee-
room in co-operation with the tea-room of the
Indian Tea Association. As the time for com-
pleting arrangements is short, Iam to request that
no time may be lose in ascertaining the views of
the Associations concerned.”
838 THE TROPICAL
NOTES FROM NORTE TRAVANCORE.
rn April 24,
WEATHER,
The weather still continues wet although not
tinduly so. As a rule, we have fine nornings,
clouding up about the middle of the day with
mist, and sometimes rain in the early afternoons,
but more generally, Jate at night. The cold
weather we had in the early months of the year,
with frosty mornings, have entirely gone and
instead we are having fine, mild, growing weather,
suiting everything to perfection. The months of
April and May, I should pay are the two best
and pleasantest months of the whole year so far
as my experience goes, and the Ini! before the
storm of the S.W. monsoon, which generally
reaches this quarter early in June; then is the
season of the, year for rain coats, overalls, and
water-tight boots, some not even despising the
tar-famed ‘‘Sairey Gamp ” whien it is possible to
holdit up. The strongS.W. winds, however, often
prevent this, but still the $.G. is not a thing
to be despised, although some people, I know,
think it effeminate to be seen in tow with the
so-called old Jady.; Jang may she wag aboon
the grun! ‘he rains remind me of a story ofa
Ceylon 8.D., a true son of the North of Scotland,
Who came out to. tea-planting in the N.E,
Monsoon in an estate where it happened he was
_ fixed, and having to send in his Weekly Report
of how things were progressing in the estate,
he was greatly troubled with what he called the
‘© Weet.” The coolies couldn’t work very weel on
account of the “weet,” the weeding wasbehind hand
on account of the ‘‘weet,” he couldn’. get a drink
on account of the ‘ weet ”!! and so on, and so on to
the end of the report, and ending up by his getting
_ nicknamed ‘‘the weet.”
WORK ON ESTATES,
Every one seems busy in this quarter just now
. with new clearing work, pushing on to yet things
ready for the planting season, which will shortly
be at hand. So. far things seem to be pretty
well forward, but there is still a lot to do in
. the way of roading, draining, &c., &c., before
_the planting actually commences. I hear that
Factories are also in full-swing, lots of leaf com-
ing in, and the bushes looking very fit. The coffee -
crops, so far as I hear, seem to have Veen good,
heavy crops in faet on most places, and no
doubt these showers, which we have had during
the month, will have done the trees an inimense
deal of good ; prospects in coffee for coming sea-
son, I am not in a position to report on as yet,
only having seen certain coffee-estates in the
distance. Theappearance, however, seemsto portend
to be good, if the dark green colour of the trees
is any indication to go by, no leaf disease or
_green bug seemingly about, or at least I have
_heard of none, of either disease. Long may these
pests stay away.
POSTAL COMPLAINTS,
_. L often notice complaints made about the delay
_ at Pos¢ Offices in Ceylon, delay in getting letters,
v &e., &e., but how is the following for a record? -
A Vost Office money. order for only a small sum,
was despatched from Munaar on 22nd of March,
and- did not reach the party for
_ being on the receipt received the other day. Thus
it takes 23 days as you will see to send money
‘from. the above-mentioned Post Office to a Post
Office in Ceylon. I think this will be hard to
beat; no one could be surprised to hear of people
which it |
was intended until 13th April, both these dates .
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AGRICULTURIST.
sending small sums through someether channel and
not much wonder? Let others grumble;you good folks
in Ceylon, I dont think are so badly off after
aJl. Labour seems plentifal enough everywhere
about, and coolics Lealthy as a rule, *pnen-
monia ” being about the only disease amongst the
lalourers at present and this only amongst newly
arrived ba‘ches coming up from the low country
to the upper regions. This, however, is always the
case, but it is never bad, only a death here and
there being reported. When once they get settled
down and acclimatised, they seem to like the
climate well enough, and certainly no one can say
itis unhealthy. The death-rate amongst coolies,
I should say, is very low, compared with many
districts in Ceylon, and less even than the Ceylon
average. I may be wrong, but that is my impres-
sion from what I have seen, and also what I have
heard about these districts, 1 am not speaking of
South Travancore.
ELEPHANTS.
The elevhants still keep up eh a ke gam-
boling amongst the tea estates around about: tliey
seem to be very inquisitive at times, and any
new land wark about, in the shape of a new!
made road, or drain, or weeds hole, where fr
earth has been brought to the surface, is duly
examined and reported on. These reports, however,
are not sent in as a rule, so it 1s difficule for
cig tia to say what their judgments are, but
I have no doubt they are very satisfactory to
themselves, for they seem to go their —<
rounds af stated intervals ; but on the whele,
they do not do much damage, and show that there
are always some of those denizens of the forest
to the fore; long may they be say L
CYCLING,
It would be worth while for some trneson of the
eyele to take a tour through these districts. The
scenery l:e would find grand,almost beyond deserip-
tion. The roads, however, are a trifle outy of
order and might be against the trip; but
these are abways improving, and in time,
we hope to have as good roads as the hill
districts of Ceylon; in time, I say,—a few
years more or less,—but “ Rome was not built in a
day,” so neither are cartroads, tramways, nor rail-
ways, but some day we expect to have them all
and then, oh! well I won’t. say what will happen;
but any Ceylon man curious enough to come
over and see for himself, can give a true and
faithful report and see that that report is duly
printed and published (not like the elephant’s:re-
ports) and held up-to the light of day for every
good and true planter, (and others for that matter)
to see—so mote it B.
en eee ee
CARDAMOMS.—Another large atrival has come
in since our last. In Ceylon Mysore kind the
usual jobbing business has been done. For
Malabar there is more inquiry, qualities worth
between. 2s. 2d. and 2s. 4d. being especially
wanted.—B. and C. Druggist.
CINCHONA BARK.— The London warehousestock
is now about 1,100 packages below that at the
end of the last year. It is smaller than it has
ever been before in the last seven years at the
corresponding date. The arrivals .up to March
8lst were. 4.108 packages, which is only reduced
on by 1897 of the Jast seven years,; The deliveries -
are 5,220 packages, which is about the average -
The Javashipments are given |
of the same years.
elsewhere. —B and C. Druggist.
[June 1, 1899, -
June 1, 1899.]
CEYLON TEAS IN HIGH DISTRICTS.
ARE THEY FALLING OFF IN QUALITY?
THE THA PROSPECT.
The following extracts from the letter of a
practical and experienced tea planter in a
comparatively high district, are well worth
careful consideration at. the hands of all
interested. Writing on April 26th, our
friend says :—
We are getting plenty of rain now, and the tea is
flushing heavily, so much so that I am afraid the
quality will be much poorer, and prices will drop.
Crops for the first quarter of the year have, in this
quarter, been very disappointing, I am afraid.
We had the long and severe drought, and very bad
attacks of red rust on some fields, and then on the
nights of the 7th and 8th March, the frost des-
troyed the flush on hundreds of acres in the District
affected, The worst portions are only now beginning
to recover from the effects, and I should be afraid
to say how much tea has been lost from this cause
alone. I only hope prices will continue good to make
up for short yields, Some time agoI had a letter from
Mr, -—-——, in which he says:—‘‘In London I
had a talk with the manager of a_ tea-dealing
firm who have confined themselves all along to pure
Ceylon tea, and he told me that Ceylon tea had
fallen off so rauch from its strength of past years, that
he thought, if they were to keep their customers, they
must resort, as he said many firms have done,
to fortifying the Ceylon with the stronger teas from
India. ‘Chis is very serious news, coming from a
man of long experience in dealing with Ceylon teas,
and who has no object to serve except to keep
up the quality of his teas and so retain his
customers, I was assured that all the large dealers
in Ceylon teas had taken to mixing them with
Indian, that there are hardly any now that deal
out pure Ceylon teas. I should like t> hear what
you have got to say as to the quality of the tea
of 1898, as compared with the teas of some years
back. Have they in your experience fallen off as
much as what I heard would lead one to suppose ?”
Now, what do you think? I don’t think teas,
well and carefully made, have fallen off in strength,
though I have often thought the liquors are not so
rich and thick as they used to be in the earlier
days of Ceylon tea. Until the last year or two, it
was the feshion to ferment lightly or not at all,
and probably teas made in that way ‘went off”
very quickly, and had little good left in them by
the time they got to the teapot, but I think there
is not much of the light fermentation now. I
know that I improved my teas considerably, with
satisfactory results in London prices, by taking the
advice of Colombo Brokers to ferment much longer
than I was doing.
There can be no doubt of the superior teas
which virgin soil gave (and gives) for a few
years in Ceylon: the question now is, can
planters by manuring or cultivation, or
hnprovement in manufacture, make up for a
certain falling-off in strength and flavour as
estates get older? This is part of the
problem now being tackled by Mr. Kelway-
Bamber, It is also being partially investi-
gated ( at least so far as manuring is con-
cerned) by many practical managers who
ave using the manures of Messrs. I'veudenberg
& Co., the Colombo Commercial Company,
Limited, Mr. A. Baur and others. But, as our
correspondent shows, more has to be studied
than renovating or renewing the soil.
There can be no doubt of the widespread
injury done by frost in certain parts of the
higher districts during the present unusual
season; and we believe some _ Visiting
Agents have been misled into attributing to
“blight” what is solely due to an excep-
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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
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tional snap of frost—an attack, however,
which does no harm to the bush, save to
give it a rest and to send it to work with
fresh vigour in flushing. The consolation
for Ceylon planters affected in this or other
ways and behind with crop as compared
with last year, or with their estimates, is that
short supplies must mean a continuance
of good or better prices; for we cannot
believe in a revival of the China tea trade
with the United Kingdom.
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THE LATE Mh. TOM GRAYS’
ESTATES IN LONDON.
BUNYAN AND OVOCA SOLD
SIR. T.. J» LIPTON: (2? LIPTON
LIMITED) FOR £25,000.
We heartily congratulate Sir T. J. Lip-
ton, or as we suppose, ‘‘ Lipton Limited”
on the bargain now made. From the adver-
tisement of the estates which appeaved in our
issue of the 20th March we quote as follows ;—
“The estates contain about 563 acres of excellent
tea soil of which 533 acres are under cultivation,
the remainder beirg planted with fuel trees or waste
land. There are two charming bungalows with flower
and fruit gardens, stabling and all accessories. Vhe
buildings are in good repair, ample for present and
future purposes and comprise: wo large factories,
tea-makers’ houses and other premises with valuable
plant, and machinery, having capital water. power
for driving purposes. There are also live and dead
stock and a very efficient labour force. The planta-
tions ave in excellent order, well worked in every
aspect. The bushes being in good condition, of a
very useful working Hybrid and the tea finds a ready
market, both in London and Colombo, at rates
considerably above the average. The estates could
be most advantageously worked as one property
which would considerably reduce the cost in every
respect, thus tending to greatly increase the profits
and they will be sold together as a going concern with
possession upon completion of the purchase,”
We are aware that the late Mv. Tom Gray
derived as much as £2,500 a year profit for
many years from the estates, and occasionally
as in 1895-6, as much as £3,500: and both
Bunyan and Ovoca are. still flourishing
estates, and the price paid—under £45 per
acre—is very moderate.
SALE OF
TO
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DR. JOHNSON AND TEA-DRIS KING,
Mr. Thomas Auld, a recognised writer in
** Notes and Queries,’ recently contributed the
following note to that paper :—
The theory regarding the size of the teacups whieh
Dr. Johnson so frequently evacuated is to me new
and very interesting; but I incline to thiuk that
the doctor's twenty-four (or twenty-five cups, ac-
cording to Mr. Marchall’s interesting reference)
would have amounted to much more than a pint
and a half of liquid, of which any one might
dispose in the course of an evening without much
effort. It is, I believe, evident that Dr. Johnson
rather prided himself on his feasts as a tea-drinker.
We all remember the famous passage in which
(in answer to Jonas Hanway’s attack on tea) he
describes himself as a ‘thardened and shameless
tea-drinker.” Then we have the evidence regard-
ing the capacious teapot which held two quarts
(was it 7). Then, again, we have the verses which
he playfully addressed to Miss Reynolds when
success.
840
that lady was supplying him with the ‘* eup which
cheers,” in which he tells her :—
Thou can’st not make the tea so fast
As I can gulp it down.
Dr. Johnson’s record as a tea-drinker must stand.
1 should suppose each cup contained about ove:
third of a pint. Twenty-four cups would thus
represent four quarts. This was the quautum for
an entire evening, and Dr. Joluson’s evening
often lasted (more Hibernico) till four next morning.
Say he i to talk and drink tea at ten, and
continued for six hours, there is nothing so re-
markable in the quantity. Many beer-drinkers in
any of our large towns could dispose of as much
liquor in an even shorter time. It is also worthy
of note that Dr. Jolnson was a very Jarge man,
that he talked much and perspired freely
ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION OF WATER
POWER.
Having in view the increasing scarcity of firewood
inthe island of Ceylon, andthe fact that, away from
therailway, oil is too expensive, it is pretty evident
that, sooner or later, some other means of obtaining
the necessary power for the driving of machi-
nery will have to be devolved. A decided
step in this direction has been made by Messrs.
Whittall & Co., who, at the commencement of
this month, laiddown at Hayes estate, in the Moro-
wak Korale, the property of the Union Estate
Company, an installation for the electrical trans-
mission of water ym for the factory, and have
met, we are glad to learn, with unqualified
It is the first instance of snensschll elec-
‘ trical transmission on any estate in Ceylon, though
it has been attempted elsewhere, and is a good
example in a small way of what can be done in this
direction.
The difficulty on Hayes estate inas been that,
though there is water power, itis below any spot on
which a factory could have been built and so the
cheapest of all powers could not be utilised direct.
An idea was mooted, therefore, some years ago on
the same estate, to utilize a wire rope transmission ;
but asthe result of a visit by Mr. Garratt (engineer
to Messrs. Whittall & Co.), it was clearly seen that
electrical transmission would be far cheaper, and
certainly more simple, thanany othersystem. The
factory at Hayes is rather a large one tor the-
district, and the power is transmitted from a
point one-third of a mile distant from the estate.
The total fall of water utilized is 250 feet, and,
without going into too technical details, it will
interest planters to learn that with only 184
brake or actual horse-power at the Pelton wheel,
the following machinery was driven, all doing
“work and the rollers hard 1olling ;—One Brown’s
Roller ; 1 thirty-two inch Rapid Roller ; 1 Econo-
nic Iviler ; 1 Downdraft Sirocco ; 1 No. 3 Desic-
cator; 1 Venetian Dryer, a Roll-breaker and a
made-tea sifter.
The conducting line is overhead, and consists of
two bare copper wire, supported on procelain in-
‘sulators, similar to those used by the telegraphs.
In the factory, of course, rnbber irsulated cables
are used. The running of the plant is entirely in
the hands of the ordinary cooly, and the working
appears exceedingly siniple; in fact, all the atten-
dant atthe Pelton wheel and generator-house has
‘to dois to keep the wheel running at one constant
speed, which is indicated by a tachometer or revo-
Iution indicator. As long as this is done, the
motorin the factory also runs at practically a
constant speed.
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
iat «
(June 1, |
Throughout the island there are numbers of
steamers, small and large, which are fairly constant
all the year round, and could very easily be turned
to good account. The Hayes installation is wonder-
fully simple ;in fact, no transmission could possi-
bly be more simple than that from one generator
to one motor. When transmitting to several
points and sub-dividing the power, however, a
different system has to be used, and becomes, per-
haps, a litthe more complicated, although, as a
matter of fact, there is absolutely no difficulty in
transmitting from one largestream to any num-
ber of factories within a reasonable distance—say,
a radius of five miles.
It is admitted that the use of coal is prac-
tically out of the question. Oil engines are satis-
factory and cconomical in districts near the
railway: But, on the other hand, nothing can
compete with free water power. With this new
system there is no smoke, noise or heat and Messrs.
Whittall & Co., who are responsible for the laying
of the plant, as well as Mr. Garratt, under
whose personal supervision it was erected, are
extremely satisfied with their venture, We are
assured that in the system as designed there are
absolutely no electrical dangers. We shall be
glad to hear of the further success of the under-
taking.
ee aS
THE EASTERN PRODUCE AND ESTATES
COMPANY, LIMITED,
Drrectors.—Ralph A Cameron, Director,
Norman W Grieve, C J Lindsay, Nicholson, David
Reid, Christopher B Smith, Edward Wahab, Douglas
R Smith, Secretary.
Report to be presented at the twelfth ordinary gene-
ral meeting, to be held at Wincheet2r House, Old
Broad Street, at 12 o'clock noon, on the 27th
April, 1899.
The Dir: ctors submit Report and balance sheet for
the year ending 31st December, 1898,
The profit for the year is £32,526 7s 1d, which added
to £10,878 188 3d, balance from
amounts to aie nie a2 oe £43,405 5 4
From this has to be deducted :—
Interest on Debentures .. £4,612 100
Debentures for £7,500 drawn
and paid off, with bonus of 5 per
cent, on 3lst Dec., 1898
Interim dividend of 24 per cent
on preferred and ordinary share
capital, paid 4th Nov., 1898
7,875 00
7,497 49
19,984 14 0
23,420 11 4
leaving a balance of oe
which it is proposed to appropri-
ate as follows :—
Final Dividend on the Prefer-
red Shares of 24 per cent., mak-
ing 5 percent. for the year, and
on the Ordinary Shares of 4%
per cent., making 7 per cent. for :
the year ... She 13,440 1 6
Balance to be carried forward
as provision for retirement of
Debentures in the current :
year ad aie «+ 9,980 9 10
———— £23,420 11 4
As shown in the Schedule below, the Company, on
31st December last, had 10,867 acres under Tea eul-
tivation, of which 9,771 were over four years old.
The yield of tea in 1898 was 3,643,000 Ib., being
about 6 per cent short of the estimate, owing to defi-
ciency in the rainfall.
was 7°32d,
The average gross sale price
to ele
= sd
JUNE 1, 1899.]
The cost of production was enhanced by a further
rise of nearly 1d in the value of the rupee, the average
rate of exchange forthe year being 1s 4-13/64.
In accordance with the Articles of Association, two
of the Directors, Mr. Ralph A. Cameron and Mr. O J
Lindsay Nicholson, retire from office, and, being eli-
gible, offer themselves for re-election. L
The retiring Auditors, Messrs. Welton, Jones & Co.
effer themselves for re-election. F
C JL Nicworson, Chairman.
41, Eastcheap, E.C., 12th April; 1899.
SCHEDULE OF THE COMPANY'S ESTAvEs at 3lsT DEC., 1898,
Arapolakande, Asgeria and Lulatwatte, Colonna,
Condegalla, Doombagastalawa, Dromoland, Hope,
Ingrugalla and Berrewella, Kirrimettia, Kumaradola,
Kumbukkan, Labookellic, Meddecooimbra, Norwood,
Rothschild, Sogama, Vellai Oya and Dandukelawa,
Wevekellie.
acres.
Under Tea .. 5¢ ae 10,867
» Cocoa .. bee ‘ 634
», Coffee, Cardamoms & Sundries 367
» Forest grassand uncultivated land 4,631
Total 16,499
——___--—_—_@_ ~
TWO IMPORTANT CEYLON TEA
COMPANIES.
The annual Report of the Ceylon Tea Plan
tations Company, Limited, is always an in-
structive document. Not that there is much
variety in the prosperous account, the
Directors regularly render. For twelve years
this premier Ceylon Tea Company has de-
clared a dividend of 15 per cent on its ordi-
nary shares—an almost unprecedented record
—while building up aReserve Fund which now
amounts to £95,000 or considerably more than
one-third of the capitalissued. Last year was a
poor one for crops in tea as also in coconuts,
and yet there is no diminution in dividend,
in the addition to reserve fund, or in the
writing off for depreciation, while nearly
£4,000 are carried forward. All this speaks
well for the good management of the Com-
pany. The tea in bearing aggregates 8,067
acres; not in bearing 496 acres; while of
coconuts the bearing trees cover 728 acres and
those not in bearing 1,424 acres. This Com-
any has, therefore, by no means reached the
imits of its planting crops. The number of
coconuts gathered in 1898 was 1,180,520 : before
many years this number should be increased
to four millions, if not more, from the land
already planted. : :
Another Company, whose Report is before
us today, is that of the Nuwara Eliya Tea
Estates Co., Ld.—a Report which, as the
local Agents Messrs. Leechman & Co, have
learned by wire, was duly adopted by the
eneral meeting of shareholders on 24th
pril. Notwithstanding several draw-
backs, this Company has had a fairly
prosperous year, the dividend being 6
er cent, which issatisfactory considering the
difference in exchange. The Company is
distinguished for its superior tea, the average
price realized being so high as 9:21d. per Ib.,
although the yield from tea in bearing was
as heavy as 545lb. per acre. The most pro-
fitable return was from Concordia estate and
equalled £11 6s. 8d. per acre, a yield of 5461b.
per acre and of 10°30d, per lb. being realized.
On the other hand, Naseby, which used to give
the highest profit has fallen off to £3 5s. 1d.
er acre! This, however, is greatly owing to
the Factory being under reconstruction during
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
841
the greater part of 1898, so interfering with
manufacture; while the tea bushes in many
parts suffered severely from frost. No doubt
further drainage and tree-planting will be
undertaken to endeavour to mitigate the
effects, or pervent the attacks, of frost in the
future.
—-—_<— —— —-
FACILITIES FOR MAKING GOOD TEA
IN CEYLON: —III.
THE two replies to our Tea Circular from
the Northern Districts are very brief, though
they are to the point. From Matale East,
the sole drawback to the manufacture of
better tea than at present is said to be
that ‘it isnot in the leaf.” That is a tale we
have heard from more than one old district ;
and if soil constituents have anything to do
with the character of the crop produced, the
complaint is but reasonable. What better
remedy than judiciously selected manure
for giving strength and flavour to tea? Andour
friend would seem to agree in this verdict;
for, although he pronounces the jat of the tea
generally good, and the soil also good in his
locaiity yet; he thinks that manuring would
improve the tea and be profitable as well.
It is here that the aid of the scientist
should come in, to determine what the defi-
ciencies of the soil are, and what special
manures are required to give flavour and
character to the tea. From the Panwila
and Wattegama side, the drought of last
year is mentioned as one of the (tempo-
rary) drawbacks to the turning out of better
tea; while previous chenaing of the land—
not an uncommon experience, we fancy, in
the older districts round which villages
cluster—and full exposure to the South
West monsoon, are among the permanent
obstacles. Another possible reason, is said
to be the lack of appliances for cool
fermentation. There, too, there is no
complaint about the jat, though in the
older places, it is a littlemixed. The soil
eannot claim to be virgin, except in rare
instances, and it variesa good deal from iron-
stone and red loamy clays to clays, quartzes,
gravels, gritty cabooks, micaceous tale and
plumbago lands. ‘The variety of the soil
points tothe need of differently constituted
manures to meet deficiencies; and we are
glad to find our correspondent express him
self emphatically in favour of manuring,
as. justified by all analogy, seeing how, a
short while ago, persistent attempts were
made in some quarters, if not to under-rate
manuring, at any rate to regard it as a
practice whose advantages had yet to be
proved. ;
In regard to Factories, the latter report
speaks of them as not generally deficient in
withering room, in machinery, or motive
power ; while the former report notes defici-
ency in withering room, whenever there is
a rush aftera spell of dry weather. With-
out adequate withering room, good tea can
thus be turned out only when average
pluckings are in progress ; and that means a
variable standard which must be prejudicial
to the estate marks. The labour force is said
to be adequate in both districts; but that
has been the experience almost through-
out the an tlng districts for some
time past, While Matale East has naught
849
to say against pruning as practised, the
sister District records distinctly severe prun-
ing in some cases, with an evident velief
in its efficacy under certain circumstances.
We are told that “heroic pruning requires
as great skill as heroic surgery, and very
careful tipping after”; but, we fancy, that
it is only under very exceptional conditions
that severe pruning is now practised ? |
Both districts claim to be admirably
suited for tea; and the claim is proved by
the crops, which’ average 500 to 650 Ib. an
acre; but quality is not on a par with
quantity. In regard to that no surprise
need be felt, as elevation and climate are
important factors in flavour; and it is satis-
factory to learn, not only that buyers get
better value than they ever did before in
the history of tea—the remarks were penned
six months ago—but also that greater care
is generally exercised in manufacture than
ever previously, If the prices of medium teas
do not show anadvance, it is because there is
less competition for them in the market,
————-—_——-—_~<-—__—__-
THE TEA TRADE.
The Indian and Ceylon tea industries have for
several years past suffered from gradually increasing
production, cultivation having gone ahead more
vapidly than consumption, Although both
INDIAN AND CEYLON PLANTERS 5
have done their best to open up new outlets for their
roduce, it was foundimpossible to develop these suffi-
ciently rapidly to kéep pace with production. The na-
tural result was accumulating stocks an‘ lower markets.
The last two seasons therefore proved very b‘d for pro-
ducers, as a consequence both of higher costs and lower
prices. The check thus caused has now borne its natural
consequence. Since the beginning of this year, by
which time the heaviest quantities of Indian teas had
b2en sold, a very sharp recovery has taken place in
the market for commoner grades of both Indian and
Ceylon teas, Thesehave advanced between40 and 50
per cent.from the lowest prices at which they were
selling in November and December last. This has
been brought about by the increase in demand, and
by a shorter supply than was expected from both
India and Ceylon. For months past the trade in
England had been suffering from the extremely heavy
stocks, especially of Indian tea; but the deliveries of
Indian tea in London for the present season, of which
nine months have already passed, have been 12 mil-
lions ahead of the same period last season, resulting
ina dearth of the lower grades, and contributing to
the improvement in prices. The conditions under
which the tea trade is carried on at home have been
changing materially during the last few years, through
the importation into the trade of large “ blending”
houses, who have made it their business to blend the
teas for the retailer and supply him with mixtures
suitable for his special trade, thus saving the grocer
the necessity of purchasing a stock of different kinds
of tea in order to keep up his own blends. The
natural sequel has been to obviate the need
for a large stock of tea in the grocer’s own ware-
house, such stock being now held by a few
blenders instead of by a large number of small
‘grocers. In other words, it has enabled the country
retailer to do an equally large business upon a less
‘amount of stock, so that the buyers are more de-
spendent upon arrivals to supply their wants. Con-
‘sequently the pulse of the country responds much
more quickly to any shortage in supplies, and it is
doubtless partially owing to consumption increasing
that the sharp advauce in quotations has taken
place. ; ;
Crops Rucerven.—As far as can be ascertained, not
“only is the stock of British-grown tea in London
‘decidedly short, especially that of Indian teas, but
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
[JeNE 1, 1899.
the duty-paid total held by retailers in their own
shops appears to be distinctly less than was the
some time previously, so that retailers are compe
to buy, whatever may be the condition of the market,
as they have apparently very little of their own
stores to fall back upon. Almost all the season's
crop has arrived from India, and there will be very
little to receive from this quarter until Angast
next. The quantity to
COME IN FROM CEYLON
is tikely to be less than last year, as 60 muchis being
taken away for new markets; while the new season's
tea from China will not arrive until about July.
Consequently there is not much to draw upon besides
the existing stocks—mainly held in London—and the
8 or 9 millions amonth which may come from Ceylon;
so that everything points toa continuince during
the next few months of the strong demand at
present existing, and there does not appear to be any
reason to suppose there will be a set-back in prices.
It must also be remembered that many of the whole-
sale houses seld Jarge portions of their stocks at a
profit as soon as the rise setin, and their only op-
portunity of replacing these has keen by purchasing
at higher prices; so that the usual practice on the
part of holders of tea, of redacing their stock about
this time of year, will not take place, they having
already parted with a large portion of their surplus.
This still further militates againet the probability of
any fall in prices, and appears likely to strengthen
competition amovgst buyers rather than otherwise.
Market Ovutiook.— The itomediate prospects of the
trade, therefore, appear to be that prices will be
sustained at the present level, atany rate until the
arrival of the new Indian crop, which cannot reach
here in quantity until late in August next. Of cour
the qnestion of prices for the coming season wi
ietaly depend upon such increases in production as
may take place in India and Ceylon. bere is little
doubt that the enhauced prices of the last few months
will induce cultivators to send home all the tea they
ean produce; but (althongh it is early toform any
estimate of the coming crop) there does not appear
to be any reason to suppose that the increase over
last year will be excessive. Indeed, many properties
have suffered so severely from the depression of the
last two years that it is doubtful whether they can
find the means to increase their production at present;
hence it seems probable that prices will remain during
the next few years upon a higher leve! than has been
the case; that the downward course, which has been
going on for many years past, is at last arrested ; and
that a somewhat higheraverage will be obtained for
the next few years’ crops, with more profitable
results to cultivators. Indeed, had prices continued
to recede, large areas of tea plantations would
doubtless have gone out of cultivation, many estates
being quite unable to make ends meet at the
disastrous prices of 1898. The general condition of
the industry, therefore, appears to haye at last be-
come much more healthy, and if only production is
kept within reasonable bounds there is little fear but
that results of tea growing will continue to be profita-
ble, particularly if the efforts of Indian and Ceylon
planters to open up new markets are continued with
the same spirit as has been the case during the last
few years. There is strong reason for believing that
many foreign and colonial markets will largely
increase their consumption of British-grown tea, and
if due advantage be taken of these fields for enter-
prise, the industry appears likely soon to revert to
the prosperous condition experienced some four or
tive years ago.— Statist April ,
se.
INDIA RUBBER IN GOA.—The Goa papers an-
nounce that Captain Moraes has discovered in the
wildsof the Portuguese territory ot Goa a treewhich
yields India rubber in considerable quantities. The
tree is described as Randalfia, and it is stated that
the Portuguese authorities are about to encour-
age its cultivation on a large seale,—Jndian
Engineering. me “Shs.
i: 903
——
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LIMITED.
CEYLON TEA PLANTATIONS COMPANY,
Jone 1, 1899.}
1898.
12 YEARS ENDING 3lsr DECEMBER,
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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
843
THE MAZAWATTE TEA COMPANY.
An issue of 14,000 five per cent. cumulative
£5 preference shares is announced by the directors
of this company. These shares form part ot
20,00) in all, by the creation of which the capital
of the company 1s raised to £650,000, viz., £300,000
in preference and £350,000 in ordinary shares,
the former of £5, ard the latter of £1. I6 is
stated in the prospects that the money now to
be raised will be devoted to new factories and
warehouses, by the help of which the company’s
business willbe concentrated and economies effected,
The plea is good, but in any case the profits are
so large and the business expands so remarkably
that ample security exists for the dividends on
the whole preference capital. Were it all issued
it would require only £15,000 per annum, and
the average profits for the past three years have
exceeded £51,000. A. J. W.—Daily Chronicle,
April 13. ?
—————_____——————__—
THE EDERAPOLLA TEA COMPANY OF
CEYLON, LIMITED,
At the third annual ordinary meeting of the
Ederapolla Tea Company of Ceylon, Limited,
it was :—
Proposed by Mr. Paine, seconded by Mr.
MacMartin, ‘‘ That a dividend of 5 per cent.
(free of income-tax) for the year 1898 be de-
clared and paid forthwith.”
Proposed by Mr. Paine, seconded by Mr. Bett,
“Yhat Mr. J. M. MacMartin be re-elected a
director.”
Proposed by Mr. Campbell, seconded by Mr,
James F. Anderson, ‘‘That Messrs. Cape and
Dalgleish be re-elected as auditors for the ecur-
rent year.”
Proposed by Mr. Paine, seconded, by Mr. Bett,
“That a vote of thanks be given to the Ceylon
and London staffs for their eflicient working of
the company’s estates and business.” ;
A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman
and Direetur.—H. & C. Mail, April 14.
———E—EeE——EEE
HaAWAUAN COFFEE PLANTERS are very much
disturbed at the prospect of the disease affecting
coffee in Venezuela and certain parts of Central
America, getting into their estates. The Planters’
Monthly says:—‘“In several of the districts of
Central America, where it is now, many of the
estates have been rendered almest worthless. This
seems to be a different disease from that which
destroyed the coffee industry in Ceylon.” The
disease is caused from two small parasitie fungi,
namely, Slilbun flavidun: and Spherella
coffeicola.
Tue ORANGE Crop OF FLORIDA, which was
destroyed a few years ago by the frost, will this
year be nearly one-half what it formerly was.
The orange trees were, as it were, swept out of
sight in one night, and the labour of years was
demolished. The young orange trees, since
planted, are now fairly developing, and from this
time on will increase in bearing capacity until the
average will be reached again. ‘The disaster to
the orange trees, however, has proved to be a
boon to that State. The cultivation of other
fruits, as well as of early vegetables, has now
become established, so that hereafter the failure
ot one erop will not mean the failure of all —
Planters’ Monthly,
844
A BATCH OF CEYLON TEA COMPANIES’
RESULTS.
The reports of the smaller Ceylon tea companies
so far published emphasise the fluctuating
character of the enterprise. Yield, quality, and
price appear to vary in the most bewildering
fashion, and it is evident that holders of shares
in companies of this class must demand a
high return upon their money, in order to
_ face the vicissitudes that befall the industry.
The following table gives their experience in
regard to crop and price obtained :—
Manure Acrage. Crop. Price per Ib.
1897. 1593. 1897. 1898. 187. 1898.
i, ore,
Bandarapola . 416 478 407,250 395,270 6 6
Burnside oo 24032 1% 827,145 356,45) + 6
Edarapolla -, Sel. «8b 401,105 417,0-6 5 6
Kelani Valley . 1,200 1,2:0 632,0°3 578,109 Ct 6
Nahalma - 446 446 245,336 234,917 6 94
Panawal Pe at Ye d 258,300 293,953 id 6
Portmore - 472 474 228,003 241,686 10g 9%
Yatiyantota . 2,032 2,249 1,014,291 1,135,798 5 6%
In these results there appears no sort of uni-
formity, for one company has a larger crop, and
another a smaller. This company has to sell its
out-turn at a great diminution in price, while for
that other the average is decidedly higher. Ne
doubt the marked variations arise partly from the
sinallness of the concerns, as there are so few
acres over which to spread the result. The larger
companies, with a cultivated area ten times as
great as some of those enumerated below, are able
to bring out more regular results, as no doubt
the change of yield and quality in one group of
fields is often counterbalanced by opposite varia-
tions on the part of another group. Profits have
fluctuated even more widely than other results,
but on the whole the year must be considered a
poor one for the companies. Dividends have
tended to decline rather than improve, and the
declines, where they have occurred, are usually
more important than the additions to the
dividends. The record in this respect is set forth
in the subjoined table : -
Net Profits. Sums put to Dividend
Depreciation, per cent.
C.
1897. 1898. 1897. 1898. 1897 1898.
£ & = £& & £
- Bandarapola 1,956 1,458 9a 432 10 5
’ Burnside 5 2,447¢ 395 599 4% 7 2
- BKdarapolla 1,123 2,063 18 793 5 5
\ Kelani Valley 2 3,178 1,478 721 Bil 10 5
«. Nahalma G 207 1426 ta — 20—
' Panawal 609 1,814 10la 730 2 4
’ Portmore ’ 4,916 5,405 116 489 12. 12
Yatiyantota 3,799 7,666 211 1,639 2 4
The poor showing of the Nahalma Company is
altogether exceptional, being the result of a bad
out-break of disease amongst the plants. Efforts
are being put forth to exterminate the tronble-
‘gome insect that causes the mischief, but appa-
rently the immediate tuture is not very hopeful.
The result for Burnside is an experience of a new
company, that earned a fair profit for the first
eighteen months of its career, and then returns
only a minute dividend to its shareholders. The
Kelani Valley claims that the diminution in
rofit was entirely the result of the season, which
ed toasmall crop. It is gratifying to find that
this company put afair sum to reserve in spite
of the considerable reduction in its distribution.
- The companies that fared better than in 1897
have likewise been careful to add to their acer mula-
pe oe) ae Se
* Not stated.
a Balance forward reduced to this extent.
b Debit balance.
¢ For eighteen months,
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
(June 1, 1899.
tions, which seems to point to the conelusion that
they have taken warning from the experience of
the past, and are no longer eontent skating
upon thinice. If only the same had been
exercised in the past, the last two years might
have been faced with comparative ease. As itis,
if dividends are increased in the future, some time
will be required to eflace the remembrance of
what hes recently oceurred.—Investors’ Review,
April 7.
———— press upon
the various Governments and Sanitary Boards the
urgency and equity of their importing labour in pro-
portion to their public works requirements.
ScHeEMEs FoR RaAIsING THE STANDARD oF MALAY
PLANTATION (‘orrEE,—This matter has received close
attention during the year. No authentic data of
large quantities of coffee produced elsewhere, of the
Juiberian variety, having fetched higher prices have
become available to your Committee. There appears
to belittle doubt that the flavour of well matured
Malay Peninsula Coffee entitlesit to a front rank, and
that the development of a demand for it will have to
bea matter for individual enterprise, much having »
already been done and is being done to this end.
Tar Curapr Ticket System.—It is a matter for
congratulation, that this system has been extended
for another 12 months, and itis to be hoped that it
will be availed of by the planters and the Govern-
ment to increase the labour supply.. The system has
proved simple, efficient, and satisfactory, more parti-
cularly towards the end of 1898,since when it was better
understood, and the thanks of many members of this
Association are due to Dr. Hardaker, the Emigration
agent at Negapatam, forthe trouble he has taken to
explain tomany immigrants and emigrants how they
can comply with all regulations and yet be entirely
free in their coming and going.
The thanks of the Planting Community are due to
he High Commissioner, the Resident-General, and
the Residents for the system of free immigration now
prevailing in the lederated Malay States, alike to
the advantage of employers and employed, and
which may be said now to be working satisfactorily.
—<$—$ =.
MINOR PRODUCTS REPORT.
_ Crncnona.—In auction good Huanoco crown bark,
sound, sold at 7d to lld per lb; good Loxa 10d:
damages 7€ and 8$d; Hunnoco and Loxa, part
mixed 6d to 7d; and thin Guayaquil 4d to 63d for
bold. The stock in first hand on April 12th in
Amsterdam, consisted of 2,433 packages Government
and 38,741 packages private’ bark, including the
quantity which will be offered in the next .uctions,
viz., 1,272 packages druggist’s bark, 3,364 manufac-
turing and 3 East Indian.
The arrivals in Amsterdam from Java last week
amounted to 992 packages. As indicating the spirit
with which Java March shipments are regarded in
Amsterdam, we note that « leading broker there re-
marks :—"Vhe Java planters should profit by their re-
cent experience, and remember that, while w th a little
Managements the value of their product will increase
considerably, injudicions shipments of bark are bound
to cause a slumpin the market.”
Coca Lyayer.—Broken Truxillo sold withont re-
serve at 94d, another lot at 10d and Ceylon at
6d perlb. Privately Huanocos are scarce, and 1s 4fd
per lb. is wanted.
106
AGRICULTURIST. 851
Croton Srep.—Fair bright Ceylon sold at 655s to
56s, subject.
_VanrLLa.—Only a small supply was offered, con-
sisting of Seychelles, Mauritius, and Tahiti beans,
and the rates paid for fine beaus were 1s to 28
dearer. The following prices were paid :—Seychelles:
fine bold beans, 8 to 84 inch 253 to 273 6d; 7 to
74 inch 238 to 248; 6 to 6% inch 21s to 22s 6d;
5 te 54 inch 17s to 21s 6d and varioussizes, slightly,
mouldy, 8s to 83 30. Mauritius: 8 to 84 inch 288;
74 to 8 inch, 253 to 263; 7 to 74 inch, 243 to 24s
6d; 6 to 6 inch, 23s to 24s; 5 to 54 inch, 23s 3
and 35 to 5 inch, 23s, Tahiti were practically all
bought in.—Chemist and Druggist, April 15.
— SS -
INDUSTRIES IN THE EASTERN
PROVINCE,
(1) The manufacture of cloth is an old industry in
this district, but the cotton from which it is made is
all imported now, instead of being locally grown as
before. The usual kind made for trade is the ordi.
nary “‘comboy’’in allsizes and colours, and is much
sought after for its strength and lasting qualities,
A ready market is found for it at Colombo, Galle,
and some upcountry towns. I find there are in the
villages of Koddaimunai, Koddaikkallar, Kattankudi,
and Palamunai, over 500 compounds or girdens,
each containing from four totwelve looms, he in-
dustry is deserving of come enconragement by the
reduction of duty on imported cotton thread, as the
staple article is very little grown in Ceylon now.
(2) Fish-ouring.—Some enconragement has been
given to this industry by the sale of salt for curing
purposes at the reduced rate of a rupee a hundred.
weight. Aunexed is a return of the quantity of fish
caught and cured along the five miles of coast in the
neighbourhood of Kalkuda, where the experiment is
tried. Itis yettoo early to j:dge of results, but the
concession is already attracting more fishermen to
that locality; and there is some difficulty in settling
conflicting claims to fishing rights.
T have not yet succeeded in inducing some one to try
the tinning process. Perhaps the want of experience
and knowledge: is the chief difficulty, but this could
easily be overcome by engaging the services of a
trained curer for a short time until local men picked
up the work.
Statement of fish curedin Kalkuda, Pannaikkuda,
and Pasikkuda, for shipment to outstations, during the
year 1898, out of saltissued at R1 per ecwt.
Name of Company Quantity cured.
° cwt. lb.
S T Fernando St sere (eg S
C P Fernando 632 00
Meera Muhaiyatin 39 28
A E Bvrde 38 28
Total 1,420 91
(3) The paddy-husking industry carried on at the
new factory gives every promise of success. All the
tice 1s sent upcountry, and so great is the demand
that itis contemplated to enlarge the premises and
add new machinery with a view of increasing the
supply. The original intention was to husk local
paddy only but the sharp rise in prices in unfayour-
able sersons has induced the manager to tarn to
other countries for his supplies. When local crops
are good and prices low, he will buy up all that is
available, but when the reverse is the case foreign
paddy is to be imported. With easy and cheap sea
transport, the Batticaloa Mill should receive support
from all the paddy-growing districts along tl ° sea-
coast. Hamnbantota has set the example by sending
800 bushels of paddy, which was pronounced excel.
I-nt, being lurgein grain-and easily husked. It waS
grown iu fields underthe Walawe Irrigation Works.
(4) Pappy Cunrryarioy 1x Binrrnna.—As already
stated endeavours are beirg made to induce the
scattered Sinhalese pupulation of this district to take
up paddy caltivation more than they have hitherto
852
done. With’ this object in view, three village tanks
were constructed some years ago by Government, and
a fourth—the old abandoned one of Tampichchiya—
is now being surveyed with the object of having it
yestored. . Mr, Weet’s attempt to centralise the
Veddah population ina part of Bintenna will also be
of, much seryice towards this object, for as soon as
they show any inclination to settle down to fixed
occupation a tank and lands will be given to them to
work upon, and no doubt the example will be followed
hers.
i (Signed) C, A, Murray, Acting Govt. Agent.
Batticaloa, February 27, 1899.
—_
THE SOUTH WANARAJAH TEA ESTATES,
LIMITED.
The annual general meeting of the shareholders
of the South Wanarajah Tea Estates, Limited, was
held at the offices of the corn natiys 30, Mincing
ane, E.C., on Thursday, the 13th inst.
ae chair was occupied by Mr. M. P. Evans.
The Secretary having read the notice con-
vening the meeting, the CHAIRMAN said:
The report and balance-sheet have been duly
circulated, and I trust you have found them not
only satisfactory, but clear in all respects. I
presume you will take them as read, but before
moving their adoption 1 will endeavour to give
you some information as to the business of the
company during the past twelve months, which,
- Tam able to say, has been fairly prosperous,
notwithstanding an adverse commencement. At
our meeting last year I mentioned that we were
suffering from a depressed tea market, and that
the price of Ceylon tea had fallen to the lowest
point ever recorded ; this state of things continued
until August, when a recovery took place in the
market: value of all kinds of tea, which sti'l, I
am glad to say, continues; the common and
medium kinds being at present about 2d to 3d
per pound above the lowest prices previously rul-
ing, The finer kinds have also participated in
the advance, but not to the same extent. When
prices began to rise a large portion of our crop
was fortunately unsold, and we were thus enabled
to take advantage of the more healthy condition
of the market... The crops, as estimated for the
year, were 445,000 Ib of tea, and the actual amount
sold was 444,384 1b, including about 60,000 lb of
bought leaf. ‘The gross selling price has agcraaet
as
6-8ld per Ib, as against 6-51d_ per
year. As regards future crops, if must be
borne in wind. that we have 64 acres of
young tea yet to come to maturity, and also
that much of the older tea has _ been
plucked sparingly, in order to get ib well estab-
lished ; and it is very satisfactory to notice that
our managing director advises that the estates
are in good order, and the bushes in good heart,
so we may, in the natural course, expect an
‘increase of crop during the next two years, with
a corresponding decrease in the cost of produc-
tion. Contrary to expectation, the rate of ex-
change has been nearly $d higher than last
year—the average rate for our bills being 1s
417d per rupee. A small floss in our rice
accounts last year has been changed into a
small profit for this year, and to date this
account continues to show a profit, kut the fresh
outbreak of plague ia Caleutta having placed
that port in quarantine, 16 is possiile that prices
of rice may rule higher for a time, The sum
- outstanding for advances to coolies has been re-
duced by £200 this year, and the amounts now
put under this heading are small, and all the ad-
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
© es
[JONE 1, 1899,
vances are recoverable and considered safe
will have seen by the report that the Blackburn
Factory has been completed, the total cost being
£1910, as against the: managing director's esti-
mate of £2,000.
nery has been supplied, and by latest reports every-
thing was working satistuctoviby, You will a
notice the special expenditure of £650 for the
purchase of the field of “tea adjoining the above’
factory, which was fully referred te in our last
year’s report. The rest of our outlay on capital
account does not exceed £350, which money has
The most recent type of machi-»
been spent on the up-keep of non-bearing land;
and erection ef new coulie lines, &¢e. By lookin
at the report yon will find that we are enabl
to write off £2.0 for depreciation, and a further
£200 from the preliminary expenses, carrying the
small balance to reserye after providing for the
dividend, bringing the reserve np to £220, whieh
we see every prospect of adding vo consider
by the present season's trading. Our teas are
selling at satisfactory rates, and in connection
with the future of the Ceylon tea industry it is
encouraging to notice the greatly inereased de-
mand for the tea from the colonies and speciall
from Russia, to which country have been ship
from Ceylon direct during the past twelye months
2,714,000 lb., against 439 3501b., the corresond-
ing, period of the previous year, and the shipments
from London to Russia during last year were
6,675,087 1b., against 6,272,596 lb. in 1897. I now
beg to move that the report and statement of,
accounts for the year ending December 3st, 1598,
now presented, be received and adopted, and that
the dividend of 5 percent. per annum be paid on
the ordinary shares of the Company registered
on the 4th inst, the same to be paid on and after
the 15th inst.
The motion was then seconded by Mr. H. At
Hancock.
Mr. Chapman called attention to the balance
of the amount for preliminary expenses, and in
reply the Chairman stated, this would be ¢
in the current year’s account,
The Chairman then*put the motion forthe ad-
option ot the report and the payment of the
dividend of 5 per cent on the or inary shares,
which was carried unanimously. a
On the motion of Mr. Evans, seconded by Mr.
Dunn, Mr. Hancock was re-elected to aseat on
the board.
On the proposal of Mr. Chapman, seconded hy
Mr. Alexander, Messrs. Fuller, Wise, and Fisher
were reappointed auditors. ;
The Chairman moved a vote of thanks to Mr.
Tatham, the managing director, and ‘the staff
abroad, for their services during the past year,
which was seconded by Mr. Lawrance, who spoke
in complimentary terms of work performed abroad,
and adopted unanimously. leet ary
The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks te
the Chairman.-—H. & @. Mail, April 21,
——_ —__—_»__
THE QUININE SPECULATION has been going
the wrong way for speculators this past week, says
Chemist and Druggist of April 22, as the Java bark
shipments are good. OSI
GEMSBOK AND OSTRICHES are so numerous. in
Bushmantand at present that farmers and others
are complaining of the damage done by them-te
-veld and water, where it has rained. That they
have multiplied and imereased at a marvellous
rate within the last few years is a fact gener:
recognised. ° eee - ~ Chee Ee
i ¥e
'%eq
June 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL
COCONUT PLANTING.
Mr. J. J. O'Dowd, of Batticaloa, speaks very
favourably of the coconut »lanting enterprise in
Tirukovil, in which several capitatists have re-
cently invested. Mr. Carey will, itis said, shortly
70 in for some more acres oi the reserves of the well-
nown Ouchterlony group of estates. Mr, Troller,
who arrived at Batticaloa last week by steamer,
ivill be stationed at Tirukovil, as the superintendent
of Mr. R. H. 8S. Scott’s plantations.— Cor,
POONAGALLA VALLEY CEYLON
COMPANY,. LIMITED.
ReEPoRT OF THE BOARD OF DirECTORS,—Pre-
sented to the Shareholders at their Third Annual
Ordinary Meeting, to be held at the Office of the
Company, 16, Philpot Lane, London, E.C., on
Tuesday, the 2nd May.
The Directors have the pleasure to submit to
the Shareholders the Report and Accounts of the
Company for the year ending 31st December, 1898.
The net profit for the year after providing for
Debenture Interest and other charges, amounts
to £820 2s ld, which, with £44 3s 2d brought
forward from last account, gives £864 11s 3d to
be dealt with, and this it is proposed to appro-
priate as follows :— oo) ised:
Amount as above... ; 864 11 3
Dividend of 4 per cent. (free ot In-
come Tax) for the year, absorbing 700 0 0
Leaving a balance to carry forward of £164 11 3
The total Tea Crop secured amounted to
* 261,164 lb. mate Tea, against an estimate of
270,000 lb., showing a shortfall of 8,836 lb. but
compared with 1897 there is an excess of 2,962 lb.
The following figures afford further comparison
between the season now closed and the preceding
year. 1898. 1897.
Total Tea Crop secured 261,164 1b 258,202 lb.
Total Coffee Crop se- ~
cured (parchment) 724 bushels 1532 bushels
Average Price realised
for Tea 8°182d per lb. 7:579d per lb.
Average rate of Ex-
change 1s 49-32d 1s 3 37-64d
The Directors have to record with much regret
the death of Mr. James Bisset, who has been the
Manager of the Estates since the Company was
inaugurated. The vacancy thus caused has been
filled, on the strong recommendation of their
adviser in Ceylon, by the appointment of Mr.
kh, G. Coombe, lately of Chrystlers Farm Estate,
and the Board feel confident, from what they
know, and have heard, of that gentleman, that
the appointinent will prove to be a satisfactory
one in every way.
‘For the more advantageous working of the
Estates your Directors decided to make the
Factory at Poonagalla a Central one for dealing
~ with the total erop, and extensive additions have
been, and are being, carried ont, which will
make the Factory there practically a uew one
capable of dealing with 400,000 Ib. of Tea.
The positioa of the Factory close to the new
Kitulkelle Road and Bridge, which are being
constructed by the Government, with the assist-
ance of assessments from the seven adjoining
Estates, wil! effect an appreciable saving in
Transport oraipce and this saving will be fur-
ther increased by the reduction now accorded in
Railway Rates.
In accordance with the Articles of Association
Mr. R Porter retires from the Board, and, being
ligible, offers himself for re-election,
AGRICULTURIST. 853
Messrs. Cape and Dalgleish, ©.A., also offer
themselves for re-election as Auditors for the
current year.
By Order of the Board, LYALL, ANDERSON &
Co., Agents and Secretaries,
16, Philpot Lane, London, E.C,
20th April, 1899,
Sas ee a
IMPERIAL CEYLON TEA ESTATES, LTD,
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS.
To be submitted at the annual ordinary general
meeting of Shareholders, to be held at the Com-
pany’s offices, 9, Fenchurch Avenue, London, E.C.,
on Wednesday, the 26th April, 1899, at 11-30'a.m.
The Directors now beg to submit the balance
sheet and profit and loss account for the year
ending 3lst December, 1898. ;
The nett profit, after payment of
Debenture and other interest for the
year, amounts to ae ot sie
To which has to be added the ba-
lanee brought forward from. 1897
£3,955 2 5
123 21
: £4,078 4 6
This the Directors propose to
deal with as follows :— ‘
(1) In writing off balance of pre-
limifary expenses.. .. £136 0 0
(2) In writing off from cost of
properties as depreciation
of Machinery &e. ... ...
(3) In payment of a dividend of
4 per cent (free of income
tax) on the paid-up share
capital of the Company...3,600 0 0
(4) In carrying forward to next ®
year the balanceof .. 4246
—~—— £4,078 4 6
The following Table gives the Acreage and Re-
sults of the Tea Estates for the year :—
300 0 0
aie iB Boce Bg $
Qa or 4
oe 8 Bae S'S | Profit:
Estate. $3 SOS bad
3.2 Rin Shas cee
S in aul) Sigs
Fall. Par-
tial. Ib. Lrucsid.
Binoya 441 —. 169,151, 31.80 6.74. 1,081 2 4
Edinburgh 306 39 168,439 27.55 7.47 2.602 9 2
Friedland 158 3 60,685 28.59 7.18 629. 07
Motting-
ham 212 — 102,368 29.98 6.27 531 18 0
St. Vigeans 185 —. 68,713 29.42 7.54 | 814.10 5
1,302 42 569,356 29.59 7.01 5.659 06
Although the weather during the year was un-
favourable, the total crops secured exceeded
those of the previous year. The only estate
showing a falling off in yield was Binoya, but
the very satisfactory prices secured for these
teas, having regard to the Tea Market and co
the situation of the property, in a measure com-
ensate for the short yield, and consequent
ligher cost of production. The Edinburgh teas
were made at a disadyantave in the old fae-
tory throughout the year, the new factory only
being competed in time to deal with the 1899 crop,
The capital expenditure on tea clearings was
incurred in respect to 260 acres not yielding crop
and in planting 85 acres new land on Edinburgh
and Binoya Estates. The outlay on new buildings
and machinery principally represents the cost of
providing Edinburgh with a new factory and
water-power installation capable of dealing with
the steadily increasing crops trom this property,
ca
854
The proceeds of the Nonpareil crop of 1,009
bushels Coffee, 8,141 |b. Estate Tea, and 3,056 lb.
Tea from Purchased Leaf were insufficient to meet
the expenditure on general cultivation, but the
advices from Ceylon indicate there is every reason
to expect that this year the Estate will be at
least self-supporting. At the time this property
was acquired there were 400 acres in enltivation
in coffee and tea. On the advice of the Com-
pany’s Ceylon Management, and after due eon-
sideration, the Directors have decided for the
present only to retain the best of the land already
planted in tea, the extent of these fields being
245 acres. *
The following is a Statement of the Acreage
of the Company’s Properties as on Ist January,
1899 :—
Teain Teain Tea
full partial not Forest, Total
bear- el in eS base Acre-
ing. ing. bearing. fee. &c. age.
Binoya .» 441 — 8 — 4038 929
St. Vigeans .. 185° —- => — - 185
Mottingham 22 — 9 _ 87 268
Edinburgh .. 306 56 25 _ 50 437
Friedland 161 - —-—- = 2 163°
Nonpareil .. — 36 ©. 209 77 227 549
1,305 92 328 77 719 2,521
In their last report the Directors referred to an
intended issue of £10,000 of six per cent. Deben-
tures, but only £5,000 have so far been issued.
The Directors are pleased to report that the
Colombo Agents have voluntarily made a modi-
fication in their scale of charges, as from the
commencement of the 1898 season, to the ad-
vantage of the Shareholders.
In accordance with the Articles of Association,
Mr. Alex. Thomson retires from the Board at this
Meeting, and, being eligible, offers himself for re-
election.
During the past year the Directors have had
tie advantage of Mr. W Megginson’s advice and
assistance in connection. with the general work-
ing of the Company’s Estates, and the Directors
now propose that he shall join the Board as an ad-
ditional Director, it not being intended, for the
resent, that this appointment shall increase the
ees paid to the Directorate.—By Order of the
Boarl, W, H. BARTLETT, Secretary.
London, 17th April, 1899.
——$$_$§__—__o—_____—_
THE STANDARD TEA COMPANY OF
CEYLON, LIMITED.
Kighth report of the Directors to the share-
holders, to be submitted at the general meeting,
to be held on Wednesday, 26th April, 1899, at
noon, at the offices of the Company.
The Directors submit statement of accounts to
31st December, 1898.
Che profit and loss account shows a profit on
the working of the estates in Ceylon of
‘£11,343 193 2d, which with amount brought for-
ward from last year, less interest and home
charges, shows a sum of £10,569 11s 10d. avail-
able for division. :
In August, 1898, the Directors, under the
powers entrusted to them, distributed an interim
dividend for the six months ending 30th June,
1898, of 5 per cent (10 per cent per annum),
absorbing £2,975.
They now recommend a dividend at the rate
of 10 per cent (making 15 per cent for the year)
absorbing £5,950; the placing £1,000 against de-
preciation ; and the carrying forward to the next
year £644 Ils 10d.
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
| all
Coffee has contributed to the results some £1,000
less than Jast year. The crop was 115 ewt, ; it
realised about £500. ;
‘the average Exchange for the Conipany as
drawers in Colombo was 1/4 5-32, against
1/3 15-32 in 1896 and 1/2 1932 in 1896. The
difference in 1898, compared with 1897, un-
favourably affected the accounts to the extent of
about £900.
Finest tea were lower in price this last season,
our Uda Pussellawa Teas were #l per Ib. nett ‘
lower. The Maskeliya Teas realised the samme
price per Ib. as in 1897.
Coneyyar is now worked with and as part of
St. Leonards.
The St. Leonards factory has been enlarged
several times, The yield, however, from the Ua
Pussellawa places has nearly overtaken its capa-
bilities ; and there is further increase to be faced.
The Directors, therefore, have sanctioned the
erection of a factory on Gordon, to deal with the
produce of that estate and Tulloes. With this
relief St. Leonards factory should be suffi -ient for
some time for all that at present seems likely to be
demanded of it.
To pay for the new factory and pay off some of
the floating debt, the Directors seek authority to
issue some ot the unissued shares as preference
shares, As shown in the notice on the face of
this report a formal resolution will be submitted
to the meeting.
The Company’s properties at the close of 1898
were 3,465 acres, with 1,714 acres of tea con-
sidered in fall bearing, viz. :—
[JUNE ,
Acres tea
Acres. bearing.
In Uda Pussellawa—St. Leonards ;
and Coneygar... 901 399
Liddlesdale ... 814 140
Eskdale -. 240 208
Gordon --- 386 154
‘Tulloes -.. 419 199
In Upper Maskeliya—Gouravilla s
and Upper Cruden... 705 614. «
There are also 536 acres tea in partial bearing, |
and some 237 acres in addition planted with tea, ;
On St. Leonards, Liddesdale and Gordon estates )
there is still some coffee interspersed through
the tea.
Mr. William Rollo, the Director who retires by
rotation, being eligible, offers himself for re-
election-—By order, :
A. TRAFFORD BROOKE, Secretary.
---- Ss
SOUTH MYSORE PLANTERS ASSOCIATION.
The annual general meeting of theabove Associa-
tion was held at Saklaspur, on the 30th ultimo.,
present :—Messrs. F. Lonsdale Allen, R. A: An-
derson, Graham Anderson, ¢.1.£., J. E. Buteher,
W. L. Crawford, J. G. Crawford, Thomas Hunt,
W. Lawder, C. Lake, A. R. Park (President), E.
M. Playfair, S. Sladden, and R. Taylor. Visitors,—
Messrs. Barclay and Roffey. The Vice-President
(Mr. Playfair) read a
THE ANNUAL REPORT,
of_ which following are extracts :— ;
It is my pleasant duty to report that the some-
what gloomy forebodings expressed early in the
year have not been realised, andthat the season,
on the whole, has been a moderately good one.
The advices of sales of East India that have reached
us indicate a depressed state of the market, which
owing to the increasing production in different
parts of the world, seems likely to continue for
some time. The cardamom crop was above ayer-
and extradition.
* Harris has performed the duties
JuNE 1, 1899.]
age; but prices were lower, ruling from R50 to R60
per maund. Leaf diseasehas been less prevalent
than for some years past. Crop prospects for the
coming year are favourable, and the rain which
fell aaWebaite has not on the whole been preju-
dicial.
AGRICULTURAL CHEMIsr?.—The outcome of the
various discussions that have taken place, as far
as Mysore is concerned, is the appointment of Dr.
Lehmann, the Dewan exhibiting in the matter his
accustomed liberal-mindedness. All those who are
interested in agriculture cannot fail to be gratified
at the appointment of so highly qualified a Chemist.
U. P. A.S.1I.—I refer you tothe ‘‘ Proceedings”
for full particulars of the business of the year.
Since their publication two matters of interest
have been the subject of correspondence :—(1) The
Classification of Coffee. As Reuters now quote My-
sore, as well as other qualities, our wishes in
‘this respect have been met, and as regards uniform
sizing, itappears that the meshes in use are as
nearly similarly as the variations in size and shape
of beans willadmit. (2) Co-operation. This idea
isa natural result of bad seasons, low prices, and
high exchange. Whether practical or not, is
worthy of consideration, butif any scheme should
take shape, it seems to meit would be wise at first
to limit its operations to distribution, or say to
promoting the sale of our produce in India, Eng-
land or elsewhere.
SPEECHES, &C,
Mr. Graham Anderson, c.1.u., said:—I feel
sure that every planter in Southern India is re-
joiced to find that after nearly 30 years of nego-
tiations the Government of India has been fully
impressed with the justice of all that has been
represented after studying the elaborate report
of the Southern India Planters’ Enquiry Com-
mission. In due course the various Planting
Associations of Mysore will doubtless have oppor-
tunities afforded of studying drafts of the improved
legislative arrangements which are to be sub-
stituted for the unsatisfactory and unintelligible
laws which have hitherto existed and which
have frustrated the objects for which their pro-
visions were specially extended to the Planting
Districts, by encouraging unscrupulous individuals
to become dexterously dishonest. We in Mysore
are specially gratified to learn that the beneficial
influences calculated to result from the peculiarly
favourable position of the Mysore Province, which
is entirely surrounded by the territories of the
Paramount Power, will in the future cease to
be neutralised by the absence of equitable and
reciprocal facilities for the execution of warrants
We feel sure that sympathetic
consideration will be bestowed on all arrangements
_ which will be made for this Province in which the
conditions under which industries are conducted
differ considerably from those existing in Ceylon,
Assamand other Planting Districts. We may
feel perfectly confident that, in consultation with
the Durbar, the Government of Madras will not
experience any insurmountable difficulty in arrang-
ing for the maintenance of cheap, prompt and
efficient justice as between man and man, be he
employer or employee, and that with the clearly
defined object of restraining unscrupulous. ij)-
dividuals nothing will be permitted which he
distasteful to those who have constant congenjal
employment always to offer, or which will in any
way ane hy sacrifice the freedom and best in-
terests of hundreds of thousands of the labouring:
peasantry upon whose welfareand work the de-
velopments of industrial success entirely depends,
A vote of thanks to the — retiring Honorary
Secretary was proposed by Mr, R. A. Anderson
and unanimously carried. He said:—‘ We are
about to say good-bye fora time to Mr. Harris
our Honorary Secretary, who leaves shortly to
enjoy a well-merited holiday in England.” Mr.
the of Honorary
Seeretary of our Association for several years
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 855
&
past, and has won the esteem, regard and gratitude
of our community for his devotion to his work
his proverbial courtesy and the untiring energy
with which he has maintained the usefulness
of this Association. During his term of office
he has had to deal with many most difficult
subjects, and whether we remember his speeches
or peruse his written communications, we cannot
fail to admire him as a most tactful and pains-
taking man of business in every way worthy of
the unqualified confidence which he has always
enjoyed.
NEW OFFICERS,
Mr. Park was elected President and Mr, Playfair
Honorary Secretary.—M, Mail.
Bi ia a estate
HIGHLAND TEA COMPANY OF CEYLON,
The report of the directers for the year ended
December 31 last states that the net profits for
the year amount to £1,879, to which has to be
added £75 brought furward from last accounts,
giving a total to be dealt with of £1,955. An
interim dividend of 24 per cent. was paid in
September, and it is now proposed to pay a final
dividend of 3 per cent. (free of income-tax), making
53 percent. for the year, aud to write off new
clearings £125, leaving a balance to carry forward
of £70. The directors regret that, owing to
various factors, climatic and otherwise, the profits
for the year show a falliug-off from those earned for
the previous season. The total tea secured from the
company’s properties, including a small quantity
of brought leaf on Chrystler’s Farm, amounted to
212,415 lb., against 220,205 Ib. in 1897, showing
a shortfall of 7,790 lb. Glenorchy Estate, owing
to abnormal weather, has given a very disappoint-
ing return, the decrease on that property alone
amounting to 14,155 lb. Chrystler’s Farm crop,
on the other hand, shows an excess over that
of last year. The average yield per bearing acre
was 352 |b., against 385 |b, for the previous
twelve months. The tea sold in London realised
an average price of 9d per Ib., against 8-669d,
for the previous year, and the rate of exchange
was ls. 4 5-16:1., against Is. 3 21-32d.—H. & C.
Mail, April 21,
ALLIANCE TEA COMPANY, LIMITED.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS.
The following report was submitted at the
annual ordinary general meeting of the share-
holders, held at the Company’s Offices, 9,
Fenchurch Avenue, London, E.C., on Thursday
27th April :— :
The Directors have pleasure in submitting the
balance sheet and profit and loss account for the
year ending 3lst December, 1898.
The Nett Profit, after payment of De-
bentare and other Interest for the
year, amounts oe +. £5
To which has been added the Balance pai Sar
brought forward from 1897 Ag I6l 3. 38
raat. £5,368 13 5
Au Interim Dividend of 3 per cent. was pid sen z
paid on the 29th September, 1898,
absorbing we ote ee 1,98
And the Directors now propose to deal — ese
with the balance as follows :—
(1) In writing off from cost of Proprie-
tors of Depreciation of Machinery, &c. 300 0 0
(2) In payment of a final Dividend
(free of income tax) of 4 per cent.
(making 7 per cent. for the year)
(3) Incarrying forward to next year
the balance of eee ie 600 9
2,610 8 0
B56 THE TROPICAL
The result of the year’s working is a distinet im-
“provement upon the previous season, notwithstan-
ding the uatavourable weather and the conipara-
tively low level of prices prevailing duving the year.
Yhe item of £659 2s 61 for wanuring brought
forward from 1897 and the whole expendivare
under this heading iucured in 1898 have been
debited in Jast year’s profit and toss account,
The following table gives the acreage aud re-
sults of the year : ~-
Cla
Average ido Se
2ar- SE av
cee ea RE
—— TerCrop -A « Z Working
Estate. 26 ANB OD =e Let Profit,
ret ea 3 es oS
i=] 4 ac i!
Py le ee
Bo a dents
in 52 '% £ gs. ad.
A n.. 387 198,740 32 39°5.13 at
peut 342, — 158,505 2900 754 1,638 1240
‘Dunkeld | 322 50 '144,926 91,32 659! 812 10 °3
Triccombe © 717° "== ''265,807 32.81 6.83" 4239" 2
Thorufield
d Gle- be
omeagles 455 15) 930,884) 29.00 8:92 3,877.17 7
Uda Radella340 40. 180,716 27.76 7.02 2,428 51
——
2,563 105 1,104,168 80.40 7.00 9,230 14 11
There was a loss on the Aberdeen working
~ amounting to £168 16s 11d making the actus:
-working profit £9,061 18s 0d. Lt has been le-
cided’ to abandon 40 acres of the poorest tea
land at Aberdeen, and by this means 1b 1s ex-
pected that the acreage retained under cultivation
will give better results in the future,
The following is a Statement of the Acreage of
-the Company’s properties as on Ist January, 1s99.
S ae 5
sles m8 tw oo 3 3
ibe og igons 8 «Bows gelog>
a3 a8 rey B = ou =5
a8 igguae 8 GE Og
H | oS H 5
berdeen 817 14 — | 119 480
Gah 342 1 oa 22 _ 387
Dankeld 4921/86 © 50 (7) 5.1 f 603
Luccombe 530 _ _— — 200 750 ,
Thornfield and A
Gleneagles 457 — 7 _ 48 512
Uda Radella 380 40 ~- 52 ps 655
PRcHolepmne | Wain rer eet a 322) ' 822
2,568 76 21 75 (869 3,609
“The Elstree leaf, whic had .previously been
treated at Luccombe, is now dealt with at Dun-
keld, and in the above Statement the acreage of
Elstree has been deduced from Luceombe and in-
eluded in Dunkeld. ; é “
The capital expenditure shown in the accounts
has been chiefly inrespect to the rebuilding and
extension ‘of the Uda Radella Factory.
In their last report the Directors referred to an
~ issue of £10,00) of 6 per cent Debentures, but of
these only £8,900 have been issued.
The Directors are pleased, to report that the
Colombo Agents have voluntarily made a modi-
fication in their scale of charges, asfrom ‘the com-
mencement of the 1898 season, to the advantage of
thie shareholders,”
In regard to the prospects of the current sea-
son the teas so far produced are deriving the
benefit ot the appreciable advance in, market —
- values both here and in Colombo, whilst there are
“ reasonable expectations of the yield of the Com-
. pany’s Estates being maintained at about thequan-
tity produced last year.
~ cost should be welcomed by planters. i
‘ went up 100
[June i, 1899.
THE TEA MARKET,
In the tea market prices have ruled very
often at an advance of 4d perlb.. In the
speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer he is
made to say there are short supplies of British
giuwo tea! China tea prospects improve while
the run is maintained on the lower grades. The
blending firms who make low-priced tea their chief
outlet have been caught with running contracts
ou low terms. - L. & C, Express, Aprii 14.
AURICULTURIST.
TEA BLIGHTS AND PEST.
TO THE HOLTOR OF THE “ ENGLISHMAN.”
Sin,—In-identally to the valuable report by Dr.
George Watt, aud partly pnblished in your issue of
the loch instant, there are under the heading of the
paragraph ‘‘ Pcevenpion better that cure,” statements,
which, however correct they may have been
in 1895, are now at varianee with the actual facts,
De. Watt siates ‘that a much famed insecticide has
been tried, has proved a failure, and therefore
nothing fur. her need be thought of.”
Lust year exhau tive experiments were carried out
in Cachar by the representative of the Chiswick Soap
Co npany, vf Uaiswick London, W., with great success;
and this bas resulted ia au extensive use of the
Chiswick Soap Company’s compound by fifty-two
concerns in that and other districts. It has been a
generally expressed belief that the prevention of
mosguito bhght is an utter inapossiballty, bat prac-
tical demonswrations show that the destruction
wrought on tea bashes by this post can be snecesfully
prevented, if careful spraying of the bushes 1n Jan, or
Feb.—and at any time thereafter that the blight may
appear,—is carried ont.
Patches of tea sutlering from red spider, white
thread, green fly, blight aad ail other similar pe:
may be cleared by one or two applications, and ata
small cost.
It wis not until 1895-96 that the compound was
tried, and the experiments since carried out privately
in Various gardeos, by many who at the ont set
thoroughly disbelieved in its efficacy, have proved
Without a shadow of doubt, that many mat fe)
valuable t22 may be saved at a reasonable outlay.
The results of the experiments made by planters
frove quite the contrary to Dr. Watt's statement,
that ‘remarkably little value can be placed in in-
_ secticides,” andit is open to anyone who is dubions
on this poirt to thoroughly prove for himself that the
ravages of tea pests may be prevented, and that the
greatest benefits may accrue from the judicious and
thorough use of the compound. Confident that the
spraying of large areas of pest-ridden bushes, with
properly prepared insecticides, was possible, and that
positive relief could be given, the makers of this
compound: spent £1,000 last. year in successfully
demonstrating this fact, and they are now prepared
to consider the question of providing material for
any large tract of tea requiring treatment, for an
’ ‘equitable share in the value of manufactured tea saved.
Dr. Watt's hints and suggestions, as to combination
‘ and methodical research as to the habits and develop-
ments of tea pests are excellent, and to the point.
In the meantime, mosquito blight and other pesta
flourish, and any relief that can be given at a modurate
-‘Txos. R. Parrr.
‘A SLUMP IN QUININE” isthe expressive
heading in trade journals by a recent mail, and itis
evident that bark and quinine owners are in
luck’s way, We hear of one Nilgherry estate
owner who, eatly in. March, sold his bark to
the Madras Government Factory at the rate to
rule on Ist April. On 29th March the price
prietor has scored, more particularly as t
has been a fall since. ;
4
per cent. and so the lucky aoe ss
7
q
3
;
Junw 1, 1899.)
TEA IN AUSTRALIA.
Melbourne, April 15.
Market very firm and advancing. An active
demand for all descriptions of China teas ; sales
of common Congous and Panyongs totalling 1,590
half-chests at 53d to 64d, and 409 half-chests of
finer grades; 300 quarters of buds taken at 74d
to 72d. Ceylens very scarce; sales of 900 chests
at 74d to 8d for medium, and from 10d ‘to Is Id
forfine. Indians are meeting with a good inquiry;
sales of 400 chests at 8d to 10d.—Leader.
—__3—_—___.
PRODUCE AND PLANTING.
PRODUCE AND THE BupGet.—So far as produce is con-
¢erned there are no surprises in the Budget. The re-
ference to tea, coffee, and cocoa was brief, and was as
follows. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said:
With regard to the minor items of Customs, coffee
for onceshows an increase. Iam told hat thisis due
to the increasing number of excellent temperance
refreshment rooms in London, where coffee is a fayou-
ite beverage. The use of cocoa also, 1am happy to
say, has increased by 14 per cent, andit may comfort
my hon. and gallant friend the member for Central
Sheffield, who I know is a patron of cocoa, to he
informed that a much larger proportion of
the cocoa used in this country was of British
manufacture than in the previous year. Tea shows
an increase of £62,000, but I shall have to be cautions
in my estimate of tea for the coming year, for I am
sorry tosay that tea has lately risen in price’by, I
am told, 2d in the pound, dueto the fact that Indian
and Ceylon tea is becoming very popular in Russia,
the United States, ard our great colonies; and conse-
quently there is a shorter supply ia this country.
o one seems to have noticed the increase in the
price of tea, but a good deal would ‘have been said
about if it had been due to an increase of taxation.
It may interest the committee to be informed of a
Curious circumstance in regard to the receipts from
tea. There is a singular rivalry now going on between
certain great houses in the tea trade as to the amount
of the cheques which each of them shall give for indi-
vidual clearances’of tea, and the result is sometimes
greatly to discompose the receipts from tea in one
quarter of the year, or even in different years when
compared with one another. The Customs were
actually asked the other day to allow the inclusion
in oné of these cheques of the duty on tea afloat and
not yet arrived in this country. I need hardly say
that we promptly put a stop to the suggestion, which
if allowed, would have entirely disorganised ths
proper keeping of our accounts from year to year,”
Missing aN Opporruniry.—We notice that ‘ Mer-
chant,” in the columns of a contemporary, calls atten-
tion to a neglected opportunity. He says: ‘In
gonseqnance of the advance in duty on tea by the
United States Government to pay for war taxes, there
is an enormous quantity of tea lying in bond in New
York—probably six times the usual amount. How is
it that some of our blenders or other speculators have
not secured some of this?” We hope importers will
not tumble over one another in their haste to take
advantage of this chance.—J/, & C, Mail, April 14.
Tue Posrrion or InprAN TeA.—It is satisfactory to
find trade opinion optimist on the subject of the pre-
sent position of Indian tea, Commenting on the
articulars of outturn of the crops of Indian tea for
898-99, which shows a total prodneti on of 153,009,000
Ib, -the, largest ever known, the Grover says:
‘“The increase oyer the entire crops in 1897-98 and
1896-97 was, in round nnmbers, between 4,618,000 Ib,
and 4,683,000 lb. whilst as compared with 135,479,000
Ib. in 1595-96, and 127,127,000 Ib. in. 1894.95, the ag-
grogate quantity of Indian tea raised this season was
many millions of pounds heavier than in those years.
From the very outset, when the crop was origi-
THE TROPICAL. AGRICULTURIST.
857
nally estimated at fully 158,000,000 Ib. the yield
of tea in British India for 1898-99 -has been
regarded as of unexampled- extent and at
one time a lower range of prices than-ever was ex-
pected to rule in consequence. In this hope, howevey:
tie trade have been. greatly disappointed; for besides
increasing demands for, consumption at home, there
have been developments, and winder outlets for ship-
pers'in other quarters, which have been large enough
to absoris the whole of the-sarplus supply above shown:
and since the end of December last the market has.
without interruption,’ maintained a stzong rising
tendency.” , i:
Tea Prantine iy Navin.—The United States Gon-
sul-General at Cape Town is so intetested in the
tea cultivation of Natal, he describes for the benefit
of his countrymen the ‘process of enltivation and
manufacture in that cclony. We give it in his own
words and we leave Tudian and Ceylon’ planters
to solve the question whether their brethren
n Soath Africa ‘are up to date in their methods
The picking season in Natal generally commen.
ces early: in September and goes on. till about
the end of the following May. The monthsof June,
July and. August are taken up with digging and
manufacturing the land, and pruning the plants,
The tea is picked by the coolies, mule carts in
different gings collecting the leaf. Men and women
are employed in the picking process. The: tea leaf
is taken down to the factory, where it is ‘‘weighed
iin.” When that is done, it is spread out thinly on
frames covered. with hessian, for the purpose of
‘withering.’ in a temp-rature of 80 to 90 degrees,
In the course of twelve hours, the leaf has become
perfectly soft. The leat is then passed through”
shoots into the machine room, where it is “rolled.”
When the rolling is finished, the sappy, juicy masg
is sent down into the cooling chamber where it is
spread out and submitted to the action of the air at
a temperature of from 60 deg. to 70 deg. The rolled
leaf is then passed to drying trays, on which it ig
spread out thinly and submitted to a temperature
of about 250 deg. the excessive heat staying fer-
mentation,:and. taking all moisture out of the leaf,
The now manufactured article is sent on to the
sorting department, where the different’ grades of
Golden Pekoe, Flowery Peloe, Pekoe Souchong
Souchong, and dust are separated by machinery,
which consists of a huge, revolving screen cylinder,
the meshes gradually getting larger towards the
outer end, so that the dust falls from the separating
machine first, and the Souchong last. Tho smallest
leaves on the twig, says the Vice Consul, when picked
mke the finest tea. The tea is then put into aire
tight bins where it is allowed to remain from two or
three months to mature. After this it goes to the
acking department, where itis put into packets or
oxes for the trade. =
ArtiriciiL RusBer.—Many attempts to make arti-
ficial rubber by oxidizising linseed oil and o her
vegetable matters wtth strong acids have not proved
quite snecessful. A Chicago glucose company are now
trying to make it from the refuse material of their
factory. Diis rabber made from the oil of Indian
corn jis of a brown colour, but its fault, thus far, is
that it does not resist heat so well as genuine rubber —
IT, and C. Mail, April 21.
ee eee
“RAINFALL AND Fmrrivity ” is. the subject
of a very interesting letter from Mr. Jobn
Hughes given elsewhere, It has been long recoy-
nised here thaf the desirable rain for tea comes
in gentle, light-falling showers whieh are richer
nuitrozen and do not create wash. At the
same time tropical rains are altogether richer
in nitroyen than is the rainfall in teinperate
regions, It woukl be extremely interesting to
compile returns for an average Ceylon estate,
similar to those framed for Rothamsted ; but
twenty years is a long period to cover,
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858
A. BoTANICAL EXxpeRIMaNT.—The following
experiment may be of interest to lovers of botany,
and will partially explain the two colours (mauve
and white) found in the cuckoo flower (Cardamie
pretensis). ‘Iwo strong plants were carefully re-
inoved from the ground and potted. One was al-
lowed to growin the open and the other placed
under cover, the only light allowed being that
which passed through an amber coloured glass.
In Jess than three days the bloom under the amber
glass had assumed a distinct mauve colour, whilst
that left in the open was white, or nearly so.—
Quarterly Therapeutic Review.
INDIA AND CEYLON TKA.—We _ lately
published a letter from Messrs. Gow, Wil-
son & Stanton in which figures were given re-
garding the movement of Indian and Ceylon tea
from Ist June 1898 to 3lst March 1899, compared
with the corresponding period of the previous
year, and a general statement made in reference
to the deliveries during last month. A similar
letter had been sent to the Secretary of the
Planters’ Association, who has today placed it at
ourdisposil. ‘Phe only details in addition to those
we have already publisted are the following :—
Movements (in Ib.) of India and Ceylon tea during
March 1899 March 1898
Indian Ceylon Indian Ceylon
Imports 6,039,152 8,190,084 6,688,567 7,874,642
Deliveries 13,149,228 7,310,692 11,717,357 8,095,842
Stock 52,399,835 18,105,766 69,051,489 18,074,314
CreyLon Tea Direct FRoM THE GARDENS, GUARANTEED
ApsoLuTery Pure.—Mr. Charles Knight, of Kingston,
near Taunton, who has been a Planter in Ceylon for
80 years, wishes to start a business in the Tea Trade
and to give the community the benefit of it by selling
tea direct from the grower and at a lower fignre than it
is now sold, for by the experience he has had, he knows
the best months when the best teas are made. Since
his return home he has had over several lots and is
pleased to find they have been appreciated by his
customers, and, acting upon their recommendations,
he has pleasure in announcing that he is open to re-
ceive ordersfrom anyone in the neighbourhood. Any
order, either large or small, he will be glad to receive, and
will get it packed in the Factory in Ceylon a3 customers
may require, each grade packed separately in chests
or small b xes, for he is confident that the mixing of
teas should only be done in the teapot. Note the ad-
dress—Kingston, near Taunton.—[Copy of advertise-
ment in English paper.]
WEATHER FORECASTS IN AMERICA—have be-
come of great practical value. Prince Kropotkin
tells us in the Nineteenth Century that last winter,
when a cold wave and a blizzard were expected
in the West, 650 points in twelve ranching States,
as also all the railway and steamboat stations,
and thousands of private persons were warned
from the Chicago weather bureau. Immediately
most ranchers took their flocks of sheep under
shelter (20,000 head of sheep and cattle in one
single small spot), and masses of both sheep and
cattle were saved from an almost certain destruc-
tion by an awful blizzard. In April last most
valuable crops of strawberries were saved in the
same way. The strawberries were covered with
straw, or artificial clouds were made. The mete-
orolovical service has so much won the confidence’
of the population that last year it was very
seriously urged by the Press to issue forecasts
of ‘increase of crime,’ it being known that such
an increase really takes place during some sorts
of hot weather, — toi
AGRICULTURIST. ‘JUNE 1, 1899.
“Tur Inpran Foreeter.”"—Edited by H. ©. Hill,
Conservator of Forests and Director of the Forest
School, Dehra Dun. Contents No, 4—April, 1899:—
Brandis’ Prize Fond; Photographs of Cutch-boilers’
Camp; Remarks on Forest concessions in Oudh
and in general; Tannin Extracts; Correspondence :
More information abont Bamboos, T F Bourdillon ;
Forestry in New South Wales, Colonial; Tussar
Silk culture, IT’ F Catania; Gestation of the Ble-
phant, C. B. 8.; Lonsicorn B:etle on Malberry
trees P. H. C.; Official Papers and Intelligence :
Appendix Series and “Stray Leaves from Indian
Forests”; Forest Revenues—1898-99 ; Paris Exhibition ;
Retirement of Mr. J S Gamble, x4. r.c.s., from the
Forest Service; Reviews, Shikar, travel, ete.; Ex-
tractr, Notes and Queries.
“Tre QueENSLAND AGricuLTURAL JovRNAL.”—Vo',
IV. Part 4. Contents for April 1899 :—Agriculture :
Market Girdening—The Vegetable Garden ; Imported
Agricultural Prodace; The Expansion of Agriculture;
Ensilage ; Agricultnral Education in the Uaited
States ; Profit in Wheat Farming; Darying; The
Orchard: Frait Culture in Queensland; Fruit Fly
Experiment; The Export of Fruit; The Problem of
Fruit Preservation; Botany: Contributions to the
Flor. of Queensland; Plants Reputed Poisonous to
Stock; Popular Botany: Our Botanic Gardens,
No. 9; Tropical Industries: Queensland Coffee;
Coffee Notes; Coffee-leaf Disease; Coffee in 1898;
Manure for Coffee; Manuring of Tropical Plants
—Oorn; Ramie Cultivation; Sngar in the West
TBeles s Animal Pathology; Forestry; General
otes.
SEEDS AND ‘THE DEVELOPMENT OF CuUR-
RENCY IN THE Far East.”—Col, Temple has a
currency paper in the Asiatic Quarterly Review in
which we reid :—
I must begin by stating that all the existing Troy
weights and currencies in India and the Far East are
based on one, and sometimes on both, of two scott.
which are known to Europeans as the seeds of the
Abrus precatorius and the Adenanthera pavonina.
I must ask that these two names be borne im mind, and
I will call them in my arguments the abrus and the
adenanthera. The abrus is a lovely little Y:
yielding asmall bright red seed with a black spot on
it. Theadenanthera is a great deciduous pon bane
ing tree, having abright red seed. Conventionally the
adenanthera seed is double of the abrus seed. Now
as will be presently seen, our subject literally bristles
witb every kind of difficulty, and here, at the very
beginning, is the first. The weights represented by the
two seeds have everywhere and an all times been
mixed up. The terms for the abrus and its conyen-
tional representatives have been applied to the
adenanthera, and vice versd, both by native writers
and European translators and reporters. As a result
of the same kind of confusion of mind, whole systems of
currency have been borrowed from outside by half-
civilized and ill-inform :d rulers and Governments, and
brought arbitrarily into existence, starting on the
wrong foot, as it were. The unlimited muddle thas
arising may be easily imagined, and so, too, may the
amount of investigation necessary to unravel the re-
sultant tangle. Based on the conventional abrus
seed, there were in ancient, or at any rate in old, 7.e.,
in undiluted Hindu, India, two concurrent Troy
scales, which, for the present purpose, I will call
the literary and the popular scales. For the present
purpose also, and for the sake of clearness, I will call
the abrus seed of convention in the literary scale by
one of its many ancient names, raktikd, and in the
popular scale by one of its many modern names, rafi.
Tn the Indian Troy scales, then, the lower denomina-
tions represented in each case the abrus seed, but the
upper denominations differed gratly, i.e., in the lite-
rary scale there were 320 raktikds to the pala,
‘and in the popular scale there were 96 ‘Tafts
‘to the ¢614. : 7 ‘e
TO ALL PARTS OF ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA AND OCEANIA,
‘Seeds. Plants of Gommercial Products.
Hevea Brasiliensis (Para Rubber),—Orders being booked for the coming crop available in
August and September, ‘This is the only crop of seedsin the year. All orders should reach us before
the end of July to ayoid disappointment, as we have to make arrangements in time; euaranteed to
arrive in good order at destination, We have already booked a large number of orders. A Sumatra
Planter writes, dating 9th March, 1899 :—‘‘I consent to the price of £— per thousand. TI herewith ©
order 50,000 upon condition that you guarantee at least 33 % seeds germinating.” Plants can be
forwarded all the year round in Wardian cases. Price and particulars as per our Circular No. 30.
: Ficus Elastica (Assam and Java Rubber.)—Seeds supplied by the pound with instructions}; -
price according to quantity. This tree grows equally wellin high and low land, in forest and grass
land, its cultivation being extended largely by the Indian Government.
Manihot Glaziovii (Ceara or Manicoba Rubber).—Fresh seeds available all the year round}
price as per our Circular No. 31. It is superior to Mangiberia rubber and second to Para rubber.
Castilloa Elastica (Panama or Central American Rubber).—Seeds and Plants supplied;
price and particulars as per our Circular No. 32,
Urceola Esculenta (Burma Rubber) and Lando!phia Kirkil (Mozambique Rubber).—Seeds
and plants, both are creepers.
Cinchona Seeds.—-Diflerent varieties.
5 Hybridised Maragogipe Coffee.—A larged-beaned superior variety of Coffee in demand ; seeds,
Santalum Album (Sandlewood).—The cultivation and felling of the tree is entirely under
Government monopoly in India, Sandlewoods to the value of over £100,000 being annually exported
to various countries from India, The cultivation of this useful tree is now receiving increased attention
in other countries; seeds and plants,
Eucalyptus Marginata (Jarra).—Large quantities of this most valuable timber are being
annually exported from Australia to London and various parts of the world for street paving and other
purposes. Price of seeds on application. 17,846 pieces of Jarra timber has already arrived for Ceylon use.
Seeds and Plants of Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Clove, Kolanut, Pepper, Cardamom, Vanilla,
Arabian, Liberian and Maragogipe Coffee, Cacao, Tea, Coca, Fibre, Medicinal and Fruit Trees, Shade
and Timber Trees, also Palms, Bulbs, Orchids, &c,
Our enlarged Deseriptive Price List of Tropical Seeds and Plants of Commercial Products for
Foreion Countries for 1899-1900 are now being forwarded to applicants in different parts of the world,
; ‘“Sourn Arnrica.’”’—The great authority on South African affairs of 25th March, 1899, says; —
** An interesting Catalogue reaches us from the Hast. It is issued by William Brothers, Tropica!
Seed Merchants, of Henaratgoda, Ceylon, and schedules all the useful and beautiful plants which
will thrive in tropical and semi-tropical regions. We fancy Messrs, Williams should do good
business, for now that the great Powers have grabbed a!l the waste places of the earth, they must
turn to and prove that they were worth the grabbing, We recommend the great Powers and
Concessionaries under them to go to William Brothers,”
\ leading Planter writes from New Hebrides under date 17th January, 1899:—‘‘I shall like a
few more of your Catalogues to distribute through these Islands, as I feel sure many would place
themselves in communication with you, did they know where to write for Seeds and Plants,”
Our New Descriptive Price List of Seeds and Plants of Fruit Trees now being
prepared and will be ready -shortly.
Agents in Lonccn :—Mussrs. P. W. WOOLLEY & Co., 33, Basinghall Street.
Agent in Colombo, Veylon:—K. B, CREASY, Esq.
Velographic Address : J. P. WILLIAM & BROTHERS,
WILLIAM, VEYANGODA, CEYLON. Tropicul Seed Merchants,
Lieber’s, A.I. and A.B.C. Codes used. HeNARATGODA, CEYLON,
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Go the Edie.
CINGALESE CATTLE IN TRINIDAD.
Government Farm, Trinidad, B.W.1,
16th March, 1899.
Drar SiR,—l beg to offer you the annual
report on the working of this farm for the
past year. . The year proved a fairly good
one. ;
With regard to our importation of Cinga-
lese cattle from your colony, the animals
arrived in good condition after _their long
journey. ‘The little cows are curiosities, but
the bull is a sturdy fellow and if we can
rear oxen up to his standard, they will
find a ready demand here. Sir H. Jerning-
ham’s object in bringing out this breed was
to have a class of animalthat would be the
poor man’s beast. We have any number of
donkeys and small mules, yet there should
bea place for these cattle as beasts of bur-
den and fulfil the requirements of the pea-
sant proprietors.
Cow-farming is progressing by leaps and
bounds and these small oxen should be
especially useful for stich work, also tor cacao
estate work where they could pass freely
under .the trees without injuring them;
there are many openings for them in various
employments and those who have seen them
and are competent to judge think that they
have come to stay: ‘Any way the experi-
mént is worthy of a trial.— Yours truly,
: ‘Oo W, MEADEN, Manager.
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THE “NILU” PUANT AND “JUNGLE
CROW.”
Vavuniya,; April 26, 1899.
Dwar Sir,—As regards the flowering sea-
sons of the “Nilu” family, in the Northern
Province, the species found is Stenosipho-
minum Russellianwi. When I came here
in 1895, there were no signs of it; in 1896
there were young plants; in February 1897
it flowered and died down ; in 1893 there were
young, plants and it has flowered again this
year, im Web.-March, and is practically dead
‘ow. This shews that this species Gowers
every other year. it had evidently flowered
and died down in 1895, betore IT came here.
As regardsyour note in 7'.A. for March about
jungle crows, you have mixed up the true
crow. of the forest,corvus culninatus, with the
jungle crow, 2 cuckoo. I Lave seen them
building a nest, but never seen the eges.
‘here are two species in Seylon, one found
all over the island up to a moderate height
he ovher .one
wilderness and similar forests. The
latter is fiouved in Legge. 1 regret [am un-
able to give you ope Se eee uy this
* ayation taay be of use.— rours truy,
jinformatior ry Tne. © ARMITAGE.
P.S.—The “‘nilu” above referred to attains
a height of from 5 to 7 feet, and is chiefly
found in. poor forest growing over a sub- —
soil of conglomerate von pa aan
never seen one tobe certain.
peculiar to the Adam’s:
AGRICULTURIST. (Junk 1, 1899.
{A large number of Acanthacee are called
“nilu” by the natives, but Strobllanthus is
the genus usually nnderstood by the name. The >
Stenosiphoniwm Russellianum, Mr. yee
mentions, is the Bu-nilu, according to Dr. ¢
men’s flora. It is the next genus to ine
lanthus and from Dr. Trimen’s remarks we
should have thought it flowered every Decem-
ber; but Mr. Armitageindicates that it flowers
once in two years. ‘The specimens Mx., Armi-
tage sends us are very poor with no leaves
nor flowers, but we have no doubt it is
the “ Bu-nilu.” This reminds us_ to quote
a hill correspondent that ‘Mr. Farr was
“quite rightabout the ‘‘nilu” districts in the
“higher regions and their lowering in masses
“periodically. I saw, last year, almost a
“straight line dividing one distsict from an-
“other. This was dividing the Horton Plains
“side of Totapolla from this side.”—As regards
the crows, does Mr. Armitage mean. that
Legge whom we quoted is wrong?
gives the varieties of the “ black crow”
as follows as far as his knowledge extended ;—
CORONE MACRORHYNCHA,
(The Black Crow.)
Corvus macrorhynchus, Wager,
Corvus, 3 (1827); Hume, Stray Feath.
id, ibid. (B. of Tenasserim) 1878, p. 660.
Corvus levaillanti, Less. Traité, p. 328 .-(1831);
Holdsw. P.Z.S. 1872, p. 469; Hume, Nests an
Eees, ii. p, 411; id. Str. Feath. 1874, p. 243; Ball,
ibid. p. 418; Hume, ibid. 1875, p. 14h, aaa
eee ee pempel ed oe Mamm. &ce.
epal Coll. Hodgs. p. 102 (nec Sykes) (1844); Blyth
Cat. B. Mus. S E B.D. 39 oe ene’
Prodromus, Cat. p. 124 (1852); Layard, Ann, &
Mag. Nat. Hist. xiii. p. 213 (1854); Horsf. & Moore,
Gales B. Me: Ent C. ii, p. 533, in pt. (1856);
erdon, B. of Ind. ii. p. 295 (1863); Legge, Ibis,
1874, p. 23, et 1875, p. 398, reef f
Corvus sinensis, Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co.
ii. p. 556 (1856).
orone levaillanti (in pt.), Sharpe, Cat. Birds,
ills p. 39 (1877).
The Indian Corby, The Bow-billed Corby, The
Indian Raven (of some) in India.
The Carrion or Jungle-Crow in Ceylon.
Dhar, Hind. in the north; Dheri-kowa, Hind.
in the south; Dad-kag, Beng.; Kaki, Telugu;
Ulak, Bhotias.
Kaka or Goyegammna kaka, lit. “ High-caste
Crow,” Sinhalese; Kaka, Ceylonese Tamils.
[We learned from Mr. Nock the other day
that he has several ‘‘ jungle crows” pretty
nearly always in the Hakgala Gardens and he —
thinks they must nest there, though he has
He is now to
keep a watch and will report result. No
doubt a great deal remains to be verified and.
corrected in respect of Ornithology since
Legge’s time.—Ep. 7.A.] .
Syst. Av.
, p. 4613,
_ RAINFALL AND FERTILITY.
'Srr,—That fertility is largely associated
with the rainfall is fully recognised: but
that excessive rainfall causes a loss of ferti-
lity is perhaps not so fully recognised.
At BRobhamsted for upwards of 20 years a
most complete system of collecting and re-
cording the rainfall, as well as the drainage
water passing through 20 inches of arab A
land, has béen established, and t results —
afford valuable practical information, ~- |
Junn 1, 1899.]
The amount of nitrogen found in_ this
drainage water has been carefully deter-
mined and calculated into the equivalent
of nitrate of soda and the results have been
tabulated as follows :—
AVERAGE RUAULTS OF THE RAINFALL AND DRAINAGE AT
ROTHAMSTED FoR 20 ynars, 1877-78 to 1896 97.
= Ho
2 gs igs
S & MSS to
Dis iO oor
ThA 3 oe ans
— ictal o> oO =
Gig OS x SR WER
iB St biog Sy BS, 6
Sega hore? lente sis 2
Inches. Inches. Inches, Ib.
September... 2°63 104 L59 25:0
October OSS 207 131 40:7
Noyember' ...° 314° 2-41 0°73 4.3
December ve DAD 1:95 0-17 235
January ve 9 2:04 1:67 037 164
Tebrnary ee eI 1°55 0°40 15-7
March 1910 11°88 1:00 0:83 9-4
Apvil de bet ALSS +62 13 63
May RONG 58 4) 1:59 7.2
June we, | AB 61 1/2 79
July ere PSO) 73 2,07 133
August eel icioe 87 207 15-4
Harvest year =... 2957 1500 1457 224-1
It will be noticed that the losses of nitvogen
during the winter months from September
to February, average 1616 lb. nitrate of soda,
or 72°1 per cent of the entire average losses
of the year.
From ‘these figures it will be understood
that after continuous rainfall the soil becomes
temporarily impoverished, and consequently in
need of readily available plant food.
These remmks will have special applica-
tion to a climate like that of Ceylon where
there isa heavy annual rainfall, and to plan-
“tations like those of tea, coffee, and cacao,
which are kept constantly under cultivation
and free from weeds.
JOHN HUGHES, F.1.C.
Analvtical Laboratory,
4), Mark Lane, London, H.C., April 21,1899.
—_——_ —-——_ ——_
SUNSPOUTS, CYCLES ANDTHE MONSOON,
In his paper on “recent science’? in. the
Nineteenth Century, Prince Kropotkin writes :--
It is now certain that tho number and the size
of the dark spots which we see on the surface of
the sun ave insome way connected with the weather
which wo have on the oarth. Charles Meldrum, Sir
Norman Lockyer, the Indian meteorologists, and
especially Dr. W. Képpen in his great work, have
proved that there is a certain periodicity in the
temperature, the rainfall, tho number of cyclones,
&c., which corresponds to the eleven years’ periodi-
city (11:1 years) in the number of sunspots. How-
ever, tho amount of variation which may be due to
this cause is so small in comparison with the non-
periodical irregularities of weather that it is often
masked and oblitexated by them. Moreover—to say
nothing of the connection which exists between the
sun-spots’ period and the magnetical forces in our
atmosphore—the whole matter, as has been shown
by Polis, is more complicated than, it seamed to bo
at first sight. lt appears that when the sunspots
‘are at & minimum, mild winters and hot summers
provail, while cold winters and oool summers seem
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
861
to characterise the maximum. periods of the sun-
spots; while Mr. A. McDowall points out that not
ouly the seasons and fractions of the year, but
different days as well, must .be treated separately in
all discussions upon the influence of the snaspots’
periods. Yenrs of surs ots’ maxima are, in his opinion,
years when the monthly and daily extremes of tem-
perature are greater 23 a rule. Iu short, oux weather
is undoubtedly influenced by the eleven | years’
periodical variation of the Sun's vadiation which is
indicated by the sunspots. But this influence is only
now studied in each detailas to be taken into con-
sideration in weather predictions. Another weather
period, which perhaps has not yet been taken sufficient
notice of, is the thirty-five years’ period discovered
by the Swiss professor, Hd. Briickner. , A| number
of other pericdicities of weather is; also under con-
sideration. Such are the 19 years’ period so forcibly
advocated by H, ©. Russel for Australia, and corre-
sponding to the well-known period of 235 lunar months;
the seven years’ period discovered in America by
Murphy, and three shorter periods of 424, 412, and
119 indicated by Lamprecht; the 26-7 days’ periodicity
in pressure and temperature noticed by Professor
Bigelow, which wculd correspond to the period of
rotation of the sun; the 54 days’ period detected
at the Biue Hill Observatory; and so on. And finally
there are the cold waves spreading every year in
May, and the no less than six cold and three warm
periods recurring every year in Hurope, and indicated
years ago by the veteran Scotch meteorologist, Mr.
Buchan. The first-long period forecasts were made
in India, on tho basis of a few empirica) sequences
suggested by Henry F. Blanford.. The whole life
of India, depends upon the timely beginning of the
rainy season, its perseverance and its timely end.
Consequenily, it was a vital question to be able to
foretell the coming and the general character of the
monsoon which brings rains with it.. This was begun
by H. F. Blanford, and in the hands cf his successor,
Mr. Eliot, the seasonal forecasts, which are now
issued semi-annually, become every year more rational
and trustworthy. In India, owing to its tropical posi-
tion, the seasonal changes of weather, which depend
upon the general circulation of the atmosphere, are
far more important than the irregular non-periodical
changes upon which weather depends in Europe; and
this circumstance facilitates the task of the forecaster.
Still it took years of study before the various causes
influencing the monsoons became known; but now
the Indian meteorologists can foretell, as a rule, in
the first week of June when the rainy south-west
monsoon is expected to come, what will be its probable
strength and general character, and what is the
probability of that break in the rains in July and
August which is so important for the crops. They
also foretell the. general character of the winter
monsoon, but they find it difficult to prophesy when
the rainy season will come to an end, although its
early termination, being fatal to some crops, may
result in a famine,
Se eee
WATERFALLS f£OR
To the Editor of the Spectator.
SALE,
Sir,—Members of the Bergens Polytekniske
Forening would be very thankful for ailvice from
you whom to address or where to write in London
fon sale of waterfalls for industrial use. We ean
oller powers, of 100 —fH00—1,000 up to eiree 8,000
horse-power. ~Awaiting your good news, [ am,
sir, Xe.
Bergen, April 10th. hi. PALKENBERG.
[The above letter is sa enrions Av example of
the conting importanee of Waterfalls hs produeers
of sindustriat power Chiat we place it before our
renders.’ We fait) however, that there areas yet
no regal waterfall brokers to be found iu Londen,
—Ilip. Spectator. |
869
“ ROBERT FORTUNE, PLANT COLLECTOR.”
Is the title given to a short notice of a very
remarkable man in one of the home maga-
zines by this mail. Robert Fortune, born
in Berwickshire, began life as a gardener’s
apprentice, but he rose to a responsible pose
in the service of the Horticultural Society
of London and by its Directors he was sent
out in 1842to China as a botanical collector:
Subsequently he made two further voyages
to the Far East in the service of the East
India Company. He travelled all along the
coast of China and at some points pene-
terated into the interior at the risk of his
life. Still narrower were his several escapes
from pirates in visiting Chusan, the Philip-
ines and Japan 40 to 50 years ago, But
Hontine never spared himself in the cause
of science and commercial enterprise. He was
the first to introduce the China tea plant into
India (hence the Assam-Iybrid) and to arrange
for the manufacture of the leaf. He brought
altogether as many as 2) species and varieties
of new plants to Kurope from the Far Hast,
most of which are now such_ established
favourites in English and Indian gardens
that their origin is overlooked. Under the
dripping rocks of the ravines in the rocky
islet of Hongkong, Fortune found Chiretta
sinensis with its elegant foxglove lilac flowers ;
on the hills he came across the yellow
orchid Spathoglottis fortunet. From Chusan
he got the beautiful Wistaria sinensis ;
and from Shanghai for the first time
he sent home Cryptomeria Japonica
or Japan cedar, so well-known now
in some of our higher districts in Ceylon,
Another great find at Shanghai was Anemone
Japonica which he discovered in full flower.
From Soochow he took away a fine new
double yellow rose and Gardenia florida
fortunet with large white blossoms like a
camellia. In January 1845, Mr. Fortune
visited. the Philippines and got a large sup-
ply of the beautiful orchid Phalaenopsis
amabilis. In 1848, while after tea (as de-
scribed in his ‘‘Tea Districts of China and
India”) Mr. Fortune discovered the beautiful
Weeping cypress tree (Cwpresus fwncbris),
and the charming Berberis japonica. His
visit to Japan in 1860 was productive of a-
eat gathering of new plants :—the glorious
hujopsis dolabrata, the handsome evergreen
Asmanthus aquifolius, the queen of prim-
roses, Prinwla japonica, the fine oak Quercus
sinensis, the lovely Liliwn auwratum, etce.,
etc. One specimen of Wistaria seen in Japan
measured 7 feet in circumference at 3 feet
fromthe ground, and covered aspace of trellis-
work 60 by 102 feet. One of the racemes of
blooms was 42 inches in length with thou-
sands of long drooping lilacracemes! But we
must stop. There is no man who has left a
broader mark on English gardening than
Robert Fortune. He lived in the neighbour-
hood of London till 1880, so that he saw the
Indian tea industry well established, though
that of Ceylon had_ only entered on a very
elementary stage. Nevertheless, here as in
India, the name of Robert Fortune, ‘the
plant collector,” should always be regarded
with respect and admiration,
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
‘and a further sum of R20 for each additional
(JUNE 1, 1899
GAME AND ITS PRESERVATION IN
CEYLON.
THE WORKING OF THE ORDINANCE.
] The [oped bee of game and the working of the
Game Ordinance is one which has lately been much
before the public, and numerous remedies, more or
less wild, have been suggested. I do not for a
moment adinit that game is any scarcer now than
it was ten or twenty yearsago. Of course with
the advance of cultivation game is driven further
and further into the forests, and sportsmen have
to go further afield in search of game: but the
natural reproduction keeps pace with the slaughter,
and Lentertain no fear of the “ extermination ”
that is so much talked of, In my opinion, the
remedy for ‘* indiscriminate slaughter ” isa
siluple one; and the existing law gives sufficient
protection, I do not consider that the Game
Ordinance requires any amendment, nor do I sug:
vest such drastic remedies as an annual tax on
guns or special taxes on foreigners. I think the
principle of the new Forest Department arrange:
ments may be followed, and the remedy shonld
be found in the Forest Ordinance No. 10 of 1885.
Following the principle of the new forest arrange-
ments, | would divide the Island into reserves
(which in the case of game would become preserves)
and non-reserves, and the divisions night be
made coterminous with the forest circles, Thus,
the great yala division of the Hambantota District
would be one preserve corresponding with the
South-east Cirele of the Forest Department.
The reserved forests of the Batticaloa District
would form a second preserve, and the West and
south of the Trincomalee District with a large
slice out of the North-Central Province, corres:
ponding with the North-eist Cirele of the Forest
Department, would be another preserve, aud so
on. Another would be formed in the hill districts
to include the forests and patanas of the Horton
Plains, the Elk Plains, and the Pedro range,
The first step to be taken would be to get these
areas proclaimed as ‘ reserved forests” under the
Ordinance No. 0 of 1835, and as soon as they have
been proclaimed special rules can be framed by the
Government Agent under clause 26 (d). All lands
outside these reserves would be treated as com-
paratively valueless and would be worked under
the existing Game Law, while the reserves would
be worked under the special rules. As regards
the special rules, I divide them into two classes
one for the hill reserves and the other for low.
country. In the former I would prohibit all
shooting, in the latter all hunting with dogs ;
and the following rough draft might be adopted
as a basis for the rules :—
Hill Reserves—(1) No person shall within the
reserved forests named in the schedule annexed carr
& gan under any pretext whatever. Any person. foun
carrying & gun shall be liable to a fine of RaQ, and
the gun shall be confiscated. thd mes
(2) No person shall take any dog, or ai :
dog to be taken or to stray, within aeeeised tonne,
named in the schedule annexed, and it shall be lawful
for any Forest Officer or ranger forthwith to destroy
ese dog mick he may ane straying in such resetved
orest, an € owner e
liable to ane of R50. Gtieanaos ai oe fr oa
rovided that it shall be lawful for th verni
Agent or Assistant Goveriient! Agog rescue
licenses for any registered pack of hounds to hunt
within the said reserved forests on p2yment of a
sum of R250 fora pack not exceeding ten cow les,
abiple:
\
June 1, 1899.]
(3) The owner of any pack of hounds shall register
the same at the commencement of each season, giving
a full description of every hound comprising the pack,
and shall from time to time register any changes in,
or addition to, the pack.
Low-country Reserves.—(1) No person shall carry «
gun within the reserved forests described in tho
schedule annexed unless he shall have taken out a
license under clause (3).
Any person found carrying a gun without such
license shall be liable toa fine of R50 and the gun
shali be confiscated,
(2) No person shall, under any pretext whatever
take or allow to be taken or to stray, any dog within
the reserved forests described in the schedule annexed.
Any dog founda within a reserved forest, whether
accompanied or not by its owner, may b3 forthwith
destroyed by any Forest Officer or ranger, and the
owner shali be liable to a fine not exceeding RaA0.
(3) The Government Agent or Assistant Govern-
ment Agent of the district within which any such
reserve is situated, in whole or in part, may issue
licenses to shoot game within such reserve on pay-
ment of the following fees ;— ;
_ (a) Toany resident of the district, alicense for the
whole season, R100.
(b) To non-residents—A license for one week, R100;
for one month, R200; for the season, R500.
These regulations would not provide a
sanctuary? but a ‘* preserve,” which wonld
in my opition be just as good as a sanctuary. They
‘would practically keep out the ordinary villager,
who would be content with shooting outside the
preserves, and they would effectually keep out the
wandering game-butcher. Most of the game of
the district would soon flock into the preserves,
aud no sportsman would object to pay the higher
scale of fees for the improved shooting that would
result. The fees should be devoted to increasing
the staff of forest rangers, who would be engagel
equally in protecting the timber and preserving the
game. In this connection I may mention that
during the season November 1, 1897, to May 31,
1898, I issued 70 game licenses, of which 21 were
to Europeans and 49 to natives, and for -the
period November 1 to December 31, 1898, Lissued
44 licenses, of which 16 were to Europeans and
28 to natives.—Mr. Lushington’s Administration
Report for 1898.
= —_—
TEA IN AMERICA IN EUROPE.
MR. AYDEN’S EXPERIENCE.
_ Mr, Ayden who, we reported, had returned to
Ceylon lately, has: been away for a year,
six wonths of which he spent travelling about
advocating theinterests of Ceylon Tea. He spent
about three months in doing the principal cities
of the United States and Canada, and took
the same time to trayel across Europe to Rus-
sia, going asfar as St. Petersburg. “ Yes,” he
replied to a question about the condition of
the Ceylon product in the American tea market,
“our teas are
, CERTAINLY GAINING GROUND
as against Japan and China teas.” He agreed
that the “ Thirty Committee ” were doing well
in advertising as was- done at present, and
could not suggesb auy better method, and he
Was not in favour of subsidising certain firms to
push the article as was recommended in certain
quarters.
‘Are you in favour of introducing green teas
into the country as advocated by Mr. Mackenzie ?”
asked our reporter, ‘ Yes, [ think there is a ‘ine
opening for Ceylon green teas. Of course they
will have to compete with China and Japan
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
863
greens, but I think that is only a matter of
time, especially if the planter makes the tea,”
THE AMERICANS WANT.
A certain amount of black tea would always be
used, but it was only a sma'l percentage of the
total consumption, the principal . teas being the
greens and oolongs. ee
_ They had been greatly handicapped by the duty
imposed at the time of the war of 10 cents. (Sd) per
1b while coffee went free. It made tea so much
more expensive than coffee, which had a tendency
to become cheaper. That the latter was
THE NATIONAL BEVERAGE
was seen in the fact that coffee was consumed
last year at the rate of 11 Ib. per head of tie
population as againss under 1lb. of tea, Ten was
drunk very much more in Canada than in the
States, even amongst the French-speaking peosle,
who, however, liveinthesamewayand have mneli the
same habits as their English-speaking neighbours.
He thought in Ameriea the trade were favonrably
1iclined towards Ceylon tea, though they used it
in blending with China and Japan teas.” Our-tea
can be obtained by itself in the pzincipal cities,
but it was difficult to get pure Ceylon ter in the
smnaller towns, though they had sonie
VERY EXCELLENT BLENDS.
Apart from the pushing of tea Mr. Ayden had
time to look round and was struck with the co:
a-heidness of the people. Mven this was tothe
advantage ot Ceylon, for if once they could be
got to take up our teas they would eo for it for
all it was worth as they do with every other
things they yo in for,
wir. Ayden’s next journey was from London
through Holland, Germany, Austria and Central
Russia as far as St. Petersburg. Asked which
country was the greatest: tea-consuming one, he
replied without hesitation “Russia, adding that
there was a great future for our teasthere. Ceylon
tea was used there to blend with China tes in
order to
INCREASE THE STRENGTH.
With regard to the tea duty in that country he
did not think there was’ much chance of getting
it reduced. It was very heavy, being about 1/8 per
lb. and he mentioned that he had to pay three
roubles for a lb. of pure Ceylon tea or 6/in English
money.
With respect to the
tea was
other countries visited,
NOT A BIG ARTICLE
and was not much consumed, though here again
Ceylon tea was becoming more liked than
China and Japan and the prospects were favour-
able. The trader had no difficulty in selling tea,
as itis shipped, direct to Hamburg, Bremen, and
other Continental Ports.
——————(.{.—______
THE COTTON TRADE:
A..NEW ERA IN EGYPTI—COTTON
MILLS AND FREE TRAD.
PeERHAPS in no branch of trade do con-
ditions change so fast and so materially as
in the cotton trade. Fortunes have been
made in it in times of war, and have also
been lost again before the said wars have
closed. In the piping times of peace, too,
wealth has been amassed by some, and
losses made by othevs. A day or a week
may make all the difference between profit
and loss, as not a few Colombo merchants
864 THE TROPICAL
and residents found during the American
war. We have known a shipload of Tinne-
velly cotton sold six times over between
Tuticorin and London, and a telegraphic
code providing for the price—at the time
21d per \b.—vrunning up to a shilling, ren-
dered useless, because the American blockade
had raised the value to eighteen pence a pound!
Then, see, how profits from cotton goods
have dwindled in Lancashire and in Bomba
in recent years; while even here, the experi-
ence of our solitary Cotton Mills, started
under the brightest auspices, proves how
swiftly new conditions may arise and upset
the calculations of the shrewdest heads in
the community. To commence with, the
capital subscribed was insufficient; but so
confident were the promoters of a large and
quick turnover with local sales and a steady
demand for yarn from the Far East, that
work was started with the _ assurance
that no inconvenience would ‘ result
from insufficient . capital which, it was
further felt would be only a temporary
trouble as the shares would be taken ap as
soon as the Mills began to work. The slack
and diminishing demand for yarn from
Ohina and Japan, which countries erelong
began starting their own Mills; the un-
certainty and variation of local wants ;
the depression in the tea industry; the
tightness of the money market, jointly
and severally brought about conditions with
which our first and only Spinning and Weay-
ing Company found itseif unable to contend,
and it had to transfer its interests to thers
whose business connections with India hold-
out a promise of success which, we trust, will
be abundantly realized.
We refer to the subject just now, through
having come across information lately which
points to a further impending revolution in
the coston trade. Hgyptian cotton has had
a high reputation in the markets of the world
for a number of years, both for staple and for
‘strength ; and the fertility of the Nile Valley
and the cheapness of labour gave Egypt an
immense advantage over all other competitors. ;
» But, hitherto, it is only for the production of the
yaw material that the land of the Pharoah’s
‘has been’ famed. Now, a new order of things
is imminent; and Egypt will soon enter the
lists as a manufacturer. Already we learn
from an Indian exchange, that Bombay piece
goods have found their way to Khartoum,
and, as the Soudan gets more and more
“gettled, naturally the demand for cotton
oods. will grow, especially under the
ree trade principles just announced by
the Sirdar. Indeed, it is the expecta-
tion of commercial advantages of this nature
which has .been one of the inspiring
forces for the reconquest of the Soudan
and the proclamation of British sovereignty
together with Hgyptian. But Egypt is not
content that distant industrial centres should
have the monopoly of manufacture for her
wants and for those of the newly acquired or .
reconquered territory. A strong tendency is
shown by Egyptian capitalists to find other
investments for their money besides,—that is,
Gn addition to,—land. Industrial and com-
ymercial concerns are attracting more atten-
; tion than they used to, and the Govern-
ment has been approached with a view to
AGRICULTURIST. [June 1, 1899,
the establishment of Cotton Mills. Certain
economic considerations have, however, to
be dealt with before any decided steps can
be taken. Egyptian cotton pays an export
duty of 1 per cent, and when it returns in
the sha of yarn and piece an
import duty of 8 per cent is levied. Is
this source of revenue to be abandoned in
furtherance of Cobdenite principles? If so,
what taxes should be levied to compensate
for the loss? And is the Soudan to have
a different fiscal policy? The effect of
maintaining the import duty in Egypt
would be practically to exelude foreign,
that is British competition. That is not a
form of protection which will suit the British
taxpayer; nor is it for the ruin of his
own industries that he has been clamorous
for the extension of British influence i
Africa, from Egypt to the Cape, There is
the alternative of an excise on Egyptian
goods equivalent to the im duty. It
will thus be seen that revenual, economic and
commercial considerations come into lay |
and until they have been weighed and decid
on, the investor will hesitate and the astute
British representative in Egypt will r
mine nothing. But the p ess of commer-
cial and industrial undertaki cannot be
altogether paved even by such considera-
tions as have been stated. They may only
be delayed, and that only for a short time.
The Egyptian Government will have to de-
clare its policy; and once investors in
establishing Mills, a fresh im will be
given to cotton cultivation. he contem-
plation of the possibilities which open to view
need cause no anxiety; for, concurrently with
the entry of new competitors in the field of
manufacture, will develop new demands from
races and peoples growing in numbers and
civilization under just and humane laws.
These are among the greatest and most
pleasing triumphs of peace; and the day of
wars and contention has prevailed long
enough to serve the arts of peace.
THE CLOSE OF THE CHINA TEA SEASON,
We may hope shortly to hear how the new
China Tea Season has opened’ during the
early days of May; but meantime weare
free to take the following as the compléte
figures for Export season 1898-99, as com-
pared with the previous year, for China
and Japan teas :— ,
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITE
KINGDOM AND CONTINENT.
aes P wclhnee
Hankow and Shanghai.. 12,233,930 15,292,448
Foochow «+ 12,682,534 .12,160,708
Amoy ia 688,318 685,651
Canton - - 5,105,660 5,993,839
30,760,442 34,132,646
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED
STATES AND CANADA. hid
1898-99. — 1897-93.
Ib. Ib.
Shanghai e+ 16,621,547 20,836,000
Amoy { «- 15,036,413. 15,861,506
Foochow se 9,178,280 4 » 1,740,345 ;
40896240 44457851
Junp 1, 189¢.| THE TROPICAL
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO ODESSA.
1898-99. 1897-98.
1b. Ib.
Shanghai and Hankow... 22,733,272 19,462,293
EXPORT OF THA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED
STATES AND CANADA.
1898-99. 1897-98,
lb. lb.
Yokohama «+ 25,944,170 26,826,182
Kobe -. 13,948,634 16,732,118
39,890,804 43,558,300
It will be observed there is a comparative
decrease all round, save in the case of
shipments from China for Odessa which are
3,390,000 lb. in excess of those in 1897-8.
—___g-____——-
THE INDIAN CURRENCY COMMITTEE.
EXTRACTS FROM THE EVIDENCE.
MR. W. J. THOMPSON, JUNIOR :—
THE LOSSES OF TEA COMPANIFS.
You are aware that the dividends paid
by the tea companies this season have been mate-
rially less that they were last year and in previous
years ?—Yes.
Arising mainly from what cause ?—Increased
cost of production.
One of the leading elements in that is the
difference in exchange; that is to say, suppose your
agents in Caleutta sell a 90 days’ sight bill upon a
London bank to lay down funds to pay the coolies’
wages, if they sell the Lill at 1s 4: in the one case,
whereas if the Government of India had not in this
arbitrary Way fixed the rate at 1s 4d, they could
have sold the bid at Ils 2d, that wonld have made
a considerable difference ?—Yes.
And probably have turned tiie loss on the
last season into aprofit? It would have made a
considerable difference, of course.
What difference do you estimate there would
be between a Is4d rate and a Is2l rate, on
the wages of the coolies per lb of tea? I believe
it would amount to about five-eighths of a penny
per pound.
That effect isfelé very much mote severely,
is it not, in Ceylon than in India, because the en-
tire industry of the island of Ceylon now, since the
coffee failed, is tea ?—Yes, thatis the great industry
of the island.
The great industry of the island hangs
now upon tea ?—Yes.
THE FUTURE OF CEYLON.
Suppose the tea industry should fail, as
coffee has failed, what becomes of the island ?—I
will leave you todeal with that qaestion, I do not
like to think of it.
How is tle Government to carry on the
administration of the Colony?—I am uot the Goy-
ernor.
These are questions, [I think, that it
behoves us a littleto look at. I hear the Ceylon
tea planters putting questions of that nature, and
T daresay you have heard the same ?—Yes, but is
it not a little hard to put the question to a poor
tea-brokes ?
You are a tea planter to a small extent,
but you are not in the same position as some of the
poor tea planters are ?—No, and I never was in
that position from the other point of view either.
AGRICULTURIST. 865
SOME TRADE CURIOSITIES.
(Sir F Mowatt.) In the yearly prices
which you gave us of the teas, i observe some
curious variations. In 1892-95 | think you said
that India was selling ab ild., Ceylon at9d., and
China at 85d ?—Yes.
The next year it fell to 94d in Iniia,
84din Ceylon, and 8din China ?—%
The next year it rose again to 103d, 83d, and
there was a little fali in the case of China to
7id 27—Yes.
Is there any explanation of that beyond
ordinary rates of supply and demand 2-
ably not. We had one very fine ve
—a sort of climatic influences came over /
gave us a very large quantity of hich pn
I think that was the year when
to 104d.
AN INCREASE
the
Py cb-
32m,
um and
d teas.
the price rose
OF BRiTISH-GROWN
POSSIBLE,
TEAS
On the whole, from your experience of the
trade, do you anticipate that the supply of Indian
and Ceylon teas will tend to increase 7—Yes, I am
certainly of that opinion,
(Sir D. Barbour) In the figures you gave of
the prices, I noticed that, in the earlier years
Ceylon tea fetched a much higher price than Indian
and now it is lower. What is the explanation of
that?—In the earlier years there was only q
small quantity and it was of finer quality than
now—at first, too, it was a novelty.
I think you said that there had been some
over: production in recent years 7—Weil, ihere has
been quite enough.
You suggested thatif there had been 5 per cent.
less tea, the price would have been ten per cent
higher ?—Yes. ;
So that the tea planters woull have gained 2—in
that way ; but itis impossible to stop protection,
Bub suggest these figure—5 per cent. less tea
would mean 10 per cent more in price? Yes, our
stock is so small, that a reduction of 12 millions
in it would cause an advance in price. That is
what amount to.
You also said that the rise of exchange would
diminish the profits ?—That is a sequitur, L thint
And that would diminish, to some extent the
rate of production ?--I think it would eventually
have that effect. It has with some people T
know. :
According to your figures, it a rise in the rate
of exchange caused 2 5 per cent, reduction of
production, there ought to be some 2ain to the
planter from a rise in the Lonlon price 9_
Thatis so, taking these figures, but tea, as you
know, takes five or six years before it is in full
bearing, That is why you cannot stop production
But the arrangment would be this; that a tall
of exchange might
COFFEE AND COCUA IN SAN DOMINGO.
The mountain regions of Sin Domingo, says Robert
§. Hill, in his admirable work, “* Cuba and Porto Rico,’
like those of Huiti, Cuba, and Jamaica, are especially
suited tothe culture of coffee. The annual yield is
about a million anda half pounds. he area of un-
cultivated Jnnds suitable for coffee in this island
probably exceeds that of all of the rest of the
Antilles. : ,
Cocoa is extensively cultivated, much foreign capital
having been invested in it within recent yexrs, and
the production having multiplied five-fold within the
past decade.—American Grocer, April 12.
i
PLANTING NOTES.
-Green Tras.—It will be seen from an inter-
view reported elsewhere, that Mr. Ayden favours
the preparation of Ceylon green teas for the
American narket.
A New Ventinatine Fan is in working order at
the Sirocco Factory (Davidson & Co.,/Ltd.), and its
results are cextainly extraordiuary. A little 30!
diameter Fun puts throngh over 10,500 cub. feet of air
per minute when driving at only 380 revolutions per
qinute, «nd the power required to drive it was ouly
3 H.P.—its work is - therefore 2-3rds of 1,000,000
‘cub. feet per hour.
- s6CROSSMAN ON COFFER.”—It is evident from
the April circular of W H Crossman and Brother
(says the American Grocer) that they are frm
believers in. a continuation of cheap coffee, and
that prices must go considerably lower before
overproduction will be checked. The present
Brazil crop is placed at 5,500,000 bags of Santes
and 3,500,000 bags Rio, making a total of
9,000,000 bags. ‘Uhe next crop, itis believed, will
exceed that of 1898 99, bus this is regarded im-
material, as ‘the fourth consecutive large crop
im excess of the xequirements of consumption
-will mean a continuation of very low prizes.
With three large crops in Rio and Santos aggre-
gating 28,000,000 bags, and « fourth (claimed to
bea “record breaker” to follow, ib is no longer a
question low much coffee is on the trees; bisa
question how much coffee is in. the. warehouses,
the surplus production of the last three seasons.
AGRICULTURIST. [June 1, 1899,
DARJEELING TEA.—Recent advices from Dar-
jeeling—says the /ndian Planters’ Gazette, April
29th —state that tea prospects are looking ap in
the surrounding district, the late heavy rain being
good for the bushes. Most gardens are going in
or very fine quality in the manufacture of tea.
Planters consider’ that the season is opening
avourably.
‘THE VANILLA BHeAN IN Mextoo”—is the
subject of an interestipg paper from the
Society of Aris Journal, which we reproduce
in our daily and Zyropical Agriculturit.
All interested in this spice, the cultivation of
which in Ceylon bas lately been on the increase,
should carefully study the brief article referred
to, Vanilla plantations in Mexico, we see, are
valued up to £100 per acre.
A Favortre Fopprr.—We have heard *‘ Al-
falfa” or “ Lucegne” (Medicago sativa) wuch
praisel by Mr, Nock of Hakgala, who haz had
a good deal of experience of fodders. The follow-
ing is from a recent number of the Rural Cali-
fornian :—
Alfalfa is better than a bank account, for it never
fails or goes into the hands of a receiver. It is
weather proof, for the cold does not injure and heat
makes it grow all the better. A winter flood will not
drown it, and a fire will not kill it. As a borer it
is equal to an artesian well; it loves water and bores
to reach it. When growing there is no stopping it.
Begin cutting a 20-acre field, and when your last load
of hay is handled at one end of the field it is ready
to cut again at the otherend. For filling a milk can,
an alfalfa-ted cow is equal toa handy pump, Cattle
love it, hogs fatten upon it, and a hungry horse
wants nothing else. If your land wili grow alfalfa,
you have the drop on dry weather. Once started on
your land, alfalfa will stay by you like Canada thistles
or a first-class mortgage, buat only to make you
wealthier and happy. Evidences of the profitableness
of alfalfa on irrigated land in the semi-arid regio
multiply from year to year.
Ort Morors.—Our London Correspondent
(‘*B.P.”) sends us the following :—‘* Every-
body in Ceylon knows Mr. Jackson, of
Tea Machinery fame, by name at least... I
was interested to hear of a recent tour he
took with Mrs. Jackson and two friends from
Aberdeen to London in a motor car, driven
by oil. The party travelled the distance of
over six hundred miles in seyen days, and
their itinerary was as follows: left Aberdeen
on the 17th April, reached Edinburgh the
same evening, left Edinburgh at 10 a.m. 18th,
reached Newcastle in the evening. . Left New-
castle at 10 a.m.. on the 19th and reached
York in the evening: left York at 11 a.m.
on the 20thand reached Gainsborough in the
evening. Spent the following day there, and
started once more on 22nd, reaching Hun-
tingdon the same evening. Left Hunting-
don at 11-30 am. next day, and arrived in
London at 3 p.m. Forty gallons of oil, cost-
ing Is a gallon, were used in the journey
which for four passengers reckons up to
10s a passenger for over 600 miles. Mr.
Jackson’s conclusions as to the different kinds
of power to be used comes to something like
this. In towns where it can be easily ob-
tained electricity would work best for private
carriages and vehicles, and steam for busses,
but in long country journeys “oil will be
found toanswer best being capable of storage to
last.some distances:” enough oil can be carried
to do for 200 miles in such a motor car as
he used, which held four people.”
JUNE 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL
FACILITIES FOR MAKING GOOD TEA—Y,
We would group the replies received
from Pussellawa, Kotagala (Lower Dimbula)
and Watawala (Lower Dikoya) together
for the sake of convenience, though the
districts are neither adjacent nor character-
ised by the same conditions. Pussellawa
seems pessimistic in its enumeration of the
drawbacks to making better tea than at
present—‘‘jat, soil, climate, want of sufficient
withering space, excessive pruning, bought
leaf from native gardens, carelessness and
indifference.” A heavy catalogue truly!
And yet we are told that, although the jat
on the older plantations is inferior and
mixed, on recently planted estates the jat
is excellent; and that the soil is not gene-
rally poor, though, of course, not so good
as in some of the younger districts. In the
matter of jat and soil, Pussellawa is thus
no worse off than other old districts which
grew coffee and cinchona before the era
of tea; but yet our friend declares that
manuring would not be profitable, and would
be only helpful in bringing up the poor
portions to average yield. Does that mean
that no financial benefit follows from placing
the poor fields on a level with the good
ones? And if the poor can thus be bene-
fited, may not the better fields respond to
manuring with larger crops? In withering
voom, factories are said, on the whole, to
be deficient, but not in machinery, though
there are exceptions, nor in motive power
Labour is abundant, or at least was when the
report was made. Pruning has been far too
severe in many cases, though not, perhaps,
too frequent; it has, however, seldom been
too long neglected. In dry seasons the tea
in the higher fields does best; but when
the rains set in, the lower elevations have
the advantage.
From Kotagala, as from most other places
from which we have heard, the chief dvaw-
back to making better tea is regarded as a
deficiency in the soil; but we are very hope-
ful that agricultural chemistry will both
indicate the character of the deficiency and
suggest the remedy. We shall soon see
what Mr. Kelway Bamber has to say on the
subject. Of jat, we learn that there is good,
indifferent, bad and very bad—a splendid range
in sooth !—and the same description is applied
-to the soil. On wind-blown and steep ridges,
estates are approaching the worn-out stage ;
and although faith is expressed in manure,
as caleulated to improve the bushes and
possibly help the tea, its profitableness is
regarded as contingent on cost of transport,
&c. As regards factories, there is no great
deficiency in withering room; nor are they
wanting in machinery or motive power.
Labour has been not only abundant, but even
over-abundant for some time past; but, of late,
we suspect, the supply bas scarcely been in
excess of the demand. Pruning has not been
too severe except in a few cases, nor has
it been too long neglected, at any rate, re-
cently. And, it is comforting to learn,
notwithstanding the growls about jt and soil
that the district is, on the whole, very suit-
able for tea!
The only drawback experienced in Wata-
wala in improving the character of the tea
manufactured there, is connected with “ cli-
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AGRICULTURIST. 874
matic disadvantages,” by which we under-
stand the inability to equal the flavour of
the highest districts, rather than excess of
sun or rain for proper manufacture. In jat,
though some of the bushes are very. poor,
others are good, making the district as a
whole a very fair medium. The soil is gene-
rally ‘“‘lightish”: and if the tea districts
be divisible into three classes, Watawala
prefers a claim to be reckoned in the second
for soil—few, if any, of the estates being
worn out. It is consistent with this verdict
that faith is expressed in manures, as both
improving and profitable, save on the very
poorest fields. The average estate should,
therefore, derive benefit from manures and
find their application remunerative. There
is no deficiency, whether in withering room,
motive power, or machinery, in the fac-
tories, and the labour supply is adequate.
Severe pruning is not practised, but average
bushes will not run long without pruning—
22 months being a fair limit. In some cases
the bushes have been allowed to grow too
high and beyond the sustaining power of the
soil; but the yield is fair, the climate being
wet, although soil and climate are against the
attainment of the best flavour.
SSeS
CEYLON TEA COMPANIES’ REPORTS.
Several Reports, published by us, remain to
be noticed. ‘There is not much noteworthy in
respect of the ** Proprietory Tea Estates Com-
pany;” but why do some reports give the cost
of the tea harvested, and others not? Several
Companies tellus the gross price realized; but
nothing is said as to cost f.o.b. or other-
wise. The ‘‘ Proprietory” has 2,105 acres of tea
in bearing and 251 young, distributed over
five districts so representative as Pussellawa,
Kelani Valley, Dimbula, Dikoya and Mas-
keliya. The dividend for last year was 4
per cent. The Scottish Tea Company, as
already mentioned, gives 10 per cent altogether
for 1898: it owns close on 2,000 acres of
tea, all in Dikoya, Lower Dikoya and Mas-
keliya districts. The Rangalla Company is
in the unfortunate position of giving no
divdend whatever, owing to a falling-off in
the yield of both tea and cardamoms last
year, the latter especially giving less than
half the crop of 1897. Prospects for 1899
here, as in most Reports, are given as en-~
couraging. We now come to the Ragalla
Tea Estates, Ld., which is also unable to
show any dividend to its ordinary share-
holders—a very remarkable fact, considering
the high i of Udapussellawa estates
(Ragalla and Halgranoya) as well as of Kel-
burne in Haputale. Possibly, too much was
paid for the latter as one reason for the
disappointment about dividends. However-
a special Report has been furnished on
these properties (which we give on page
870 by Mr. W. L. Strachan_ and he is
very hopeful (as a large shareholder him-
self) that there are better times and_ crops
to come. We are much surprised that
Ragalla should be eropping at not much
over 300 lb. an acre, and this is the more
striking as one flat gives over 1,0001b, an
acre. But Mx. Strachan anticipates a
steady increase until 600 Ib, an acre
$76
all over is reached. For Kelburne a
crop of well under 300 1b. an acre was only
got for 1898; but for the current year the
estimate is about 400lb, am acre at a cost
f.o.b. of 33°07 cents per lb, Finally, the Tea
Corporation, Limited, issues a special cir-
cular as to prospects which is of a decidedly
satisfactory character, even if the plumbago
anticipations come to nothing.
ee
CEYLON TEA AT PARIS EXHIBITION ;
AND ON THE CONTINENT OF
EUROPE.
Mr. RENTON is a fortunate Colonist: for,
“not only is he to have the Planting Com-
missionership to the Exhibition, but a fee
- of £500 for mae duties to be performed, After
the Exhibition closes, his three years’ engage-
ment as Commissioner for the Continent
on £1,000 a year will commence. All this
we gather from the proceedings of the
“Thirty Committee” given elsewhere in full.
Ap arently the Commissioner is to treat
a Messrs. Lipton, Limited, about some
proposal for advertising Ceylon teas or
produce ? Meantime, it will be seen that
the independent efforts to promote Ceylon
tea in Russia, Germany, &c., are by no means
slackening, but that due encouragement
continues to be given. All this should bear
fruit.
ee
THE MINERAL WEALTH OF CEYLON.
THE VIEWS OF AN EXPERT.
Mr. C L Boyd, a gold expert, is now on a
visit to his brother, Mr. Bolton Boyd, of Agars
Land, and he has taken the opportunity to in-
"quire into the mineral wealth of Ceylon. What
was wanted, he said, to one of our representatives,
was to find gold in the low grade condition, on the
same principle as the Mysore mines are, which
are among the best paying concerns in the
world. In those mines they had a homogeneous
‘rock in which was found the precious metal and
the value per ton would figure the same through-
out the vein. Theore in this low grade condition
is valued at 10s per ton and upwards, and was
much better security than those flash mines
where nuggets were found. These would run to
thousands of pounds per ton intermittently,
but one could never be sure that he
would continue to find them. Mr. Boyd has
just returned from Matara and in answer to a
query whether he had found gold there he ans-
wered:—Yes, sir, | have most decidedly.”
TEA AND METALS.
Mr. Boyd said that what helped the growth
of tea were the metallic constituents in the
ground and in other tea countries such as China
and Japan they found iron. Ferric oxide was a
very important factor in the growth of tea. ‘You
have it there,” said Mr. Boyd, pointing to the
red road outside the hotel ‘‘and it is in the tca
districts in larger quantities.”
In Ceylon they had limonite (iron) which ran
up to 52 to60 per cent of metallic iron and he had
found 71°62 per cent of oxide of iron deposited
inthe ground. Mr. Boyd reported satisfactorily of
the plumbago in the Matara district. ‘That place
was on the centre of the
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
[Jone 1, 1899.
MINERAL BELT OF CEYLON,
a great belt which ran north 20 degrees east.
Mr. Boyd visits Nuwara Eliya for the pur-
pose of reporting on plumbago, mica and iron,
and hopes, when he returns, to have somethin
favourable to tell. He mentioned that he h
opened negociations with people iu Liverpool with
a view to getting out the necessary machinery for a
stamping millonthe reef he has discovered. He
would suggest that Government should start a
Geological Department with experts at the head to
make a survey of the country, seeing the value
minerals would be through the royalty they
would bring in. He prophesied that in a short
ith people would flock into the country after
gold.
—_~+ -»_-—_——
TIMBER SEASONING BY ELECTRICITY.
We extract the following from the Zngineer :—During
the last few years considerable attention has been
given to the invention of new processes for treating
timber. The latest aspirant to fame is a process and
apparatus which claims to give to timber properties
which time alone has so far been able to producet
It is a French idea, and has, we are informed, me.
with considerable success in Paris, where worke
have been established to treat timber on a large
scale. The Nodon-Bretonnean process involves the
expulsion of the sap and its replacement by a
solid matter, insoluble and aseptic. This is effected by
placing the material to be treatedin a vat containing a
lukewarm solution made of borax, ten per cent; resin
five per cent;and-75 per cent of carbonate of soda.
While in this bath, an electric current of about 100
volts pressure is caused to pass through the timber.
The current set up what is termed electro-capillary
attraction, and drives out the sap by the introduction
of the solution. This treatment lasts from six to
eight hours generally, after which the wood is
subjected to a further treatment of a few hours’
duration in a warm bath to allow of thorough permea-
tion of the entire section. It is then removed and
dried under cover by air currents, a process which
is said to take from fourteen days to a couple of
months, according to the density and thickness of
the material. ‘T'he inventors claim that not only is
a considerable saving in time and expense in the
drying of timber effected by this process, but tbat
certain classes of wood, such as maritime pine, which
have not hitherto been readily saleable owing to the
large amount of moisture they contain, can by its
use be readily deprived of the sap. The expenditure
of electric current is said to be 600 watts per cubic
metre per hour for five hours. The Electric Timber
Seasoning Company, Victoria Street, Westminster,
is introducing the system into this country, and a
model apparatus has been fitted up at the works of
Messrs. Johnson and Philips, Charlton: Junction.
ene
THE GALAHA TEA ESTATES COMPANY is to
be congratulated on the very satisfactory nature
of the report made on its estates. The Vedehettes,
Kitoolamoola and Galaha have been familiar to
us since the early ‘‘ sixties” and we had no
idea they were going to do so well in tea ; while
the news ofa cart road all the way from Ooda-
wella to Kitoolamoola—superseding the bridle
path which at one point was the scene of one of
the most atrocious murders ever committed in
Ceylon—reealls ‘‘days of old”? and of more than
one ride across the Hantane range and patanas.
But it is of tea, we have to speak, Crops of
over 400 1b. and rising to 600 and even 700 Ibs. per
acre, must be considered very good. What is
told of the Factory is of interest and specially so
what we learn about wire-shoots and economic
working. ; on
JonE 1, 1899. THE TROPICAL
GALAHA CEYLON TEA ESTATES AND
AGENCY COMPANY.
ANNUAL REPORT AND BALANCE SHEET.
Although the balance at credit of profit and loss
would haye provided for further dividend of two
per cent on the ordinary shares, the Directors de-
cided to retain that amount, carrying part toreserve,
and the rest to the next account.
The tea crops, including bought leaf, amounted
to 1,422,297 lb., which sold at a net average of 6.11d
per Ib., and the cardamom crops to 35,724 lk.,
which realised 23 51d per |b., net. The Directors
had expected better resu!ts, but, owing to the failure
of the south-west monsoon, the crops obtained were
slightly under the estimates, and the average price
of the tea was afiected by the unusually low rates
ruling in the market during part of the time. The
rate of exchange for the Company’s drafts on London
averaged 1s 39d per rupee. It will be noticed
that the amount at debit for advances to coolies
has been reduced by £1,500 since the date of the
last account.
It bas been necessary during the period covered
by the report to spend a considerable sum 02 capl-
tal outlay for the extension of the Factory, the
purchase of further machinery, the erection of
additional cooly lines and other buildings, and the
upkeep of non-bearing land, but the requirements
for capital this year will not, it is believed, exceed
£1,000, which will be chiefly used for the deve-
lopment of land recently brought into cultivation.
The Directors desire to call attention to the en-
closed report on the properties by their colleague,
Mr. W Lumsden Strachan, who has just returned
from Ceylon, and it will be satisfactory to the
shareholders to learn that the estates are in the
highest state of cultivation, and capable of yield-
ing very large outturns in the future, The crops
for this year are estimated by the Colombo Manager
as follows :— +
Tea os .. 1,084,950
Cardamoms BC ae 24,400
And in a recent letter he writes that generally
speaking, the Company’s estates have not suffered
from the late drought, consequently large yields may
be expected, and looking to the higher range of
prices new ruling for Ceylon teas on the London
market, it is confidently believed that the next re-
port will show a large increase in the profits, and
thus enable the Directors to add considerably to the
Reserve Fund, it being their policy to strengthen
the Company’s position by building up a substan-
tial Reserve.
The Directors are pleased to report that up to
date the sales of this season’s teas amounting to
94,320 lb. have averaged 7:ldd net perlb. against the
estimate of 6d net per lb.
MR. W. LUMSDEN STRACHAN’S REPORT.
February, 1899.
NortH VeEpEHETIE.—The fields both above and
below the cart road have filled out, and cover the
round much better than they ever did before.
hese fields make up 56 acres, and last year gave a
crop of 3541b. an acre. For the six months ending
30th December last 246 lb. were secured. A clearing
of 18 acres has been opened above the cart road, and
as this land is steep, and much wind blown, I think
tbat though the soil is good, the greater part should
be thickly planted with fual trees, and regarded as
timber land. ‘The fuel can very easily be carted to
the factory door. Another clearing of seven acres
close by is more sheltered.
West Vevrexerre.—This division now consists of
68 acres of old tea, and 59 of clearings, or 127 acres
inall. All the old tea is now being pruned, and the
crop will therefore come in during the latter part
of the season. The old tea gave 450 lb. an acre last
ear, and 380 for the half term ending December,
both of which crops were quite satisfactory. For this
season 490 1b. are estimated, Lhe new clearing hag
AGRICULTURIST. 877
good soil, and the lay of land is very suitable for the
cultivation of tea, and when in bearing the field will
give 5CO to 600 1b, an acre. Owing to a bad planting
season a large number of the plants died; these have
since been thoroughly supplied, and the lines are
now regular; but for estimating purposes, the clear-
ing should be regarded as being only one year old,
There are still some 50 acres of fine land on this
estate, which can some day, if desired, be planted
with tea.
East VreDEHETTE.—Here also the tea is looking
well. Last year the property gave 421 lb. an acre,
and for the present season 405 are expected. I men-
tion, and will continue to mention, the crops, as this
will give the best idea of what the places are capable
of doing in the future. A clearing of 35 acres below
the estate cart-road was opened three years ago. The
forest was of good size, but when the land was cleared
the soil was found to be light and quartzy, and I
think that it would be good policy to plant the
whole field with fuel trees. The timber can easily be
sent across the valley to the Government cart-road,
as was done with the forest trees when the land was
first cleared. The new bungalow is a substantial one,
and the lines are allin good order. Labour force is
sufficent, and the estate is clean. The cardamoms of
which there is 54 acres, are all looking very well.
Last year the crop fell short of the estimate owing
to the dry season. This year 80,000 lb. green, or
16,000 1b dry, are estimated and as there is already
a good show of racemes the estimate should be
secured, if the south-west rains do not again fail,
which is hardly probable. The caddies yield R60 a
month, and if more were built a larger revenue.
would be derived from thissource. The Government
thinks of moving the Deltota post office to this spot,
and if this be done it would at once increase its im-
portance and raise the rents.
Kiroona-mMoota.—Owing to the rocky nature of the
ground the tea has been longer thanusual in com:
ing on and forminga goodspread. Even at the time
of my last visit the bushes did not cover the ground
fully, but now the estate presents an even appear-
ance, and the yield is satisfactory. I find that from
the total acreage of 342 acres a crop of 438 lb
was secured in the twelve months ending 30th June
last. The estimate for the current season is 118,750
lb or 347 lb all over. The smaller crop is due to
the fact that some 200 acres are this year to be pruned
down. Roads and drains are allin order. The old bridle-
patb from Uduwella has been enlarged and made
into a cart road, and this is of great advantage
to the group of estates, in so far as it makes them
so much more accessible from Kandy. The cost of
the work was R2,490, of which the District Road
Committee contributed R1,500 and the estates up
the valley and private people the rest. The cost
to our estates was only some R100, and I think Mr,
Carey is to be praised both for the way in which
he raised the money and for the way the work has
been done. The cardamoms, though now some six-
teen years old, still continue to crop well, and this
year a yield of about 160 lb. an acre is expected,
Where the shoots have got thin a replanting
might with advantage be done. The timber clear-
ing above the Kandy Road continues to make steady
progress.
GALAHA AND Dunatty.—There is a marked improve
ment in the 175 acres of tea, which for so long a
time was disappointing. All the young tea—13, 5,
47 acres, &c.—still continues to give large crops, but
the 17 acres is showing a elight falling off. Tha
fields on tke Kitoola Moola side also continue to
look and yield well, and the 22 acres at the top are
a picture of luxariance. This tea yielded last season
739 lb. an acre. ‘The 125 acres (three-year-old tea) on
Dunally has not grown quite as quickly as I should
have expected from the nature of the soil, which is
rich and deep, but the fields are an even cover, and
will yield in the current season 200 lb. an aore,
Altogether there are 853 acres of clearings on Dun-
ally and Galaha, all coming on well except abont
20 acres on the top of the former estate, which |
878
think better adapted for fuel trees. These clearings
will next year add considerably to the crop of the
estates. The grevillias are too thick on parts of
Galaba, and with advantage to the tea, and withont
any risk of letting in wind, some of the belts might
be thinned, and many of the roadside trees cut down.
By so doing, perhaps a thousand yards of timber will be
obtained for factory use. Labour is more than sufiici-
ent, and buildings arein good order. The 38 acres of
cardamoms are looking well,and this season 6,0001b. dry
are estimated. It has been arranged to plant up 164
acres of timber land with this product. This is certainly
a@ wise move, for the land is now being weeded, and
after the bulbs are once put into the ground there will
be no further expenditure, except a nominal sum for
supplying the vacancies. Mr. H Carey tells me that
on a neighbouring estate, about two miles away on
the same range of hills, the cardamoms so planted
under shade of the fuel trees are growing most satis-
factorily. Since water was spouted to Galaha from
Kitoola-Moola, and from the top of Amblamana there
has been a marked improvement in the health of the
labour force, and the head kangany tells me the
Estate is now much more popular with the coolies.
MaovusAa Krute —Mappraama.—These estates have
260 acres under tea of which Maddegama has 60 acres.
This tea gives a poor yield, as the land is very steep
and rocky. All the fields on Maousa Kelle, on the
Ulawatte side, are looking very well, and it is from
them that the bulk of the crop is obtained. Labour
is plentiful, and advances stand at R619 only.
GoorooKeLLE AND Kirrtwane.—This fine block of
property has 878 acres under tea, of which 690 are in
full bearing, 31 three years old, 38 two vears, and
113 ‘acres one year. All the recently-planted tea,
that is, tea planted in new soil, has grown very well,
and forms a fine cover, and tea on old coffee land
is also giving good crops. With ordinary seasons, the
estate will give 600lb. all over, including the old
coffee land, or sey a crop of 525,000lb. Weeding is
done for 90 cents an acre, All the bnildings are
permanent, except one set of lines, and_ will only
require ordinary repairs in the future. No capital
dutlay will be required therefore, except for upkeep
of the young land till it comes into bearing,
Crops is put on board at 254 cenis, including 8 cents
for manufacture, and 1 cent for transport of leaf
ever the tramway. Advances stand at R15,187 fir
842 coolies, and will be reduced later on when
full time is being worked. The rainfall last year was
only 80:26 inches on 186 days, which accounts for
the crop being so short of the estimate,
Mr. White lightly forked the pruned branches into
the ground over a considerable area, and the system
has answered so well that I think it should in future
be made a rule. In this somewhat dry climate the
soil thus treated retains its moisture for a longer period,
and the bushes have responded to the cultivation.
There is some good land still available for tea, and
when and if desired, another 60—80 acres could be
opened.’
-FACTORY,—This is in excellent order throughout,
and machinery is working well. At no great cost
the weir and watercourse could be raised about 20
feet, and this would give 15 H.P. additional power.
The tramway continues to run smoothly, and Mr.
Hall is now able to repair the wheels in the factory.
The whole group of estates is generally in the highest
state of cultivation, and in thoroughly good order.
A considerable acreage has been manured yearly, and
each season this while be continued. A complete system
of wire shoots is now established to transport the leaf
to the factory, and I think the estates are being
worked in a thoroughly economical way. Solong as
the properties are kept upin their present condition it
is difficult to see where a saving can be made, The
crop estimates for the present season have been
framed on a moderate basis, and, given the usual
yains at the ordinary times, they willbe secured. In
the coming and succeeding seasons, as the 672 acres of
young tea come into pearing, we shall get larger
grops,
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
[JUNE 1, 1899,
CEYLON TEA IN AUSTRALIA AND
NEW ZEALAND.
VIEWS OF A NEW ZEALAND BUYER.
In the course of an interview with a representative
of the local “Times” Mr. Graham Cripps of
Messrs. Scoular and Company, Dunedin, who was
on a visit to Ceylon, was asked if he could give
any reason for the falling off in the exports of tea
direct from Colombo to New Zealand, the figures for
oo being 2,228,137 lb. as against 2,133,554 Ib. in
398.
“A large amount of tea,” said Mr. Cripps, “ is at
present purchased in the Melbourne a Sydney
markets, and shipped directto New Zealand ; the ad~=
vantage to the buyer being that he can see before
hand what he is going to buy and avoids running the
risk of receiving badly matched tea from the Colombo
dealer, who is sometimes more anxious to ©
out an order than to properly match the tea,”
“ But are not the prices in Melbourne and Sydney
a little dearer? ”
“That depends on the market. Ofcourse, when the
market is weak, we take advantage of it.”
“With regard to China teas, they are clean out of
our markets, or next door to it. Whilst formerly we
used to bring down full shipments of Chinas, now 50
half chests last us two years,”
: sre vit Sap out rzs it was extremely un-
ortunate that Cevlon teas keep s
with Indian. Pe ee
J ‘“ We are anxions to push Ceylon teas; he remarked,
but our experience is that lodian teas keep so very
much better. We might have stuff in our stores for
some time, and then we send it out to the country
storekeeper, who keeps it in his stores for another two
or three months, with the result that the tea is flat
before it reaches the consumer: We have to correct
this by using much more Indian teas than we should
otherwise. It is generally found, however, that the
consumer prefers Ceylon to Indian teas. So you will
see that the dealer ransa considerable amount of risk
in stocking Ceylon teas very largely, owing to the fact
that they go off, whereas Indians do not, and thus the
business is far more hand to mouth in character than
it would be.
“How do the retail prices of A i
Zealand compare ?” Z wat ber ee
“ The retail prices in New Zealand are much be
than those in Australia. In the latter it is ae
3d, and occasionally 1s 6d, but with us the prices
are ls 9d, 2s and 2s 4d, though the balk is sold at
2s, ie duty serine 4d.” :
“Do you think the consumptio i
tel 2 increase y ption of Ceylon tea is
ex; believe the consumption of Geylon tea
will inerease. There is not big asian to
work upon, but the consumption i i
ron oe PE ption is something over
“Are New Zealanders
gente ore
“ Not quite. You see Australia has a hott ie
mate, and they drink much more tea there.” ree
“What do you think, roughly, is the relative
heli in consumption between Ceylon and Indian
as?
“The proportion, I think, is ©
Boni on 5 ink, is Ceylon 3 Ib. and
“What kind of tea is in most demand?”
“I think the people prefer a full-fl
tea, especially in the eSonth.” A a
In coneluding the interview, Mr. Cripps ex:
the opinion that Golombo tea firms ae bit boing
in regard to the attractiveness of the labels placed
upon the tea packages sent down to Australia and
New Zealand. Very often, he said, smartly packed
tem ae aiaelNe labels, something indicative of
e place from whence it co i i
to ae mes, induces the public
Mr. Cripps had taken a trip to Kandy and Nuwara
Eliya, and was delighted wi
hill country, ghted with the lovely scenery of the
as big tea drinkers as the
June 1, 1899. THE TROPICAL
PLANTING NOTES.
THE BritisH TeA Duty.—It will be interest-
ing to see what the General Committee of the
Indian Tea Association say to the opinion of
the Mincing Lane Brokers, that the total aboli-
tion of the tea duty would probably lead to an
nereased import of cheap China teas. Of course,
the discussion is academic at present; for, there
is no chance of abolition for several years, al-
though a reduction from 4d to 21—to which no
one would take exception—may be granted in
an early Budget, especially if Mr. Stead’s “Truce
ot God” is carried as the result of the sitting
of the Peace Congress.
‘©Coconut TREES in quantity do not help a
landscape much,” writes Henry Drummond about
the South Pacific islands, as quoted in his life
by Dr. Geo. A. Smith. ‘‘It is one against the sky
that stirs your soul with the wonder of its
grace and beauty. But any kind of tree will
beat them as foliage. The form is nob fine;
shadows are wanting. There is a stiff, metallic
look, and the green is dingy and tarnished with
decaying fronds, the shreds of fibrous cloth,
and even the bunches of brown which hold the
coconuts.” ft is curious how exactly this view
corresponds with that of the poet, Miss Jewsbury,
when, after a visit to Ceylon, she wrote :—
‘“Those coco palms not fair in woods,
But singly seen and seen afar,
When sunset pours its yellow floods,
A column and its crown a star!
CENTRAL AFRICAN TEA may in the near future
become a feature in the Mincing Lane, The
following from the British Central African Times
is significant :—‘‘ Mr. Moir has favoured us with
a sample of his tea, grown and cured on the
Lauderdale estate. Not being professional
tea-tasters we can’t give an authoritative opinion
on its merits, but the sample appeared to us to
be of very good quality and made an excellent
cup of tea, Judging from the rainfall of Mlanje,
and the samples which both Mr. Moirand Mr.
Brown have succeeded in producing, we should say
that tea could be grown very successfully in the
Mlanje district. It is, however, a risky culture
at the present time, overproductionin Ceylon and
India haying brought down the price considerably.
As an article of local consumption, however,
there is an opening for one or two estates just as
there is for sugar. We believe, Mr. Moir has dis-
posed of all the crop he had to the local residents
at Mlanje.”
Invico.—The Oil Paint and Drug Reporter of New
York, discussing the question of artificial indigo, re-
marks :—Whether the natural article will eventually
be superseded by it3 synthetical competitor is a
question that only the future will answer, The arti-
ficial product has already established itself, and it
cannot be denied that its consumption is increasing.
The acreage in India planted with indigo last year
was 235,519 acres. ln 1897, 376,899 acres were sown,
and in 1896 as much as 436,601 acres. The crops
were of corresponding amounts. This shows that the
output of natural indigo has declined during the last
three years, What 1899 will bring forth in regard
to this question remains to be seen. Those in-
terested in the industry in India are alive to the
situation, and, kaowing the powerful competitor they
now have in the synthetical indigo, are bending every
effort to hold their own; but, as in every other
article which the soil produces, the crops of indigo
aré irregular in quantity and uncertain in quality,
and this fact will greatly handicap the champions
of the natural article in their fight against artificial
indigo, the supply of which is uniform in quality
and inexhaustible in quantity, and can be regalated
t9 suit prevailing conditions,
AGRICULTURIST. 879
PLANTING IN. REUNION.—The readers of our
monthly periodical in this French Dependency
are very eager to deal with a number of tropical
products after the latest approved and scientific
fashion. Among other enquiries, one lately
reached us as to why in our ‘ Covonut Planter’s
Manual” and ‘‘Cochran’s Manual of Chemical
Analyses” no fuller analysis of Copra was given.
The answer is afforded in the letter from Mr.
Cochran, which we publish elsewhere, und which
practically supplies all that is needed.
Dry Ror—The May Part of Building World
contains an article on “ Dry Rotin Timber and
its Prevention.” Amongst other recipes the writer
says:—Substances, such as paint or tar, that
imprison moisture within wood or prevent its
free evaporation, should never be used on damp
or badly seasoned timber, Painting the ends of
beams, joists, and all timbers touching the walls,
with creosote has been found to be very effective
in keeping out damp. It coagulates the cell con-
tents, thus giving solidity to young cells; it
absorbs oxygen from the cells; it resinifies within
the cells, and so excludes air and moisture; and
it acts as a poison to fungus. Several other pre-
servatives against damp and dry rot have been
suggested, the best being, perhaps, jodelite and
carbolineum avenarius. These preparations are
applied hot, with a brush in the same manner
as ordinary paint, and itisclaimed for them that
owing to their powerful penetrating properties
they drive out all moisture, and make the wood
impervious to damp. Timber of large scantling
is sometimes, while appearing perfectly sound,
quite rotten internally, where strings of mycelium
permeate the core. lt is wise, therefore, to have
all large timber sawn in two parts, which can
then be reversed and bolted together, care being
taken to insert strips of wood betwéen the pieces
so as to form an air space. As a further pre-
caution, the inside face of each piece might be
painted with creosote, jodelite, carbolineum, or
corrosive sublimate dissolved in alcohol.
A CORNER IN TEA.—We (Indian Planters’
Gazette) doubt very much, notwithstanding all
that has been said on the subject, whether such
a thingasa ‘‘ corner” in tea could be carried ont.
Interests are too many and conflicting, and toa
well divided to allow of this. It is true, Lipton
Limited, holds a pretty commanding position on
the market, yet we doubt if his opposition or
support could alter the market a halfpenny either
way. We may take it, judging from exports
that Messrs. Finlay, Muir & 3o. hold even’ a
stronger position, in relation to other agency houses
in India, than Lipton, Limited, does in London
and yet we would be very sorry to see them
trying on a ‘‘corner,” for they would soon find
their level. We note in Messrs. Carritt & Co.’s
annual review of the tea market a reference to this
combination of buying interests; but we believe
more attention is being paid to this than it is
worth. The natural law of supply and demand
continues to rule the roast, and was never better
exemplified than in 1898 and 1899. Overproduc-
tion in 1898 drove prices down to starvation point ;
in 1899 scarcity isdriving them up. If the strone
combination of buying interests exists, as is sup-
posed, why has it not stepped in just now and
said ; “ No ; we won’t buy at these prices!” Some
other cause, we are of opinion, must be found
to account for the abnormal depression of 1898.
Whatever it was (and we do not presume to say
what it was), it hada very depressing effect, and
will be long remembered,
880
ISSUED BY
COLOMBO SHARE BROKERS’ ASSOVIA TION.
THE TROPICAL.
SHARE LIST.
THE
CEYLON PRODUCE COMPANIES.
PItetlitl
1100
102°50
Amount
Name of Company. paid
per share.
Agra Ouvah Estates Co., Ltd. 600
Ceylon Tea and Coconut Estates 500
Castlereagh Tea Co., Ltd. 100
Ceylon Hills Estates Co., Ltd. 100
Ceylon Provincial Estates Co. 500
Ciaremont Estates Co., Ltd. 100
Clunes Tea Co., Ltd. 100
Clyde Estates Co., Ltd. 100
Delgolla Estates Co., Ltd. 400
Doomoo Tea Co., of Ceylon,
Ltd. 100
Drayton Estate Co., Ltd. 100
Eila Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 100
Estates Co., of Uva, Ltd. 500
Gangawatta 500
Glusgow Estate Co., Ltd. 600
Great Western ‘Tea Co., of
Ceylon, Ltd. 500
Hapugahalande Tea Estate Co
td. 200
High Forests Estates Co Ltd 500
Do part paid 350
Horekelly Estates Co., Ltd. 100
Kalutara Co., Ltd. 600
Kandyan Hills Co., Ltd. 100
Kanapediwatte Ltd. 100
Kelani Tea Garden Co., Ltd. 100
Kirklees Estates Co., Ltd. 106
Knavesmire Estates Co., Ltd. 100
Maha Uva Estates Co,, Ltd 600
Mocha Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 600
Nahavilla Estate Co., Ltd. 500
Nyussaland Coffee Co. Ltd. 100
Ottery Estate Co., Ltd. 100
Palmerston Tea Co., Ltd. 500
Penrhos Estates Oo., Ltd. 100
Pine Hil Estate Co., Ltd. 60
Putupaula Tea Co., Ltd. 100
Ratwatte Cocoa Co., Ltd. 500
Rayigam ‘Tea Co., Ltd. 100
Boeberry Tea Co., Ltd. 100
Ruanwella Tea Co., Ltd. 100
St. Heliers Tea Co., Ltd.: 50
Talgaswela Tea Co., Ltd. 100
o 7 percent. Prefs. 100
Tonacombe Estate Co., Ltd. 600
Udabage Estate Co., Ltd. 100
Jdugama Tea & limber Co., Ltd. 50
Onion Estate Co., Ltd. 600
Upper Maskeliya Estate Co,,
Ltd. 600
Uvakellie Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd. 100
Vogan Tea Co., Ltd. 100
Wanarajah Tea Co., Ltd. 500
Wataderiya Tea Co., Ltd. 100
OxyLON CommErcraL ComPANIEs.
dam’s Peak Hotel Co., Ltd. 100
Bristol Hotel Cc., Ltd. 120
- Do 7 per cana: 100
lon. Gen. Steam Navgt:
cri Ltd. 100
Colombo Apothecaries Co., Ltd 100
Golombo Assembly Rooms Co., a
Do - prefs. potks 20
Colombo Fort Land and Building doe
Co., is
ColomboHotels Company 100
Galle FaceHotel Co., Ltd. 100
Kandy Hotels Co., Ltd. 100
Kandy Stations Hotels Co. 100
Mount Lavinia Hotels Co., Ltd. 500
New Colombo Ice Co., Ltd. 100
Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co., Ltd. 100
Public Hall Co., Ltd. 20
Petroleum Storage Co. 100
Do Wy. % prefs. 100 ©
Wharf and Warehouse (o,, Ltd. 40
Buyers, Sellers.
950
500 n’1
90
30
510
100
90
159
70
160 n'l
1150
400
65°50
87°50*
—
AGRICULTURIST.
[JuNE 1, 1899.
LONDON COMPANIES.
Amount
paid
per share.
Name of Company.
Alliat.ce Tea Co., of Ceylon, Ltd.
10
Associated Estates Co., of Ceylon Ltd. 10
Do, 6 per cent prefs.
Ceylon Proprietary Co.
Ceylon Tea Plantation Co., Ltd.
Dimbula Valley Co., Ltd.
Do prefs.
Eastern Produce and Estates Co., Ltd.
Ederapolla Tea Co., Ltd.
{mperial Tea Estates Ltd.
Kelani Valley Tea Asson., Ltd.
Kintyre Estates Co , Ltd.
Lanka Plaatation Co., Ltd.
Nahalma Estates Co., Ltd,
New Dimbula Co., Ltd. A
Do B
Do Cc
Nuwara Eliya Tea Est. Co., Ltd.
Ouvah Coffee Co.,Ltd.
Ragalla Tea Estates Co., Lid.
Scottish Ceylon Tea Co., Lid.
Spring Valley Tez Co., Lud.
S' ard Tea Co., Lid.
Yatiyantota Ceylon Tea Co., Ltd.
Yatiyantota pref. 6 o/o
BY ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE.
Colombo, 26th May, 1899.
1899
6.98
7
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92
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89
34
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1898
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8°66
10°97 |22
8°30
10°14
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1896.
Inch | I
92
85
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93
81
387
85
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Inch.| Inch.} Inch.
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1893. | 1894.
6
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20
10
(Supplied by the Surveyor—General.)
2 | 11
92
00
6
1892.
1891,
RAINFALL RETURN FOR COLOMBO.
Inch,| Inch.| Inch.
1°45
2°81
9°43
1890,
Ya
January ..
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March
pril
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July
August
Se
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10
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72°80 |119°03| 60°83 | 89°67 |77°46 | 92°23 |101°06) 82°7
December..
——__@__—__ _ __—__.
OuR EXPoRTS.—2,300,308 1b. tea, 37 ewt cocoa,
17,526 ewt. coconut oil, 250 ewt. coffee, 48,319 Ib.
cinchona, 4,492 Ib.
cardamonis,
103°11
Buyers.
8}-9
88"S2 | 23°99
Total..
20,000
y 6°69 inches that is up to 9°30 a.m., 17th May :—
* From lst to 16th Ma
ED. €.0.
Ib.
cinnamon bales, and 33,600 1b. cinnamon chips—sum
up the exports in the chief of Ceylon products,
in the Chamber of Commerce table this week
Tea exports are altogether 43,836,320 lb.
being
221,005 lb. more than at the same date last year ;
and to the United Kingdom the com
an increase of 170,640 lb,
w+ Transactions,
parison shows
———
JUNE 1, 1899.]
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT.
(Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.)
Colombo, May 23rd, 1899
EixxcHaNncE on Lonpon :—Closing Rates: Bank Selling
Rates :—On demand 1/3 31-32 4 months’ sight 1/4; 6
months’ sight 1/4 1-32.
Bank Buying Rates:—Credits 3 months’ sight 1/4 3
to 5 32;6 months’ sight 1/4 7-32 to+; Docts 3 months’
sight 1/t 5 32 to 3-16; 6 months’ sight 1/4% to 9-32.
Indian Bank Minimum Rates 6 %
Local Rates: 1 to 2 o/o Higher.
CorrEE :—
Plantation Estate Parchment onthe spot per bas—
SR 1S!00 ae
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b on the spot rer cwt
R74:00
Liberian Parchment on the spot per bus—none
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. R44°50
Tra:—Average Prices ruling during the week—Broken
Pekoe per lb. 40c. Pekoe per lb. 35c. Pek Sov-
chong per lb. 32c. Broken Mixed and Dust per .
27c.—Averages of Week’s sale.
Crncnoya Barx:—Per unit of Sulphate of
perlb 74c. 1 0/o to 4 o/o
Carpamoms:—Per lb R1.80
Coconur Ot1:—Mill! oil per cwt. none.
Dealers’ oil per cwt. R14.25; Coconnt oil in ordinary
packages f.o.b. per ton R320.00 Nominal.
Copra:—Per candy of 560 lb. R46.00
Ooconut CaKe:— (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, R77.59
Jocoa unpicked & undried, per cwt. R44.00
Picked & Dried f. o. b. Da ewe R52.00
ogalla Ri7.25
Cork Yarn.—Nos. 1 to 8 | GoiomboR16 00
CrnnAmon:—Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 62c.
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 52c.
Exsony.—Per ton.—none.
Pxiumsaco:—Large Lumps per ton,
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R750
Chips per ton, K650 Dust per ton, R400
Ricz.—Soolye per bag, R 7.25 to 7.62
5» per bushel, { R 2.80 to 3.05
Pegu & Calcutta Calunda per bushel. R2°94 to 3:12
Coast Calunda pex bushel, R3.25 to R3.37
Mutusamba per bushel R3.37 to 3.87
Kadapa and Kuruwe, per bushel—none.
Rangoon, raw 3 bushel bag R 9.37 to R10.00.
Coast Kara per bushel 83.00 to 3.12
Soolai Kara per bushel R2.75 to 2.80
THE LOCAL MARKET.
(By Mr. James (ribson, Baillie St., Fort.)
Colombo, May 23rd, 1899.
Estate Parchment :—per bushel B19°6U to 12°00
Chetty do do R3s'0u to 9°00
NTE ore Yet ewt. 30°00 to R32'50
Liberian cotfee:—per bush R150 to 3°50
do cleaned coffee:—per ewt R18*59 to 20°00
Cocoa unpicked:—per ewl R44°09
cleaned do R46:00
Cardamoms Malabar per lb. R110
do Mysore do R1i'95 to 2°10
Rice Market List
Soolai per bag of 164 lb. nett
Slate or Ist quality :—per bushel R293 to 8°05
Soolai 2. & 8rd. do do do R2°80 to 2 93
Coast Calunda 23°25 to 3°37
Coast Kara R300 to $12
Kazala R2°75 to 2°8)
Muttusamba Ordinary R3'37 to 3°87
Rangoon Rice per bag R9 87 to 10°00
Cinnamon. per lb Nol to 4°00°56
uinine
R800
R7 25 to 7°62
do do i tow R063 to 00°65
do Chips per candy R90°00
Coconuts Ordinary per thousand Rx85°09 to 87°50
do —- Selected do
Coconut Oil per ewt R425 to 1487}
do ad» F. 0. B. per ton R285°(0 to R287°50
Copra per candy
Kalpitiya do
Marawila do R44'00 to 45°00
Cart Copra do Ri2-00
Gingelly Poonae per ton B&90'00 to 92°50
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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
881
Coconut Chekku do RS2°50 to 85°00
do Mill (retail) do R80°00
Cotton Seed do RG5'00 to 67°50
Satinwood per cubic feet R2-00 to 2:24
do Flowered do R500 to 6°00
Halmilla do a R90
Palu do R1°60 to 1°12
Ebony per ton R75‘0) to 175°00
Kitul fibre per ewt R30°00
Palmyra do do R500 to 17°50
Jatina Black Clean per cwt none
do mixed do R11°00 to 12°50
Indian do R850 to 13°50
do Cleaned do
Sapanwood per ton R45'00 to 52°50
Kerosine oil American per case R6 25 to 6°50
do bulk Russian per ti R2°75 to 2°85
do Sumatra per Cases none
Nux Vomica per ewt R200 to 3°60
Croton Seed per cwt R38°00 to 40°00
Kapok cleaned fob do cwt R24:00 to 25°00
R950 to 17°50
do unpicked do R800 to 9-00
Large lumps R450°09 to 800°00
Plumbago per ton,according do R35u'00 to 750°0€
to grade | Chips R200°00 to 620°00
Dust RL00'00 to 40070
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28 VETERINARY NOTE.
‘On March 17th last, I received a call from
Dikoya, where it was reported that four animals
out of a he~d of draught cattle had succumbed to
some unknown disease. On proceeding to the
spot 1 found among the sick one animal that was
said to be recovering and also the carcase of
another that had lately died,’ In addition to the
general symptoms of ill-health, I noticed a copi-
ous flow of tears and partial blindness. The
affected animals were suffering from acute in-
flammation of the eye-membrane (conjativis),
aud this I immediately traced to the presence of
free ammonia. The cattle were kept ina place
without proper ventilation, and where there were
catch-pits to hold the urine which was under-
going fermentation. In attempting to manipulate
a dislocated shoulder of a bull in the same herd, I
found the irritation of the ammonia so objection-
able, that I had to hurry over the operation. I
may mention that tre high temperature and the
heat of the sun greatly aidthe evolution of free
ammonia from the fermenting urine.
The owners of the stock were pretty confident
that they had some contagions form of disease to
deal with, but 1 answered them that this was not
the case, and ordered that the eattle-shed should
be thoroughly cleaned ont, the floor well washed
and spread over with dry earth, After this the
* plague was stayed.” I attributed the ultimate
cause of death to exhaustion due to starvation.
Not merely were the eye membranes affected, but
also the nasal and pharyngeal membranes, and
henee the total refusal of food. The nou-recur-
rence of the disease | attributed to the cieansing
of the sheds, the use of dry earth to absorb any
standing urine, and also to the fact that the rainy
weather which followed helped to cool the atmo-
sphere, improye the surroundings, and make the
condition of, the cattle altogether more com-fortable®
D. CHINNAH, Veterinary Surgeon.
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THE MANURING OF RICE.
The following plant food ingredients have been
found to be removed from one acre of paddy :—
Byan average crop of Phosphoric
2,676 lb. grains ) Potash. acid. Nitrogen,
2,676. °,, straw bas lb. -16°3 Ib. 26:2 Ib.
446 ,, chaff
By’a good crop of
“4,014 1b. grains
4,460 ,, straw
624 °>,, chaff
Very thorough investigations’ have been con-
ducted by Prof. Kellner and others in Japan, as
to the fertiliser requirements of water rice. In
order to determine thé exhaustion of nitrogen,
phosphoric acid, and potash in the soil, a fertiliser
trial°was inaugurated, in which each plot recéired
the following quantities of fertilisers to the acre :—
Plot 1 No fertiliser. ;
bas Ibis 249 1b. 39-2 1b,
Phosporic acid. Potash, Nitrogen. :
sete COMME: PHONG 89 Ib. a
38 Sy a 89, ‘89
Pr ie gah yay Seedy orp na 900 BE NRE ORSD: ve
Shien” 89, Sci 89, 89"
Nitrogen was applied in the form of sulphate of
ammonia, phosphoric acid in» the form of double
Supplement to the “ Tropical Agriculturist.”
(Jos 1, 1894,
superphosphate, and potash
carbonate. The development of the plants
corresponded to that of the previous years; the
plants which had received a complete fertiliser
grew best of all, showing a normal green colour:
next came the plants to which no potash had been
6pphied. The plants to which no nitrogen had
been given were of a light-green colour. Phos-
phoric acid seems to have a very beneficial fleet
upon the growth of the plant, forthe plants which
had not received phosphoric acid differed but little
from the unfertilised plants ; they were of a dark-
green colour, but very small. The average yields
from three check plots (the size of the plots
is unfortunately not given) were as follows :—
(Yields given in ounces.)
; Full Empty
* Straw, grains. grains, Total,
No fertiliser 2 168 7°*5 : 17°8
Without nitrogen ... 168 120 02 990
Without phosphorie
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Without potash ... 222° 146 O-4 g7-9
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The highest yield was obtained where all three
of the plant-food ingredients had been applied, and
on these plots a very good after-effect was pro-
duced in the second year. Phosphoric acid proved
very beneficial, especially upon the yield of grain.
Professor Poggi, Rovigo, makes the following
recommendations for the quantities of fertilising
materials to be applied per acre :—
For New For Exhausted
Fields. Fields,
Sulphateofammonia ... 69-0 lb. 178 1b.
Acid phosphate (16 per
cent.) ... eee 22275. 5, 858 ,,
Muriate of potash oS eet Ree 89 ,,
267 to $56 lb. plaster or slaked lime should be
applied to soils deticient in lime. In case of light
soils, the quantity of muriate of potash applied per
annum should not be less than 89 Ib,
However, too much potash should not be applied
to water rice, as this ingredient produces sa
luxurious formation of straw at the expense of the
yield of grain. American rice-planters always re-
commend large quantities of potash for upland rice,
holding that this is necessary to obtain a heavy
yield of grain.
Mr. C. K, McQuarrie, of De Funiak Springs,
Florida, holds that the presence of empty husks of
upland rice is due to a deficiency of potash.
SS
OSTRICH FARMING.
The April number of the V. S. W, Gazette con-
tains an interesting account of an ostrich farm in
embryo in that Colony. which is owned by a Mr.
Barracluff, a feather manufacturer (plumiere) by
profession. The writer (Mr. W. S. Campbell)
mentions that when he first saw the birds (nine in
number), they were comfortably sprawling and
squatting about, basking in she sun, on the sand,
which seemed hot enough to wast their great
bare thighs. The enclosure in which they are
confined is about quarter of an acre in extent,
feneed in with a high fence, and contained but few
trees. In a smaller enclosure is a large shed for
use in time: of heavy gales.
The ostriches are fed on bran, carrots, green stuff,
&e., and behind the shed ig what is known as a
boneyard, where broken bits of bone, of which
the birds are suid to consume an incredible quan-
tity, are provided.
Mr. Barracluff owns eleven acres of land, and
thinks by properly managing his birds that he
can increase his stock considerably and breed
young birds for stocking another farm. He has
great fuith in ostrich-farming becoming a profit-
able industry in the Colony, provided the necessary
attention be given to the birds, for they should
not be allowed to roam about on Jarge areas, but be
kept in small paddocksand changed about frequently
from one paddock to another. He considers that
want of care in this respect has caused ostrich
farming at the Cipe to become far less profitable
than it should be theré, and that the ostrich
feathers have deteriorated in quality owing to
continuous in bre:ding,
Supplement to the * Troyical Agriculturist.”
887
In New Zealand and South Australia ostriches
are kept in considerable numbers, and succeed as
well as they do in their native countries.
The birds imported by Mr. Barracluff are just
two years old aad may be consid+ered almost
chickens, butit is found that already their feathers
are of excellent quality, and what is of considerable
importance, they have no “spandora” feathers, or
feathers with imperfect tips described as “ airy
tips,” and already feathers from these birds have
been made use of to adorn hats. The feathers
now on the birds are really equal in quality to
three-year-old feathers. The feathers are in
reality not pulled from the wings, but are cut,
and in course of time the batts fall out, so that
the birds suffer no pain whatever.
Mr. Barracluff is of opinion that feathers could
be produced in New South Wales far cheaper than
they could be imported, and the quality would be
much better than half thoseimported. He is very
much pleased with the beautiful appearance and
texture of the feathers now growing on the birds.
He has been engaged “ manufacturing” feathers
in New South Wales for about fifteen years. The
term “ manufacturing” really means the making
up of feathers into commercial articles, and this
involves various processes «ud much delicate
labour. When one is informed that some of the
hats worn by ladies cost as much as £8 each in
ostrich feathers, and that some fans cost as much,
it can be understood how ostrich furming pays;
aifd it is stated that there is an increasing demand
for feathers in the fashionable world, with the
probability that in the near future the huge
gardens of gaily-coloured flowers that are carried
about our ladies’ hats will give place to the more
graceful plumes of the ostrich.
Ostrich feathers, in the trade, are known as first
white, second white, and third white, prime;
first, second, and third feminas; best long black,
medium black, and short black; long and short
drabs; long and medium byock; white bows or
tail feathers; femina bows; speckled and grey
black butts; and moss and floss of all the above
ranges.
An ostrich produces annually twenty white
feathers on each wing, as well as four grey
feathers, thirty-six white and twenty-four black
on the tail, and many feathers on the body which
are made use of. The annual produce from each
bird that has been well and properly cared for,
and not knocked about, should be worth £10 to
£15. Mr. Barracluff thinks that if the ostrich
industry is taken up in New South Wales, the
prospects of a trade to London are promising,
provided thefeathers are-good and properly classed,
for the differences in quality and weight are enor-
mous; andit frequently occurs in the feather trade
(asin other trades) that the very best ones always
seem toshake up to the top, the inferior ones
hiding themselves in the middle of the packages.
This has a depressing effect on buyers, who become
suspicious, and the consequence is low prices.
There is a good deal of misapprehension abont
the dangers of ostrich farming. ‘The birds are
quiet enough except during the nesting season
when a good deal of caution has to be observed
in handling the birds.
888
PYEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM.
This tree known as the [ndian Kino Tree and in
Ceylon as Gammalu has of late come into some
prominence Owing to its peculiar, and much-ad-
mired wood. It is closely related to the Indian
tree which yields the well-known Paduk wood
(P. Indicus).
Dr. Watt thus describes the wood: “ Sapwood
small ; heartwood brown with darker streaks, yery
hard, durable, seasons well, and fakes a fine
polish, it is full of red gum resin and stains
yellow when damp ; weight 47 lbs, to 52 Ibs. per
cubic foot. It is much used for door and window
frames, posts and beams, furniture, agricultural
implements, cart and boat building; and has also
been employed for sleepers. Twenty-five sleepers
which had been laid down seven to eight years on
the Mysore State Railway were found to comprise
nine good, eleven still serviceable, and five bad;
sleepers of this timber have also been used on the
Holkar and Neemuch and other lines (Gamble).
Dr. Trimen in his Flora refers to the tree thus:
“Lowcountry, chiefly in the dry and inter-
mediate regions up to 3,000 [t., rather common: in
the moist region on open grassy land, rarer;
common about Nawalapitiya. Flowers July to
September, bright yellow. A dark red gum-resin
exudes from the back, and is used as a medicine
and for outward application. Affords a fine
timber, very hard, heavy, dark reddish brown,
durable, containing a red resin.”
The leaves are pronounced an excellent \fodder,*
and are in great|request| among cattle-keepers in
India.
The gum yielded by this species| is the Kino of
European Materia Medica.
Dr. Morris referring to Gammalu in his list of
Ceylon Plants says: A large and beautiful tree
when in flower. It is widely diffused and yields
one of the most abundant and useful timbera,
also a valuable gum kino.
The Indian Forester in a reference to a list of
timber trees of the Central Province of Ceylon.
says: “Our old friend ‘ Bijasal’ reappears under
the Ceylon name of ‘Gammalu,’ with the curious
remark that Mr. K. M, Hay of Nawalapitiya is
the only planter in the Central Province Ithat
knows its value.”
Since then the wood of Gammalu has been
much sought after, and we learn that Sir J. J.
Grinlinton took some blocks of it to Chicago
where it was much admired.
a eS
COCONUT OIL. AND COPRA.
The section devoted to Coconuts in the Kelani
Valley Commissioneri’s report contains without
doubt some valuable information on the subject,
but our attention has been drawn to certain
averages which are apparently contradictory, e.7.,
that 1,000 nuts is a safe average .
number required to produce one candy (560 lbs. or
5 ewt.) of copra, and copra contains 4 oil
and 4 poonac ; while 36. nuts is a safe average to
calculate for a gallon of. oil. And further
that according to the usual calculation 2
nuts=1 lb. copra. Now adopting these figures,
ag our correspondents points out, we rrive
at curious results. On the basis that 1,000 nuts
Supplement to the “ Tropical Agriculturist.”
of the
[Jong 1, 1899,
will give a candy of copra, we find that 3,000 nuts
should give 16 cwt, copra, and that, this ought co
produce 10 cwt. oil and 5 ewt. poonac. But then
15 ewt. copra = 1,680 lbs., which, at two nuts to
the 1b, would require 3,360 nuts for its production.
Again, if 36 nuts are required for one gallon oil,
the number required for 10 ewts, (125 gallons)
would be 4,500 nuts: So that we thus have as a
result of the calculation based on the above
averages the unsatisfactory result that 10 ewt. of
oil would require 8,000, or 3,360, or 4,600
nuts oil,
Another calculation gives an aere yielding 8,000
nuts as producing only 6 ewt, oil and B ewt.
poonac, which is put down as equivalent to
(not 9 cwt. but) 144 to 15 ewt. copra. But
how is the difference accounted for? Putting
aside these figures for the present, we should like
to know what test is adopted in the trade for
ascertaining the percentage of oil in purchased
copra, or is it merely judged “ by the eye?”
Turning to Mr. Cochran’s Manual of Chemical
Analysis, we find that the percentage of oil in
copra may vary from 63 to 70 per cent, and the
moisture from 2 to 7 per cent. If there is no
menns of judging of these variations in a practical
way, aud if copra is bought by weight, there is
surely ample opportunity for finessing on the part
of sellers,
INTEGRIFOLIA: A RIVAL
VILLEBRUNIA
; TO RHEA,
This tree, which has apparently no vernacular
name, is described by Dr. Trimen as occurring in
the moist region, 2 —5,000 ft., as being rather com-
mon in Hantane, Alagalla, Nitre-Cave District and
Haputale. It flowers in January and September.
In India the tree is known as Ban Rhea or wild
Rhea, and has of late come under notice as pro-
ducing an excellent fibre. It has previously been
treated of in the Agricultural Ledger, No. 15 of
1898, but is the subject of a special bulletin just
issued by the Indian Government.
The bulletin contains a valuable report on the
fibre by Prof. Wyndham Dunstane, F,n-s., which
confirms the exceedingly favourable views already
expressed regarding Villebrunia as a commercial
fibre. “Its superiority over Rhea,” says Dr. Watt,
“both in regard to strength and texture, as
well as composition, caunot but be considered as
a most important result, and one which should
commend it to the favourable attention of all
persons interested in Rhea cultivation. As a
catch crop to the tea industry it has perhaps no
rival, certainly no equal. The fact that this fibre
can be cleaned simply by retting the ribbons of
bark (after the fashion of jute) is perhaps of even
more interest than its exceptionally high merit as —
a textile.. Expensive decorticating and gumming
machinery are thereby rendered unnecessary.
It is thus possi ble that the fibre could be turned
out. at a price that would not only undersell
Rhea, but, for certain purposes, compete with
flax, if not with jute itself. At all events the -
cultivation and separation of a crudely cleaned
fibre of great merit might easily enough be accom-
plished by.even the poorest agriculturist. While
Rhea must of necessity command capital and _
enterprise, Ban Rhea can be developed by the
peasant.”
JuNE 1, 1899.]
In a letter to Sir Frederick Abel, Director of the
Imperial Institute, Dr. Watt wrote last year:
“ Villebrunia can be grown on all waste lands; it is
avery fine fibre, and perliaps as strong, if not
stronger than China grass. . . . Allthat has to be
done is to strip the ribbons off the stems. The
plant produces shoots 20 feet long; the bark strips
off easily, but no doubt machinery could be readily
designed to produce a cleaner and_ partly
bleached raw fibre. The most important thing
about this fibre is that it could be produced at one-
third the price of Rhea. I trust, with all these
facts before you, that you may see your way
to co-operate with me in the effort to give to India
a perfectly new commercial fibre.”
We give below the report by Prof. Dunstane,
Director of the Scientific Department of the Im-
perial Institute on Villebrunia integrifolia :—* An
examination of Ban Rhea fibre was particularly
asked by Dr. Watt in his letter dated 28th April,
1898. Unfortunately the untreated bark was sent
for examination, consisting of the bark peeled from
the plant—containing the bark fibres in strips
from 8 to 5 feet in length. The only course to
adopt was to imitate as closely as possible the
retting process adopted on an industrial scale,
which the almost complete absence of gum ren-
dered possible. Two samples of fibre were
received. A small quantity of each was placed
~ in dishes covered with water, and allowed to stand
for about three weeks, after which time one of the
samples was sufficiently soft for the fibre to be
removed. This was carefully combed and picked,
and by this means almost 10 grains of a nearly
clean brown fibre in long silky threads were pro-
cured. The fibre thus treated was then submitted
to the usual examination with the following
results :-—
Boehmeria
Ban Rhea. nivea.
Moisture, per cent = -. 10°95 9:0
Ash, percent - - - 3:02 2°9
Hydrolysis (a), loss percent 8'22 130
Hydrolysis (4), losspercent 15°82 24:0
Mercerising, loss per cent 8:05 11-0
Acid, purification, loss percent 5°09 6-5
Nitration, gain per cent - 66°88 25 0
Cellulose, per cent - - 80°04 80°35
Length of ultimate fibre - 40mm, 40—200mms
and upwards.
‘It is interesting to compare these number.
with those obtained in the examination of the
fibre of Behmerta nivea (commonly known as
‘Rhea or ‘China-grass’) made by Messrs. Cross and
Beven. Dr. Watt has pointed out that these two
fibres are certainly distinct; the Ban Rhea may
be the more important of the two owing to
its growing wild on waste Jand, to its containing
little or no gum, and also because it furnishes a
silky fibre at least as strong as China-grass, with
which, indeed, it, and not Behmeria nives, may
prove to be identical. A comparison of the results
of the examination of these two fibres clearly brings
out the superiority of the Ban Rhea, especially in
regard to its smaller loss by hydrolysis and its
higher nitration number. At the same timeit must
be remembered that the process adopted in treat-
ing this fibre in the Laboratory only very roughly
fpproximates to that which would be used on a
large scale,
Supplement to the “ Tropical Agriculturist.”
889
“Portions of the original samples have been
submitted to a fibre expert, who reports that they
can be readily treated by a special and simple
process which has recently been devised. Further
information as to this process can be supplied if
this aspect of the matter is thought to be of
importance.
“In any case a sample of the properly retted
and prepared fibre should be sent for chemical
examination.”
.
AN ENTERPRISING INDIAN AGRICULTURIST
The idea of dariries proper is generally associ-
atedin the European mind with Kurope, at least—
in the English mind with the brightest and prettiest
portions of the pasture lands of the home-country.
Few would have expected to find in such a place
as Grant Road Bridge, Bombay, a dairy which
might rival in cleaulinees, nicety of arrangement,
and completeness of appliance uny establishment
of the kind, no matter where it be situated. Yet
such there is, and its progress under the direction
of Mr, N. H. Patuck appears to have been wonder-
ful. That gentleman showed a number of visitors
interested in dairy work the process of milk
sterilisation, and pasteurisation and it is not too
much to say that it couldjnct have been more perfect-
ly accomplished. Every detail from the cleaning
and sterilising of the tins to the final corking—or,
more properly speaking, air-tight closing—of the
bottles was carefully and scientifically carried out.
Then by means of a De Laval separator (one of the
cleverest appliances of its kind), the heavy cream
particles were divided from the milk, passed on
to the churn, and made into excellent butter. In
these days when nearly every young lady at home
is a more or less accomplished butter-maker, and
the knowledge of farming is spread through the
leagth and breadth of the land by means of techai-
cal education, everyone knows about dairies, and
what science has done for their psrfection. It is
unnecessary, therefore, to describe in detail that
most modern one, over which Mr. Patuck presides,
Suffice it fo say that it is shortly to be transported
upcountry, where the milk is better and cheaper,
and from whence people in the city will be provid-
ed with absolutely safe milk—what until very
recently has been a non-existent in the East,
Under the circumstances Mr. Patuck himself is
of the greatest interest, especially in view of the
knowlegde of Indian agriculture of which he is
possessed.
Bornin Bombay, this gentleman, after going
through university course and passing his B.A,
Went up to the School of Agriculture at Madras—
the, only available one at the time. He came
through all his examinations, and ended first in
the first class. Several Native Princes at once
offered him appointments, and among these the
late Maharaja Holker, who was an enthusiastic
agriculturist,in Central India. Mr. Patuk engaged
himself to the latter, and for ten years continued
in the Prince’s service, the arrangemeut being that
a salary of R200 a month should be given with a
half share in profits.
“That must have been a yery good thing,” was
remarked by one who overhead Mr, Patuck, ig
auswer to inquiries narrating his history,” ’
890
“Well no,’ was the answer, “So far as the
profits were concerned, there never were any.
His Highness supplied European implements, and
all manner of improvements were made, but these,
in addition to the cost of labour, ate up all surplus
results, and the conclusion I came to was that the
system of labour employment was wrong. The
people might have been worked in the way they
work to pay Government rent.
“And that is”?— Well, the ryots are very
poor. They know nothing of leaving land to lie
tallow or the varation of crops. They live as far
as possible on what the ground brings forth,
and during the time they can grow no crop in
particular, they bring up opium to pay the rent.
‘hey count their labour as nothing, and the labour
of their oxen, which during the monsoon would
otherwise be idle, as a necessary exercise. So
the crop in the market is sold very low, and none
can compete. It was after making all manner of
calculations that I realised the possibility of
making agriculture pay in this way. Provide the
people with good implements, good seed and
manure, help them with information, and work the
business on rent lines.”
“ How did you drift into duiry work ?
“Phat was a considerable time afterwards,
When in Central India, the Central India Agency
took great interest in my experiments, the results
of which were entered in the blaue-books, So I
came to be known in Kugland, where they had start-
ed a big company for the cultivation of opium in
Africa. ‘heir secretary was sent tome, and my
~ services were engaged for the new undertaking. [
took seventy-five opium manipulators aud cultiva-
tors with me and started off on
‘Ithe course which Livingstone took by the River
Qniaqua to Mopia, where the work lay. I was
there for some time, and desired to work the crops
in the same way that experience told me the
Indian crops ought to have been worked. Bat
the secretary disagreed, and after six mouths I came
‘away. We should have made the natives the
‘cultivators, giving them tools, helping them to sink
- wells and then buying the crops from them.
‘Wow did the company get on afterwards?”
“Tt turned its attention from opium to sugary
but what finally became of it I do not know.
. & And you, yourself?” “I being of a roving
turn of mind went off to see how Huropean agri-
culture compared with agriculture in India, and
since that time I have been on several oceasions
tothe West. The first time I went I got out at
“Suez to study Egyptian methods. I found Nature
. most favourable to luxurious crops, the land being
--gg enriched by the Nile inundations. They used
rude implements similar to those to be found in
this country, but got better results with the
‘exception perhaps ot the districts watered imme-
‘diately by the Ganges and other such diversi: Oa
> 40 Russia I went, thence through Servia and Rou-
\gmania to Italy, France, Norway, Sweden’ and
boMagland. As [ went on I found greater and
greater improvements) Italy I found somewhat
“ primitive, and the cultivators in method seemed: to
resemble the Indians. "
© And what inference did you draw as regards
“ Jndia from your observations”
”
Supplement to the ‘Tropical Agriculturest.”
-done with the night soil.
_and English and European markets.
[June 1, 1899.
“This, The people being very very poor here,
they cannot afford to purchase implements as
are used successfully in more advanced countries,
and they would need to be educated up to such
implements if they had them, It would be
dangerous to give ryots improved implemente
without teaching them properly.”
“And why?” ‘‘Why? Well in the first place
you use, say, in England a plough that turns
a good deep furrow, Here in India they only
scratch the ground, and bit by bit the subsoil
comes up, it would be disastrous to bring it
up from any depth, because while there is
plenty of nourishment in the earth, it is only
effective after being sun-locked and that process
takes time. To plough in India to good purpose
would mean giving three inches deep the first
year, four the next, and five the next, so the
process is gradua].” “But European implements
could surely be adopted to the work?”
“Yea, I have adopted them so that they can
be regulated. In very small sums [I have lent
these implements with excellent results-—she
native could never buy. I look forward to seeing
i time when ths system of lending will be
increased, and, generally speaking, the ryots
are freed from the hands of the Vannias, That
could be a good diy tor India, and the sooner
it is recognized the better. Yes, most certainly
I would advocate Government if possible being
the lenders of implements as they. are the
providers of wells; Government, too, might pro-
vide manure. Indian soil is never manured,
and in due time the crops grow less, because
the land is always being impoverished.”
“Manure is one of the most expensive of
four items?”
“Yes, manure is wasted, absurdly wasted.
Rain comes from the clouds to the earth, through
the earth to the rivers, through the rivers to
the sea, and from the sea to the clouds onee
more. Soshould be returned the food grown
on the land. When I was in Central India
there was great trouble about what was to be
I took it, deodorized
it, mixed it with lime and spread it on the
land with excellent results, This is what should
done all over, It is a natural sequence, and
necessary—second only to irrigation, You cannot
take away from the land and give nothing in
return.”
Then Mr. Patuck went on to explain how he,in his
various trips to Europe brought back useful agri-
culture. machines. Six years ago butter. was
imported to Bombay from Denmark, now Bombay
exports butter to China, Africa and Japan, Her-
metically sealed in cases, he thinks the day may
come when India butter may compete with Danish
Meanwhile,
he applies himself to the study of Indian dairy work
and agriculture, and trusts his country may
benefit. 45
We are indebted for the above interview to
Tea Indian Agricultural. Mr, Pattick’s career
offers an admirable example—and one worthy of
emulation—of what Entapure can do for the
Agrieulturist—Ep, A & J,
- wTNTE
June 1, 1899.]
VICHKA SEED—A FAMINE FOOD.
This is the product of a plant botanically
known as Cyanotis axillaris and commonly cased
the Spider wort. It was found during the month
of January, 1898, that a considerable number
of people in the Bombay Presidency were sub-
sisting on this and other wild food grains, and
this suggested the examination of the seeds of
Cyanotis axillaris.
The seeds are prepared for food by being
ground and cooked into a large quantity of water.
When sufficiently boiled it is allowed to cool, and
suet and jaggery are added to taste.
Attention was first called tothe grain in a paper
read by Dr. W. Grey before the Medical and Physi-
cal Society of Bombay in 1882. Last yeara sample
was sent to Prof. Church, F.2.8., who is conducting
an examination of Indian food stuffs at the Imperial
Institute ona special plan of his own in which
for comparativ2 purposes he brings out very pro-
minently the nutrient ratio.
We give below the Report made by Prof.
Church :—
This annual, which belongs to the N.O. Com-
melinacee, is common in many parts of India.
Though anything but premising in appearance it
has been used as food in times of famine. The
seeds are spongy and light; 100 weigh only 4
grains. The sample received was largely charged
with earthy matter which it was impracticable
to remove entirely.
These percentages were obtained :—
Water - - - - 15
Albuminoids (trom total nitrogen) 15:9
Starch, ete. (vy difference) - 64:1
Oil - - 5 = 0-5
Fibre - : - = 31
Ash (includes some sand) - 6°9
The nutrient-ratio is here 1: 4°6, the nutrient
value 79. By the phenol method 12°22 per cent.
of albuminoids was shewn.
After all these poor-looking seeds possess a good
nutrient-ratio and a fair alimentary value.
NEW TREATMENT FOR
IN COWS.
MILK FEVER
The disease which is known as milk fever
parturient paralysis, or dropping ,after calving,
has « very obscure pathology, although the
circumstances in which it occurs are very well
known. It must also be confessed that it is
avery fatal disease, and although in this country
several different methods of treatment have been
warmly recommended, the morality has always
remained high when calculated on the results
obtained in a large number of cases treated by
different veterinary surgeons. In consequence
of this comparative failure of remedial measures,
a good many owners have adopted the practice
of simply having every cow attacked with milk
fever sluughtered for butchers’ purposes as soon
as the animal loses consciousness. it therefore
appears to be desirable to call attention here
to a new method of treatment, which, it seems
impossible to doubt, leaves every other far behind
in point of success.
Supplement to the ‘‘ Tropical Agriculturist.”
891
The new method of treatment was first prac-
tised by Schmidt, a Danish veterinary surgeon,
who was led to employ it tentatively because
of his conception of the nature of the disease.
He believed that the symptoms of milk fever
are the result of the absorption into the general
circulation of a poisonous substance which is
formed within the udder itself during the first
few days of lactation, the source of this poison
being the cells which, prior to calving, cecupy
the ultimate recesses of the mammary gland,
and which are normally cast off and passed out
with the milk first secreted. The primary seat
of the disease being, according to this conception,
the udder itself, it occurred to Schmidt to try
the effect of treatment which would immediately
influence the secreting epithelium of the gland.
With this object he injected a warm solution
of iodide of potassium in water into each of
the quarters (previously milked) and then kneaded
and rubbed the udder in order to force the
liquid into the ultimate glandular recesses. At
the date of publication of his original paper
on the subject, Schmidt had applied this treat-
ment to fifty cases of milk fever, and had ob-
tained 46 recoveries. Since then the treatment
has had an extensive trial in Denmark, with
results aimost as gratifying as those obtained
by Schmidt himself. Moreover, the method has
already been employed in a good many cases
in Germany and this country, with results that
appear to be much more satisfactory than those
previously obtained. by other methods.
As in the case of most other therapeutic efforts,
it is very important that the treatment should
be begun early, but it is admitted that death
has resulted in cases of milk fever treated by
Schmidt’s method even withiu 1% hours after
the onset of the attack. It may perhaps be
reckoned a defect in the method that it is hardly
one which the layman can take in hand, since
it demands special instruments and great care
that these and the liquid injected into the udder
are free from bacteria, the introduction of which
would be very apt to set up inflammation of
the gland. When proper care is taken there
are no serious atter-effects, the milk secretion
soon becoming normal in quantity and quality.
Should further experience of Schmidt's treatment
justify the high opinion of it generally entertained
by tbose who have already tried it, a rather
serious source of loss to those engaged in milk
production will have been in great measure
removed.
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GENERAL ITEMS.
Sugar, as is well known to most people, is not
obtained solely from the sugarcane and beetroot,
but from sources which would appear the most
unlikely toyield any edible product. ‘ake coal tar,
for instance, from which so many beautiful dyes are
obtained, and we believe also an exquisite scent.
From the foul-smelling tar a very sweet sugar is
obtained. In fact, so excessive are the sweetening
properties of coal-tar sugar, that a quantity sufli-
cient only to thinly cover a threeperny piece will
suffice to sweeten a large cup of tea. Maple
sugar is largely produced in North America from
892 Supplement to the “ Tropical Agriculturist.”
the maple-tree. In that country, Chicago Produce
says that at Marengo, IIl., sugar is made from the
whey from the cheese vats. ‘This whey is forced
into large boilers, and after boiling for some
time it is run into evaporating pans, where the
boiling is continued until a thick syrup is left.
After standing a certain length of time it is again
boiled, when the sugar forms. The sugar is
worked over till thoroughly drained, und is then
packed in barrels for the refinery, 1: now resem-
bles the ordinary brown sugar of commerce, The
secret of refining is known only to two persons.
When the product emerges from the refinery it is
snow white. A new factory has just been com-
pleted at Marengo. It requires 5,000 1b. of milk
to produce one barrel of sugar, which sells at
40 cents (1s. 8d.) per Jb. There are thus at least
four commercial products resulting from the
manipulation of milk—viz., butter, cheese, cream,
and sugar, besides which there are waste products
which are utilised by farmers in feeding stock.
The following is a recipé for Banana or Plan-
tain Jelly, which we have tried and found ex-
cellent: Peel the fruit, cut into slices, add three
cups of water to each pound, aud boil for one
hour or till quite soft evough to admit of being
strained through a net. After stirring add the
sugar (which should be the same weight as the
fruit when peeled and cut up) and some acid to
taste. Boil all for at least an hour, when the
jelly will assume a nice colour and consistency.
The extension of the coffee-growing industry in
Queensland, especially in the Northern portion of the
colony, having drawn the attention of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture to the necessity for instruct-
ing planters, present and prospective, in the best
methods of conducting planting and curing opera-
tions, the services of Mr. Howard Newport have
been engaged. Mr. Newport is a coffee-planter of
eleven years’ experience in India, where he
successfully managed a plantation at Melrose,
Yercand, in the Madras Presidency. He also
visited Ceylon, where he applied himself to the
study of coffee culture in that island. He is at
present visiting all the districts where coffee is
being grown, and will advise planters on the best
methods to be adopted in all branches of the
industry in order to ensure success.
(June 1, 1899.
Dr. F. E. Brown, in a late issue of the Leesburg
Commercial (U.S.A.) gives a cure for the bite of
rattlesnakes, which he says he has used success-
fully in his practice, We reproduce in ful) his
letter, which may at some time prove of value to
some of our readers:-—-Seeing in your paper a
notice of the death of a lady from the
effect of the vite of a rattlesnake, it occurred to me
that it would be the proper thing to do to give
you my experience with the tincture of iodine in
these cases. I have treated thirteen cases of
snake-bites in my practice with simply marvellous
results—even restoring to life and health when
the patient was supposed to be dying. My first
case occurred many years ago, Alittle child, say
three or four years old, was brought to me with
two ugly gashes on the instep by a fair-sized
rattler. J suppose I saw the child about an hour
after the bite, with limbs badly swollen and in
great pain. I applied iodine tos the wound, and
gave the child drop doses every ten minutes for
an hour, then every half-hour until decided
improvement. The child took 101015 dreps in
all, Next morning the father reported child
perfectly recovered and playing around as usual,
My last case was about one year ago. A lad about
fifteen years old, whilst reaching under some
boards for hen-eggs, was bitten on his right hand
by a large rattler, He was brought to me with
hand and arm enormously swollen, and scarcely
able to stand on his feet. I pursued precisely the
same treatment asin my first case, except that I
doubled the dose. He took in all perhaps 25
drops of the iodine. He recovered rapidly with
no outward results. Some of my cases were
much more remarkable than these; each one
recovering quickly with no suppuration of the
wounds or other outward results. It is equally
efficacious in the treatment of dumb beasts. A
neighbour of mine had a cow bitten, which when
found was unable to stand. I supplied the owner
with iodine, and advised him to go back and
drop 10 drops upon her tongue every ten minutes
for an hour, then every hour for a time. He did
so, but came back in an hour or so and reported
that it was too late, as the cow was nearly dead.
In the morning he went back to see what had
become of his cow, and to his surprise found her
up and feeding. Her recovery was rapid.
LITERARY REGISTER SUPPLEMENT.
[Under this heading, in future, we mean to give a four page ‘‘Supplement” with our Tropical
Agriculturist, from time to time as there is matter of sufficient value, so to be preserved.]
OCTOBER,
i1s98s.
Prof. W. Geiger on the
Etymology of Ceylon.
Pror. Wilhelm Geiger, of Erlangen, has issued
another of his e-says on the dialects of Ceylon,
namely ‘‘ Etymologie des Singhalesischen.” In this
Prof. Geiger shows the connection of some 1,700
Sinhalese vocables with Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit,
and other Indian dialects. Scholars will doubtless
dispute some of the etymologies here given; but
the largest number are indisputably correct, and
prove beyond doubt that Sinhalese must be re-
garded as an Aryan dialect. Dr. Geiger’s further
essays On Sinhalese, &c., will be looked for eagerly
by scholars in Ceylon especially. D. F,
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Javanese Exiles to Ceylon in
the 18th Century.
@ S1r,—In the lives of the Governors-General of
the Dutch Indies, we find a reference to one
Pangoran Depati Anom, Prince of Java, who
was captured by the Dutch in 1708.
ference is as follows:
“After the Prince had remained about a
month at Batavia, the Government resolved to
send him to Ceylon. Punto Gale (Galle) was
selected as his residence and he had a body
guard of one Ensign, one Sergeant and 24
soldiers together with a monthly allowance of
259 rixdollars, besides rice and other necessaries
for the support of himself, three sons, 19
wives and 52 people forming his suite. At
this place this unlucky Prince ended his days”
About the year 1748 according to the same
work, a Prince of Bantam by name Pangerang
Gusty was banished to Ceylon.
Is there no record or tradition among the
Mohamedans of Ceylon about these Princes.—
Yours truly, GALLICUS
{And what about their descendants ?—Ep.]
—_—_¢.———____
Palk’s Bay and Straits,
DEAR Sir,—In a review of Vol. 25 of the
Archeological Survey of India which recently
appeared in your columns, reference is made to
The re-_
a statement contained in it that Palk’s Strait
‘commemorates the name of a Dutch Governor,”
and it is suggested that Governor Valeck may
perhaps be meant.
This volume has for its compiler Mr. Alexander
Rea, Superintendent of the Archeological Survey,
Madras.
A prophet, verily, has no honour in his own
country ; but it is rather curious to find an offi-
cial of the Madras Government whose special
business is antiquarian and historical investiga-
tions, apparently unaware that there was a Gov-
ernor of Madras named Robert Palk, whose ad-
ministration lasted trom 1763 to 1767, and that
the Strait and Bay are called after him (see
“Names and their Histories” by Isaac Taylor).
X.
No. II.
Bangalore, June 9.
Sir,—In an issue of your journal, published
after the middle of last month, there appears a
letter by ‘“X,” commenting on a statement in
Mr. Rea’s ‘‘ Monumental Remains of the Dutch
E.I, Company in Madras,” that Palk’s Bay or
Strait commemorates the name}of a Dutch Govy-
ernor. On referring to Mr. Rea’s authority for
the quotation (Madras Manual of the adminis-
tration, Vol. 1, -p. 2, 1885), E clearly read, that
“the name of the Palk’s Strait commemorates
a Dutch Governor.” Now, as this work—by Dr.
Maclean, a late member ot the Madras Civil
Service—was described by another former and
learned Governor,—not necessarily Duteh—sSir M.
E. Grant Duff, as a monumental one, highly
creditable to its author, besides being an official
publication ; and, as moreover, the quoted state-
ment has not hitherto—so far as I know—been
contradicted, even by ‘' X,” during the seventeen
ears that have elapsed since it has been pub-
ished, there seems some reasons for its repeti-
tion. Who is this authority, that he and his
statements should be eclipsed by that quoted by
“© X?” and why has ‘“‘ X” delayed to take action
all these years? It may be, that as stated in
p, 648, vol. III, of the same Manual, published
in 1893—Palk’s Bay was ‘‘named by the Duteh
after Governor Palk,” but the error, a clerical
one, no doubt, apparently rests with the quoted
authority. Let, not, however, those feeble at-
tempts te detract from the fame of the immortal
(89
and hitherto unnoticed Palk, disturb his peace-
ful slumbers or those of his champions. Peace
be to his ashes, and otherwise 0. Fr
[‘‘R. I. P.” we think is rather unreasonable in
criticising, in place of thanking ‘“‘ X” for coming
forward when he did to give the public correct
information.—ED. |
No. III.
Sin,—Regardivg the correspondence in your columns
as to the origin of the above name, permit me to
say, in reply to “ X,” that there aremany instances
of the transformation of names much less similar
than “ Palk’’ and “ Valck.” In the vernacular, the
former would be the pronounciation of the latter name,
just as “office’’ becomes ‘ oppice.”’ Even in con-
nection with Madras, to which your correspondent
has referred, as a place where local great names
may have a chance of survival, a curious example
may be quoted. A bridge was once called afler a
local high official of the name of Hamilton. The
native pronunciation of this good old Scoteh name
is ‘‘Amattan.” Now there is a Tamil word “ Am-
battan,’’ meaning a Barber. In time tbe bridge
became, and is at present known as the Ambattan
or Barber's bridge. Therefore, the Barber's bridge
commemorates a former official of the name of
Hamilton. The connection is scarcely obvious with-
out an explanation: and yet this startlingly Bar-
berous transformation has been effected within a cen-
tury! Imay also perhaps be permitted to say, that
itis possible for one to have heard and known of
the previous existence of Governor Palk, of his have-
ing been a President of the Council of Fort St.
George, and of his name being and having been for
a time used as a designation for a certain Strait,
and yet at the same time suggest a doubt as tothe
correctness of the iatter. Had the Dutch remained
masters of the country, we should doubtless have heard
much more of Valeck than of Palk, At the time
when these worthies reigned, the Dutch were the
ruling European power on both sides of the Strait.
The western bounding Indian districts, and Ceylon
itself, only came finally into the power of the British,
long after the departure of the English Governor
Palk. It seems curious therefore, that at a time of
bitter competition between the two Powers, when the
British had but a precarious footing in the locality,
the Dutch should have thus favoured one of their
English rivals; or, that the latter should have been
able to appropriate to themselves by name, a piece
of sea dominated by the opposing power. It appears
more probable, that the English, afterwards taking
advantage of the similarity in name—or perhaps
unaware of the previous existence of Valek—appro-
priated the honour in favour of their countryman.
It may be of interest to state that the Tamil name
of the strait is Pakkukkuda kadal. Rk. 1. P.
No. TV.
Sir,—To what a strait has Governor Palk been
reduced when a member of the Service to which he
once belonged passes him over without remark,
and makes a present of what was apparently
his only chance of immortality (on this earth
at least, to his Dutch neighbour and contem-
porary !
It is clear from the letter of “‘ RI.P.” in your
issue of the 17th inst. that it is Dr. Maclean and
not Mr. Rea, who is responsible for the error.
This however, merely adds force to my illustra-
tion of the saying about the prophet and _ his
own country ; tor now it appears that not one,
but two, Madras officials were ignorant of the
fact that there was a Governor of Madras last
century, named Palk. This circumstance also
shows how soon even a Governor may be forgotten,
and that he may not escape oblivion even
he has given his name to a strait and a bay.
Had it been a street or a square in Madras, his
chances of remembrance would perhaps have been
better, though in Colombo one or two former
rulers of the Colony have recently been deprived
even of that chance,
I still venture to call Dr. Maclean’s deriva-
tion of the name an error, I am nob aware
whether he gives any reasons for it; but some
strong reasons would seem to be necessary to
get over the awkward facts, first that the Dutch
Governors name was not Palk, but Falck or
Valck and that it is hardly likely that within
a century the name of the Strait would have alvered
from the one to the other, and secondly, that
there was a Governor of Madras Jast century
whose name does not require any alteration to
make it suit the derivation. Why go in search
ef a Dutch Governor whose name requires such
alteration when there was an English Governor
on «the spot, so to speak, whose name requires
none.
These seem to me strong enough reasons for
preferring the latter, and sufficient even without
any authority until stronger reasons are shown
to the contrary. ‘‘R. 1. P.” however wants to
know who my authority is, and why Dr,
Maclean’s statement should be “ eclipsed” by his.
Dr. Isaac Taylor, whom I quoted as my autho-
rity but whom apparently ‘‘R. IL. P.” has never
heard of, is the author of “* Words and Places ”
and is, I believe, looked upon as something of
an authority on this subject. He is possibly as
well known in the literary and philological world
as Dr. Maclean “late member of the Madras
Civil Service.”
“R. I, P.”s other argument is irresistible. He
asks trinmphantly ‘‘why has ‘‘X.” delayed fo
take action all these (seventeen) years”? It has
not occurred to him that although Dr. Maclean’s
Manual has been praised by such a learned
Governor as Sir M. E. Grant-Daff, even that has
not been sufficient to make it a text-book among
the English residents of Ceylon. Iheir study is
but little upon ‘‘ District Manuals of Adminis-
tration.” Our libraries do not keep this one,
apparently because there is no more demand
for it than there is for our local productions } of
the same sort. It was only upon the appearance
of Mr. Rea’s monumental work, which gave
some promise of permanency, (aere peren-
nius) to the 17-year old error, that it was
possible for ‘X.’ to ‘* take action,” for the
simple reason that he had never heard of the
error before.
It is curious that the two rival candidates for
the honour were fora ha or two contemporaries
in office, Governor Palk of Madras roling from
1763 to 1767 and Governor Falck of Ceylon from.
1765 to 1785.
No. Y.
WE are pleased to have the following decisive
note from Sir. M. E. Grant-Duff. Writing from
Lexden Park, Colchester, on the 2nd September,.
he says :— J
“‘T find from the best possible authority that
there is no doubt whatever that Governor Palk
gave his name to Palk’s Straits. There seems
reason to believe that the name was suggested
by Rennell who seems to have surveyed the
Straits and their neighbourhood as a very young
man when he first came to India after leaving the-
Navy in which he began life.” _ r
wi
(375)
“Monumental Remains of the
Dutch East India Company in
the Presidency of Madras ;”
By ALEXANDER REA,
Archeological Survey of India: (New Imperial
Series, vol. 25.)
Tuk following is a very interesting work to us
in Ceylon. In chapters i. and ii. the writer gives
a history of the origin and decline of the trade
of the Company in the Hast. It is stated that in
1672, Philip Baldores, a Dutch. Missionary from
Ceyion visited Masulipatnam. The reference is
clearly to Philip Baldaeus. The year referred to
is the date of the publication, at AmsSerdam,
of his work on Ceylon and the Malabar coast,
and the correct date would therefore have been
earlier. The references from this work are loosely
translated, the writer evidently not having the
original work in Dutch before him, but a trans-
lation, Chapter iii. treats of the 18th century.
The origin of the numerous Portuguese names
found among the Sinhalese is incidentally dis-
cussed and it is stated that Palk’s Strait ‘‘com-
memorates the name of a Dutch Governor.” The
reference is perhaps to Governor Valek.
Chapter iy. treats of the most interesting part
of the work, the monumental remains, especially
“the tombstones, of which many sketches, with
coats ofarms, appear. The translations of some
are faulty. Plate ii. contains the epitapth of
Johannes Kruyf Predikant who died 23rd April,
1664, at Negapatnam. This is not translated.
Baldaeus, whose friend he was, refers to him in
his work at pages 118 and 155 giving a letter,
dated 13th October, 1662, written by Kruyf
about the massacre of the Rev. Hambroeck at
Formosa. At p. 155 Baldaens states that Kruyif
died in the island of Yajovan but the fact remains
that his tomb isin Negapatnam.
Elizabeth de Pape is said, on her tomb, to have
been the first Dutch lady buried in Negapatnam,
evidently th2 daughter of Rev. Nathaniel de
Pape referred to by Baldaeus at page 155.
Some of the tombstones are interesting to the
Dutch descendants in Ceylon. Abraham Dor-
mieux, whose descendants made alliances with
many of the leading families during the Dutch
period was married according to plate VI to
Margareta Maartensz, the eldest daughter of Jan
Maartensz van Suchtelen and his wife Gertruida
Pietersz. The van Suchtelen family seems, at
this period, to have adopted the surname Maar-
tensz. Capt. Pieter TNR HeRGS? of Rotterdam
(plate XXI) lies buried at Pulicat. Plate XXV
refers to one Sara Lindeborn, daughter of Hercules
Lindeborn ‘‘ Captain of the Burghers in Colombo,”
The epitaph in plate XXIX is that of Abraham
Mendis ‘‘free merchant” born in the city Vete-
cotta. Plate XXXVII refers to Petronella Jacoba
Leembruggen of Colombo the wife of Nicolaas
Tadama, chief of Pulicat. She was the daughter
of Henricus Leembruegen, the chief of the cinna-
mon department in Ceylon. At Sadras there lie
buried (plate XLIIT) Barent Clebout ‘ Chief
Captain and Major of the Ceylon military forces’’
and Reynier Jacovsz de Vos, his wife, Catherina
Maria Davidsz, and children, Reynier Jacobsz,
was the son of Reynier de Vos Dissave of Matara,
who afterwards in 1694 was Admiral of the Return
Fleet under whose flag the Rey. Francois Valen-
tyn (the great historian of the Dutch East Indies)
performed his first voyage ‘‘ home.” There is also
the epitaph of Esther Classina (plate LIV) wife
of Mr. Jacob Pieter de Neys chief of S adras,
At Tuticoreen there lie Luried Fraucina Lydia
Giffening,, the wife of F. C. van Spall (plate
LIX.) and Pieter Hollebeck, who was born in Pulis
cat (Plate LV). The above are a few of the tomb-
stones which I have selected as being of the
greatest interest to those in Ceylon. Plate XII
contains the following :—
“In the year 1777 and on the orders of the
honourable and ruling governor Reynier van
Vlissingen this pagoda was rebuilt.”
It is a pity that all the epitapbs are not trans-
lated and that the references, in such a work,
should be to translations and not to the original
Dutch sources. The coats of arms are not dis-
cussed from a genealogical and heraldic point of
view although there is much scope for such a
treatment of them. The writer says by way of
quotation that at Masulipatnam even ‘‘ the grave
stone of an obscure schipper or sea captain,
probably not of degree to vear coat armour
has an effigy of the deceased, with a three cor-
nered hat and long coat familiar in old illustra-
tions.” There is no sketch of this tombstone
given. It is probably because the schipper was
not of degree to bear coat armour that he had
to rest satisfied with his etligy, three cornered
hat and long coat, unless the writer considers
that these constituted his coat of arins.
Part Ill treats of Indo-Dutch Coinage and
plate LXiII contains sketches of 45 coins.
Vv.
a ae
Mr. Horatio John Suckiing:
AUTHOR OF “CEYLON: BY AN OFFICHR,
LATE OF TH& CEYLON RIFLES.”
Croydon, June 29.
WHEN, in 1876, there was published in London,
in two volumes, a work entitled ‘‘Ceylon: A
General Description of the Island, Historical,
Physical, Statistical. Containing the most recent
information. By an Officer, late of the Ceylon
Rifles,” there was much speculation regarding the
identity of the author, which was concealed
under the initials ‘H.S.” at the end of
the preface. Many were the guesses ; but none,
I believe, was right. In 1893, however, I sent
a note to the Monthly Literary Register, stating
that in a list of works on Ceylon appended to
“Palms and Pearls,’ by Alan Walters (London,
1892), there was the following: ‘‘ Suckling,
Capt. H. ‘Ceylon Ancient and Modern,’ Lond.,
1876.” I pointed out that this evidently referred
to the work by ‘‘ an officer” &e.; and asked if the
identification were correct, No reply to my query
appeared; but a little later I sent another
note to the M.L.R. regarding a little book
by “H.S.” entitled ‘‘ Anti-Darwin,” issued in
1886 and again in 1887. Since then [ have often
desired an opportunity of meeting the writer ;
and this opportunity I have had today, when
ITealled on Mr. Suckling at his residence. I had
expected to find him rather advancel in years ;
but was surprised to find him still in the prime
of life, though itis over forty years since he left
Ceylon. [He is not a ‘‘Captain,” by the way:
his brother Horace was Captain in the 90th Perth-
shire in Ceylon in 1837; and he himself was an
ensign in that regiment in Ceylon in 1844, though
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then employed in the R.E. Dept. Afterwards
he joined the Ceylon Kifles.} I asked Mr.
Suckling why he had not put his name on the
title-page of his book; and he replied that he
preferred not to, as on account of his mall py
Ceylon so long before, critics might be prejudiced
against it. I remarked to him that he seemed to
have been an omnivorous reader; and he replied that
he had a gift for languages, and also the faculty
of extracting the cream fiom books by skimming
them. I was sorry to learn from him that he
had made nothing by his book; partly owing to
the fact that soon after its publication Messrs.
‘Chapman and Hall gave up business. Mr. Suckling
added that he thought it would have been better
if he had confined himself to a commentary on
Tennent’s works, instead of writing a full des-
eription of Ceylon. His book, he admitted,
contained many errors; and he showed me a
copy of it he has in sheets with a very
laree mnuniber of corrections, which would
make it practically a new work. He
has not been able to find a publisher for this
revised edition ; and speaks of leaving it to the
British Museum Library, I mentioned his little
work ‘* Anti-Darwin”; and he told me that he
had printed it himself, having a supply of types,
He was kind enough to present me with a copy
of the revised edition. Mr. Suckling is evidently
a strong anti-Darwinian ; and he showed me a
number of newspaper cuttings on the subject.
He was interested in hearing of the changes that
have taken place in Ceylon since his time ; and
he vigorously denounced “Lipton” and other
tea dealers as ruining Ceylon tea by their low
prices. Mr. Suckling seemed gratified by my
visit, saying that it was a rare thing for him
to see anyone from Ceylon. D. F.
— eee
Interesting Discoveries in the
Fort Ramparts, Colombo.
A correspondent writes :—‘‘ The local papers have
lately announced that the coolies who were ex-
eavating under the foundation of Mr. Kyle’s
old offices adjoining the Wharf premises have
discovered human bones, old cannon and shells,
aud a slab of rock upon which is engraved a
shield with a semi-defaced device upon it, sur-
mounted by a Maltese cross, with the year 1501
‘on the side of the rock.
‘© What has been unearthed is a large boulder
(not a slab of rock) on the face of which the
shield and cross are engraved, This boulder
must have been in its present position when the
engraving was made on it, and at its foot must
have been buried some distinguished Portuguese
vobleman. During the occupation of the island
by the Dutch, the ground on which the boulder
stands must have been filled up and buildings
erected on it, so that after remaining for over
two centuries underground, the boulder has again
‘seen the light of day.
“Tt is not easy to understand how the year 1501
eame to be engraved on the rock when it is
borne in mind that the Portuguese formed settle-
ments on the West and South of the island
only in the year 1505! It may not be generally
known that the first Catholic chapel in Colombo
was built by the Portuguese ‘near the
spot where
the boulder was found, and that the sur!-beaten
shore was used for the sepulture of the dead.
The first Primate of the Church, Jo& de Montare,
was buried there.
“The chapel at Galle Back having become dilapi-
dated, a new chapel was built ou what is now
known as the Racquet Court, the ground around
it being usel for the burial of the dead. This
chapel was in course of time dismantled and a
large aud handsome churel: built on Wolfendahl
hill, which was known as—A igreya de nossa
noyna de Guadalupe (The Chareh of our Lad
of Guadalupe), but when the Dutch Chure
which was standing on the site of the present
Gordon Gardeus was dismantled, the Catholie
church was moved to Kotahena and the present
Dutch charch bnilt on the site of the Roman
Catholic chureh.”
Mr. De Vos of Galle writes:—On a compari-
son of sketches of the Portuguese arms and of the
discovered stone, I should say that the stone bears
the arms of Portugal. Is*or (or 1501) should not
however be rashly taken for 1501. It may stand
for 1.8.0.1.,—Jesus Salvator Orientalium Indi-
corum or some such religions motto, which the
Portuguese were so fond of adopting. The matter
requires further looking into. If the stone is
cleaned and a correct sketch or photograph taken
of it, perliaps something can be made of it. I
hope it will be removed to the Museum.
——__o——___
The Portuguese Court-of-Arms.
Srr,—In the Sessional Papers, Ceylon, 1891
(Antiquarian Kesearch, Kégalla), there is found an
illustration of a stone slab bearing the Royal
Arms of Portugal, found at Menikkada-
wara. In my last letter to yon, I described the
escutcheons as placed cross-wise in the shield on
the reck in the Colombo Fort. I find that these
charges are not cross, but saltire-wise, on the
Kegalle stone, and it may well be (as I made no
sketch of it) that they are similarly placed in
the arms on the Colombo rock.
Mr. Bell in his report cites Comeons’ (Lusiad
Canto III. 53, 54) description of the arms of
Portugal. The words of Comeons are as follows :-—
LIIL.
Aqui pinta no branco escudo usano,
Que agora esta victoria certifica,
Cinco esendos azues esclarecidos
Em signal destes cinco Reis vencidos,
LIV.
¥E nestes cinco escudos pinta os trinta
Dinheiros, porque Deos fora vendido
Escrevendo a memoria em yaria tinta
Daquelle, de quem foi favorecido:
Em cada hum dos ciuco cinco pinta :
Porque assi fica 0 numero cumprido
Contando duas vezes o do meio
Dos cinco azues, que em cruz pintando veio.
Now, according to this description of Comeons,
the eseutcheons (azure) were depicted cross-wise
(que em cruz pintando veio). It is strange therefore
that they should be saltire-wise on the Kegalla
slab—a heraldic blunder which perhaps some of
your correspondents will be able to explain.—
Yours truly, F. De VOS.
os
LITERARY REGISTER SUPPLEMENT.
[Under this heading, in future, we mean to give a four page “Supplement” with our Tropical
Agriculturist, from time to time as there is matter of sufficient value, so to be preserved.]
MARCH,
i1s99.
The Archseolozicai Survey of
ro)
Ceyion.
(Report presented to the Ceylon Legislative
Council, Jan. 19th 1899.)
The Committee were instructed by Your Excellency
to consider—as they understand the terms—tiie whole
question of the Archeological Survey of Ceylon, in
particular “the system which should be adopted
and the extent to which if should be pursued.”
Ifo these two points—the system and the extent—
the Committee have directed their recommendations.
They have found it necessary to base their recom-
méndations as to the system to be pursued on an
exumination of the system hitherto adopted and an
estimate of the results thus far attained. As tothe
extent to whichit should be carried, two distinct ques-
tious have arisen—that of the scale of the work from
year to year and that of its probable duration.
They hope to be excused if, in exp!aining the
grounds of their conclusions, they have necessarily
included the statement of many things with which
Your Hxeeilency is perfectly familiar.
SYSTEM HITHERTO ADOPTED.
By the original instructions given by Sir A. Gordon
in 1690, the work consists of two parts, survey and
excxyation. Under the former head Mr. Bell includes
as i‘ Cirenit work” exploring, examining mapping,
and describing the ancient sites and making copies
of ancient inscriptions outside main centres of oper-
ation ( Mr. Bell’s letter to Colonial Secretary of March
- 20 1897, paragraph 6).
The method of working has been to search sys-
tematically certain areas—a whole Province for in-
stance—with sufficient thoroughness to ascertain ex-
haustively what monuments or ruins it contains; then
to explore in cetail* any smaller areas which have
been found to contain ruins of importance; finally
thoroughly to dig up the sucface in the actual site
of monuments, to remove the soil by which they may
be covered, and in some cases—to replace fallen blocks
and re-arrange or ‘reset ’’ the structure.
Restoration has not, in any case, been attempted.
To the Circuit Work,’ Mr. Bell has devoted, as
arule, about four months of each year, (chiefly the
dry months, which in the North Central Province are
August, September and October,) while excavation
has been carried on under his immediate supervision
during about eight months, For the management
* This was done in Anuradhapura by driving
parallel lines throngh the forest within defined areas,
et a ay of from 40 to 60 ft. (First Progress
port.
of the labour force he has had frcm time to time
European Assistants; but these being poorly paid,
never remained long, and since 1895 he has had none.
For two years (1891—92) he had the general assis-
tance of Myr. De Zilva Wickramasinghe, who is now
in England. But the work has not hitherto been
divided ; ncething considerable has been undertaken
but what Mr. Bell himself could personally superin-
tend. Hehas employed three skilled draughtsmen and
a skilled overseer for surveys and for the mechanical
work connected with copying inscriptions, and has
himself undertaken the necessary photography. ‘‘Pro-
gress Reporis ”’ have been issued from time to time*
which have been printed as Sessional Papers, with
lithographs of buiidings and works of art, plans and
elevations, carvings, &c. All inscriptions found have
been copied, and a good many haye been published
with translations in the Reporis.
RESULTS.
The Committee think that the system which has
been thus described has been proved by its results to
be a good system, and further, that the results
hitherto obtained are a good return for the labour
and money expended. In Anuradhapura there have
been brought into such clear light, as now to be
easily studied in detail by any visitor, monuments of
ancient arf and historical records which must other-
wise have remained either altogether unseen or quite
unintelligible. Those in Sigiriya, though less access-
able, are of similar, and in some respects of unique,
interest.
The monnments thus brought to light consist chiefly
of very ancient buildings, in many instances ranged in
streets or grouped in sacred enclosures round the
dagabas or domed relic-chambers characteristic of
Buddhism—buildings often adorned with elaborate
and varied carvings, besides statues and inscribed
pillars, slabs, and panels. These monuments are not
only such as to astonish the tourist by their extent
and mass, or delight him by their picturesqneness,
but such as to add very appreciably to our knowledge
of the past history of the Island, of the institutions
of Buddhism, and of the phases of art. The value
of this information is not merely that which would
attach to the isolated records of the antiquities
ofa small island, but is to be estimated in its bearing
on the results of similar researches in India with
which, alike in history, in religious institutions, and
in art, the relations of Ceylon have been close and
continuous.
* Report on the Kegalla District (Province of
Sabaragamuwa) ; First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth and Seventh Reports on Anuradhapura and
the North-Central Province; and Interim Reports
(three) on operations at Sigiriya (Central Province)
1895, 1896, 1897.
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PROSECUTION OF THE SURVEY RECOMMENDED.
The Committee therefore recommend the vigorous
prosecution of the Archwological Sucvey of Ceylon
on thesystem of exploration and excavation hitherto
pursued, with only such modifications as are necessary
to increase its efficiency.
LIMITS OF EFFICIENCY.
Believing as they do that the success hitherto
attained has been mainly due to the rare union in
Mr. Bell of the necessary qualifications—scholarsbip,
pov of organisation, and physical strength—and to
is unflagging devotion to the work the Committee
do not recommend any development of the under-
taking beyond what can be directly supervised by
Mr. Bell.
A LABOUR ASSISTANT NEEDED.
Efficiency has been hitherto needlessly limited by
Mr. Bell’s having to give much of his attention to the
business of engaging, directing, and checking the
working parties. ‘’'o relieve him of this, and to
enable him to employ a larger force of workmen, the
Committee recommend the addition to the staff of
a Labour Assistant (Huropean), who would undertake
the immediate direction, under Mr. Bell’s orders, of
the working parties,
MR. WICKRAMASINGHE.
It was last year Mr. Bell’s wish to obtain the
services of Mr. D. M. do Z. Wickramasinghe as
Assistant Commissioner, to assist him upon the
spot in all parts of the work, and the Committee
recommended that provision should be made for this;
but it has not been carried into effect, and it seems
now tobe the opinion, both of Mr. Bell and of Mr.
Wickramasinghe, that it is better to employ Mr.
Wickramasinghe only for the literary treatment of
inscriptions and to leave him in London, where he
has special facilities for the task and may hope for the
aid of Huropean scholars.
EPIGRAPHY,
Into the question of what Mr. Bell calls ‘‘Epigraphia
Zeylanica,” the publication in full with facsimiles
and translations of a large selection of the inscriptions,
the Committee have not been able to enter far. Mr.
Bell considers this branch of his work extremely im-
portant, and he urges that it onght here, as in India,
to be carried out pari passu with the work of survey
and excavation. About the probable expense opinions
differ widely. Upon the whole, the Committee are
disposed to advise the undertaking, provided that the
expense can be kept within the limits of the vote. In
giving this advice they are influenced by the authority
of the similar Indian Survey, and, even more, by the
_ fact that the services of three men, believed to be
well qualified for the work—Mr. Bell, Gunasekara
Mudaliyar, and Mr. Wickramasinghe—are just now
available.
The Committee adopt therefore Mr. Bell’s later
suggestion, and recommend that Mr. Wickramasinghe
_be appointed to do the epigraphical work in London
and thatGunasekara Mudaliyar be instructed to verify
or revise Mr. Wickramasinghe’s conclusions.
PRIVISION FOR EMPLOYMENT OF MORE WORKMEN.
Should Mr. Bell, with his hands thus strengthened,
be found tobe ina position to enter upon more ex-
tended and fuller exploration than is now the case,
he should, in the opinion of the Committee, receive a
more libera! vote, and they recommend that any
actual increase of the vote that may be granted should
be strictly devoted to this purpose—the employment
’ of increased labour force.
LIMIT OF EXPENSE.
The Committee do not, however, think that the
more liberal vote need for the present exceed R35,000
or 36,000 a year, and should in no circumstances
exceed R40,000 a year, exclusive of the salary and al-
‘Towance of Mr. Bell. Inthe Estimates of Expenditure
_ the vote for ‘Archeological Parposes’’ is shown as a —
lump sum. This, the Committee think should be
divided the items for general archmological purposes ©
being shown separately from the item to cover
salary andallowance of the Archwological Commis-
siover,
PRESERVATION OF MONUMENTS.
= Before leaving this part of their subject, the Com-
mittee would strongly recommend that, where the
work of exploration or excavation on any site is com-
pleted, it should not be allowed, throngh want of
care, to lapse into jungle, but that provision should
be made for its careful preservation.
AN APPROXIMATE ESTIMATE OF DURATION NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
reason ;
‘“‘ Mahawansa,”’ Rajawaliya,” and “ Rajaratnakera,”
with some smaller local histories) specify with much
detail—for those periods which they treat at length—
the royal cities, sacred edifices, works of irrigation, and
even roads, resthouzes, and roadside pillars which
were erected or restored in those periods.
The monuments which have been discovered
are, without any important exception found to be in
such ylaces and of such sort asthe histories might
have prepared us to expect; in fact, nothing has been
more remarkable about these discoveries than the
degree in which they have confirmed tbe native his-
tories, and since the historians give us reason to
believe that the periods which they pass over briefi
were peciocs of decadence or of disturbance, in whic
no works of magnitude were undertaken, it is possible
to say with justifiable confidence that the discovery of
important monuments beyond those which they men-
tion is very improbable.
PROBABLE CENTRES OF DISCOVERY.
From the study of the histories it appears—as the
Committee are informed—that Anuradhapura and
Polonnaruwa were by far the most important seats of
civilizations during the periods when the Sinhalese
civilisation and the royal power were at their highest;
that Sigiriya was the scene of great works, for a short
period; that Tiseamaharama was fer centuries the
capital of the kingdom of Ruhuna, inthe south-east
of the Island; and that at later dates Yapahuwa,
Dambadeniya and other places were seats of Govern-
ment of minor importance. It is with the first three
of these that the Archwological Survey has already
been chiefly engaged, and for the reasons just given,
the Committee are convinced that it is not to be in-
ferred from the length of time spent upon these three
sites that the survey of the rest of Ceylon will involve
auything like a proportionate outlay time and
money. They further observe that in the case of
several of the places which were once important, cnlti-
vation and private property make the method of ex-
cavation quite inapplicable; such are the cases of
Kurunegala, Gampola, and Kotte; while the method
would be only partially applicable in such places
as Hanguranketa or Dambadeniya. It is only in
Polonnaruwa, Tissamaharama, and Yapahuwa—of
the royal sites—that any work at all like that done
at Anuradhapura could be carried out. In view of
these considerations, the Committee are prepared to
accept, as founded up»n sound data and pretty sure
to be approximately correct, estimate of time
which has been put before them.
PROBABLE NUMBER OF YEARS.
Mr, Bell reckons as necessary for the rest of what
is to be done in Anuradhapura and Mihintale six
years (of about eight months’ work each), and to Pa-
lonnarawa he assigns four. No other single place,
except Tissamaharama, is thoughtlikely to take any
very considerable time. And Mr. Bell’searlier estimate
for Tissamaharama may he much reduced in view,
of the opinion of Mr, Parker, who has; himself already
partially explored it. But without at all insisting on
the details of the estimate, the Committee conclude
on the whole, from what they have learnt from Mr.
t
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Bell and Mr. Parker aud from the progress made
hitherto, that the Archwological Survey of Ceylon, is
carried on under such conditions as at present, may
be completed within a period of from fifteen to twenty
years.
NO PROVISION AT PRESENT RECOMMENDED FOR A
SUCCESSOR TO MR. BELL.
If itis asked how will this survey be carried on if
Mr. Bell, before fifteen or twenty years are passed,
is unable or unwilling to remain init, to that question
the Gommittee are not prepared togive an answer.
Mr. Bell has recommended (in his letter of July,
1898) the appointment now of an Assistant Archsolo-
gical Commissioner, who, as well as both helping
him now and acting for him in case of absence,
should be trained to be hereafter his successor.
Ale suggests that a junior member of the Civil Service
should be selected for this post.
For reasons into which they need not fully enter,
this has not appeared to the Committee a practi-
cable course. They do not think that an Assistant
Commissioner will be needed to help Mr. Bell, if
their recommendations as to the Labour Assistant
and the Epigraphist are adopted; and they do not
think it practical to look, in so limited a list of
names as that of the younger CivilServants, for one
who would have both the qualifications and the
inclination essential for such an office. They would
prefer to hope that Mr. Bell may be able for many
years to direct the work: and that if he has
to leave it, some one may be found, by seeking
if mecessary in a wider field, to take his plece.
Should some interruption of the work inevitably take
lace at such a time, it is not a work which would
e ruined, though it could not but suffer somewhat,
by temporary intermission.
The Committee conclude by expressing their con-
viction that Your Excellency’s Government may ba
congratulated on the results which the survey has
thus far attained, and their hope that it will be
efficiently carried forward.
F. T. Hozson, Major-General. W T. Tarror.
R. 8. Cotomso. FRANK MoppDER @
Colombo, September 25th, 1898.
(A Review from the Journal of the Royal Institute
of British Architects, Noy. 12.)
ARCHHOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CEYLON.
REPORTS X, XII, XIII, XIX. BY H. C..P. BELL,
C.C.S., ARCHAZOLOGICAL COMMISSIONER,
COLOMBO, 1893-1896.
Report xix. has been already noticed in these
pages,* and also some of Mr. Bell’s earlier Reports.+
These Yeports are amply illustrated with maps,
plans, sections, and reproductions from photo-
graphs ; thereproductions, although of a very rude
and primitive kind, yet convey a distinct enough
idea of the architectural forms. Mr. Bell still
continues his explorations at Anuradhapura. As
this place may not be very familiar to most readers,
it will perhaps be as well to repeat that it was
the ancient capital of Ceylon, and that it enjoyed
that dignity for about a thousand years—that is,
from about 500 B.c, till about 500 a.p. Daring
that period the ‘‘ Island of Gems ” was ina flour-
ishing state, and the resources being plentiful,
large numbers of architectural structures were pro-
duced. These included palaces, monasteries, and
dagabas, the last mentioned monuments, perhaps
with the exception of Boro Boddor in Java, and
one at Mengum in Burmah, being the largest of
the kind in the East. The remains of the old city,
* Journal, 16th February 1893.
} Journal, 27th August 1891 ; 29th September 1892
and 165th February 1894.
which covered many miles of ground, now lie under
an accumulation of soil and forest growth, the
increase of centuries, during which the place has
been deserted. All this has to be removed before
anything becomes visible to the explorer, and still
more has to be dug out in order to realise what
has been found. Sometimes, during the monsoon,
the ground is a swamp ; and when there is no rain,
the soil becomes hard as iron, when digging is all
but impossible. In the midist of these ditticulties
Mr. Bell has been “ pegeing away,” and doing
good work, but although he has cleared out a
good many sites, it cannot be said that he has
come upon much that is new. ‘The type of each
kind of structure had become so firmly fixed, that
any fresh find seems to be only a repetition of
the one that had been explored betore.
This will explain how it chances there is very
little that is new to record. Ancient roads have
been traced and these help so farin working out
the original plan of Anuradhapura ;_ more copper
plaques with inscriptions have also been come upon
and these Mr, Bell considers will be not only
valuable for the paleography of Ceylon, but in
addition they will give a sure period from which
the dates backwards and forwards of architectural
remains can now be more safely worked out.
In his Indian and Eastern Architecture, p. 219,
Fergusson gives the plan of a temple at Aiwull,
and at p. 221, the plan of a temple at Pittadkul ;
these were first discovered and drawn by Dr.
Burgess. Fergusson naturally attached considerable
importance to them from their resemblance to the
Chaitya halls of the Buddhists, from which he
thought they were derived. Ifthe plan of Vihare,
No. 2, at Pankuliya, in Mr. Bell’s Report, xiii,
pl. xvi., is looked at, and also Vihara, No. 2, at
the Vijayarama monastery in Report x., pl. xil.,
the resemblance in then: to the plans of Dr.
Burgess appears to be. very close; the Pankuliya
example and the Pittadkul temple might be des-
cribed as almost identical. The walls in both
cases are rectangular, and both have the same
pradakshina or cireamambulating path. The Cey-
lon structure is what the local phraseology calls
a pilima-ge, oc ‘‘image-house””; it contained a
seated tigure of Buddha, and does not appear to
have been developed froma Chaitya hall. Still,
the type may have been derived from the South
of India for Aiwulli is supposed to date from the
seventh century A.D., and the buildings at Pan-
kuliya are as late as perhaps the ninth or tenth
century. Still, if the Buddhists had “image-houses”
in Ceylon, it is highly probzble that they had
similar houses or temples of that character In
India, and that possibility raises a slight shade
of doubt about Fergusson’s theory of origin for
the Aiwulli and Pittadkul temples. I do not
consider that he was far wrong, but we had
better wait for further discoveries in order to be
certain of the exact conditions of the develop-
ment.
Writers on Indian archewology apply the word
“ Vihara” exclusively to the places where the
Buddhist monks dwelt, to distinguish such strue-
tures from Chaitya halls or Stupas ; butia Ceylon
the same word—although slightly different in
spelling—Vihare, is applied to a pilimd-ge or
image-house, which is a temple and not a resl-
dence. Wishing to know exactly what this word
means, I wrote to Professor Rhys Davids, whose
high proficiency asaSanskrit authority 1s so well
known, and I here give the answer he hasjkindly
favoured me with, as it may be of value to others.
“ery tatib ig) Sa RE RS © al i RE
* Report xii. p 16
("ms )
‘‘In the old texts—the Pitaka texts—vihara
always means a ce. It comes from viharati,
“to dwell, to remain,’ and means a cell, or hut,
because the Bhikshu, dwelt, remained there. In
Ceylon, however, and [ believe also in Burmah, the
word was extended to the whole of a religious
site, so that dagaba, image-house, and cells, all
tovether, form a vihara. It isnot krown when
this use of the word began; probably very late,
tenth or twelfth century A.D.”
From this it will be evident that this Sanskrit
word when used in Sinhalese archzology must be
understood in a different sense from what it is
in India. Already we have a case of the same
kind—what is known in India as a ‘‘ Stupa” is
always called adagaba in Ceylon. Parivena, ac-
cording to Mr. Bell’s glossary, is the Ceylon
word tor a monk’s residence ; or Pansala, irom
pan, a ‘leaf,’ and sala, a ‘ hall,” or ‘ house: ”
this last word is well enough known in India,
for it was used to express the leafy bower to
which a Brahman retired when he reached a cer-
tain age, so that he might, in his last years
prepare himself in this world for absorption into
the next.
Mr. Bell has some remarks* on the succession
of animals which occur on the moonstones—moon-
stones, ib may be explained, are large semicircular
slabs at the foot of steps leading to dagabas or
‘amage-houses ; the animals are the elephant, lion,
horse, and bull; sometimes the hansa or goose
figures among them. ‘This succession of animals
appears also occasionally in Brahmanical arehi-
tecture. In reviewing Mr. Smither’s work on
Anuradhapura, I pointed out that they were
found in tiers or large mouldings round the base
of the temple at Hullabid ; also, that they were
known in Buddhist architecture, from Fa Hian’s
‘description of the great rock-cut monastery in the
Dekhan. Mr. Bell is no doubt right in his iden-
tification of these animals with those of the saered
Anotatta-vila lake. Lake Manasarovar, which is
equally sacred with the Bralimans, and is probably
the same as Anotatta-vila, has the four animals,
and they are the sources, or mouths, from which
flow four rivers—the Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra,
and the Ghogra. It may also be accepted, as Mr.
Bell suggests, that these four animals represented
the four quarters, or the cardinal points. The
Brahmanic mythology has four gods of the quar-
ters; in Egypt, the Four Genii of Amenta origi-
nated from the four quarters; and the four cheru-
* Journal, 1895, Vol. II. p. 456.
bic forms were, in the Christian church, given
the four evangelists; the reason for the gos-
pels being, according to Irenseus, that there were
‘four zones” in the world, and “ four prineipal
winds,” which means the cardinal points. These
four creatures, which bear some resemblance in
the instances just given, may have had their first
origin in the four quarters of the Zodiac, which is
perhaps the most probable guess, but we may
haveto wait for further knowledge from euneiform, -
or even the earlier Akkadian inscriptions, before
anything like certainty can be assumed on the
subject.
Report xiii, in addition to some details about
Anuradhpura, contains an account of “cirenit
work,” or a tour in the North-Central Provinee,
which gives us glimpses of the old bunds or dams
for storing water; their number and great size ex-
plains the ample fertility which Ceylon at one
time enjoyed when it was a prosperous country.
As we may say it was the Nile, from the ferti-
lity it produced, that built the pyramids and the
vast temples of Egypt, so it was these
artificial lakes that supported a great city like
Anuradhapura, and constructed the extensive mon-
asteries and huge dagabas whose very magnitude
almost defy Mr. Bell and his limited means to ex-
plore them. Amongst these reservoirs the Pada-
viyavewa had amongst its titles that of Maha Sagara
or “The Great Sea,” aud its size may be roughly
guessed when it is stated that the embankment
which retained its waters was about three miles
in Jength. This embankment, aud others almost
as large, have long ago had breaches in them,
and the ground has been left iu the condition of
an unhealthy swamp, the abode of fevers and
wild beasts. WILLIAM SIMPSON,
—_——_—_——_—___—_—.
“CEYLON ARCHZ LOGICAL SURVEY.— We (Editor
L.R.) have to call attention to the capable, well-
informed Review by Mr. Wm. Simpsen of Mr.
H. C. P. Bell’s Reports on his Archzeological
work. The review appears in the ‘‘ Journal of the
Royal Institute of British Architects” and makes
interesting reading. We are surprised, however,
that Mr. Simpson in his enumeration of stu-
pendous remains in Burmaand Java as -vell as in
Ceylon, makes no reference to those of Cambodia.
Mr. Simpson’s speculation over the resemblance
between certain temples in India and Viharas in
Ceylon is interesting. Perhaps Mr. Bell may have
something to say on several questions raised in the
review.
LITERARY REGISTER SUPPLEMENT:
AND CEYLON
“NOTES AND QUERIES.”
[Under this heading, in future, we mean to give a four or eight page ‘‘Supplement*’ with our Tropical
Agriculturist, from quarter to quarter, according as there is matter of sufficient value, so to be preserved. |
JUNE, isg9.
THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.
THE CEYLON BRANCH
ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual general meeting of the members
of the Ceylon Branch of the ‘Royal Asiatic So-
ciety was held on the 23rd Feb. at the Library
of the Colombo Museum, the Bishop of Co-
lombo, President of the Society, occupying the
chair. The others present were :—Messrs. Ph.
Freudenberg, F. H. Price, Captain Rutherford,
Messss. E. Booth, G. H. Suhren, J. and R. H.
Ferguson, Dr. Saravanamuttu, Messrs. C.
Drieberg, S.C. Rudra, G. C. Warr, F. Tis-
saverasinghe, Ph. Morgappah, A. E. Buult-
jens, R. G. Anthonisz, P. A. Henderson,
#. Crosbie Roles (Hony. Treasurer), and J.
Harward and Gerard A Joseph, MHony.
Secretaries.
The minutes of the previous meeting were
read by Mr. HARWARD, and confirmed. Mr.
Harward next read
THE ANNUAL REPORT.
(See summanz'y and extracts below.)
On the motion of Mr, FREUDENBERG se-
conded by Mr. HENDERSON, the report was
adopted.
OFFICE-BEARERS.
The following were elected office-bearers for
the current year, on the motion of My. PRicE
(who referred to the good services already
rendered by most of the gentlemen in the list)
seconded by Mr. C. Dri«BERG.
PRESIDENT.—The Bishop of Colombo.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.—The Hon. Mr. Justice
Lawrie and Mr. Staniforth Green.
Counciu.—Mr. W. P. Ranasinghe, Dr.
W. G. VanDort, Mr. E. S. W. Senathi Rajah,
Mr. C. M. Fernando, ‘Mr. A. Haly, Mr. P.
Freudenberg, Mr. J. Ferguson, Mr. P.
Coomaraswamy, Mr. F. H. Modder, Mr.
F. M. Mackwood, Mr. J. P. Lewis, and My. H.
White.
Hony. TREASURER.—Mr. F. Crosbie Roles.
Hony. SECRETARIES.—Mr, H.C. P. Bell, Mx.
J. Harward, and Mr. Gerard A. Joseph.
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks and referred
to the good work done by the Treasurer in
the disagreeable task of getting in arrears
due by certain members, and also to the
great interest taken by the Secretaries, now
the least by him who is ata distance. He felt
that one improvement would be the election of
another President (cries of No, no.) by which
means a presidential address might be se-
cured. In such Societies elsewhere, an an-
nual address of the kind was the rule, but
then there was a change in the chair every
year. However, as they had re-elected him,
he would do what he could for the Society
with the aid of the Council and office-bearers.
(Applause).
PORTUGAL'S MARK OF POSSESSION AT
COLOMBO.
Mr. G. A. JosEPuH, Secretary, then read the
Correspondence which had taken place in the
local press and otherwise over the discovery
of a Portuguese coat-of-arms with date 1501
inscribed on a rock at the site of the old
Breakwater Office in the Fort of Colombo.
One of the most apposite extracts is as
follows :—
Extract G. 1505 a.p.—And therefore Don Lourence
asked some veople of the country (Colombo) to come,
and with their consent heset up a Padrao of stone
on a boulder, and on it he ordered to inscribe a
device to show that he had come there and discovered
that I-land. Since Hercules cannot boast to himself
with regard to the Padraces of his discovery ; Gonzalo
Gonzalves, who was the engineer of the work, had in
this matter so great giory, since ho placed his own
name at the foot of it. And so Gonzalo Gonzalves
became more truly the architect of that column than
Heronles of the many which the Greeks attribute to
him in their writing. (Deo, I., lib. X,, chap. V., p.
495.)
In the discussion which followed, the
Bishop, Messrs. Harward, Buultjens, and
Price, &c., took part.—Mr. Harward in-
clines to the view of Mr. de Vos of Gaile
that the cross and lettering (not figures
or date) were added to the boulder long
after the coat-of-arms. Mr. Buultjens strongly
supported the view that the date (1501) be-
longed to the coat-of-arms. Mr. Price had
inspected the stone and considered that dii-
ferent workmanship probably at different
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times was represented in the coat-of-arms,
as against the cross and date. The Bishop
suggested that it was possible a clever work-
man might have worked at the coat-of-arms
and an inferior one at the date, and that fur-
ther investigation should be directed to com-
paring other Portuguese figures of that parti-
cular era with those on this boulder and noting
whether they were shaped in the same way.
A vote of thanks to THE BisHOP for pre-
siding was moved by Mr. FERGUSON, who
passed a high eulogium on the invaluable
services Dr. Copleston had rendered to the
local Society as President, and that as it
was impossible to make bricks without straw,
it rested with the members to hand in
more, and interesting, papers, in order to find
materials for an annual review or address.
(Carried with acclamation).
The BisHop, in acknowledging, mentioned
that the Secretaries had had a number of
Papers lately sent to them, so that there
was material in hand for one or two inter-
esting meetings.
ANNUAL REPORT.
The Report mentions some five Papers read
during the year; gives the names of 1] new
members; of six members resigned; and of
five whose names have been removed from
the roll; Mr. H. C. P. Bell has been elected
an honorary member: three have become
life members. The roll now includes 190
members, including 20 life and 10 honorary
members. The Council record with regret
the deaths of Messrs. Bremner, Lewis Brown,
Dr. Pinto, J. Perera and J. Lemphers. The
Library had 309 volumes added during the
year. The Archeological Commissioner is
to continue his annual brief summary of the
work done for the Journal of the Society,
The accounts shew a balance of R1,418°14 in
hand. We quote as follows ;—
The Council desrire to once more draw the attention
of the Government regarding inadequate accommoda-
tion. Additional room is urgently required and the
necessity for the enlargement of the building (more
especially as regards the Library) has been strongly
represented to Government by the Museum Commit-
tee. The iusuffiicency for book room has exisisted for
gome years now and attention has been called to this
fact andthe Government has admitted the need. The
difficulty of finding room for the current accessions
to the Library become daily greater. A confident
expectation is entertained that the long deferred
Museum Extension will be shortly undertaken which
will alone meet the emergency and relieve the con-
gestion apparent everywhere in the Library.
The Council regret that this number will not con-
tain the continuation of the Archological Commis-
sioner’s Interim Reports on Sigiriya, which have
formed so interesting a feature in the recent numbers
of the Journal. This has been deferred by the Com-
missioner so as to include in it an account of his
final operations, which are being carried on during the
present year.
The study of the Archeology of Oeylolon is one of
the most important of the objects of this Society and
it was mainly due to the activity of this Society
that the Government of Ceylon decided to prosecute
Archeological research systematically by appointing
an Archzeological Commissioner. A_ brief annual
summary of the work kindly furnished by the Com-
missioner has for some years formed an important
feature in the Sooiety’s Annual Report. The Com-
missioner has now been called upon to furnish the
Government with an annuel Administration Report.
We are glad, however, to state that this will not pre-
vent him from furnishing the Society with the usual
annualsummary, the publication of which-in our
Journal gives some information with regard to the
progress of the Commissioner's work to many readers
who would be unlikely to see the Administration
Report. :
ARCHEOLOGY
The following isthe summary farnished by the
Archwological Commissioner of the work done dur-
ing. the year 1598:—
he Archwological Commissioner fayours the Coun-
cil with the following synopsis of work done by the
Archeeological Survey during 1898.
ANVRADHAPURA.—Comparatively little progress was
made at Anuradhapura last year, owing to the absence
of the Archeological Commissioner, and his labour-
force, at Sigiriya for seven months. Excavations
were continued between Ruanveli and Thuparama,
and atthe ‘“‘Elala Sohona’’ mound. Un the Y road,
a solitary .ruin of brick and mortar was dug. It
proves to be an ancient Tamil kovil.
Sitcrmrya.—The usual season of four months was
prolonged to August, in order to virtually close the
operations of the Archwological Survey at Sigiriya.
The maluwa, or uppermost terrace, at the foot of
the present ladders on the north of the rock, was
thoroughly -laid bare—disclosing the claws of the
once colossal brick and stucco lion, through whose
jaws and body the covered seco, pentane
was carried upwards to the summit. The Mahkawanso
explanation of the name Sikagiri or “ Lion-reck,” is
thus fully justified.* To the west of the rock, the
terraces lying betweon the Northern and Southern
staircases leading to the gallery, were very completely
excavated as well as the caves beneath the boulders
scattered round the “‘ Audience Flall rock.”
The floor, and inuer wall, of the unique gallery
itself have been strongly repaired, to secure them, as
far as practicable, against further wear; and the South
stairs—the only possible approach now-a-days—par-
tially rebuilt fur greater security.
The Government has decided to conserve the whole
area formerly covered by the ancient Sigtri-Mwuwara;
and the jungle will be kept down annually.
CIRCUIT.
No regular circuit work was attempted in 1898-
CLEARING oF JUNGLE AT ANURADHAPURA.—The Gov-
ernment, recognising the importance of further open-
ing out the jungle-round ruins of Anuradhapura,
sanctioned in 1898, an extra vote of R2,000 for the pur-
pose. With this sum, and a moiety of the annual
grant, the Archological Commissioner was enabled to
clear, and burn, 500 acres and upwards of jungle
_outside the town. A similar vote has been allowed
for the current year.
RE-ORGANISATION OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—
Upon the recommendations of a Commission ap-
pointed by His Excellency the Governor which have
been approved, the Archzxological Survey will
materially strengthened from 1899.
A Labour Assistant has, at length, been given to
the Commissioner, relieving him of most of the out-
door and mechanical work which has hitherto unduly
taxed his time for research, and delayed the publica-
tion of Progress Reports.
In addition, Messrs, D. M.De Z. Wickramasinghe
and B. Gunesekara, Mudaliyar have been appointed to
assist Mr. Bell in the Epigraphical branch of the
Survey, A commencement is to be made at once
with the long-contemplated “‘ Epigraphia Zeylanica,”’
or standard work of reference on the ancient lithic
record of the Island.
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THE COLOMBO MUSEUM.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR FOR 1898.
NuMBER OF visiTors.—The number of visitors for
the year amounted to 111,190.
OoNDITION OF THE BUILDING.—In my last report [
stated that the building required re-plainting; it na-
turally requires it now still more, and the woodwork
is getting into a very bad state.
* Mahawanso, XXXIX, 3..
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Furniture.—Lhe Committee ordered two semi-but-
tress cases for the east gallery and one insect case.
They have also had the copies of the Polonnaruwa
frescoes framed. His excellency the Governor
also ordered two notice boards to be affixed to the out-
side gates. All the cases have been re-fitted with new
screws and sockets. A
Pusircations.—TLhe printing of the List of Moths is
not yet finished, but I hope it will be completed early
next year. The new List of Birds has been passed by
the Committee
On THE User or ForMAL IN PRESERVING ZooLoGicaL
Sprecimens.—In my report for 1896, whilst dwelling
upon the great utility of formal, Idid not mention its
great fault; which however, it shares with alevhol and
all other preservative media I have ever tried, viz., its
bleaching property. This is specially exhibited in the
Crustacea, which really cannot be preserved init for
exhibition parposes, as their colours entirely disappear.
I tried to check this action by using it in conjunction
with various salts, and to a.certain extent they neutra-
lize it, but not sufficiently. Pure glycerine can alone
be trusted to keep colour, because it excludes air and
water. hese ave the destroyers of animal colour, not
light. If these can be excluded, light seems to have
scarcely any action. A star-fish Oreastes turitus, Lamk
was placed in a three-per-cent solution of formal sa-
turated with common salt. Its magnificent colour was
perfectly preserved for about eighteen months, when
it faded suddenly in afew days, and there is now
scarcely a trace of it. Auotherspecimen of the same
species that has been many years in glycerine has the
colour slightly deepened but is not otherwise changed.
Epsom salt (sulphate of magnesit) acts iu very differ-
ent ways; it is better for Crustacea than common
salt, but the colony is not permanently preserved. It
has however a most remarkable property; the fugitive
blues, greens, and violets of such Wrasses as Gom-
hosus are perfectly preserved by it for at
east a year. A specimen of Gomphosus cerulcus is
exhibited which shows no signs of change; it is in
three per cent formal in which Epsom salt has been
dissolved till it assumes the specific gravity of milk.
It does not preserve the colours of other fish ; in fact
quite the contrary, it is very destructive tothem. It
seems a good preservative for reptiles. Common salt
with formal has entirely supplanted the use of gum
and glycerine or carbolicized oil for fish to be mounted
in glycerine. The solutionis saturated with saltand
the fish placed init for not more than eighteen hours,
as after that discolouration proceeds with great
rapidity ;they arethen mounted io glycerine. This
is anextremely cheap and cleanly process. Travel-
lers might, however, prefer the following :—
To whatever measure is used to make thethree per
cent. formal, mix the same measure of saturated
solution of bichromate of potash withit. A few ounces
of bichromate do the work of several pounds of
salt; at the same time it has the disadvantage
of oxidizing the glycerine, and unlessgreat care is
taken in washing out the superfluous salt a great
waste of glycerine will be incurred. Formal is the
only thing that prevents the growth of fungus in
solutions of glycerine. I am experimenting on half
glycerine and water as a mounting solution. Of
all mediums that is the most beautiful. It is not so
refractive as pure glycerine, whilst it is much
brighter than water and far more so than spirit;
and of course there is no evaporation to speak of.
It is also easier to protect the specimens from tbe
dehydrating power of glycerine, which renders
geod mounts in this substance so difficult to prepare ;
ut IL fear it will not prove trustworthy with
regard to colour, as there is so much water in it.
Only a very little formal is required, about one
hundred drops to half a gallon, The specimens
must be prepared by some process, such as salt or
bichromate of potash before being placed in it, other-
wise they become distorted.
BIRDS.—The arrival of the fourth volume of the
“Fauna of British India’ has enabled me to com-
plete the re-naming and re-arrangement of the bird
collection. Onr cases will not allow of the large
waders being arranged in exact accordance witb this
work, and I have been mosi unwillingly obliged to
place the flamingoes after the Pygopodes instead
of before the Anseres. They are however large and
conspicuous birds, and I trust that students will
suffer little inconvenience from their dispiacement.
Two large boxes have been placed in the taxider-
mist'’s room for the reception of the large duplicates,
such as pelicans and flamingoes. The whole of the
duplicates have been carefully re-labelled and re-
numbered according to the new catalogue. A great
number of the old exhibised specimens have been
replaced by new, and I have also commenced renew-
ing the duplicates, aud shall continue to do so as
quickly as the finances allow.
Whilst reviewing the duplicate collection, I took
the opportunity of making a careful study of our
skuas, which had never been properly determined.
REPTILES.—Mr. Swayne has presented anumber
of much-needed duplicates.
Mr. Todd kindly lent me the skin of the cobra that
he shot at Jaffna, 7 feet 9 incheslong. IL was in hopes
that it might prove to be the skin of an Ophiophayus,
but it is an undoubted Naja tripudians, although by
far the largest ever recorded. A good set of Calotes
liocephalus was obtained at Gammaduwa ; the collec-
tion only contained one bad specimen previously. A
good specimen has also been obtained of the very rare
Acontias layardi.
Frocs.—A duplicate of the specimen entered as D
was obtained at Kandy. I hope to be able to send
it to the British Museum next year with one or two
other undetermined specimens. Mr. Swayne presented
a fine example of the very rare Rana grdcils, also
what I consider a variety of Rana corrugata but which
may prove to be a new species.
Fiso.—Two very interesting specimens have been
obtained this year, onea Balistes quite unlike anything
IT can find described in the Museum Library «nd also
a fish belonging o- allied to the genus Acanthoclinus.
This is an Australian group, one species of which
has been discovered off Madras. This is certainly
not the Madras species.
Moxuusca.—Mr. Collett still continues his presenta-
ions of named land shells. No new sea shelis have
been added to the collection. A duplicate of our fine
sepia exhibited in the north-east gallery was forwarded
to the Horniman Museum. Mr. Slade kindly took it to
the British Museum to be identified, butit appears to
be quite unknown. The Opisthobranchiate, so abundant
on the Beruwala reef but which has never been found
anywhere else on our coast, is Thethys pulmonica
Gould. Nospecimens appear to exist in the national
collection.
The Longicornes and flower beetles had to be
removed to allow of re-papapering the case. I took
this opportunity of going through the whole collection
with what books we have whilst they were lying in
my office. Lhe Longicornes were reported on in
1896, and I grieve to say that I have nothing to add
since. Ican do nothing with the Chrysomelide.
Those that are named were named from
Jacoby’s figures; but this is only a short paper relating
to Mr. Lewis’s collection. Boheman’s ‘ Cassididw”’
is a hopeless work, and the literature of these
beetles and their allies comprises two other
large monographs, both unillustrated and conse-
quently equally useless. Of course I amnot speaking
of the classifications proposed in such works, or of
the determination of the principal groups and of
the genera. Such things must be left to specialists;
and our library must be sapplied with Boheman,
Suffrians, and others, in order to enable the Direc-
tor to verify already named specimens and for
reference in case any student wish to take up the
study of these families. I mention this subject
here apropos of ** Das Thierreich,’’ which is merely
a Ye-publication (revised undoubtedly) of these
thonsands of useless descriptions. If the German
naturalists had started a republication of the best
figares of every species hitherto figured, and figured
all the described species that have never been
figured, we should have had a really useful work
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which would have preserved to posterity the like-
ness of numberless species that are rapidly becoming
extinct.
Morus.—l have to thank Messrs. F M Mackwood,
E E Green, and J Pole for their hind assistance in
naming the moths and for numerous valuable do-
nations. A large number have also been purchased.
Ruyncora.—The species of Ricania forwarded to
Professor Melichar have been returned, They were
all correctly named, so that we have obtained no
fresh information,
OrrHoprera.—Three species of locusts new to the
collection have been collected.
Orger InvekreBrAtes.—The following names
have been received from the Horniman Museum, be-
side the Sepia and Sex Here montioned previously:—
Echinoidea.—The two beautiful sea urchins co abun-
dant in Weligama Bay, but which I cannot find
anywhere else, are J'oxopneustes pileolus, Agass, aud
T. maculatus, Bell.
HonorHvRiomEA.—Our extraordinarily abundant sea
cucumber found everywhere is doubtfully referred to
Actinopyga miliaris, Bell.
ForaminirgERA.—The late Mr. H B Brady, rRs.,
presented the museum some years ago with a small
collection of Foraminifera mounted by himself. They
were all obtained in two fathoms off Kalpitiya. The
collection is of importance, as not only were they
identified by the greatest authority on the subject,
but all the species are figured in the ‘ Ghallenger
Monograph.”
Cryton Propucts.—The following are the additions
during the last twelve months :— (a long list.)
Weicuts snp MnAsures.—A most interesting col-
lection of Kuruni Measures has been presented by
the Government Agent of the Western Province.
Arms.—The above numbers are not consecutive with
last year’s report, as a new register is being prepared.
A good deal of difficulty has been experienced in this
work. The metal work, for instance, is more than
half packed away and had to be unearthed from
yarious quarters; consequently some of the objects
were very difficult to identify and some had lost their
numbers altogether. I fear the collection of kuruni
measures which are mostly very verishable, will
ultimately be lost or become much damaged and
indeterminable, aithongh I have taken the greatest
care in numbering and packing them. The Mal-
divian collection is by no means improving. Objects
not exhibited are certain to deteriorate, as tho Museum
was constructed from a purely local point of view, and
there is no proper accommodation for duplicate collec-
tions other than Natural History specimens. Another
Ceylon Products Room, the same size as the present,
could be filled at once.
ANTIQUITIES.—I have mentioned above that the
Committee decided to have Mr. A. C. Murray's tracings
of frescoes at Polonnaruwa painted and exhibited.
They were painted by Miss G. Vandort under that
entleman’s personal supervison and framed and hung
y Mr, A. W. Andree.
They are from the Demala Maha Saya, and repre-
sent the following subjects :—
_ The birth of Padmavati in a lotus flower, from
the south wall.
The god Indra sketching the hare on the moon
Main hall, south wall. No.1 bay. middie panel.
-Indra listening to Gootiila’s music. The same No.
2 bay, lower panel. The upper part of Gootila’s
body is obliterated.
Buddha personating a deaf and dumb mendicant,
who dies and is ordered to be buried by the king;
on the arrival of the body at the grave, Buddha
revives a3 a prince, and points out to the sexton
the folly of digging his grave. North wall, No. 4bay.
EXPENDITURE,
The cost of the Colombo Museum was as follows :—
Total R24,042 83. A. Hany, Director.
Colombo, February, 1899. f
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY AND LIBRA-
RIAN FOR 1898.
AccomMMoDATION.—How to provide for present and
future needs in the matter of accommodation is a
question which should engage the immediate at ention
of the Government. The insufficiency of book room
in the Institution has existed and has been pointed out
in preceding reports on the Library daring the last
eight years. The necessity for the enlargement of the
building, more especially in connection with the
Library, has been strongly represented by the Com-
mittee to Government
It seems superfluous, after what has been written by
me on this question of accommodation, to say more on
the subject, so I shall merely direct attention and
refer to what has been set forth at length in my pre-
vious reports. The wantof room is every year intensi-
fied and interferes with the progress and developments
of the Library. 1t is to be hoped that the qnestion of
providing room for the legitimate needs and expansion
of the Litrary will engage the Government's early
attention.
BOOKS ISSUED F@R READING.
The nomber of works issued to readers from the
shelves was 981, as against 930 in 1897, the books
chiefly consulted were works on Zoology, Darwiniem,
Ceylon, Buddhism, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and
other books of reference.
ACCESSIONS.
The past year has not been remarkable for any ac-
quisitions of special value. Some books on Zoology and
on Ceylon and some books of general reference were
added to the collection.
The nnmber of volumes added to the Museum
Library was 152.
BOOKS ON CEYLON.
A Datch Manuscript on Elephants in Ceylon, by
Cornelis Taay van Wezel. acting “ Gezaghebber’’ of
the ‘“‘ Commandment ” of Galle also ““L and-drost ”
ana ‘“‘ Hoofd" over the lands of Matara, 1713 ap.
Presented by O. Collett, Esq., r,n.ms.
{This work was considered sufficiently interesti
to be translated for the Ceylon Branch of the Royal
Asiatic Society, and is published in the Jonrnal of
the Society for 1898.]
Original dozument of the Capitulation of Trinco-
malee, 26th August, 1795. Presented by Mr. Gerard
A. Joseph. Au Loin: Impressions Whaat (con-
taining an account of Ceylon).
Translations of the Entomological Society of Lon-
don containing a chapter entitled “On a Visit to
Ceylon and the relation of Ceylonese Beetles to the
Vegetation there,’ by George Lewis).
Letchimey: a Tale of O'd Ceylon.
A Narrative of Events which have recently occurred
in the Island of Ceylon, written by a gentleman on
the spot. London, 1815.
Charters, &c., containing—
(1) The Charter or Letters Patent establishing the
oop Court of Judicature in the Island of Ceylon
and the High Court of Appeal in the said Island.
London, 18v1.
(2) The Charter or Letters Patent for making
certain alterations in the Supreme Court of Judi-
cature in the Island of Ceylon and in the High
Court of Appeal in the said Island, and for abolish-
ing the Provincial Courts and re-establishing the
Courts of Landraad in the said Island. London, 1810.
(3) The Oharter or Letters Patent for making
further alterations in the Supreme Court of Jndi-
cature in the Island of Ceylon andin the mode of
administering Justice in the said Settlements.
Colombo, 1812.
Cases heard and determined in Appeal by the
Supreme Court of the Island of Ceylon from De-
cember, 1846, to Auyust, 1847, by Alex. Murray,
Solicitor-at-Law. Colombo, 1848.
( 17)
The following interesting articles bearing on Ceylon
have been extracted from the Journals of the Royal
Asiatic Society of Great Britain and have been
bound and placed on the shelves :—
Description of the various classes of Vessels con-
structed and employed by the Natives of the Coasts
of Coromandel, Malabar, and the Island of Veylon,
for their Coasting Navigation, By John Edye, Esq.,
late Master Shipwright of His Majesty’s Naval Yard
at Trincomalee, now in the Department of the
Surveyor of the Navy. Communicated by the late
Major-General Sir John Malcolm, cgcB,KLS,MRAS
(Journal, RAS, Vol. I, No. 1. London, 1834).
Notice of the Tabernacle or Car employed by the
Hindus on the Island of Ceylon to carry the image of
the god in their religious processions, with some
remarks on the Analogies which may be traced in the
worship of the Assyrians and other ancient Nations
of the East, as compared with that of the Hindus.
By the Rey. Joseph Roberts, CMRAS (Journal, RAS,
Vol. I, No.1. London, 1833).
References to Ceylon (Transactions, RAS, Vol. IIT.
London, 1835). :
A Letter from Lieutevant-Colonel William Macbean
George Colebrooke, of the Royai Artillery, FRS.,
MRAS, transmitting three fscsimiles of inscriptions
discovered on the Island of Ueylon (Transactions,
RAS, Vol. Il]. London, 1835).
Some Remazlis upon the Ancient City of Anurajapura
or Anuradhapura and the Hill Temple of Mihintale,
in the Island of Ceylon, by Captain IJ Chapman, of
the Royal Artillery (Transactions, RAS, Vol. IIT.
London, 1835).
Account of Pearl Fisheries of the North-West Coast
of the Island of Ceylon. By Captain James Steuart,
Master Attendant at Colombo. Communicated by
Lieutenant-Colonel William M G Colebrooke, of the
Royal Axrtiliery, FRS, MRAS (Transactions, RAS,
Vol. if1. London, 1835).
A Sketeh of the Constitution of the Kandyan King-
dom. By the late Siz John D’Oyly. Communicated
by Sir A Johnston, Vice-President, RAS, FRS.
Account of a Flag representing the introduction of
the Caste of Chalias or Cinnamon-peelers into Ceylon.
By Sir Alexander Johnston, Vice-President, RAS,
FRS (Transactions, RAS, Vol. ITI. London, 1835).
Oxua Manuscrirrs.—194 manuscripts were consulted
in the Library. The ‘“Janayansaya’’ was trans-
cribed from the copy in the Library. Buddhist priests
have made good use of the Library during the year.
Owing to the large number of additions made to
the Oriental Library of Manuscripts (since the issue
of the last catalogue in March, 1892), I had a fresh
catalogue compiled by Mr. H M Gunasekera, the
Asisstant to the Librarian. This catalogue gives
all additions xeceived up to date, and also
gives descriptions -of the contents of the
Maiuseripts. The previous catalogue was very
imperfect, nnd was more in the nature of a mere list
of works. The new catalogue has been sent to the
printer, and willl hope be issued soon. In connection
with the compiling of this catalogue, the collection of
manuscripts was thoroughly verificd and the condi-
tion of the manuscripts reported upon by the Assistant
to the Lib-arian,
‘Kottagod1 Saranapalatissa presented the ‘“ Kach-
chayana,”’ also known as “ Sandhikappa.”’ The work,
though a common one, is useful. It is a grammar of
Magadhi (or Pali) language. It is believed to be the
oldest Pali grammar extant.
Maha Mudaliyar de Zoysa, in his “ Catalogue of
Pali, Sinhalese and Sanscrit Manuscripts in the
Temple Libraries of Ceylon,” says of this work :—
Tradition ascribes its authorship to Maha Kach-
chadana Thera, an eminent contemporary disciple of
Buddha, but this is not now generally believed and
the authorship of the work is still » moot point in
the grammatical literature of the Pali language. It
has several Tikas, Anutikas, glossaries, paraphrases,
&c. written by various authors in Ceylon, Burmah,
and Sism, which will be noticed in their proper
Places. Some commentators state that the Sutras,
or aphorisms, were composed by Maha Kachchayana,
the Vritti Sangananda, andthe examples by Brah-
madatta. But little or nothing is known of these
authors. The late Hon. Mr.Jimcs Alwis published the
“* Akhyata Kappa,” or chapter on verbs, with an En-
glish translation, introduction, and notes. An edition
of it was published in Germany by Dr. Kuhn, anda
complete edition with a free translation by M. E.
Senart,
CATALOGUING.
The second supplement to the catalogue was com-
pleted and laid before the Committeein manuscript
and forwarded to the printer. The supplement con-
tains an entry of all books received into the Colomoo
Museum Library since December 31, 1895, up to July,
1898. The method of construction is after the style
adopted by me in previous catalogues, z.e., in the form
of a dictionary catalogue (entries being made under
author, subject, and title, with necessary cross
references).
READERS.
The number of readers last year (7.e. of registered
visits to the Library) was 764,as against 730 in 1897
and 570 in 1896. 82 tickets were issued to readers,
including 35 renewals of old tickets and 47 new
tickets. A party of young ladies has been visiting
the Library for the purpose of studying zoology.
The class is a private one, and is held under the
superintendence of Mrs. Copleston. Several zoological
works have been consulted and some studied,
CONCLUSION,
In the Museum Library every endeavour has been
made to make the contents of the Library as acces-
sible as possible to readers by the compilation of
catalogues on approved and scientific principles.
With the subject-catalogue of Part IL (now being
compiled) the entire collection of books and their
contents will have been thoroughly indexed and
catalogued. It now remains for readers to show
interest and sympathy in the work of the Library
by making use of it,
Libraries of all publie. institutions flourished and:
serve the purposes for which they are created in
proportion to the active sympathy and intelligent
interest of those who support and use them. In
this lies much of the secret of their potency for
good. GERARD A. JOSEPH,
Secretary and Librarian
————
MR. RAMANATHAN AS A_ RELIGIOUS
INSTRUCTOR.
[The following is copied verbatim from
the Madras Standard. Asto the versatility of
our Solicitor-General there would seem
to be no limit: but what this last phase of
his teaching exactly indicates, we are at a
loss to understand.—ED. C.O.] ;
The ‘Gospel of Jesus according to St.
Matthew as interpreted to R. L. Harrison by
the light of the godly experience of ‘Sri
Parananda’” is the title of a recent book
ublished by Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench,
rubner & Co., of London. There is nothing
attractive in the title of the book and many
of our readers who are not Christians may
not be tempted to read a book of this na-
ture. But the book is of absorbing interest
to us and deserves to be_ well-known in
Southern India and Ceylon. The public do
not know who ‘R. L. Harrison’ is nor who
‘Sri Parananda’ is. The former name
may be that of a man or woman and the
latter is not known except that it illustrates
the modern rage for names similar to that
of Vivekananda. But the ‘Gospel of Jesus
is interesting to us as a book which embo-
dies the truths of Christianity as explained
( \18'*)
and interpreted to an Australian Theosophist
by a well-known Hindu of Ceylon.. ‘R. L.
Pies ? is alady who isa native of Australia
and who was for some time in Ceylon. She
had given up Christianity and taken to
Theosophy and was a confirmed Theosophist.
‘Sri Parananda’ is the assumed name of the
Hon. Mr. Ramanathan, Attorney-General of
Ceylon who is a Hindu of Hindus. The book
before us contains in the shape of notes the
teachings of the Hon. Mr. Ramenathan. Our
readers will now see that the instructor is
the Hon. Mr. Ramanathan of Ceylon and
the person instructed is Miss R. L. Harri-
son of Australia. How long this instruction
has been going’ on we cannot say: but we
believe the main portion of the notes coao-
tained in the book were written on board the
“ Ballaraat” by Miss Harrison at the dicta-
tion of Mr. Ramanathan when they went to
London for the Jubilee. Im her preface to
the book Miss R. lL. Harrison acknowledges
that ‘‘every word of the notes at the foot of
the text fell from the lips of my beloved
Teacher” and she adds prayerfully ‘‘ may his
commentary establish in Christ and God all
who have thoughtfully read, discussed and
doubted, and at last mourned and hungered
for Truth!” The Hon. Mr. Ramanathan found
in Matthew’s record of the teaching andlife of
Christ a very close coincidence with Hindu
Philosophy, especially that of the yoga sys-
tem. The truth that he taught Miss Harri-
son may be summarised in his own words as
follows :—‘‘ The great truth is that Jesus was
not an idle dreamer nor a vain theoriser, but
a man of the deepest spiritual experience, a
true teacher of the kingdom of God, a verit-
able light into the world, whose doctrine
must be recognised by all other men of
spiritual experience as leading to the sanc-
tification or healing of the spirit and thus to
the attainment of God ...... The true expon-
ents of Jesus have little to do with history,
but everything with doctrine, and you will
find that the teachings of Jesus, sofar as they
are recorded in the holy books, stand on the
firm ground of actual experience and are
verifiable by those who by native disposition
and previous culture are sympathetic enough
to persevere in all earnestness and faith in
the way ordained by those who have become
sanctified in spirit.”
pai by lta ders
A JOURNEY IN WESTERN THIBET.
“J. A.D.,” in the second of a series of letters
on the above subject, contributed to the
-Times of India, refers as follows to a conver-
sation with the Bishop of Colombo, who is,
of course, one of the leading authorities on
Buddhism since the appearance of his very
‘adequate and learned book :—
“* During a visit to Ceylon the writer had a most
interesting talk on the subject with the Bishop of
Colombo, Dr. Copleston, the author of an interest-
ing work on Buddhism. He seemed to think that
the tendency of Sinhalese Buddhism is to endeavour
to’ go back'to the original tenents and practices of
the early teachers of the faith, and to imitate the
orthodoxy of the Thibetan Lamas. He mentit m:d
the revival of the practice of contemplation, that
striking characteristic ef many Thibetan ‘ monks,
-who prefers' to spend hours and ‘days’ in-contempla-
IITILBIT XS {
—Lyon. 1898.
tion of divine things, lost to all sense of material
things, and even to the physical discomfort of re-
maining in the same position for a long time
Several modern Buddhist writers have vocated
the unity of Buddhism, but it ie not likely that
the Buddhist of Southern Asia would pay alle-
giance to the hierarchy of Lhassa, which would
seem the only possible solution of the problem.
Northern Buddhism hes itself been modified by
Hindu inflaences such as Siva worship, but such in-
flnences have been local rather than general in
their effect”
——_—_—<»—_—_ —_-—
AN ENTHUSIASTIC FRENCH ADMIRER
OF CEYLON
M. EmILre Brvuyas, a French gentleman of
means, visited Ceylon with his wife at the
beginning of 1897; utilised the two months
of his stay in the island to the best advant-
age; and on his return to his native land
wrote his impressions of what he had seen,
and had them printed, accompanied by re-
productions of photographs taken by himself
or (in a few cases) by local photographers.
His book* is beautifully printed, and the
photographic reproductions are often charm-
ing, showing that M. Brnyas has the eye of
an artist. An unusual feature is that the
sheets are not even stitched, but placed loose
in a stiff cover: so that each possessor of
a copy can have it bound as he please. Of
the two bundred and fifty copies printed (all
numbered) only fifty are for sule, the rest, we
suppose, having been presented by the author
to his friends, libraries, &c. He deserves the
thanks of the island for his linerality; for
he has certainly done his best to induce
others to follow his example. To his book
he prefixes a map (reduced from the one pub-
lished at the Ceylon Observer Office) show-
ing the route followed by him in the island.
In his brief preface, M. Bruyas points out
how easily and comparatively cheaply a trip
to, and a short stay in, Ceylon can be made;
and he strongly advises his compatriots to
book through Cook’s agency, the advantages
of which he experienced more than once
when in difficulties in our island. He con-
cludes his preface thus :—
‘ All the steamers s top at Colombo of necessity,
to take in coal, inferior Australian coal, but
there is no choice ; and if Colombo refused coal,
all these magnificent steamers would become
floating waifs; without any. act of hostility,
simply by refusing coal, the English could annul
all foreign navigation in the Indian Ocean, and
there would be no means of going to look for
it elsewhere. Singapore and Aden are also Eng-
lish depéts, and it is not the coal.ef) Djibouti
or Kébao that would save the situation, Note
that a coal depot must be strongly protected,
provided with lighters, and a multitude of coolies
to carry out the supply quickly. Whence it
results that it is absurd to have colonies when
one is not certain of being able always to be
in communication with them, and that it is
prudent to think of organising them so that
they can, if the necessity arise, be self-sufficient
in everything. :
*Emile Bruyas Deux Mois a Ceylan, Colombo,
Kandy, Nurrelya, Badulla, Ratnapoura, Le
Musée de Colombo, Lille Ramescheram, Annu-
radhupoura, Chronique et Statistique. Illustré
de: cent cinquante Reproductions dans le texte.
~ 10
( 19
In the first chapter the author records his
impressions of Colombo and its suburbs, in-
eluding Mount Lavinia. Almost everything
he saw seems to have struck him favourably,
one of the few exceptions being the black
Europesn umbrella so commonly carried by
the natives, which he denounces as out of
harmony with the surroundings. He falls
into a curious error in describing the Roman
Catholic cathedral as ‘‘ the most important
and most ancient monument in Colombo,
constructed by the Portuguese, who forgot
to finish it.” He also says that the visitor
to the Kelani temple goes by the southern
high road; apparently the temple at Wella-
watta is meant. The goat’s-foot ipomcea at
Mount Lavinia attracted his attention, and
he says he saw it nowhere else. Were Mr.
William Ferguson living, Galle Face beach
would doubtless still blaze with this blossom.
The chapter ends with a description of the
gems of Ceylon and the methods adopted
by the wily dealers to entice strangers to buy.
In the next chapter, M. Bruyas describes
his journey to Kandy by the railway which
he strangely terms narrow. His opinion of
our mountain scenery may be gauged by
the following quotation:—‘‘Ilt was one of
the most beautiful spectacles that one could
have viewed. Althougha great mountaineer,
a habitué of the Alps, acquainted with the
Pyrenees and the Tyrol, I declare that. the
line to Kandy and further on that to Nur-
relya filled me with enthusiasm: it is still
mountains, but the light is completely dif-
ferent.” In Kandy M. Bruyas was fortunate
“enough to witness a perahera and to view the
sacred tooth relic; he had avery poor opinion
of the latter and its surroundings. The temple
of the tooth, he says, was designed by a Portu-
guese architect, though he does not quote his
authority ; and he mistook the United Service
Library for a Buddhist library. The Pera-
deniya Gardens did not equal his expecta-
tions; and of the plants that he took thence
not one grew at Nice. He was interested in
witnessing the manufacture of tea on an
estate in Dumbara, where he also saw coffee
and cacao growing. Regarding Ceylon tea
M. \Bruyas says! :—
The tea of Ceylon is marvellously good and,
moreover, one can feel sure that it is clean.
When one has seen tea manufactured in China,
one is highly disgusted: the steel tables that
roll it are, in China, the dirty hands of unclean
people, and there may fall imto the material
that is being manufactured all sorts of bodies
as foreign as they are little appetising. In Eng-
land the Ceylon tea has taken well, and they
would iike to make ihe conquest of America.
The black spot is Japan, which is also going to
set up factories, and during my voyage to Ceylon
the arrival of two Japanese, whom the news-
papers designated ‘‘ Japanese tea spy ” {sic], had
put the country incommotion. I was forzetting
the chief thing: in Ceylon, tea can only be
cultivated from five hunared metres of altitude
to eighteen hundred. ‘he sea air does not suit
it at all, and the firsh condition of this culture
is to have very cheap labour; all those beauties
who picked the little leaves with their little
hands, in spite of their jewels, are paid about
fifty centimes, a day, on which they sustain them-
selves, buy bracelets and economise, wad are
much happier than the woerk-women of Paris
who earn three francs. I believe the tea would
sell very well in France, but it is quite useless
to try.
In Kandy our author was present at a
gymkhana (or a gymnacka, as he calls it),
and was amused by an impromptu dance at
the Queen’s Hotel. He was pleased to meet
a French planter from Mauritius, settled on
an estate near Gampola, who engaged him
to send out young Frenchmen to learn tea
planting.
Leaving Kandy, M. Bruyas went by train
and coach to Nuwara Eliya (or, as he prefers
to spell it, Nurrelya), where he was struck
with the ‘“Gracilea or Gravilea” (sic) trees.
A Russian couple arrived at the hotel at
the same time as M. and Mme. Bruyas, and
left next morning: ‘‘and that is called tra-
velling ” comments our author, who adds:
“As for myself, I spent four days at Nur-
velya without regretting them.’ He also
asks why the fever-stricken officials of Indo-
China and Tonking should not come to Nu-
wara Eliya for a change since their govern-
ment has not found means to create a heaith
resort for them in Indo-China or even in
France. He ascended Pedro, saw no view,
but found a reminder of France ina sardine
tin. He throws unjustifiable doubt on the
veracity of M. Cotteau, who states that when
he ascended Pedro some years before he
found fresh traces of wild elephants. We
hadasimilar experience. At Hakgala gardens
M. Bruyas was conducted with mystery to
see a tree that bore fruit occasionally—the
common hog-plum! From Nuwara #liya our
author drove to Badulla; and he speaks
highly of the Ceylon resthouses, and adds,
Why there are not similar institutions in
France? From Badulla M. and Mme Bruyas
drove via Bandarawela and Haputale to
Baiangoda and Ratnapura,—a route easier to
descend than ascend, though Murray stupidly
recommends the latter, says M. Bruyas. The
grand scenery duly impressed the travellers ;
but the last part of their journey was ren-
dered unpleasant by the illness of the driver’s
runner, who had an attack of what seemed
to be cholera. However, ere arriving at
Ratnapura he had recovered. The Maha
Saman Devale was visited; and with refer-
ence to the Portuguese mural tablet M.
Bruyas somewhat flippantly observes: ‘‘One
does not know which to pity more, the
beloved native, or the knight who bakes in
his armour under the sun of Ratnapura.”
In the city of gems the travellers witnessed
gem digging and polishing and bought some
specimens. From Ratnapnra to Kalutara the
journey was made by boat down the Kalu-
ganga; and so Colombo was once more
reached.
tu the next chapter M. Bruyas describes
some of the contents of the Colombo Museum,
situated ‘tin the midst of the Cynamous-
Rank
Starting off once more, M. and Mme.
Brauyas went by the ‘Lady Gordon” south-
about, calling at the various ports,” and
having an unpleasant experience at ‘rinco-
malee, where, in consequence of our author’s
taking a kodak snap-shot within the fort
he was nearly arrested as a spy, and be-
lieves that he was ‘‘shadowed” afterwards.
At Point Pedro ou travellers disembarked
and drove across the peninsula to Jaffna,
where the steamer was caught, and at Paam-
ben, the object of their journey, the temple
of Rameswaram, was reached. This was
seen under great difficulties; and when our
author and his better-half returned on board,
they were quite exhausted with fatigue,
heat, hunger and thirst. However, they
would not have missed the sight for any-
thing. On returning to Colombo M. Bruyas
‘made arrangements at once for a visit to
Anuradhapura, and went up to Kandy once
more, staying there a couple of days to allow
of the Governor’s return from the * buried
cities.” At! the Queen’s Hotel our author
came across some files of the Paris Figaro
and Vie Parisienne, a_ perusal of which
gave him no pleasure, but proved to him
what utter rubbish forms the staple of the
French press. His strictures are decidedly
candid!
The next chapter is devoted to Anuradha-
ura, with which M. Bruyas was delighted;
ut he regretted the absence of Mr. Bell,
not only because of the information he could
have received from him, but also because
he would have liked to testify to him his
admiration of the results obtained with
limited means. In his summary of Ceylon
history there are some errors; but his re-
marks on the architecture and details of the
ruins are of great interest. He comes to
the conclusion that the dagoba is of Ceylon
origin; and that any existing in India must
be copies. Dambulla was visited on the
return journey; and Sigiri was seen from
afar. In Kandy and Colombo, thanks to
abundance of money and the needs of some
Kandyan family, M. Bruyas seems to have
made a good collection of antique jewelry
and objects of art. Alas, that Ceylon should
be the poorer for these!
A short chapter contains a translation from
the Mahayansa of the description of the
- founding of the Ruwanweli dagoba; and the
last chapter gives various statistics from our
Handbook and a list of some of ow plant-
ing manuals, &c.,—all this forming the text
of some remarks disparaging to France by
way of contrast. There is plain speak-
ing :—
All these little books cost two rupees, and from
their title alone one feels how practical they
are and what help they must afford to the new
arrival, who besides is never isolated ; he comes
because. he has relations or friends already
settled, with whom he makes a stay, and under-
goes an education while waiting until he has
bought a suitable piece of land. And it is thus
that prosperous colonies are made, that: youn
people, who, in Hurope, would have vegetat
for ever in narrow circumstances, are impelled
towards a fair competence or even a _ for-
tune.
But it is not laborers, peasants that must be
directed to the equatorial colonies: the white
man cannot there carry on usefully manual
labor. ;
' It is the man having a little capital insuffi-
‘cient for the expensive life of Hurope who will
become’ the creator of an agricultural cultiva-
tion of large’ returns which will quickly give
im’ a life of ease and freedom. Still he must
be helped; protected ; he must not haye to create
his industry from A to Z, he, must Profit By
“the experience made by his predecessors. e
must also be able to transport his produce and
sell it and reinvest his profits.
When, then, on arriving at New Caledonia, for
Tongking, or Guyana, or Madagascar, or simpl
in Algeria or Tunis, will our colonist find bot
a collection of practical and useful Manuals, and
a Guide like the Ceylon Directory, which 1 have
just run through. He would have a third of
his success assured. But, for heaven's sake, do
not let the practical manuals be compiled by
members of the Institute or employees of the
Minister for the Colonies, who have never gone
beyond the fortifications of Paris; the best thing
would be to translate the little English books,
bus that is too simple, no one would think
of it,
We notice one amusing error, where our
author is describing the contents of the
Colombo newspapers: he says that they ad-
vertise “mummy boxes which are painted
boxes for tea!” The Tropical Agriculturist
is mo iy toas “une revue trés import-
ante.
The return voyage to Marseilles is briefi
SRPUeneds and M. Bruyas concludes as fol-
OWS :—
I shall be only too happy if these few es
should decide some intelligent Pas
guit the too winter stations, in
order to journey that I have
just which allows of many addi-
tions.
_ One is so persnaded that Franee is the lead-
ing country in the world, that it is not bad to
see a little the effect that one produces from a
distance. Everywhere one is certain to enjoy
a civilized comfort, and not to catch any illness
requiring on one’s return years of care. The ex-«
pense is very moderate: there is no roulette on
the route; for two, during three months, paying
all that can be pre I estimate it at less than
twelve thousand francs; of course, purchases
are separate.
All the ancient trinkets that adorn this work
I brought with me, and I believe that a collec-
tor could still find some with a little patience,
which is an additional attraction for
tourists.
It would be of great interest to study this
renascence of Buddhism, of which the Theo-
well-known
make the
described,
‘sophical Societies of Ceylon form the advance-
guard; perhaps a great intellectual event is
preparing over there, and I do not doubt that
the French thinker, philosopher or literary man
who wishes to learn would be heartily welcomed
and put in possession of all the new ideas, which
have absolutely nothing occult and scarcely any-
thing religious about them. 6
Much happier shall I be, if my information
should decide some willing young man to go
and try the occupation of sitter’ either in
Ceylon or in a French colony where, it is to be
hoped, some day perhaps a colonist will cease
to be considered as a disagreeable animal (to
the officials), whom it is allowed to worry on
every occasion.
For myself, if had no matter what to plant,
I should go to Ceylon by preference. t fre--
SE read and re-read the Ramayana on the
olynesien ; I ama little intoxicated with that
beautiful poem so picturesque in its descriptions ;
it'seems to me impossible that Sita and Rama
exist only in the brain of the poet, and I am
quite disposed to return to Ceylon, to visit all
the ruins and search for traces of the expedi-
tion of Rama in quest of Sita with the charming
form and graceful as a creeper in bloom in the
month of May.’ a width. 2559. off
Supplement to the “ Ceylon Observer,” April 25, 1899.
THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, CEYLON.
EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR FOR. 1898.
CHANGES AND MOVEMENTS IN THE STAFF.
THE vote for skilled assistance has been expended in obtaining the services of Mr. J. Parkin,
M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, who has been employed since March 20 of this year in investi-
gations upon the chemistry of indiarubber (see below) and other subjects bearing upon the agricultural
industries of the Colony. Mr. A. Perera, late second upper gardener, has been appointed to the new
post of Foreman of Experimental Grounds at Peradeniya; the post he formerly occupied has been
given to Mr. D. T. de Alwis, and the vacancy caused by the promotion of the latter has been filled
by the appointment of Mr. T. W. de Alwis as third upper gardener.
GENERAL CONDITION OF THE GARDENS.
An increase of ten per cent. having been made in the vote for labour at Peradeniya and
Hakgala Gardens (to be spent upon experimental work), the general condition of these gardens has
been much improved, and a number of new experimental plots of economic plants have been laid
out, A number of alterations have been made in the former with the view of improving the general
appearance and picturesqueness of the garden, which is now decidedly increased. Many improve-
ments have also been carried out in the branch gardens.
PERADENIYA GARDEN.
The general condition of this garden, both as regards its beauty and utility, has been much
improved during the past year, and reflects much credit upon the Curator, Mr. Macmillan.
From his report I make tle following extracts :—
Planting and Cultivation.—An unusually large number of new and unique plants has been planted out in localities
in accordance with their natural families or uses. A great number, some of considerable size, were lifted and replanted
in more suitable places. The latter operation has been attended with wonderful success, considering the unusual
deficiency of the rainfall in August and the lack of any special implements.. Fresh clumps of bamboo have been
planted along the riverside, and old and decayed ones have been thinned out or removed. A new avenue of royal
oo (Oreodowa regia) has, after careful preparation of the ground, been planted along the northern portion of the
fain Central drive, from the Great Circle, for a distance of 310 yards ; in after years this should form a splendid
avenue, twice as long as the one at present existing, which is becoming somewhat dilapidated.
The collection of crotons referred to in last year’s report has been lifted and transferred to the steep path
leading from the conservatory to the fernery. A collection of caladiums has been formed and planted along the
shady borders of Liana drive, and a collection of ornamental Scitaminez has been planted along the paved path leading
from this drive to the entrance,
‘ The portion of the garden referred to above, containing the conservatory and octagon house, and which it is
intended to call the flower garden in future, has been made much more interesting and beautiful by the clearing
uway of ungainly growths, the levelling and clearing of the ground, the remoyal of termites’ nests and dominant weeds,
and the formation of new flower beds. New “ orchid-flowered”” cannas introduced from Italy, dwarf caladiums,
dahlias, and others, make an effective display here and are much admired. The trelliswork arbours have all been
removed to more effective positions, and on each is being trained one kind of climber only, instead of several as
formerly was done, ;
The fernery, which had lost much of its beauty by becoming overgrown and crowded with tree roots, has
been completely renovated and considerably extended, superfluous trees being removed, the beds being thoroughly
dug and raised, the old soil partly replaced and manured, and the surface covered with small and large pieces of
cabook, which counteracts the effect of drip from overhanging trees and prevents too rapid evaporation of moisture.
A large variety of ferns, ground orchids, and other shade-loying plants have been replanted in the beds, new and wider
paths made and paved with cobble stones, and flights of steps built where required. The fernery has thus been
rendered more accessible and interesting to visitors, and of more value to the gardens.
The rockery has been overhauled in a similar way to the fernery, and the path and flight of steps have been
brought into line with the walk through the nutmeg grove. 7
: Perseverance with the lake has been rewarded with more success this year, and gives reason to hope that it may
ultimately be made a very ornamental sheet of water. The tortoises continue to do much damage to the water lilies,
and destroyed three plants of Victoria regia. A path has been made round the lake, anda seat placed on the north side.
Che following plants flowered here for the first time in 1898, viz., Aristolochia saceata, Bekrraria succulenta,
Calpurnia lasiogyne, Cola acuminata, Cynometra polyandrva, Fagrea fragrans, Grammatophyllum. speciosum, Hedychium
angustifolium, Hydrolea spinosa, Hymenopyramis bracheata, Ilex punctata, Nandina domestica, Pentaraphia longifiova,
Polygala butyracea, Pometia sp. a
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HAKGALA GARDEN,
Mr. Nock has, as always, kept this garden in beautiful condition in spite of the drawbacks of
a very insufficient supply of water. During the drought in the latter part of the south-west
monsoon the garden had to be watered with water carried a long distance.
Tree Ferns,—A second consignment of six Alsophila crinita was despatched to Kew in April, and arrived
safely.
Manure.-—Karly in the year Mr. H. D. Solomonson, of Hilversum, Holland, generously presented us with ten bags
of Ohlendorf’s Peruvian guano (two kinds) for trial. It was applied generally to the plants in the beds and borders,
pot plants, and the plot of lucerne. The results were remarkably good both as regards immediate increased growth
and the rich colouring of the foliage and flowers, and I can confidently recommend this manure for horticultural work,
The cattle have continued to give a large and useful supply; a shed for this is needed, as manure. stacked in the open
soon loses its value.
Visitors ——The number was 1,880 as against 1,776 last year. The largest number in any one month was 297 in
April ; the smallest, 74 in August.
Weather. —Taking it altogether, the weather during the year has been very trying for ‘this garden. It
has been remarkable ‘for the longest ‘and severest drought for the last sixteen years. The four months May,
June, July, and August were all considerably below the average. ‘The rainfall during August, as will be seen
from the details below, was only 61 in. The drought, being accompanied by brisk, drying winds, killed out ‘a
large number of plants, and having no permanent supply of water we were put to great str aits, especially during the
latter part of August, when water had to be carted and carried from the river at Sita Eliya, a distance of over a mile.
On the other hand, the latter part of the year was very wet and dull. No less than 44°57 in. of rain fell
between the 23rd September and 31st December (or on 99 days), there being only sixteen rainless days during that time.
This was as disastrous to the young plants as the drought was before, especially i in December, with its twenty-seven
rainy and sunless days, which caused large quantities of plants to damp off. The wettest months were April, October,
and December. The quantity of rain falling in these three months was 40°64 in., which is only 4:27 in. short of that
which fell during the other nine months of the year. The three driest months were February, July, and August,
which together only gave 5°67.in., February and August giving only 1°35 in. (in 59 days).
The total rainfall for the year was 89°55 in, on "213 days, against the average of 91°29 in. on 208 days for
fifteen years.
The highest temperature in the sun’s rays was 133°0 on 12th April against 138-0 on 23rd April last year.
The mean amount of cloud was 6:7, exactly that of last year. The cloudiest month was November with a mean of
85 against August last year with a mean of 8:2. The brightest month was March with a mean of 3° 1 , against February
last year with Se 8.
“HENARATGODA GARDEN,
This garden has been kept in fair order during the year. The visitors’ shed with a small working
room attached has been erected. The number of experimental plots has been increased. Itis intended
to take this garden in hand during 1899, and completely overhaul it and its contents, .
Haperimental Cultivations.—The experiments on rubber tapping have been continued, New
plots of various kinds of economic plants have been laid out.
Visitors.—The number was 222, against 323 last year.
Weather.—The year was wetter than usual, but August was very dry. Total, 132°75 in. on
193 days, against 118-61 on 191 days in 1898.
The average fall for the eight years 1891-98 is 100-93 in, on 16] Baye.
ANURADHAPURA GARDEN.
This garden has been kept in fair order during the year, but has suffered much from the severe
drought, there being but little water in the tanks.
Economic Plants,—The varieties of Egyptian cotton sent from Peradeniya are doing. well, and
have seeded freely. This district seems well suited to the growth of cotton, but unfortunately there
is no market for the produce, owing to the distance from the coast, and the collapse of the Ceylon
Spinning and Weaving Company. Sago does well in swampy places. Guaiacum grows luxuriantly,
producing seed in abundance. The camphor plants are growing well, and some that are partly
shaded are over 12 ft. high. When the water supply is more certain and railway communication
opens up access to the markets of the south, there are many plants, fruits, &c., that should prove
very successful in energetic hands.
Ornamental Plants.—The Victoria regia has been successfully grown and flowered in the
pend. Lrownea grandiceps has produced seed.
Show.—A. fruit and flower show was held by the Government Agent in April, and gave
encouraging evidence that many fruits and vegetables, &c., are now cultivated in this Province that”
were formerly unknown there.
BADULLA GARDEN.
This has been kept in fair order. A small guide to its contents was putilialeedta as one of the ‘
“ Qirculars,” with a view to making known the variety of useful plants it contains which have —
proved suited to the climate, and which are worthy of further trial by Uva residents. The present,
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Conductor will retire on 31st January, 1899, and it is intended to make some alterations in the garden
and method of working.
Difficulties were experienced with the water supply in the early part of the year, but it has
been more satisfactory since. The garden has been kept weeded and clean, and the usual routine
work carried on.
The durian tree flowered well, and bore a number of moderately good fruit. Para rubber
seeded well in January. The new fodder plant, Polygala butyracea, flowered well, but we have not
enough of it as yet to try its value as fodder. ‘The other new fodder, the Florida beggar weed,
Desmodium tortuosum, is doing very well.
NOTES ON ECONOMIC AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS,
The following report deals with those plants which are important in cultivation in the Colony,
or are undergoing trial in experimental plots in the different Botanic Gardens :—
Tea.—The total export is once again larger than in any preceding year, being 119,769,071 lb.
against 116,054,567 lb. last year. Exchange has been very steady at about 1s. 4d., and prices have
been low, but with a tendency to rise later in the year.
The extension of this cultivation has now practically ceased, but large areas planted during the
last few years continue to come into bearing,so that for some time yet the total output will probably
slowly increase. One of the most promising features of the past year has been the large increase
in the export to countries other than the United Kingdom, America taking 2,180,188 lb., against
830,873 lb. in 1897, and Russia 2,714,003 lb., against 439,349 lb., whilst the export to other countries
has also increased very much. Australia now takes the largeamount of 15,126,591 1b. The net result
of this has been an actual decrease of the export to the United Kingdom by 2,796,226 lb., which should
help to improve the prices obtained.
_ The cultivation as a whole has been favoured by the absence of disease, but signs are not
wanting that this immunity is gradually coming to an end, and that, like all other cultivated
and wild plants, tea will have to contend with enemies both of insect and fungous nature,
whose ravages will be rendered more easy and destructive than is the case with wild plants
or the smaller crops by the great expanses of land which are covered with tea to the exclusion
- of other plants. During the past year unusual drought in the early months and a partial failure of
the south-west monsoon have decreased the yield of tea considerably. A number of insect enemies .
have done damage (see Mr. Green’s report below), and the “ gray blight ” fungus of Assam, which is
one of the most troublesome pests with which the Assam planters have to deal, has been more
injurious than usual. It has been in the Island for many years, and is chiefly prevalent in the
Yakdessa, Kotmale, and Pussellawa districts, though cases of its occurrence have been noticed
in many others. The disease seems to spread more readily at low elevations. Though at present
comparatively unimportant, this may become avery serious pest if planters are not upon their guard
against its first appearance, and do not take care to eradicate it as far as possible when noticed.
Other fungi have at times been noticed upon the tea, but none very commonly.
A few small estates of tea, &c., have of late been allowed to go out of cultivation, and
this raises a question of much importance to the planting community. Unlike coffee, tea when
abandoned does not die out, and consequently these estates form places in which both fungi
and insects can, so to speak, develop a taste for tea which they may not have had before,
and from which they may afterwards spread, to the great detriment of cultivated tea elsewhere.
Wherever practicable, abandoned tea, &c., should be destroyed.
The chemistry of tea cultivation and manufacture is now being made the subject of exhaustive
study by Mr. M. Kelway Bamber, the expert engaged by the Planters’ Association, and it is hoped
that the methods of manufacture will be improved in consequence and become less haphazard than is
at present the case.
Coffee.—The export again fell largely, being only 13,313 ewt., as against 19,383 ewt. in 1897,
and 86,009 cwt. in 1890. Native as well as plantation coffee has shared in this fall.
A number of varieties of Arabian coffee have been received from the Java Botanic Gardens,
and are now growing at Peradeniya. Plants of the hybrid (Liberian-Arabian) are also doing well,
but of course it will be some considerable time before we can obtain any crop from them.
Vacao.—The export has again risen from 34,503 ewt. to 36,982, in spite of the ravages of the
cacao canker, which has been a troublesome pest during the year. The life-history of this fungus has
been very thoroughly investigated during the year by Mr. J. B. Carruthers, the expert engaged by the
Planters’ Association. His observations and conclusions, with recommendations for treatment of the
disease, have been published in pamphlet form by the Association, The treatment of the pest now
rests with planters of cacao themselves, and there seems no reason to apprehend very serious danger
to this cultivation, if proper pains be taken to attack the disease promptly wherever it may appear.
As was predicted, the planting of the hardier Forastevo varieties is extending, and the older varieties
are being steadily replaced by them.
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Coca.—The experiment plots of Hrythroxylon Coca have been extended during the year,
but there has been no demand for plants or seeds, except from South India.
Kola.—The trees in the experimental plot at Peradeniya, planted in 1891, have flowered
in 1898 for the first time. The climate here does not seem to suit them.
Oardamoms.—The export of this product has slightly fallen, being 531,473 Ib. against 532,830
in 1897. The cultivation has been a very profitable one in some districts, and the area deyoted to it
is being rapidly extended in the northern districts of the Central Province. A caterpillar pest which
has done some damage is described in Mr. Green’s report.
“ae Other Spices:—The total exports of cinnamon continue to increase ; that of chips has risen from
1,067,051 lb. in 1897 to 1,414,165 in 1898. Vanilla continues to be planted in small quantities.
Of nutmegs, cloves, pepper, betel-pepper, ginger, &c,, all of which are on trial in the gardens,
there is nothing of special interest to report here.
Cocoanuts.—The cultivation of this palm continues to spread, and that largely in European
hands. The export of most of the products of this palm has continued to increase: that of oil
is 435,933 cwt., against 409,600 in 1897 ; that of copperah has risen from 106,601 ewt. to 506,277,
chiefly in consequence of increased consumption in Russia; and all other products have also risen
excepting the nuts, only 12,027,714 being exported against 13,610,508 last year. The ravages of the
cocoanut beetle are dealt with in the Entomologist’s report.
Other Palms.—The export of palmyra fibre has risen largely to 41,522 ewt., the largest
quantity on record. The plants of sago palm (Metrorylon) at Peradeniya and Anuradhapura have
continued to do well, and a few are available for distribution to thoge who may care to experiment
with this palm, which needs a swampy soil.
India Rubber.—A great deal of attention has been given to this product during the year.
Mr. J. Parkin has spent. the bulk of his time since March 20 in the laboratory here, carrying
out chemical and physiological investigations into the processes of tapping and coagulation, &c.
A tour was made. in March to the Ratnapura and Kalutara Districts to see the plantations of
Para rubber made by the Forest Department and on various estates. These trees are growing very
well’ on the wholé, and some have yielded very good rubber in promising quantity. The trees
in the gardens have done well, and yielded a large quantity of seed, much of which was sold
by auction \at an average price of about Rs. 27 per 1,000. A large quantity of seed was also sold
from private estates.
Early in the year a circular was published dealing with the cultivation, tapping, and
probable yield of Para rubber. The climate and soil necessary were pointed out, and the land
really well suited to this tree in Ceylon was estimated at 10,000 acres, chiefly situated in the
Ratnapura and Kalutara Districts. In view of what is stated below, and of the fact that many
persons are planting the tree at comparatively high levels or in otherwise unfavourable localities,
I take this opportunity of calling renewed attention to the above estimate. Unless some much
improved method of cultivation is discovered, or the price of rubber rises even higher than it now
is, the chance of a profitable return in unfavourable localities is small. The tree itself grows
as well in Ceylon as in its native home, Brazil; but the yield of rubber is very much less, and is less
even than that obtained from similar trees in Java and the Straits. It should therefore not be
planted in any but the most favourable localities available. ;
The whole question of what tree to plant has however been re-opened, when, so far as Ceylon
was concerned, it might have been thonght settled in favour of the Hevea. By the aid of
machinery it is now possible to separate the pure or nearly pure caoutchoue from the latex or milk
of any rubber-yielding tree, and the rubber so prepared has apparently the same quality, whatever
tree it may have come from, and at the same time is very much purer than any natural rubber, even
the best Para. When rubber thus prepared comes upon the market in quantity, the probable
result will be that for some time it will obtain higher prices than any ever before obtained, but
soon the price will fall to that now obtained for the best natural rubber, and the latter will fetch
only a lower price. When the Hevea is tapped as has hitherto been done in Ceylon, there is always
a large proportion of the latex which dries on the tree, owing to its extremely syrupy nature. This
yields a scrap rubber, which at present fetches a good price, and it was upon this price that the
estimate of pecuniary return given in the Circular was based. The price of this however, as has’
just been pointed out, will almost certainly fall. The rubber milk that collects in the tins or shells
used in the tapping can of course be treated by machinery, and will fetch a high price, but the
average price will not be improved owing ‘to the poor value of the scrap rubber, which cannot be
thus dealt with, and may even be lower than the estimate given. The whole question therefore
stands in need of revision. [a
_ Further than this, the use of the machinery equalizes the quality of the rubber derived from
different trees, and now it is no longer important to choose the tree which gives the best natural’
rubber, but rather that tree which yields the most rubber. There can be little doubt that' the tree’
which gives the best return! in this way will, for most districts of south-west Ceylon, be found to be
Castillod. 4B
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In view of the importance of the conclusions thus briefly indicated, it is proposed to publish
details in the course of the next few months. The machine methods of preparing rubber have been
patented. Mr. Parkin has also elaborated methods of preparation which are simple and inexpensive,
and yield very good results. It is unfortunate that there is so little Casti//oa in the Island that it is
almost impossible to make a really fair test of the yield in different localities.
Both the new methods of treatment of milk above-mentioned lend themselves well to the
obtaining of rubber from young stems, and experiments are in progress to test whether the cutting
of young plants when eighteen months old or less will give a good yield; if this prove to be the
case, it will of course obviate the present necessity and risk of waiting ten years for a return on the
capital invested. Those who have large quantities of seed might well try broadcast sowing, or close
planting of seedlings for cutting at a year or eighteen months old.
Guttapercha.—This year the trees of Payena Leerii, which give the “gatah sundek”’ of com-
merce, have flowered well, and we have a fair number of young plants available for trial. Owing
to the slow growth and small yield, this tree is however not very suitable for private cultivation.
Rhea or Ramie.—The experimental plots of this product have been extended, but owing
to the short time that they have been cultivated it is too early yet to draw any conclusions as to the
yield per acre. ‘The plant grows excellently well here, but needs much manure. The whole
question has been gone into in a very thorough manner in a recent issue of the “ Indian Agricul-
tural Ledger,” in which Dr. G. Watt pronounces on the whole against rhea as a probable successful
and profitable export cultivation for India. Many of the reasons upon which he bases this conclu-
sion are also applicable to the case of Ceylon. So long as the price offered for ribbons is so small,
rhea is not very likely to prove a profitable cultivation in Ceylon.
Other Fibres.—Palmyra fibre has been mentioned above. Kitul fibre has been exported during
the year to the extent of 3,794 cwt., the largest export on record. Sansevieria (bow string hemp),
Sisal hemp, Mauritius hemp, and others are on trial in the gardens. A special number of the
“Kew Bulletin” has lately been issued, containing a reprint of all the important papers on fibres
that have appeared at different times in that Journal.
F Cinchona.—The export has risen to 975,784 lb., against 653,346 in 1897, and 1,309,560 in 1896.
Prices have somewhat improved, and though it would be perhaps unwise to recommend any
extension of the cultivation, there seems some prospect of a return from those trees already in
cultivation being obtained for some years to come.
Camphor.—There has been little application for this plant during the year, and considering
the long period which must elapse before any return can be got, and the simple chemical
constitution of this substance, this is hardly to be wondered at. It appears probable however that
solid camphor can be obtained from the twigs and leaves, and as the tree coppices well like
cinnamon this may prove a profitable method of cultivation, unless the present high price of the
drug falls. Some prunings from the trees at Hakgala were sent to Mr. S. A. Owen, who obtained
solid camphor from them by distillation at the rate of 15 lb. to the ton (Ceylon Observer,
April 7, 1898).
Other Drugs.—Plots of ipecacuanha have been planted out, but we do not have much success
with this plant, which seems to need some very special conditions of soil or climate which we have
not yet been able to discover and reproduce. We have alot of plants available for any one who will
undertake an experiment with them.
A recent number of the Agricultural Ledger calls attention to the use in some parts
of India of the seeds of the Totila (Ovorylum indicum) asa remedy in cattle ringworm and similar
diseases. The tree is common in Ceylon, where its bark is used medicinally, and it may therefore
) be well to call attention to the paper above-mentioned.
| Rice—The chief point of interest in this cultivation which has come within the purview of
| this Department has been the outbreak of “ weevil,” dealt with in the next chapter.
Tobacco—The decline in this cultivation of recent years has attracted attention, and it is
| intended to take up the whole question in detail during next year, if possible.
Grape-vines.—The vine is being tried with fair success in the garden at Anuradhapura, but
| the grapes suffer from the attacks of squirrels and other animals.
Citronella Grass.—The export of oil was the largest on record, amounting to 1,365,917 lb. A
very full and interesting report upon this industry has been published in the semi-annual report of
| Messrs. Schimmel & Co. of Leipzig last October. It includes descriptions and figures of the
processes and the machinery in use, and a map of the estates.
Other Oils.—Cocoanut oil has been mentioned above. The export of cinnamon oil has some-
| what increased, Plants of different kinds of olives have been obtained from Italy and will be tried
| in some of the dry parts of the hills in 1899. A small demand, which may increase, has sprung up
for kekuna oil (the oil from the seed of the candle-nut tree, Alewrites triloba).
Tanning Plants —Gambier continues to grow fairly well at Henaratgoda, but no experiments
have yet been made with it. A portion of the canaigre plot at Hakgala was dug this year. It
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yielded at the rate of nearly 95 tons per acre. A quantity of the roots was dried and sliced, and was
forwarded to England for report.
Fruit.—A large number of different kinds of papaws have been planted at Peradeniya, chiefly
for the purpose of trying experiments upon the yield of pepsin. Pineapples continue to do well at
Henaratgoda, and it is much to be regretted that when such magnificent fruit can be so easily and
cheaply grown here, no attempt has been made to place it upon the home market, whether fresh or
in tins. No other country can produce such large pines as those mentioned, and their flavour is
excellent.
The oranges in the North-Central Province have suffered much from an obscure disease that
manifests itself by gummy exudations from the bark, the parts above the gummy place dying off.
Many of the best trees in the Anuradhapura District have fallen victims to this disease.
The fine varieties of mango in the south garden have begun to flower, but no fruits were obtained
this year.
The European fruit trees at Hakgala have fared very badly this year, sixty of them dying
during the severe drought. One of the plants of “ Alucha yellow plum ” raised from cuttings received
from Saharanpur in 1895 fruited this year. This isa very promising plum ; the flavour is good, and
the colour,a fine lemon yellow. The largest fruit was 53 inches in circumference. |.
Fodder Plants—A small bed of the tree lucerne, Genista prolifera, was planted at Hakgala in
July. It looks healthy and grows well, but is not likely to rival the true lucerne. The lucerne,
Medicago sativa, has done very well at Hakgala this year. A small plot was cut over close to the
ground on 5th February and dressed with Oldendorf’s Peruvian guano. li grew in six weeks to a
height of 24 to 45 inches, and gave a yield at the rate of 64 tons of green fodder per acre, or over 50
tons per year—a splendid yield.
The much-talked-of Florida velvet bean, Mucuna pruriens, var. utilis, does not thrive at all
well at Hakgala, but does better in the more low-lying gardens.
Polygonum sacalinense, the sachaline is quite a failure at Hakgala, the plants merely existing.
The soy bean, Glycine hispida, was tried in Hakgala garden. Seed was sown in February.
and grew very well indeed, but the monsoon, coming on just as they were ripening up, damaged them
very much. The seed collected from these was sown in July, and began to grow well, but in August
all the plants were eaten by some animal, presumably mouse-deer,
Carludovica palmata.—This plant was mentioned in the last report. A small plot of it has been
laid out at Peradeniya, and during the year specimens of the leaves were prepared for plaiting as
described in the written accounts of the manufacture in America. We were not however able to
prepare specimens so good as those made in America and preserved at Kew,
Ornamental Plants.—The fine new varieties of cannas planted at Peradeniya have flowered
well, and have been a great success. Victoria regia has been flowered successfully both at Peradeniya
and at Anuradhapura. A fine specimen of the talipot palm flowered in the nursery at Peradeniya.
Seeds have for the first time been obtained of the pretty Malayan palm, Cyrtostachys renda, which
has red leaf sheaths ; the specimens of it at Peradeniya are much admired and inquiries are often —
made for young plants, which we shall in future be able to meet to some extent.
REPORT OF THE HONORARY ENTOMOLOGIST.
Mr. Green has done an immense amount of work during the year ; from his full report I make
the following extracts :— & s
Owing to the drought up-country in the early months of the year and to the comparative failure of the south- f
west monsoon, there has been a marked increase in damage from insect pests of all kinds during 1898. Numerous
complaints have been received of widespread injury from various insects that have hitherto attracted little attention.
The more important insects of the year are noticed below. ee
Orthexia insignis, Dougl. (the lantana bug).—Considerable attention was drawn to this insect by its rapid
increase throughout the Kandy District and along the railway. Besides the unsightly effect of the unhealthy and
blackened vegetation, it was feared that the pest might spread on to the tea. That such fears were not altogether
groundless was proved by the receipt from the Rangalla district of tea shoots thickly infested with Orthezia. Two
small fields surrounded by chena scrub and native gardens were said to be attacked ; but it is hoped that the strong
measures taken have successfully checked its further extension on the tea. Fortunately tea does not appear to be a
congenial food plant, and so far has only been attacked where the bug. has been crowded off the lantana or other infested
shrubs. The danger lies in the possibility of the insect acquiring a taste for the tea plant when it has once obtained
a foothold there. On this account it is strongly advised that wide boundaries should be cleared back wherever lantana —
scrub or chena impinges upon tea fields in infected districts. It is most desirable teo that measures should be taken
to check the extension of the pest in waste lands. This is best effected by firing the scrub twice a year, if it can be
safely done. At present the pest is principally confined within a radius of twenty miles round Kandy ; but if
unchecked, it may be expected to range over the whole Island within the next few years. A full account of its life
history, with recommendations for its treatment, is now in the press as the next “circular” to be issued. —
Paddy Pests.—In May and June considerable alarm was caused to cultivators of and dealers in paddy by the
sudden increase of ‘‘ weevil’ among the stored grain, resulting in considerable loss of grain and depreciation of the
value of the remainder. At the height of the panic paddy was sold in some places at the ruinous rate of 25 cents a
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bushel. An examination of many samples and a personal investigation of granaries showed that several different
insects were concerned in the injury. The common rice weevil (Calandra oryze) was largely represented ; but the
greatest damage was caused by the enormous numbers of another small beetle which proves to be the almost
cosmopolitan species Rhizopertha pusilla, Fab., a well-known grain pest. ‘The following beetles were also present in
smaller numbers :—Zriboliwm castaneum, Herbrt., Lophocateris grant, Allibert, Alphitobius piceus, Oliv.,and Venebroides
mauritanicus. Besides the beetles, large numbers of a minute Tineid moth were present in all the granaries. It is
probable that this insect is responsible for a large portion of the damage. Grains of paddy containing the larve and
pup of the moth were observed, and from samples of damaged paddy that have been kept under observation for
the last six months relays of the moth have continued to emerge, proving that they are breeding freely in the grain.
The cause of this sudden increase of injurious insects in the stored grain has not been definitely determined.
It is well known that heating or fermentation, from insufficient drying, is a productive source of ‘ weevil.”
Observations on the habits of the insects in confinement seemed to prove that they are unable to penetrate the husk
of sound well-dried paddy, though defective grains were quickly attacked. Reports from the various districts on the
circumstances prevailing at the time of harvest were rather conflicting. In several instances it was admitted that
the grain had not been well dried, owing to heavy ain at harvest time. Jn other cases no such adverse circumstance
occurred, and the grain was said to have been treated in the same way as in previous seasons. Happily the preven-
tion and cure of the disease is comparatively simple, and was successfully put into practice. It consists in the
inclusion of a certain amount of naphthalene powder with the grain in the granary ; this substance keeps away insects
from the grain and drives out those already in it. Six ounces are sufficient for 500 bushels of paddy. Circular
No. 6 of this Department was issued in June, dealing with the pest and the method of treatment.
Helopeltis Antonii.—The so-called mosquito blight has been very prevalent in some of the low-country
districts (Kelani Valley, Kalutara, Udagama), resulting in a great falling off of tea crop on affected estates. A visit
was made to two of the infected districts, and the local conditions investigated. When the pest is at its height
during the later months of the year there is an almost complete loss of leaf on badly attacked fields. The insects
are present in enormous numbers. Children employed to catch them were, on one estate, bringing in from 200 to 400
insects each per day, without producing any apparent decrease in the number. ‘I’his pest seems an exception to the rule
that dry weather favours the spread of insect pests. During the dry months of January, February, und Mazch the
blight:is practically non-existent. The insects commence to reappear with the April rains, and rapidly increase.
This is the time to attack the pest. Every effort should be made to kill these survivors before they have had time to
propagate. ‘The eggs are laid in the young tea shoots, almost invariably at some point above the ‘‘initial leaf.”
The young insect emerges in 10 to 12 days’ time. It follows therefore that a rigid system of plucking close down to
the initial leaf, at intervals of 8 to 9 days, and the burning of the plucked shoots, must result in the destruction of a
very large proportion of the eggs, and must tend to greatly check the increase of the pest. Our knowledge of the
life cycle of Helopeltis is not yet complete, and will be made the subject of future investigations. Nothing is yet
definitely known of the habits of the insects during the resting season. It is supposed that most of them die off as
soon as the dry season approaches. A certain proportion, however, must hibernate and reappear in the spring, or resting
eggs may be deposited and remain unhatched for several months. ‘The determination of this point is most important.
Several other plant-sucking Hemiptera have been sent to me as attacking tea. ‘They are brought in by the
coolies employed to catch the Helopeltis. Considerable doubt exists as to the actual damage done by them. The
commonest, and one somewhat closely allied to Helopeltis, is Capsus rama, Kirby, a greenish insect with transparent
wings. It is often present in very large numbers on the blighted tea, and it embeds its eggs in the young shoots in
a similar manner to the Helopeltis; but when kept im captivity no punctures were observed upon the tea shoots
included with the insects.
Specimens of the common rice-sapper, Leptocorisa acutu, Thunberg, were received from the Udagama district
with the information that they also were being captured in large numbers on the tea together with Helopeltis. This
bug also refuses to feed upon tea in captivity. ‘he presence of these insects on the tea requires explanation, and
will necessitate careful observations on the spot. ‘
The Spotted Locust, Phymateus punctutus Fabr.—A serious visitation of these insects occurred in several districts
durmg the year. Damage was reported from the Badulla, Matale, Kadugannawa, Kurunegala, and Negombo
Districts, chiefly to cocoanut and areca palms, Shade trees on cocoa estates were also defoliated. Investigations
of the pest were made upon the spot, and a circular (No. 9) was published in December giving a full
account of the insect and recommendations for treatment of infested estates. If theseare carefully attended to, there
seems no reason to anticipate any very serious spread of this pest.
Lhe Cocoanut Caterpillar.—The small caterpillars that were reported to be ravaging cocoanut estates in the
Hastern Province towards the end of 1897 have apparently not returned this year. ‘The Government Agent,
Batticaloa, in a report to the Colonial Secretary dated January 13, 1898, writes :—‘ From inquiries made, and on
referring to some old diaries, I find that the pest has been known to exist for the past thirty years, sometimes breaking
out with great virulence, and at other times disappearing altogether, but impairing the productiveness of the trees
for a year or two after.”
This caterpillar, which hasynot yet been scientifically identified, is gregarious, and feeds upon the under surface
of the cocoanut fronds, consuming all the green parts, and leaving only the colourless upper cuticle of the leaf. It
even attacks the immature nuts, and causes an unhealthy exudation of gummy matter. The insects conceal themselves
from view by the construction of galleries composed of silk mixed with comminuted fragments of the leaf. ‘Che
caterpillar itself is quite small, scarcely more than half an inch in length. The head and next two segments of the
body are shining black, the remaining parts being cream-coloured with minute brownish specks. lt eventually
develops into a small grey moth, the front wings specked with black.
To prevent the recurrence of widespread damage, action should be takenat the earliest re-appearance of the
pest. ‘The affected leaves should be cut off while the insects are still upon them, and burnt. It is a mistake to wait
till the leaves fall off of themselves, for by that time the caterpillars have completed their transformations or gone to
younger leaves. It is the custom of cocoanut planters to fumigate affected estates by burning rubbish on the
windward side, so as to drive the smoke through the trees. It is doubtfulif the treatment would have much effect as
a cure, but it would be of consideruble advantage asa preventive measure.
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The Shot-hole Borer, Xyleborus fornicatus, Wichoff, has been the subject of much correspondence throughout
the year. Reports of injury to tea plants by this insect have been received from Watagoda, Nawalapitiya, Dolosbage,
Kandy, and Deltota districts. Its presence is noticeable chiefly at the time of pruning, when the cut surfaces of the
affected stems look as if riddled by small shot. On following out these holes they are found to ramify down through
the stems, and to contain numerous dark-brown beetles and their whitish, maggot-like larve. This beetle (admirably
figured in “Indian Museum Notes,” iy., 2) belongs to the family Scolytide. ‘The insects of this family mostly attack
dead or dying wood, but in the present instance they attack trees that are to all appearance perfectly healthy. Attack
does not usually result in the death of the tree, nor in free-growing bushes does it produce any very marked result.
The presence of these numerous galleries, however, must tend to produce decay by admitting water and other insects 5
infected trees also may very likely feel the effect of drought sooner, and this will mean a loss of flush, It is said
that these insects cultivate a food fungus in their galleries (Hubbard, U.S, Dept. of Agr. Diy. of Ent., Bull. 7) as is
done by the termites and some ants. The burning of prunings in affected fields will help to check the pest, and the
cut surfaces of the stems may be painted with some such greasy mixture as “‘ Raupenleim,” which will suffocate many
of the insects in their galleries.
Numerous reports have been received of extensive defoliation of tea plants by;the caterpillars of Heterusia
cingala, Moore. They are said to appear, in thousands and to eat every leat of the trees. It should be clearly
understood that all these excessive plagues of caterpillars are preceded by smaller broods which, from their affecting
perhaps one or two bushes only, are overlooked or considered to be of no importance. If this early brood had been
promptly destroyed, the later extensive injury would have been avoided.
The caterpillar of Heterusia cingala is a fleshy-looking insect of a dull brick red colour, about an inch long,
broad, and thickset. The back and sides are set with small conical tubercles with a few short inconspicuous hairs
When full-grown it spins a compact straw-coloured cocoon in a folded leaf, and in from two to three weeks emerges
as a bright-coloured moth that might be readily mistaken for a butterfly. The moth has a wing expanse of 22 inches,
The fore-wings are dark metallic, blackish green, with an irregular white band and some whitish spots. The hind
wings are black with a broad primrose yellow zone across the middle, the black parts veined with metallic blue; The
extremity and base of the abdomen are rich peacock blue, the median are a bright yellow. Some moths kept under
observation shed their small oblong yellowish eggs loose on the bottom of the box in which they were confined, But
as the moth hasa prominent ovipositor it is probable that under natural conditions the eggs would be deposited either
in crevices of the ground or of the bark of the trees. Heterusia cingala is an indigenous species, peculiar to Ceylon,
Its caterpillar is subject to the attacks of a parasitic fly, Hzxorista heterusie, belonging to the family Tachinide
which fortunately checks any very extensive increase of the pest. Of over 100 caterpillars sent to me from one estate
scarcely 10 produced moths, the balance having been destroyed by these flies. The collection and destruction
of the caterpillars by hand is the only practical treatment. A very badly affected field might be pruned down
and the prunings burnt upon the spot. ate
Other leaf-feeding caterpillars of the tea plant that have been prominent during the year are :— —
Orgyia postica, Wik., a small hairy caterpillar with brushlike tufts, projecting forwards on each side of the head
similar tuft on the tail, two shorter tufts on each side, and four very compact tufts on the back. ‘The female moth is
wingless—merely a bag of eggs which she deposits on the surface of her cocoon. ‘The male moth is a sober-coloured
insect with brown wings marbled in darker shades. As all the eggs—and they are very numerous—are deposited on
one spot, the resulting brood of caterpillars is at first confined to one bush. his is the time to attack them, and they
can easily be exterminated before they have wandered further afield and started fresh broods. ;
The Tea Tortrix, Homous fasciculina, W\lk.—This insect is always present to a small extent on the tea. The
larvee is a small greenish caterpillar that spins a,few leaves together and feeds within them. Under ordinary circum-
stances 1t does no appreciable harm, but occasionally it unaccountably increases and makes itself obnoxiously con-
spicuous by spoiling the whole flush over acres of tea. The outbreak is usually of short duration, seldom extending -
beyond the period of one flush. In every instance that has come under my observation the sudden increase of the
pest is as suddenly checked by an epidemic of a fungus disease that practically exterminates the caterpillars. The
moth of this caterpillar is a small fawn-coloured insect, which when at rest is rendered yery inconspicuous by its
resemblance to the fallen bract of a plant. 5
The leaf roller, Gracilaria theivora,W1sm, is avery minute moth witha correspondingly minute caterpillar, Its,
small size may be realized from the fact that during the first half of its existence it lives and feeds quite comfortably
as a miner between the two surfaces of a young tea leaf. Later, it twists up a leaf into a purse-like receptacle in
which it completes its growth, ‘This insect is common, and is usually of noeconomicimportance. This year, for the
first time, I have had reports of considerable injury caused by it. It increased to an extraordinary extent in the early
months of the year. This was no doubt due partly to the prolonged drought. During the rainy weather the leafy
receptacles formed by the caterpillars become filled with water and their inhabitants drowned. The collection and
destruction of the doubled-up leaves in which the caterpillars reside is the only practical treatment. If the pluckers
were instructed always to remove such leaves, there would be little fear of any sudden increase of the pest.
The yellow 'lea-mite, Tarsonymus sp., has also shown unusual activity this year. This species is very commonly
present on individual trees, but in September and October, probably owing to the failure of the south-west monsoon,
complaints were numerous of extensive blights caused by this mite. The animal itself is microscopically small. It
affects the young leaves only, differing in this respect from the other tea mites, such as ‘red spider,” which confine
themselves to the mature leaves. The symptoms of the blight area hardening of the young leaves, with a brownish
scaly appearance on the under surface, especially on each side of the midrib, with, very often, the semblance of a ©
supplementary rib on each side of the true one. The shoots become hard and small, and eventually the bush_ stops,
flushing. Leaves that have been attacked never fully recover, but always bear a roughened pitted look. The mites
are always found on the newest growth, moving upwards as the leaves get older. Close plucking is therefore a —
logical mode of treatment, and in the event of bad attacks spraying can be resorted to. Many other species of
Tarsonymus are destructive pests in other countries. nS OEIC
Specimens of a large termite of an undetermined species, but quite distinct from the ordinary “ white ant,” have
been received from various districts (Watagoda, Madulkele, Nawalapitiya) and reported as damaging living tea bushes.
The insects make their entrance through the taproot, and completely hollow out the main stems. The tree survives
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for some time, so that the injury is not observed till too late, and suddenly collapses when dry weather sets in. The
damage done is reported to be very considerable. Until the life-history of this particular species has been worked
out it will be difficult to suggest any radical cure. Nothing is known of the nesting habits of the insect. As the termites
probably travel for long distances underground, they are difficult to follow up. If the nest could be found and
destroyed, the pest could soon be got inder. A case of serious damage to tea seedlings by Nematode worms has been
brought to my notice. The worms were said to have partially destroyed a good nursery of plants by eating off all
the fine roots together with the bark of the taproot and young stems. The plants blacken and die off, and when
pulled up are found to be entirely devoid of roots. I found the remains of the taproot and the cotyledons to be
swarming with the young threadworms. If this disease should become prevalent it would be very difficult to raise
seedling plants. Whenever signs of the worms appear the ground should be treated with one of the alkaline
manures, é.g., nitrate of soda or of potash, preferably the former. These keep away worms and similar pests and are
beneficial to the plants. Diseased seedlings should not be planted out.
Cardamoms have suffered heavily from the caterpillars of a small blue butterfly, Lampides elpis, Godart. In
my own experience asmuch as 25 per cent. of the fruit has been damaged. The caterpillar itself is very hard to find,
but its work is only too apparent. A round hole is bored in the side of the unripe fruit, and its contents completely
eatenout. One caterpillar will consume four or five fruits ina night. This pest is a difficult one to attack ; the
grub-like caterpillars are so inconspicuous and hide themselves so effectually during the day that they cannot be
collected, and the butterfly must be attacked instead.
Another small butterfly, Cyaniris lavendularis, Moore, has attracted attention at Peradeniya, where its
caterpillar has completely ruined the appearance of nearly every plant of the Cycas family in the Botanic Garden.
Many other more or less injurious insects have been received and reported on. Caterpillars of some unknown
moth were said to be damaging Mauritius grass near Colombo. The rice-sapper was prevalent on paddy in the
Galagedara district. The larve of several Psychide—popularly known as bagworms or caddis—haye been
troublesome in the Gampola and Kalutara districts. ‘“ White grub” (cockchafer larvae) were reported to have
destroyed several acres of Guinea grassin Dolosbage. A large Aphis, determined by Mr, G. B. Buckton, F.R.S.,
to be a new species, and named by him Lachnus pyri, appeared in large numbers on cultivated pear trees in
Nuwara Eliya.
The question of quarantinine and fumigating imported plants and fruits has been under consideration, and
experiments have been made with a view of determining the best methods of treatment for such cases. The risk of
importing dangerous scale and other insects is considerable ; the green bug of coffee and the lantana bug are both
importations. Satisfactory results have been obtained by fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas, and by the use of the
gas in a more concentrated condition thau usual in such work, and for a shorter period, the injury caused to delicate
plants has been avoided. h
Introduction of Beneficial Insects —A. consignment of lady-bird beetles of the species Exochomus nigromaculatus,
has been received through the kindness of Mr, C. P. Lounsbury, Government Entomologist, Cape Colony. To avoid
unnecessary delay the box was sent by post, taking four weeks in transit. Only five beetles and four larvee
(evidently born during the journey) were found alive when the package reached me. ‘The rest were dead, perhaps
owing to having been captured when adult. The insects were carefully packed in moss, with a supply of food
in the shape of cochineal insects, which being restricted to the prickly pear were not liable to become a pest here,
The surviving beetles were transferred to glass jars, and provided with local scale insects as food (Pulvinaria psidii,
Dactylopius citri, and Lecanium viride, the green bug) upon which they commenced to feed freely. They were alsa
tried with Orthezia, but steadily refused it. They have since been fed exclusively on green bug, upon which they
have thrived very well, and have produced young ones which have been reared to maturity upon the same food. I
consider the result of the experiment to be most encouraging, as proving the possibility of obtaining living beetles
without the great expense and equal uncertainty of sending a special commissioner for their collection and transport.
By securing a brood of beetles immediately after their arrival at the adult state, or while still in the pupal stage, the
chance of their surviving the journey will be greater. Repeated small consignments would be more certain than a
few large ones. The few survivors from the Cape consignment have now more than quadrupled their number, and
fresh larve are appearing daily. When sufficient have been obtained specimens will be distributed for liberation in
the coffee districts, but it is important to keep a good stock for breeding purposes. There has unfortunately been
considerable loss owing to the caunibal propensities of the insects. I now find it advisable to have small jars with
a limited number in each, and to provide plenty of cover in the shape of dead leaves or moss into which the insects
can retreat when moulting, at which period they are most liable to the attacks of their neighbours. Adult beetles
and larvee must not be kept together, for the same reason. The eggs are concealed among the rubbish, and the larvae
also conceal themselves, so that when it is necessary to clean out a jar the rubbish must be kept under observation for
a month, during which: time many larve will make their appearance.
An exchange consignment of local lady-birds (Chilochorus circwmdatus) was despatched by post to the Cape,
but being delayed on the way, and not arriving for six weeks, the insects were all dead onarrival.
Ina recent letter to the United Planters’ Association of South India Mr. Lounsbury wisely cautions the
planters not to expect too much from the colonization of foreign lady-birds, &c., pointing out thateven when the
introduction has been successful, local circumstances may tend to minimise the result. Climatic influences may be
unsuitable. Weare still quite in the experimental stage of the work, and must expect many failures, but the possible
benefit is worth the cost of repeated failures. The work of Mr. Koebele in California and Hawaii shows what may be
done in this direction. When we have to deal with large areas artificial treatment is usually impracticable, and we
must fall back upon natural remedies.
LABORATORY.
The laboratory room in the Museum building has been very full during the year, and the want
of space has been acutely felt. Mr. Parkin has occupied one bench from March 20 to the end of the
year, Dr. Max Fleischer, now of Buitenzorg, worked here from February 2 to 24and collected mosses
in many parts of the Island. Mr.J.B. Carruthers occupied a bench at intervals for the investigation
of the cacao fungus and other mycological studies. Mr. A. K. Coomaraswamy, of University College,
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London, commenced work here on November 17, and other visitors have also made use of the,
laboratory for small periods, Besides the investigation of many points in economic botany, the
Director, has been occupied during the year in a thorough revision of the Ceylon and Indian
Podostemacee, a: little studied order of plants of much botanical interest. Mr. Parkin has made a
very extended study of the coagulation of latex, chiefly in rubber-yielding plants, and has also
worked at some other problems in Physiological botany.
The completion of the late Dr. Trimen’s “ Flora of Ceylon” has been vigorously pushed on. by
Sir J.D. Hooker, and towards the end of the year the fourth volume, containing the remainder: of
the Dicotyledons and the Monocotyledons to the end of Hviocaulonee, was published, as well as the
last series of 25 plates. The final volume is well in hand and will contain the Cyperacee and the
Grasses.
RECEIPTS FROM SALES.
‘The receipts of the year were ;— rE palin “Purchasers,
At Peradeniya... os #3 1,694 64 = 277
Hakgala .. ig Ke ASI abi ws!) = M40 77
Henaratgoda ... Fs ix 2.292. 85 ae 118
Anuradhapura ae fan 29 49 ie a9
Badulla ee att os WorerD ae 19
Total ... 4568 12 2 BYR,
The total given in the revenne returns for 1898 is Rs. 4,433°78 ; this is due to the amoum
received in. December, 1897, being credited to revenue for January 1898, parka that received in
December, 1898 is credited for 1899.
The estimated value of plants and seeds supplied gratis is Rs. 1,531:76.
The high price of Para rubber seed has swelled the receipts considerably. Other ‘economic
plants have also been sold in some considerable quantity.
EXPENDITURE.
The total cost of the Department for the year 1898 has been, Rs. 52,713-44, and’ special vote:
towards Mr. J. B. Carruthers’ expenses, £190.
JOHN C, WILLIS,
Peradeniya, January 25, 1899, Director.
THE EFFECTS OF HIGH EXCHANGE AND INCREASED PRODUCTION
ON THE TEA INDUSTRIES OF INDIA AND CEYLON.
13, Roop Lang,
Dear Sirs, LONDON, E.C.
The diagram we give below shows how prejudicially the rise in Exchange during
the last two years has affected the Tea industries of India and Ceylon
We also bring out a few points on this subject for the consideration of those affected,
in the hope of inducing them to use every endeavour to have what is practically a differential
tax on British-grown Tea removed.
For many years we have impressed upon producers the necessity of forcing their
product into new markets as the only means of counteracting the effects of increased
production, and on the last page of this Circular we give another diagram showing to what
extent the efforts made in this direction have succeeded.
We are, Dear Sirs, Yours faithfully,
August 3rd, 1898. : GOW, WILSON & STANTON.
Diagram showing the fall in the average price of British- grown Tea; also the
variations in the value of the Rupee and the approximate return in Rupees to the
Tea planter at the various rates of Exchange.
1888 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897
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On broad lines it may be said that Tea is produced in silver currency and paid for
in gold currency. In other words, a certain very large percentage of the price obtained for
the article has to be converted into rupees, in which the producing expenses are paid.
The higher the gold value of the rupee, the fewer rupees will the seller of Indian and
Ceylon produce get for hissterling price, for when the rupee is worth 1s 4d the pound sterling
exchanges for only 15 rupees, while it exchanges for 20 when the rupee is worth only ts.
The Industries are now of such vast magnitude that a rise of rd. in the exchange
means a difference of more than £400,000 sterling to the producers.
The artificial value recently given to the rupee by the closing of the mints by the
Government of India, handicaps the growers of India and Ceylon in their competition with
their rivals in other Tea producing countries whose currency is ruled by natural laws.
Referring to the Diagram—The line showing the gold value of the rupee calls for
little remark. The rupee fell steadily from 1886 to 1888. There was a very slight
recovery in 1889, and a rapid rise in 1890, which was due to the passing of the Sherman
Act by the United States Congress in that year. A heavy fall took place in 1891, and
continued until 1895, when the rupee went as low as 1s 13d for the average of the year.
Then, at last, the closing of the mints began to tell, and the gold value of the rupee rose
gradually to ts 23d in 1896, and 1s 34d in 1897.
The real interest of the chart lies in the red line showing the silver equivalent of
the London average price of the Tea, and from this it will be seen how great an injury has
been inflicted on these industries by the closing of the Indian mints.
For a few years previous to 1896 the producer had been able to combat the almost
persistent fall in the London average price of Indian and Ceylon Tea by the decline in the
value of the rupee, and notwithstanding a fall of nearly 20% in the London market price, he
received an increased number of rupees for his produce.
Since 1895. the planter has not only had to face still lower markets, but has received
a less number of rupees, for his local expenditure, in proportion to the rise in exchange
which has taken place ; and although the fall in the London price was only about 6%, the
fall in the remitting power amounted to a figure approaching 207.
What is true of Tea is, of course, true of all Indian produce. Everything that has
to be raised in India and Ceylon and sold abroad is injuriously affected in precisely the
same way as Tea. China is not handicapped in this way, for the Chinese Government has
not yet either adopted the gold standard, or employed methods for giving a fictitious
value to the dollar. Silver in China, therefore, is regulated by natural laws, and hence we
find industry is rapidly prospering in places, where the benefits of European administration
are experienced.
Practically, India at the present time, when the rupee is but a little under 1s 4d of
our money, gets only about 15 rupees for the sovereign for which she sells a commodity.
Whereas a piece of silver, if current in China, of exactly the same weight and fineness as the
Indian rupee, would be worth only 1o$d. Consequently the sovereign obtained, let us say,
for China Tea exchanges for 228 silver pieces exactly equivalent to the rupee in weight and
fineness. The difference between 15 and 22% is about 50%. In other words, the gold which
the Chinese trader obtains in Europe by the sale of his goods, returns in silver coin about
507% in excess of what it does in India and Ceylon,
Hitherto, fortunately for Indian traders, the Chinese have not been able to avail
themsclves of the advantage they have over their Indian competitors. But the whole
of Europe is now scrambling not only for railway, banking, and other concessions,
but for territorial possessions and for trading privileges. Is it not possible that, before
long, European skill and capital will be applied to the creation in China of the industries
which have made such strides of late in India?
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Already machinery has been sent out, with instructions to endeavour to improve the
quality of China Tea, and to make it more resemble the better qualities of Indian and
Ceylon Tea, and we take the following extract from the Consular Report just issued on the
“Trade of Shanghai for the year 1897.”
“An interesting incident in the past season was the experimental use at Wenchow
of a Machine Roller, which proved beyond doubt that the most ordinary China
Tea is capable of astonishing improvements if treated by modern methods.
Wenchow Tea made by the old native process is of the most inferior description,
but by being carefully made and machine rolled a very fair drinkable Tea
resulted.”
We ourselves hold that it is no more possible to make China Tea resemble
Indian and Ceylon Yea than to make Darjeeling-flavoured Tea in Sylhet, or Dimbula-
flavoured Tea in the Galle District. We have no liking for the China-produced article,
but that is no reason why the point of the above extract should not be watched, as the
displacement of China Tea in the past has been largely due to its inferior quality.
China is a larger country than India—has varieties of soil and climate. It is difficult,
therefore, to say what article cannot be produced. Suppose that, just as India created a Tea
industry in competition with China, China should now, under European guidance, create
a jute and an indigo and a grain industry. What would become of all those industries in
India, handicapped as they are by a currency which gives the Chinese competitor so
great an advantage.
In a short time China will be provided with better means of communication with the
rest of the world. If European skill and capital are applied, not only to producing all
the things which China is capable of growing, but also to the manufacturing, say, of cotton,
what will become of the competing industries in India, and what will be the effect,
not only upon the mass of the population, but upon the revenues? A great depression of
the industries, it need hardly be said, would very seriously reduce the tax-paying capabilities
of all persons engaged in them.
The question of exchange is thus a most vital one for the Tea Producer of India
and Ceylon, and when agitating for his grievances to be remedied he should draw attention
to the vast amount of good that the industries have done in the past by opening up what
would otherwise be waste land, and thus giving employment to about 1,0c0,000 of natives.
He should point out the fact that the £35,000,000, which are estimated as having been
laid out, was attracted on the belief that the enterprise would never be unfairly handicapped
by the Government of the country; and that during the last year further extensions of
cultivation have been greatly curtailed by the distrust created in the management of the
monetary affairs of the country.
The Indian and Ceylon Tea producer does not, however, feel the whole of the disad-
vantage in which he is placed against his rivals by the disparity in the silver exchange,
as China Tea has to bear certain internal and export duties; hesides which there is some
slight loss in converting “‘silyer’”’ into “‘ copper cash,” in which part of the producing charges
are paid in that country.
NEW MARKETS.—It is beyond question that the fall in the average price of
Tea is due primarily to the fact of supplies being in excess of demand. Owing to the
amount of land planted during the last three or four years that will be coming into
bearing, this state of things may continue for a time. Thus the only course open
to producers is to turn their attention to new outlets. Before going further into this
point: let us sce what. has been done i
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EXPORTS OF CEYLON PRODUCE FROM COLOMBO AND GALLE
DURING THE PAST TEN YEARS.
COMPILED AS FROM lst JANUARY TO 3lst DECEMBER IN EACH YEAR.
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975,784] 119,769,071|36,982
13,173} 140) 18,313 581,473 2,534,056) 1,414,165]435,933/506,277/13,040,534) 216,620 > 927,714] 473,075]12,833| 75,819|95,79] 3,975) -- | 5298) 41,522) 3,794/1,365,017 | 183,312
Do. do. do. 1897
19,012 371| 19,383 3,380} + 5,742) 16,798 1,981} 1,182,867 181,536
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7,240] .. | 8,827) 26,565) 3,530] 1,182,255] 78,587
8,393] 457) 5,191) 22,257) 2,277; 938,471 88,150
653,346] 116,054,567/34,50 | 532,830;2,674,537/1,067,051} 09,600) 106,601/12,054,452| 192,479 13,610,508 | 357,257}11,732] 91,460 74,470)
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21,882) 865) 22,747] 1,309,560] 108,141,412/31,368) 459.595 2,098,865] 808,5U2]343,797) 60,049] 0,603,598] 138,358 13,858,£81| 340,491]10,843) 68,326)56,516)
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good value to the buyer, ing to bad flushing | 26th 2 H 124,500 8 150,000 By | Faithlie H 74,000) © 81,000 Ib. 1898. 1897. .
1] tho more wororely folt ax owing to bad Mua Augast od 7a Deerieeite M 195.500 GR 179,500. 4 Euan Cora H T0009 80an! H 9 7 018 1 87,000 9k 183,50. ais CV TAIN ET SCEALIO HEP
pes eo “it mption, Tho de- | 1,000 to 2,500 feo BI feet; HH HH 8} "43;500 9 | Ly istod ‘00 9) 60,00 9}] ing tho past three ys
Eata ag aRLeTT Icea TereeS TonteeEnLeveet||Gloonitacke METS (Hien ra cGe: ta, coouTlou Glassaugh § 17600 TE] Etangacclla MAE s000 9 a | eae brome s= x
for" prico? tho boltde Kinds weeting ar rondy x des | (hghueas) above BAO deat - Glenn H whoop 104 168000 SE] Ma nels AE.) Er
for ** price, ‘’ var ‘Over 1,000,000 Tbs. eens ero L 171,000 65 235,000 Gr lexo 92'500 8h =5 Se
SUFSE URL Uoeeenraterietear toate sane 1898. Glaros 1 Tavton ge: dasoon, gf] Suatsealin, ae 1? Be
7 introduce the Coylon loa! 3 3 plock Lik Ty " a ie 4 )
Se Pa treo eam oeseunciee Se Goattell Toate age eer Pa ees G70 Ht avn
Sountrioe coutiiued during thelpast year tomeeh with Woe gent me TMD Ur Midands Hit goluon Ge ial iio
oqualiied“succoas, “The SE ataunel anes mg, ast oto H 120,000 6} Fey Gy Neu Bs Ward Loarsat Wasstene
amounted to 11°7 por cont, of tho total ¢ j ; 0 10 15000073 156,000 74) Mineing Lan M 59/000 7 11108,034 1)430,020 933,303
a x 1897. This watisfactory |; cama H 1,119,500 9) Gor H 130 74 44,500 77 | Moo vain 8 53 103)
agaist 10:1 por cont. in jou in trade with | Divagam: 1,003,000 7° '934{000 7} | Gonavy. 1 7 500 Gi | Menke L 78,500
Se arn ee eT Srel Sisteremtee eee | calaue Ober £00,000" Ibe. Gonauibil ea i =i iver at 67/500) 74
I quarters, except the United States, y - SalarcoS 511,000 10. | Halwacure Gf nee rT 007 4 ais =
See Se erator aca ereyllin att 468000 7} | He loo Group oe & 74| Nomonkando Re te 7A i CRE cio er ict) Caran Sear,
GBR Qe eC) NCS o) HEAVEN EL EAN OO) EE ho | Karogar HM 829,500 73 | Hautave i cr Forest 1 955 | prced with tha ' viously taken from the
antl fat irements ; recently, owing to tho | Kurogame 7, 0 wabalande = M. 6 if Lh 69,000 10k ] . sgara and ten wars previously
SE SSRTaLSUNGSTEEATTS the improbability of any S; Leonards MH tatoo st ee rs a 6s 5H mit Oe a Helunioe(iaioes nevus
eee Ella from tho duty, much more activity perro i 540,00) 8 | 1Yolmirood H mM | Neceuaee it 4 nt 1893 1893 ee Gatige
hus provailed) in Business with tho States. A lance ici et REGO 7h | Holsreod West | HE 181000 9 eee mM i b Pereraing) Verenrtape Percentage
E-fha) table) of lke:Kspayts.) which wo |piveyi will Botha L #00) 64 ovaesy ata Oo. HX AD}CO)) in 7 | Nyoe amtaloya IL ob a Sete ttotal,
arama ba Coylon aulliatiay seig camel eaifpiteicie ite Houugatla Bo. 1 55,000 0 Belay Talia. a anos :
Gata meus trndonwith Foren gat lesa Eat Rg Haviltana M 1iiivo0 8 a tt 10) ASCE) GES ERT ONIN) co ric cy
ne way as they have already displaced | Bandarapolla 3 50,000 Gy 147/500 6) 3 = eylon.. i
in much tho samo wy a8 thoy havo ‘vit is moat | Boa wont M Todura a L150, He epi) 1s tovaes IL t 94 | 82.450,000 35-03 64,000,000 S0-S4
herjinlrogard ito Poms] Coneemplgna n toa from|Campdon Hil M Tug stre H wr GN | atrarston W @ is China, &o. 722 78,500,000 42-78
significant that tho re-oxpo: if Culloden L Town M if i it 9,500,000 $29 | 95,500,000 17°22 78,500,
London, which in 1:90 only amounted to 300 por Degelessa a Kabrag Na ey Pex ck Will 1M oy 7}, 19,800, : = —
cent of tho total exports formed last NO al eS H Kaipoocalla 103'51%) Beas HA ha al esynborocaTies 207,500,000 1b. 183,500,000 1b.
cent. of our total shipping trade with foreign Drayton u DSinoraag 116,000 Poolbanke He Eee) rh) |
nial markots. i K Meds} ' »;
SSA CaaaaTin( (he ied xports from Colombo | Oia dn Kiniatoys ahd alate AL ti at ie eaod | GavlonteTenWcomivared
Hoo a ane ee eT ere renee (Glan cAlping i Renwecua 148500, Nahatungoda Mf 9 Sulleuaiceasac stan autisuiesfevesetesyantiyeatqara
ehojpasiiy eaxpes moat iromarkable fend ia eo pecan Se Rilieleato eT 7h FE a ey ne eae skaarhreet rato souee.
: tc wens i vrei ’
Imboolpitia M Kernskelle v Uist g i RETURNS -—
Mariowatta x K Warve Ra mp ed ralemeancas see eaalegs)_. sPementags
Td |NewBectessa tt Kellerel OFS ale Tr eanon, 10 a Be rae ‘ot total Ciisiad
7, yi wo jew Pern e ‘itougeria ne OP E
ten as tho greatest ten-consuming country in tho worl Pitakando ay aan 178,000 Hovenat emit q 1 KE > AEE FEO
vn : i 2 625,
relied pan to absorb almost the entiro crops of Pa M Hiackles Group ue ee L G Sh sae sea) BED
Ina abd Ceylon in prolific feasons; itis therotoro | Shares H Rv abenn ea ator cn = | ans23sse 31-7 ge,
= fi gratulation that we note the ing Vallo} H Kuds Oya 2 St. Hel 9 R Chins wus
SRT Ses Gan in citrees CTD ce Vauderdale peubeas 1 si OV aceasta 42,910,000 3900
(SnD BURGE oa Talawakello ie 90150 s ad 7 000 Ib
Cesena s oxomplified in the returns collatod | Teosten iy H 128,640 I 73 | 30,813,252 1b. ;
? h will bo fc eal Wallaha. iz anneal a 3 Rearmnwore it yorrs ago
faction is all | Waverley wnford re S}], N.B.—Weh Aer HET ¢ Boardof Drade retorow
the moro|complot eved that thi : Mallyovany - Vigoan's A Ro aaee roan tvaudlreielgcorteatenivaias Coylou
nin entirely due fal exploitation bbotaleigh Maddesndera axboratiee WH re BOD AL ontnae es
BC fresh elds 1 enterprise, and bas not been ob- | ioe ed | Inhacoodugalla. IkortKuady, M 49,000, 5 :
etiire hee x © of the Forvig id Colonial Avisawolla 3 Hi V H 2,500) ad
Pe Eee ee Sani Soe Moussalia TT 90/600 — = 2
CORR: BAL ME 2 ised | Bambarakelly & Dell H Mligoultry & Mausaclia TE 90,600 50000 7 BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS,
2 Battogalla ae | Pajrn) ava 4 a 73,000 10§
Sear andor xoview: ware'| Barnagalla , Moris Co!ta } ltststueatia H oP OC a rerarta oe atic tha Daa any cara
, ~ demand for all uxcful | Bearwel x RSE ENE TER i tlistatag i 5 596.
rat. from 0a) t Rogamaotas 1 503/500 203] Sipittskande Disease L Sees OUTED rere 7 ane 4
AREA RET ya market f jamploa = Tesi] Morar Uinn Oya as 6} 119,000 Te ee Oras
lid per Ih. easton Bteeaeae ve L 6 aay al Ghlan a7us'708 a9/7
of the marke Chapelbon orelupi oR er nant!
genoral averigo Cocrgalla Wadeigh "TINE Ct cin Gt] CREME S cn acon GAGA EKGKCO
maintained, common sou sod tones ean Worsiapotia x 5 Hiller teat urease ae
er Ib., and meditin pokoes mee ed with heavy | gy o West Haputale 9,600 74] twelve a e 123
Beato Sd per Ib. Fobrusry Fee ear teat RIDE) Waviea?o IM 7 Giia0o Gt moulins 279,401,264 260,900,411 205,994,122 255,860
alos and n nervous tone speedily suporve Nico Wowes:o Mi & 500
ail kinds assuming an easier tonden LBD Hw i Dauy Niloomally is ie MOL Ht 4 83.00) 4
arc the market remained fairly steady; _ North Matale ant ihapaeolla aL OOS i P
Seer eee anand facibersiauesiGer and Daralaaza Ners:gella (UVA) NM 170,500 ah Wergale uM naga St) Home cournmption of Ten daring. the peat foar
good pekoes and orange peli nD Ey Daelaye a gerne im 91500 7 Weldemulle hl Gi 27,00) 7_| years:— ee ifth ie its
fected by n Joll in tho Continental demand, Ax Dackwa i 3 s 500 Be lyons H 92 19 Yakka 77,000 8{| From Cust} 194 122,941,096 116,313,814
Set tho dopression increas dante ise Ederpole 207,500 es vars ele ate te in ‘ Yuillezetd a ie at 7 Tada 493,490,851 ea eanete 74.02 09
eed, coinen, to medium Kade declining 4d” por | Etlobarg 6 173000 8 | Orion M a A : £3,000 74) Ohloa 14,695,884 1712421247 i9/831678 20,201;874
Bane is d i Elangapitiye 4 Lind 9° 185000 8 44,000 GE K China 14,695; t
Jeaeald common tole a porlb, At the | pinedas > sphoon) B2))|Ostorne NM lsrou 7k 93,000 Gf | Azarsland H fot $f 8000 7 Other Goun- "yp 18,251 6,231,640
1b., whilst good medium tea noting Tyas ratiug nt oa | Bibedae } 10000. 7 Baneslatonne a 1osioo0 op | Ambewella TL aa00 ef 00000 a tries 4,810,675 4,199,783 4,718, 231,
Soe ey ee ae eae ae Elston ay At Sa pals uM 165,000 7 | Arapolakan Mm 48500 9 47,500 1 a 62-5 e——>
Te ener eer eee aatioleae ees 21 + aaetoon et | barrasnil® iF B20) 142] Ballagalla Bua = aco sc00) ca3|liawolvat 297,785,600 291,600,137
REA Sa Aaa Kn Se firm, | Fordson 800/000 7 | Paris ut Teaco 11a allogn A 74] months 235,414,105 231,999,778 297,785,5 A
BG STI ‘ very hoayy ono, and | Gallamadiu 803,500 7} | Ponrith @25' Bellongalla 2, a
‘he first salo in March was a very hoary, quality | G-lleboddo 210/00 5 | Posadenin H TO eat ixisyerten L 49/000 8}
sbslng leomprssal olfe yjoL commenyto ordinary 2441000 72] Prive Hill M 00 S00 eg 7d | itary M 24/000 GF
HGH ERE RIeIE Up Uailisaetfansp eerie astr area TeSix rey # Pits Katoalie H Ou) Steir 1 §2) gxports of Tea during tho past four yeara:— 7
336,50 $$ | Polgahakaave L 6t IBrooguten ie 8 1698. 1897. pleas oH 5.
298500 7} | Portree H $f | Bown Ta | From Ih. 1b. Perey Gerciert
269,500 7} | Portswood au 8 | Callander H Ua HN ES IO CeO Be
cee 6 pena Hf 92 Glarandon A 74) Coyloa Rees 19,992004 2010781413 184439/724
221700 6h | Pun al Javerton 6] Chios S Sh TS
973,000 Pe alla HM 1 it M a =
sad i is doubtful whother this rd i bay iH Radilin H algae u = | eer 8" aza173 o07.er 1,058,590 901,907
5 sented better valuo to the buyer. a ‘ 7 | corfu 73\\|Total\for ———$—|_ ———__ —__—
SOI QYesI ARDC in (FN ACE || RE eat OF | Dota i early) 252 37,954,723 94,027,806 30,552,248 i
a etuampeurelanssr altcaeeyend ae in Reis ay 7h 340,000 Ff | Tickarton TM 123,500, 9 | Boom a @f| moo hs 33,943,252 37,35 027,
SSasheen skoes! had gradually esta- i 00074 | Tiokar' Tons00 Gf | Drom Bt
month Souchonge and) Pokoes chilst broken- | Hope on = Rockewooul H Dooroomndella HM ‘
pokcesbavdencd to thewstent of 14 140 poring the | Hane sa io SL sain ori iH TO 8 peeeane i ls eee arincas ver ear saretherp (Ree
Fea Mat re er mre tig | : au ee fetes Fe [pagans nreed agi
y ive buying in ceitain quarters, the Kadieo Leon 3, e ti Ae H i : 1898. . B
at Bat Arill aabrisan | f)7 9A see 1b | eeceea eel een ot eee ai HM 1631000 3 | Erlsmero, BH 8} ie 1b soa,z0lion ro. satis
Throughout May asteady tons prevailed, erga ell tesa 263,50) Tf | Siavapitia u ety Gilroy a 72 ut ax: 101,688,000 100,957,000 108,700,000 101,535
rou M tho close pokoos at Gi KuLiyage ‘ 3 A =
See ee aa cutlae reste Davey axel Meares } fess 2 | Some tain 13000 74 | Ganpola HAL w
Perea lea bears litistcbangeimornyier remiee | Laezenia) 254,000 74 | Sprinxwood a SO tOr | (Gantana n ¢
Tatu ponerallfrendlofitua market ten LOSSES | ee S520 of | Bt lleoberg HL 124(000) 978 ||ampolaratia AE ==7 | rantaty rears ot Caplan wealinle zandemder(ay erie
but pekoes ruled ral oloonndera 16, 8} | Strathdon 92,500 73 | Glengari = | aarekss
was firm at Ojd por 1b., ‘ood | Loolocnn 8,500 fockbolm H i ; re year
a d running upon gi 25 220,500 7° | Siockho ) Ab igo =
eR etn, Haye ronnaT Cy, Matedowa ‘ 216000 74 | Su nyclit # seein sptil Renoir HM =
caer eucclilly welllsupporiod ths ponoral avers Nsut23 M 203) 15100 73) Sattou x 107/40n “08 | Hakarngatia B |ltan.
ee eticata pat smaseaiA 7a eracaLES Dur- | MidlandT-aPlap.Ce.M it Fa HT fe 50,500 TT eT alla L oF Maren
at theo ned firm, bat bot p Bie |S L 250,000 as it apa
Bee Aa A pncoast ana Garo calpalcoan east ioritiipcer | Oe ao 8) 0 iH 118,000 9 | Holbroo L = | Say
rae Pra ToT Ta maIeLoLite offaringe "0 cad Bile it 104,500 105 Tries Hi =, | 8
support. (vey orlinaryxcharactart{ai|stel| Pe caaamae f 2000 ot | a 158,600 5} Kand ype ie yar
at this timo was of very in only 74d] Nilambo , 74 | Troy 181,000 Kahagalla Of | Aus ‘aio'ose red6ss waleT0n
yeah st6 Yond (oat ont waa pala a yg a (Na a) cae Acuna a 363000 St Keonagabs: Ella) AE = "biota. bashare Gard ee
ters changes i x 6 | Usarndella } Kitaldoniya = 246 7,010, n
Fe ee ON rlb., which had | Nayapave 516'500 U, M 84,600 OF HI abe 247, t
Heo 10 clap for somo timo’ panty begah to attmct | New Poxsoek 1 Sslwoo i M HE BG Ht 75/500 Tk
EDA RIahin Comn MHEG RO: highor quotations, | Qocomello pee Hl it Tova0 8 Lauadate att $000 Ok }
‘ ‘ined o firm tone; ;* inriston.
and all othor descriptions maintal mnt d 180'000 M IO eater HM t 0
quality, too, nenced to improve alittle, an 6 000 ih 7. | Ur: 147,000 9}. | Littlo Valloy 85,500
ae ATA 7d perl, Throughout | porraore ean 108 Palas ae i 85,600 84 | Longtsrd mit S3'600, 4 | Monthly Daitverien of Cesion Tea from London Ware- *
Ropeniae) Leable With a sisong tenn all | Guoansbcery Tasso aS tere ot | Wathazetis x 193/000 19, | Mondera Newora 1 i000 oh Peg SCE A aie llpe 1894, ;
Be Sader ea le Pa rar ioo'oo0 9f | Wat H Fe Reeser 37.000 fe ae Sa i
to 4d por 1b,, whilat tho scarcity of | Rangel Z ‘7/500 HL 104) 2 oan 1b. be aren
ford ts tuodoion faired mor pratt for he) Ramborts TH 0 § Bs Haid) | Monta Usa = Ee ey
Bent Ceylon lent; the general ere meeaa non at Renda rive Riso a 03000 | Movnt Temple ae = favea Sahn
ib, Duris etober tho highest Ay Wereagal f picr x sire
pence ie Bk Ber rind 9 (cs waa cual ed a He Beonat Day pera ‘031500 7f | Wowaleanddo M Tis'son 44] Now Taningalla rn
‘Gand bolog prinelpilly confined to commen soustionge Gn 2 somo yh! | Wieee x Ty 7a) Nella Gale 41200
for Mprice’” at hd. to Old por lb, and flue daserip- H 9000 gy | Weodend a 116,000 10! | Nahaveooa eeiee
Te eee tacl saul Oba an Mi TtanTeSER a a 4,000 “| WED x 140,000 6 2,500
Paplpcoamtiten ho Bente chiy Nat bie 600 4 Yalalaall XZ 1851000 Dy ‘901500
Feclyeet for whole-leaf grades up feng oer: He 1,000 9° | Yoxtor Sap so.9
fl 3 mae
tondonoy was farthor dovolopod ; set
aN oren oni leaner hardened in valu z Fries 1h | Abergsaio Hat 85.00 ResisnonaZ siky aan UR TTMEANTN Tose TaSTA
+I cantor, roken-pekoes, ‘6s Aberdeen i 129/000 6 :
whilit fine teas ruled st jnitted at a concession H SOE UExteriE HM 85,000 Sa 37,500
1d por Ib. could only be qui a 185,500 74 | Aig! Mt 80000 100,000 7) mH
ELA wa sr asomel by isan per re Rene negara mat in 7 ino M 51,000 a vin ef Crom Tea Ua Landon Boned Warehouses at ihe
ple bihiad sce) Novembor tho general 40" ‘Ampitiakando A é ae 25) Bea es
» By the ond of Now Mt 150 6 M 75,000 30,000 1eosS7. 1,
Creel eRe aie OCOD ig Ug;o00 5} | Asgerin 7 4,500 Io ase ants 00m is! s
pear ‘Date er ae aE 100,000 40 200,000 Ib. aa Me ss6a0 7 26.500 Stat Tans Tr 34 I Om I
half of the mo Tet wath Fe
Se a erate enatiedl inGTRteay Abbotsford 1H ea Erste 000 8t Ravi H ines
pase de esa al conta aortas a ead ae | Sasa H 160,500 8 eae 50 ao 18
‘bub all of it salo of the yoar the wella ¥
Feat rer a Eran ce a #y| ug
gon ‘on the whole, of],
‘Quatary during 1893 was, : s
q
a
REPORT FOR 1898.
Aten shipments to other porte of tho United Kingdom, , ‘rosters do notgive too much shade and are sid to fry
TEA IN CEYLON AND JAVA. | jzore, torre fh ht St Great Delis, es. | alent tended in thPabove. Prior to searon 1833- | Chiiily oing to ieroasod deliverien of Todian, ana | nitrogen ia eonsiderable extent to t wir surround
—- teen al Rutnia there was a shortage | 1880 the Coslon Gzures represent tolal exports from | a falling off in the supply of Coylon, stocks aro likely | It might be wall to try this on gardens requiring auth
OFO. WHITE & CO.S ANNUAL INDIA, CE. | Pecially Auitralin ant Rossin, torre 779.309,000 Ihe. | Colombo, the prepotion sent from thoro to Toreiga | to be abacrually low by tho end of Jane, snd pros. | treatment. whoather ia India or Oaylon. sa an aller
© LON AND JAVA TEA REPORT. Lora COA tai. The entire outpat | Porta beforo thatdate being unimportant. Arrivals | pocts for tha coming stason look faronrable from a | nativn or artificisl manures when not easily procurable.
~ Loxnoy, 61, Pexcucnon Star, F.C. Troms the Trland for 1899 was 120} million Ibs. con- | {fomVava are omitted, aa thoy vary in different years | profiucur's Point of view; butitmast be borne in mind, enti
- 23rd March. 1899. | treated sith 116 sillion Toe, in 1807, and 108 million | being rognlated according’to tho state of tho markets | and wontare toxiva itasa word of/eaution to planters | 1, :, _rohablo that the high rates now roling for
The foarof excossive supplies from the producing | thy. in aos, 40 thatthe increase ta the exporta to | *Hichtako them. © oth in Totix‘and Ceylon, that encouraged by the | pai Pee Ein iulges th, pleking of tango
countries had n dotrimental influence on tho market | ya's o0,! orig sntside tho United Kingdom reprosents | Tho undormentioned figures give tho Exports to J entunced prices of common grades since the tara of SHERI oni seies BL Ore Ree era
daring the first halfof the sotscn now drawing tow | Tyciais Pats Ooh tn rte tare. ofter Porta than Great Detain, from Calcutta and. | the yrar ior mast sot all go in for coarse plac\ing, | demnuties ofjaterion teal, al ov atte, Mab sean
clow, whilo the quiet atato of trato yencrally preva | ‘pur gn ines nt te itr ating passed through | Colombo, by which it willbe scen that an important | othorwito there wilt be an wnduo proportion of that | Cr'iny the United Kingdom thaa in the past | (or ioc naaliny, for homarer 40 bolc he epiad ie
rrudalls apparent ‘at oing to vations caus'n the } qmye—yihun no) pseer (Average BEd per Ib)
faeeus te ‘ty, ostiporming mgnld nck apie Tho slightly seal amount disponnd of hero (at: | 2 the Tee ot ee ET EG mtinent With reward to the faturo, there in at present little ‘Sue op Bucaxs
Jcome'rise in to value of nll lower grades which | trizatable to, the reasons mentioned abovo) theralore trate la asin, America. of Europe. “TotL |intirinasion as to the supplies we may expect from No alteration has boon mado in tho limits for large
al Pannte nee pprdgeatakton:placoss hts Han ben | Eee ce Maar y Rus area eran e aa aa LE Za) a Lead HB eibm rat ie eeatoal x Seema ANN ‘Yuring 1809, though a moderato increase may ba | breaks ainco last year which stand ss under, viss—
farthor accentuit 1 in tho past wonth, ro that many | eF* hall still to rickon with an adverse Tate SOS | seogy gicriion aqaiom 3g7s000 1.117.000 17,8,0,009 for, ehilofrom ‘oylon estimates point to their | Judia 20 Cheats, 30.Half-Cheats, 60 Boxca. Ceylon
Companies will be enablo\ito above w bettorrosult than || ses2g0 webila frolghte) axaierale srero) also Iss Bisons Jasloon So nwo Woy 129500 | boing qaillir, heought about chiefly by linger direct | —IS|Chests, 24 Hall.Choata, 40 stones. Lota of lossar
Srisiatonen nance pate *hoau) oh [tee ss ae 7,000 ead, 009) ICL LEY caste (0 \nstralia, Amorioa, Asia, Rassis, & size are sold scparatoly at the cloao of thy auctioxe
Ixpra. 3 Shipments from Colomte Li months <— | oearsiouha hy insreased facilitios for 6 n¥oyance. esommteer
To thie original enthaato, tho TnYian ‘Tea Ansncin: ||, £mportations were Tea eT SOED Thay gash 2600" SILO (3ss590 25.5070) 1 probability thoreforo, from hoth countries toge:,| Fair iawd broiks have in most instances come to
yn 18 8s 4 TOT SKN, C09, OY BO} 1018081 chor, cy important quantity of ssy 40 to.$5 milli’ | hand from India during the past koason, snd conse-
Ths. will bo, livorted! from this conto. | Mhat the. | quontly there haxo not boen ko many complaints from
xenoral position shoald be thus strongthansd must | boyera of the succession of small invoices from tho
Ba very sralifying to those who, for along whilo mal | samo Estato despatchod ut tort intervals Many
wader many dificuitios, have been’ Iabonring to foster} Goylon Garden Managors, however, lave spparoatty
tho oxo of British-srown Toa in other qisrt-rs thay } pot found it practicablo to make the differeat lines
Groat Mritaii, wil the «uccess alrealy achioved willy | of marketable size though no doubt in course of timo
ho doubt stimulate them to fresh efforts. thia will be remediod:
tiom of alcutta comontol tho crop of 1803 at about | 70m Fee ae ee ae Tho cteLal eager
268 salon |». of whieh 1404 ailion Ths. woul. be Bro Jersey vexaons thoy comprishd 24,900 pack-- The Bourd of Trade returns (which embraca ata
available for Great Tritain. | As tima progressed bows | azos briging Jd pir Ib, and 25460 packages | ties from all. tho Bond d Warehouses in the United
La contfinls teinelpalyydlusto the ubpropitions wees | ZaBS: Jbuxeepectivelf. iTt)fsiovidoge thn muchiearal/--Kingdom)Jor,thalpaay thredicalendar yours were
Thar experienced /in)hewe alatriela, Hotatly t'ashar || Tuerbowtamedien! misiulaature, « thobstyye -cRAS ethene: | Deana
bad Syitvehgorborayqyant ofratajwax’pxpariagocty,| Peng: Benaxally, Readiwluleaecaniiayery) sere 1 Ib :
fad lho’ Fo Tanger ooodlananosta dram Cateattn te: || Pereeusl marelzeet! rial transom Ealators "Nolan
ay. Amorica ots. Farlyin Ssplember tho pro- | .n Coylon abetant ag: Sera Mr oats nd tho gaa Tt is ta behopod thit with sinallor receipts we may Who following continucs to bo adesitablo to adopt,
able quantity for thx country was rolaced ty 195} | Ao aotoruently oscapsings higher position on this 7 f soo corrtaponding upprociation In valups, over | .syz—A\Bruken Pokoa,of 3) chests or moro; a xood
extonsioniin tho ussof tha article at homo and not- | supply his boon the Bane of the London Market for | ‘Pakon of G0 chests or orers a Pokoo Souchoue, of
million Mw, while reloxzrusin to tito 16th inst nt gave | epee teeny r
tho entriss!for export from Ualentta to tho United Exconr Prost THe UsiteD KincnoM. withstanding that tho total oxported from her rommins || some voirs, and it would bo exhilarating ts manyifa | 70 chests or upwards, with & break of Broken Tew
ingilorsiag rather ovor 1Aip million Is., compared | mp, RGORT BROW AUR UNITED TINH toa | stationary av compared with Inst yodr, thoro hus been | chanzo. s*nune wor tho scono!” and x Kighor rango | or Pokoe Funulovs. Parcels containing dust aro not
with tho toxal of 134 million ths, despatahod in 1997-8. | Fingdom during tho pasteieht roonths, as compared | * falling off of about 4 roillion Ibs. in China to the | of pricos should bo pormancatly established. Toudiy-saleablo and thersforo this should ho sifted ont
If,thereFore the impo:ts frown Sout Tadia (aay SF | with the two provious poareiainn folio tea benolit of British.Grown Tea B ‘Myxuracrore: and) packed by itself, for which purpose somo of tho
moilion Yhs.* he taken as about counter-balancing tho Tuly Tat 1898 to end of Kobroary 180 Although Wwhon writing “at this timo in 1898 we | th tho majority of instances this appesra to have | patent pickazos How in rogue might bo utilized 40 ax
** ovorsido shipments to other conntrigs, ani which. Thly Inv 1807 to ond of February 180! extimated total supplics {rong all soutreos would feach — yoco veil {ull attontion from planters and on the whole, | to ayoitlaxkago om tlio veyaKo resulting on the Los
275 million }bs.° the amount available for United ths serson Iouf soos to bayo begncaro'ully wivherod | of weight weich often occurs with oountry-mado chosts.
d, and woll yolisi. Thoro wore indications howoror, at | Tho oxception to tha foreyoing is xlicn a tippy Broken
Qual the firing in the “driers” bad boon exo- | Orauge Pokoo or Urango Pekoe can be mado, as thes
uickly and at an oxcessiva temporature | whon really fine uxzally command Nigh Oguros, whe-
aro not agcountod for in the London) Roturas, only > 3
about ons ani a quarter million Ths. will como hero lol ygiaea) 620 pa bndelghabraasyg1807/=
foractual uso in Gx-ess of that ricvive! during tho
Kingdonf was, as already shovn, sensibly curtailed,
Todi, Ceylon. Total British Chins Java | oh account of unfavourable woathor both in Indin aud
ut atid also of tho increased ‘Trad carried on ony
previons season. Althoush with fow exceptons || — Ih te Ls Ih THe tat
quality ntfirat was not xonorally very atiractivo, con ISSO HOOK 000| TISCON 1IK,0°O 9,°00,rO7 652. 0 | with othorconntries directfrom Calcutta ane Colombo, — t)as desiroyin, tho Davour of the loaf oporated npon | ther from India or Coylon, Should tho quantity of
8 Shon) 1047.00) 18,034,000 FOTTAO | and boing barely snfliciont currant requirements “ind jiuparto.an odour forvign to Ti Co this some | Icaf available forthis not suHco (ora ized break
on in Ds
kidernblaimprovamont was shown lata: joo } WSN RS RTSIOD' 6
Sonor Rosen wth 3 10 0 e03 : F rome, | ¥ ct
A the aisteiBation far'thron eee hata eeete etakon | ths Bondoi Stock bas bad to bo drawn upon 40 at r.bnte the si-callod! “choosinosy.” which hag viren | in Chests it might be packed in Hall-t boats.
trom which districts many choice se010
and the distribution forth Tat an taken ae i
vol throughunt, tho lator porbape | fon atatistice fariibed by H3t Cuntomn was ag | that by the 30th Juno noxt tho statistical positon qyych trouve to solloré and dissatsfaction to buyers N.B.—In_viow of tho necessity of oconomical
seniling mors nnif-rmly ood ‘Toys, To 00 ro ee ee a tt thie bach atthe | should! Vo: unusually strong. A mioro oF Tos througliout tho soaton, particulady in | handling of Toss wo hare dompiled a few hints ax
From tlic sororal producing countries wo may | thy ovrlior months. ‘That it was causcd by the use | regards packages, bulking, &c., warheuso charges
duced somo yory saleable parcols, particul: after | iotustry ixatll doveloping ¥ ios
the first two or threo months, Cuchirs und Sylhojs: Continent United canaqa Over expect to receivo the following quantities, which | of unsuitabo yoo! could not always bo the caso, as || and weighing, anil thoso wattora are deal. with in our.
in tho early pirt saffored from effects of continu id of Europe. States. dX Countries. Total. | should be absorbed without diftioulty ;— souplaints havo arijon with regard to | **Notos for tho Yea Factory " published soparately,.
dry weatlier, bub aftorvarda they were ofa veo | oe IN ths Tb. Th” Ib. Tn, ia (including tho Madras Pro- al puckag. s, of which wa shall be happy to furnish to thoxo
able chara ter. Kangrax fortho woat prt wore dis. || Tm 1508' 4,441,0 0) 766, eptey) oS c Fe po oe CULTIVATION. concorned in the cultivation of tio wrticlo, Thong
Appolntings: while) s largo, proportion ef th, Soath fags FT Sy Ou somo Estates where both yicldaniiquality have | ik no change to record in tha Lindo: Warehouss
Indis growths at first Jacked strength, but xecont Tearing Glial tolfaronkh 00/000 |” fn\len off, apparently from deterioration of the soil, arvos, but the cost of Customs attondanco for ro-
arrivals havo been fuller in cup. a | Asp it bas Hon proved) by oxporience that thoiplaiting | weighing, which has always ven an Additional item,
Daving tho summer and early autaun pric for 276,000,000 Ibs. "of © Sau” tives bas hada boneficial offect, as they has beon discontinued.
common to fair grades of Pekoo Souch nga anit
Pekoos wore about at tho lowest point recorded, tho
formor s:lling down to Sd'per 1b. and tho Inttor Bhd | Jara,
er Ib. This had tho effect of drawing tho atiention of oy
‘ontinental buycrs to thom anil) they compote with
the homo doalors) moro) Jargely than hitherto) for
pareols! suitable to thoir noeds, 30 that doliveries | Zn
‘showed n steadily increasing trade, thore'froim tho] Java
Londin Bonded Warehouses for tho eight months from | Chins
Ist July. 1898, _hoing 000, Ibs, versus =
85,897,090 1bs,, while the stock al-tho ond of Fabra. BODES), a}
ary stood at 39,46),0 Ibs, against 64,080,000 1is., | ‘The following is) a Comparativo
MONTHLY AVERAGES OBTAINED IN LONDON FOR GARDEN INVOICES, FROM THE DIFFERENT
DISTRICTS OF INDIA, ALSO FOR CEYLONS AND JAVAS, FROM 1ST JULY TO END OF
FEBRUARY, KOR SEASONS 1895-99, 1897-98 AND 1896-97.
=< = Torat ToxooN
Jury. Avousr. Sxrrmawen Ocronrn. Novzwwen. Decemnsn. Jaxvanr. -Eepnvans, —_ AVEIAGES.
yor 8 Mentus.
9D} 082,000 640) 00) 3, 81 000
Tkgn Av. | Vga Ay.
480877 6/10
PkgayAv. Pkgy Av kgs Av. kes Av. Pkg. Av. Plon. Av.
0/10; E8077 0/9} 75115 OM 49067 Ujoe
ilo, showing
onithe sam dato af IS99. UINQUBNNTAT, IMPORTS of TEA into tho Port 4 0g i
From lat July, 1808, t: tho closeof Inst month the Sear 1875 to 1895 and for cach Season dam «fis ono ord Toe O/ME 15ND O/OR SIMO 0/2 FOL Of} Senne. Gio 952 0/10)
AaLP sop BLOOD eka eo in ee subsequently ; — Asy8-7 onot 48479 1/0. W/E GHSH O/1O 75747 O/9} 41039 O/9 GIGLE O/1L 448827 0/10}
jon acconnt wis S?d per 1b. oppose to 84d per Total ie Gf 20742
for $27,000 packages Pan 31 por Ib, for 90,000 Ceylon, Brit.-xeown. Cocha- ond pean GR waa O/bE oF rn O/GE 20742 (ees A817 Bat Oyo
packages ja the corresporiding intirvals of 1897-8 and ‘ie sy eo neat Cet alesa otk Offa f Us OF
896-7. High rates of oxchanga all through’ the | Season 187576 00 16 <7 ike OX ua a) Wh
season, unfavorable woath r for wanuficluro ond * SSA 5 are uo a {isms Cs sO as ine (10k
dronght in some parss, further hanjicappod the | » 18 5,301 Jarj ony... = 82
industry, so that the upward tum in ome || 4) fee RD TTS ROY 1896-7 O/ILE 7870 ats
lately was an iwmonse roliof in many quarters. » Ro ESE 1808-9 0/7 19959 ‘ji U8}
CEYLON. =D Dooare { 1597-4 "ey 8009 ys Oat
Tho 1808 crop was on tho whole of a usofall des- » 1898.99 1896-7 o/s} 19143 0/8 Wad
enptién and about un to tho aver: There was at | PartlyRstimited Kan, 18949 0/6} O/7h O/ay
times on absenco of roa ly fine invvices and in some Tinports into London: Vette {irs 0/63 “BS 0/0x
aaonths tho wajority of tho Teas wore wanting in ful- ‘Y= | 1396-7 0/63 Oe oF
neas of liquor thotyh flavonr was vory dosinible in 1803-9 0/6 0/64 5574. Off. on
others, SE ARenaT Ee in Octabi Darily on account | Sexson 1875.76 payee a fines 08 OvTs SOAS O/6R ih
ef the low quotations current for common to fair » 1ss01 &S. Indin 0/6) “fi $410 07 07:
Indian Jeaf Teas, Coslons of a similar kind yoro | » 1889 89 E 1/8. 91837 OE nih ONE 1634 Taran Wy
abnormally cheap here during ast summor, fair | " 300 Tiyl Duin | 9 0/8k 73180 shy UebT 4 +f E 150308 1792 10H21 O/8h
Pekoo Sonchongs bringing fd per tb., and Pokoos WY 18: 307 on 9 445 ONOY 1562 R OF k Nos N72 O/9F
Sid per Ibs., and subscquontly thosa low pricea ine | " — Jg97.95 r O/7g 12S8N0 is. Tun PE 7 O/3i aus 00.
duced bnyors Uoth at home and abroad to taka | " yg9g.9q TotalGeylon 4 O/7h 18000 0/73 SOGKI Ws 75000 Uf 51610. Of V- Om 715 OH
thom more fresly. Delivories wore nnsatisfactory in | Partly Estimated 130 Ong 5200 078 SHA O/S._NNINN S67 0) D/5R 0/ Ot 677400 2
=) Vit 200 0/7 TOO Woy F100) UT iO Dbz UB Giod 0/7} Joz 0
00 0/7 O/ek 2500 0/6: 24900
the preceding yoar, being || Duty, wntil¥0h Anril, 1890, 00. perlh..ale
100 0/7 1100 077% 1700 OTE 4500 0/6 B40.
‘Ovorside"” transphipments
contradistinstion to thoso
for thy twelve wonths 9,000 Ils, whereas in| — N.By. Total Java {tars 0/6} © $600 0/7. 2700 0/74 2100 0/7.
1596-7 5800 O/7f ICO. 6/7 5300 UTE 2600.
1897 they wore 95,172,000 Ibs. Oring in somo | nent, Ambrica, Canada, &., via London, and direct
——+ ——— EEE —~:
COMPARATIVE TABLE SHEWID THE CALCUTTA, COLOMRO
ND LONDON, NONTHLY
MONTHLY AVERAGES OBTAINED IN LONDON FOR TEAS EROM DIBRERENT DISTRICTS q ¥
IN CEYLON DURING 1898. PUBLIC SALES FOR 1898-99 AND 1897-93.
Caccorra axp Cocomso Ponttc Sates. Lowpon Ponte Sacrs.
——————————— (On Importers’ ac vut.)
Ss Fy 4 Cal 1898-99. a pees Es 1897-88
b S . 8 Month. al- al= Col- ia 0) - fe Cy-
Deo 8 = 4 Eb mkt El 7 cata. on bo, eutia. ombo, Heth jee Today ory CS
5 * § =o ae EL Soe cotes: = =
eB Bie Be Re IE Alec ey
s © <= =! EI Ss =| Ey | 2, Pkgs. Pkgs. Pk.s. Pres. Pk a. Pkes. Pkee. Pkgs.
cee ee pce ue eC 51478 81003, 313 874L 4699
May ... oo TUsh A555, S440 28169
da a a d a a d d a d d a Old season's
it
= Passellawa, Ni Eliya, New Galwa: aS fe peo rf Neeerecn nae na) =
CEE DATS aa Rae aI ET aOR UEIyS eR NON) OE Bone eRMNoF (10) 0p 9}. 280,819 9k Tune... ve 32306 SuISt — 28s@L BLA Gavi | 9587 8959 s704
2—Maskeliya, Dickoya ond Bogawantalawa OUShPVEly Tet. (SpMOhusy 8s) S94e (op 8} 103,999 84 Old season's, f
3—Lower Dickoya, Ambegamuwa, Kotmalic, E & 4 . k
‘Yukdesss and Dolosbagic + 78 6} Oh 7 GE OGE OOE Ok TET 7h TE 103,720 742i Be ee eases
4—Puasilawa, Rambodde,Pandsloya&Kadugannawa7? 7 Gh 7 7 7 7 7k 72 8 72 06,115 1039 121911 orn
5—Hantane, Nilamnbe, Hewahota (U.€L.) Matu- ‘OUs06 160814 3 6657
rata, Dambara, Rangala, Nitro Cave, and 63459) QNSS1L 16 40.9
Medamahanewera « 8 7% Gh 7 7% 198603 73014
§—Kollebokks, Knuckles, Hunasgeria & Panwila... 7{ 7 6% 6% 6] 6% Ronee eee i" Baaa
'—Matale East and Wi 6] Gh «Gh St GEG 169276 73347 _ 6093 100063
$—Kornnegala,Polgabawela, Kegallo & Henaratgoda 0} 6 5k 5} - 5h Fine —
9—Kelani Valley, Avisswella, Yattiontota Kittool- er Ay an 1983614 897389, 7375, At
callavandilever Dolowbagte m6} 6h ch 6} Gk Mareb, vn 8500 {ooo 37824 129641
10—Karavita, Ratnapura, Rakwana, Balangoda 5 \matca.
and Kukula Korale -- 7§ 7% 6 6h Gk GY April . ee {x 82243
11—Kulatara and Bentota 7 6] OR Ce £3
12—Udagams, Morawak Korale 7k 7 6% 7 Totals 500896 1999706551630 485120
13—Hapatale, Badulla, and Madalaima & Passara.. 8} ik Ta aB Pkys. Pkars. Pkgs. Pig. Phge- Pgs. Pk gs.
P ie 8:
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF MOVEMENTS OF TEA FOR THE P4
India.
1 IMPORTS. \ DELIVERIES. STOCK AL END OF EACH MONTI- i}
399. | 1898. 1897. 1596. 1899. 71593. 1897, 1896. 1 1593. | 1897. 1896.
tb. E- r= Ib. Th. heal nat
-| 9,967,000)
a 10/374,000) 3,336,000)
=| 200 qo)
| i x : |
=| 19,174,0' 0) 15,094.00 17,503,000] Ni ) 88,809,000} 16,638,0 0)
ast ono 17)483,0C0)
61,675,000)
1H 118,000] De
21,081,000} 18,626,000] 11,369,000)
|
15,005,000)
20,917,000) SL eons fees
} 99,970,000
63,181,000)
aK | 99,515,000] 96,924,000 = } 22,
1900. 1598. 1297. 1000. 1899. 1893, 1897.
Jan. - 505,000 65,471,000] 51 a 9,408,000) 1,253,00
Feb. - 11,065, 00h) 61,080,000) =| 146,000) 1,168,001 1,000
Mor. =| 11,717,000) 1 | 10,0 |
April = 11/155/000) \
my | 11.6711K100) 11,2 4 191,000) i 19/1244
Jone -) 10,872,000) 9,018,000} EI 529,000) | 10,384,000) 10,707,000
Sik a Ip pavernnren |e te a ie me Six 7 270 97 G = ae =
Months. eta 000) E 87,671,900) 64,176,000 ( Month J 703,000} 15,979,000; 18,644,000] Sun _
Twelve | 1 3
ROD | | 131,065, |90/762.000|126,595.000) — Se lm a ee 000 89,561,000) — = = =
J
IMPORTS. STOCK AT) END) OF EACH MONTH, IMPORTS.
1899. 1893, 1897. | 1896. 1899. 1698. 1890. 1899.
Yb. Ib. Ib. Ib. ..
i 5,063,000) 6,000,
900,00 150,000) 000
| 6,815,000) 7,00 1000
5,370,000 8/000) 7 veh
7 i 7)1414 000} 16,979,000) 17/9)8,000] Nov. 003
«}990,000] 18,355,000) Dec. 108,000 009
7 Six |
49961 000] 5 a i'e000) 202000] — =
19110, 1898: | 1807. 1899. 1897.
17,840,000) 351,000] 249,000] 137,000] 663,00 591,000) “575,000
17,226,000) 835,000) 2461000] 159,000] 715,00] 530,000, 669.000
593,000) 218,000) 773,009
2:78,000) 255,000) 936,008
83y,000| 883,000 752,008
230.0001 330/000] L 371,000.
1,697,006) 1,433,000) — = = =
8,356,000) 9,334,000] 3,602,009] 3,615,000) — = = a,
mand Japan fra 1st January toSlst Decouber, 1898, word 91/591,000 1b. or ak the rats of 2,052,000 1b. pee month.
Molal deliveries of Iolia (rim Lat January, fo Blat D.coubs , 189>,, vord 150,059,000 ile, or at the rate of 11,691,000 ll. per month] ‘Total diliver ‘en Ob
sneluding Exporta 15,795,000 1b.)
(ectuing Breer eet 1897 127 156 000 10,618,000 aes
” 5,497, ) » ” 127.4 ” o » A ” " ” ” ” ” 19,572,000 Ib ) ” ” 1897 35,355,000 > 2,916,000
14,398,000 1b. 121651000 3, 10.8870 yh eo , 19431 000 1b a 00 D
idppkaliGanlan Leniabtg oie rita 1 or atthe rate of 7,791,000 Ib. per mon\l < | 10,59,000184), Be open) UAE a 9,818,100, ”
Tiveluding Exports 1698000 1b,), yas
” " f ” 10,502,000 Ib.) ” ” 1897 95,178,000 ,. ” y 7,931,000 fy s
y ” ” » 8,243,000 Ib.) ” fo 1596 85,451,000, ” a 7,121,000 il nf
HOME CONSUMPIION.
Pe NTGPTiR) Oh eed et BI Diebae, 169 Hrom 1+t Tanpary to\Slet Decembor, 1807. o HOME CONSUMPTION.
Gee fiisssa0 Th, oF at tho rate of 10,936,000 Ib. per month. | 121,559 000 Ib., or at tho rate of 10,155,000 Ib. per montli.| Fe aaicel r From 1s} Jan, ‘to Slat D, 1893. From 1st Jasoary to 31st Docomb:1, 14
(Mots) dei rri's of 1 deliveries of) Se
feylontorhm { 81,965,000, 4 6,831,000 ,, $4,071,000, y, 7,050,000, a Chinn Aud apa” 116,798,0001b,, or sthe rate of 1,916,0001b. p'rmontb,| 15,763,000 Ib,, or wt the ato of 1,413,001. per mouth.
iene Of COs a ee Consamption .. i
= ——
Baba G2) 213,199,500 17,761,000 208,680,000
A » MN i 580, 17,211,000, n
for ia no” r i 7 a 7,211,000 GHO. WHITE & CO, Tes Buoxwns,
Valted =a | 41, Pexcucecn Smmur, EC. ~
AB. Tho aboye Ggures do not apply to the whol of tho United Kingdom, but to the London bonded warehouses only.
;
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ti ie i Printed and pobliohed by Ay ME a J. Banavais
Supplement to the “ Tropical Agriculturist.” ;
COFFEE AND PEPPER EXPORTS FROM SOUTHERN INDIA, 1897-98.
To the Editor “ Ceylon Cbserver,”
Dear Sir,—I have the pleasure to furnish you withmy Annual Statement of Exports of Coffee and Pepper for the year ending 30th June 1898, the total fisures of which approxi
what the crops of these products in India for the year in Beechion amounted to. As usual, I further show the distribution of shipments to foreign ports, and have edded the figures tee eee ne
the three previous years for the purpose of comparison.
Correr.—I pointed out last year that the crop of 1896-97 was remarkable as being the smallest exported from India for many years. Iregret now to have to add that it is no longer a record year
the crop for the past year showing a further falling-off of some cwt. 8,585. [ am glad to say that estimates for the coming year would appear to point to the fact that we may expect a considerable
improvement when dealing with the figures of the coming crop. Of the quantity shipped this past year, owt. 121,517 may be regarded as Plantation, and the balance cwt. 81,658 as Native Coffee, showin
an actual increase in Plantation Coffee as compared to the previous year of cwt. 4,335, and a falling-off in Native Coffee of cwt. 12,920. The value of Plantation Coffee this past year was R64,40,401 an
of Native Coffee R35,92,952, calculated at R53 and R44 per ewt. respectively, which I consider an average value for the year, allowing for the difference in prices obtained for the produce of the several
districts in which the crops were grown. The total value of past year’s crop may therefore be taken at R1,00,33,353 as against that of the previous year, which I estimated at R1,35.48,478, but as already
shown, last year’s crop compared unfavorably in quantity with that of the previous year, and in addition the Coffee Market was weaker to the extent of an average of some R15 per cwt.
Prprer.—The total exports of this spice amounted to cwt. 1,25,231, or some forty-four per cent less than what was ‘shipped Jast year, the value of which at an average of R24 per swt. amounts to
R30,05,544. The price of pepper averaged H6-8 per cwt. over that of the previous year, and the bulk of the business was done with Calcutta. I do not think that last year’s actual crop was shorter than
the previous one, but there was not the usual quantity of the old crop in stock at the commencement of the year, owing to very large shipments to Hurope that were made in the previous year.
I am, dear sir, yours faithfully,
RALPH TATHAM, Agent to Arbuthnot & Co.
Tellicherry, 1898.
MESSRS. ARBUTHNOT & COMPANY’S ANNUAL STATEMENT OF EXPORTS OF COFFEE AND PEPPER FROM SOUTHERN INDIA DURING THE SEASON ENDING 30TH JUNE 1898.
From: Mangalore. Cannanore. Tellicherry, Badagara. Calicut. Beypore. Cochin, Alleppy. Quilon. Colachel. J Tuticorin. Madras. TOTALS.
Cofiee. 7 S51 Co- | pep- _ Coifee: a ae Cottee. Ag Coffee, [ary Coffee. Pep- _ | Pep- i Pep- Pep- Pep- Bc
To Plant.) Nat. { Total |& By ffee on Plant.) Nat. | Total.| & & Coffee @, © |Plant.) Nat. |Dotal f= | Plan.) Nat. \Total & |{Plan,| Nat. Total per. |Coffee| per. |Coffee|> &\Coffee per. [Coffee] per. {Coffee| per. [Coffee & a
I | | ee he | a a -———— =| | = [—— —-| —-—_ _- J —____|__..___,
|
London Cwt./32,924 50} 32,274) 75) ... ... 414,082] ... | 14,082] 2,608) .. .. 21,606] .. 121,606] 1626)22,759) ... | 22,759)... 471] ... | 471) 800) ... 154 93) 0 Jw. a 400} .. #f15,424- .. 107,109] 5,263
Liverpool ,,/| ... Ee oa 55.) |) ae nee aS os ee 50 ba gs ney). 13]... ae hea & ee) tees se ie bee a wee Fren (eeesel fecero O66 cos oa AS a sl eee
Marseilles ,,/ ... | 9,066] 9,066) ...] -- ac 646) 2,525) 3,171) 200] .. ie 70| 252] 322) .. oe ise Re, {caa:| | do hs ers es os ay aesh We hesifl ine “ai ae ..- f 1,080! .. } 13,589 200
Hayre 93 |... 23,733) 23,733] ... 9) ... | 3,284! 23,736] 27,020] 1,2517 ... | .. 2088), 3,001] 5,089] ... BEI) cee 33|) oii cee a act a oe oe eae een | eee Ea a3 me a 55,875| 1,251
Bordeaux ,,| ... = os me ee x % aa as ie eI & * Be Ae er ae ee All abe aS a i os ce eulliecea bees es - sas 198; .. 198].
Trieste » | 344 92) 436, .. |... .. | 2,477| 100) 2,577] 1,100] .. - ff 1,855 1| 1856} 200) 425) ... 425] ... | --- aon an he oe ae ep tll sees ae Re =e ase aS 5,294) 1300
Genoa Sy i} re pe!) cabo 28 25 so |] Ueto) 8. i - es 56 650} .. se Pe Wea ieee ss a0 ae Ae ae ass Alfeeeed MMe Seeelteraze 50 con = ne i 93050
Leghorn || 400} .. ve Sa ie oo0 100} ... ats pep |Ihc00 | [ceo . . 66 eno 60 +. see Pues ‘ a ose 500
Ancona | = 700); ... : ES es 505 200) .. see we ho || }.008 Bed ale eile re 08 ad aac cco ace a0 900
New York ,,| ... as ae ail Iiloo = es a ae oc ie : ae ws Be 50} .. ae Ao ll eee alc at ze = a5 do [faa |] cae ee 20 50
Naples =5 | ea oct eae Ae ° Ee on Se ave 300} .. a6 a oe a 500} -. rr n° a Weer a ee ie oa an Ps ea e ees Ge ri 800
Venice > acs Se. 33 oo ao aie one =p ae 101) .. e a, ee ix aes an hae es =a.| (ices ec eas 6 a ate orn ee ac 8 a 101
Hamburg ,, 305| 1,090] 1,395! .. J... sa g03! .. 903] 3,475) ... a 363| ... 363 Dc on ve : 2,661) 3,477
antwerMel ile, Widieos eo el cs]. if sno. pmree|) (erat TOO hee Spa Sa) als $3 lz : 5,327| 100
Adelaide ;,] .. | ... So, elt |aeeean mee 50]... FAW oc) |i os It ee eee | eae ae BF Be |lico . | 20 70
Syaney ” so eee ae aE 45 ane 195} ... 195) .. an wee 100] .. 100 nee f a - Ne 295
Melbourne ,,| .. a =O Abo | jane 873! .. SYA) oo: Be : 309) .. 309 . “ : UMA) oe
Suez “3 oc sae as Sc “5 ois on ae ne 263] .. Ae 2 a Ae 401) So 664
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Bombay &other|
Indian Ports,, 53] 8,476] 85292431) .. | 27,207! 68) 2,809) 2,877|34,558) .. | 6,355} 7,672) 4,104) 11,776] 10,322} 889] 874] 1,763] ... | 309) 43| 352! 7,669) .. |23,358) .. |... 9 -- ao || QAPBN coo a «. | 27,720} 111,900
Ceylon ae er saueiliere BS 93 93| .. on a 278| 278 52 75] a. Flhiscelses ne os : TG com |] GBR] .. | 1,984) 843 23 32] 2,453) 1,187
Crrt.|32,926)46,759) 79,685 27,223|22,578) 33,006) 55,584/46,868) |. | 6,355434,076] 7,804] 41,880) 14,699]24,181] 874)25,055] ... | 780 43} 823! 8,469) ... | 23,571 93 2321 ... .- | 4,807} 843]16,696] 465]224,623] 131,522
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1897-98] 32,926|46,759| 79,685)26 . (27 223 114,072) 20,705 34,777/41,632) |. | 6,35133,641) 7,612/ 41,253) 13,644]94,181} + 60/25,041) .. | 780 43] 823! 8,460) ... |23,571 93] 2321 .. -- | 4,807] 843]16,696| — 455}203,175| 125,231
1896-97 39/56,411) $3,350) 3/ 62,178/13,795|24,149} 37,944/69,518} ., |20,623}31,643| 4,851|36,494| 19,026] 25,644] 1,905]27,549] 20) 708) 266) 974) 22,715) 62) 35,580 45) 104) ... -. | 6.456 — 285)18,883 47}211,760| 222,383
1895-96) 47,206)81,169|1,28,375 2671) ... | 26,366 23,424 /33,656) 57,080!52,623] |. | 7,919]39,663| 9,595/49,258 18,646] 22,282] 546/22,828] 5{ 756] 158| 914\12,970} 195|35,750) 930 580) .. 62}10,094| 207}87,743 621307,417| 187,911
1894-95) 41,370'70,979/1,12.349 1610} 2} 28,806 20,688!13,808] 34,496'46, 178, 5,867/50,422| 4,483/54,905 6,527) 28,586| 1,015/29,604| 2] 684) 21:| 895\1%,0711 822) 49,741] 886, 325] ... .» 13,7731 281]43,889) —-31f291,621! 151,438
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NO. 22.
JuNE 13, 1898.
Pricr:—123 cents each 4 copiee
30 cents ; 6 copies 4 rupee.
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA.
LARGE LOTS.
{Ifessrs. A. H. Thompson & Co.—
114,827 Jb.]
1 Ettie 1 13 ch bro pek 1365 23 bid
2 2 11 do pek 1100
3 3 12 do pek sou 1160 19
4 Memorakande 4 3Lhf-ch dust 2480 15
13 Myraganga 13 29 ch or pek 2465 33 bid
1t 14 72 do bro pek 6340
15 15 28 do bro orpek 2940 36
16 16 53 do pek 424u 29
17 17 28 do pek sou 1960 26
18 18 66 do bro pek 6270 30
20 Sutton 20 33 ch pek sou 2772 31
22 Battalgalla 22118 ch pek sou 1€00 34
25 | aluk Oya 25 30 hf-ch ek 1650 35
29 Chetnole 29 45 ch bro pek 4950 36 bid
30 30 49 do pek 4900 31
31 31 11 do pek sou 1045 28
35 Lynsted 35 s0hf-ch bro orpek 1800 56
36 36 34 do or pek 1700 37 bid
37 37 27 do bro pek 1620 47 bid
38 33 44 do pek 2200 36 bid
#9 Hecegama 39 13 ch bro pek fans 1560 20
40 40 14 do dust 1960 11
42 AgarsLand 42 54hf-ch bro pek 1870 40 bid
43 43 30 do ek 1500 32bid
44 44 16 do ek sou 800 26 bid
45 Doragalla 45 10hf-ch pek fans 750 = 15
4G Miltonvale 46 9 ch bro pek 920 26
47 47 11 do | pek 101525
48 48 13 do pek sou 1010 24
63 Lavant 53 26 ch broorpek 2470 32 bid
54 54 22 do or pek 1760 32 bid
§5 55 41 do ek 3075 27
56 66 36 ch pek sou 3069 24 bid
57 57 7 do dust 910 11 bid
58 L 58 10 ch bro pek 1000 25 bid
49 59 11 do pek 9 26 bid
63 Vathalana 63 23 ch orpekNo.2 1955 30 bid
64 Y, in estate
mark 64 9 ch pek 855 27 bid
65 65 12 do pek sou 1140
66 66 15 do bro tea 1500 14 bid
67 = ZB, inestate i
mark 67 13 ch pek 1105 =s-:« 19 bid
73 Mandara
Newara 73 53hf-ch bro pek 3180 5C
74 - 74 37 do pek 2035 38
75 75 31 do pek sou 1705 34
(Mr. E. John.— 210,218 ik.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ibi e;
2A 746 «8 ch pekoe 720 26
5 Riseland 755 8 do pekoe 72055026
8 Vincit 764 12 do bro pek 1200 933
9 767 10 do ekoe 1000 25
11 Woodstock [73 9 do bro or pek 85d 42
12 776 14 do pekoeA 1064 33
13 779 15 do pekoeB 1320 30
it Ottery 782 9 do bro pek 900 48 bid
15 785 11 do or pek 990 40
16 788 20 do ekoe 1800 35
9) Kila 797 19 do roorpek 1710 32
20 810 45 do bro pek 4050 32 bid
21 803 29 do pekoe 2320 29
' 22 Kanangama 9806 36 do bropek 3600 32 bid
23 809 41 do pekve 3485 27 bid
24 812 27 do ek sou 2295 24
235 Agra Ouvah 815 54 hf-ch ro or pek 3510 60
20 8'8 25 do or pek 1375 51
27 821 10 do pekoe 950 45
23 Glasgow 824 40 ch roorpek 8400 40
29 827 14 do or pek 4910 46
30 $30 15 do koe 1500 39
31 Bowhill 833 21 do ro pek 2100 = 34
82 886 17 do pekoe 1700 28
33 Galella 839 23 do bro pek 2415 44
34 842 18 do pekoe 1620 37
35 845 11 do pek sou 1100 34
36 EK 848 I11hf-ch fans sso. «12
5% Mocha gu2 21 ch broor pek 2205 51 bid
65 905 22 do or pek 1980 44
56 908 23 do peksou 1840 = 35
67 Anchor, in est.
mark ; 911 27 do broorpek 2700 55
Lot Box.
58 914
59 917
61 St. John’s 923
62 926
63 929
64 932
Bolene 935
69 Eila 947
70 920
71 953
72 956
76 SW 968
77 971
8L EN 983
8 NB 995
&6 AR 998
87 1
88 Yapame 4
89 7
90 10
94 Gonavy 22
95 25
97 Gam via 31
98 34
99 37
100 NSBY 40
101 M 43
103 E 49
113 Keenagaha Ella 79
114 §2
115 85
118 Cisremont 94
119 97
124. Maskeliya 112
125 115
126 118
127 121
128 124
130 Kotuagedera 130
13L Chapelton 133
132 136
133 Kila 139
134 Poilakanda 142
135 Evalgolla 145
136 148
139 Glentilt 157
140 160
141 163
142 Brownlow 166
143 Ormidale 169
144 BD 72
117 Troup 175
146 178
147 181
148 Birnam 183
150 ADL 190
151 Murraythwaite 193
152 196
153 199
156 MahaEliya 28
17 hf-ch
Name. Ib.
or pek 1020
pekoe 1980
bro or pek 1456
or pek 1344
pekoe 1300
pek sou 1152
pek fans 1088
pek sou No.1 1360
pek sou 1840
sou 1920
dust 2700
ekoe 190
bro mix 1265
pek sou No.2 160
dust 1280
bro tea 1210
dust 765
bro pek 5000
pekoe 3100
ek sou 2250
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dust 765
or pek 1760
rek sou 950
pek fans 1350
pekoe 1800
pek sou 1040
pekoe 900
bro pek 1265
or pek 1330
pekce 1275
bro or pek 1815
pe oe 1190
bro or pek 3300
or pek 3000
pekoe 1700
pek sou 1260
fans 1010
bro pek 1500
dust Tit
hro mix 880
dust 1920
pek sou 1040
bro pek 1300
pekoe 765
bro per 2900
pekoe 1500
fans 1280
bro pek fans 840
pekoe 3050
pekoe 4320
or pek 40L0
pekoe 4140
pek dust 1539
pek dust 910
pee sou 1665
ro pek 1235
pekoe 1105
pek sou 1010
bro pek fans 1445
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib.
1 Salawe 141 37 ch pek sou 8°45
3 133° «5 «do dust 740
5 Ambalawa 145 27hf-ch pek 1215
6 146 25 do pek sou 1000
7 San Cio 147 30hf-ch bro mix 1200
13 Ivies 13 30hf-ch fans 1500
14 154 16 do dust 1230
15 Ketadola 155 7 ch _ bro pek 700
19 Koorooloo-
galla 159 43 ch jek 3870
20 Nugawella 160 23hf-ch or pek 1265
21 161 19 do bro or pek 1233
22 162 47 do pek 2350
25 Hooluganga 165 10 ch bro pek 1100
283 Warakamura 168 17 ch or pek 1780
30 170 18 ch pek 1710
31 17L 15 do sou 1350
44 D 184 11 do pek sou 1045
46 Marigold 186 77hf-ch bro pek 4466
47 187 50 do pek 2500
48 188 44 do ek sou 1936
50 199 14 do ro pek fans 980
51 Bogahagoda-
watte 151 22hf-ch broyek 1144
52 192 17 ch pek 1530
63 193 15 do peksou 1350
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(Messrs. Somerville & Co.—232,001]
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2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. | es Lo.t Box. Pkts. Name. | Ib. 3
54 Neuchatel 194 69 ch bro pek 690 81 bid | 34 Errollwood 689 11 ch or 889° 48
55 195 17 do pek 1448 «= 29 bid | 25 892 12 do pe’ 968 385 bid
56 196 16 do pek sou 1360 27 36 89; 15bfch orpek fans 285 35
57 197 6 do dust 900 13 37 KWD 398 13hf-ch bro pek fams 936 25
58 Pitadenia 198 24 hf-ch bro pek 1440 28 bid | 38 Monkswood 901 Y0hf-ch bro or pek 1000 65
59 199 24 do ek 1080 28 bid | 39 4 20 do or ps 100063
67 Narangada 207 16 ch ro pek 1600 82 bid | 40 907 87 “do 31450 47
68 208 32 do pek 3040 28 bid | 41 910 17 ©o k sou 153040
69 209 37 ch peksou 8330 625 a 913 17 do ropekfan 10z0 §=80
72 Havangalla 212 21 ch bro pek 2100 45 44 STC 919 30 ch bro pek BWW» BO
73 2138 35 do pek 8150 29 bid | 45 924 20 do pek L070 27
74 214 12 do sou 1080 26 46 925 22 do pek sou 1760 5
77 ~Bollagalla 217 26 ch bro pek 3420 33 bid | 48 93t 10hf-ch dust 750 6
78 218 18 do pek 1440 32 49 Mahalla 934 24 ch bro pek 2400 32
79 219 18 do ek sou 1710 27 50 937 19 do pek 1909 2
80 Maddegedera 220 48 ch ro pek 4800 31 bid 61 910 13 do k sou 1300 |
81 221 24 do pek 2280 29 55 St. Heliers 952 33 hf-ch ro or pek 1782 37 bid
82 222 18 do ek sou 1530 w 56 955 21 ch meg 1890 BL
83 Glenalla 223 49 ch ro pek 4900 32 bid 519 AMB 964 16 ch vo pek fans 1472 13
84 244 49 do pek 3COU 26 bid | 61 #70 21 do fans 2520 4
85 225 17 do peksou 1530. UMbid | 62 973 12 do red Jeaf 1056S «10
87 H 227 10 ch sou 850 13 63 Talgaswela 976 30 ch bro pek 2850 «34
92 Forest Hill 232 26 ch ae pek 2782 «= 83 bid | 64 979 37 do 3330s
93 233 39 do bro 3276 $8 bid | 65 932 22 do k sou 1980 25
94 Mousagalla 234.7 ch roorpek 770 25 bid 66 985 7 do ro pek
95 285 27 do bro pek 2700 = BL bid No. 2 770
96 236 22 do pek 18709 67 Passara Group 988 30 ch bro pek 2700 = 40 bid
97 237 32 do pek sou 2880 25 68 991 11 do bro or pek 1110 48
98 Koladeniya 238 81 ch bropek 3100 = 28 bid | 69 094 42 do pek 3780.31
99 239 25 do pek 2250 25 bid 70 907 28 do pek sou 2520 2a
100 240 9 do ek sou 810 25 76 Condegalla 1015 10 do pek 900 = 36
101 Ukuwela 241 29 ch ro pek 200 28 79 Maragalla 1024 8 ch (or rd 800 BB
162 242 21 do bro pek 2100 28 81 1030 68 do pe 720 «62
103 243 22 do pek 2200 25 bid | 83 Dromoland Wd 7 ch bro pek 735 es
104 244 18 do pek 1600 26 86 Sembawatte 1045 82 ch bro or pek 2200 35
105 Kew 245 23hf-ch broorpek 1288 46bid | 87 10i8 19 do or 1615 = 32
106 246 25 do or pek 1%50 49 88 ius Ov uv pe 3920 78
707 247 35 ch pek 8220 36 89 1054 29 do pek sou 1885 26
101 248 32 do pek sou 8040 = 33 93 Doomba 1066 12 ch souj 1080 B2
111 Mossville 251 32 ch ro pek fans3520 20 bid | 9% 1069 llhf-ch fans 715 = 80
112 262 10 hf-ch ust 850 12 95 w72 10 do dust 750 «(115
‘113 Glentaaffe 253 86 ch pekdust 2880 12 96 Kabragalla 1075 62hfch bro pek 3410 = 83 bid
114GT 254 3L ch bro tea 3100 12. 97 lu78 57 do pekoe 2850 30 bid
120 Walahanduwa 260 48 ch bro pek 4800 34 98 1081 Ww do peksou 1500 =. 28 bid
121 261 26 do pek 2340 80 99 SV, in estate
124FPA 264 8 ch pek 760 23 mar 1088 «8 ch dust 960 12
125 265 8 do fans 880 27 100 1087 7 do pek fans 840s
126 Yarrow 266 43hfch bro pek 2408 = 84 lu2 Arapolakan- ~
127 267 60 do pek 00. «31 de 1093 91 ch bro pek 8190 36 bid
128 Hemingford 268 22 ch sou 1320-23 103 1096 75 do pek 60u0s 29)
129 New Valley 269 18 ch bropek 1980 50 104 1099 10 do pek sou 909 27
130 270 19 do or pek 1900 40 bid | 106 Scrubs 1108 14 ch broor pek 1330 61 bid
131 271 20 do or pek 2000 22bid | 107 1103 20 do bro pe 2000 «= 50 bid
132 272 30 do pek 8000 82 bid 108 lll 19 do k 1615 40 bid
133 273 29 do pek 2900 80 bid 109 11i4 12 de k sou 1020 35 bid
134 274 19 do pek sou 1710335 110 1117. 8 do ro or pek
136 NIT 276 9 ch unas 855 18 fans 800 31
137;Blinkbonnie 277 48hf-ch bro pek 2640 45 112 Torwood 1123 22 ch bro pek 2.00 27
138 278 30 do pek 1500 3-387 113 1126 42 do or pek 468) 30
139 279 38 do pek sou 1710 34 114 1129 32 do p-k 2688 27
141 Labugama 281 37hf-ch bro pek 1665 36 115 1132 27 do pek sou 2214 825
142 282 19 ch pek 1615 25 bid 117 1138 7 do dust 875 16
143 283 23 do peksou 1840. 21 bid | 118 Broadoak 1141 25hf-ch broorpek 1250 44
145 Sirinewasa 285 14 ch bro pek 1470 40 119 1114 87 do or 1850 36
146 26 21 do ek 1995 29 120 1147 55 do pek 2750 BU
147 287 28 do pek sou 2380 26 121 1150 38 do pek sou 1520 «9628
159 Ambalawa 299 25 hf-ch ek 11z 28 129 Bandara-
160 300 14 do pek fans 700 25 wella 1174 25 ch or pek 2380 8= 40 bid
161 301 24 do peksou 960 25 130 1177 30 do ——pek 2400 «»§=929bid
164 WGP 304 15 hf-ch pek sou 750 = 28 131 1180 14 do pek sou 1120 28
166 Honiton 306 9 eb roorpek 945 37 132 1183 16 de sou 1440 23
‘167 307. 14 do bro pek 1260 39 134 Hopton 1189 S$ ch dust 800) ll
168 308 19 do pek 1520 29 1440 AB 31207 25 ch pek sou 1875 26
169 309 12 do pek sou 1020 «28 141 1210 33 do bro pek fan 2970 =18
142 Bargany 1213 46hf-ch bro pek 2330. «39
143 1216 18 = ses 1620 tu
144 1219 11 do sou 935 27
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.—) 147 Ganapalla 1298 30 ch br pek .., 9880, 30 bid
542,106 Ib. ms we a = bas or pek 3528 31
Fy 14 23 a pe 4558 26
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. bse ec. 150 3237 35 do ninan 2-00. A.
3 S V, Maliga- 151 1240 «6 do ropek fans 720 25
tenne 796 25 ch bropek 3375 27 152 Maha Uva 1243 16hf-ch bioorpek 1040 48
4 799. 23 do pek 2070 24 153 1246 47 do or pek 2820 29,
11 Great Valley 154 1219 38 «ch pek 3120 °
Ceylon, in est. ‘ 155 1252 17 do pe sou 13€0 33
mark 820 2l1hf-ch bro pek lla 44 158 Battawatte 1261 29 ch ro pek 2900 46
12 828. 25 do or pek 1250 35 159 1264 25 do pek 2500 36
13 $26 36 do pek 3240 32 168 Hayes 1291 20hf-ch pek No.2 lov 31
14 829 19 do pek sou 1710 30 169 , 1294 25 do pek sou 1125 20.
15 Kotagaloya 832 24 ch pek 2040 32 170 1297 25 do sou 1125 78
18 SWI 841 10 ch pek fans 1120 25 171 a 1300 13 do bro pek fans 715 3t
19 844 5 do dust 750 . 14 174 High Forest 1309 48 do bro or pek 2380 46
20 847 10 do congou 1000 23 175 1312 52 do or pek 2704 41
28 S RT, ineft: : we 176 Ruanwellu 1315 24 ch bro pek 2280 «= 35 bid
mark 71 8 ch pek 735° DSS led, 318 39 do pek- 3510-28
29 374 15 do ° bro™~ pek 1575 22 bid 178 = 4 1321 10 do peksou 90 25
30 877 7 do _ pek fans 980 «14 185 Vellaioya 1342 11 ch pek sou 990 429
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. 3
‘Lot. Box, Pkgs. Name. lb. cc. Loc. Box. Pkes. Name. lb. ec.
y E S 346 CP H Galle,
189 Norwood 1354 13 ch fans 1G95) 5 22 in est. mark 1825 16hf-ch pek sou sco 23
190 13:7 11 do dust LI pz 354 Penrhos 1819 31 do or pek 1520 47
195 Dunkeld 1372 $ ch pek sou 70-30 355 1852 31 do bropek 1756 48
196 1375 12 do nek fans 840 24 256 1855 53 ch k 4505 $
197 1378 8 do dust 72013 357 1a521"10.- 40° . oro'sou 80 3
199 Stamford 362 Kirklees 1873 20 do pek sou 1600 2
Hill 1384 32hf-ch flowery or 367 Northbrook 1888 47 do broorpek 25¢0 35 bid
pek 1600 50 bid | 368 Ravenhoe 1s9l 66 do bro or pek 3614 32 bid
200 1387 25 ch or pek 2125 36 bid 375 Thedden 1912 16 do pek 1440 31 bid
201 1390 20 do pek 170¢ 33 bid 376 Coombewood 1915 20 do pek son 1£00 29
203 Ascot 1306 14 ch bro pek 1260 36 396 Pantiya 1975 11 ch bropek _ 1109 25 bid
204 1399 18 do pek 14402 397 1978 12 do ek 1680 29 bid
205 1402. 8 do pek sou 1205 226) 398 1981 13 do peksou 1040. 26
213 Middleton 1426 18hf-ch broorpek 999 60 bid 399 Clyde 198t 40 do pek $600 2a
214 1429 20 ch or pek 2000 43 bid £0 KP W 1987 27hf-ch or pek 1620 22 bid
215 1432 33 do or pek 3300 45 bid | 401 199) 27 do — bro-pek 14853
216 1435 12 do pekoe 108043 402, 1993 6S do pekoe 3460 23
21S 1441 17 «do bro pek 1360-34 404 Clyde 1999 22 ch bro pek 2080 41
222 Caperton 11453 8 do dust 1280 =610 405 2002 28 do pek 2520 27
223 Holton 1456 13 do bro pek 1235. 33 406 2005 13 do pek scu 117024
228 ingrogalla 1471 22 do bro pek 2200-38
229 1474 59 do pekoe 2315 32
231 Buena Vista 1480 9 dg ee ee a
232 M V. 1483 9 do us ¢ 2 cv a
234 Beverley 1489 28hf-ch bro pek_ 1540 45 SMALL LOTS.
235 1492 21 do bro pk No 11155 42 ae :
239 Dag TS edare, Beko: os C00) "27 (Messrs. A. H. Thompson & (€o.]
240 ALL 1507° 26 ch pek 2340 24
241 Kirksville 1510 8 do dust 1280 11 7 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. c.
242 Ouvahwelle 1513 2Shf-ch bro or pek 1400 56 bid hfich > 54. 2 da red leaf 160 7
308 Farnham 1711 35 do ekoe 1925 32 39 GA S57 4hfch dust 350 oF
309 Chesterford 1714 52 ch ra pek 5200 43 40 : 360, 7 dol bropektanss420) | 95
310 es peda pesog pve a 41 863 1 ch red leaf 99 iv
B1L 1720 46 do pekoesou 4600 27 2
5s > : 75 yg 60 Anchor, in est.
312 1723, 8 do fans Roch wee mark 920 7hf-ch peksou 315 30
Se Gersgama = 174078 du, bro pek 2800 52 SW” 94 2 ch fans 230 OE
321 GPM inest. 79 EN 977 3 do pekoe 300 26
mark 1750 55hf-ch bro orpek 3300 48. — 89 980 5 do bro pek 330 1 3%
322 1753 59 do or pek 3304 4L bid | g2 986 7Thfch troiix 595 «16
323 1756 64 dO pek 3328 35 bid | §3 RL 9-9 5 do p2k fans 360 18
324 1759 88 do peksou 4576 32 8t 992.2 do dust _ 180-12
825 1762 14 do fans 1120 26 91 Yapame ign! chi bro mix £0 7
326 Dunbar 1765 15 ch pek 1125 32 92 163 do dust 468 8
827 Dinest. mark1768 23 hfi-ch bro orpek 1380 26 : 93 19 6 do fans 672 24
331 Ismalle 1780 15 ch + or pek 1350 28 bid | 96 Gonavy 28 4 do congou 320 25
332 1783 10 do bro or pek 10:0 28bid | 192 E 46 5 do bro pek 625 3B
333 1786 21 do pek 1680-26 104 52 1 do mixed 106 8
B34 1789 19 do pek sou 1520 24 108 M 55 1 do bropek 8] 34
335 1792 21 do sou 1785 23 106 58 1 do :
336 Walpita 1795 + See pe pek : 8u Fs 1 hf-ch Rekog 1:0 24
337 1795 c € 552 107 61 1 ch peksou 65 89620
338 _ 1801 13 do peksou 1105 26 108 Marguerita 64 Zhf-ch or pek 350 46
339 Columbia 1844 89hf-ch bro pek 214500 52 109 67 5 do broorpek 280 57
340 1807 38 du pek 190 388bid | 110 70 10 do pekoe $50 37
341 1810 23 do peksou 1104 32 bid } 11) 73 3 de is 20 Bs
LO in est. 112 76 1 do dus 9 13
oa ae 1813 12 do brorpKfansS40 24 bid | 116 Keenagaha Ella83 6 ch peksou a 25
343 12 ch = pek sou 108028 117 91 6 do son 4 23
Gillawatte 1816
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Lot Box. Pkgs. Name bl, ¢ Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib e.
120 Claremont 100 3 ch ek sou 255 10
121 103. 1 bag ro tea “77 5 é 961 Thf-ch dust 618 13
129 Maskeliya 127. «6hf-ch dust 510 = 13 60 AMB 967 5 ch bro tea 410) «612
137 Eyalgolla 151 6 ch pek sou 510 = 20 71 Passara ;
138 154 2hf-ch dust 160 12 Group 1000 5 ch bro mix 4500 «25
149 D 187 4 ch peksou 425 823 72, 1003 6 do dust oo 16
154 Murraythwaite 202 1 do dust 150 8 73 Condegala 1006 2 ch broorpek 230 50
155 205 b5bhf-ch fans 325 20 74 1009 5 do or pek “co 48
75 1012 1 do do 90 43
77 1018 1 do k 7s Pil
= 78 Maragalla 1021 3 ch Tio evguk 3360—s $1
s ile & C ae 1027 - “o pek 3500 | 8
is mer e is z 1033 o pek sou 400 24
Messrs 0 if 0-] 84 Dromoland 1039 6 ch vek (64
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name Ib, ‘c. 85 1032 4 do k sou 3725
‘ 90 Sembawatte 1057 4 ch ust 600 13
2 Salawe 142 2 ch bro mix 206 10 91 Doomba 1060 9hf-ch or pek 495 30
4 BS bg aed unas nH - 92 1063 7 ch ~~ pek 60 06
12 Ivies 15% -ch sou 5) 101 SV, in estate
16 Ketadola 156 6 ch pek 570 6 ’
7 157 6 do peksou 5703 mark (90 6 ch umas 630
13 158 2 do sou 180 19 105 Arapolakan-
23 Nugawella 163 4 ch pek sou 840 03=—- 27 de 1102 3 ch dust 330 iL
24 164 4hf-ch dust 340013 lll BO 1120 8hf-ch dust 225 «i
26 Hooluganga 166 5 ch pek 5CO 88 116 Torwood 1135 4 ch sou 320 «23
o7 267. 3 do ek sou 8C0 25 123 Coldstream 1166 1 hf-ch bro or pek 37 Bi
29 Warakamure 169 2 ch ro pek 210 = 27 124 1159 1 ch pek 74 =.
32 172 3hf-ch fans 210 #16 125 1162 1 do ee sou 82. 22.
33 173 1 ch dust 90 lw 126 1165 Lhf-ch ust 59 15
42 D 182 6 ch bropek 6d 33 127 1168 1box bro tea 26 F
43 183 3 do pek 818 28 128 New Anga-
45 185 4 ch unas 416-23 mana 1171 10hf-ch bro pek 550
49 Merigold 189 15 hf-ch sou 660 25 133 Hopton 1186 5 ch congou 450
60 Pitadenia 200 8hf-ch pek sou 360 89-23 139 Igalkande 1204 4 ch pek 368
61 201 2 do sou 80 19 145 K 1222 1 ch sou 100
62 202 1 ch dust 85 12 146 1225 1 do dust 170
70 Narangoda 210 6 ch dust! 480-13 156 Maha Uva 1255 Lhfch k fans 56
71 211 5 do fans 375 25 157 1258 8 do sa 270
75 Harangalla 215 3 ch dust 390 8613 160 Fattawatte 1267 6 ch pek sou 600
76 216 4 do fans 420 33 179 Ruanwella 124 4 ch ro pek fans 440
86 Glenalla 226 Shfch dust 240 12 180 1827 6 do dust 450
88 H 228 3 ch sou No. 286 8 18t Forres 1380 1 ch bro pek 97
89 2299 4 do fans 280 23 182 VOA 1333 1 ch k 91
90 230 1 do bro mix 80 8 183 Waverley 1396 1 ch ro or 97
91 231 2hf-ch dust 170=—s- 12 184 1389 1 do bro pe 102
109 Kew 249 Thf-ch bropekfans 455 30 186 Norwood 1345 4 ch bro pek 432
1 250 4 do dust 340 14 187 1348 6 do pek 480
122 Walahan- 188 1351 5 do k sou 607
duwa 262 4 ch ek sou 360-23 v1 1360 1 do fro ten 95
123 FPA 263 6 ch ro pek 600 20 198 St. Andrews 1381 4hf-ch dust 280
135 NIT 275 5 ch unas No. 1 500 20 202 Ascot 1393 4 ch broorpek 400
140 Blinkbonnie 280 6hf-ch dust 450 12 208 1405 3 do pek fans 3860
144 Labugama 284 2 ch fans 240 «24 219 L NSinest.
148 Sirinewasa 288 3 ch bropekfans 300 23 1444 1hf-ch bro pek 37
149 289 1 do dust 150 11 220 1447 1 ch »e - SOU 92
bo HIS 290 Thf-ch bro pek 420 24 921 1450 1 hf-ch dust 47
151 291 8 do pek 4s¢ 31 224 Holton 1459 7 ch pek 5(0
152 ; 292 8 do peksou 480 26 225 1462 2 do peksou 190
162 WGP $02 65 hf-ch bro pek 300 39 296 1465 2 do dust 150
163 303 9 do pek 450 82 27 RL 1468 1 do red leaf liv
168 d 305 5 do fans 2750 230 Ingrogalla 1477 5 do k sou 425
170 Honiton 310 2 ch dust 300.12 233 Beverley 1486 SOhf-ch broorpek 540
171 311 1 do fans 85 15 22 1495 6 do ropk No. 2 320
172 312 2 do pek No. 2 154 27 937 1498 10 do 500
173 Penrith _ an ees it c 238 1501 10 do k No. 1 500
174 ‘oO ‘ans i 2 2387 Harrington 1528 8 do ro Or 5
175 315 2 do bro pek No.2 220 30 bid 250 gto 1537 2 ch k peek 4
176 Oolapane 316 6hf-ch dust 480 12 251 Norwood 1540 1 do a tea 107
? 955 Marl:orough 1552 3 do _ bro pek 320
258 Essex 1561 2 do pek dust 280
279 1564 3 do dust 480
262 Sunnycroft 1573 3 oe pek sou 300
263 1576 1 do congou 100
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.] 264 1579 3 do dust 450
269 Cottaganga 1594 Shfch dust 640
Lot. Box. Pkts. Name. 1% c. 70 KB 1597 1 ch fans 130
of Panti i008 3 de Sein 500
5 S V Maliga- 272 antiya 1 5 do red lea: 500
4 : 274 RAW 1669 1bf-ch dust 85
6 tonne ae A Bi melon eG a ¢80 Bandara Eliyal627 9 ch bropkfans 63u
7 Horagaskelle 808 5hf-ch bro pek 310 29 285 Knavesmire 1642 1hf-ch dus 8
8 811 5 do pek 262 25 286 1615 2 ch
9 814 10 do kK sou 562-22 lhf-ch fans 305
10 817 2 do ro mix 128 «9 287 1648 2 ch sou | 170
16 Kotagaloya 835 3 ch peksou 240 28 238 MMM 1651 5 do bromixed 525
WV 8388 1 do sou 80 21 294 M 1669 4 do pek sou 360
$1 Kakiriskande 880 2 ch 303 CRD 1696 4 do dust 400
lhf-ch bro pek 264 36 313 Che2terford 1726 6 do congou _ 540 -
32 883 3 ch pek 321 28 314 1729 3 do _ bro tea 300
33 386 4 do pex sou 4u0 20 31S 1732 Shf-ch dust 660
43 K WD, in estate 328 Dinest. mark1771 7 do sou 350
mark 926 Ghf-ch dust 7 432 «16 329 1774 8 do fans 480
47 STC 928 6 ch brosou — 450 16 330 17711 do dust 668
62 Mahalla 943 2 ch ek No. 2 200 22 344 C P HGalle,
53 946 2 do ians 2007 Maes in est. mark 1819 7hf-ch bro pek 420
5t i 9:9 2hf-ch dust 160 7 345 1892 12 do 600
57 St. Heliers 9F ch pek sou 660027 347 "1828 2 do congou 100 ©
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. 5
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. e.
358 Penrhos 1861 6hf-ch dust 480 17
359 Bittacy 1864 2 ch peksou 190 25
360 1867 4hf-ch dust 340 13
361 Lebanon Group1870 1 do bro pek 51 34
363 Chapelton 1876 1 ch dust 95 10
364 Clunes 1879 4hf-ch broorpek 240 32
365 Haputale 1882 3 ch pek sou 210 89.29
366 Bismark 1885 4 do pek sou 320 27
369 S Fin est mark1894 3hf-ch bro pek 165 25
370 1897 6 do ek sou 280 16
871 1900 1 ch ust 103 8
372 CRinest mark1903 ihf-ch pek 60 20
373 1906 1 do ied leaf 32 9
374 19¢9 1 do dust 90 10
393 AG Y 1966 2 do bro mix 166 11
394 1969 1 do red leaf 18 5
395 1972 3hf-ch dust 180 10
403 KPW 1996 2 do dust 180 12
407 Clyde 2008 5 ch fans 500 26
408 FAW 2011 3hf-ch bro mix 270 13
CEYLON COFFEE SAELS IN LONDON.
(From our Commercial Correspondent. )
MINCING LANE May 20.
“Asia”—Wiharagalla, 1c 102s; PB, 1b 98s; WHG in estate
mark, P, 1c 35s; WHG, I1t4ls.
ee ee eee
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
“Clan Mackay’—SA, estate cocoa, O, 11 69s; KK in estate
mark, estate cocoa, 113 688; MAKM in estate mark, es-
tate cocoa, 49 68s bid; 1 MAK, 46 67s; MAK, 9 61s 6d;
HGA, 20 60s; CN, 16 62s 6d; KMK in estate mark, bid 14
59s 6d.
“Clan Cameron”—HGA in estate mark, 20 683.
““Wanderer”—OBEC in estate mark, Kondesale, OK, 38
7ls 6d; JF, 9 683; O,669s 6d; I, 2 62s 6d; D, 7 67s 6d;
OBEC in estate mark, 20 71s. Mahaberia, O, 18 693; 2, 14
51s, OF, 9 69s 6d; FF, 2 62s 6d.
“Sumatra”—OBEC in estate mark, Kondesale, D, 19 68s.
‘“‘Victoria’—Keenakelle, A, 52 64s, outat 69s; KKB, 28
61s; C, 12 52s 6d; T, 1 48s. Pathregalla, A, 20 48s 6d, out at
51s; 13 69s 6d; T, 3 58s6d.
“Clan Grant”—A, No. 1, Dynevor, 22 69s 6d; No.2 B, 9
63s,,No.1, 11 68s 6d; No.2, 5 63s; D, No. 3, 3 68s
“Victoria”—Maragalla, AR, 7 68s: A, 20 69s 6d; 14 54s;
T, 1 69s.
“Logician”—Goonambil, A, 66 69s.
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TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES,
NO. 28.
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA.
Cotomgo, June 20, 1898.
b.
2550
4800
1100
935
900
1160
1680
1120
910
1425
1020
3240
3000
2125
2010
1365
1000
1870
1500
800
4950
1955
855
1105
1045
975
850
4700
4845
1520~
900
150t
2970
2310
1350
2250
1120
990
1260
2470
1760
Cc.
46
33 bid
29 bid
42 bid
34 bid
37 bid
81 bid
27
38
37
3L
29 bid
45
80
25 bid
19 bid
34 bid
40
29
26
36
28 bid
26 bid
25
33 bid
25
22
35
28
25
1L
18
38
3L
28
36
30
26 bid
27
32 bid
30 bid
LARGE LOTS.
(fdessre. A. BH. Thompson & Co.—
86,088 Ib.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name.
i Harrow 1 5) hf-ch bro pek
2 2 48 ch pek
3 3 11 do pek sou
5 Rambodde 5 17hf-ch hro pek
6 6 18 do pek
9 Amblakande 9 11 ch bro pek
1C 10 21 do pek
11 1l 14 do pek sou
15 Cotswold 15 14hf-ch_ bro or pek
16 16 15 do or pek
17 17 12 do pek
1s Vogan 18 36 ch or pek
19 19 30 do bro pek
20 PA PBI a (0) pek
or 21 24 do pek sou
25 E 25 13 ch bro pek
26 Battalgalla 26 10 ch pek sou
29 Agar’sLand 29 34hf-ch bropek
30 30 30 do pek
31 31 31 do pek sou
32 Chetnole 82 45 ch bro pek
33 33 23 do or pek
34 34. 9 do pek
35 35 13 do pek
36 St. Leonards on
Sea 36 11 ch bro pek
37 37 13 do pek
38 38 10 do peksou
40 Doragalla,In-
voice No. 23 40 47 ch bro pek
41 41 57 do ek
42 42 19 do pek sou
44 44 12 do pek faus
48 Henegama 48 12 ch bro pek fans
49 Doragala, In--
voice No, 24 49 27 ch bro pek
50 50 26 do pek
51 51 15 do pek sou
53 Mapitigama 3 45hf-ch bro pek
54 - 54 14 ch pek
55 55 12 do pek sou
56 56 21 do bro pek fans
59 Lavant 59 26 ch bro or pek
60 60 22 do or pek
61 61 41 do pek
3075
Mr. BE. Jenn. —(243,873 1b.)
Lov. Box.
1 SK 211
2 214
207.
9 W 235
10 Pati Rajah 238
11 241
15 Oonoogaloya 253
16 256
17 259
18 262
19 Poilakanda 265
20 268
HE 271
22 Kituldeniya 274
23 277
24 280
25 283
29 Coslanda 995
30 : 298
33 Ravenswood 307
34 310
35 313
38 Ratwatte 322
39 325
40 328
41 Whyddon 331
42 334
43 337
44 P 340
45 AA 343
46 Suriakande 346
47 349
48 352
49 355
Pkegs,
15 ch
20 do
13. do
16 hf-ch
35 hf-ch
24 ch
20 hf-ch
20 do
16 hf-ch
922° ch
25 hf-ch
29 do
43 do
10 do
15 hf-ch
Name. Ib.
bro pek 1500
pekoe 2000
pek sou 1300
pek fans 1120
bro pek 1000
pekoe 750
bro pek 2400
pekoe 1440
pek sou 1260
dust 1409
bro pek 1740
pekoe 3510
pek sou 1360
bro pek 1414
bro pek No.2 707
pekoe 1105
pek sou 1445
bro pek 2100
pekoe 2160
broor pek 1400
bro pek 2520
pekoe 2300
bro pek 1800
pekoe 1550
pek sou 1600
bro pek 3200
pekoe 2250
pek sou 1800
pek fans 1120
bro pek 2090
bro pek 1375
or pek 1450
pekoe 4085
pek sou 960
bro pek fans 1050
27 bid
31
Lo.
t Box.
Shawlands 361
364
367
Kosgahawella 376
Uda 397
400
403
Koslanda, 406
409
Cleveland 418
421
424
427
Templestowe 433
436
439
Lameliere 442
445
448
Ottery 434
457
460
BD 469
t oilakanda, 472
TTT T,inest.
mark 475
S, inest mark 478
481
Kotuagedera 487
MN 490
EN 493
LGD, in est.
mark 496
Lameliere 499
502
505
Horton Plains 517
520
523
Maryland 532
535
Ridgmount 538
Marakona 541
544
Yakka 550
553
556
559
Claremont 565
568
571
XYZ 592
Glentilt 616
619
Glasgow 622
625
628
Agra Ouvah 631
634
640
643
Ferndale 649
652
655
Eadella 66L
664
667
Agra Ouvah 670
673
676
Shannon 679
682
685
KW 688
691
694
BD 70)
708
709
Keenagaha
Hila 712
Napier 715
W 736
Morahela 739
742,
745
748
HW ToT
Prick :—12} cents each 3 copies
30 cents ; 6 copies } rupee,
18 do
42 hi-ch
382 ch
12 do
15 do
f-ch
22 do
21 do
HL chi
Name.
bro pek
pekoe
pek sou
pekoe
bro pek
pekoe
dust
bro pek
pekoe
bro or pek
or pek
pekoe
trek sou
or pek
pekoe
pek sou
bro pek
pekoe
pek sou
bro or pek
or pek
pekoe
bro pek
bro pek fans
dust
dust
bro mix
bro pek
pek sou No.2
pek sou No.2
pek dust
bro pek
pekoe
pek sou
bro pek
pekoe
pek sou
bro pek
pekoe
pek sou
pek sou
dust
bro pek
pekce
pek sou
dust
bro or pek
pekoe
pek sou
bro pek dust
bro pek
pekoe
bro or pek
or pek
pekoe
bro or pek
or pek
pek sou
pek fans
bro or pek
or pek
pekoe
bro per
pekce
pek sou
bro or pek
cr pek
pekoe
bro pek
pekoe
pek sou
pek sou
bro pek fans
Ib.
2500
2790
1620
1000
715
1105
1360
2100
2160
715
715
1260
935
2660
4400
1120
3355
2250
1584
700
720
1440
1200
1605
1500
1120
810
2200
800
1900
1500
3355
2250
1584
2310
2560
960
735
700
1296
1620
1160
2166
1804
1650
720
1540
935
1105
1720
3300
1500
2880
845
1500
3315
1210
900
2225
1000
1649
3150
3200
2790
960
3380
1155
760
1016
1100
810
1455
bropek dust 1200
bro pek 2760
pek sou 1760
dust 900
or pex 1380
dust 702
sou 1'95
bro pek 4136
or pek 1620
pekoe 1350
bro or pek 1400
pekoe 820
48
46 bid
32
14 bid
38 bid
29 bid
ae
21
15 bid
12
30 bid
24
35 tid
29,
22 bid
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST:
2
(Messrs. Somerville & Co.—198,146] Lot. Box, Pkgs, Name. © Ib, ve.
Lot. “Box. pkgs. Name. lb. «& 5 W, in estate
6 RCTE 326 16 ch bro pek 1520 =-86 mark 2026 7 ch ek 700 SB
327 14 do or pes 1120 26 10 Ettapolla 2041 Which ro pek 898 29
8 328 12 do pe 1080 23 15 Kirindi and
9 3:9 23 do pek sou 1840-20 Woodthaype 2056 18 ch ~~bro pek 18s 87
“LZ aN 832' 15 ch bro pek 1620 35 16 2059 8 do do No.2 808 29
13 88 17 do pek 1530 29 V7 :062 18 do pek 1530 2
16 Kosgahahena 236 17hfch jek 850 25 18 : 2065 23 do pek sou 1955 27
19 Hanagama 339 27 ch bro pek 2970 ~—-23 23 «T’Ville WO 14 ch pek 1120. . 23
20 340 24 do pek 3409 28 24 2083 8 do pek sou 720 p+ J
23 3848 9% do fans 840 19 25 2085 8 do congou 720 22
24 Oakley 344 27 ch bro pek 2709 32 bid 26 Ingurugalla 2089 7 ch bro pex 700 39
2h 245 16 do els 1600: ‘ep7ibidy | 27 2092.13 do pek 105 = 3
28 Hooluganga 348 23 ch ro pek 2630 32 31 Primrose
29 349 16 do pek 1600 = 27 Hill 2164 30 ch pek 850 48627
30 350 8 do pek sou 800 Zt 36 Halloowella 2119 9 ch pek sou 765 24
82 Gaiphele 552 14hf-ch bro pek 770° 86 38 CSG 2125 S59hf-ch bro pek e950 48
33 353 20 do pek 900 HL | 39 2128 52 ch prk 4160 =u bid
36 Ccomar 356 29hf-ch bro pek 1695 = 33 40 2131 19 do bro sou 10 81
37 B67 42 ch ek 1200 «=26hbid | 42 2is7 I2hf-ch fans 720 31
39 Hangranoya 3859 18 ch ro pek 1800 44 4% Pedro 2140 105 bf-ch bro orpek 6200 £6 bid
40 360 24 do pek 310u 81 44 2148 29 ch or pek 2465 49 bid
41 861 9 do ek sou 855 26 45 2146 32 do ok 3040 42. bid
43 Lonach 363 40 hf-ch ro pek 2200 «83 bid | 46 2149 87 do pek son 298) 4
44 864 88 ch pek 3040 28 bid | $7 2162 37hf-ch fans 2000-28
45 365 20 do ek sou 1600 25 48 Lunbar 2155 26hf-ch broor pek 1248 41
46 Ravenscraig 366 20 hf-ch bro pek 1000 = 86 49 2158 17 do orpek 765 36
47 467 14 ch or pek 1260 32 bid | 50 2161 9 ch bro pek 0 6
48 368 #1 do ek 26385 9-27 61 2164 27 do pek $025 81
56 Minna 276 22hf-ch bro pek 1430045 62 2167 10 do pek sou 860 «27
57 377 31 ch pek 2790 = 34 62 LYE 2197 11 ch bro pek 1045 +9
58 378 81 do pek sou 2720 28 63 2200 13 do pek 1170 £3
62 Rothes 882 15hf-ch pek 810 =. 86 66 Agraoya 2209 15 ch ro pek 1600 42% bid
66 RK, in estate 67 2212 15 do ~ pek 135083
mark 386 ch ek sou 810 22 69 2418 16 do tans 1050 =
70 Ferrby 390 32 hf-ch ro pek 1440 46 7 2221 18 do or pek 1170 37
71 891 32° ch pek 2720 80 71 Gallawatte 2224 “17 ch bro pek 1615 36
72 392 19 do peksou 142528 72 2227 27. do. p 2295" = 31
“f Depedene 395 66hf-ch bro pek 2630 «©6934 bid | 73 “SiC 12 do sou 1020 25
76 895 47 do pek 2350 «9-28 83 Thebe to io 18 ch or pe 1710s 85
77 297 21 do tae sou 170525 84 2 13 22 do pe 19380 2
79 Hatdowa 399 27 ch ro pek 2835 = 33 86 f, in estate
80 400 20 do pek 1700027 murk 19 14 ch bro pek 1694 3
SL 1 17 do peksou 1360 §=6.23 88 : 25 16 do 1616 928
83 Dikmukulana 3 50 hf-ch ek sou 2500 26 89 28 11 do pek sou 1001 28
84 Wilpita 4 10 ch ro pek 1006 82 92 87 14 do son 1344 Sh
85 6 15 do pek 1425 24 94 33 20 ch dust 1600 l4
91 Killin, in estate 96 Kitulgalla 49 16 dv or pek 1200-36
mark 11 17 hf-ch bro pek 985 88 97 52 16 do Ee 128088
92 12 18 ch pek 1530 26 bid 100 Dammeria 61 15 ch bro or pek 1s00 39
93 13 10 do peksou seo 23 101 64 11 do bro pek 1100.
96 Pendleton 16 1S8hf-ch bro pek 1008 26 bid 102 67 11 do ) 1300 42
97 17 31 do _ bro pek 1550-28 103 70 44 do pek 396082
100 Koorooloogalla20 37 ch tro pek 3700 =—83 104 723 11 do peksou 990 —- 28
101 21 17 do peksou 1530-25 105 )M 7. unas 770 BB
103 23 #5 do dust 700 8=612 107 High Forest »2 59hf-ch broorpek 3540 47
107 G P Dn e20 chi pek 2464 26 Lid 108 85 36 do kK 186 39
108 28 19 do ypeksou 1425 9-24 109 High Forest 88 43hfch bro orpek 25 47
111 We:atenne 31 8 ch bro pek 720° 81 110 91 43 do or pek 2236
112 32 16 do pek 1280 vz6bid | 111 94 47 do pek sou 22560287
113 33 21 do pek sou 1890 = 23 112 Tymawr 97 30hf-ch pek 1350 = 33 bid
124 Ravenoya 44 22hf-ch pek 1012 98 13 0 35 do pek sou 1400 33
127 Harangalla 47 28 ch bro pek 2500 “6 bid | lit 103.17 do dust 1275 «13
128 48 85 do ek 8150 “8 bid | 11455 BWD 106 18hf-ch bro pek fans 1260 2
132 Dalhousie 52 15hf-ch pbroorpek 825 40bid | 116 Anningkande 19 12 ch bro pek 1320 41
138 Hanagama 68 23 ch bro pek 2530 32 117 112° 12 do pek 1200 32
139 59 31 do pek 3255 27 i18 Erracht 115 i6hf-ch pek fans 1280 3o
147 ‘Citrus 67 14 ch bro pek 140082 122 Weoya 127. 28 ch fans 2800-6
148 68 22 do pek 1980 25 123 Middleton 130.24 ch orpek 2400-45 hid
150 70 8 do fans $00 20 124 153 14 do pe 1190 37 bid
153 SLG 73 15hf-ch dust 1350 Sbid | 125 136 Ihf-ch dust 13600 17
154 74 20 do sou 1000 21 126 M 139 12 ch bro pek 1280 3= 40 bid
156 Blompark 76 32hf-ch pek 1609 25 127 Great Valley
161 Allakolla 81 50 ch bro pek 5000 32 bid Ceylon, in est.
16? 82 :8 do pek 2240 27 bid | « mark 142 43hf-eh brogek 2365 42
166 Warakamura 86 18 ch pek 1710 39-25 128 145 29 do pekoe 2084
167 IP 87 40 ch peksou 3400-24 129 148 18 do peksou 1620 27
168 88 45hf-ch dust 3780 ©6138 133 G 160 17 ch pek son 1530 95
169 Annandale 89 21hf-ch pek 1113.47 134 163 11 do sou ss0
170 90 13 do bropek 806 42 137 St. Heliers 172 34hf-ch broorpek 1836 40
17i 91 20 do peksou 1040-338 138 175 19 ch pek 1710 — 32
174 CF, in estate 141 Hughenden 184 16 ch bro pek 1440 44
mark 94 §& ch pek 20) ee 142 187 22 do yek 1760 32
178 Frogmore 98 12 ch orpek 960 35 143 19) 9 do peksou 720 28
179 99 21hf-ch bro pek 1155 46 bid | 147 Macaldenia 202 27hf-ch bro pek 148544
184 Rayigam 104 29 ch bro pek 2900 35 148 . 205.25 do pek 1230 37
185 105 45 do pek 4050 28bid | 150 211 14 ch peksou 4400-30
186 106 19 do peksou 152) 95 152 217 14hf-ch fans 810 33
191 Galdola 111 7% ch _ bro pek 700 © 35 154 Roeberry 223 18 ¢ broor pek 1620 41
192 112 11 do pek 1045 28 155 226 34 do To pek 3400 40
156 229 22 do pek 1892 31
157 232 49 do pek sou 2920 26
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.—] 168" 5 235 13 do fans 1300.22
540,117 Ib. Je) ROO Dees okt ee
38 2 ek sou 2
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. | 160 erin Sp erp ie cag ee
4 JS, in estate 162 Kabragalla 247 9hf-ch dust 7 2
mark 2023 12 hf-ch pekfans 1008 165 164 SSS 253 11 ch p-k 1001-22
Lot
165
1
Oxford
Lochiel
Ingurugalla
Castlereagh
A, in estate
mark
S, in estate
mark
Strathspey
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CEYLON PRODUCE
ee
Box.
Name. lb.
bro or pek 3570
or pek 3069
pek 2480
pek sou 2400
bro or pek 2145
bro pek 3465
pek 6395
pek sou 1440
bro tea 1200
bro pek 3900
or pek 3145
pek 3145
sou 776
dust 980
pek 765
dus6 3705
fans 2240
or pek 140€
pek 1000
pek sou 1325
bro pek 3240
pek 3230
pek sou 2300
bro pek fan 1:90
dust 560
bro pek 2310
pek 1805
pek sou 1260
bio pek
dust 800
bro pek 1265
pek 1610
or pek 1050
bro pek 11C0
pek 1400
pek sou 1840
nek fans 1375
bro pek 3300
pek 3330
pek sou 2970
bro mixed 900
pek sou 1260
bro orpek 1200
or pek 1300
pekoe 2050
pek sou 1600
sou 1050
sou 2090
bro or pek 3685
cr pek 2100
pek 2310
bro pek dust 750
bro pek 1800
bro pek 3240
bro or pek 1540
pek 3840
pek sou 1875
or pek 1700
bro pek 2900
pek 2250
pek sou 2100:
bro mix 970
dust 1760
fans 2150
bro pek 2800
pek sou iS40
Tans 809
dust 1059
bro or pek 1740
bro pek 1720
pek 3485
pek sou Ws0
bro or pek 5960
or pek 1425
pek 2700
pekce 2060
pek No. 2 1060
pek sou 990
sou 900
bro pek 2000
pekoe 1600
pek sou 720
bro or pek 6500
bro pek 3515
pek 3120
pek sou 3910
bro pek 1500
pek 1150
pelk sou 1600
dust 2125
bro pek 1500
pek 17 5
pek sou 1360
bro pek 30480
pek 2720
pek sou 1890
14 bid
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Lov. Box. Pkes. Name. lb.
286 8S 619 21 ch fans 2625
287 622 17 do pekoesou 136)
288 625 3Lhf-ch dust 2790
239 IV 623 28 do dust 2520
290 Talgaswela 631 18 ch bro pek 1710
292 637 18 do pek 1620
293 640 11 do pek sou 930
295 Uva 646 20 do or pek 2000
296 619 27 do pek 2790
300 Lillawatte 661 26 do pek sou 2470
302 667 7 do dust 1050
303 Ellamulle 670 18 do bro pek 1540
304. 673 14 do pek 1260
305 676 12 do pek sou 1200
306 Anningkande 679 14 do bro pek 1540
307 682 13 do pekoe 1300
303 Ellaoya 685 22 do bro pek 2112
369 688 30 do or pek 2550
310 691 21 do pek sou 2160
311 694 17 do pek fans 1156
312 Weyungawatte 697 2thf-ch broorpek 1320
313 700 30 ch or pek 2700
314 73 29 do pekoe 2610
315 706 17 do pek sou 1360
323 Treby 730 650 hf-ch bro pek 3000
34 733 39 do pek 1950
325 736 1! ch pek sou 990
3230 Geragama 751 19 do bro pek 1960
231 754 39 do pek 3510
332 737. 13 do pek sou 1170
333 Waratenne 760 16 do bro pek 1600
334 763 16 do pek 1440
336 769 9 do fans 720
337 Scrubs 772 14 do bro pek 1330
238 775 20 do bro pek 2000
339 778 19 do pek 1615
340 7€L 12 do pek sou 1020
341 Glencoise 784 33 do bro pek 3135
342 787 17 do broor pek 1700
343 790 27 do pek 2160
342 Parsloes 817 23 do bro pek 2200
353 820 15 do pek 1500
354 823 12 do pek sou 1200
361 Moragalla 844 11 do bro pek 1600
362 $47 10 do or pek 920
363 850 22 do ek 1760
364 §53 11 do pek sou 880
367 Errolwood 862 12 do pek 960
868 Lonach 865 27 do pek 2160
369 M 868 12 do bro pek 1320
370 871 19 do pek 1710
371 Ascot 874 36 do dro pek 2349
372 Columbia 877 30htch bro pek 1650
373 880 2: do pek 1104
SMALL LOTS,
[Fier tz. A. B. Thompson &
Lot. Box. Pkes. Name. )b.
4 Harrow 4 6 ch sou, 600
7 Rambodde 7 13hf-ch pek sou 650
8 8 6 do ans 420
12 Amblakande 12 1 ch _ bro pek dust 120
13 BR, in estate
mark 13 3hf-c unas 126
14 14.1 do dust 82
22 ¢ o2 Ee cecH ucas 102
25 293 2 do pek dust 150
24 24 2 do dust 184
27 Battalgalla 27 «2 «eh congou 200
28 28. 3 do fans 240
9 St. Leonards
on Sea 39 3 ch bro pek fan 165
43 Doragalla, In-
voice No. 23 43 1 ch bro mix 45
45 Wewelwatte 45 7hi-ch bro or pek 385
46 46 6 do dust 378
47 47 3 do unas 140
52 Doragalla In-
voice No. 24 52 2 ch bro mix 250
457 Mapitigama 57 2 ch congou 176
58 58 5hf-ch dust 4°5
62 Badalpitiya. 62 3 ch bro mix 240
66 Kotua 66 2 ch sou 200
67 67 i do dust 130
Mr. E. John.
Lot. Pkgs. Naine. Ib.
4 SK 4 ch br pek fans 520
5 3 do congou 300
6 3 do red leaf No.1 800
7 5 do red leaf No.2 440
SALES
LIST.
bid
hid
bid
Me Se OE ee,
4 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box. Pies ame: Ibs” “et Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Tb.
8 232 «61 hf-e ae pek No.2 37 24
26 Kituldeniya 286 2 ch 160 23 7 2032 2 do dust 170 10
27 289 Qhfch dust 160 11 8 2085 2 ch bro mix 12
28 292 1 do red leaf 59 5 9 Ettapolla 2038 3hf-ch broorpek 168 422
31 Coslanda 301 2 ch pek sou 200 2h il 2044 8 do pel 400
32 304 Jhf-ch fans 70 22 12 2047 3 do pek sou 1s 3
36 Ravenswood 316 2 ch sou 200 24 13 200.1 ch . pek fans Ss »
37 319 Lhf.ch dust 9 bid | 14 2053 1hf-ch dust 10
54 Shawlands 370 2 ch fans 200 © 22 19 Kirindi and
55 873 3 do dust 300 ~=-10 Woodthorpe 2068 3 ch sou 2 23
57 Kosgahawella 379 2 do pek sou 200 «1 0 ee 2071 3 do dust 243018
68 Koslanda 412 2 do peksou 200 © 25 21 T*Ville 2074 5 ch broorpek 500 26
69 415 1hf-ch fans 70 20 22 “77 & do or pek 150-36
74 Claveland 430 6 do bropekfans 300 29 23 ING, inestate —
81 Lameliere 451 7 do p2kfans 560 17 mark 2095 2 ch dust 2400-18
85 Ottery 463 2 ch sou 104, 25 an 2008 2 do pek fans 200) Ii
86 466 2 do dust 302-17 30 Primrose init
92 Galloola 484 2 do dust 200 18 Hill 2101 12hf ch bro pek 600 87
100 Lameliere 508 7hf-ch pekfans 560 21 — 32 £107 6. eh Pek som 60 24
101 ‘illicoultry 411 4 ch or pek 451 22bid | 33 2110 1 do red leaf 6 12
106 Horton Plains 526 9hf-ch fans 585 (24 34 Halloowella 2113 6 ch or pek 60035
107 529 5 do dust 400 11 35 2116 7 do = pek 51628
113 The Farm 547 5hf-ch dust 425 12 37 : ~22 4 do faus 4482
118 E 562 6 ch peksou 600 22 41 CSG 2134 7hf-ch dust 560-16
122 Eyvalgolla 574. 6 ch bro pek 500-80 53 DBR 2170 6hf-ch dust 450 12
123 577 8 do _ pekoe 255 07 54 2173 7 ch bro mix 574
124 680 3 do pek sou 955 23 655 KAHL 2176 3 ch pek fans = 420
125 583 Lhf-ch dust ae 56 2179 1 do br mix 80
126 S,in est. mark 586 4 eh koe 400 28 { 57 2182 2 do dust 360
127 589 6 do broorpek 620 30 61 Doteloya 2104 7 ch red leaf 630
143 AgraOuvah 637 7 do pekoe 665 88 64 LYE 2208 8 ch pek son 270
146 646 6 do dust 600 13 65 226 1 do dust 100
150 Ferndale 658 2 do peksou 180 23 63 Agraoya 2215 7 ch pek sou 630
163 K W 697 2 do dust 320 10 BS LSE, hee ae
166 BD 706 9hf-ch bropekfans 620 18 _ mark 16 32box broorpek 640
174 N 730 7 do dust 525 18 87 ge JS Rich. . pee BOk” ae
181 Morahela 751 -3 ch dust 224 Il 90 Ae Loy 480
182 HW 754 8 do bropekA 839 84 91 34 3 4 dust 240
184 960 3 do sou 252 «2B ae 40 13 do son 96
95 Kitulgala 4610 ch broor pek 600
Eva. Soionbiie ne’ € 98 * : oP pee sou 160
i “« : 99 ) dust 130
Messrs. Somerville Co.) ere BB aa oe ntene md
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name bs) ce 130 Great Valley
1 Tiddydale 821 4 ch bropek fans 400 22 Ceylon, in est.
2 22 4 do pek fans B60 sd4 mark 151 5 ch fans 500
3 323. % do sou 170 = :15 181 154 2 do sou 170
4 324 4 do unas 260 1¢ 1382 157 8 do dust 630
5 825 2 do brotea 180. . 12 135 G 166 3 ch bropek fans 360
10 RCT F, in es- 136 169 2 do ag dust 290
tate mark 330 5 ch fans 500 «15 1140 Hughenden 181 7 ch roorpek 630
11 BBL 2. do dust 300 10 144. T B, in estate
14N 334 6 ch pek sou 480 25 mark 193 2 ch dust 180
15 Kosgahahena 335 9hf-ch bro pek 540 33 145 196 3 do fans 7
17 337 8 do pek sou 400 24 146 199 1 do congou 80
18 338 8 do sou 150 20 149 Macaldenia 208 7 ch pek 695
21 Hangama 341 6 ch pek sou 558 22 151 214 1 do sou 100
22, 342 1 do sou 100 «17 153 220 3hf-ch dust 240
26 Oakley 316 6 ch pek sou 600 28 161 East Holy-
27 347. 2 do dust 200 «15 rood 244 Shf-ch bro mix 156
31 Hooluganga 351 1hf-ch dust BYeto11 13 SSS 250 5 ch bro pek 530
34 Galghele 354 11 hf-ch ek sou 495 26 169 Oxford 268 5hf-ch dust 425
35 855 2 do ust 160 12 170 LGA 271 4 ch bro imix * 400
38 Comar 358 8hf-ch dust 255... 1L 175 Lochiel 286 4 ch dust 600
42 Hanegranoya 362 6 ch sou 670-28 177 ‘Ingurugalla 292 5 ch red leat 450
49 Ravenscraig 369 8 ch pek sou 640 23 181 Castlereagh 301 8 ch pek sou 640
50 370 5hf-ch dust 40 13 182 307 9hf-ch fans 630
59 Minna 3879 dS hf-ch dust 55012, 183 310 4 do dust 320
60 380 3 ch bro mix 270 = «12 195 Clarendon 346 6 ch sou 480
61 Rothes 381 10 hf-ch bro pek 650 52 208 New Peacock 385 4hf-ch bro mix 200
63 883 12 do pek sou 600 32 215 WA 406 2 ch bro mixed 220
64 384 4 do con 180 25 ; 221 Kalkande 424 Shf-ch dust 400
65 885 2 do dust 160 12 222 427 5 do bro tea 250
67 R, in estate | 223 Tavalamtenne 430 1 do dust 149
mark 887 7 ch sou 560 =—.20 | 241 D 484 7 ch red leaf 630
68 888 1 do red leaf 91 6 73 Galkadua 580 5 do broorpek 4500
69 Ferrby 389 11 hf-ch bro or pek 605 33 bid | 277 692 1 do dust 107
73 393 1 ch sou 90 19 278 L 595 5 do fansNo.2 650
74 394 3hf-ch dust 225 IL 291 Talgaswela 634 4 do bropk No. 2 440
78 Depedene 398 3hf-ch dust 240 28 |; 294 643 3 do dust 360
82 Hatdowa 2/1 ch dust 105 ~~ «10 | 297 Uva 652 3 do pek sou 300
86 Wilpita 6 4 ch peksou 340 24 298 655 3 do sou 270
87 7 4 do con 320 19 } 299 658 2hf-ch dust 200
88 S§ 1 do dust 150 10 | 3801 Lillawatte 664 8 ch bre mix 640
94 K, in estate | 316 Weyungawatte709 5hf-ch dust 400
mark -14 4 ch bro mix 308 12 | 326 Ookoowatte 739 1 ch bro mixed 100
95 15 2hfch dust 162 9 327 742 2 do sou 180
aes 328 745 3hfch dust 240
k 329 = 748 5 EP pee fans 560
gore 4 . 325 Waratenne 766 c pek sou 540
(Messrs. Ferbes & Wal ce ] 344 Glencorse me 5 ep ner sou 560
kts. i c. 345 9 oO pek sou 600
Lot. Bona Pisteng Name 246 799 1 do bro tea 115
i BBB, inestate 347 802 2 do pe: fans 250
mark 2014 2 ch dust 150 10 348 805 1 do dust 17:
2 2017 3 do pek fans 925 17 365 Moragalla 856 4hf-ch dust 312
6 W, in estate 366 USA $59 2 ch
mark 2029 1 ch ; lhi-ch dust 162
lhf-ch pek sou 14085 374 Columbia 883 6 do dust 510
OBSERVER PRINTINS WORKs.
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TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES.
NO. 24.
CoLomBo,
JUNE 27, 1898.
COLOMBO
SALES OF TEA.
LARGE LOTS.
[Iifessrs. A. H. Thompson & Co.—
Lo Box. Pkgs.
1¢ Vogan 10 14 ch
ll 11 28 do
12 12 10 do
13 13. 9 do
14 Bambrakelly
and Dell 14 37 hf-ch
15 15 18 do
16 16 7 do
17 Daluk oya 17 14 ch
18 i 18 20 do
19 19 39 do
23 Vogan 23 Se. cht
26 Old Meda-
gama 26 24 hf-ch
27 D7gets). cn
28 28 31 do
29 29 12 do
31 Belgodde 21 37 hf-ch
32 32 20 do
37 Ekkie Oya BY, Ph ean
38 38 19 do
39 39 34 do
40 40 27 do
41 41 16 do
45 Relugas 45 8 do
49 Sapitiyagodde 49 62hf-ch
50 50 120 do
51 5t 33 do
52 52 36 do
54 54 9 do
59 Harrow 59 15 hf ch
60 60 8 ch
65 Harrow 65 48 ch
66 66 11 do
67 Polpitiya 67 21 ch
68 68 16 do
69 69 28 do
74 Lynsted 74 34 hf-ch
80 Amblakande 8&0 14 ch
81 St 19 do
82 $2 14 do
(Messrs. Semerville & Co.—153,457.]
Lot.
St. Catherine
Meetiagoda
25 Gingranoya
Lonach
Kew
Forest Hill
Atherton
Ritni, in est.
murk
Nugawella
i GW
Dikmukalane
Box.
te
ms
cS
104,910 1b.]
Name.
hro pek
pek
pek sou
do No. 2
bro pek fans
dust
bro or pek
or pek
pek
pek sou
bro pek
pek
bro or pek
or pek
pek
pek sou
sou
dust
or pek
bro or pek
pek
pek sou
pkes. Name.
25° 9 do fans
26 ch bro pek
59 do pek
i2 do pek sou
s6hfch bro orpek
18 ch pek
6 ch bro pek
‘ hf-ch
4 ch pek
9 hf-ch
\1hf-ch dust
sthf-ch bro pek
89 ch pek
17 do pek sou
20 hf-ch bro or pek
22, do or pek
27 ch pek
22 do pek sou
ADD bro tea,
22 ch pek
12 do pek sou
15 ‘do sou
iShf-ch bro pek
5 ch pek
18 hf-ch
6hf-ch or pek
Xs do pek sou
39 hf-ch or pek
17 do bro or pek
56 do pek
12 ‘ch pek sou
20 do pek sou
li hi-ch pek
14 do pek sou
22 do or pek fans
b.
1400
2380
850
720
2405
Ib.
738
2600
4720
960
1903
1425
800
$50
996
1705
33 5
1360
1120
1100
24st
2090
700
19h9
S76
1245
728
1350
SG4
1064
2145
1105
2800
1020
1500
750
TOU
1210
16
16
46
42
20 bid
42
38 bid
31 bid
29 hid
24 bid
ot
26 bid
31 bid
34 bid
26 bid
25
23
11
34
35 bid
3]
28
11
41 bid
30 bid
30 bid
27
33
33 bid
27 bid
38
36 bid
29
26
c.
17
35
26 bid
23 |
29 bid |
25
31
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|
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.—
Lot, Box.
64 EDP Verona 184
65 185
69 Tiddydale 189
70 190
76 Harangalla 196
77 197
78 198
79 193
80 Ambala 200
81 201
82 Deniyaya 202
83 203
St 204
85 Monrovia 205
86 26
87 207
98 Annandale 218
100 WVT 220
10t 22L
102 2-2
105 Neboda 225
106 226
107 227
108 223
111 BHilandhu 231
112 232
113 Hatton 233
114 234
115 235
122 G A Ceylon oF7
123 Annandale 243
12t 244
125 245
133 Lyndhurst 253
134 254
135 255
138 Kudaganga 258
139 259
141 Kelani 261
142 262
143 263
144 264
Lot. Box.
2 CH 889
3 Rockside 392
4 895
10 MV 913)
1L 916
14 Thedden 925
15 928
16 931
17 934
19 Parsloes 940
20 943
21 946
25 Killarney 958
26 961
27 964
28 957
29 Gampiaha 970
30 973
3L 976
32 379
33 982
34. Malvern 985
25 988
36 Devonford 991
37 994
41 Agraoya 1006
42 1.09
43 1012
44 Rowley 1015
45 1¢€18
48 Amblangod-
da 1027
49 1630
50 1033
59 Passara
Group 1060
60 1063
61 1066
62 1069
65 Olahitagoda 1078
66 1081
67 1084
70 Monkswood 1093
Pkgs.
ch
Name.
bro pek
pek
pek
pek sou
bro pek
pek
pek sou
dust
pek sou
bro pek
pek
pek sou
dust
bro or pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
bro pek
bro or pek
or pek
pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
pek
pek sou
tro pek
bro or pek
pek
pek sou
544,878 Ib.]
Pkgs,
20
ch
30 «do
39 hf-ch
11 do
13 ch
13 do
12 do
39 hf-ch
60 do
7 ch
do
8 do
ch
do
7 do
18 do
2 hf-ch
17 do
16 do
62 lit-ch
Name.
red leaf
bro or pek
bro pek
pek sou
bro or pek
or pek
pek
fans
or pek
bro or pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
bro pek
pek
bro or pek
or pek
bro pek
pek
or pek
bro pek
pek
or pek
pek
pek sou
bro or pek
or vek
pek
pek sou
pes sou
ro or pek
2600
Price :--125 cents each 8 copies
30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee.
Cc.
8
38 bid
36 bid
or pek
: a ry
2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot Box. Vkgs. Name. Ib, ie; Lot. Box. Pkts. Name. Ib 9 e
71 1006 sehtch pr peck 1000 eee
iY pie AB ale p> ae ea | op 1600 20 ch bro pek fans 1408 20
78 Le re Dit MORAN AT eh 240 XX 1603 11 do bropek dustl720 1
74 TYOD M2 G0.) GF Dem Same 720” AO 242 Stafford 169 2 do bropek 2310 46
75 1108 12hf-ch dust 900 | 243 1612 19 do pek 1710 37
79 Farnham 1120 22 do broorpek 138% 52 bid my 5
247 CSA 1624 19 do pek sou 1520 31
80 AUB ei de, EEE LOD A a | 248 Glencome 1627 15 do pek 100-9
a Tage Bei. me 1485-83 bid | 919 Ashton which bropek 10,26
82 1H 23 do peksou 1160 8 250 Bandara Fliyaloss 159 do broorpek 9063 40 bid
89 New Anga- y a4 251 1636 102 do or pek 4794 32 bid
mana 1150 14hf-ch bro pek 773 33 252 1639 48 do k 3696 29 bid
90 P 1153, 16 do.” “pek oy te 253 1612 68 do peksou 4350 2 bid
101 'T’Ville ee Fig Ol 1D 254 1645 10 do bropekfans 700 26
104 Fairlawn 1195 30hf-ch bropek 1600 66 255 1648 9 do dust 610 11
105 1198 87 do or pek 1665 42 259 Nahalma 1600 82 ch sou B08
106 1201 24 ch pek 2040, 35 260 1663 15hf-ch dust 112513
109 Dewalakan- 261 Ellsworth 1666 19 do bropek 1255 2
de 1210 13 hf-ch cue 1040 18 262 Ambewella 1669 27 do bropek 1620 39
111 Dromoland 1216 20 ch bro k 2100 36 363 1672 20 do eke 1100 31
112 1219 23 do pek 2300 28 °67 Emelina 1686 2 ch broor pek £600 48
113 1222 13 do peksou 1170 25 268 1687 34 do or pek 3400-2
125 OT 1258 10 ch dust 160) 12 269 1690 12 do koe 1200 30
129 Poaenel Hill 1270 10hf-ch vekfany 75) 16 or Ghedtietord ime 4a6 dole tee pk 8000 45
lil Bargany 1306 9 ch dust $10 14 ore, 1699 33 do pek 330u 29 bid
143 Ganapalla 1312 28 ch or pek | 26688 29 273 1702 25 do peksou 250) 26
14d ASt6 81 do bro.or pek pied = . 277 “Dunbar 1714 38hf-ch broorpek 1584 40
145 1818 42 do pe 3612 25 bid a8 1717 19 ch pek 1425 30
146 1321 28 do pek ay ae ee 283 Kincora 1732 12 do bro pek fansl820 37
147 1221, 8 GO,,¢ propeRtons 7:0). 28 287 Downside 1744 2%hf-ch bro pek 900 39
148 Weoya TOUT PP CH, Chee sean 292 K'Bedde 1759 25 ch fans 250-89
my i AE | oe A A 296 Arapolakande 1771 70 do bropek 6800 40
150 1333 12 do dust 1680 14 997 1773 52 do pek 4160 29
15L Maha Uva . 1336 1¢hf-ch broorpek 1235 51 300 'Torwood 1783 20 do bro pek 2000 37
152 1339 69 do or pek 3540 42 301 1786 51 do or pek 4590 29
153 1342 45 ch pek 4050 82 bid 302 1789 20 do pek 1680 27
154 1335 19 do pek sou 1520 28 303 1792 18 do k Bou 1512 25
158 Battawatte 1357 85 ch bro pek 3500 44 $07 | Lockiel Lah a ai oe pek 8465.4
4) TU a pte a. ee 317 Doranakande 1834 i3 do bro pek 170 36
160 -, 2BUB, 10 do}, pe Bom. C0, gt 320 Glengariffe 1843 82hf-ch bro pek 1096 47
161 Dammeria 1366 12 ch ro or pek 12440 45 321 1846 41 do or pek 2050 44
162 1369 12 do bro pek 1200 44 322 1849 14 ch pek 1470 34
163 172 85 do pek di. 325 1858 11 hf-ch dust 88015
164 197ay48 GD, speleapu 720. 28 398 Ingrogalla 1867 11 ch bropek 1100 37 bid
165 DM 1378 9 ch unas 900 27 #90 SRTOWEY doe “eae 145 St
167 . Erracht 1384 12 do bro or 1200 41 385 Errollwood 1888 88 hf-ch ro or pek 1488 50
168 1387 21 da bro pe 1680 46 236 1891 15 ch pekoe 1200 36
a Te SES a oe 837 1804 9 do peksou S10 82
Lio 03 $B doclapel som cede | 2 340 Penrhos 1908 2ihf-ch or pek 1050 45
171 1396 12 ado peeves 960 27 341 1906 £0 do bro pek 1120 49
Ramen tes aah ee oe 342 1909 49 ch ek 4165. 31 bid
1 2 ¢ or 24:
are 1403 22 do Pek 200 $8 343 1912 9 do peksou 720 27
175 1408 44 do pek 3740 31
176 “4 1411 28 ae en ay ao nd
177 Ruanwella 1414 22 ¢ ro pek 20
178 1417 32 do pek 2880 28 (Mr. H. John.—199,123 th.]
179 1420 10 do ek sou 900 2
182 High Forest 1429 31 hf-ch 3s or pek 1860 48 Lov. “ Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ©.
183 1432 39 do pek 1989 0 43 1 Theresia 963 " hf-ch biopekfans 1560 48
184 Naseby 1435 26 do bropek 1508 = 57 4 Morata 972 ch ay fans 730 15 bid
185 14388 42 do pek © 2100 «47 5 Natuwakelle 975 3 do ro pek 1300
186 1441 17 do pek sou 901 37 6 978 15 do pekoe 1350-27
187 1444 9 do dust 765 ie 7 981 15 do k sou 1350 24
188 Middleton 1447 24 do broorpek 1320 65 bid 8 AA 984 12 do ro pek 1140 33 bid
189 1450 16 ch or pek 1600 50 9 987 18 do pekoe 1620 37
190 1458 24 do orpek 2400 4&bdi | 10 990 12 do ek sou 960 8 36
191 1456 14 do pekoe 1190 §8=38 12 Mossend 996 15 do roorpek 1725 652
192 1459 13 do pek sou 1170 31 13 999 50 do or pek 3450 40 bid
193 M 1462 12 do bro pek 1380 41 bid | 14 2 9 do onal 810 3937
194 Strathspey 1465 13 hf-ch bro pek 780 84 bid 16 Bokotua 8 29hf-ch ro pek 1595 40
196 Woedslee 1471 30 ch unast 1650 26 17 11 8 ch or pek 720 40
197 P’Kande 1474 10 do bro pek 1000 84 21 Kanangama 23 34 do bro pek 3230 33 bid
198 1477 20 do pek 1700 26 22 26 36 do pekoe 3060 25 bid
199 1480 9 do pek sou W65F 7026 iy 23 29 29 do ek sou 2320. 24
200 Scrubs 1483 17 do bro orpek 1615 53bid | 24 32 30 do ropek fans3000 25
201 1486 32 do bro pek 3200 42 bid | 25 35 13 do fans 1040 13 bid
202 1489 20 do pek 1600 35 bid 26 38 5 do dust 700 il
203 1492 18 do pek sou 1530 30bid | 28 Mocha 44 21 do broorpek 2100 54
204 Claverton 1495 28hf-ch broorpek 1400 51 29 47 22 do or pek 1980 46
205 1498 18 do or pek 900 oD 30 50 22 do pekoe 1980 38
206 1501 40 ch pek 4000 29 bid | 31 53 20 do fans 1500 24
207 1504 44 do pek 4400 29 bid | 35 PH P,inest,
208 1507 43 do peksou 4300 27 mark 65 18 do broorpek 1980 40bid
209 CN 1510 15 do bro tea 150 19 36 68 24 do orpek 2160 35bid
216 Knavesmire 1531 18 do or pek 1105 =. 330 37 71 32 do ekoe 2560 4 =30
217 1534 27 do bro pek 2700 + 35bid } 38 74 8 do ‘ans 960 29
218 1537 20 do pek 1600 28 41 Ottery 83 7 do broorpek 700 652
219 1540 24 do pek sou 1680 26 42 86 9 do 4 8i0 38
220 WVRA 1543 9 do mixtea 1080 25 43 SS) do _ peKoe 1440 32 bid
223 Waitalawa 1552 64hfch bro pek 3200 46 45 Agra Ouvah 95 57hf-ch broorpek 3705 61
224 bts 100 do pek 5000 33 46 98 24 do orpek 1320 52
225 Uva 558 20 ch or pek 2000 34 bid | 47 101 8 ch pekoe 760 47
226 Queensland 156i 19 do 49 Rondura 107 13 do bro pek 1300 = 35
23 hf-ch bro pek 3050 4644 50 110 22 do pekoe 1980 27
227 1564 16 ch or pek 1280 42 61 113 22 do peksou 1980 24
228 1567 52 do pekoe 4420 32bid | 53 Brownlow 119 25hf-ch broorpek 1375 49
229 1570 12 do peksou 1080 9 54 122 26 do 1480 8638
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Loo. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ¢, Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. c.
55 125 30 ch pekoe 2850 37 84 Bibusdch ale
56 128 19 do pek sou 1653 32 85 85 1hf-ch ek gou Be 20
57 131 11 do bro pek fans 1265 39 86 86 1 do ust 42 10
58 134 Qhf-ch dust 720 15 87 Rasagalla 87 1 ch
64 H 152. 9 ch sou 720 19h lhf-ch peksou 152 21
6g- Acrawatte 164 16 do or pek 1440 40 bid | gg 88 4 do dust 304 14
69 167 22hf-ch bro pek 1320 42
70 170 25 ch pekoe 2250 32
71 ; ’ 173 «8 flo pek sou 800 30 =
72 Shawlands 176 49 do bro pe 4900 35 bi
73 V9 47 do pekoe 4230 27 bid | _ - ae E. John.
4 182 29 do el sou 2610 26 Lot. Ox kes. 5 i
77 St. John’s 191 30 hf-ch ro orpek 1800 65 i ; 5 Name Ib ie
78 194 25 do or pek 1250 58 2 Theresia 966 4 1170 soe | 8 107 20 do or pek 35 bid
39 Glasgow 900 50 do bro or pek 4250 53 bid as ae 2 ie pek & 34
40 903 15 do or pek 975. 51 es 109 13 do pek sou 33
41 906 10 do pekoe 1090 = 40 Ae nN IT 110 8 ge UME 24
42 PHP, in est. 7 Siriniwasa 117 22 ch bro pek 40
mark 999 18 do bro or pek 1980 37 bid 108 W118 23 ae eS 28
3 912 24 do or pek PICO pe2S STIG Pa eter ee es (Ey Pete sot a6
44 Claremont 915 34hf-ch broorpek 1870 88 pegbtararic clea ge 2tecOk Cheyebroppels 42
45 918 14 ch pekoe 1190 29 118 123 27 do nek 23 bid
47 Marguerita 924 22hf-ch broorpek 1232 38bid re 124 10 do sou 26
48 927 29 do pekoe TOR. | EBISU [Ean as Lease Or lOiie USE BT ee fcme 1S
49 930 36 do peksou 1440 29bid Eko 126° 10 ch ~ broorpek 1050: 38
50 Yakka 933 11 ch bropek - 1254 20 We 127 14 do bro pek 126044
pitas 936 49 do bropek 3283 30 anny 128 18 do pek 1730 31
BY 939 25 do pekoe 2300 27 DK) 129 15 do pek 1275027
53 912 33 do pekoe 1716 27 rh Labugama 131 20 pick ae pek 1000 43
45 31 do k sou - 2666 2 22 132 15 ch pek 1275 27
a ase 14 oS eee none 3 123 : 133 20 do pek sou 1600 24
67 MS 98t 20hf-ch pekoe 1000-26 EemSulave 137 8 ch bro pek 880 43
68 987 1) ch pek sou 950 24 1 129 11 do pek 1045 29
69 Suriakande 990 9 do pek sou 810 34 bid a arn 140 19 do pek sou 1710 26
the y 996 13 do peksou 1170-28 LSS NV VEL 148 13 ch — pek 120) 30
73 Cleveland 2 10 do pek sou 850 32 bid =
74 FEnadella G2 as fe Dro pek 2800 63 bid
an 8 24 do pekoe 21€0 28 i =
78 Ferndale 712 ado or pek 1080 33 (Messrs. Forbes & Waker. }
79 20 12 do pekoe 1080 20 524,465 Ib.
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. c.
(Me:srs. Somerville & Co.—159,105.] 1 Woodslee e0L 20 ch unas 10e 35
- ead N; Bye (OVS 610 34 ch dust 2 00 9
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib. ¢. 4 Palawatte 613 25 ch bro pek 2500 87
3 Invery 13 28hf-ch bro pek 1624 56 bid 5 616 10 do pek 1609 26
4 14 26 ch pek 3456 37 bid 7 Andaradeni-
§ 15 29 do pek sou 2610 29 bid ya 622. 9 ch bro pek 990 37
‘ ¢#
2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot Box. kkgs. Name. ib, ¢. Loo. Box. Pkgs. Nane. lb. e,
12 Rockside 637 20 ch bro epee 9290 39 200 Strathspey 1201 22hf-ch or pek 11098
13 610 20 do ‘is 2900 84 bid 201 1204 16 do pek 768 42
14 Oonoonawella 643 20 ch ro orpek 1300 52 bid 202 1207 15 do _ pel sou 825 35
15 Kabragalla 616 9Ohf-ch pek fans 720 15 209 Mahalla 1228 8 ch cae pek 80 82
16 Agrakelly 649 25 ch ek 2)00 35 bid 210 1731 8 do 500 26
17 Beverley 652 40 box roorpek 720 53 212 Middleton 1237 28hf-ch a= 0 or * ates 1540074
18 655 84hf-ch bro pek 4620 40 213 1240 10 ch or pek 1000
19 653 32 do ek 1600 31 24 1243 14 do pe 1265
23 G.schen 670 23hf-ch bio pek 1265 40 v18 ALL 1255 11 ch ro pek 1100
28 Great Valley 219 1268 18 do pek 1620
Ceylon in est. 220 1261 15 do k sou li
mork 685 45hf:ch bro pek 2475 45 223 Talgaswella 1270 42 ch ro pek 4275
29 688 12 do or pek 1080 37 224 1273 17 do pek 1530
30 691 25 do pek 2250 33 225 1276 18 do pek sou 1620
31 691 18 do pek sou 1620 29 226 Cottaganga 1279 9 ch fans 990
32 Columbia 697 27 hf-ch bro pek 1458 51 232 Torwood 1297 19 do bro pek 1786
33 700 24 do pek 1152 46 233 1300 3L do or pek 2778
40 Agra Elbed- 234 14u3 18 do pekoe 1440
ae 721 61Lhf-ch bro or pek 3050 46 235 1206 21 do pek sou 1680
41 724 48 do ek 220836 238 Arapolakande 1315 72 do bro pek 6180
44 Glencorse 733 22 ch ro pek 1930 3 239 1318 55 do pek 4100
45 726 11 do bro or pek 1100 47 240 1321 8 do pek sou 7
46 739 18 do pek 1440 29 244 Ambragalla 1333 93hf-ch or pek 4650
47 742 13 do pek sou 975 25 245 1336 46 do pek 8772
56 Galapitakan- 246 1339 74 do ek sou 5560
de 769 19 ch bro pek 1995 61 247 1342 180 do ro or pek 7410
57 WaRA RSA. (ie) pek 3200 ot 218 1315 8 do dust 720
58 y (7b fi, do pek sou 700 27 249 1318 11 do bro pek fans 770
63 Fairlawn 790 s0hfch bro pek 1500 60 251 Devenford 1354 19 do bro or pek 1045
64 793 30 do or pek 1350 46 252 1357 15 do pek 1275
65 796 16 ch ek 1360 37 265 Ella Oya 1396 10 ch bro pek 1000
68 Meemora Oya 805 19hf-ch ro pek 760 81 266 1399 13 do or pek 1118
69 808 43 do pek i720 26 268 E 1405 17 do ek sou 1445
72 817 17hfch broorpek 765 38 bid 269 Puspone 1408 88 do ro pek 3610
73 820 9 ch pek 720 29bid | 270 141l 45 do pekoe 3600
76 826 14 du dust 980 12 273 Metegama 1420 9hf-ch pek dust 830
76 Rowley 829 27hf-ch bro pek 1350 53 bid 274 Polatagama 1423 20 ch bro pek 1900
iis $32 24 co ek 1200 3 975 1426 19 do or pek 1520
78 Clunes 835 4Lhf-ch ro or pek . 2460 36 276 1429 72 do pek 1760
79 $38 61 do bro pek 3050 29 277 1432 27 do pek sou 2025
80 841 44 ch pek 37410 31 278 Maha Uva 1435 20hf-ch bro orpek 1300
81 844 10 do pek sou 900 25 279 1498 =9 do or pek 8540
84 Hayes 853 24hf-ch bro pek 1200 47 280 1441 $3 ch pek 8870
&6 859 18 do pek 900 35 281 1444 45 de pek 4050
98 Scrubs 895 14 ch bro orpek 1330 58 zs2 . 1447 21 do ek sou 1680
99 898 20 do bro pek 2000 46 288 Dammeria 1465 11 do roor pek 1°20
100 901 19 do pek 1615 35 bid 289 1468 12 do bro pek 1200
101 904 12 do ek sou 1020 34 290 1471 45 do pek 4050
102 Sembawatte 907 14 ch roorpek 1470 32 bid 291 1474 12 do pek sou 1080
104 913 26 do pek 1820 29 294 Kirklees 1483 18 do pek fans 2160
105 916 13 do pek sou 845 25 | 296 1489 24 do dust 2160
107 LBK 922 20 ch dust 8u00 13 297 High Forest 1492 56hf-ch broorpek 3360
108 925 21 do sou 2100 17 298 1495 40 do or pek 2040
109 Scrubs 923 14 ch bro or pek 1330 57 299 Gampha 1498 34 ch bro orpek 3470
lle 931 25 do hro pek 2500 42 300 150L 44 do or pek 3960
311 934 15 do pek 1200 35 301 1504 10 do ek sou 900
112 937 22 do pek sou 1870 31 302 1507 27 do bro pek 2565
113 Weyunga- 303 1510 31 do 2970
watte 910 24hf-ch broorpek 1320 3 394 1513 11 do oe sou 90
114 943 33 ch or pek 2970 382 307 Pallegodde 1522 29 ch broorpek 38900
115 916 25 do ek 2125 29 308 1525 24 do bro pek 2280
120 Doonevale 931 20 ch ro pek 1900 39 809 1528 34 do bro pek 3230
121 964 34 do ek 2720 28 310 1531 30 do pek 2400
125 Beausejour 976 16 ch ro pek 1520 39 311 1534 27 do pek sou 2295
126 979 26 do pek 2080 28 } 312 Naseby 1537 20hf-ch bro ° pak 1200
136 L,in estate 313 1540 20 do pe 1100
mark 1009 21 ch bro tea 2100 22 319 Geragama* 1558 19 do ro pek 1900
127 Carlabeck 1012 12 ch pek sou 1200 39 320 1561 17 ch pek 1530
147 Morankande 1042 28 ch bro pek 2660 33 321 Waratenne 1564 19 do bro pek 190
48 1045 36 do pek 2880 28 3.2 1567 16 do pek 1360
149 1048 33 do peksou 2805" - 26 323 Chesterford 1570 48 do bro pek 4800
153 Massena 1060 42hf-ch bro pek 2100 4i 324 1573 34 do pek 3400
154 1063 24 do pek 1200 28 325 1576 26 do pek sou 2600
155 1066 22 do pek sou 1160 24 326 1579 12 do tans 1080
156 Bittacy 1069 8 ch bro pek 840 38 328 1585 16hf-ch dust 1200
165 Craigmore 1096 50 hf-ch bro pek 2350 36 bid 329 Erlsmere 1588 8 ch pek No, 2 728
166 1099 30 ch or pek 2310 82 330 Claverton 1591 32hf-ch broor pek 1600
167 1102 38 do pek No.1 2926 albid | 331 1594 23 do orpek 1150
168 1105 30 do do ,, 2% 2250 27 bid } 332 1597 41 ch pek 4100
169 R-H, im est. 333 CON 1600 7 do bro tea 700
mork 1108 32hf-ch bro pek 1625 33 334 Kotagaloya 1603 11 do pek 955
172 1117 16 ch peksou 1440 26bid | 236 Ingrogvla 1609 12 do bropek 1200
173 Roeberry 1120 10 ch bro pek 1050 = 46 337 1612 19 do pekoe 1615
174 1123 26 do orpek 2444 40 3i1 Mansfield 1624 43hf-ch bro pek 2580
175 1126 13 do pek 1118 BES 342 1627 20 ch pek 1800
176 1129 44 do pek sou 3960 343 Erracht 1630 11 do broorpek 110)
179 St. Heliers 1138 28hf-ch bro orpek 1512 44 344 1633 25 do bro pek 2000
130 1141 19 ch pek 17031 345 1636 36 do pek 2700
181° Queensland 1144 18 do bro pek 1800 49 3416 1639 12 do pk sou No. 1 960°
182 1147 11 do or pek 880 44 347 1642 13 do pk sou No.2 1040
183 1150 27 do yek 229537 248 1645 18 do bro pKfans 1710
185 Hughenden 1156 18 ch bro pek 1620 ae _ 349 1648 12 do pek fans 960
186 1159 24 do pek 1920 32 bid 320 Uva - 1651 18 do or pek 18060
187 1162 9 do pek sou 720 28 apt 1654 28 do pek 2200
190 Nugagalla 1171 25hf-ch bropek 1250 50 355 GPM in est.
191 1174 69 do pek 3450 31 bid mark 1666 15hfch broorpek 3000
199 XXX 1198 12 do dust 1080 bid b 356 1669 44 do or pek 2420
Lot. Box.
357 1672
358 1675
39 1678
371 Anningkande 1714
372 1717
373 Matale 1720
374 723
375 1726
384 Pedro 1758
385 1756
386 . 1759
387 Torrrington P1762
388 1765
389 1768
390 1771
391 1774
395 Marlborough 1786
396 1789
397 1792
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Name.
pekoe
pek sou
pek fans
bro pek
or pek sou
bro pek
pek
pek sou
bro or pek
pek sou
fans
or pek
bro pek
bro or pek
pek
pek sou
bro orjpek
or pek
pek
Ib.
2632
4592
1155
1100
1200
3060
1980
1080
1509
990
1280
1445
4189
1890
2400
ed
Tb.
36 bid
32
33 bid
Cc.
SMALL LOTS.
[Messra. A. H. Thempsoz & Co.)
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name.
12 Rambuk 12 13hf-ch pek sou £20
13 13 2 do sou £0
14 14 2 do dust 170
28 Warwick 28 10hf-ch pek sou 520
29 29 4 do dust #20
36 Harrow 36 3 ch pek sou 270
37 37 1 do sou 90
38 38 1 do dust 90
[Mr. E. John.]
Lot. Box Pkgs. Name. Ib.
19 Shannon S3 (ae denen. sou 560
38 Rondura 897 2 do dust 260
46 Claremont 921 $3hf-ch dust 240
5d Yakka 948 6 ch bro tea 660
Bi, 501 954 3 do bro pek 315
58 957. 6 do pekoe 609
59 930 2 do sou 176
60 963 1 do
f Lhf-ch unas 150
61 966 1 do mixed 55
62 M 969 1 ch bro pek 91
63 972 1 do pekoe 100
66 MS 981 5 do bro pek 500
72 Ballagalla Ella 999 3hf-ch dust 270
76 Eadella Lgee.d, och. ek sou 560
77 Albion 14) 1 -"do ro tea OL
80 Ferndale 23 3 do dust 360
~
[Messrs. Somerville & Co.]
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name: Ib,
1 BG, in estate
mark 1l 2hf-ch dust 204
2 SIP), “B3, 56X0) fans 240
6 Invery 16 4hf-ch bro mix 320
10 Neuchatel 20 4 ch dust 609
11 21 1 do fans 120
14 Minna 25 5 ch pek sou 459
22 Koorooloo-
galla 32 3 -ch bro pek fans 330
24 Earlston 34 4 ch con 340
26 Killin, in es-
tate mark 36 5 ch pek 425
29 Warakamure 39 4 ch bro or pek 500
1 hf-ch
32 42 Lhf-ch dust 90
35 Citrus 45 3 ch pek sou 800
36 BR, in estate
mark 46 5hf-ch pek sou 210
Sten 47 2 do sou 109
38 48 1 do dust 72
39 49 1 do red leaf 3
43 Hangranoya 63 7 ch sou 665
4t Z, in estate
mark 54 1 ch bro pek 147
Lhf-ch
45 55 2 do pek 108
64 Ranasingha-
patna 6t 5Shf-ch dust 450
55 65 7 do bro pek fans 490
59 Oakley 69 1 ch dust 100
69 70 1 do red leaf 100
65 Kew 75 6hfch _ bro pek fans 290
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. bli ec.
69 Ukuwella 79 2hf-ch bro fans pek 140 19
81 DBG 94 6 ch bro mix 600 13
85 95 6 do fans 600 18
86 96 6hf-ch dust 450 13
10L Dedugalla 11l 5 ch bro mix 425 20
102 112 Ghf-ch dust 510 13
103 113 8 do fans 520 18
104 F, in estate
mark 114-65 ch sou 505 26
105 115 38 do dust 510 12
106 Cholankande 116 6 eh fans 690 23
110 Siriniwasa 120 38 ch bro pek fans 300 24
11L 121 2 do dust 310 14
120 130 2 do dust 320 i4
124 Labugama 134 z ch bro pek fans 240 26
125 A, in estate
mark 135 1hf-ch bro pek 59 88
126 186 1 do pek 50 26
126a 136a 1 ch pek sou 80 21
128 Salawe 138 5 ch bro pek No.2 = 590 23
131 141 2 do dust 290 15
132 H T, in es-
tate mark 142 3hf-ch bro pek i70 30
133 143 3 do pek 160 28
134 144 3 ch pek sou 200 25
135 145 2 do dust 250 12
136 WV T 146 7 ch or pek 644 23
137 147 5 do bro pek 570 40)
139 149 2 do ust 260 13
140 150 2 do bro pek sou 212 25
141 Silver Velley
LDS 151 2hf-ch bro pak 112 2g
142 152 3 do pek 156 25
143 153 ¢ do pek sou 100 22,
144 154 1 do dust 56 12
[Messrs. Forbes & Walker.] |
Lot. Box. Pkts. Name. lb Ce
2 GK 607 7 ch bro mix 630 23
6 Palawatte 619 6 ch pek sou 540 5
8 Andaradeni-
ya 625 3 ch pek 291 27
9 6238 4hf-ch pek sou 200 26
10 631 2 do sou 120 25
Il 634 3 do dust 200 13
20 Beverley 661 11 hf-ch peksou No. 1550 25
21 664 5 do do ,, 2250 21
22 667 6 do pek dust 450 14
24 Goschen 673 10 hf-ch ek 500 BL
25 676 10 do ro or pek 580 R5
26 BA 679 3hf-ch bro mix 180 13
o7 682 5 doa dust 450 12
34 Columbia 703 ll hf-ch pek sou 495 33
35 706 2 do dust 170 20
42 Agra El-
bedde 727 i2hfch pek sou 516 32
43 730 5 do dust 350 15
48 Glencorse 745 1 ch bro tea 110 80
49 748 1 do pek fans 120 21
50 751 1 do dust 170 il
59 Galapitakan-
de 778 Shf-ch dus 270 13
66 Fairlawn 799 1. hf-ch pek sou 495 30
67 802 3 do dust 255 i7
70 Meemora Oya SLL 7hf-ch sou 280 24
7L 814 3 do dust 195 13
74 E 823. 1 ch bro tea 110 i
82 Clures 847 Shf-ch dust 450 12
83. Huyes §50 10 hf-ch bro or per 550 50
85 856 10 do or pek 500 43
87 862 12 do bro or pek
fans 690 36
92 O BF, in estate
mark 877 4 ch bro pek £32 31
93 880 6 do
lhfch ypek 585 23
94 883 1 ch pek sou 112 21
95 886 1 do pek dust 173 ll
96 N B inestate
mark 889 3 ch dust B64 14
97 LD 892. 5 ch dust 660 8
103 Sembawatte 910 8 ch or pek 680 33
106 919 2 do dust 170 13
116 Weyung.-
watte 919 8 ch pek sou 610 27
117 952 4hf-ch fans 320 14
lls WW 955 5 ch bro mix 500 15
119 958 5Shf-ch dust 375 6
122 Doonevale 967 6 ch pek sou 5iC 25
123 970 1 do fans 120 15
124 973 1 do dust 150 1L
127 Beausejour 982 4 ch pek sou 340 25
128 935 1 «lo fans 120 17
129 988 1 do dust 150 il
138 Carlabeck 1015 5hf-ch bro pek fams 410 23
¥ > 7 *
as, a
4 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box. kgs, N any 3
Pkgs. Name Ib. ¢ “ie 4 dv? py wane ee
139 CB 1018 8 ch pek sou 306 «27
140 Dewalakan- : 339 Watawala 1618 3 do pek fans 875 16
de 1021 2 ch or pek 184. 87 340 1621 2 do dust 230 «IL
141 1024 1 do pek 77 «2B 352 Uva 1657 4 do pek sou 400-95
142 1027 1 do peksou 84 25 308 1660 2 do souchong 200 %%
150 Morankande 1051 8hf-ch bro pek fans 640 28 354 1663 2hf-ch dust 20 0612
151 1054 3 do pek fans 219 20 36) BD 168L 3 ch red leaf 20 #813
152 1057 1 eh red leaf 120 11 376 Matale 1729 3hf-ch fans 210 23
157 Bittacy 1072 1 ch ; 3i7 . 1732 5 do dust 400 «14
Lhf-ch sou 170 4 392 Torrington P1777 6 ch bro tea 430 13
158 1075 2 do dust 160 14 393 1780 6hf-ch dust 480 12
159 Udapolla 1078 3bex bro pek 38—~Cti«48 394 1783 8 do pek fans 520 «2B
160 1051 1 do pek 16 33
161 108! 3 do pek sou 32 24 ;
162 - 1087 3 He aes 4) 29
163 1090 1 do us 22 15
Lo ls RL a do red leaf 4411 CEYLON COFFEE SAELS IN LONDON
170 —H, in est. .
mark 1111 30 box or vek 150 43 7 a: oe
W711 111416 do pek 80 37 (From our Commercial Correspondent).
177 Roeberr 1132 4 ch sou 380 28 —
178 ¥ 3135 3 do fans 300 28 Mrxcixe Lane, June 10, 1898
184 Queensland 1/53 8 ch bropek fans 354 30 “Valetta,”—Roehampton, O, lc 112s sold; 1, 2c 102s; 2, Ib
188 Hughenden 1165 2 ce fans 180 26 56s; PB, 110}. - -
139 1168 1 do congou 80 8623 INCING LANE ; y
192 Nugagalla 1177 S8hf-ch pek sou 400 27 A, n . 3 Jane. 17
203 Hurstpier- _.\Dictator”—Craig, London O, 2c 1b 105s; 1, le 988 2, Ib
Point 1210 5 ch bropek 400 33 58s; P, 1b 100s,
204 1213 1 do or pek 80 39
205 1216 7 do pek 560 8924 cpecnraageen cae
206 1919 4 a) ek sou 5 320 21
207 1222 1 do ro pek dust 105 16 Tr
2 ea an ataee 100. 12 CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
211 Mahala 1234 5 ch pek sou 600 «23 —
215 Kaduruwan- ’ “Clan Grant”—J, 113 69s out; 14 74s out; 3 sea dam. and
dola 1246 1 ch bro pek 90 37 repacked 68s 6d sold, HGA in estate mark, 10 73s.
216 1249 1 ch pek 90 25 “Wanderer” —MAKM in estate mark, 86 74s out; 26
217 1252), 1 ach pek sou 90 22 68s ou
21 ALI 1264 4 ch dust 480 «il ‘Clan Campbell”—Ross, 1, 51 748; T, 26 698;2, 5 67s 6d;
222 1267 1 ch congou 80 8-23 3, 15 63s. Kepitigalla. 4 72s 6d; 20 70s; 56 683 6d.
227 Cottaganga 1282 4 ch dust 650 14 “Valetta.””—MKAK, 30 738 6d.
223 KE 1285 2 do fans 200 2k “Clan Cameron”—Warrakettia, F 1, 15 72s 6d.
229 ; 1288 4 do dust avo —-18 “Clan Fraser’—CMM, 4 738 6d; B, 266s; F, 72s 6d.
230 K A W in est.
mark 1291 6 do fans 600 26
231 1294 3 nt ch Gus at 255 a
236 Torwood 1309 4 ¢ ro pek fans 489 5 -
237 112 4 do dust 496 12 CEYLON CARDAMOM SALES IN
911 Arapolakande 1324 3 do ust 330 12
249 70 Y 1327 3 do mae ppers 300 3L LONDON.
243 1330 5 do 430 26
250 BI 1351 7 do ues pek fans 639 25 bid Clan Robertson”—HGA in estate mark, 22s8d. Malabar,
253 DED 1360 3 hf-ch bro pek 180 40 2 2s 6d out; 2 25 gd out.
254 1363 3 ch or pek 240 «41 “Clan Grant’—J in estate mark, Mysore, 2 2s 6d out; ‘
255 1366 6 do peksou fi 26 MLM in estate merk, Mxnpre, 2 2 2s 3d bid.
256 1369 9hf-ch dust 630 23 ‘‘Logician” —Esperanza, 42s 9d.
267 Erlsmere 1402 9 ch pek fans 53L 31 bid “Statesman”’—Galaha, AA, 8 2s 9d. Elkadua, 1, 4 2s 3d;
271 Puspone 1414 1 do sou 70 24 6 2s 4d.
272 1417 2 do dust 280 13 “Lancashire —Madulkelle, Mysore, C, 6 2s.
983 MahaUva 1450 4 do dust 360 14 “Bullionist’—4 2s 8d.
984 1453 1 do pek fans 80 25 “City of Cambridge,” "--AL, Ds! ba 8 8s.
292 DM 1477 6 do unast 606 = 31 “Glaucus”—M, 2 2s 10d;
293 1480 2 do dust 200 «13 “Clan Robertson’—K, peas 4 3s 6d; 233 2d; A, Z
295 Kirklees 1486 2 do congou 190 23 25 6d-
305 1516 3 do br pekfans 330 31 “Tosa Maru”’—Dehigalla, seeds 4 3s.
306 1519 5 do dust 400 14 “Historian”’—AL 1, 22s 11d; AL 3, 1 282d.
327 Chesterford 1582 5 ch eongou 450 25 “Clan VeIntyre”’—AL, 2 2s 4d.
335 Kotagaloya. 1606 3 do pek sou 240 25 Clan Forbes”—AL, 3 3s 2d.
333 Ingrugalla 1615 5 do pek sou 425 26 “Tosa Maru’—Tonacombe, 5 3s 4d out.
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS.
TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND
NO. 27,
CoLomBo,
CARDAMOM SALES,
Juty 18, 1898,
Pricr:—12% cents each 3 copies
30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee.
COLOMBO
LA
SALES OF THA.
RGE LOTS.
(Fhompson and Villiers.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name.
1 Httie 1 10 ch bro pek
2 2 10+ do pek
6 Amblakande 6 10 ch bro pek
7 7 15 do pek
8 10 do pek sou
9 Gower 9 15 ch bro pek
10 TO 9% do pek
11 Balgownie IL* 15) ch dust
1S Bambarakelly &
Dell 1S: (95). do bro or pek
19 19 20 do dust
21 Hornsey 21 11 do pek sou
3 238\13 do fans
24 Glassaugh 24 13hf-ch pekoe
26 Httie 26) Ji3. > ch bro pek
28 Chetnole 28 15hf-ch pek sou
29 29 9 do sou
8L Warwick 31 24 do pek
83 Kea. 33 10 do sou
BES 34 10 do No. 1 dust
43 Vogan 43 24 do bro pek
44 44 25 do pek
45 45 20 do pek sou
47 47 8 do bro pek
49 ‘ 49 9 do pek sou
55 Doragalla 55 24. ch bro pek
56 56 27 do pek
57 57 15 do pek son
58 58 16 do pek fans
65,616 Ib]
lb.
1040
1000
1000
1200
800
1275
720
1500
1875
1700
1100
1040
71d
1365
1425
S10
1320
1070
900
2280
2125
1700
760
765
2400
2295
1200
1200
c.
29
25
40
30
27
27
30
10
39
14
31 bid
16
37 bid
27
27
40 bid
14
9 bid
43
33
29
42
28
42
34
28
15
(Messrs. Somerville & Co.—182,929.]
Lot. Box. p
1 Hemingford 161
2 162
3 163
91 Bidbury isl
22 182
96 houghleigh 186
27 187
28 i
32 Lonach 194
$3 193
34 194
35 Hill 195
36 196
40 H 200
43 Hooluganga 203
46 Lower Dickoya 206
47 207
51 Atherton 211
54 Nugawella 214
55 215
56 216
$5 Sivisanda 225
66 Ferriby 226
67 227
68 228
73 Maligatenne 285
74 34
75 235
78 Forest Hill 238
80 Paradise 240
81 241
88 California 248
92 Mahagods 252
93 Ukuwela 233
94 - 254
95 255
98 Blinkbonnie 208
99 259
100 260
105 Kudaganga 265
106 266
107 267
108 Arduthie 268
110 Neuchatel 70
lll 271
112 272
113 Walahandua 273
kes. Name.
16 ch sou
10 do pek fans
97hf-ch fans
20 ch bro pek
17 do pek
10 ch bro or pek
10 do or pek
10 do pek
27 hf ch bro pek
20 ch pek
15 do pek sou
14 ch bro pek
16 do pek
6 ch fans
3 hf-ch
10 ch bro pek
20hfech bro pek
8 ch pek
20 hf-ch pek
49 hf-ch or pek
20 do tro or pek
66 do pek
5 do dust
42hf-ch bro pek
27 ch pek
12 do pek sou
S ch pek
J1 ch pek sou
9 do tro sou
3s ch pek
16 hf-ch pek
17 ch pek sou
10, ch pek
16 ch pek
32 ch bro pek
17 do pek
7 do pek sou
5lhfch bro pek
46 do pek
17 ch pek sou
14 do bro pek
26 do pek
11 de pek sou
15 hf-ch bro pek
25 ch bro pek
1l do pek
20 do pek sou
36 ch bro pek
1b.
1280
2100
2430
900
770
995
858
1584
800
1615
950
1600
3200
1700
700
2805
2300
1445
1400
2470
£90
750
2500
935
1700
3600
c.
24
26
17
41
33
40
36
33
40
30
27
33
30
20
84
37
28
30
59
85
30
12
38 bid
29
Name. Ib.
pek 1530
fans 750
sou 840
bro pek 3100
pek 2000
con 1425
bro pek fan 770
pek sou 1300
bro or pek 1263
or pek 730
pek 1100
pek sow 390
ov pek 1092
pek 900
tro pek 806
bro pelk 1680
or pek 1056
pek 3150
pek sou 2070
pek fans 1470
pek IS00
bro pek 3240
pek 1700
pek sou 1280
bro or pek $8
bro pek = 4200
pek 3800
pek sou =. 3400
bro pek fanl760
dust
1020
John. — 209,081 th. ]
Lov. Box. Pkes.
114 27417 «ch
118 Wallasmulle 278 6 do
125 G A Ceylon 235 12 ch
132 Morningside 292',°31 ch
133 293 20. do
134 294 15 do
135 2955.7 »do
128 WG P 299 26 hf-ch
143 New Valley 303 11 ch
1 hf-ch
144 304 8 ch
145 805 11 do
146 806.10 do
149 Annandale 309 21 hf ch
150 5t0 18 do
151 31 13 do
153 Rayigam 315 16 ch
154 314 12 do
145 315 35 do
156 316 23 do
157 Ovaca AT Siiveultesch
171 Oakley 334 18 ch
175 RCTF 335 36 do
176 336 20 do
177 337 16 do
261 Neboda 36° 48 .ch
202 362 42 do
203 363 38 do
204 £61 34 do
206 Mosville 366 16 ch
210 370 12 hf-ch
(Mir. HE.
Lot. Box. Pkgs,
3 Derby 32 15 hf-ch
9 Movahela 50 28 ch
10 53 10 do
1L 56 18 do
12 59 8 do
16 Oonoogaloya CLR ale)
17 74 30 do
18 77 §& do
19 80 27 do
20 Meeriacotta 83 13 do
oi 86 8 do
22 EK. 89 12 hf-ch
24. NK 95 15 do
25) (NiB 98 9 ch
26 IKoslande 101 21 hf-ch
27 104 17 ch
50 Lameliere 113 42 hf-ch
31 117’. 20 ch
32 120 12 do
34 Templestowe 126 22 do
35 129 40 do
36 132 12 do
387 RL 135 9hf-ch
39 GA 141 12 do
41 Kotuagedera 147 28 ch
42 150 18 ao
44 Koslande 156 21 hf-ch
45 5Oesl7. ich
48 D,inest, mark 168 8 do
49 IGALS S EKG)
54 Horton Plains 186 38 hf-ch
55 189 30 ch
56 192 13 do
66 Claremont 222 30 hf-ch
67 205. 14 ch
68 Agra Ouvah 228 49 hf-ch
69 Zale Sl do
74 Glasgow 246 11 ch
75 249 17 do
7 ET 252 12 do
77 255 10 do
82 EN 270 31 do
97 Poilakanda 316 49 hf-ch
98 318° 52 ch
99 321 37 do
100 324 25 hf-ch
101 Glentilt 327 65 ch
102 330 30 do
103 333 9 do
104 336 18 do
106 Cleveland 342 19 hf-ch
107 345 11 do
108 348 11 ch
112.) Whyddon 360 15 do
Name. lb.
bro pek 825
bro pek 2632
bro or pek 1000
or pek 1620
pekoe 720
bro pek 3700
pekoe 2400
pek sou 720
fans 3240
pek sou 1170
sou 720
fans 960
dust 1200
unas 900
bro pek 1260
pekoe 1530
bro pek 2520
pekoe 19 0
pek sou 1080
bro or pek 1980
pekoe 3200
pek sou 1920
dust 810
bro pekfans 720
bro pek 2800
pekoe 1620
bro pek 1269
pekoe 1530
bro pek 800
pekoe 1080
bro pek 2090
pekoe 2400
pek sou 975
bro or pek 1650
pekoe 1120
bro or pek 3185
or pek L155
pek sou 1210
or pek fans 1700
dust 1080
bro mix 1100
pek souNo.23100
bro pek 2916
pekoe 468¢
pek sou 2950
bro pek fans 1970
bro pek 6500
pekoe 3000
pek sou 810
fans 1410
bro or pek 988
pekoe 1045
pek sou 935
bro pek 1576
28 bid
36
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25
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2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. s
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name. Dp; ? Cc; Tot Box. Pkgs. Name 1b e.
113 363 20 ch or pek 1860 48
114 366 18 do pekoe 1728 37 126 . 2170 10hf-ch fans _ 70 29
115 369 41 do pek sou 3690 30bid | 128 Dunedin 2176 26 do broorpe’ 1420 45
117 375 6 do dust 750 «18 129 2179 25 do bro pek 112584
124 Murraythwaite 396 17 do bro pek 1615 3939 130 2182 38 ch pek 2850 829 bid
125 39 16 do pekoe 1360 29 131 2185 23 do pek sou 1840-27
126 402 10 do peksou 800 26 134 : _ 219% 9hf-ch dust 720 4
129 MH 411 8 do bropek 8.0 29bid | 137 Blairgowrie 2203 12 ch bro pek 148 32
130 414 £ do prkoe 800 23 bid | 138 2206 9 do pek 855 89-87
144 Oxton 456 26hf-ch pekdust 21909 12bid j 141 Broadoak 2215 20hf-ch broorpek 100 54
145 459 20 do dust 1800 = IL 142 2218 26 do or pek 130037
150 M’Tenne 474. 7 ch = dust 1225) 940 143 2221 31 do pek 1550-36
151 Mount'Temple477 24 do sou 1440 92k 144 2274 22 do pek sou 880 ag
152 BD 480 20hf-ch bro pek 3200 36bid | 145 BO 2227 40 do sou 2000-88
153 483 20 ch pekoe 1800 = 27 148 Sadamulla 2236 10 ch bro pek 100086
161 Lameliere 507 42hf-ch bro pek 2520 42 bid | 149 . 2239 12 do pek 1200 26
162 510 20 ch pekoe 1900 3. bid | 152 High Forest 2248 66hf-ch broorrek 3960 52
163 513 12 do ek sou 1080-29 153 1 23 do cr pek 1688 52
165 Manangoda 519 9 do ro or pek 1215 3 154 ; 4 20 do ek dust 1680 20
166 522 24 do bropek 3530 32bid | 155 Dea Ella 7 62 do bro pek 3100 36
167 525 19 do pekie 1045 929 166 10 44 do prkoe 2 27
168 528 27 do sou 2565 18 157 13 16 do pek sou 720 25
170 534 21 do bropekfans2730 17 158 Polatagama 16 30 ch or pek 2400-36
172 C 513 7 do aust 1050 8bid | 159 19 24 do pekoe 1800 49
178 TS 558 6 do dust 900 8 bid | 160 22 16 do ek son 1200 «26
180 L 564 18 do pekoe 1620 24 161 25 82 do ro pek 3040 = 41 bid
162 28 15 do or pek No. 2 1200 36
S 163 31 16 do pek Ne.2 1290 30
164 34 9 do fans sie 29
{Messrs. Forbes & Waker.—}] 165 J 87 7 do dust 1050 14
- 166 Maha Uva 40 12 do bro or pek 780 61
436,465 Ib. 167 43 32 do or pek 1920 43
: : 63 46 25 do pekoe 2250-36
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name lb, « 169 49 12 do ep omp”** Tad
1 Binest.mark 1795 16 ch sou 1440 9-27 170 Battawatte 52 25 ch ro pek 2500 = 44 bid
2 1998 6 do dust 90 8618 171 55 27 do pekoe 2700 - 34
3 Elfindale 1801 23hf-ch pek fans 1265 23 172 68 8 do pek scu 800 29
4 1804 14 ch fans 1260 824 173 Hayes 6l Whf-ch broorpek 1000 57
5 1807 13 do dust 716 12 174 64 30 ch b-ope 1650 47
18 Doranakande 1831 11 do bro pek 1100 38 175 67 40 do pekoe | 36
19 Aberfoyle 1849 21 ch bro pek 2100 887 176 70 25 do pee sou 1250 = 81
20 1852 25 do pekoe 2500 eo 181 High Forest 85 60 hf-ch bro or pek 3000 52
25 Amblangodde 1867 11 do _ or pek 1100 44 bid | 182 88 52 do pekoe 2548 846
26 1870 11 do pek No. 1 990 38 bid 183 Cabarawatte 91 16 ch
27 1873 13 do pek 1170 36 1 bf-ch pek dust 2610 13
32 RW W inest 192 FredsRuhe 118 34 ch bro pek 3400-87
mark 1888 15 d unast 1800 34 193 121 34 do pekoe 3060 3= 88
85 1897 13hf-ch bropek 715 26 194 124 25 do Ta sou 2250 {
36 1900 11 ch pekoe 990 26 195 127 12 do ro mix 1080 24
Cle 1903 13 do sou 1105 22 198 Tonacombe 136 9 do pek sou $10 28
238 1906 8 do dus 1120 11 bid 200 SS J, in es-
39 Ascot 1909 33 do bro pek 2971 38 bid tate mark 142 16 bf-ch pekoe 848 5
40 1912 12 do or pek 1200 39 bid 204 Stisted 164 22 do bro or pek 1430 45
41 1915 33 do pekoe 2640 28 bid | 205 Craigmore 157 50 do bro pek 2350 36
42 1918 11 do pek sou 990 25 206 160 30 ch pek No.2 2250 26
43 1921 10 do pekfans 1200 29 211 Deaculla 175 47 hf-ch bro pek 2585 49
45 Kitulgalla 1927 15hf-ch or pek 750 37 212 1738 34 ch pekoe 2380 B34
46 1930 11 ch pek 850 30 213 181 18 do pek sou 1260 29
49 Errollwood 1939 12 do orpek 960 49 bid | 214 Tymawr 184 32 hf-ch pekoe 1440 «42
50 1942 14 do pek 1120 40 bid 215 187 37 do pekrou 1480 33 bid
51 1945 9 do pek sou 810 34 bid 216 190 23 do fans 1380 24
52 Anningkande 1948 14 do bro pek 1540 66 217 F 198 10 ch br pk fans 1200 22
53 1951 10 do br pek No.2 1100 39 bid 218 Ella Oya 196 16 do bro pek 1600 40 bid
54 1954 13 do pek 1300 32 bid | 219 199 14 do or pek 1204 87 bid
56 Middleton 1960 30 do or pek 3000 55 220 22 17 do pekoe 1360 81
57 1968 15 do pek 1350 47 221 205 19 do peksou 1710 97
58 1966 13 do pek sou 1105 39 222 208 39 hfch fans 1292 «28
59 1969 12hf-ch dust $60 17 293 211 13 do dust 1248 8 bid
60 Springwood 1972 8 ch dust 1200 14 225 RC W, in es-
1 1975 22 do congon 2200 29 tate mark 217 25 hf-ch pekf-ns 1875 20
63 Harrington 1981 18 do or pek 1800 48 226 Monkswood 220 12 ch pek sou 102u 88 bid
64 1984 13 do pek 1300 36 227 223 19 do pek sou 1710 38 bid
65 Holton 1987 22 do bro pek 2090 40 228 Errollwood 226 17 hf-ch bro orpek 765 40
6 1999 9 do elk 720 32 229 229 9 do pekoe 720 32
69 Dunbar 1999 35hf-ch ro or pek 1680 46 231 Rowley 235 %7 do bro pek 1350 53 bid
i 2002 27 do or pek 1080 38 232 Weyungawatte 238 21 co broorpek1260 49
72 2008 23 ch pek 1840 30 233 241 24 ch or pek 2160 33
7 6G 2023, 21 do pek sou 1890 26 234 244 18 do pekoe 1530 29
79 Tonacombe 2029 24 do or pek 2400 46 237 Yox ord 253 34 do pek sou 2550 30
80 20382 25 do bro pek 2750 52 238 256 18 hf-ch fans 1350 35
S81 2085 62 do pek 6200 37 239 g 259 11 do dust 1045 16
82 2088 13 do pek sou 1170 34 244. Kmavesmire 274 17 do brorpek 1530 39
83 Clyde 2041 38 do bro pek 3610 39 245 277 9 do or pek 765 33
84 2044 38 do pek 3040 28 246 280 20 do bro pek 2000 39
85 2047 12 do pek sou 1080 27 247 283 38 do pekoe 3040 29
99 Ingurugalla 2089 7 ch _ bro tea £40 8 =20 248 286 22 do aa sou 1540 26
105 Ettapolla 2107 18hf-ch bro pek 1008 34 249 Matale 289 51 hf-ch ro pek 3060 36
109 Newpeacock 2119 17 ch pek sou 1360 25 250 292 22 do pekoe 1980 32
110 2122 21 do pekfans 1575 24 251 Kotagaloya 295 11 ch pekoe 935 33
111 W F in est. 252 Patiagama 298 7 do bro or pek 700 48
mark 2125 14 do congou 1260 23 254 304 26 do pekoe 2210 24
115 Aberdeen 2187 33 do bro pek 2970 37 274 Lillawatte 364 20 do pek sou 1900 24
116 2140 40 do pekoe 3000 29 276 Ireby 370 62hf-ch bro pek 3120 51
117 2143 21 do pek sou 1512 25 277 373 40 do pe 2000 «= 338
118 2146 12hfch bro pek fans 780 OE 281 Nonpareil 385 15 do bro pek 900 38
122 Castlereagh 2158 21 ch bro pek 2100 «47 289 Ookoowatte 409 9 ch bro pek 900 ©8639
123 2161 24 do or pek 2040 45 291 - 415 10 do pek 900 33
124 2164 29 do pek 2320 33 292 418 9 do peksou 810 862
CEYLON PRODUCE
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name Ib,
297 433 10 ch pek fans 700
314 Udapolla 484 25 do bro pek 2500
315 487 28 do pek 2660
316 490 21 do pek sou 1890
328 Pembagama 526 21 hf-ch bro pk fans 1575
329 529 16 ch pek fans 1280
332 VOA 588 6 do bro pek 708
356 U S A 610° 11 do dust 1430
372 Serubs 658 12 do broorpek 1140
373 66L 15 do bro pek 1500
375 667 12 do pek sou 10. 0
381 Putupaula 635 16 do bro or pek 1760
3382 688 31 do bro pek 2790
383 691 42 do pek 3360
384 694 12 do pek sou 990
SMALL LOTS.
[Thompson and Villiers.|
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name lb.
£ Ettie Se mech pek sou 665
4 4 2 do mixed 190
5 5 2: da dust 300
22 Hornsey 22 2%5ch congou 170
25 Gonamatayva 25 1 do bro pek 125
27 O’Kance 27 2 do bro mix 224
20 Chetnole 30 5 hf-ch dust 675
39 Loughton 39 6 ch sou 450
40 D 40 lhf-ch bro pek 60
422 UKU 42 2 do dust 158
45 Vogan 46 & do pk sou No. 2 400
48 48 8 do ek 680
50 50 3 do pek fans 375
59 Doragalla 59 3 ch ek B 255
60 60 5hf-ch bro mlxed ¥25
(Mr. E. John. ]
Lot. Box Pkgs. Name. lb.
eek 26T a ZiCul dust 330
2 (0) 29 1 do dust 108
4 Derby 85 10hf-ch pekoe 520
5 88 6 do pek sou 330
6 41 2 do bro pek fans 122
7 St Edwards 44 2 do dust | 140
8 47 6 do bro mix 360
23 NK 92 4 ch sou 520
28 Koslande 107. 2 do pek sou 189
29 110 lhf-ch fans 60
33 Lameliere 123 6 do pek fans 480
38 GA 138 6 do dust 375
40 144 3 ch red leaf 243
43 Kotuagedera 153 4 do bropek fans 580
46 Koslande 162 2 do rek sou 180
47 165 1hf-ch fans 60
50 D,inest. mark 174 4 ch pek sou 360
51 177, ~«1hf-ch = dust 160
57 Horton Plains 195 2 do bro pek No.2 130
58 198 38 do fans 195
59 201 2 do dust 170
60 904-1 ch unas 105
7 7 edo dust 15) 10 sea nsic 82 2 ch pek sou
B Sets @G C. - 5 ec ee
153 Bittacy a ; hf-ch pek sou te ce 113 Nyanza 83 1 ch bro pek sou
o4 Be = ae. 123 NN 93 5 ch ek fans
155 32 2 do dust 170 12 124 94.3 do dust
158 Ridgmount (L 1 ch - : 12 Hanagama 97 5 ch — peksou
1hf-ch bro pek 157 28 128 = geataendo fans
at an : en an ne ae 135 Arduthie 105 10hf ch pek sou
169 Marakona (a edo seeds) eat 70 12 ue ing ; go Le ot oe
192 Karagawella 143 6 ch pek dG 433 140 Peak Side 110 12hf-ch pek No.1
193 146 2 do bro pek 210 40 bia 142 112 10 do sae sou
194 149° 7 do or pek G3 36 bid | yy48 113 4 do Bes ek fans
195 152. 7 do peksou 630 35 141 Ueda ake
193 Si na Dua 161 8 do pek sou 600 28 152 Horagoda 122. 3 ch cae
199 i64 Lhf-ch dust % IL ipa 8 saa dots vauet
208 EL 191 3 ch OO 211 23 154 124 4 do con
209 194 1 do red leaf 88 14 159 129 4hf-ch dust
210 197, 1 At eh dust QL 14 160 130 3 ch factory dust
211 6 wus 4 e ape : 2 Shc 3 aan
lhf-ch pek No.1 420 26 16° eeculpas 75 otek bre Bee
AB 183, 1G; 205 7 do pek fans 490 25 161 131 7 do Le sou
214 209 1 do dust ; 90 12 165 TTT T, ia eae Pp
215 212 1 do red eat 80 13 tate mark 135 6 ch dust
216 MR 15. 6 do bropek 360 36 i 1) hf-ch
217 218 3 ch pek — ae a 171 NP 141 Qhf-ch pek fan
218 221 1 do pk sou 10 24 172 D 142 6hf-ch dust
219 Zs Oo unas 220 26 177 F A. in estate
221 230 9hfech fans 630 31 mark 147 2hf-ch: dust
oo 5 > vel ae Q ao. -
aie Guewintest BE Th Os SSN ORES 178 DiyaniJakelle 48 3 ch unas
“2 rh ee " c 179 149 7hf-ch dust
mark 239 1Lhf-ch bro pek 5.0 24bid | igi] wvT 151 4hf-ch bro tea
228 Badella 251 8 ch pe-sou 640 26 TSONCASt Smile TG2y SICHIEN Ibo mais
238 XYZ 281 Bhf-ch cust 288 8 183 Raxawa 153 Lhf-ch bro pex
241 BD 2900 2 do ad st 180 8 1S ee Joten Tondo ae
242 23: -3 do bro pek fans 210 21 185 155 3 do sou
242 HE 296 1 ch dust 100 11bid | jeg qr 156 1 ch pek sou
187 147 4 do dust
—$ <<. — ——_ — - 188 Tyspane 158 6hfch bro mix
E 195 Cholankande!65 1 ch pek
(Messrs. Somerville ». Co.] 196 166 1 do pek sou
197 167 3 do fans
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib. e. 198 168 3 do dust
: = 199 CF 169 1 ch bro pek
1) Pensith 871 2,ch dust 320 1? 200 70 7 do pek
2 372 1 do fans 95 1s 201 NeLgel ido pek sou
3 373 1 do bro tea $5 15 20z 172 3 do bro tea
46VA 344 hf-ch bro pek 220 26 203 173 5 do dust
F 375 2 ch pek 150 of 204 Gangwarily 1.74 1 ch pek
6 376 2 do pek sou 180 18 205 Bloom Park 175 7hf-ch bro pek
7 J 377 3 do dus 450 12 207 177 2 do fans
9 Mossville 3°90 Sht-ch dust Ge" 68) .. 18 208 179 1 do dust
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TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES,
us PricE:—124 cents each 3 copies
NO. 29. Cotompo, Aveusr 1, 1898, | 30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee.
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA. Lot Box. Pkgs. Name. DaneCs
89 Dartry B 269 14 ch pek sou 1260 27
90 270 16hf-ch dust 1360 13
LARGE LOTS. 92 Mont Blane 272 42 ch peksou 3780 9-27
aoa 93 Hiarane aT 273° 18 oe BES pes 1800 41 bid
115 95 atabage 275°.20 ¢€ pek dust 1600 13
[Thompson and Villiers.] 96 Dumbera 276 19 ch pek sou 1900 27 bid
71,747 \b.] 98 Caxton 278 17 ch pek sou 1445 29 bid
rf ; 99 Monrovia 2i9 22 Gs pea pek 2200 30 bid
a xX. kes. Name. lb. e 100 280-23 do pek 2520 27 bid
Lot Bo P ai oa 104 Kriatenne 284 23 ch pek 1840 31
1 Mapitigama 1 66hf-ch bro pek 3300 23 105 Kanapidawella 285 20hf-ch dust 1400 19
7) 2 21 ch pek 1KS0 €g 106 Arobalawa 286 17 hf-ch bro pek 850 36
BR} 3 25 do pek sou 1750 o7 108 Maratenne 288 10 ch pek 900 32 bid
6 Ettie 6 16 ch bro pek 1680 29 bia | 109 Annandale 239 17hf-ch pek sou 884 39
7 7 11 do pek 1100 97 124 Gand D 304 11 ch dust 860 13
9 T 9 10 ch sou 1070 15 125 Comillah 305 14 hf-ch bro pek 8410 35
10 10 10 do dust No.1 900 9 129 Siriniwasa 309 21 ch bro pek 2100 36 bid
11 Battalgalla 11 19 ch pek sou 1900 33 130 310 23 do pek 2185 31
13 Hornsey 13 10 ch pek sou 1000-34 | 131 311 26 do peksou 2210 27
19 W 19 34hfch_ bre pek 2040 51
20 20 60 oe a: per 5100 82 bid
5 Vewelwa 25 37 hf- a 2035 é é 5
Se ee ee van ons oR Feet ties [Mr. H. John.—233,5801b.]
27 27 28 do pek sou 1400 29
29 Lynsted 29 32 hf-ch pek sou 1600 38 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. -¢€
35 Dunnottar 35 6 ch dust 780 12 By S
36 Relucas 36. 7 ch act 756 9 4 Kandaloya 308 14 hf-ch dust 70 13
40 WRK 40 10 ch pek 850 37bid | & “ Sted ier au PeKve ieee
a peaMerapan eA P pd 7 317 10 do _pek sou 1000 9-27
5 » ‘ F 5 € -C 5
PY eiuelwhisbronek 1905 ,/agibid. 42 Nemanaoday oycetaaL Rech Propek: yi 1155 .. BS
E : 27 hf.ch_ bro pek 1620 45 zeae BS E
43 Harrow 43 27h p ; 14 SUA 338 18 ch sou 1530-26
44 che AY OD Was EN eo 15 341 11 do fans 715 U5
45 45 14 do peksou 1400 29 7 ~ oe n= 19
= A 5 17 347) 7 “Ao. red leaf 770 12
51 Vogan 51 43 ch b-o pek 4085 44 18 330. 9 do dust 855 12
2 52 47 do ek 8995 = 32 5 95 0
) oe jars ese, 19 Keenagaha Ella 353 45 do broorpek 4725 40
oe F Boies dome Peksous)) 280504929 20 336 37 do pekve 3330 32
55 ooroondo= 2 FF a Q5 2
watte 55 29 hf-ch bro pek 1000 41 bid a 8 tL do pek sou os ee
56 56110 do pek 5500 =. 29- bid | 93 365 13hf-ch_ fans 910 30
I 58 30 ch _ or pek 3000 52 bid | 5 s = ae -
58 1 26 Evalgolla 374 14 do bro pek 700 43
27 377 52 do pekoe 2600 28 bid
30 Knightsdale 386 15 aah : -
= ~ -€ 3
[Messrs. Somerville & Co.—156,059.] ef eh yc patos igeos hoe bia
Pa 32 392 27 do ek sou 1998 27 bid
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib. ce. 36 Shannon 40t 25hf-ch bropek 1400 48
9 Allakolla 189 6 ch dust 720 14 37 407 13 ch pekoe 1300 33
12 Selegama 192 42hf-ch bro pek 2510 36 28 410 10 do pek sou 900 31
13 193 100 do pek 5000 29 «2 Pati Rajah 422 22 do bro pek 2200 3
14 194 23 do pek sou 1150 27 43 425 42 do pekoe 3150 27
16 196 11 do dust 932 9 441 Digdola 428 20 do broorpek 1800 36bid
18 198 20 do red leaf 1093 15 45 431 12 do or pexX 1080 29 bid
23 SED 203 15hf-ch con {BO}; 5425 46 434 14 do pekoe 1260 86.28
24 Hemingford 204 16 ch sou 1280-27 47 437 12 do peksou 1080.11
25 205 22 do fans 1650 24 48 Hila 440 37 do bro or pek 3330 33 bid
26 206 10 do pek fans 850 22 49 443 82 do bro pek 6970 34
27 Mousa Eliya 207 20 ch bro pek 2200 43 50 446 50 do pekoe 3500 30
28 208 13 do or pek 1170 33 51 449 41 do pek souNo.1 3483 29
29 209 19 do pek 1960 40 52 Laxapana 452 23hf-ch pekfans &
36 Tyspane Y16 13hf-ch dust 975 =.20 dust 2070 14
7 Filandhu 217 10 ch bro pek 1000-88 53 Koslande 455 19 do bro pek 1140 44
38 218 10 do pek 950 29 54 458 12 ch pekoe 1080 35
41 MN 221 29hf-ch dust 2552 15 60 Uda 476 19hnf-ch cust 1615 18
42 Koorooloo- 61 IXanangama 479 49 ch bro pek 4655 33 bid
galla 222 22 ch bro pek 2200 39 62 482 44 do pekoe 3740 28 bid
43 223 20 do pek 1800 31 63 485 24 do pek sou 2040 26
44 224 24 do pek sou 2280 29 64 488 28 do bro pek fans 2800 SL
46 Warakamure 226 17 do or pek 1700 32 65 491 17 do fans 1445 23
48 288 17 do pek 1615 28 67 Glentilt 497 34 do bro pek 3400 954
49 229 9 do sou 810 25 68 500 14 do pekoe 1400 41
51 Killin, inestate 69 Eila 603 91 do peksou 6825 27
231 31hbf-ch bro pek 1550 = 35 70 506 30 do sou 2250 9-25
52 232) 1 ch pek 935 29 72 Acrawatte 5212) ido or pek 1080 44
53 233 15 do pek sou 1200 27 73 515 23hf-ch bro pek 1495 44
57 Citrus 237 9 ch bro pek 900 34 74 518 15 ch pekoe 1340 35
58 238 12 do ek 2080 29 75 521 22 do pek sou 2200 21
60. 240 8 do ans 800 26 82 NPO 542 17hf-ch dust 1275 14
64 Ukuwela 244 42 ch bro pek 4200 29 kid | 83 545 8 ch
65 245 24 do pek 2400 28 zt hf-ch bro mix 1062 12
66 246 12 do pek sou 12.0 26 81 HH 548 ch dust 750 ll
68 Hangranoya 248 20 ch bro pek 2000 40bid | $7 Brownlow 557 st do bro or pek 3400 56
69 249 25 do pek 2500 30 88 560 19 do or pek 185 38
73 Tiddydale 253 10 do pek 900 28 89 563 21 do peKkoe ig99 36
74 254 11 do pek sou 990 27 90 566 15 do ek sou 1275 32
77 Lyndhurst 257 47hf-ch bro pek 2585 38 91 569 7 do ropekfans S05 43
78 258 97 hf-ch pek 4565 30 92 572 Q9hf-ch dust 720 19
79 259 39 do pek sou 1755 28 93 Galella 575 14 ch pek dust 1690 19
$1 Depedene 261 119 hf-ch bro pek 6545-387 95 T 58l 41hf-ch pekfans 2783 27
82 262 99 do pek 4950 31 97 Dickapittia 587 23 ch bro pek 2300 41
83 263 65 do ek sou 3575-27 98 590 28 do pekoe 2800 30
85 Koladeniya 265 9 ch tro pek 900 33 99 593. 8 do pekson sou = 30
86 266 8 do pek 7.0 29 105 Kotuagedera 611 10 do bro pek 1000s 31 bid
2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lou. pox. Pkgs. Name. Ib; ¢; Lot. Box. Pkgs,
113 Ferndale 635 “1l ch pek sou 990 29 202 22 hf-
115 Mahacudu 641 40 do peksou 3600 41 i Noe 2 ee
116 644 19 do pek fans 2520 835 103 “08 35 ch
117 647 7 do pekdust 1070 19 1066 KPW 217 50 bf-ch
119 Ankande 653 21 do bro pek 1995 82hbid | 407 220 30 do
120 656 28 do pekoe 200 8627 108 923 72 do
121 659 33 do peksou 2760-6 109 926 54 do
122 662 11 do sou 880 24 mt ak 232 9 ch
127 MV 677 11 do pek sou 1100 25 112 235 16 do
131 Agra Ouvah 689 49hf-ch broorpek, 3185 64 114 Nugagalla 241 28hf-ch
132 692 21 do or pek 1155 50 lis 244 58 do
133 695 8 ch ekoe 760 47 118 Upper Forest 233 16 ch
134 Glasgow 698 44 do roorpek 3320 654 119 Agrakelly 6 25 hf-clr
13h 701 20 do or pek 1200 47 1:8 Moralioya 283 10 ch
136 704 16 do ekoe 1520 88 129 286 18 do
137 Yapame 707 21 do ro pek 2100 43 131 Kabragalla 292 54 bf-ch
138 710 29 do pekoe 2000-36 132 West Holy- 4
139 713 14 do peksou 1260 32 rood 295 g9hf-ch
140 716 6 do fans 78000 (27 136 Sembawatte 307 32 ch
147 Iona 737 10 do bro or pek 1200 60 bid 137 310 14 do
148 740 14 do bropek 1540 47bid | 73 318 82 do
149 743 19 do pekve 1700 35 bid | j29 316 982 do
155 MountTemple761 43 do suu 2365 25 141 Kennington 322 14 ch
156 764 19hf-ch pek fans 1520 20 142 3%5 13 do
166 Ballagalla Ella ps ee de ep0 pek ert na bid 143 328 1) do
167 7 o pekoe 145 Blairgowrie 334 17 ch
170 Chapelton 806 11 ch bro mix 880 8-26 147 Warlbeeouch 240 42 tare
171 Koslande 809 19hf-ch bro pek 1140) 44 148 343 17° «ch
172 812 12 ch ekoe 1080 = 3a 149 346 21 do
176 Oonoogaloya 824 27 do ro pek 2700 = 48 150 Arapolakan-
178 B 830 13hf-ch pekoe 715 28 de 349 11 ch
180 } 36 14 do pekoe 1394 26 152 356 63 do
183 AgraOuvah 845 26hf-ch broorpek 1690 63bid | j53 358 10 do
184 Kadien Lena 848 25 do bropekdust2000 26 186 Mudumana 367 15 ch
185 851 22 do pek dust 1870 14 157 370 1L bf-ch
186 _ 84 21 ch congou 21000 24 163 Poyston 888 13 ch
187 Murraythwaite 857 13 do bropek 1235 36bid | 163 Passara
188 860 13 do pekoe 05002) Group 397 17 ch
167 400 16 do
403 10 =
16 406 49 do
{Messrs. Forbes & Waker.—) 179 Woodslee 436 20 ch
431,024 Ib. a
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Lot Box. Pkes. Name Ibs.) We Ee eatin lee aie
3 CH 2158 10 ch red leaf 96 15 187 460 39 do
4 Karabusna- 1c8 463 30 ch
wa 2161 14hf-ch bro pek 1400 36 189 466 14 do
5 2164 14 do pek 700 «28 bid | 197 C | 390 15 ch
8 N 2173 32 ch bro mix 4160 15 198 Pantiya 493 & ch
10 Strathspey 2179 18hf-ch or pek 900 53 200 Fairlawn 499 3thi-ch
12 GKD 2185 9 ch or pek 946 38 201 502 34 do
14 2191 16 do pek 1440 30 202 505 13 do
15 2194 12 do ek sou 960 28 205 LBK 514 13 ch
28 Puspone 2233 27 ch ro pek 2700 36 207 Springwood 520 12 do
99 2236 29 do pekoe 2610 30 209 : 626 15 do
32 Trewardena 2245 9 ch bro pek 900 33 210 Kinest. mark529 40 do
33 2248 18 du pek 1220 23 211 Craigmore 532 19 do
48 G 43 16 a pek sou 1275 25 Be = as 4 hf-ch
49 46 12 do sou 1080 24 213 38. ch
Z au 65 20 ch or pek 2000 5a 214 A 541 24 do
oe Heppcoue 58 22 do tee pek 2420 61 216 Knavesmire 547 25 do
54 61 6L do pek 6100 38 bid 217 550 43 do
5a 64 17 do ae sou 1530 ae ae anny obs Pe ney
56 67 19 hf-ch ust 100 aitalawa 65) -ch
illarne; 70 32hfch broorpek 1760 47 220 259 61 do
2 aoe Whee 43nele (ch or eke 1020 45 bid ee ee Ag ap
76 22 do pe 1870 36 222 5 12 do
ee 79 16hf-ch fans 1120 32 224 Olahitagoda 571 18 do
64 Gampaha 91 12 ch fans 1080.23 225 574 26 do
65 High Forest 94 47hf-ch bro orpek 2726 52bid | 429 Castlereagh 586 14 ch
66 97 51 do or pek 2199 49 bid | 230 589 14 do
67 100 43 do pek sou 2064 40 231 , 592 40 do
68 Clunes 103 40 hf-ch bro or pek 2400 36 bid | 235 TorringtonP 604 79 do
69 106 45 co bro pek 2250 36 bid 236 607 21 do
70 109 60 ch pekoe 5100 28 bid 237 610 63 do
71 112 15 do pek sou 1350 26 238 613 57 do
72, Hrrollwood 115 48hf-ch broor pek 2160 46 bid 23 616 41 do
73 118 14 ch pek 1120 33 bid 248 Waratenne 643 16 do
74 121 14 do pek 112u 33 bid | 249 616 14 do
75) 124 9 do pek sou 810 30 251 Theberton 652 11 do
76 Middleton 127 1hf-ch brorpek 1045 79 2bZ 655 1 do
Ti 130 20 do or pe 2000 58 255 Hopton 664 7 do
79 136 11 do pek 1045 46 256 667 10 do
80 Clyde 139 32 ch bro pek 3040 43 257 670 15 do
81 142 35 do pekoe 2800 31 258 4 673 17 Go
82 145 12 do pek sou 1080 28 270 Stisted 709 64 do
86 157 10 do fans 1000 29 271 712 31 do
87 Trex 160 30 ch bro pek 3000 36 272 715 28° do
88 163 21 do pekoe 2100 30 273 718 50 do
89 165 7 do pek sou 70u 27 275 Deaeulla 724 30 hi-ch
91 Holton 172 22 ch bro pek 2090 34 27 i2t) Si aca
94 Du.bar 181 24hf-ch broorpek 10$0 46 ~- | 279 Malvern 736 22hf-ch
95 184 18 do or pek 720 42 283 Devenford 748 20 hf-ch
96 187 14 do bro pek 700 38 284 751 13 ch
97 190 18 ch pekoe 135: 31 bid | 286 WVRA isi 65 do
unas
bro tea
fans
bro or pek
er pek
pekoe
pek sou
fans
unag
dust
k sou
bro or pek
or pek
pekoe
bro or pek
bro pek
pekce
pek sou
bro tea
dust
pek
bro or pek
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pek No.1
pek
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1210
1100
1170
750
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
a
Box. Pkgs. Name. cs Lot. Box.
Pkgs. Name. Ibieac:
287 Opalgalla 760 23 ch dust 1656 13 55 Kosl
288 K 763 8 do dust 1120 12 Pee Oe ad eyse- SObae eDE ek sone pea ee
289 C. L. in estate D 56 464. 1 ch fans 1c a
mark 766 19 do fans 2090 25 57 467 1hf-ch dust 80 3
290 769 8 do sou 800 26 58 Uda 470 8 do bropek ry ye
298 Scrubs 793 7 do dust 700 14 59 473 7 ch eas ae ae
299 Carlabeck 796 9 do pek sou 864 40 66 Kanangama 494 8hf-ch Hae Ap 28
301 P 802 17 do sou 1785 24 fit IDahe a 509 1 do bro ek =u We
302 05 8 do dust 1160-14 bid | 76 Acrawatte 524 1 do pedust 35 5
303 808 4 do dustNo2 700 9 77 Kajawella 597 4 ch dust — 340 ie
394 8li 8 do pek fans £80 5 73 6307 +3, do. fans B86 oe
305 Battawatte 814 23 do bro pek 2450 42 79 Boma d Oana yy BS
306 817 32 do bropek 3200 42 30 536 1 do oe aS
307 820 34 do pek 3060 34 lhf-ch bro mix 106 14
308 823 13 do pek sou 1170 29 & HH Sh lmeniach Coneou 100 23
312 Erracht 835 8 do bro orpek 800 42 86 554 1 do ERO oni 110 = 118
313 838 18 do bropek 1350 38 9 KT 578 6hf-ch dust — 540 IL
314 a 34 ds Bezoe on a 96 584. 1 ch bro mix 80 26
315 44 12 do peksou 2 iT i itti 5 ra : ae ¢
318 Uduwera 853 5 do dust 750 13 100 HU EASA ae af hich eae Has a
219 Putupaula 856 88 do bro pek 3420 35 bid 102 602 3 ch Bau ee a0
320 859 33 do pek 2640 29bid | 103 Louehton GOSPerBIhtchkecekce Saitens|
321 862 24 do pek sou 1809 26 104 a 608 2 do a cate “83 EF
333 Carfax 898 27 do or pek 2700. 87 bid | 106 Kotuagedera 614 5 ch ekes. Tae rss
340 Marlborough 919 22 do — or pek 2090 40 bid } 114 Ferndale s pease HO es
a : LAY eet erndale 638 3 do dust 375 15
341 Clyde 922 17 do bro pek 1615 38bid | 118 Mahacudu 650 3 do dust 513 «16
342 925 32 do pek 2560 32 123 Ankande © 665 5hf-ch dust 400 13
345 934 9 do fans} 900 27 124 Gases ion ecuae ost tls
346 RE 937 10 do bro pek fans 1000 23 125 MV 671 4 hf-ch eat ek 350 ae
347 AMS 940 8 do bro pek fans 800 22, 126 674 4 ch rea 400 32
348 Columbia 943 24hf-ch bropek 1870 s50bid | q98 680° 'S hich! pen f: CORR oa
349 946 58 do pekoe 1344 41 bid | j59 GUMROMsunl oEidccue tes Ge
350 Lochiel 919 14 do bro or pek 770 55 130 686 deena hater zs sae 14
351 952 21 do Dbro'pek 1030 45 Taye ou ne eS
92 21 5 41 Yapame 719 4 ch dust 624. 12
352 955 25 ch pek 2000 34 bid 150 Iona “GUS ado pek sou 450 27
151 749 1 do dust 150 12
153 Reseneath 752 3 do red leaf 270 13
: 53 755 2hf-ch dust 200 2
SMALL LOTS. 154 Mount Temple758 5 ch pekoe 400 28
ere 162, Ravenswood 782 1 do
[Thompson and Villiers.] Aen ce app Lage 160 30
s oe -lhf-ch pekoe 148 30
Lot t Box. Pkgs. Name bye xe; 161 Feat M1 dot enclesou ane
4 Mapitigama 410hf-ch fans 600 28 165 (Ol 21 do dust 47 10
5 5 2 do dust 170 15 168 Ballagalla Ellas00 4 ch pek sou 369 29
8 Ettie 8 6 ch pek sou 570 25 169 803 2hf-ch dust 180 16
12 Battalgalla 12 8 ch fans 640-16 173 Koslande 815 3% do peksou 250 29
14 Hornsey 14 4 ch f-ns 320 15 17 818 1 ch fans 110 = 28
15 Preston 15 2hfch unas 120 27 175 821 Lhf-ch dust 80 13
G21) 16 4 ch sou 360 16 177 Oonoogaloya 827 8 ch pekoe 640 30
17 K,in in est. 181 Acrawatte 839 1 do sou 100 26
mark 17 3 ch bro pek No.1 242 35 182°-P 842. 6hi-ch pek No.1 300 20
18 18 12 hf-ch do a 4 EB) 23
21 LO T, in estate
mark 21 2hf-ch bro pek 80 32
22 22 ‘1 ch pek 6L 27 3
23 23 2hf-ch pek sou 100-23 (Messrs. Somerville & Co.]
24 5 24 1 ch dust 91 11
28 Mandara YX. cos. N .
Newera 28 5hf-ch dust 4co. 15 Bou EB AO eebs NOG ac:
39 Woodend 69 3 ch dust 420 10 10 Allakolla 190 2 ch sou 200 20
41 WRK 4l 1 do pek dust ibe / 10 iL 191 3 do red leaf 300 14
46 Doragalla 46 3hf-ch bromix 183 14 15 Selegama 195 3hf-ch tans 72 17
47 Loomont 47 lhf-ch bro pek 52 34 17 197 11 do sou 605 22
48 48 2 do pekoe 105 28 21 SFD 201 d5hf-ch fans 305 22
49 49 1 do red leaf 52 14 92 202 6 do dust 463 12
50 50 1 do dust 58 10 30 Mousa Eliya 210 5 ch sou 500 25
54 Vogan 54 3 ch pek fans 37928 31 DAL 211 6 ch _ pek 570.27
32 22 si" do pek fans 115 20
—. 33 213 1 do dust 1450 14
34 214 1 ge peu 100 19
35 Tyspane 215 6 ch ro mix 450 14
(Mr. E. John. ] 39 Moolgama 219 6 Been red leaf 318 13
e Te , 40 MN 20°87) ch bro mix 672 14
Lot. Box Pkgs. Name. Ib. C. aE eiCoTeCloo:
IDB, inest.mark 299 1 ch congou &4 15 galla 275 3 ch tro pek fans 33¢ 30
2 Kandiloya 302 5hf-ch sou 230 28 47 Warakamure 227 3 ch bro or pek 345 338
3 405 10 do fans 500 26 50 230 2hf-ch dust 176 II
5b Ux Byhe WAH bro pek 210 35 54 K, in estate
8 320 2hf-ch dust 170 12 mark 234 4 ch bro mix 340 9-15
11 Manangeda e208 bi ich 55 235 4hi-ch dust 320 4
lhf-ch su 560 24 56 Oolapane 236 4thf-ch dust 320 12
122 0 332 4 do bro mix 200 Qy 59 Citrus 239 4 ch pek sou 371 24
13 335 1 ch — redleat 95 14 él 241 3 do dust 450 13
146 SUA 344. 4 do sou No.2 S40 es 62 HA 242 1 do fans 190 12
24 Keenagaha Ella 368 2hf-ch dust 150 14 63 243 Lhich ro tea 60 10
26 371 1 do pek No. 2 55 7 67 Ukuwela 247 Lhf-ch bro pek fans 70 17
28 Evalgolla 380 6 do sou 300 25 70 Hangrancya pek sou 655 28
29 383 2 do dust 160. 12 7) sou 570 23
33 Knightsdale 395 4 do dust 340 «12 72 Tiddale bro pek 500.35
34 398 3 ch 75 fans 240 is
Lhf-ch fans 89S 26 76 unas 100 21
35 40L 2 ch bro mix 15 17. } 80 Lyndhurst dust 2Tu 14
39 Shannon 413. 5 do sou 400 23 84 Depedene j : dust $00 16
40 416 2 do dust 300 17 87 Koladeniva 267 3 ch pek sou 270 26
41 419 2 do unas 158 25 88 2u8 1 do dust lus lL
ee Asta e =” Uke ee
2y tee ” -
ms
4 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
RR ieee SNe?
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name Ib. cs Lot Box. pkgs. Name. lb
91 Dartry B 21 “ben bro tea 475 23 170 Passara
97 Caxton 277 7 hf-ch or pek 350 =. 86 Group 409 4 ch pek sou 400s 8
101 Monrovia 281 6 ch pek sou 540 26 171 ri 412 3 do congou 270 27
102 282 1 do bro tea 100 14 172 415 1 do fans 100 28
103 283 3hf-ch dust 240 14 173 418 6 do dust 600 13
107 Ambalawa 287 13 hf-ch ek fans 650 26 174 Aberfoyle 421 4 ch bro pek 400 34
110 Dedugalla 290 4 ch ro tea 340 21 175 424 6 do pek 570 28
111 29: 4hf-ch dust 340 12 176 427 1 do pek fans 115 25
112 292 5 do fans 325 19 177 430 1 do dust 150 14
113 Batgodde 293 2 ch pek 187 3L 178 433 8 do congou 300 20
114 294 Lhfch pek No. 2 51 30 183 Morankande 448 4 ch bro pek fans 264 38
115 Goonaibil 295 1hf-ch or pek 73 33 184 451 5 do bro pekdust 37 28
116 296 1 ch pek 83 28 185 454 2 do pek fans 144 18
117 297 lhf-ch pek sou 54 27 120 Maha Uva 469 1 ch pek fans 80 24
118 298 1 do dust 51 12 191 472 5 do dust 450 18
119 299 1 do fans 77 25 199 Pantiya 496 2 ch red leaf 200 16
120 300 1 do bro mix 72 16 203 Fairlawn 508 14hf-ch pek sou 630 «35
121 G Watte 301 3 ch pek sou 288 25 204 511 8 do dust 255 17
ee 802 8 do fans 236 24 205a L BK 1 ch sou 100 10
303 4hf-ch dust 340 12 206 6517 4 do dust 600 14
oF Comillah 306 4 ch pek 400 29 208 Springwood 523 4 ch dust 620 13
127 307 8 do pek sou 35C 23 216° G 544 4hbf-ch k fans 300 15
1 hf-ch 223 Broughton 568 6 do ro mix 390 0 34
128 308 Lhf-ch dust 50 §=612 226 Olahitagoda 57710 do pek sou 520 26
132 Siriniwasa 312 4 ch fans 400 26 227 580 1 do fans 60 12
3 313 3 do dust 450 12 228 Castl : 583 6 2 — 540 12
156 DB R, in es- 232 astlereag 595 7 ¢ pek sou 560 80
tatemark 336 2hf-ch bro pek 103-32 233 598 - hf-ch fans 2800-83
157 387 2 ch pek 153 BB 234 Gol 2 do» dust 100 23
158 388 1 ch dust 104 11 240 Forres 619 1 ch bro pek oz 38
241 622 1 do pek 18) 28
247 E 640 3 do k 291 29
250 Waratenne 649 5 do pek sou 425 27
253 Theberton 658 8 M : pa sou 616 30
: 254 661 2hf-ch ust 180 14
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.] 29 Hopton 676 7 ; pek sou 63:0 31
260 679 1 do congou 90 26
Lot. Box. Pkts. Name. lb Cc 261 682 1 do fans 100 28
262 a 685 2 do dust 200 “A
1 Deviturai 2152 5hf-ch sou 37585 268 Ellamulle 703 2 do sou 200-25
2TK VY Bes 2 ch. bro mix 224 99 269 706 1 do bro tea 70-10 bid
6 Karabusnawa 2167 5hf-ch pek sou 250 26 274 Stisted 721 shfch dust 82012
7 2170 4 do sou 200-25 %z7 Deaculla 730 9 ch pek sou 630 7
9 N 2176 7 ch unas 63027 278 733 8hfch dust 610
11 Strathspey 2182 7hf-ch sou 336. 27 282 Malvern 745 7 do dust 60 14
13 GKD 2188 5 ch bro pek 600 34 291 C Linest. mark772 5 ch red leaf 450 17
297 Scrubs 790 5 do broor pek fan 500 25
16 New Anga- 300 Carlabeck 799 5hf-ch bropekians 410 22
mana 2197 4hf-ch sou 240-19 316 Uduwera 847 6 ch pek 540 18
17 2200 6 do bro tea 325 16 317 850 4 do sou 280 13
18 2203 1 do congou 48 22 322 Dehigoda 865 4hf-ch
19 2206 4 do dust 28/7. 13 2 ch bro pek 400. 80
30 Puspone 2239 1 ch = sou 65 26 323 Napier 868 4hi-ch dust 820 «17
31 2242 2 do dust 29013 324 K WW 871 1 ch or pek 90 «36
34 Trewardene 1 3 ch pek sou 218-23 327 Dunbar $80 12 do _bro pek 624 30 bid
35 4 3 do pekfans = 300-22 331 W 392 shf-ch bro pek 150 31
36 7 3 do dust . 268 «13 332 895 3 do bro pek 165 31
37 10 4 do bromixed 416 = 13 343 Clyde 928 6 ch peksou 540-26
38 Fetteresso 13 2 ch sou 160 89.25 344 931 1 do roor pek 125 33
89 Sunnycroft 16 5 ch pek sou 500 27 353 Lochiel 958 7 do pek sou 52E 28
40 19 3 do congou B00 2 354 961 1 do dust 14514
41 22 3 do dust 450 10
50 G 49 3 ch _ pek dust 405 12
51 52 3 do bro tea 294 18 —_———~
83 Clyde 148 2 ch dust 280 13
84 151 2 do bro or pek 250 40 a a 4 i:
85 154 5 do brepekNo2 450 36 | CEYLON COFFEE SALES IN LONDON.
90 Irex 169 2 ch dust 2c0 14
92 Holton 175 8 ch pek 640 28
93 178 3 ge PEE sou 285 =
98 Dunbar 193 4 ch ek sou 340 2 : ‘
99 DBR 198 2hf-ch ‘dust 150 12 (From our Commercial Correspondent. )
100 199 1 ae Bro. mixed Cy
104 Penrhos 211 5 ¢ pek sou 400 28 4 ; .
105 214 Ghf-ch dust 480 17 Wie ee oe
ag us PW ee paeee Cae 16 a 21 casks 2 barrels 7 bags Plantation Ceylon Coffee.
11 c ro tea 2 4 i " z 2
116 Nugagalla 247 12hf-ch pek 600 32 “Formosa”—at Colombo, Large size Gonamotava, pile 1
117 250 1 do peksou 50 27 sale lot 1 w. lot 1 5 casks sold at 112s 6d; s.1 2 w. L. 21,
130 Moralioya 289 8hf-ch dust 610 12 1 barrel 117s.
133 West Holy- Size 1, ditto, p. 2 s.13 w.1.3, 5 casks 106s 6d.
rood 298 4 ch dust 440 15 Size 2, ditto, re 3s. 1. 5 w.1.5, Ltierce 58s.
140 Sembawatte 319 1 ch dust 150) sl PB, ditto, P. 45.1.6 w. 1. 6, 1 cask 123s,
144 Blairgowrie 331 5 ch or pek 515037 P, ‘ditto, p. 5 SSL awil. Tet, a barrel 110s 6d®
146 337 3 do pek fans 37525 T) ditto, p. 6 s.1.8x w.L. 8, 2 casks 42s 6d.
154 Arapolakan- Gon motava, s. 1. 9x w.1. 9, 6 “bags ovtkrs. 106s 6d.
de 361 3 ch dust 330 12 T, ditto, s.1. 10x w.1.10, 1 bagovtkrs. 21s. _
155 VOA 364 3 ch bro or pek “Menelaus”—Morar, p. 18 s.l. 1 w. 1. 18, 1 tierce 102s
fans 3758 sold. /
158 Deviturai 873 3 ch dust 3865 14 Ditto 2, p.19 s. 1.2 w.1. 19, 1 cask 90s.
159 PM 376 1hf-ch bro pek 55 26 Ditto S, p. 20 s.]. 3, w. 1.20, 1 barrel 47s.
160 379 1 do pek 69 24 Ditto PB, p. 21 s.1. 4 w. 1. 21, 1 94s.
161 382 2 do red leaf 156 14 Ditto MRT inestate mark, p. 22 s.15 w. 1. 22, 1 -25s.
162 385 1 do fans 70 Ig Ditto MR, p. 23s. 1. 6 w. 1. 23, 1 25s,
164 Poyston 391 3 ch congou 300 23 Ditto PB, p.24 s.1. 7 w.1. 24, 125s. .
165 394 2 do dust 3co0. «11 Ditto MRP in estate mark, p. 25 s.L.8 w. 1 25, 1 25s.
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES
LIST. 5
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
“Shropshire”--Rosebery mark, 19 bags 72s; 2, 1 bag 64s;
Tea 1 bag 50s
“Duke of Devonshire’—Alloowiharie mark, 1 bag 66s; 2
bags 63s. Strathisla, 4 bags 69s; 1 bag 72s.
“Clan Robertson’’—NM in estate mark, 1 bag sweep 69s.
“Lancashire” —Kepitigalla, 7 bags 69s. Bandarapola, 10
bags 71s; 1 bag 55s.
“Clan Chisholm’—NDPS in estate mark, 44 bags 72s 6d.
“Teucer”—Morankande, 1 bag 69s; 27 bags 70s 6d; 1
bag 69s
“Clan Chisholm’—Palli, 3 bags 79s out; 2 bags 67s sold.
“Clan McLeod”—FGS&Co., 1 bag 7Is.
oe Praser’—Bandarapola, Ceylon Co., Ld, 10 bags 71s;
» 155s.
“Clan Cameron”—MAKM in -estate mark, out, at 70s
best bid.
“Clan McLeod”—WAKM in estate mark, ditto.
“Clan McAlister” — Palli, out at 77s 6d, best bid 74s 6d.
CEYLON CARDAMOM SALES
LONDON.
““Menelaus”—Duckwari, A', 2 case; 2s '0d; BI, 7c 3s 4d;
Cl, 9¢ 331d; D1, 2¢ 286d; Ie 2s 5d; seeds 5c 23 10d.
IN
“Glaucus”—Vicerton, A, 1c 3s; B, 2c 2s 8d; C. 1¢2s 4d.
‘““Menelaus”—Lin estate mark, Kobo, Mysore, O, lc 1p
3s; 1, 7 cuses 28 9d; 2, 3c 2s 4d; 3, Ic 23 2d; 3, 1e 2s 3d; S,
2c 2s; 2 cases 1s 11d.
“Clan Drummond”’—2e 2s 9d.
ee Robertson” Mysore, K in estate mark, OO, 2c 2s 7d;
ce 2s 3d.
‘*Menelaus”—Delpotonoya, 22 3s 3d; 5c 3s; 2c 2s 6d; le
23 8d; 4c 2s 7d; Ic 2s 3d; 1c 2s 1d; 3c 2s 6d. Galaha, 1c
3s 2d; Ge 23 10d; 4c 2s 10d; A, 2c 2s 8d; 2c 2s 11d; B, 4e
2s Gd; 2c 2s 6d; C, 2c 28; 4¢ 23; lc 2s 2d; 1 seeds 2s 10d.
Altwood, 3c 2s9d; 1c 2s6d; le 2s 3d; 1c 2s 9d; 3c 2s 6d;
le 2s 3d; 1e1s11d.
“Clan Mackay’—AL 1, AL 3, 2c 2s 2d.
“Cheshire”—Nich sla Oya, le 2s 11d.
“Priam’”—Warriagalla, C, 2c 2s 2d.
“State man’—Elkadua, B&S, 2c 2s 1d. OBEC, Narang-
hena in estate mark, 1c 2s 2d.
“Orotava”—Cottaganga, ?¢ 1s 11d.
“Clan Chissolm’—Katooloya, EX, 2c 3s 2d; 14¢ 2s 11d;
A, 2c 2s 9d; 2c 2s 9d; B, 6c 2s 5d; C, llc 1s.11d; D, le
23 10d. Gallantenne, AA, 2c 3s 9d; A, 7c 3s 4d: B, le 2s
11d; C 8c 2s 9d; D, 4c 9s 4d; 5c 2s 5d.
‘““Menelaus”—O8EC in estate mark, Naranghena, AAA,
2c 2s 8d; 2c 2s 8d; AA, 2c 2s 4d; 2c 2s 5d; 4c 2s 5d; A, Ic
2s 4d; 2c 23 2d; B, 12c 1s 10d; E, le 2s8d. OBEC, Dang-
kande, 2c 2s6d; 2c 2s 2d.
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TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES.
a Price:—124 cents each 3 copies
30 Coromzo, Avcust 8, 1898. i 30 cents ; 6 copies 4 rupee,
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA. Lot. Box. Pkgs, Name. Ibs. 10
9L 135 14 ch bro pek 1540 39 bid
~ ‘ 92 138 17 do pekoe 1700 35
LARGE LOTS. 94 Eadella 144.15 do pekoe 1350 29
— 96 Mossend 150 14 do bro or pek 1433 42
a11i 97 Ganawella 153 30 do pek sou 27L0 28
(Thomp son and Villiers. | 100 Cosgahawela 162 7 do
57,033 |b.J 14 Been Bees 1540 =. 24 bid
101 165 33 ch pek sou 3680 16
Lot. Box. Pkes. Name. Ib. ec. 102 168 21 do bropekfans1676 13 bid
4 St. Leonard’s on 26 W3 Uisilag fe. do dust 756 11
Sea ‘ 4 9 ch pek sou 720 lut NP 174 12hf-ch dust 1020 14
8 R, inestate 107 Ottery 183 16 ch bro or pek 1600 53
mark 8 3Lhf-ch bro pek 1705 45 108 186 42 do or pek 377687
9 9 33 do pek 1650 34 109 189 26 do pekoe 2340 36
10 10 16 do pek sou 810 29 Us K 207 24 ao pekoe 2160 30
11 11 12 do fans 840 28 16 210 $8 do peksou 144024
13 Battalgalla 13.10 ch pek sou 1000 33 120 Hila 22 23hf-ch dust 1725 15
15 Sapitiyagodde 15 63hf-ch or pek 296137
16 16 26 do pele 2132 3
7 17 24 do ek sou 1800 30 a a =
ue TRMGO Moe tebrolon pe’ S088). 22 (Messrs. Somerville & Co.—148,486.]
21 B’Kellie 21°10 ch pek 850 39 i Ee r
26 Hevnegama 26 11 ch bro pek fans 1430 28 Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ibi:
28 28 5 do dust 750 12 Ww 4 h s nm. 8~9R
29 Doragalla 29 10 ch bropek 100049 ahs Cea ha os sea) Teo oO
g te eB 17 357 15 hf-ch dust 1200 13
30 30 15 do pek 1275 | 34 18 358 10 ch bro mix 950 15
g ¢ 2 24 hf-ch bro pek 1200 36 F 3 266. 72 4 = ‘ :
33 Belgodde 33 Pp 3 29 26 Marigol 366 78hf-ch tro pek 4680 39
34 } 34 16 do pek 8002 27 267 27 do pek 1350 33
35 Kathri soul ‘ch 92 5 1 k 26
28 368 18 do pek sou 926 31
Lhf-ch bro pek 1150-28 29 369 88 do sou 1748 30
k 1620 oT ‘ “1. 2 x 9
te pe Ome Sachem Dekeee pe ¢ 30 3/0. 20 do bro pek fans2040 31
39 Ugieside 89° 7 ch — bro mix 7015 bi 32 Gingranoya 372 10hf-ch dust $50.20
41 Poengalla 41 90 do bro pek 9000 36 bid | 47 Honiten 387 7 ch broorpek 735 39
42 42 31 do pe 2945 28 bid eal cig
as 48 388 11 do bro pek 990 4
44 L 44 2Shf-ch pek dust 2380 10 9 © 2
= : b 49 389 13 do pek 1105 34
45 M. Kande 45 12 ch _ pek fans 1380 16 bid | 55 390 12 do pek son 1020 29
OE edie ae hf-ch pek dust 21250 9 bid | 59 Jrelani 392 64 ch bro pek 2047
OF 53 393 31 do bro or pek 3100 41
watte 48 i5hfch dust 1200 14 54 394 59 do pek P 5310 32
55 395 17 do pek sou 1360 28
56 395 42 go sou 3780 27
12) 3 57 397 11 do dust 1320 13
(Mr. B. John. — 125,939 1b.] 61 Hatdowa 1 24 ch aR, pek 2520 37
x a 62 2) 3225 do pe 1760 39
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. IDést, c: ea 3’ 93:94 nekivom Tat bee
6 Caranden 878 9 ea = : ie aaie 67 Neuchatel 7 B3 eh BEG) pek 5200 43
1 hf-c ro pe 6 bi 63 8 10 do pe 850 31
7 Eadella 881 10 ch bro pek 1000 59 69 9 19 do pek sou 1615 28
8 884 22 do pekoe 1580 28 70 10 8 do dust 1200 21
1 890 a3 ao ane 1440 24 77 Nugawella 17 28 pe ch os pek : 1540 45
1L 893 do dust 720 13 78 18 14. do ro or pe 919 33
12 Little Valley €95 0 do bro pek 2700 42 79 19 48 do pek 2409 3k
13 §99 37 de pekos 2775 33 52 Minna 22 23hf-ch troorpek 1495 52
14 902 10 do pek sou 800 29 83 23°27 ch cr pek 2139 45
16 Nahavilla 908 25 hf-ch bro or pek 1375 50 S4 24 17 do pek 1530 37
18 914 15 do or pek 750 43 $5 25°+17 ‘do pk sou 1530 32
19 917 14 ch pekoe 1260 45 87 LYE 27 12hf-ch fans 960 3
20 YK 920 8 do dust 1280 10 sy Bl, in estate
21 Agra Ouvah 923 43hf-ch bro or pek 2795 Gt mark 29 6 ch dust 720 13
22 926 19 do or pek “988 53 90 Dumbera 30 39 ch bro pek sou 2510 20
24 Poilakanda 932 82 do Dee pek 1920 39 91 Hapugasmulie 31 14 gh bre pek 1540 30
25 935 37° ch pekoe 33:0 3 92 32 14 do pek 1330 31
26 938 16 do pek sou 1280 28 94 Salawe 34 12 ch bro pek 1260 38
31 St. John’s 966 37 hi-ch broorpek 23 81 95 35 10 do pek 950 81
32 959 26 do or pek 1500 65 96 36 25 do pek son 2230 zd
33 962 28 we pekoe 1512 a9 109 Tembiligalla 40 18 mech peo pers 990 37
34 965 28 do pek sou 1400 45 101 41 26 do pek 1500 32
35 Mocha 968 20 ch broorpek 210 57 104 M B, in estate
36 97L 14 do or pex 12€0 51 mark 44 26 ch tro pek fans 3068 16 tid
37 974 17 Ae ps RCE 1430 44 105 Suriawatte 45 37hf-ch bio pek 2035 45
38 977 10 «do pek sou eU0 37 106 Ranasingha -
46 Templestowe 1 22 do broorpek 1950 46 bid patna 46 9Lhi-ch broor pek 5187 40
47 3 48 do pekoe 3840 35 107 47 36 ch pek 2952 34
48 6 14 do be or pek ne ws eat 48 52 ae pe sou 3900 BL
ans 54 37 11L Seenekellie 51 23hf-h peksou 1160 27 bid
49 Ampetteyakande9 50 Lech dust 2400 16 | 114 Oxton : 54.26 ch bro tea 2600 25
bt OK 16 15 ch unas 3350 15 115 Bogahagode-
59 Horton Plains 39 25 Ee nee pek Ive 45 watte os a a prempele 1000 37
60 - 42 29 ch yekoe 2465 3 116 do ek 720 30
61 45 17 do nek sou 1275 31 17 57 5 do aee sou 800 28
65 Claremont 57 31 do bre or pek 1705 38 bid 7 hf-ch
66 60 10 oe pekde au 3I 119 Gaston A 59: 17 oe Per sou 1445 28 bid
37. 5 ek sou 935 2h 27 Dartry ¢ 67 16 hf-c ro fans 20 9?
70 Esperanza i 2D hf-ch ToEGe! 920 32 13s vies 68 8 ao ‘ dust m ay 12
78 Digdola 96 382 ch bro or pek 2850 46 1290 B 69 23 ch pek sou 2070 28
ae ee 2 do PERC? >. , watah a l v Rayigam 70 a8 ch bro pek ae se
30 _ 162 15 do dro peK funs 166 é 3 7 5 do or pek 35! 39
st WUG 105 19 do pek sou 190034 | ig 72) 60° do pek 4500 Bal
83 101 Ihf-ch fans 975 26 | 133 “st .t0 do pex sou 2640 28
84 114 13 «do dust 1108 an 134 Annadale 74 17hf-ch proor pek sO 65
so P 129 17 ch fans 1751 22 bid 135 75 21 do or pek 1059 52
9 ARA 1:2 10 do bro or pek 1200 55 136 76 19 do pek 912 45
*
2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.—) Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
411,758 Ib. 140 Maba Uva 1881 11 teh bro or pek 715
c 141 i384 29 do or k 1740
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name lb: - ¢? 142 1387 18 ch pee thd
ibd bg £4 964 9 ch sou £00 2% 144 Dammeria 1393 W ch ro or po 1200
10 ALL 991 19 ch bro pek 10u0 BL 145 1396 lv do bre pe 1000
Tht 994 17 do pek 1439 27 146 1399 247 do ekoe 2430
12 997 8 eh pek sou BLO 24 150 Dea Ella 1411 34hf-eh bro pek 170
15 Mansfield 1006 33hf-ch bro pek 1920 53 161 1414 24 do k 1450
16 1009 19 ch pek 1805 45 152 1417 30 do pek sou 1350
17 1012 13° «do pek sou 10430 36 153 Kirklees 1520 2shf-ch broorpek 1380
18 Glemock Uribe. ch bro pek 2100 38 154 1423 18 ch or pek 1710
19 Lauderdale 1018 19 ch bro pek 190 40 155 1426 20 do pek 2000
20 Maldenia, 102 = 7. ich br or pek 700 49 186 1429 15 «o k sou 12,5
22 1027 17 do pek 1360 BL 157 Pallagodda 1432 29 ch broorpek 2900
26 Agra Oya 1039 18 ch bro pek 1300 45 158 1435 19 do bro pe 1710
27 142 12 do or pek 1080 41 159 1438 23 de pek 1340
28 Fila Oya 1015 14 ch or pek 1204 38 160 1441 21 do peksou 1785
30 Bandara- 161 Farnham 1444 30 ch bro pek 1800
wella 1051 13 bro pek 1430 44 162 1447 28hf-ch pek 1540
31 1054 15 do ~- koe 1350 2 163 1450 2 do pek sou 1000
32 Iv CW, in est. 10 W’Bedde l47L 12hf-ch broorpek 770
mark 1057 11 ch or pek 1100 46 17L 1174 19 ch pek 1710
33 1060 11 do pekoe 990 38 172 1477 9 do bro pe fan (45
34. G 1063 12 ch pek sou 10200 27 173 1480 19 do dust 1615
42 Maragalla 1087 16 ch or pek 1680 40 Wt.P 1483 14 ch bro pek fan 1530
43 1090 9 do bro or pek 1008 40 175 Errollwood 1486 48 hfch broor pek 2160
44 1093 27 do pekoe 2465 32 176 1489 14 ch pek, 1120
AB 1996 21 do peksou 1680 28 177 E 1492 14 do pek 1120
46 K’Dola 1099 10 ch or pek Wi 38 Isl BDWP 1504 121 hf-ch bro pek 6050
47 1102 6 do broorpec 720 40 192. TK 1537 13 ch
48 1105 16 do pek 1470 82 lhf-ch sou 1155
49 1108 13 do peksou 1040-30 195 Debatgama 1516 5 ch dust 700
57 Longford 1132 20hf-ch ro pek 109 45 199 Dyakula No. 21555 19 ech bro pek 1045
58 1135 15 do or pek 750 40 20 1561 2 do pek 1400
59 1138 24 do pek 1250 36 2° 1364 20 do pek son 1400
60 1141 20 do peksou 1000-82 202 Ella Oya 1567 11 do bro pek 1100
61 1144 20 do sou 10°0 30 203 1570 14 de or pek 1204
62 Hayes 1147 25hf-ch bro pek 1875 46 204 1573 12 do pek sou 108)
63 1150 20 do pek 3000 33 205 Dunbar 1576 18 do -k 1350
64 1153 20 do pes sou wou = Bz 2u6 Tonacombe 1579 16 do or pek 1600
65 1156 20 do sou 1000 30 207 1582 15 do bro pek 1659
66 1159 12 do _ bro or pek 208 1585 25 do pek 2500
fans 720 40 209 1538 61 do pek 6:00
67 Weoya 1162 17 ch bro pek 1530 40 210 1291 10 do = sou 900
68 1165 36 do pekoe 2700 = 29 211 Talgaswela 1584 40 do ro pek 80)
69 1168 12 do pek sou 840». 27 212 1597 20 do pek 1700
73 QD, in estate 213 1600 16 do ek sou 1360
maak 1180 29hf-ch bro orpek 1740 36 214 Marlborough 1603 42hf-ch bro or pek 2268
74 1183 40 do sou 2000 26 215 1606 22 ch or pek
75 1186 13 do dust 7380 = «13 216 Galapotagamal609 23hf-ch bro pek 1150
83 Dunbar 1210 10hbf-ch pek 800 34 21%, 1612 15 do pekoe 750
86 Strathspey 1219 l7hf-ch pek 816 42 218 1615 16 do pek sou 800
87 1222 16 do pek sou 832 35 219 16:8 12 do sou 60U
90 Great Valley, 20 KPW 1621 30 do or pek 1890
Ceylon in est. 221 1624 33 do bro pek 1815
mark 1231 49hf-ch bro pek 2693 48 222 1627 74 do pek 3720
91 2224. 13 ch or pek 1170 36 223 1630 14 do pek sou 700
92 1237 18 do pekoe 1620 34 225 Penrhos 1636 22 do or pek 1056
93 1240 14 do pek sou 1260 31 226 1539 36 do bro pek 2016
94 Glencorse 1243 32 ch bro pek 2880 40 227 ine 39 ch pek 3315
95 1246 19 do broor pek 1900 50 228 10 do pek sou 800
96 1249 28 do pekoe 2240. 31 231 Stamford Hilliess 40 hf-ch ~ tiowery or pk2000
97 1252 18 do fyeksou 1350 28 232 1657 28 ch or pek 2380
101 Ganapalla 1264 21 ch or pek 2016 35 bid 233 1660 24 do pek 2040
102 1267 36 do bro orpek 2456 35 234 _ 1663 22hf-ch dust 1570
103 1270 43 do pek 3612 30 235 Humasgeriya 1666 12 ch dust 1200
104; 1273 35 do pek sou 2890 27 236 G PMin est.
105 1276 8 do bro pek mark 1669 33 hi-ch broorpek 1848
fans 960 27 237 167z 30 do — or pek 1650
106 Aberdeen 1279 32 ch bro pek 2880 38 238 1675 52 do pek 9860
107 1282 29 do pek 2320 3L 239 1678 S38 do pek sou 1976
108 1285 18 do peksou 1260 =. 23 240 Z 1681 20 do fans 1800
110 Anningkan- 241 Torrington 1684 40 ch bro pek 3800
de 1291 10 ch bro pek 1100 46 242 1687 41 do pek 3486
11 1294 12 do pekoe 1200-33 243 1690 19 ds pek sou 1425
113 Weyunga- 244 Queensland 1693 7 do bro pek 7
watte 1300 25hf-ch broorpek 1/00 44 245 1698 10 do or pek 900
114 1303 21 ch or pek 1995 37 246 1699 22 do k 1870
115 1308 24 do pekoe £160 32 247 Hughenden 1702 14 dy bro pek 156)
118 Arapolakande 1315 68 ch bro pek 6120 50 248 , 70515 do pek 1200
119 1318 £3 do pek 4210 33 253 Macaldenia 1720 18hf-ch bro pek 1000
120 1321 10 do pek sou 900 29 254 * 723 do. pek SLO
122 Oxford 1327 33 ch bro or pek 3300 37 255 1726 9 ch
123 1330 41 do or pek 3280 34 j lhi-ch pek sou -950
124 1383. 11 do pekoe i) 31 258 Mentinore 1735 32 do bro Or peK 1766
125 1336 13 do ek sou 975 23 259 1738 10 ch pek 750
126 Beausejour 1339 12 ch ro pek 1080 +36 261 1744 12 do ie or pek fan 816
127 1342 19 do pek 1320 29 263 Passara Group1750 15 do or pek 1500 —
131 VOA 1354 9 ch bro tea 990 14 24 KPW . 1753 30hf-ch bro pek 1650
132 Knavesmire 1357 14 ch or pek 1260 37 , | 265 RC inest.
133 1360 13 do bropek 13800 42 mark 1756 13 ch bro pek fans 884
184 1363 52 do pekoe }) 4160 30 266 Errollwood 1759 9 do bro pek 8lu
135 1366 Shf-ch dust 720 14 267 Amblakande 1762 9 do ro pek 9.0
136 1369 11 ch fans 1155 33 268 i765 15 do pekoe 1200
187 High Forest 1372 53hf-ch broorpek 3074 60 269 1768 12 .do pek sou 960° --
138 1375 35 do orpek 1715) 52 270 Chesterford 1771 51 do bro pek 5100
139 1378 40 do pekoe 1920. 47 27 : 1i74 37 do pek
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
22 ittmeoeen, pek sou 290)
276 Geragama 1789 15 do bro pek 1425
277 1792 16 do pek 1440
278 1795 11 do pek sou 999
279 Ingrogalla 1798 10 do bro pek 1000
230 1801 14 do pek 1190
286 Torwool 1819 32 do bro pek 2816
287 1822 283 do pek 2072
288 1825. 22 do pek sou 3628
302 Polatagama 1867 40 do bro pek 3600
303 1870 40 do or pek 3000
304 1873. 76 do pek 6080
305 1876 70 do pek sou 5250
306 1879. 7 / do dust 1050
307 Clunes 3882 29hf-ch bro orpek 1440
308 1885 46 do or pek 2070
309 1888 32 ch pek 2560
310 189L 10 do pek sou £00
312 Lillawatte 1897 21 do pek sou 1994
313 1900 9 @o bro mix 810
3l4 1903 7 do dust 1050
324 BEB 1923. 23 do dust 1610
326 Columbia 1939 28 do pek 1244
SMALL LOTS.
[Thompson and Villiers.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
1 Radaga,
GEA -S 1 8hf-ch_ bro pek 150
2 ZuUSt do! pekoe 150
2 3-43 do pek sou 125
5 St. Leonards on
Sea By 2G) Sal fans 360
6 6 3 do bro mix 270
7 7 3 do dust 255
12 R, in estate
mark 12 Lhfch dust 90
14 Battalgalla 14 4 ch fans 320
19 Sapitiyagodde 19 4hf-ch dust 260
20 20 4 do bro pek fans — 280
25 O'Kande 25 8 ‘ch dust 680
27 Heneguma 27 2 do bro mix 230
31 Doragalla 3L 4 ch ~~ peksou 320
32 32 3 do pek fans 226
37 Kathri 37, 5 ch pek sou 400
38 38 1 do dust 87
40 Usgieside 40 7 ch dust 595
43 Poengalla 43 6 do ‘dust 480
47 P Ayen 2 Chi
Jhf-ch dust 385
49 L 49 1 ch dust 95
(Mr. Ei. John.]
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib.
1 Talakanda 863 1hf-ch bro pek 60
2 866 1 do pekve 50
3 869 1 do pek sou 54
4 872-01) ido dust 42
5 Aldie 875 1 ch pekoe 95
9 Eadella §&87 8 do pek sou 610
15 Little Valley 905 1 do dust 120
17 Nahavilla 91L 5hf-ch bro pek 350
23 Agra Ouvah 929 6 ch pekoe 570
27 Koslande 941 2 do pek sou 200
28 WH 914 “hf-ch pek sou 100
29 947 2 da fans 140
30 950 7 do dust 525
£0 Ampetteyakande 12. 2 ch unas 220
52 K, inest. mark,
Haputate 18 6hf-ch orpek 390
53 21 3 ch pekoe 246
54 24 8 do pek sou 600
55 27 «8hf-ch broorpek 456
56 30 12 do bro or pek 684
57 S30) edo dust 90
58 36 1 do bro pek fans 70
62 Horton Plains 48 1 do bro pek No, 2 55
63 ols) 2 do fans 140
64 564 1 do dust 85
63 Claremont 66 4bags red leaf 280
69 Esperanza 69 9Ohbf-ch broorpek 498
71 75 4 do congou 184
72 78 1 do dust 90
73 Hunugalla 8L 1 do bro pek 25
74 84 1 do _ pekoe 35
75 87 3 do sou 150
76 90 8 ch dust 412
77 93 lhf-ch red leaf 40
82 WHG 108 4 ch sou 400
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES
LIST.
(om Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. c.
20 85 Akkara Totum 117 7 ch bro pek 630 37
a 86 1205 27 ado pekoe 930 29
39 87 123° 6 do pek sou 540 LS
44 88 126 1 do fans 100 13
34 95 Fadella 147. 8 do vek sou 610 26
40 98 K 156 4 do bro mix 300 13
mel 99 V9 Shf-ch fans 4u0 10
29 105 Troup lit = 75) ch sou 500 29
a0 106 180 3 do bro mix 300 21
40 110 Ottery 192 4 do Suu 260 27
35 111 i 195. .2 do dust 3.8 15
38 L2G Ve 193° 6hf-ch dust 510 14
16 113 MV 20L 4 ch pekoe 400-29
34 114 : 204 Shf-ch pek fans 400 15
40 u7 £E 213° 7 ch bro mix 525° 24
29 118 216 5 do pek No. 1 400 30
98 19 219° 5 do fans 500-28
GY/
25
12 :
18 (Messrs. Somerville & Co]
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name. bare
1H 341 6 ch fans 600 22
2 312 3 do sou 255 24
3 443 3hfch dust 255 14
4 344 3 ch bro mix 341 14
1 hf-ch
6 GW 346 7 bf-ch fans 420 24
(OF 7 347 7 do dust 525 15
8 ; 3438 2hf-ch red leaf 160 14
33 9 GA, in estate
26 mark 319 1 ch bro pek 100 34
20 10 350 4 do bro mix 260 18
11 35L 4 do sou 360 22
, 12 352 2 do dust 280 12
20 13 353 3 do red leaf 1-0 14
15 14 EM 354 2 ch bro pek 175 35
15 385 2 do pek 200» -.2s
14 16 356 1 do pek sou 3 25
15 19 Alutkelle 359 12hf-ch bro pek 672 33
4 20 360 8 do pek 400 26
25 21 3€1 9 do sou 405 24
13 22 362 2 do fans 100 16
925 23 363 1 ch dust 71 1L
28 24) | ° 364 4hf-ch red leaf 192 3
19 25 S 365 1 ch red leaf 70 14
27 31 Gingranoya 371 4 ch peksou 400 oF
7 3 373 1Lhf-ch or pek 56 55
13 31 HIS 3-4 8hf-ch bro pek 480 38
ti 35 375 6 do pek 260 31
36 _ 376 8 do pek sou 480 27,
10 37 Anganaketiya 377 5hf-ch bro pek 250 37
12 38 378 4 do pek 200 23
39 379 5 do pek sou 236 24
40 330 1 do fans 54 18
41 Clontarf 381 3 ch dust 360 1
Eos 3 382 & do pek No. 1 425 27
43 Veralupitiya 383 6 ch tans (30 31
@ 44 33£ 2 do pek brofans 252 26
ae 45 335 4 do dust 636 13
3% 46 : 336 1 do bro tea 78 14
30 51 Honiton 391 1 ch dust 155 12
27 58 hahatagalla 398 6 ch bro pek 600 35
13 59 399 5 do pek 450 30
31 60 400 1 do pek sou 90 26
26 64 Hatdowa 4 1 ch dust 160 14
20 65 & 1 do fans 19 22
37 66 : 6 2 do unas 180 27
49 71 Maligatenne 11 3 ch bro pek 335 35
27 72 12 5 do pek 509 (96
2 73 13 5 do pek sou 440 24
28 7 14 7 do bro sou 665 16
i 75 15 1 do dust 102 15
3 76 iP 16 3 ch unas 270 26
Re $0 Nugawella 20 4 ch pek sou 340 26
ee at oe a 3 Bch dust 255 20
‘ 4 265 ¢ ek fans H a
ee 88 RT, in estate penne Secs
: mar 28° °5 ch bro mi 25 2
39 93 Hapugasmulle 33 3 ch sou ag 30 SE
oF a pelewe ee A han dust 165 14
is es 1 8 ch bro pek fans 25
35 102 Tembiligalla 42 1thf-ch — pek ee ae 630 23
34 103 : 43 do dust 140 17
14 109 Ranasingha-
nf i patna Bs 5 ch muse 450 14
‘ C 50 6 do < fans 26 i
25 n18 Bopaavedés ropek fans 426 25 bid
watte 58 1 ch bro pek fans 5
40 126 Dartry A 66 3 ch bro ae a0 10
oe 137 HT, an estate
2 mar 77 2hf-ch bro pek 2 3
us 138 78,2 do pek? 1103s
Os 139 79° 6 do pek sou 300 24
140 £0 2hfch dust 240 14
4 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Diet ON Lot Box. Pkgs. Name lb «4
189 Horagas-
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker-.] kelle 1528 9hf-ch bro pek 550 «87
120 1531 8 do Kc 4 30
Lot. Box. Pkts. Name. lb c. sf 1588 12 do NE oil, = 4
- 193 KR, in estate
2°M P 67 4 ch dust 580 14 mark 1540 1 ch unas ~ 310 26
3 970 4 do pek fans 440 194 1543 1hf-ch dust 65 O4
4 4 973 2 do dust No.2 350 10 196° Debatgara 1549 1 ch red leaf 110 -Bs
5 Hurstpier- 197 Kelvin 1552 4 ch bromixed 400 15
point 976 3 ch or pek 24C 37 198 1555 3 do fans 279
6 979 5 do io pek 400 83 24 KPW 1633 3hf-ch dust 20 ©«14
7 982 7 do pek 560 26 299 Penrhos 1648 4 ch unast 34s 28
5 985 3 do pek sou 240 19 220 1651 4hfch dust 308 «16
9 988 2 do bro pek dust 190 26 249 Hughenden 1708 6 ch — pek sou 480 =
13 ALL 1000 teh haps oe 250 IT Binest. nF
+ AEC’ “(Cs mark 1711 ; 9
14 : 1003 1 do congou 60 19 251 1714 : fo Set +4 ie
21 Maldeniya 1024 7 ch or pek 595-38 252 Macaldenia 1717 5Shf-ch broorpek 325 40
23 1030 7 do peksou 695 27 226 , 1720 4 do’ sou 55
24 1033 2 do sou 170% 957 1788.5 ap* et oe
25 1036 -ch duct 240 15 960 Mentinor 1741 5 es
35 G 1066 4 ch sou 360 © 26 262 © a7 1 i egg “4 - eid
36 1069 2 do bropekf ns 180 28 273 Chesterford 1780 4 ch fans 360 - 30
37 1072 3 do pek dust 39018 274 1783 3 do congou 27007
38 1075 5 do pek 425 27 275 1786 7hf-ch dust 560g
39 1078 3 do pek sou 240-20 281 Ingrogalla 1894 2 ch pek sou 170 = 30
40 Arslena 1081 5 ch dust 650 =: 12 25? 1307 8 do pek fans 200 98
Al 1084 2 do congou 190 26 283 1810 4 do dust 480 18
55 DV 1126 1 ch sou 90 24 Y84 1818 2 do son 160 -%
56 a é 1129 4 do bro mix 36C «13 285 1816 1 do red leaf 9% 15
76 D, in estate 289 Torwood 1828 ,
mark Vis9 Thf-ch fans 420 25 290 1831 : do pid a cass _ 4
77 Huanuco (1192: 3hf-ch__bro mix 180 14 298 Mayford 1855 Ehf-ch bro pek 257 BS
78 1195 1 do dust 70 #14 299 Wallaha 1858 2 ch bro pek 290 «44
79 Duubar 1198 &hf-ch broor pek 400 55 811 Cluues 1894 #hf-ch dust 540.18
80 120113 do or pek 585 ~ 42 325 BF B 1936 5 ch unast 450 22
81 1204 7 ue me pek 385 42 327 HS Flnest. *
82 1207 5 do pek No.1 21085 mark 1942 c ,
84 1218 2 do pek son 160 28 93° 1945 “hen ae = 120 ry
$5 1216 1 do ro mix 80 24 29 1848 1 do dust 58 12
88 Belgravia 1225, ch bro pek 105 40 bid =
89 1228 1lhf-ch dust 8 17 —— ———
98 Glencorse 1255 2 ch ek fans 240 «25 CEYLON COFFEE SA; as aie
99 é 1258 1 do ro tea 110 32 SALES ‘ NX AY
160 1261 1 do dust 160 12 1 SA IN LONDON,
109 Aberdeen 1288 6 ch bropekfans 600 25 -
112 Be emieons a ae (From our Commercial Correspondent. )
de 1297 1 ch red lea 100 14 Taian, ez a
116- Weyuhga- ; MincinG LANE July 15.
watte 1309 3 ch yeksou 300 = 27 “Menelaus”—Niabedda, F, 1 cask 119s; 2c 1b 118s; ditto 2,
117 1312 2hf-ch fans 160 14 4c 108s; ditto PB, 1t 116s; ditto NBT in estate mark, |b
121 Arapolakan- outkr. 100s. Gowerakellie, F,1t 110s; ditto 1, 2¢ Ib 1078;
de 1324 4 ch dust 440 15 ditto 2, 4c 1b 104s; ditto 3, 1t 72s; ditto PB 112s.
128 Beausejour 1345 3 ch peksou 255 26 “Clan Sutherland”—Craig, OO, London, 1b 114s; ditto O,
129 1348 1 do fans 110 23 ditto, 4c 108s 6d; ditto 1, ditto, 2¢ 99s ditto 2 ditto, 1b
130 1365L 1 do dust 150 11 68s; ditto P, dito, 1b i00s; ditto T, ditto, 2b26s. Craig, O,
143. Maha Uva 13890 6 ch pek sou 540 24 London, 1b s. d. 51s; ditto T, ditto, 1 s.d. 16s: ditto 1
147 YTammeria 1402 7 ch pek sou 630 33 sweep 35s.
146 DM 1405 5 ch unas 600 22 “‘Menelaus” - Movsagalle, A, 2 tierces 15s 6d; ditto B,
149 1408 2 «do dust 200 13 6c 109s; ditto C, 1t 74s; ditto PB, 1t 107s; ditto T, le 39s;
164 Farnham 1453 Ghf-ch fans 450 33 WT, 1b 21s. GA Onvah, O, 1c 110s; ditto 1, Ib 107s Gd;
165 146 1 do dust 75 16 ditte 2, 4¢ 105s; ditto 3, 60s, ditte PB, 1 105s.
166 1459 1 do b-o tea 65 26
167 Nella Oollu 1462 1 ch congou 100 i7 = —
168 1465 2 do a ' 300 15 : <
169 1468 1 do red lea: §5 14 r W)S , P T + +
109 i ag Re ngs CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
179 1498 2 do red leaf 180 13 San SSS
180 1A0L 1. do bro mixed 100 13 “Lancashire”—Hylton, OO mark, 27b 72s 6d; J1 sea dam.
182 BDWP 1507 Shf-ch, dust 6&0 14 69s 6d; ditto O, 6 sea dam. 67s.
188 BDNDWG 1510 5hf-ch dust a5 Bb “Menelaus’—Glen Ipin, A, 21b 72s; ditto B, 11b 64s.
184 W&WK 15:3 1 ch pek 100 = 31 Elmshurst, A, 13b 72s; ditto B, 5b 62s
gs SE 1516 5hf-ch bro pek 275 36 “Duke of Devonshire,”—Alleowiharie, A, 14b 72s.
186 1519 6 do pek 300 29 “‘Craftsman”—T, 1b 62s. Kumaradola, A, 32b 72s 6d;
187 1522,.2' do bro pek fans 110 21 ditto T, 1b 62s.
Tes Tb 4B do pek fans 159 25 ““Menelaus’—AM in es'ate mark, 30b 72s.
2S Oe
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS.
TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES.
NO. 31
Pricr:—124 cents each 3 copies
“1TG i
Cotompo, Aucusr 15, 1898. | 30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee.
COLOMBO SALES OF THEA. Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. cs
- ‘ 1 neh per sou 1905 30
SF 126 Murraythwaite 600 14 ch ro pek 1330-50
LARGE LOTS. 197 603 13 do pekoe 105-32
J 128 606 9 do pek sou 720 22
ani 131 KG 615 25 do
(Thompson and Villiers. lLhf-ch pek sou 2190 27 bid.
‘Lot. Box.
2 Dooneva'e
4
20 Chetnole
23 Doragalla
27 Agarsland
31 Lynsted
34 Engurakande
42 MM
43 M iK
47 CSS, inestat
mark :
53 S K, in estate
mark
54 Orpington
3
4
20
33
34
35
42
43
46
86,342 Ib ]
Pkgs. Name.
28 ch bro pek
36 do pek
33 hf-ch bro pek
19 ch ek
21 ch ‘o pek
22 do pek
16 do pek sou
20 hf ch bro or pek
60 ch bro pek
40 do ek
4 do pek sou
33 hf-ch bro or pek
46 do bro pek
60 do pek
18 ch bro pek
20 do pek
W7hf-ch = du-t
31 ch or pek
29 do or pek
12 do pek fans
17 ch bro or pek
13. do or pek
23 do pekoe
12 do pek sou
25hf-ch pek dust
29hfch bro pek
20 do pek
9 ch pek sou
36 hf-ch. bro pek fans
18 do dust e
28hf-ch dust
lb.
257)
2880
1980
1900
2310
1930
1440
1200
3300
2000
2400
1930
2300
2700
1800
1800
1445
2635
2165
1380
1190
806
1960
840
2125
1450
1640
900
2620
1626
2380
(Mr. E. John. — 136,711 tb.]
Let. Box.
11 Kotuagedera
15 NB
20 Kanangama
25 Wavemolle
27 Agra Ouvah
30 Glasgow
33° Rondura
39 Agra Ouvah
41 Poilakanda
47 Yakka
49 Maskeliya
57 Marguerita
60 Galella
65 Shawlands
70 Lameliere
86 Glentilt
TU
99 ZX, in est. mark,
LP
113 Warriapolla
122 Cosguhawella
12 TYM
Pkgs. Name.
255 18 ch bro pek
258 11 do pekoe
267 7 do sou
282 12 do pek sou
297 25hf-ch bro or pek
300 50 do pekoe
303 50 do bro or pek
306 22 do or pek
312 45 ch broor pek
315 17hf-ch or pek
318 15 ch pekoe
321 9 do _ broor pek
324 34 do bro pek
327 20 do pekoe
330 12 do pek sou
339 16 hf-ch k fans
345 27 do ro pek
348 %6 ch pekoe
363 13 do ek sou
369 12 do ro or pek
372 90 do orpek
375 10 do pekoe
384 8hf-ch dust
393 22 do _ bro or pek
396 29 do pekoe
399 36 do peksou
402 20 ch bro pek
405 15 do pekoe
408 8 do pek sou
417 35 do bro pek
420 45 do pekoe
423 27 do pek son
432 47 hf-ch_ bro or pek
480 40 ch bro pek
483 17 do pekoe
486 16 do red leaf
519 10 do pek dust
628 7 do k sou
661 12 hf-ch ro pek
588 11 do bro or pek
69L 7 ch pekoe
594 16 do
55 hf-ch pek sou
597 25 ch
Ib.
{[Mlessrs. Somerville & Co.—163,851.]
Lot. Box.
1 Glanrhos 81
2 82
4 Galdola St
5 €5
16 Bavenseraig 96
17 97
18 98
21 Ferriby 101
22 162
23 103
28 Rangvilla 108
29 109
81 Charlie Hill 111
32 112
33 113
42 Pendleton 122
44 Oakley 124
45 125
49 MPK 129
50 130
52 Yarrow 132
53 133
564 Wevatenne 134
55 135
56 136
57 Killin, in es-
tate mark 137
58 138
59 139
65 Suriawatte 145
66 146
67 147
69 149
70 LMB 150
71 151
72 152
77. Mont Blane’ 157
79 Carney 159
80 160
90 Ritigalla 170
91 M’lenne 171
104 Tiddydale 184
105 185
106 Ingeriya 186
107 187
108 188
109 19
115 KG 195
116 GR 196
121 G’Watte 204
134 RC TF, in es-
tate mark 214
135 215
136 216
140 ML 220
142 Atherton 222
145 Neboda 225
146 226
147 227
148 New Valley 228
149 229
15) 230
51 231
152 NIT 233
166 Dikmukalana 236
157 237
158 238
159 239
160 240
(Messrs. Forbes
Lot Box,
1 OBEGC, in est.
mark
Sinnapittia 1951
pkgs. Name. Ib.
8 ch dust 1200
12 do sou 1140
7 ch bro pek 700
10 do pek 13€0
1 ht-ch
19hf-ch kro pek 1045
11 ch or pek 990
16 do pek 15206
40 hf-ch bro pek 1800
30 ch pek 2550
15 do pek sou 1125
24hf-ch pek 1217
29 do pex sou 1014
17 hf-ch bro pek 850
19 do pek 950
23 do pek sou 1150
26 hi-ch pek sou 1309
26 ch bro pek 2600
17 do pek 3700
17 ch pek sou 1445
9hf-ch dust 765
46 hfech bro pek 2576
7L do nek 3550
9 ch bro pek 810
18 do pek 1435
24 do pek sou 2040
24hf-ch bro pek 1700
ll ch k 935
13 do pek sou 1040
47 ch bro or pek 4700
22 do pek 2200
12hf-ch bro pek fans 810
10 do dust 700
37 hf-ch bro pek 1850
20 ch pek 1800
14 do sou 1064
31 bf-ch broorpek 2170
42 do pek 1890
32 do pek sou 1600
23 ch bro pek 2660
12 ch bro tea 900
8 do pek 720
8 do pek sou 720
38hf-ch tro pek 1824
40 do pek 1840
33 do pek sou 1518
15 do pek fans 900
15 ch pek fans 1275
1hf-ch dust 800
29 hf-ch fans 2175
30 ch bro pek 3000
21 do pek 1890
18 do pek sou 1440
25hf-ch pek dust 1875
1+ hf-ch pek 700
10 ch bro or pek 1106
47 do bro pek 4700
40 do pek 4000
2l ch bro or pek 210
17 do or pek 1700
19 do pek 19°0
15 do pek sou 1350
7 ch unas 709
34 hf-ch or pek 1700
20 do pek 1000
61 do pek sou 2295
38 do or pek fans 2090
21 do pek fans 1050
& Walker.—
317.475 Ib.)
Pkgs. Name Ib.
26 ch sou 1064
c.
14
29
36
30
16 bid
93
42 bid
34 bid
30
40
35
26
a - ‘3 “
2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box. Pkge, Name. es Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ¢.
8 LGF, inest. 177 Dunedin 229 23hf-ch broorpek 1265 65%
mark 1957 8 ch sou 808 26 178 232 45 do or pek. No 1 750 49
4 1960 19 do dust 1520 15 179 235 16 do or pek 800 rt]
5 WNaseby 1963 28hf-ch bro pek 1640 64 bid | 180 28 27 ch pek 225 88
6 1965 25 do pek 1375 57 bid | 181 241 39 do pek sou 2400 30
of 1909 26 do pek sou 1252 42 bid | 184 Kirrimettia 750 15 ch bro mix 1500 27
8 Grange 187 Ingurugalla 259 8 ch bro tea 960 15
Garden 1972 82 ch or pek 3520 44 18 262. 8 do red leaf 720 15
9 1975 23 do p-koe 2810 03 ' 191 Labookelle 271 12 ch pek 1092 42
13 Halloowella 1957 6 ch dust 840 12 | 196 Castlereagh 286 11 ch bro pek 1100 57
17 warrington 1999 21 ch or pek 2110 55 | 197 259 12 do or pek 1020 46
18 2002 16 do pek 16L0 40 | 19° 202 16 do ek 1280 36
21 St. Edwards 2011 14hf-ch broorpe’ 840 48 2(4 Penrhes 310 Ishfch bro pek 1008 57
41 Gallawatte 9011 16 ch bro pek 152 46 _ 208 313 46 ch pek 1360 36
2 2044 23 do pek 1955 84 208 Parsoles 822 24 do bro pek 2400 46
ss ©6Ascot 2047 28 «och or pek 2520 40 209 825 19 do pekoe 1900 37
84 20°) 12 lo bro pek 1200 43 ZL 328 7 do pek sou 700 34
35 2053 32 do pek 2560 32 2165 KP W 343 27 hf-ch or pek 1620 = 60
36 2us6 9 do pek sou 810 28 | 216 346 21 do bro pek 1165 40
37 2059 +9 do pek fans 1080 30 217 349 64 do ek 3200 38
38 Farmham 2062 383 hf-ch bro pek 1980 53 v4L FAW 36L 11 hf-ch ro pek 715 43
39 2065 28 do pekoe 1540 38 | 223 367 9 ch pek sou 765 29
40 2068 20 do ek sou 1000 33 | 226 Bandarawella 376 13. do bro pek 1430 44
43 Errollwood 207/ 23 hf-ch ro or pek 1150 45 232 Ella Oya 394 13 do or pek 1186 87 bid
44 2080 12 ch pek 960 35 234 Theberton 40 7 ch bro pek 700 37
45 2083 8 do pek sou 720 31 235 403 13 do or pek 1170 41
4G Sunnycroft 2086 7 ch pek sou 700 29 | 226 406 17 do pek 1530 33
50 Maragalla 2093. 9 ch or pek DAE 45 { 238 412 8 do bro mixed £00 22
52 f 2104 20 do pek 1900 = 34 | 239 Waratenne 415 14 do bro pek 1260 41
53 2107 27 do. pek sou 2295 = 82 | 240 418 16 do pek 1360 31
55 New Peacock 2113 11hf-ch peksou 880 3 241 Anningkande 421 9 do bro pek 990 45
60 Kockside 2128 Ohf-ch dust 720 18 244 Yorrington 430 22 do bro pek 2900 42
66 Holton 2146 14 ch bro pek 133 46 245 433 v6 do ek 2132 34
72 Massenw 2164 83hf-ch bro pek 1650 50 246 36 41 hf-ch bro pek fans 2665 48
73 2167 20 do pek 1000 32 247 439 23 do dust 2070 17
15 8S 4173. = 8—ch fans 10v0 2 248 TorringtonP T442 27 ch bro pek B35 32
76 2176 20hf-ch dust 1800 = 16 249 Marlborough 445 21 do or pek 1995 44 bid
78 Hayes 2182 20hf-ch bropek 1100 45 250 Carfax 448 27 do or pek 2700 40
79 2185 20 do pek 10u0— 388 251 Arapolakande 45L 72 do bro pek 6i80— Al
80 2188 19 do pek sou 900-34 252 454 54 do pekoe 4320 35
81 2191 20 do pek sou 253 457 9 do peksou 810 = 82
No. 2 1600 §=38 255 Clunes 463 44bf-ch or pek 1980 42 bid
82 High Forest 2191 34hf-ch broor pek 1972 72 263 Wehiowita 487 14 ch congou 1120 25
83 2197 27, do or pek 1323 57 264 Dunbar 490 18 do pek 1344 34
84 2200 27 do pek 1269 62 271 Doranakande 511 18 ch bro pek 130004
85 High Forest 2203 20hf-ch pex sou 1410 46 272 514 9 do pek 819 31
86 2206 14 do pek dust = 1176 30 282 Hornsey 544 24 do or pek 2400 52
87 Ruanwella 2209 12 ch or pek 1080 43 283 5i7 40 do bro or pek 800 65
88 2212 16 do bro pek 160041 284 550 18 do ek 1800 41
89 2215 23 do pekoe 2070 33 285 Erracht 553 v0 do bro pek 1800 45
90 2218 10 do ek sou 900 29 286 556 23 do pek 1810 35
92 Knayvesmire 2224 18 ch bro pek 1800 44 287 559 14 do pe sou 1120 29
93 2227 38 do pekoe 3230 = 32 288 562 12 do ro pek fansl1200 85
94 2230 28 do _ pek sou 2100 29 * 289 565 1L do ye fans 880 30
95 Ookoowatte 290 Amblakande 468 7 do ro pek 700 8645
Nol 9233 12hf-ch pekfans 840 28 291 671 14 do pek T1083
98 Deaculla 2242 41 ch bro pek 2250. 54
99 2245 47 do pek 3290 39
100 2248 15 do pek sou 1050 25
105 Middleton 13 19hf-ch bro orpek 1045 78
106 16 11 ch or pek 1100-58 SMALL LOTS.
107 19 .8 de pakop rah or
12 do ek sou 102 4 “oe
108 2 attest. we B : ~ as [Thompson and Villiers.]
mark 49 9c pekoe 90 e-
123 T’Villa 67 23 ch pekoe 1840 32 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. a.
125 73 10 do sou . 800 2 5 Doone Vale 5 6 ch _ pek sou 510-28
129 A 85 9hf-ch bro pek 2 6 6 2 do fans ‘ 220 90
dust 7200 «14 y 7 3 do dust : 450 13°
132 Ambragalla 94 71hf-ch or pek . 3550 41 8 R, inestate :
133 97 36 do pekoe 2952 36 mark 8 3hf-ch unas 114° “35
134 100 44 do peksou 3390: 32 | 9 9) ido dust "92> 44
135 103 82 do bro or pek 4674 44 22 Chetnole 22 5 ch peksou 47528
139 Talgaswella 115 32 ch bro pek 2880 40 26 M 26 5 bag bro mixed 400 s
140 118 11 do do No.21210 35 36 Engurukande 36 8 ch peéksou 640g
14t 121 10 do pek 85033 37 37 1 do pek fans ~° 75 19°
M42 pe i 1D ae pek sou SouE 80 338 38.4: do dust 360 15
144 ehigoda 3.¢ E WwW $9.7 ch ek sou 630. -25.
=| 6hf-ch dust 900 1sbia |} 82 7 Wee. Acae 25 te
146 Battawatte 136 24 ch bropek 2640 48 | a AeA 41° Sich. pee fank 360 15
147 139 28 do pek 25200 3a 51. C-S S, in estate mA
148 ‘142 11 do pek sou 920 33 mark 51 4 ch _ bro pekfans 320 27
149 Elmwood 145 31hfch broor pek 1674 38 52 5° ado “dual oe 280 15
150 Goschen 148 47hf-ch bropek 2585 48 . |- 69 Ahamad 60 Qhf-ch bro pek 450. 35
152 154 14 do pekoe 700 34 61 61 8 do pek 400 28
153 Patiagama 157 10 ch broorpek 1000 56 62 62 7 do pek sou 350 26
155 ' 163 17 do pek 142538 63 63 1 do fans 70 14.
158 Roeberry 172 8 ch bro pek 840 53
159 1/5 41 do or pek 3854 50
160 178 31 ae BE r a ee i
161 181 32 do pekscu b an He a
162 Clyde 184 21 o De pek aie as : Ee fon]
187 43 do pe 2 —
ae 190 {3 do peksou 1170-29 Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ibs 4255 ged
167 Sunnycroft 199 8 ch _ pek sou 800 29 1 Goravy 225 6&hf-ch fans De ie ripen
171 Beechwood 211 31hf-ch broorpek 1670 36 bid 2 228 5 do dust 425 16 “
173 Scrubs 217 14 ch broorpek 1140 60 bid 3 231 4 ch congou 320 29+
174 220 19 do bro pek 1900 48 bid 4 Maha Eliya 234 4 do
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot.
5
91 F T. in est. mark 495
92 D X, inest. mark 493
93
Meeriatenne
Kotuagedera
WH
Kanangama
Agra Ouvah
Rondura
Agra Ouvah
Poilakanda
Yakka
Maskeliya
KP
Shawlands
D, in est. mark 440
Villa
Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
1 hf-ch
237 5 do
210 9 do
243 7 ch
245 2 do
249 1hf-ch
953° 1 do
261. 6 ch
264 3 do
270 6 do
3 the CO
276 «45) do
279 8 do
285 4 do
2:8 4 do
291 7 hf-ch
294 2 do
309 6 ch
373 3 do
336 6 do
342 2hf-ch
351 8 ch
354 5 hf-ch
357 °3)/ch
360 7 do
366 5 do
378 6 do
B8L 11 hf-ch
411 do
4\4 do
426 ch
429 do
do
428 do
441
444 do
We Te We NWN M OW Oe
=
°
501 do
504 do
507 do
510 do
513. Lhf-ch
98 A B,inest.mark 516 2 ch
100
101
103
109
116
Suduganga
>
Warriapolla
522° 2° uo
525 6 do
53L 2 do
49 6ht-ch
5
552 5 do
555 2 ch
1 hf-ch
558 1 do
564 12 do
567. 5 ch
570-1 hf-ch
129 Murraythwaite 609 6 do
130 lz
612. 1 do
sou
or pek
bro or pek
pekoe
pek sou
pek fans
dust
pek sou
bro pek fans
dust
4ans
bro pek
pekoe
bro fans pek
fans
dust
congou
pekoe
dust
pek sou
dust
pek sou
fans
bro pek
pekve
dust
pek sou
fans
dust
fans
fans
aust
bro pek
pekoe
pek sou
bro mix
pek dust
pek dust
bro pek
pekoe
pek sou
red leaf
dust °
pek dust
bre pek
pekoe
sou
bro pek
pekoe
pek sou
dust
pekoe
pek sou
dust
fans
dust
[Messrs. Somerville & Co.]
b.
Lot.
Longan
Galdola
Paradise
P, in estate
mark
Ravenscraig
SCR
Ferriby
Rangvilla
Charlie Hill
Hooluganga
Pendleton
Oakley
Box. Pkgs. Name.
Someomch pek
86 2 ch ek sou
S7ue2 ao bro tea
1 bf-ch
88 1 ch dust
1 hf-ch
89 2 do fans
90 5 ch pek
Lhf-ch
91 5 ch pek sou
92 4% do fans
93 2hf-ch dust
94 5 ch unas
95 2 do bro mix
99 3hf-ch dust
100 4 ch bro mix
104 1 ch sou
105 6hf-ch fans
106 4 do dust
107 Ghf-ch bro or pek
10 4 do bro mix
114 Shf-ch bro pek fans
15 2 do red leaf
116 1 do unas
117: 6 ch bro pek
8 4 do ek
119 2 do pek sou
120 Lhf-ch dust
121 12hf-ch bro pek
23 2 do fans
126 6 ch pek sou
127k dust
123 1 do red leaf
450
275
540
650
188
70
85
570
375
600
450
475
680
400
340
560
150
570
360
500
190
230
bid
bid
Name.
bro mix
bro mix
dust
bro pek
pek
pek sou
bro tea
bro pek
bro pek fans
sou
dust
bro pek
pek
pek sou
bro tea
dust
bro pek
pek
pek sou
fans
co pek
dust
bro tea
bro mix
dust
fans
bro pek
pek
pek sou
pek sou
dust
bro pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.]
Box. Pkts. Name.
Loi. Box Pkgs.
51 MPK 1Stsnch
1 hf-ch
60 K, in estate
mark 140 3 ch
61 141 2hfch
6 GMS 142 5 hf-ch
1tox
63 143 2hf-ch
1 box
G4 144 1hf-ch
€8 Suriawatte 148 6 ch
73 Carney 153 11 hi-ch
81 161 9 do
82 162 6 do
83 163 3 do
85 CF, in estate
mark 165.40ech
86 166 3 do
$7 167 i do
88 163 1 do
89 169 3 do
99 California 179 6hfch
10) 180 7 ch
11 1s1 4 do
102 182 2 do
103 Tiddydale 183) 6..ch
110 Inveriya 190 3 hf-ch
111 GT ADS sth ech
112 Dedugalla 192 3 ch
113 193 3 hf-ch
114 194. 7 do
130 U XZ 210 1hf ch
13L PHO MBH Coho)
152 212 3 do
1370, 212 1 do
137 RCET felch
133 Radaga 218 2 hf-ch
1389 219 5 do
141 Atherton 221 7 hf-ch
143 223. 4 do
141 224 1 do
163 HD 233 6 ch
154 934 3 do
155 235 7 do
Lot.
2 G 1954 3 ch
10 Grange
garden 1978 4 ch
11 1981 4hf-ch
12 Halloowella 1984 5 ch
14 1990 4 ch
15 1993 2 do
16 Harrington 1996 7 hf-ch
19 2005 2 do
20 2008 2 ch
24 St. Edwards 2014 7 hf-ch
23 2017 8 do
24 2020 6 do
41 Farnham 2071 7 hf-ch
42 2074 1 do
47 Sunnycroft 2089 4 ch
48 2092 3 do
49 East Holy-
rooc 2095 1 ch
51 Maragalla 2101 6 ch
54 2110 4 do
56 New Peacock 2116 3 hf-ch
57 2119 9 do
58 Rockside 2122 7hf-ch
59 PAY ey Ga)
61 2131 6 do
67 Holton 2149 8 ch
68 2152 4 do
69. 2155 1 do
70 H 2158 3hf-ch
71 21¢c1 2 do
74 Massena 2170 13 hf-ch
UG Asay) 2179 6 ch
91 Ruanwella 2221 5 ch
96 Ookoowatte,
No. 1 2236 2hf-ch
97 2239 2 ch
109 Middleton 25 7 hf-ch
116 SS J, inestate
mark 46 11 hf-ch
118 52 3 ch
119 65 3Shf-ch
120 68 2 ch
121 T’Villa 6L 6 ch
122 64 6 do
124 70 4 do
unas
pek sou
dust
sou
fans
red leaf
bro or pek
pek sou
pek sou
bro or pek
dust
congou
dust
bro or pek
bro or pek
or pek fans
bro mix
pek fans
sou
bro mixed
bro pek fan
pek
pek sou
bro mix
dust
dust
pek sou
bro mix
dust
dust
sou
dust
bro pek
pek sou
pek fan
ek dust
ro pek
bro or pek
pek sou
4 CEYLQN PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name ib; «¢ 260 478 6 hf-ch pek sou 3008
261 481 2 do congeu 100 24
126 A 76 5hf-ch bro pek 275 = B4 262 New Peacock 484 4 do pek fans 300 «sig
127 "9 2 do pek sou 180 25 273 Doranakande 417 6 ch ‘pek sou 640 28
128 82 7 do bro pekfans 397 29 274 520 3 do dust 372 17
130 88 3 do pek fans 177,—s «16 275 - 623 6 do bropekfans 600 2
131 91 1.do_ red leaf 45° 13 292 Amblakande 574 5 do pek sou 40080
136 Ambragalla 106 5hf-ch dust 450 16
137 109 6 do bropekf ns 420 28 ——
138 2) 0 ch Pe eaf 100 13 ae
143 Talgaswella 127 5 ch dust 630 7 7 " ‘ Tal +r y
145 W K, in catate CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
mark 133 1 ne es pene : a8 Ls 4m - 504
151 Goschen 151 J1 hf-ch ro or pe 5 yay , rae :
ded aw atineams 160 4 ch of pel 360 $5 (Irom our Commercial Covi espondent. )
166 16 to) eK 5 ‘ G cal a
157 169 1 do bro an pek 5 MINCING LANE July 22.
ans 34 “Bulli -nist”—G in estate mark, 92 bags 7
165 Clyde 193 3 ch dust 420 B “Clan Drummond” —- KKM in cotafet tin 50 bags 72s
166 196 8 do fans 4 pal STKK, Meenatchie in estate mark, 164 bags 736; MAKM
aes Sunnycroft 208 4 en te oe 3 in estate mark 14 bags 72s; 2ib 74s: MAK, 10b 62s."
5 2 °o 0 ‘ 2 “a Seu? _ id 2 ’
ue Ee ae dust ne 4 Clan Ogilvy” - MAK Min estate mark, 20 bags 70s 6d.
172 W W 214 3 ch bro pekoe 297 34
175 Scrubs 223 8 ch pek 640 40 —
176 26 8 oe ek sou 680 a4
182 Peacock Hill 244 1 hf-c ro mix 45 TV , f "ey
183 247 4 ch pek fans 80012 CEYLON CARDAMOM SALES IN
185 Kirrimettia 253 7 ¢ unas 630) 7 r r
186 Condegalla 256 4hf-ch bro pekfans 364 18 LONDON.
189 Labookelle 265 4 ch bro or pek 480 45
190 268 6 do orpek 600 42 “Clan Robertson”—Mysore K OO in estate mark, 100
192 274 6hf-ch bro pek 2s 3d; 2c 38s; Mysore KA in estate mark 2c 288d. Tona-
fans 546 20 combe, 2, le 2s 10d.
192a 273a 6 do 54610 ““Menelaus”—Galaha, EX, le 38s 2d; Ge 28 10d; 4¢ 2s
193 L, in Estate 10d; ditto 4, 2c 2s 8d; 2c 2s 11d; ditto B, 4c 2s 5d; 2c 2s 6d:
mark 77 3 ch brotea 231 22 ditto C, 4¢2s; le 2s 2d; ditto D, | seeds 2s 10d, Altwood.
194 SSS 230 1 ch red leaf 94 18 3c 2s 9d; le 28 6d; le 25 3d. Girinde Ella, le 2s 9d; 9¢ 28
195 283 2 do bro tea 186 9-27 6d; le 2s 3d; Ie Is 11d. "i Gat
199 Castlereagh 295 5 ch pek sou 400 33 “Clan Sutherland”’—AL 3, 2¢ 2s 2d.
200 298 4hf-ch fans 280 33 “Cheshire”—Nichola Oya, | case 2s 11d.
201 301 2 do dust 160 16 “Priam’—Warriagalla, 2c %s 2d.
202 Y 304 8 ch bro tea 300 23 “Statesman”—Elkadua, B&C, 2c 2s 1d.
203 Penrhos 307 14hf-ch or pek 672 = 56 “Lancashire’—OBEC, Naranghena, le 2s 2d.
206 816 3 ch _ pek sou 240 = 31 “Orotava”—Cottaganga, 2c Is Lid.
207 319 2hf-ch dust 170 =—s:'16 “Clan Chisholm’ —Katooloya, EX, 2c 3s 2d; ditto AA, 2c
1 KT 33110 do bro pek fans 680 28 2s 11d; ditto A, 4c 2s 9d; le 2s 9d; ditto B, 6c 28 6d: 2¢
PB KE 352 8hf-ch pek sou 400 29 2s 5d; ditto C, lle 1s 11d; ditt» D, 1 seed 2s 10d. Gallan-
219 355 1 do ust 80 14 tenne, AA, 2c 3s 9d; ditto A, 7c 3s 4d; ditto B, 7e 28 11d:
222 FAW 364 7 ch — pekoe 665 «387 ditto C, 3c % 9d; ditto D, 4c 2s 4d; 5¢ 2s 5d. 4
224 370 3 do sou 270-28 “‘Menelaus”—OBEC, Naranhena, AAA, 4e 2s 8d; ditto
225 873 2hf-ch fans 130 27 AA, 2c 2s 4d; 2c 2s 5d; 2c 285d; 2c 28 5d; le 2s 4d: ditto
237 Theberton 409 6 ch _ fans 500 86.29 A, 2c 2s 2d; ditto B, 12c 1s 10d; ditt» KE, 1 seed 2s 8d
2422 BW 424 lbox pek 2730 OBEC, Dangkande, 2c 2s 6d; 2c 2s 2d. Duckwari, Al, 2¢
243 C 427 1 ch 3s 10d; ditto B 1, 7c 384d; ditto C 1, 9¢3s id; ditto Di, 2c
lhf-ch pek 117-26 2s 6d; Ic 2s 5d; ditto seeds, 5c 2s 10d. j
254 Arapolakande 460 4 do ust 440 14 “Glaucus”—Vicarton, A, le 3s; ditto B, 2c 2s 8d; ditto C
256 P CH, Galle, le 2s 4d; L in estate mark, Kobo, Mysore O, ic Ip 3:
inest. mark 466 7 do bro rek 885 41 ditto 1, 7¢ 2891; ditto 2, 3c 2s 4d; ditto 2, le 2s 2%: L in
257 469 1 do bro pek No. 2 68 34 estate mark, Kebo, Mysore, 3, Ic 2s 3d ditto S, 2¢ 9s: 2%
258 472 7 do pek 350 32 Is lid. - 4
259 475 3 do pek No.2 150 29 “Clan Robertson”—Malabar, HCA, 4c 2s 7d.
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS.
TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES,
CoLomsBo,
NO. 32
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA.
LARGE LOTS.
[Thompson and Villiers.
89,975 |b]
‘Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. c.
4 Harrow 4 18hf-ch bropek 1080 55
5 5 20 ch pek 2000 40
7 Vogan 7 44 do bropek 4400 51
8 8 45 do pek 4050 37
9 9 33 do pek sou 2805 1
13 Rambuk 13 30hf-ch bro pek 1650 37 bid
14 14 20 do pek 900 32
20 Aucusta 20 8 ch dust 1200 15
23° Ganiwella 23 15 ch pek sou 1350 withd’n-
25 Glassaugh 25 15hf-ch pek 750 43 bid
29 Balgowxie 29 11 ch bro pek 935 36
30 30 9 do
1hfch pek 765 30
31 8L. 11 ch pek sou 880 28
34 Battalgalla 34 10 ch peksou 100033
36 Hornsey 36 10 ch pek sou 1000 38
40 O’ Kande 40 10 ch unas 1000 3
51 Doragalla 51 23 ch bro pek 2830 = 48 bid
52 52 17 do pek 1615 35
53 53 19 do pek sou 1520 30
56 Cotswold 56 8 ch or pek 760 40
58 Myraganga 58 33 ch bro pek 3135 44 bid
59 59 20 do broorpek 2100 44
60 60 33 do pek 2805 36
61 61 15 do pek sou 1125 33
63 8 63 13hf-ch dust 1105 10
64 Orpington 64 29hf-ch bro pek 1450 37
65 65 38 do bro pek
ans 2620 OM
66 L 66 28hf-ch dust 2380 9
70 MC 109.9 ech bro orpek 1215 36
74 ME 74 12hf-ch pek dust 1020 9
78 LF 78 17 do ust 1445 9
79 Cooroondo-
watte 79 23hf-ch bro pek 1150 46 bid
“80 8C 33 do pek 1650 33
(Messrs. Somerville & Co.—171,816.]
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib. c.
1 Woodthorpe 241 10 ch bropek 950 46
2 242 12 do pek 960 45
3 243 12 do ek sou 900 30
7 Blinkbonnie 247 25hf-ch bro pek 1375 53
8 248 28 do pek 1260 42,
9 249 19 do pek sou 855 36
11 Ukuwela 251 36 ch tro pek 3600 35
12 252 22 do pek 2200 32
13 253 8 do pek sou 800 28
15 Kumaragalla 255 18hf-ch bro pek 1080 40
16 256 14 ch pek 1260 32
17 257 9 do pek sou 720 29
20 Narangoda 260 28 do bro pek 2800 43
21 26' 10 do bro pek B- 1000 38
22 262 29 do pek 2755 34
23 263 24 do pex sou 2169 30
27 Kotigala 267 9 ch bro pek 1020 35
30 UK 270 26 ch bro pek 2600 35
31 271 14 ch pek 1400 32
32 2 Ido pek sou 700 28
34 Galphele 274 2Shf-ch bro pek 1540 45
35 275 32 do pek 1440 30
36 276 20 do pek sou 900 31
89 Warakamure 279 19 ch pek 1805 31
40 230 12 do sou 1080 98
43 Ravenoya 283 20 ngsch pek 887 33
E 1 box
48 Bidbury 288 10 ch bro pek 1000 = 49
52 Marigold 292 37hf-ch bro pek 2072 47
53 293 20 do pek 1080 36
54 294 18 do pek sou 936 35
56 296 14 do bro pek fans 952, 33
57 Jak TreeHill 297 37hf-ch bro pek 2035 37
58 298 29 do pek 1000 30
61 Dikmwnukalana 301 22 hf-ch broor pek fans1210 34
62 302 18 do pek sou 810 28
78 Surrey 310 49hf-ch bro pek 2303 = 35 bid
7. Ellatenne 311 35hf-ch bro pek 750 withd’n
72 312 15 ‘ch pek 1500 33
74 Mousa Eliya 314 14 ch bro pek 1610 45
Avucust 22, 1898.
Price :—125 cents each 8 copies
30 cents ; 6 copies 4 rupee.
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name Ib,
75 8159) 11 “ch or pek 990
76 316 16 do pek 1600
77 Hilandhu 317. 8 ch bro pek 800
80 Monrovia 320 24 ch bro pek 2400
81 321 23 do ek 2070
85 Mcragalla 32502 ch ro pek 700
86 326 12 do pek 1200
87 327 10 do pek sou 1000
96 X Y Z, in estate
mark 336 1C ch bro pek 1000
97 337 13 do pek 1260
1 hf-ch
98 Walahandua 338 29 ch ‘co pek 2900
99 339 19 do pek 1710
103 Wallasmulle 343 6 ch fans 720
104 Caxton 344 31 ch bro pek 3100
105 345 10 do pek 900
106 346 19hf-ch bro pek fans1215
107 347 11 do dust 990
108 Kudaganga 348 8 ch bro pek 800
109 349 17 do pek 1615
110 350 8 do pek sou 728
113 Sudbury 353 22 do bro pek 2456
17 SFO 357 16 ch dust 900
118 Depedene 358 59hf-ch bro pek 3245
119 359 50 do pek 2500
120 360 37 do pek sou 2035
122 P PP, ines-
tate mark 362 14hf-ch pekdust 1050
123 Meddegoda 363 48hf-ch bro pek 2640
124 364 31 do pek 1550)
127 Harangalla 367, 32 ch bro pek 3210
128 368 52 do pek 4745
1 hf-ch
129 369 12 ch sou 1080
130 370 6 do dust 789
131 I P 371 23hf-ch dust 1909
134 DBG 374 15hf-ch dust 1200
137 G’Watte 377 10 ch pek 900
148 Lyndhurst 388 51 hf-ch bro pek 2805
149 389 70 do pek 3150
150 390 22 do pek sou 990
152 Labugama 392 29hf-ch bro pek 1450
153 393 22 do pek 1870
154 394 22 ch pek sou 1760
165 Ambakande 5 47hf-ch bro pek fans3270
(Mr. EH. John. —189,408 tb.]
Let. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
6 Mount Temple 633 70 hf-ch or pek 3500
7 636 51 ch pekoe 3740
8 Ottery 629 18 do bro or pek 1800
9 642 22 do or pek 1870
10 645 19 do or pek 1615
11 648 36 do peKoe 3240
13 Bellongalla 654 22hf-ch bro pek 1520
14 657 18 ch pekoe 1620
15 660 12 do peksou 960
18 Oonoogaloya 669 12 do bro pek 12u0
19 672 17 do pekoe 1360
20 675 8 do pek sou 720
21 678 6 do fans 720
23 Mossend 684 10 do or pek 950
29 Cleveland 702 13 do pekoe 1170
32 Galgawatte 711 20 do bro pek 2000
33 714 21 do pekoe 2100
36 Brownlow 723 27ht-ch broorpek 1485
37 726 28 do or pek 1484
38 729 30 ch pekoe 2700
39 732 17 do pek sou 1530
40 735 6 do bro pek fans 702
41 738 6 do pek fans 702
43 Hattangalla 744 22 do bro pek 1980
44 747 20 do pekoe 1600
47 Bokotua 756 12 do bro pek 1200
52. -P 771 17 do fans 51
53 Mount Everest 774 19hf-ch bro pek 1045
54 777 20 do or pek 10u0
55 780 29 ch pekKoe 2755
56 ; 783 11 do peksou 990
57 Agra Ouvah 786 39hf-ch broorpek 2535
58 789 18 do or per 936
60 Glasgow 795 35 ch bro or pek 2975
61 798 12 do or pek 780
62 801 9 do ekoe 855
63 Koslande 804 21 hf-ch ro pek 1260
64 807 20 ch pekoe 1800
67 Woodstock £16 9 do or pek 774
88 Ridgmount 879 12 do _ bro pek 1212
37 bid
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ek, CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. . Box. Pkgs. Name, lb. c. Lot. Box. Pkgs. wi ame. Ib. ¢.
92 Marakona © 891 11 ch peksou 990 28 ar ar ee
93 i 894 10 do dust 1300 18 60 ta a 3 700 88
98 Orange Field 909 13 do bro pek 1300-35 70 Glengariffe 811 24hf-ch bro pek 1272S sb
ao OU Mee a EA eta Main 080) EO 71 814 32 do orpek 1600 44
103 Knightsdale 924 16 do ekoe 1354 31 72 817 32 ch _ pek 1260 39
108 Evalgolla 939 30hf-ch bropek 1650 41 73 820 11 do peksou 88034
109 822.716 do.” “(pekoe BO) sabe 75 826 9hf-ch dust 720 16
112 Richlands 951 46 do ro pek 2438 0653 76 LIreby 829 45hf-ch bro pek 270061
113 954 28 do ekoe 1372 40 7 832 32 do pek 1600 650
115 Lameliere 960 25 do ro pek 14506 78 835 11 ch pek sou 990 43
116 ; 963 15 ch pekoe 1380 _ 37 83 Claverton 850 12 ch eksou 1200 2
119 St. John’s 972 35 hf-ch broorpek 1960 88 84 858 8 do ro tea 800 18
120 975 26 do or pek 12487 96 Kennington 889 8 ch fans 160 = 80
121 978 26 do pekoe 1300 49 9 892 d unas 855 =.
122 981 17 do pek fans 1088 42 98 895 1lhf-ch dust 880 15
123 Mocha 984 28 ch roorpek 1890 63 108 Great Valley
124 987 10 do or pek 900 59 Ceylon, in est.
125 990 15 do pekoe 1350 50 mark 925 47hf-ch bro pek 2585 52
126 993 14 do Jans 980 43 109 928 13 ch or pek 1170 38
128 Koslande 999 21hf-ch bropek 1260 49 110 931 18 do 1620 36
129 2 20 ch ekoe 1800 39 lll 934 14 do k sou 1260 34
132 Lameliere 11 25hf-ch bro pek 1450 50 119 Maba Uva 958 28 hf-ch Bro or pek 2120 56
133 14 15 ch poke 1380 37 120 961 37 do er pek 8189 50
136 Mahaduva 23 17hf-ch broorpek 1020 43 bid 121 964 47 ch 4465 45
137 26 30 ch or pek 2700 34 bid 122 967 15 ch ek sou 1350 39
138 29 18 do pekoe 1800 31 bid | 133 High Forest 1000 31hf-ch broorpek 1736 85
139 82 14 do pek sou 1190 28 134 1003 25 do or pek 1225 65
140 385 13hf-ch fans 1105 15 135 1006 21 do pek 987 49
144 Ratwatte 47 27 ch bro pek 2700 40 bid 136 Polatagama 1009 28 ch bro pek 2800 43
145 50 23 do pekoe 2070 33 137 1012 20 do or pek 1600 43
146 53 15 do pek sou 1200 29 138 1015 24 do pekoe 1920 33
148 Eringalla 59 17 do or pek 1580 34 bid | 129 1018 38 do k sou 2850 29
149 PatiRajah 62 9 do bropek 900 33 145 Battawatte 1086 19 ch bro pek fan 1900 32
150 65 14 do pekoe 1050-28 146 1039 21 do dust 2100 16
152 Hadella “1 17 do ropek = 170038 147 Kirklees 104% 22hf-ch bro or pek 1320 60
153 74 19 do pekoe 10 3h 148 1045 13 ch or pel 1300 47 bid
154 77 16 ek sou 1280.28 149 1048 18 do pekoe 1800 48
155 ; 80 25hf-ch fans 1625 1 fae 150 1051 14 do pek sou 1260 38
156 STV 83 19 do bro pek 950 31bid | 151 Bargany 1054 32hf-ch bropek 1760 49
162 Glenoya 101 25 ch bro orpek 2500 39bid | 459 1057 14 ch pek 1460 = 38
163 : 104 25 do pekoe 1875 832 153 1060 10 do peksou 850 385
168 Gampai 119 16hf-ch or pek 900 39 154 Killarney 1063 26bf-ch bro or pek 1430 56
169 122 9 ch ekoe 720-85 156 1069 290 do k 600 42
174 Barkdale 137 24 do roorpek 2400 37 bid | 458 1075 11hbf-ch "pier" 770 38
175 140 27 do ekoe 2025 81 bid | 159 Carfax 1078 16 ch broorpek 1760 50
186 N 173 12 do ust 1800 12 160 1081 17 do or pek. 1700 48
187 B 176 14° do . 161 1084 17 do pekoe 1615 40
: Lhfch dust 2330 «12 162 Ganapalla 1087 18 ch orpek 1710 48
188 SinnaDua 179 18 ch a ., | 163 1090 32 do broorpek 2976 45
Lhf-ch or pek 1670 40 bid | 164 1093 47 do pekoe 3760 36
192 191 38 ch broorpek 3990 45bid | 465 1096 22 do pe sou 1650 30
194 KG 187 8 uo bropeKkfans 960 12biad |} 166 1099 7 do bro pek
195 G 200 5 do dust 700 =-10 fans 805 81
177 Sadamulla 1132 10 ch bro pek 1000 84
178 Se esol 1135 13 a ios . 1200 29
180 ttawatte 1141 20 do ro pe 2000 45 bid’
[Messrs. Forbes & Walker.— 181 Talgeswella 1144 29 ch bropek 2610 44
y 183 1150 13 de ek 1105 34
368,022 Ib.1 186 Macaldeniya 1159 15 hf-ch ro pek 820 55
158 11465 7c
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name Ib: ce; 1 Atal hehe 7) . :
9 Freds Ruhe 628 26 ch bro pek 2600 44 191 Roeberry 1174 7 ch bro pek 735 56
10 638L 0 do pel 1€00 33 192 1177 12 do or pek 1128 56
11 634 13 do peh sew 1170 29 193 1180 9 do pek 774 45
12 637 15 do bro mix 1350 27 194 1183 20 do pek sou 1800 38
13 WA 640 10 ch pek 900 8629 196 Marlbo- j
15 CSG 646 34hf-ch bropek 1700 47 bid rough 1189 39hf-ch broorpek 2028 53
16 649 3l ch pek 2480 38 197 1192 10 do orpek 950 4
17 652 11 do pek sou 880 32 198 1195 18 do perk 1800 39
2¢ Kirindi 661 13 ch bro pek 1235 45 200 COEB 120L 8 ch dust 1200 16
a 664 16 do p2koe 1280 36 201. 1 C, in est.
B2 667 16 do peksou 1200 31 mark 1204 20 ch congou 2000 a
2 Agra Elbedde 679 24hf-ch broorpek 1024 63 203 Corfu _ 1210 22hf-ch bro pek 1430 «46
27 682 29 do bro pek 1334 54 207 Bandara Eliya 1222 100 hf-ch or pek 4700 44
28 685 22 do pekoe 946 48 208 1225 42 ch pek 3444 «41
29 688 25 do pek sou 1025 43 209 1228 22 do pek sou 1630 36
32 Kelaniya, 210 1231 108 hf-ch bro or pek 6156 46
Maskeliya 697 20 ch or pek 2E50 46 213 Torrington 1240 32 ch bro pek 2880 41 bid:
33 700 25 do pek 2500 34 214 1243 41 do pekoe 3280 37
34 Fairlawn 703 2. lif-ch bro pek 1150 59 bid { 215 1246 20 do pek sou 1500 34
35 706 3 do or pek 1035 46 216 1249 23hf-ch bro pek fans1590 24
36 709 10 ch pek 900 41 217 1252 13 do dust 975 16
43 P’Kande 730 11 do bro pek 1100045 218 Chesterford 1255 40 ch bro pek 4100 49
46 Dunkeld 739 °& ch bro or pek 3960 54 219 1258 39 do pek 3900 35
47 742 13 do or pek 1235 40 220 1261 35 do pek sou 3°00 31
48 745 26 do pek 2340 37 221 1264 8 do fans 720 22
49 Strathspey 748 22hf-ch or pek 1160 57 223 Geragama 1270 9 do broorpek 945 41
50 751 14 do bro pek 840 46 224 1273 15 do bro pek 1275 43
51 Kitulgalla 754 16hfch or pek 800 42 225 1276 21 do pek 1785 34
53 760 11 ch pekoe 880 34 226 St. Leonards 1279 17 do bro pek 1615 = 38
57 Obode 772 10 do bro pek 1050 44 228 1285 8 do pek 720 28
59 778 8 do ekoe 7360-336 236 Cottaganga 1309 7 do fans 7170 «3
61 Columbia, 784 36hf-ch bropek 1908 53 237 5 1312 7 do dust 910 16
62 787 32 do pek 1440 43 239 Annigkanda 1318 12 do bro pek 1320 44
63 790 17 do pek sou 765 34 240 1321 13 do pekoe 1300 36
65 Knavesmire 796 12 ch bro.or pek 1080 44 r 241 1324 10 do peksou 1060 31
66 799 13 do bro pek 1300 46 242 1327. 7 do congou 700 29
”
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. 3
Lot Box
oe . Pkgs. Name Ib; = ¢: Lot Box. pkgs. Na
MT 1339 11 ch brofpek 1210 44 33 UK hf. ra Ss
247 1342 15 do pek 1350 39 3 273 1hf-ch bropek fans 70 21
257 Meemora Oyal375 22hf-ch pek 880 34 Bete See EE 240 (16
265 Bloomfield 1396 40 do ro pek 4400 - 278 1 do sou 5 5
266 ose ao niaae a0 57 41 Warakamurt 281 2hfch dust 45 25
267 TERETE chp esieont os eouitieee Rai ae ee pe neclit Deo) Dek 480 4D
268 1405 9 do pek No.1 900 32 ‘5 28411 do pek sou 429 29
270 1411 20hf-ch pekfans 1600 16 me Ree 110
271 Penrhos 1414 33 do or pek 1584 52 Py es aie ea 10 i
ae WIT 41 do bropek 229629 a 287 2 do bro mix gl 19
9) e ak — x Ox
276 Stamford Hill1429 41hf-ch flo. or pek nos voabia [eo ee sao capcasigber some ee
277 14322 24 ch or pek 2040 42 pea ke eed el 9029
278 1435 23 do pek 1955 36 55 Mari BoE yIE dom sans 120 25
279 PaSbagama 1438 17 do congou 1530-26 See mecha reson 506 = 30
280 Teaco ifich? dust Ean ae 58 Jak Tree Hill 299 7 hf-ch pek sou 350 39
281 Pambagama 1444 21 do _ bro pek fi 7 ‘ 3 Di 300 1 do dust 7
pek fans1470 25 63 Dikmuk 03 7 70g 8
232 1447 19 ch eLisoul 1710 ee y ikmukalana 303 7hf-ch sou 315 28
283 Nahalma 1450 34 do sou 3400 27 85 2 peo ta ree ION 320 18
284 : 1452 22hf-ch dust 165617 ; ey ee Gets 300-20
385 Aracadia 1456 16 ch broor pek 1600 39 bid aa ES eo Ra 200 38
286 1459 18hf-ch pek 936 34 | 68 Sate 20031
287 Edendale 1462 23 ch bropek 2300 37bid | 6 308 1 do con 9 26
288 1465 19hbf-ch pek 950 withd’ ? Soro ae os 11028
30° Kotagaloya 1501 9 do pek 765 18 | 73 El 1hfch red leaf 59 13
344 DMR 1513 39 do bropeks itha’ Aen UG ee olog De ch pen: fats 2
pek sou 3510 withd’n | 78 Hilandhu 318 7 do eae on a
| 79 319 3 do br a es
— : 0 tea
cee | &2 Monrovia 922 5 ch peksou 450.8
SMALL LOTS. yi ) ee 2 ch pek dust 240 15
——— 88 Moragalla 338 3 er mie ast e8 i
[Thompson and Villiers.] 89 St. Catherine 329 7 ch bro er pek 08 0
hf-
Lot. Box. Pkgs: Name. Ib. ec. oo 330 é eh, pek 440 33
1 Wewaywatt; 1 4 ch bro pek 400 42 92 or ore pe sou 325 98
2 2 6 do pekoe 600 35 109 Walahandua 340 3 chi a atin
3 Harrow 3 20hf-ch bro or pek 400 50 101 Wallasmulle 341 4 ch pek sou 270 «29
10 Vogan 10 3 ch sou 240 27 102 342 6 d bre per 200) e7 Se
il 11 3 do souNo.2 255 «8 111 Kudaganga 351 3 ok bs 570-30
12 12 4 do pek fans 500 30 112 et es 352 2 do cust 357 15
15 Rambuk 15 11hf-ch pek sou 440 29 121 Depedene 361. 4 hf-ch dust 300i
16 16 4 do sou 160 9-26 125 Meddegoda 305 4hf-ch ak Samer
17 17 1 do. dust 85 «16 126 i 366 1 do eanaan ars
18 ugusta 18 2 ch ‘sou 200 27 1322 DBG 372 6 1K oe tat TORpeI Cin ae
19 19 1 do red leaf 100 13 133 373 1 a BO bRe NS be
24 Ganawella 24 1 ch dust T30eL-E1S 135 G’Watte SE Bocoii: Oa
26 C 26 1hf-ch dust 45 136 376 7 ae propel 420 387 bid
27 E 27-1 ch _ bro pek 60. 39 138 378 4 d one G67 88
28 Gonamatawa 28 1 ch bro pek 125 43 139 379 1 0 pak sou Cs
32 Balgownie 32, 3 ch fi 140 380 2 hf-ch ae Soe
1hf-ch sou 265 24 141 Crion 381 6 “ cust znd ue
33 33. 3 do dust 210 «417 142 382 4 hf h ust See
35 Battalgalla 35, 8 ch fans 640 18 143 F 383 3 h cust Ss) up
37 Hornsey 37 ‘8 ch fans 640 17 bid | ee 384 5 hf ch ee pee ae
3 Airy Hill 38 apeet bro pek 25 28 | 145 RC, in estate ; ust ea a¢
3 By do _pek 95 Re 385
41 O’Kande 41 3 ch dust Soe eta acgura Saas Pate tone $80 25
54 Doragalla 54 3 ch bro mixed 345 26 147 387 2 oh Bins 180 28
ob Cotswold 55 10 oe Bre) or pek 650 42 151 Lyndhurst 391 2hf-ch vanee 180 3
5 57 ° e 5; 33 155 Latugam: 30505) 1c : A
eomaMerdeanea Gipohe cues bektfaris 30 fe He Arne inesents 395 5 ch bro pek fans 600 27 bid
68 LYE 68 5 ch dust 400 14° | mark 396 1hf-ceh b
69 S 69 6hf-ch pek dust 400 15 157 397 1 do aE Pek pO pias!
71 MC 71 2 ch bro mix 204 «18 158 ion) Ree Es aoe 80
72 2) 22m dO fans 197 13 bid 163 Benveula 3 2 ch Lee son 80 27
73 7 «1 te dust 159 «12 164 rol ome use ce
75 L Yay. he ON fans 118 15 z a 20 uG
76 aa te eS i bro atixed 330 10
vi ¢ fans : 23
81 Cosroondo- at 2 } if (Mr. HE. John.]
watte 81 3hf-ch dust 240 «15 | Lot. Bx kegs
82 K GK 82 1 ch ~ bromix 15 Pb | 1 Theresiz BE eS, Name: Daa:
$3 Woodend §3 1 ch ‘pek 95 31 i 9 oe PSIG rs Chae 0x0) bel fans), 600k e329
84 $i 1 do pek sou 90 «27 3 per 2hf-ch dust 160 15
85 M 85 3 ch bro pek 252 34 | 4SW 624 2 ch bro mix 142 - 33
86 86 4 co lh, seis ean 7 de ale 595 36
ey Lhf-ch pek 450 3 : 2 i - 2 Go ro mix 250 24
87 87 3 ch fans 27010 Tlecelincealiateticenin a nects fone 292 17
me ce i} 2 -C. € Ss Q7
———-—— — | rH Mossend cae a6 cet ‘20 rm
: a Secure: ame
. 95 368 ‘
(Messrs. Somerville & Co.] ee SOR op pekson 8130
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. bs Cs | 27 Cleveland 6x6 10 hich Serer 7 1B
4 Woodthorpe 244 3 ch sou 225 29 nes 699 11 do bro or pek Bot 8
5 245 2 do dust 160) 15 | 3 705 6 ch pek sou 61041
Gr ie’ 246 1hf-ch red leat 20 WIS tmet | oc9 NT lal A
10 Blinkbonnie 250 Lhf-ch dust 75 16 | fans 240 ‘
14 Ukuwela 254 2hf-ch bro pek fans 149 22 | 84 Galgawatte © 717 ~ 2 ch ek sou 200 39
18 Kumaragalla 258 z hich fans 140 24 a Gauleain 720 2 do ro pek dust 240 <
259 1 a 2 Gk h 74 8d ; 3
24 Navangoda 261 4 ch aust 390 ie 45 Hattangalla. 750 6 do me nee
25 265 5 do fans 375 18 46 750 3 do dust Be one
ae 266 7 do sou 560 28 Ge bala 759 7 do or pek 62080
= Kotigala 268 7 ch pek 690 28 ae 762 3 do pekce 240 38
2 269 4 do pekseu 420 18 51 os ce pek sou 75 «33
‘ ch dust 3 18
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES. LIST.
1
Box. Pkts.
Lot. Box.
59 Agra Ouvah 792
65 Koslande 810
66 813
68 Woodstock 819
69 Annamallai 822
70 Farm 825
89 Ridgmunt 882
9) ‘ 885
91 888
94 Yakka 887
95 900
96 903
97 906
100 Orange Field 915
101 918
102 Knightsdale 921
104 927
105 930
106 933
107 936
110 Evalgolla 945
111 948
114 Richlands 957
117 Lameliere 966
118 969
127 Mocha 996
130 Koslande 5
131 8
134 Lamelierc 7
135 20
141 H 38
142 41
143 44
147. N 56
151 Pati Rajah 68
164 K Haputale 107
165 110
166 113
167 116
170 Gampai 125
171 128
172 131
173 13t
176 RL 143
177 146
189 Sinna Dua 182
190 185
191 188
192 194
{Messrs.
Nests.
1 Igalkande 604
4 Sew Anga- ~
mana 613
5 616
6 619
oY 622
8 625
144 WA 643
18 CSG 655
19 658
93 Kirindi 670
24 673
25 676
30 Agra Elbedde 691
31 694
37 Fairlawn 712
38 715
39 718
40 NewGalway 721
41 724
42 727
44 P’Kande 733
45 736
52 Kitulgalla 757
54 763
5d 766
56 769
58 O’Bode 775
60 781
64 Columbia 793
Pkgs.
3 hf-ch
6 hf-ch
4 do
1 hf-ch
Name.
pekoe
rek sou
pek fans
bro pek
pek sou
fans
dust
bro mixed
pek sou
dust
pek sou
pek sou
fans}
pek sou
pek sou
bro or pek
pek sou
bro or pek
dust
red leaf
pek fans
dust
bro pek
pek
pek sou
dust
Forbes & Walker.)
5 ch
Name.
pekoe
bro or pek
lb
Lot. Box. Pkgs, Name. Ib.
74 Glengarifie 823 6hf-ch broorpek 360
79 LGA 838 4 ch bro mix 400
80 Moralivya 841 4 ch fans 280
81 844 7 do unas 665
82 847 4hf-ch dust 320
104 PL 913 2 ch unas 154
105 AG 916 3 ch pek sou 270
106 919 2 do dust 272
107 922 5 do bro tea 450
112 Great Valley
Ceylon, in est,
mark 937-2 ch sou 160
113 i 940 2 do fans 200
114 943 5 do dust 425
115 Kakiriskande 946 2 ch bro pek 210
116 949 7 do pek 677
117 932 5 do pek sou 466
118 955 1 do ust 106
123 Maha Uva 970 2hf-ch pek fans 17
124 973 7 do dust 630
125 976 2 ch congou 180
155 Killarney 1066 8 ch or pek 680
157 1072 8 dco pek sou 680
172 K W D,in est. ;
mark 1117, 5hf-ch bro or pek 300
173 Opalgalla 1120 5 ch dust 375
179 Sadamulla 1138 3 ch pek sou ~ 300
182 Talgaswella 1147 3 ch bro pek No. 2 330
184 1153 8 do pek sou 680
185 Macaldeniya 1156 4hf-ch broorpek 260
187 1162 13 do pek 650
189 1168 2 do dust . 170
190 1171 1 ch bro tea 50
195 Ambragalla 1186 5hf-ch dust 450
199 Marlbo- es
rough 1198 2 ch bro pek dust 230
202 Corfu 1207 10 hf-ch bro orpek 550
204 1213 8 do pek 440
205 1216 5 do pek sou 250
206 1219 3 do fans 210
211 {Bandara Eliyal23+ 7hf-ch dust 630
212 1237 8 ch bro pek fans 560
227 St. Leonards 1282 7 do or pek 560
227a 2 do or pek 160
229 1288 1 do bro pekfans 60
230 1291 1 do dust 90
231 SL 1294 1 ch bro mixed 100
233 DDT 1300 2 do bro mixed ~ 190
284 NWE 1303 2 do pek dust 314
235 Cottaganga 1306 1 do sou 90-
238 RA Win est.
mar 1315 4 do ek sou 320
248 CRD 1330 1 do ro mixed 10
244 1333 2 do dust 200
245 1386 1 do red leaf 90
248 MT 1845 2 do pek sou 180
249 1348 4 do dust 660
250 1351 1 do congou 140
256 Meemora Oxala6a 10 hf-ch bro pek 400
258 375 11 do sou 440
259 1378 1 do dust 65
260 Tavalamtennel381 1 ch dust 81
269 Bloomfield 1408 5 do pek No.2 500
274 Penrhos 1423 6 do pek sou 480
275 1426 Ghf-ch fans 480
30z2 AKT 1507 3 do pek dust 315
303 D XP 1510 3 do pek dust 315
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
ditto T, bags 70s.
(From our Commercial Correspondent. )
MINCING LANE July 29.
“Kanagawa Maru’ fa YA, 8 bags 753 6d;
T, 1b 70s.
«Clan Macdonald’””—MAK in estate mark, 35b 75s;
MAKM in estate mark, 27b 75s 6d; 38b 71s; HGA in
estate mark, 77b 75s; B ditto, 6b 673 6d.
“Clan Mackinnon” —MLM in estate mark, 85b 71s
‘ 6d; 15b 71s.
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS.
Kumaradola, A
, 45b 75s 6d; ditto
TEA, COFFHE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES.
Price :—12% cents each 3 copies
erverh 6) q
NO. 383 Coromso,, Aveusr 29, 1898. 30 cents ; 6 copies $ rupee.
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA. Lot Box. Pkes. Name Ibver ce:
118 i a 128 53 boon pek 2650 32 bid
121 Annancale 13L 16 do pek sou $32 29
LARGE LOTS. 185 Siriniwasa 145 19 ‘ch bro pek 1900 47
_—— 136 146 24 do pek BD
15 a 137 147 22 do pek sou 29
[Thompson and Villiers. lide panacinehae
53,934 Ib.) patna 154 70 Bich oF pele 46
145 155° 277» ch pek 39
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. C: 116 156 20 ch pek sou 35
3 ch bropekfan 1120 31 147 197 55 hf-ch bro or pek : 46 Dick
a ane E 6 co aiee, ¥ 850 16 ial Sudbury 161 23 ch bro pek 2450 37 bid.
16 Mandara 152 Madakelle 162m53) ch bro pek 4462 39
Newera 16 d56hf-ch bropek 33€0 51 153 163 21 do pek 1890 32 bid
17 17 48 do pek 2610 44 154 164 20 do pek sou 1600 20
is 1S 48 do pek sou 2610 35 1/6 Caxton LOGuro le CN tro pek 3100 36 bid
19 Warwick 19 29hfch bro orpek 1885 69 163 Wariatenne 173 29 ch bro pek 2200 37 bid
20 60 2L do or pek 1155 48 164 Neboda W4 27 cn pek sou 2700 29
21 21 26 do pekoe 1430 46 166 Neuchatel 176 62 ech bro pek 6200 42,
24 Chetnole 24 79hf-ch broorpek 4740 46 hid | 167 177 13 do pek 15 34
25 25 42 ch bro pek 2310 41 bid 163 178 85 do pek sou 2975 30
26 26 63 do pek 6300 34 169 1799 5 do dust 750 21
27 27° 23 do pek sou 2185 29
28 Wewelwatte 28 30 been Bue pek 1650 45 ae
29 29° 24 do pek 1200 33 bi ie ki eas 35 tb.T
30 30 28 do pek sou 1400 30 (Mir. B Ue 168,485 1b. ]
31 Henegama 3L 10 ch bro pek fans 1300 32 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. e.
33 83115. do dust 750 15 on: 4 ; Pane YOR 7
34 Rambuk 34 35 hf-ch bro pek 1925 25 bid a ha eee us a nye ree pans aaa ue bid
35 35 27 do pek 1215 33 3 309 17 ‘ 53 3
3 209 17 do pekoe 1530 30
5 Yona 215 24hf-ch broorpek 1440 59
yi 6 218 13 ch bro pek 1130 49
(Messrs. Semervilie & Co.—204,301.] 7 |, 22 10 do pekoe 1000 40
‘ . ene 10 Mount Temple 230 24hf-ch brocrpek 1440 43
‘Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. iba: i 93330. do orpek 1500-249
5 Hatale 15 6 ch dust 900 15 13 239 33 do pek sou 1980 3
‘10 Penrith Qe Ouch dust 1395 15 14 242 14 do pek fans 1050 21 bit
1t Ambalawa 4%) 20hf-ch bro pek 1030 37 15 Kanangama 245 25 ch bro pek 2375 36
12 22 31 do pek 1395 Bt 16 248 18 do pekoe 1620 OL
13 23°28) ilo pek sou 110 28 17 251 114 do bro pek fans 1830 31
14 Lonach 24 60 hf-ch bro pek 2060 45 2) HH 260 11 do bro pek 1045 32
45 Qorn2ziech pek 1870 83 24 Keenagaha Ella 272 46 do bro or pek 4830 44
16 23 17 do pek sou 1369 28 25 275 41 do pekoe £69) 3
WG VOR ie Ny 27 10hf-ch dust 800 16 26 278 12 do pek sou 1020 34
18 Rayigam 28 17 ch bro pek 1785 40 27 281 10 do sou 950 28
19 29 19 do or pek 1710 42 28 284 1thf-ch fans 825 30
20 30 43 do pek 3870 33 30. Marguerita 590 18 do bro or pek 1008 52
21 31 18 do pek son 1584 30 32 298 27 do pekoe 1215 39
23 Koorooloo- BR 299 37 do pek sou 1480 BL
galla 33 20 ch bro pek 2000 47 87 S,inest. mark 311 7 ch
24 34 19 do pek 171034 1Lhf-ch pek fans 830 26
25 35 “12 do pek sou 1080 29 39 Rondura 10 ch or pek 900 43
34 Koladeniya 44 § ch pek 720 20 40 33. do bro pek 8300 39
36 UK 46 28 ch bro pek 2800 35 41 19 do pekoe 1710 29 bid
37 47 19 do pek 1900 pik 42 10 do pek sou 900 27
40 Warakamure 5) 19 ch or pek 1990 36 44 Agra Ouvah 36 hi-ch broorpek 2340 71
41 51 8 do bro or pek 880 35 45 16 do or pek $32 60
42 52 13 do pek 1235 31 47 Glasgow ooh bro pek fans 1200 29
45 Lower Dickoya 05. 48 hf-ch bro pek 2638 33 4S 8 do pek sou 800 40
46 56 lignichy pek 1700 30 bid 49 WKotuagedera 19 do bro pek 1900 34 bid
48 Hangranoya 53 16 ch bro pek 1609 48 50 12 do pekoe 1140 23
49 59 24 do pk 2400 32 bid 6L Dickapitta, 20 hf-ch bro pek 5000 48
50 60 8 do pek sou 760 3) 52 56 80 ch pekoe 3000-86
56 Minna 66 81 hf-ch- bo or pek 2015 57 58 S,inest. mark $59 ILhf-ch dust 830 15
57 67°84 ch or pek 3060 45 55 Ottery TL ch bro or pek 1100 60
53 68 23 do pek 2070 41 56 14 do er pek 1190 39
59 69 17 -do pek sou 1520 38 57 22 do pekoe 1989 35
68 Nugawella 78 85 hf-ch or pek 1975 48 66 ILOG 8 do bro pek fans 960 i6 bid
69 79 24 do broorpek 1560 40 67) Bittacy 1S do bro pek 1800 5L
70 80 61 do pek 8050 39 68 17 do pekoe 1360 44
77 Horagoda Si 14 ch bro pek 1330 <9 70 Ben Nevis 20 hf-ch flowery or
7 88 27 do pek 2169 34 pek 1000 67
83 Bollagalla 93 49 ch bro pek 4655 87 bid 71 413 12 ch or pek 1020 40
8t 94 58 do pek 3040 33 72 416 12 wo pekoe 1020 7S
85 £5 18 «do pek sou 1710 29 bid 74 Goomera 422 12 do pek sou 960 29 bid
8s L §8> 23 hf-ch dust 2380 9 bid 75 Ferndale 425 8S do bro ov pek — S00 55
89 Citrus 99 16 ch bro pek 1sCO 39 76 478 10 do crpek 3000 = «48
90 30) 22 do pek 2000 »=—-30 77 431 18 do pekoe 1620 3:
92 Le Ge AO) unas 760 ih 80 Claremont 440 38hf-ch broorpek 2090 41
94 ME 104 J@hf-ch dust 1020 12 St 443 11 ch pekoe 990 32
95 Mossville 10s) AVON bro pek fans 2420 32 87 Ponkande 46L 326 do * pek sou 1440 28
97 Ferriby LOT 83 hf-ch bro pek 1650 48 88 Liltle Valley 464 26 do bro pek 2340 45
98 : 10S 32 do pek 2720 34 89 467 32 do pekce 2460 37
99 19 16 do pek sou 1209 29 90 470 10 do pek sou 800 32
103 LE 113) We hf-ech dust 1445 10 bid 93 Taledura 479 21 do pek sou 1830 28
104 Ukuwela 114 31 ch bro pek 3190 36 94 Maryland 48? 9 do bro pek 945 36
105 115 i7 do pek 1615 31 95 § 485 9 do pekoe 930 29)
106 11647 «do pek son 700 28 936 Saltree 483 10 do ov pek 950 3
113 G 123 ch cust 700 12 97 49137 do pekoe 2738 29
114 Deniyaya 124 63 ch bro pek 53:0 49 93 Glentilt 494 34 do bro pek 3400 60
115 125 11 do pek LOR} 83 95 497 16 do pekoe 1600 46
116 126 14 do pek sou 1430 30 100 Anchor, in est.
117 Elchico 127 93hf-ch bro pek 5L15 36 bid mark 500 27 do bro or pek 2700 58
1)?
2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot Box. Pkgs. Naime Ib,, ¢. Lot Box. pkgs.
101 503 19 ch pekoe 1710 45 89 1792 24 ch
102 5(6 14 do pek sou 1260 40 , 90 1795 11 do
103 509 13hf-ch pek fans 910 33 | 96 Hatton 1813 24 hf-ch
104 512 8 do dust 760 18 | 97 1816 27 eh
105 GK 516 12 ch 98 1819 20 do
9hfch broorpek 2130 bid 101 Dunbar 1828 19 hf-ch
106 Glassaugh 618 48 co bro pek 2640 863 | 104 1837 15 ch
107 521 27 ch pekoe 2430 89 46 110 Holton 1865 16 ch
108 Hadella 524 12 do bro pek 1200 37 bid 1lL 1858 9 do
109 527 18 do pekoe 1170 = 81 |} 115 Munukattia
111 Sinna Dua 533 38 do bro or pek 3990 42 bid | Ceylon, in est.
113° Manangoda 539 12 co bro pek 1200 36 | mark 1870 55 hf-ch
114 542 18 do pekoe 1300 28 ' 116 1873 20 ch
115 545 7 do pek sou 700 26 | 117 1876 15 do
116 O 648 20 du pek sou 1875 “| ie 122 Longford 1891 3C hfi-ch
117 5oL do 123 194 20 do
1hf-ch bro pek fans 1260 bid 124 1897 20 do
122 Benmore 566 13 ch bro pek 1300 37 1z5 1900 20 do
123 669 27 do ekoe 2025 31 bid . 126 Tonacombe 1993 17 ch
124 Siverton 572 16 do ro pek 1600 88bid | 127 1906 16 do
125 575 19hf-ch pekoe 950 22 bid 128 1909 28 do
131 K 593 11 ch pek sou 872 16 bid | 131 Galapitakan-
132 596 23 do red leaf 2110 14 { ‘le 1918 21 ch
133 Muraythwaite 599 12 do bro pek 1140049 | 182 1921 15 hf-ch
134 602 12 do pekoe 1020 34 1 133 1924 2 do
136 Pati Rajah 608 10 do pekve 750 83938 134 G 1927 10 ch
138 Charity 1939 19 ch
139 1932 12 do
{Messrs. Forbes & Walker.— | 14 Dewalakandelois 14 14 hif-c h
142 1951 0
Re 400,300 Ib.) | 144 Dromoland 1957 32 oF
145 [960 20 do
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name ib: lee? | nA Teer ad
3 IKV 1534 16 ch pek fans 1920 20 148 1969 5 do
4 GO, in estate 149 Beausejour 1972 17 ch
mark 1637 40hf-ch sou 1582 2 150 1975 20 do
5 CH, in estate 154 GK 1987 8 ch
mark 1540 28hf-ch sou 1409 27 155 1999 13 do
6. CH 1543 12 ch red leaf 1080 23 160 Pedro 2005 23 hf-ch
7 Kotagaloya 1546 9 ch pek 765 37 161 2003 15 ch
9 Shrubs Hill 1552 25 ch bro pek 2625 49 162 2011 10 do
10 155— 20 do pel 170035 163 Naseby 2014 28 hf-ch
11 1558 45 do ro pek 4725 53 164 2017 25 do
12 1561 24 do pek 2040 35 bid 165 Maha Uva 2020 16hf-ch
13 1664 27 do pek sou 1998 31 165 2023 do
14 Puspone 1567 19 ch bro pek 1900 46 167 2026 23 ch
16 1570 22 do p-koe 1980 35 163 2029 9 do
18 Glencorse 1579 23 ch bro pek 2070 43 171 Battawatte 2038 22 ch
19 1582 11 do broor pek 1045 56 172 2041 30 do
20 1585 19 do pek 1520 35 | 173 2014 10 do
21 1588 12 do pek sou 990 30 174 High Forest 2047 24 hf-ch
24 Matale 1597 s0hf-ch bro pek 3000 44 H 175 2050 17 do
25 3600 21 ch pekoe 1899 36 176 Erracht 2053 23 ch
26 1603 12 do ek sou 1080 31 177 2056 28 do
27 GBA 1606 14 ch ro pek 1540 50 178 2059 24 do
28 1609 13 do pekoe 1300 44 179 | 2062 7 do
31 Putupaula 1618 12 ch bro or pek 1380 44 180 Pallagodde 2065 24 ch
82 1621 46 do bro pek 4140 41 181 2063 17 do
33 1624 41 do pek 3280 35 182 2071 20 do
ot 1627 29 do pek sou 2175 2 183 2074 16 do
36 Trex 1635; 29) ich bro pek 2900 40 | 184 2077 10 de
37 1636 19 do pek 1900 «33 190 Mahalla 2095 7 ch
43 Margueritta 1634 13 ch ek 1170 49 191 2098 7 do
52 Rowley 1681 14 hf-ch roorpek 700 51 ) 192 2i01 7% ado
53 1684 21 do bro pek 1050 50 { 200 Clyde 2125 17 ch
54 1687 34 do pekoe 1700 38 | 201 21298 19 do
55 MB 1680 14 ch fans 1652 18bid ; 202 2131 32 do
56 1693 54hf-ch red leaf 2700 15 bid | 203 2134 17 do
57 Meddetenne 1696 36 do bro pek 1980 47 | 203 St. Heliers 2140 34hfch
58 1699 17 ch pek 1615 37 | ‘207 2146 19 do
59 1702 13 do peksou 1170 ~=—-30 ; 298 Theydon Bois 2149 8 ch
61 BDW 1708 15 do pek son 1275 z4 bid | 209 2152 13 do
62 Tymawr Val 23) ch pek 1035 43 bid )- 210 2155 17 do
63 17i4 27 do peksou 1¢80 36 | 215 Queensland 2170 7 do
64 N ali Ake fe) bro tea 2080 18 | 216 7173 «9 ~ do
65 Middleton 1720 I9hf-ch broorpe 1045 89 |; 217 2176 17 do
66 723: 13° ‘ch or pek 1300 62bid | 218 2179 8 do
67 1726 11 do pek _ 104d 50 | 220 Stafford 2185 10 do
68 1729 12 do peksou 1080 3 221 2188 9 do
69 Polatagama 1732 25 do bro pek 2500 44 223 Sunnycroft 2194 10 do
70 wie5y 26) do or pek 2980 43 | 227 A M 2206 23 do
71 1738 28 do pekoe 2240 2 223 #299 19 do
72 1741 54 do pek sou 4050 29 | 229 Tin est. mark2212 .9 hf-ch
74 Galkadua 1747 13. ch bro pek 1300 41 |) 2320/5 aK PW) 2215 45 hf-ch
78 1750 16 do pek 1360 30 231 23 do
"6 17530 bl do pek sou 935 28 | 232 68 do
17 Wayes 1756 20hf-ch broorpek 1100 57 233 16 do
%8 1759 20 do pekoe 1000 43 | 235 Waitalawa 38 do
79 1762 21 do pek sou 1020 35 236 56 do
80 1765 20 do peksou 237 Nugagalla 16 do
No. 2 1900 33 228 41 do
82 Hayes 1771 20hf-ch bro pek 1100 46 240 & do
83 1774 20 do or pek 1000 45 | 211 Hornsey 26 ch
84 Vitae 20) ao) pekoe 1000 40 242 40 boxes
$5 1780 20° do pek sou 1000 34 243 18 ch
86 1783 13 do bro mix 71528 244 Mapitigama 71 hf-ch
87 Dammeria lis6 13 ch bro orpek 1560 54 245 22 ch
88 1789 15 do bro pek 1500 B 246 22 do
Nanie. Ib
pek 2400
4 sou 1100
4 pek 1392
2295
fe pet sou 1600
2: orpek 874
ts pek 1520
pekoe 12
bro or pek 3025
pekoe 1800
pek sou 1350
bro pek 150y
pek No.1 1000
pek No.2 1000
pek sou 900
or pek 1700
bro pek 1760
pek 2800
bro pek 1470
ek 1500
pek sou 1200
ek sou 880
ro pek 900
960
Bro Ms fan 1120
1725
pod 2099
pek 1800
k sou 1440
dust 800
bro pek 1530
ek 1600
ro mix 70
dust 1820
bro or pek 1280
or pek 1500
pe 1000
ro pek 1680
Pex 1875
roor pek 1010
or pek 1680
pekoe 2185
pes sou $10
bro pek 2420
pek 2700
pek sou 900
bro or pek 1344
or pek 833
bro pek 2070
pek 2210
ek sou 1920
ro pek fans 79)
broorpek 2400
bro pek 1520
pek 1600
pek sou 1360
dust 850
bro pek ,; 700
pek 700
pek rou 700
bropeka 1530
bro pek b 1805
pek 2560
pek sou 1550
bro or pek ~ 1904
. pekoe 1710
Dro orpek 720
bro pek 1170
pek 1360
broorpek 700
or pek 810
pek 1445
pek sou 720
bro pek 1100
pek 810
pek seu 1000
fans 2760
bro pek sou fa
dust 729
or pek 2700
bro pek 1540
pek 3100
pek sou 600
bro pek 1900
pek 2808
bro pek £00
pek 2050
dust 720
or pek 2600
bro or pek 800
pek 1800
bro pek 3359
pek 1769
pek sou 1650
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name.
250 Serubs % 9 ch bro or pek
251 28 16 do bro pek
¥53 34. 9 do pek sou
256 Chesterford 43 81 do bro pek
257 46 27 do pek
258 49 39 do pek sou
262 Waratenne 6L 11 do bro or pek
263 64 IL do bro pek
264 67 2) do pek
265 70 9 do pek sou
267 Torwood iOleley do, or pek
268 79 20 do pekoe
269 82 16) do pek sou
270 85 i6 do sou
271 Weungawatte S88 23hf-ch bro or pek
272 9 1252 eh bro pek
273 94 18 do pek
276 Blairgowrie 103 10 do pek
277 106 9 do pek sou
281 Oxiord 118 21 do bro or pek
282 121 24-do or pek
283 124 %2, do pek sou
285 Castereagh 130 14 do bro pek
286 133 15 do or pek
287 136 18 do pek
201 KEG 148 18 do bro pek
292. Agrakel’y 151 15 do pek
297 'Talgaswela 166 19 do bro pek
293 169 12 do pek
299 172, 9 ado pek sou
302 ML 4181.12 do pek
306 Elmwood 193 19 do bro pek
307 196 8 do pek
308 199 18hf-ch pek sou
309 Claverton 202. 8 ch bro tea
317 Devontord 226 20hf-ch bro or pek
318 eo O pek
319 Aneimudi 7 bro pek
320 pek
321 pek sou
322 pek fans
823 dust
327 A Y
lhf-ch pek
32! 262 9 do redileaf
330 Woodslee 265 25 do unast
336 Dinest. mark 283 18 do bro or pek
337 286 41 do sou
3141. Peny Jan 298 1Lhbf-ch dust
347 Dea Ella 316 44 hf-ch or pek
348 319 19 do bro or pek
349 322 33 do pek
330 325 22 do pek sou
351 328 17 do fans
358 Aberdeen 334 37 ch bro pek
354 33/ 23 do ek
355 340 10 do pek sou
356 343 10 do bro pek fan3 1100
SMALL LOTS.
(Thompson and Villiers. |
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name.
1D Tesh ach ay sou
Bee, BY) ely bro mix
3 Srocmde fans
5 Band D ie BY" Teal bro mixed
7 Relugas feo cli sou
8 : 8 3 do dust
9 Poengalla 9 ae ich dust
10 Memorakande 10 8 ch dust
22 Warwick 22 Qhf-ch pek sou
23 23.4 do dust
32 Henegama 32 2 ch bro mix
36 Rambuk 36 12 hf-ch pek sou
37 37 6G do sou
38 38 2 do dust
39 - Agrakande 29° 5) ch sou
ee 40 1 do fans
41 O PST, inest.
mark 41 2hfch bro pek
42 42 1 do pek
3 43 1 do pek sou
44 44. 1 do bvo catced
45 45 1 do dust
46 B 46 7 hf-ch bro pek
47 D 47 2 ch bro pek
48 8 48 1 ch bro pek dust
(Messrs. Somerville « Co.]
Lot, Box. Pkgs. Name.
1 SED lL Ghf-ch fans
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CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
800
Ib.
400
224
197
270
400
330
400
680
495
309
250
480
240
170
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116
65
60
40
95
426
128
118
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fans
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dust
bro pek fans
bro tea
bio pek fans
pek dust
dust
bro tea
dust
bro tea
bro er pek
pek sou
pek sou
bro pek fans
sou
dust
pek sou
sou
bro pek
pek
pek sou
bro pek fans
sou
red leaf
pek sou
pek sou
fans
dust
con
dust
bro tea
pek sou
bro tea
dust
sou
fans
dust
bro pek fans
dust
bro tea
dust
con
or pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
fans
dust
dust
bro pek fans
red leaf
fans
bro pek
pek
sou
eon
red leaf
dust
dust
[Mr. EB. John.]
Lot. Box
2 12
3 13
4 Hatale 14
6 Sirisanda 16
1 17
8 18
9 19
22 Rayigam 32
26 Koorooloo-
galla 35
27 37
28 38
29 S 39
30 40
31 A 41
32 42
33 Koladeniya 43
3) 45
38 UK 48
39 49
43° Warakamure 53
44 54
47 Lower Dickoya 47
51 Hangranoya 61
52 I FP, in estate
mark
53 63
54 64
55 65
6) SUA 70
61 71
62 72
71 Nugawella 81
fr? 82
73 GW 83
74 Wovulkande 84
75 85
76 86
79 Horagoda 89
£0 90
81 91
82 92
86 Bollagalla 96
87 97
91 Citrus 101
93 103
96 Mossville 106
100 Ferriby 110
101 111
102 112
107 Ukuwela 117
108 118
109 UK 119
119 Elchico 129
120 130
122 Bogahagoda-
watte 132
123 133
124 13
125 135
133 Siriniwasa 148
139 149
148 Ranasingha-
patna 158
149 159
150 160
155 Madakelle 165
157 Silver Valley
DS 167
158 168
159 169
160 170
161 171
162 172
165 Nebodx 175
Lot. Box.
4 Vincit 212
8 Tora 224
9 227
12 Mount Temple 236
18 Kanangama 254
19 267
21 HH 263
22 246
23 269
£9 Keenagaha Ella 287
#1 Marguerita 293
34 302
pkgs.
7 ch
2 do
1 hf-ch
Name.
sou
pek sou
dust
pekoe
Tons
dust
pekce
pek seu
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Lot. Box. Pkgs, Name. lb, 4a Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. «
35 305 2hf-ch dust 170 =—16 151 Beausejour 1978 2 ch pek sou 170
36 308 2 do red leaf 100 13 152 1981 1 do fans ' 100
38 S,inest. mark 314 2 ch dust 300 16 153 1984 1 do dust 150 15
43 Rondura 329 13. do dust 360 15 166 WK, in est.
46 Agra Ouvah 333 5 do ekoe 475 49 mark 1993 1 ch perk 85 28
54 GA 362 11 bf-ch ro pek fans 660 34 157 LN 3, in est.
58 Ottery 374 1 ch dust 13417 mark 1996 ihf-ch bro pek 340 83
69 D 407 5 do _ bro pek 500 =6.34 bid | 158 1949 1 ch pek sou oS. ww
pink. 419 Qhf-ch dust 630 16 159 2002 Lhf-ch dust 49 16
78 Ferndale 434 7 ch pek sou 630 = 82 169 Maha Uva ©2032 1 ch pek fans 85 26
79 ; 437. 1 do dust 125 iY) 170 2035 2 do dust 180 18
82 Claremont 446 3hf-ch dust 240 16 193 ESD 21" Lhf-ch pekNo. 2 50 13
83 Yakka 449 2 do bro pek 120 3a 194 2107 L do fans 50 10
84 452 7 do pekoe 322 (2 195 2110 2 do dust 100) «18
85 455 10 do pek sou 400 27 196 2113 » hf-ch bro pek 275 61
86 458 1 do dust 86 16 197 2116 7 ch pek 665 40
91 Little Valley 473 3 ch dust 360 «19 19° 2119 2 dc pek sou 170" 3B
92 476 2 do _ red leaf 120 199 BYW G 2122 38hf-ch dust 255 89-8
110 Eadella 530 8 do peksou 640-28 204 Clyde 2137 4 ch fans 400s
nz MW 526 5 do ; 206 St, Heliers 2142 15hf-ch or pek 67h 45
1hf-ch bro pek 559 «30 bid | 21] Theydon Bois 2158 6 ch pek sou 420 «29
118 O 5b4.. 1 ch red leaf 100 11 212 Tb in est.
119 567 1 do dust 108 13 mark 2161 1 do dust gn 14
130 EN 599 4 do congou 400 2 213 2164 1 do congou 80 24
135 Pati Rajah 605 6 do bro pek 600 34 bid | 914 "167 1 do fans 90 95
137 611 1 do dust 163 lb 219 Queensland 2182 1 do bro mixed 105 25
; 222 Stafford 2191 2 do pek sou 180 29
& Walk ] 224 Sunnycroft %197 6 o Fo 60) 27
: nes & alker. 225 2200 2 do ro tea 280 (14
{Messrs Forbe 226 2203 4 do dust 600 15
Lot. Box. Pkts. Name. lb ¢. 234 KP W 2227 8 do dust 270 «16
239 Nugagalla 2242 13 do pek sou 650 = 29
8 Kotagaloya 1549 2 ch pek sou 160 29 247 Mapitigama 16 7 do bro pek fans 420 27
16 Puspone 1573 2 ch sou 150 29 248 19 3 do dust 240 16
17 1576 2 do dust 290 15 249 Hornsey 22,8 ch fans 64016
22 Glencorse 1591 3 ch pek fans 360 30 252 Scrubs 31 8 do nek 610 44
23 1594 2 do bro tea 200 36 259 Chesterford 52 6 ch fans 540 2=— 88
29 GBA 1612 6 ch pek sou 600 = 38 260 55 5 do congon 450 7
30 1615 4 do dust 800 24 261 68 6hf-ch dust 480 17
35 Passara, 266 Waratenne 73 9 ch fans 675 16
Group 1680 2 ch or pek 100 a9 274 Weyungawatte 97 3 do | pet sou 235 -29
38 Irex 1639 5 ch pek sou 500 28 275 100 4hf-ch dust 320 16
39 1642 1 do dust 100 18 278 Blairgowrie 199 2 ch pek fans 230 19
40 1645 lhf-ch red leaf 50 14 279 112 2 do red leaf 150 13
41 Margueritta 1618 6 do broor pek 300 63 280 115 2 do dust 270 19
42 1651 8 do or pek 400 58 284 Oxford 127 4hf-ch dust 240 17
44 1657 4 ch pek sou 340 38 288 Castlereagh 139 5 ch pek sou 40083
45 1660 2hf-ch fans 112 85 289 142 4hf-ch fans 280 35
46 1663 1 do dust 7A 21 290 145 2 do dust 150 17
47 MGF 1666 5hf-ch or pek 250 44 300 ML W775 4 «ch bro or pek 400 33
48 1669 4 do bro or pek 224 49 301 178 6 do or pek 50 34
49 1672 10 do pekoe 450 38 303 184 2 do pek son 150 2
50 1675 11 do pek sou 440 35 B04 187 2 do dust 170 14
51 1678 1 do fans 70 24 305 DDF 190 2 do bio mixed 198 14 bid
60 BDW 1705 Shf-ch bro pek 432 30 310 DXP 205 3 do pek dust 315 13
73 Galadua 1744 3 ch bro or pek 300 4 311 Sunnyeroft 208 1 box dust 31 15
81 Hayes 1763 6hfich bro or pek 312 Kelvin 211 3hf-ch dust 195 17
fans 860 38 313 Pingarawa 214 1 do dust 90 16
91 DM 1798 6 ch unas 600 = 82 314 Ragalla 217 3 ~=«ch fans 390 34
9% Dammeria 1801 3hf-ch dust 200 15 315 220 3 do dust 450 19
93 ig04 1 ch sou 40 26 326 A 253 1 do
94 WW 1807 1 ch pek sou «9 26 lhf-ch bro pek No. 2 160 15
95 1810 1 do bro pek 73 25 328 239 7 ch
99 Hatton 1822 2hf-ch dust 160 16 lhf-ch — pek sou 665 22
100 1825 3 do bro tea 350 13 338 Beaumont 289 9 do fans 540 30
102 Dunbar 1831 14 hf-ch or pek 616 47 345 T'Villa 310 6 do or pek 540 36 bid
103 1884 9 do bro pek 450 4l. 346 POinest.mark313 4 do pek 295 «9s
10 DBR 1840 5 ch pek sou 410 29 352 Dea Ella 331 5hf-ch dust 400 17
106 1843 1 fo bro mix 100 27 357 Sunnycroft 346 6 ch nek sou 600 99
107 1846 3hf-ch dust 222 7 358 319 3 do congou 30020
112 Holton i861 5 ch pek sou 400 33 359 352 3 do dust 4f 16
113 BA 1864 1 ch dust so 16 360 855° 1. do bro tea 140 8
114 1867 3 do red leaf 318 11
118 HTL SK, —-—-
in esinte ‘ ; b . CEYL Z ; ‘oa aed
mar 1879 4+ ch ro pe 409 43 : ¥f 7 < S ‘i N Ne
+, Teo aa ee nee ON COFFEE SALES IX LONDON.
120 1885 5 do peksou 540 30 | is fc mers,
121 ‘ aes i ap dams 100. 5 5 (From our Commercial Correspondent. )
129 Tonacombe 1912 5 ch ek sou 450 37 ioe a
130 1915 3hf-ch dust 27019 MINCING LANE August 5.
135 G 1930 3 ch sou 285-28 “Ulysses’’—Large size, Pingarawa, pile 1, sale lot 1.
136 1933 “2. dosijpekidust fee ae leat lak 1,2 curkesd barael 106s ee Aor ae veatinat agal oe OBE Teen ne
5° GP 185 11 ch pek 935 29 bid 51 Glasgow 764 48 ch bro or pek 38/0 65
6 186 13 do pek sou 975 26 bid 52 767 16 do or pek 1040 53
8 Yarrow 188 60 hf-ch bro pek 3360 39 bid 53 770 14 do peke 1330 47
9 189 63 do pek 3150 36 54 Oonoogaloya 773 25 do bro pek 2500 55
10 Kelani 190 34 ch bro pek 2720 45 55 776 15 do pekoe 1200 35
1 191 27 do bro or pek 2700 44 59 St. John’s 788 83hf-ch broorpek 1848 84
12 192 45 do pekoe 4050 34 60 791 25 do or pek 1200 68
13 193 17 do pek sou 1445 30 61 794. 27 do pekoe 1350 52
18 Forest Hill 198 19 ch bro pek 1995 41 62 797 -25 do pek sou 1200 47
19 199 25 do pek 2200 34 63 Mount Temple 800 24 do broor pek 144v 52
20 - 200 16. do pek sou 1360 29 64 803 65 do cr pek 3250 39
21 201 10hf-ch fans 800 25 65 806 50 do pekoe 3650 32
92 Mousakande 202 18 ch pek 1584 35 66 809 20 do pek sou 1650 28
23° Meetiyagoda 203 10 ch bro pek 1000 32 bid 68 Ottery 815 23 ch bro or pek 2300 61
24 204 8 do pekoe 800 25 bid 69 8i1S 11 do or pek 990 44
26 Minna 206 12 hf-ch broorpek 780 59 70 82l 10 do pekoe 900 29
7 207 14 ch or pek 1350 46 72 Digdola 847 16 do bro or pek 1440 46
28 208 9 do pek 810 41 74 833. 23 do pekoe 1850 32
29 209 8 do pek sou 720 36 77 TT, in est. mark 842 19hf-ch bropekdust 950 29 bid
Bu 211 13hf-ch dust 1170 16 80 H 851 9 ch pek No. 1 765 28
32 Razeen 212 17hf-ch bro pek 1020 51 81 Gangawatte 854 8 do bro pek 720 37 bid
33 213 25 do pek 1375 36 84 Wewamolle 863 387 hfch broorpek 2220 37 bid
34 214 24hf-ch peksou 1200 32 85 866 9 ch or pek 310 35 bid
42 P, in estate 86 Wo.dthorpe 869 12 do pek sou 90) 31
mark 222 2 ch unas 713 23 87 BGL, in est.
48 WGP 228 21hfch peksou 1050 26 bid mark $72 1Shf-ch bro pek fans 1260 22 bid
66 Dunblane ~236 49hf-ch kro pek 2303 24 bid 88 Uvadella 875 11 ch bro pek 1100 36 bid
67 Bog 237 16 ch bro mix 1376 7 bid 89 878 25hf-ch pekoe 1125 330 bid
58 Hemingford 238 13 ch sou 780 89.7 90 Warakamure 881 9 ch sou 810-28
59 239 20hf-ch fans 1500 22 95 MK, inest. mark 893 16hfch bropekfans1120 20 bid
60 240 22 ch ek fans 1480 35 100 New Tunisgalla 911 13 ch bro pek 1456 42
63 N 243 «7 ch roorpek 880 36 bid 101 914 14 do pekoe 1190 31
64 Inverary 244 35 ch pek 3150 34 bid 102 917 19 do pek sou 1615 28
65 Harangalla 245 25 ch bro pek 2500 45 bid 104 Horton Plains 923 30 do bro pek 1650 45
66 ~ 246 41 do pek 3690 35 105 926 23 do pekoe 1955 36
67 BDV 247 24 hf-ch BD pek unhpd1200 37 bid 106 929 11 do pek sou 825 30
68 248 27 ch pek 2430 31 bid 46S 953 15 do bro pek 1500 38 bid
69 249 17 de pek sou 1530 27 bid 115 956 26hf-ch pekoe 1170 3L ,
80 Ketadola 260 7 ch ek 700 28 bid 116 WDB 959 19 do bro pek fans 1330 20 bid
85 Ravenscraig 265 16 hf-ch ro pek 8380 45 118 KK 965 10 do fans £00 12
86 266 25 do or pek 1250 42 119H K, inest.mark968 17 do bro pek fans1190 12
87 267 34 do pek 1700 35 120 D 971 32 ch pek sou $360 15 bid
91 Hatdowa 271 36 ch bro pek 3600 38 12L 974 22 do bro pek fans183. 14 bid
92 272 26 do pek 2126 29 bid 122 N 977 82 do sou 2875 11 bid
93 273 84 do peK sou 2790. 28 123 980 63 do red leaf 4935 9 bid
1022 NB 282 16hf-ch dust 1280 16 !id 126 Mocha 959 21 do bro or pek 2205 67
105 Talakande 285 26hf-ch dust 1950 16 bid 127 992 16 do orpek 1440 G2.
108 Rayigam 288 15 do bro pek 1650 39 128 995 20 do pekoe 1800 57
109 289 15 do or pek 1350 88 bid 129 KN Y 693 27 do pekoe 2160 29 bid
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(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.— Lot Box. Pkgs. Name iby oe.
173 G. P. M. in est. :
267,709 1b.) im mark gr 2 do bro or pek 1380 67
77 2t do or 1030
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name Ib. ce. aos a so! Poi ares
5 Stamford 176 , 883 32 do pek sou 17920 4
Hill 370 24 ch — or pek 2040 42 | 186 Kelaneiya 913 81 ch or pek 2035 43 bid
6 3723 2% do pek e 1955-86 ) 7 ae be iv = ~ 8 1700-83
7 Ingrogalla 876 17 ch bro pe 1700 47 oranakanda 925 22 do ro pe 2 39
8 pe 379 319 do ek 1615 40 192 Beliwood 931 6 do dust “Bo 25
9 Passara Group 382 7 ch broorpek 700 60 ) 193 Pambamar 934 16 do dust 14010 bid
15 USA 4uu 7 cn dust 910 14 | 198 Pall-godde 949 19 do bro orpek 1900 43
16 Kmnavesmire 403 12 ch bro SE ngs 1020 42bid | 199 952 14 do bro pek 1400 8
17 406 21 do bro pe 2100 45 1 290 955 11 do or pek 935 40
18 409 47 do pek 2995 32bid | 201 958 15 do pek 1200-86
19 412 14 do pek sou 1050 28 hid | 202 961 16 do px sou 1360 931
20 Mansfield 415 81hf-ch bro pek 20406 ; 206 Clyde 973 11 do ropek A 1045 44
2 418 19 ch pekoe 171) 49 | 207 976 8 do bropek B 760 44
23 Frrollwovud 424 18hf-ch broorpek 810 55bid | 208 979 11 do pekA 880 32
24 427 11 ch or pek 880 43 bid | 209 982 21 do pek B 1680332
25 430 10 do ekoe 800 36 bid | 210 . 985 18 do pek sou 2790 3=—s_- 27 bid
26 Ella Oya 433 10 ch bro pek 1000 61 | 218 Yataderiya 994 31 do peksoun 164 97 bid
27 * 436 12 ae oy pele 103241 |
28 439 14 do pekoe 1120 35 — ~~ —-
29 442 12 do pek son 1080 31 | SMALL LOTS.
30 Gallawatte 445 17 i nb pek si 47 I a ee
31 448 25 do -) 212 35
32 451 13 do pek sou 1105 BL (Thompson and Villiers.)
33 Agra Oya 454 20 ¢ ro pe 2000 4
oy aia i379 do orpek’ 1870 az bia | LO _ Box. Pkgs-. Mame. lb.
35 460 22 do pek 1989 = 35 & Doone Vale 8 4 ch k sou 30 (oT
36 Ascot 463 33 ch or pek 2805 = BY 4 4 1 do ans 10 0 7
37 466 17 do bro pek 1700, 42 5 5 1 do dust 150 14
38 469 34 do p-koe 2720 83 10 Polpitiya 10 3 ch dust 4200S
39 472 10 do pek sou 90 = 29 17 Ettie 17 2°ch = dust 290 «138
40 475 6 do _ pek fans 720 = 82 18 Glassaugh 18 Shf-ch pek 400s 88 bid
52 Langford 511 36 ch orpek 8240 82bid | 22 Vogan 22 6hbf-ch pek fans 350033
53 Naseby 614 30hf-ch bro pek 1s6u 69 27 Mahaousa 27 8 ch perk; 640 = BO bid
54 517 35 do pek 1750 53 36 BG 36 8hfch bro pek 400207
55 520 15 do pek sou 750 «45 33 38 4 do sou $00 «(17
56 523. 12 do dust 10800 Bd 39 BL 29 7hf-ch bro pek 422606
57 MD 626 17hf-ch broorpek 935 65 42 Ko‘ usgodella 42 2 ch pek sou 160-25
58 629 22 ch or pek 2200 «54 43 43 do dust 120 13
59 532 9 do pekoe 855 45 45 Belgodde 45 11hf-ch pekoe 550 80
2 Weoya 641 25 ch bro pek 2250 43 46 46 7 do pek son 315 27
63 544 36 do ek 2700 «= 82 47 47 2 do dust 140-80
64 547 16 do peksou 1120-88 48 Poengalla 48 5 do dust 400 «15 bid
65 550*10 do bro pek 5 UIK 61 5 ‘ch
fans 1000 30 lhfch sou 500 12 bid
71 Hayes 568 45hf-ch pekoe 2250 Bs } 52 52 2 ch dust 280 «12
72 dv7L 25 do pektou 1250 33 53 53 Bhf-ch dust 240042
17 High Forest 686 37hf-ch broorpek 2072 73bid | 58 O 58 7 ch pek 490 «19b
73 589 22 do or pek 1056 65 59 BS 59 3 ch ~ pek 300-19 bid
79 nF ' 592 26 eye ae 1196 50 —— —
80 Hi ores’ 695 27 hf-c roorpek 1512 76 \ ‘ ;
Ae te 598 22 do peksou 990 48 (Messrs. Somerville « Co.)
98 St. Edwards 49 16 ch broorpek 800 39 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. bse: ‘
104 Yoxford 667 45hf-ch bro pekfan2475 41 1 Glanrhos 181 4 ch = son 360-23
105 670 24 ch pek sou 1800 34 2 182 2 do aust 200 «1G
106 673 Qhf-ch dust 810 19 5 GP 183 6hf-ch bro or pek 230 42Ibid —
107 Arapolakande 676 69 ch bro pek 6210 50 4 181 7 do or pek 350 42 tid
108 679 47 do pekoe ere 36 7 187 5 do fans 2 20 .
114 Roeberry 697 13 ch or pek 1222 o7 14 Kotigala 191 4 do bro pek 2
115 700 11 do pek 946 45 15 195 6 do pek 370 $5
116 703 10 do ‘pek sou 900 43 16 196 5 do pek sou 150 z
118 909 9 do fans 900 19 17 197 1 do dust 130 10
119 Amblakande 712 8 ch bro pek 800 47 25 Meetiyagoda 205 3 ch kK sou 290 33
ago ; 715 15 do pekoe 1200 35 30 Minna - 210 3 ch 10 mix 70 17
1 718 9 do ek sou gh inal 2 . 35 Razeen 215 3hf-ch fans 25 9
%4 P’Kande 727 68 ch bro pek 6800 47 | 36 216 2do dust 75 OS
125 * 730 63 do pekoe 5335 33 bid | 37 Maligatenne 217 6 ch bro pek 523-32
126 733 29 do pek sou 2405 29 38 218 5 do pek 498 DR
128 Ganapalla 739 21 ch _ or pek 2016 S88 did | 39 219 7 do *K sou 630-83
130 “Malvern 745 30hf-ch bro pek 1650 55 40 220 6 ‘do ‘bro'sou 450
131 i 748 26 ch’ pek 1820 38 41 21 1 do ‘dust | ~ 1299 45
‘132 751 15 do peksou 1050 35 43 Boltonby 223 2 ch ‘bro pek 236 87
139 Pambagama 772 14 ch ek sou 1260 27 44 ¥ y 224 2 do pek © wap BR
140 Geragama- 775 7 ch ro orpek - 735 42 1hf-ch *
Aa : 778 13 do bropek 110589 45 225 1ido pek son 45° «87
142 781 16 do pek 1360 33 46 WGP 226 Thf-ch * bro pex 3/1 By
143 Waratenne 784 14 ch bro orpek 1470 42 47 227 9 do pek | 450 > 33
144 787 23 do hropek 1955 38bid | 49 229 6 do con 300 193
145 790 27 do pek”™ 2295 = 331 50 23013 do fans unhooped 650 22
147 Ambragalla 796 106 hf-ch ‘or:pek 5512 44 51 331 8 do dust - 25 45
148 799 40 ch pek’ 3640 ~39 53 H 233 3 ch fans 300 98
149 802 46 do peksou 3680 35 54 234 7 do bro mix 595 «(16
‘150 805 79hf-ch broorpek 4740 48 55 235 2hf-ch dust 180° 16
154K # G 817 18 ch bro pek 1800 36bid | 75 MDA 235 6 ch ‘bro pek 600 535 bia
156 UK 823 14 ch pek § 1400 «= 31 bid | 79 Ketadola 259 5 ch bro pek 52539 7
157 Lochiel 826 1S8hf-ch broorpek 990 65 81 261.5 do 1ek son 450 28
158 829 15 ch bropek 1575 52 82 262 2 do sou 170 95
159 832 33 do pek 2640 41 83 263 1 do unas- 35 (26
160 m 835 18 do pek sou 1612 35 84 CL 264 1 ch bro pek 540 27 bid
161 OO,in estate 8 Ravenscraig 268 4hf-ch pek sou 200 «98
mark 838 9 ch dust 1530 16 89 269 4 do dust 320 16
162 841 25 do sou 2000 27 90 270 1 ch pek sou 90 27
164 G 847 10 ch pek sou 830 29 94 Hatdowa 274 3 ch unas 255 «24
166 Galpottagama853 19hf-ch bro pek 950 36 95 275 2 ch dust 300 15
168 859 18 do peksou 900 27 96 276 1 do fans 100 1s
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2 Box. Pk 3
103 me gs. N
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106 F Ain estate do dust mo atTE pia dats lianas ane: 1b a.
107 r: 986 1 ch ved leaf 112 688 5 ch bro tea 440 «16
116 Good 287 Ihf-ch dust Og ve 113 Roeberry 691 2 do xed leaf 600 16
od Hope 296 7hf-ch dust 99 15 117 694 5 do bro yor 180 14
@80 16bid | 122 Allerton 08) %.d6), = sou oe
2 ae CHE EAD TOR i Gs
Lot [Mr. E. John.] 127 P’Kande ie 1 do dactase 369 13
. C 29 5 ht- : 0
Oc gn ee 138 Pamb 7 6 ch ret 400 13
2 614. Shf-ch fans Gs 146 x1 agama 769 6 hf-ch red leaf 474 12
6 Shanr 617 4 do dust 520,22 151 A ane 193 2 ch fans 450 234
18 Nabavill 629 2 do dust BAW ORs io lmombragalla, 808 Pion: dae m2 (12
peas i 608 3 Go" ek fans MA 153 sl 6 do” bro} 15014
28 686 5 do bro pek AW ee 165 Bidbur 8if 1 ch bropek fans 420 31
32 Templestowe Cb OO 230 38 | 16 Meeratenne ee de pe aaa eae
5 ch ans Bemis lars 165 LBK 1 ch kg 480 33 bid
42 Di 734 2 do 575 35 1 ; 850 7 pek sou go4 1
B Diwestmank is 3 do broek 300 gh en oe ee
46 do fans ; 3 170 Middletor £62 13 650
Nee hacen go 4 aust thea CORBA Ce ebony 1 263/40 gov)“ pekisou Ecomeon
60 Agra Quvah 761 7 do pekoe 240 15 HDS REEL CINONE SON CC pek sou 425 36 i
57 779 6 do pek sou BOO nae 77 GPM i 871 5 do pek 6x08
58 782 5 do bro pek fa 520 25 mark in est. pek sou 500 23b
AE cries re Sea at a oe iis 886 4hf-ch pel eee.
71 Otter ple 812. 7hf-ch pek fan Pe i 179 Su Ba) 8 dost Sadie 300 3
73 Digdola ee Pcie TN % 188 Rae 892 6 ch red leat “ug oi7
“5 ; ‘ do bro or pek 2 189 g 919 4 gou 600
76 auae?7 xlo. pakoe pele =.240;, 45 191 Doranak Sony eae ne cone
ee een ue pek sou PANN pee Cie wee paras 08 Bek 200 28
7 d s 2 P 38 7 2
8 G Sieweotidot Baas 300 24 rg pee =a. dob: “brojor pek Ania ee
83 angawatte 857 8 do nie 200 IL hs ARE 450 15
91 A 5 860 3 do ; 630 28 Sa 1
“6 Akkara Totum ae 5 do ae ri 26 CEYLON COFFEE S
93 77a Oo pekoe 5 37 4 SALES +
oa ae 1 do pek sou ao ay 7 iS IN LONDON,
96 Peru 93 1 do fans : 24 (rom our C :
97 g99 5 do f 100 19 onvunercial Cor
98 So eu ehdtteesate © Togas Min cin Gil ondent. )
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09 RG a 7cioe | nee sours bus > 28 Sarpedon’’—GA Onvah, 0, pi ey agus le
09 wow Tunisvatin oe LBRcH dust 595 28 lot 145, 1 ticre vah, 0, pile 67, sal
a yauupisealla SoGuene dois dust 80 16 Ditto 1 ce 111s sold, , Salelot 1, wharf
108 onjEJains 982° 2 do bro pek Ne oreo ars Ditto 2; pee sl 2, wl 146, 2casks 1 ti
ae 938 3 do fans e 60 36 Ditto 3. 70, I 2 wi 147, 6 casks 1 ti : ey 0s od
10 do ; a 26 - 2 sl 4, wl 14 s erce 104 ;
9411 1 do gust = 90 14 Ditto IPB, p71 ae 143, 1cask 1 tierce 90s -
11 Bek. pre JB Ouvah, 0, p 72 Bee 149, 110s s sold.
12 944 2 Ct, * 201 742, Ditt 19, p72, sl7, wl Atta,
112 Hunugalla 947 2 SO ge COleDE Dem OO ee SS Cen eM Soap orcortt0s.
17 EK Ey GO GUL 130 ee Ditio IPB re are raee ete
124 Palil’ ze do b 4 bid 6 4} Ww RE be 5
me 58 5 do EO eee ae rel Eymhus! Craig 00, ona eee at
3ht-ch pek sou ; ; i s z »sl1, wl 29 :
180 21 Bie 0, D Bh sltoh es0"eeack , , L bare
{Messrs Di ol, p 3, sl 4, wl 39." 5 sks 112s.
ressrgs. Forkes & Walker.] Ditto 2, p4, sl7 ay ? cel Hose.
.0t > 5 3 fo) 5 : a, 4 casks a
ce Box. kts. Name. lb - Ralangalla r iS 8, wl 36, 2 ensles Hee ace
assara, $ Ditton p22: , S11, wl 21, lbs ae
G 2 * , p22, sl2 2: » Lbarrel 112s
ae a 285 5 ch or pek ; Ditto 2, p 23, sl 3 Me 2s Leask barrel te 64.
a 33 7 do pek 4500 47 Ditto 8, p 24, sl 4, wl 24. 1 casks 105s s 6d.
13 291 4 do pek sou Cy Ditto PB, p25 sl 1w1 24, 1 bared 67s
22 Mansfield a 2hf-ch fans 150 32 Standard Uo. St mf wl 25, 1 barrel 107s
a Danpitiya Muka. ch peksou See a For dite sold. eonards F, p 7, sll, dl3s, 1
ana iS ] = ? ov aye
42 478 Lhfch bro pek No.155 2 Ditto 1, p 8, si 2, dl 39, 1 cask 1 ti ae
. ay : coos Gu pekoNo: lr a4 oS Ditto 3! p 9, sl 3, al 40, 3 aes yoke 113s 6a
-c y , sks D
- GE ie See Ditto PB, e aes cee cer ee
45 . No. zt Ditt Lh iS) Slo, 1 42, T ti °
490 1 do nae sired 43 28 rel 435, ot amgestate mark, ae 120s.
ae 493 LNo.2_ 38 “Candia” 2, S16, dl 43, 1 bar-
: do pek_mixed % 25 ease 2 —Thotulagalla size 1
47 496 B No. 2 53 oh Di arrel 112s 64 sold ze 1, pl, sl 1, dl 23
48 Telbedde 490 1 do pekS No. 250 2a Dee Doel 2 dl 24, 6 cask OS ae
502 5 ro pek 412 S : size 3, p3, sl 3 =4, © Casks 104s
50 25 do pek Mee le Ditto PB , 8] 3, dl 25, 1 cask .
- 605 3 d 475 40 ° ,p4,sl4, dl2 Ue ask 81s,
51 do , 12 .
a a a I eee Ditto T, p 5, 15, ol 26; 1 tierce 110s,
61 P,in estate mark a Aeris pek sou hag 17 hotulagalla, p6, sl (ios 36s.
t 538 10 hf-c aie 8 37 - vertak
a Aye alla oes do" en aA 40 CEYLON COCQA , L overtakers 99s.
pate ee. 613 2hf-ch dust 350 29 a YA SALES IN
616 3 : 160 7 “ Sit +
92 P U Co., Ltd., in do bro tea 150 ‘ “Clan Suther = N LONDON.
aria SOOT a eS oumeella. Ale
98 Hill 631 1box fbropek sa in 733; peiseiidan: sold at 71; ales bags bougbt in
99 St. E 634 2 ch Lc ar cious ditto Ty |2/bags sold af 67a, 8 bags b
100° dwards 652 9hf-ch or a a2a fi 88 7b Sree rg ia cel ie nes ought
355 : pe 5 35 ags bought in 8: ajawella, 70 bags
101 EPW, in eatater we chs, ER 495 7 Udumertiee’ 82s; 4 bags sold ane bought in 82s;
102 Gaaleall 658 2 ch dust é 5 bags sold at 73s at Muarseilles—S 1 in £ at 64s 6d. 3
aa Radella aa eee dust ae AL tistorian”—Fantay estate mark, 86
2 15 alla. \Av ane, 17
9 Arapolakande 632 6 iG pek sou 160 o4 b onerakelle, 47 bags b 17 bags bought i Sy
pek sou : ags bought F ought in at 7S n at 80
640381 as Me ae at 78s at 7$s. D = iS.
‘Dictator’—Dea Bile doe . ea Ella, 39
’ a .
gs bought in at 79s.
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NO. 35 Cozompo, SrpremBer 12, 1898. | Paice :—125 cents each 3 copiéa
° 30 cents ; 6 copies $ rupee.
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA. (Mr. BH. John.—135,890 ib.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lbs aie;
LARGE LOTS. 1A oe enich bro pek 700 42
2 4 8 do pekoe 800 82
po 4 < : 10 12 do pek No.1 1080 37
onas S)i ~mark 13 SOU 3 27 bi
[Thompsen and Villiers.— Be eT Wenty do) romnie, > S00 ah. at
7 i Raja 9 20 do 10 pe 2 35 bi
43,559 Ib] Ast: but Aepops doh pekoss tos er bi
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. e¢. in SW ay Ae ms me on ete ee bid
ra ae p) a
1 Harrow J 9Ohfch dust 720 17 bid | 11 Little Valley 31 15 do bro pek 1575 46
2 Vathalana 2 29 ch bro or pek 1889 42 12 34 18 do pekoe 1620 ey}
3 3 18 do or pek 1710 33 15 Kotnagedera 43 24 do bro pek 24€0 36
4 4 18 do pekoe 1530 29 16 46 14 do pekoe 1330 29
6 BG 6 10hf-ch pek fan S00 16 20 Hila 58 18 do bro or pek 1530 37
7 Doragalla 7 41 ch bro pek 4290 47 bid 21 61 26 do bro pek 2210 36 bid
8 8 17 do pek 1615 37 22 64 16 do pekoe 1120 31 bid
9 9 9 do pek No. 2 855 “=. 32 23 67 23 do pek sou 1840 26
11 O’Kande 11 19 ch unis 1900 31 24 70 12 do peksou No. 1 1020 28
43. Unugalla 13 10 ch bro pek 1050 50 27 Glassaugh 79 47hf-ch bro pek 2585 53
14 14 18 do pek 1710 41 28 §2 26 ch pekoe 2340 48
23 Hornsey 3.15 ch pek sou 1500 40 29 85 24 do pek sou 1700 89
25 Battalgalla 2514 cli pek sou 1400 40 3 88 iLhf-ch dust 935 25
80 L $0 1zhfech dust 1029 9 bid 31 Brownlow 91 22 do bro or pek 1232 64
32 OSS, in eat. ; 32 94°26 do or pek 1352 50
mark 32 15, ch bro or pek 1125 4¢ bid 33 97 86 ch pekoe 3150 43
33 33 14 do orpek q10) s7 Sidi |||.3 160 25 do peksou 2125 39
34 34 3L do pek 2325 32 35 103 6 do bropekfans 702 39
35 35 9 do 88 Agra Ouvah 112 44hf-ch broorpek 2816 70
lhf-ch pek sou 720 27 bid | 39 115-21 do” ‘or pek 1092 . 56
45 Myr aganga 41 GT 12027 ch bro or pek 2295 45 bid
bp? 45 19 ch bro pek 1995 S81bid | 42 124 14 do or pek 910 42 bid
43 127,15 do pe'ce 1500 40
GU re Ms is mn 320 18 bags redleaf 1128 11
A 5 G 133 15 hf-ch dust 1200 5 bi
[Mei:srs. Somerville & Co.—102,799.] is Whyddon 136 17 ch bropek 1870 a ey
7 139 11 Go or pek 968 6
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. libs= “Cs re 142 13 do pekoe un ié
: ‘ é y AS a G, 145 15 do pek sou 1350 59
5 Bin oarate 311 19 ch pek No. 1 1615 24 ee Uda 154 16 hf-ch bro pek 896 24
mark 316 12hf-ch dust 888 15 bd Het a0 ch pekoe Ba0i ne 82
10 Ukuwela 8x0 24 ch bro pek 2400. 24 Be NMaredenit eens a 2 bee ae “pek res a
rh 321 17 do pek 1615 30 RAG eee HGS PE CRSEL conc THepua peek
12 822 7. do pek sou 700 2 57. Glase 169 16 oo Lat per fans 1120 23 bid
18 Carney 323 18hf-ch bro pek 9°G.—-39 58 SOM 172 39 ch brolor'pek 3315 65
19 330 3£ do pek 1530 32 Fa eee ie ou pen HS OMA OD
20 830 17 do. peksou 650-29 aoueenane Tebetn aca Bee aoe Tae
335 40hf-ch bropek 2240 46 Bt ne reepee edo) gat bee Be a
26 336 20 do pek 1120 36 ef ir Be do bro pek 3700 ~—-39 bid
27 337 45 do pek sou 2340 34 63 ree eh ekoe 1g80 5
29 339 12 do bro pek fans 840 82 65 MR cal Be ra pek sou 810 27
30 Cakley 340 23 ch bropek 2300 37bid | 64 TLamelier Teoras “aed Sbhen LOT iiieare
31 341 18 do pek : 15(0 32 ee Lameliere 32 do bro pek 1760 44 bid
36 Tembiligalla 346 16hf-ch broorpek 960 43 68 SAO S TENGE wee oo de bro pek MEE 56 bid
37 347 15 do bro pek 825 37 69 Morahela ae an ae SE pek 1000 50 bid
38 34 8 33 do pek 1s0e 3) bid | 7 Gon 508 ae OniGels TOO RES Ee
41 Wavakamure 25L 22 ch or pek 2200 33 bid 71 9 & ae an DrOlON pels elaly 34 bid
42, 35222 do pek 2090 30 16 Glentilt ae ao ae pee pek zon 41
43 ; 253 11 do sou 990 §=.26 "7 ? 299 16 tie oe pes 3200 G5
46 P'TN, is estate 3 Seanad ih tele ere cer 1500) 46
mark 356 2ibf-ch peksou 1030 26 "9 OM HES tear ee 8s0 £0
50 Logan 360 5 ch dust 750 14 80 Mount T le Soa 2 ht ah pre pek __ 1820 44
51 Dikmukalana 361 23hf-ch troorpek 1540 4t 81 enipee ae 31 poh. {pr ogupek 1860 50
52 362 19 do or pek 950 39 92 a aC on on pees 1862 40
53 Illukettia ss 10 ch brapek 110088 Se SS heh oe tee Be
4 € kK 25 bi , ae a 5 fet 3
=e are . He es ws 1000 nr bid a Bardarawatte 250 35 do or pek 2100 41 bid
59 Berragalla 369 13hf-ch dust 106015 87 Yakka Soe NO 320 35 bid
66 Harangalla 370 14 ch bro pek 1400 41 bid | of Murra sthwaitovsee 9 a pokes k Sor nore
ar Suite th TD ok He Ean ys as eee GS Het
‘ do dus 720 «22 5 skeliv: 983 4G one ant ne
Bobicolnioniva 1 ch bro or pek ~ 990 34 a Maskeliya 20 1G do bro or pek 1600 58 bid
71 Deniyaya 22 ch bro pek 2310 44 bid | 97 286 12 do or pek 2200 43 bid
71 ‘Piddydale 9 ch pek gio 28tid | 2% PaaS AREECS 1300 39 bid
7 10 do pek sou 9°0 25 106 North Pundal AEE DG pek sou 1000 36
79 Hu 7 ch kro pek 700 33 Sone Dy a ; 316 17 hf-cl inclc =
80 $ do pek B70 426bid || qozi OF 8 Sas Bios, Se0l nae
82 Hanagama 2. ch bro pek 2310 83 108 82> Uke x0 Or pek 935 50
83 30 do pek 3000.29 109 ae w on HES 117039
86 Ovoca AI ishtch pekfans 10:0 30bid | iy Kintyr Seo ee map oanee gto) ae
93 Rayigam 3 2thf-ch dust 1920 15 ie vie 828 40hfch broorpek 2400 54
0 GB Aoonichs «dust 1100 29 3 337 "12. ch pek sou 969 31 bid
9 1P 6 13hfch dust 1079 18
96 Honiton Bia di7 neh bro pek 1700 47
97 7 12 do pek 1120 38 {Mlessrs. Ferbes & Walixer.—]
104 Mount Temple 14 3)hf-ch pek sou 1650 26 bid 990 AND
106 Ingeriya 16 8Lhf-ch bro pek 1550 +88 329, 0( 2 1b.)
107 17 34 do pek 1632 31 Lot. Box. Pkys. Name. lb. c.
108 1§ 26 do peK sou 1196 27 6 Rockside 1012.6 ch dust 700 22
109 19 17 do pek fans 1020 32 7 1015 8 do bro pekf ns 960 36
111 P Pile chi pek sou 1445 28 bid 9 Galkanda 102L 10 ch pek 900 3L
Lot Box. pkgs. Name. Ib
13 EIN A, inest.
mark 1033 34 hf-ch or pek_ 1709
uN 1036 19 ch bromix 2470
15 Great Valley -
Ceylon, in est,
mark 1029 42hf-ch bro pek 2310
16 1012 12 ch or per 1080
17 1045 16 do 1440
18 1018 34 do pek sou 1260
24 Hayes 1066 23hf-ch bro orpek 1540
25 1669 20 do bro pek 1100
26 1072 80 do or pek 1500
81 Polatagama 1087 28 ch bro pek 2800
32 1090 29 do or pek 2320
33 1093 40 do pekoe 3400
54 10056 26 do pek sou 1959
35 Amblangodde bed 18 ch bro pek 1800
36 1wW2 18 do pek 1629
44 Tonacome 1126 16 ch or pek 1600
45 1129 11 do bro pek 1210
46 1132 32 do pek 3200
48 Fairlawu 1128 20hf-ch bro pek 1150
49 Jl41 21 do or pek 1395
50 1144 16 ch pekoe 1410
55 IKeluneiya,
Maskeliya 1159 54 ch bro pek 4599
56 1162 35 do pekoe 3600
60 Shrubs Hill 1174 44 ch bro pek 4020
61 JU7 20 do pek lu
g 1180 21 do dust 1785
63 Grange Gar-
den 1183 25 do bro orpek 2750
64 1183 22 do pekoe 2200
68 Columbia 1193 14¢hf-ch broorpek 770
69 1201 22 do or pek 1100
70 12044 88 do pek lijlu
72 D,in estate
mark 1210 10 ch dust 1000
73 1213 10 do fans 1000
74 12.6 14 do sou 1260
75 Kmnavesmire i121) 22 ch bro pek 2200
76 1222 47 do pek 8995
77 1225 33 do pek sou 2175
78 Ismalle 1223 86 ch son 3240
uv 1234 8 do fans 10L0
81 1237 16 do dust 1360
88 Hayes 1260 30hf-ch or pek 1500
89 126L 20 do pek sou 1000
93 Dammeria 1273 14 ch bro or pek 1680
94 1276 20 do bro pek 2000
95 1279 24 do pekoe 2400
96 1252 8 do peksou 80
99 MahaUva 1291 llhf-ch broorpek 715
100 I294..22 do or pek 1320
101 1297. 18 ch p. koe 1710
106 High Forest 1312 i8hf-ch broorpek 1008
107 1315,.19 «do or pek 912
108 1318 14 do bro pek 924
109 Ruanwella 1321 15 ch or pek 1350
110 1324 13 do bro pek 1300
UL 1327.23 do pekoe 2070
112 1330 12 do pek sou 1080
114 Morankan-
da 1336 14 ch bro pek 14/0
115 1339 20 do pekoe 18(0
116 13:2 39 do pek sou 1710
120 Aberdee 1344 381 ch bro pek 2045
121 1357. 39 do ek 2400
127 12860 11 do pek sou 913
123 1363 10 do bro pek fan 1120
124 Kirklees 1366 25hf-ch broor pek 1500
145 1369 14 ch or pek 1490
126 1372 13 do pekoe 1300
127 185.22 do pek sou 1689
128 1378 9 do pek fans 1080
129 Tymawr 138L 24: hf-ch or pek 1789
130 138t 21 do broorpe: 1030
131 1337.23 do pek 1035
132 1490 14 do dust 1050
133 RW W, in est.
mark 1393 19 ch unas 2230
134 Farnham 1396 6 hich bro pek 3650
135 1299 37 do pek 2035
136 1402 21 do pek sou 1050
139 1411 10 do pek fans 1235
140 Middleton 1414 19hf-ch broorpek 1045
141 1417 20° ch or pek ~ 2000
142 : 1420 14 do pek 1320
148 Stamford
Hill 1423 20hf-ch fluwery or
; pek 1000
144 1426 13 ch or pek 1105
145 1429 12 do pek 1020
146 KP W 1432 387 hfi-ch ov pek 2220
147 1435 22 do bro pek 1210
148 1438 69 do pek 3450
149 1441 16 do pek sou $00
5 bid
Lae"
Nane — Jb. ¢,
bropek © 6180 47
ik 6280 - «33
roorpek 1400 45
bro pek 900 «44
or pek 142833
pek 1976 =—s 31
sou 1794 23
0 or 2538 «86S bid
or pek “1809 48
pek 3700 41
ay 50:0 27
ro pek 1209 §= 5
or pek 1275 48
kK 1280 86 48
o orpek 1404 39 bid
33
ro pek 160 47
1440 &%
oa sou T2008
roorpek 1314 67 bid
or pek 1196 62 bid
bo pek fan: 112044
ro or pek 2205 Sg}bid
pek 3230 = 3a, bid.
fans 800 20
oo orpek 1630 58
or pek 90) «= 46 bid
bro pek 1500 43 bid
pek 1199 «86
pek sou 815 29
sou 960 = 22
pek dust 900 «1b
or pek 909 = 35
ekoe 1530 32
ro pek 2700 = 48
pek 2000 33 bid
sou 200 «8h
ns 81683
bro pek 1330 46
pek 17088
pet sou 1080 27
ro pek 1007 ai
bin 10F8 35
ro La. 320) 3) bid
3060 «= 82 bid
pek sou 1955 7
+ pek 1615. 60
1955 = 34
Pek sou 136031
pek fans 700-36
bra.orpek 1430 47
ek 1010 83684
ropek 3200 47 bid
pek 3230 40
pek sou 2349 33
pek sou 700 46
sou 4900 26
bro pek 4320 86 44 bid
pek 3600 ©6384
pek sou 1650 29
dust 1750 =: 12 bid
SMALL LOTS.
—_——
(Thompson and Villiers.]
Box.
151 Arapolakan-
de 1447
152 1450
155 Torwood 1459
156 1462
157 1465
158 1468
159 li7l
163 Marlborough 1483
164 1486
165 1409
1733 TOR 1513
174 Castlereagh 1616
175 1519
176 1522
187 St. Heliers 1555
183 16568
100 Theydon Boisl56t
191 1567
192 1570
19 MK 1579
196 1582
197 1585
1s BDW 1588
199 ud
2.0 1594
21 RCW inest.
mark 1°97
a I : 1600
2 ngrogal'a 1618
209 1621
213 Walpita 1633
214 Hunasgeria 1636
215 1639
217 Theberton 1645
213 1618
222 Chesterford 1660
223 1663
224 1606
225 1669
226 Clyde 1672
227 1675
223 1678
230 Olahitagoda 10684
231 1687
248 Doteloya I7Z8
219 741
250 1744
251 Erracht 1747
252 1750
253 1763
254 1756
256 Grange Gardeal762
257 1765
260 Parsloes 1774
261 1ji7
282 1780
268 Carlabeck 1593
270 Nahalma 1g04
272 Putupaula 1810
273 1813
274 1816
279. Uduwe.a 1835
Lot. Box.
10 Doragalla 10
12 O’kande 12
15 Unugalla 15
16 16
17 B 17
18 O 18
19 BS 19
20 Ugieside 20
21 21
22 6P 22
2! Hornsey 24
26 Battagalla 26
27 D i 27
28 28
29 29
31 L EAS
36 OSS, in estate
mark | 36
37 87
43 L 43
44 Wocdend 44
Pkgs. Namie.
Thfch bromix
3hf-ch dust
7 ch pek sou
@hf-ch dust
7 do b o pek
% ch pek
3 ch pek
5 ch tte aixed
7 do dust
5 ch sou
8 ch fans
8 ch fans
3 ch
1hbf-ch bro pek fans
6 ch pek sou
4 de red leaf
Shf-ch peck
3hf-ch pek fans
2 do dast.
&$ ch bro mix
4 ch
dust
Lot. [Messrs. Somerville & Co.]
Box. Pkgs. Name. b.
2 Clontarf 312 3 ch dust 345
3 BVA 33. 3 ch bro pek 290
4 314. 2 do pek 193
5 315 2 do pek sou 167
13° Galdola 323. 3 ch bro pek 356
1 hf-ch
14 324 3 ch pek 300
15 325, 2. do pek sou 166
16 26 Lhf-ch dust 53
17 27 Lich red leaf 90
21 Curney 351 7hf-ch bro pekfans 350
22 332 4 do sou 200
23 Dedugalla 33 2 ch bro tea 170
24 324 2hfch dust 170
28 Marigold 333 11 hf-ch sou 495
382 Oakley 342 6 ch pek sou 620
33 313.1 do dust 100
34 244 1 do red leaf 10)
35 BBB 345 5 ch dust 600
33a EAN dust 129
39 Tembiligalla 319 12 hf-ch pek sou 600
40 350 3 do dust 2:0
44 Warakamure 25! 3hf-ch dust 255
45 PTN, in es-
tate mark 355 12hf-ch bro pek 672
47 357 3 do dust 240
48 358 1 do fans 53
49 Logan 359 .5, ch bro er pek 525
56 Illukettia 365, 1° ch dust 133
o7 ES £67 2 ch sou 240
1 hf-ch
58 368 2 ch bro ter 200
59a Berragalla 3hf-ch fans 210
60 OC 370 2hf-ch bro pek WS
61 371 1 do pek Y
G2 olzel a0 pek sou 55
#3 373 1 ch unas 86
64 Southwold #74 3 ch sou 255
65 XX 375, 2 ch red leaf 160
70 Koladeniya 3380 7 ch pek 630
72 California, 3:2 Ghi-ch bro pek 30
73 383 7 ch pek 660
74 384 2 do pek sou 200
75 Boo 2hdo. fans 100
738 Tiddydale 386 6 ch bro pek 570
SIE 391 6 ch pek sou 570
84 Hanagama’ 39: 7 ch pek sou 62!
85 395 5 do fans 625
87 Ovoca AT 397 Ght-ch dust 570
98 Honiton 8 8 ch pek sou 630
99 9 1 do dust 155
190 HT, in estate
mark 10 2hf-ch bro pek 130
101 11 2 do pek 115
102 12 6 do pek sou 33
103 Ls 2S chy dust 225
105 Clyde 15 omen fans 309
110 Ingeriya 20 2hfch dust 174
[Mr. BH. John.]
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. lb.
38 WHR Zn easel dast 400
13 Little Valley By pehew Ac) pek sou 270
14 40 2 do fans 270
17 Kotuagedera 49 65 do pek sou 475
18 52) 2 do bropekians 280
19 SH Bai to) do. sou 210
25 «Kila hot ao sou 150
26 760 «64hi-ch dust 520
36 GL 106 6 do dust 450
37 109 2 ch red leaf 162
40 Agra Ouyah 1i8 6 do pekoe 570
50 Whydden 148 8 do pek fans 360
51 lol 8 ‘do dust 450
6+ Rondura 19) 2 ado duss 280
72 Morahela 24 7 do pekce 6380
73 217. 7Thf-ch dust 645
7i NWH 20) = ich bro pek 90
45 PH Na afi (a) pekoe 63
83 Yakka 256 5 do bro pek 570
88 262 4 do pek sou 336
89 265: 2 “do dust 172
92 Murraythwaite 27! 8 do peksou_ 6410
93 277. Bht-ch =bropek fans 193
94 280 1 do dust 80
9) Maskeliya 295 3 ch sou 370
16) 298 S8hf-ch bro pek fans 400
lt SUL Seda dust 180
iit Kintyre 33L 9 do orpekfans 5538
112 334 7 do pek fans 434
114 310 Sbf-ch dust 450
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
a dO
22
28 bid
14
24 bid
18 bid
3
{Messrs. Forkes & Walker.]
Lot.
1 -O EC,inest.
mark 997
4 Rockside 1006
5 1009
8 Galkanda 1018
10 1024
11 1027
12 1029
37 Amblan-
godde 1105
38 1 08
39 ILL
40 Sunnycroft 114
41 1117
42 1120
43 1123
47 Tonacombe 1135
51 Fairlawn 1147
52 1150
53 Goschen 1152
54 1156
57 Kelaneiya,
Maskeliya 1165
58 1168
59 Mansfield 1171
65 Grange Gar-
den 1189
65 1192
67 Sunnycroft 1195
71 Columbia 1207
79 Ismalle 1231
82 1240
97 DM 1285
98 1288
102 Maha Uva 1300
103 1303
lot 1306
105 1309
113 Ruanwella 1353
117. Morankanda 1345
118 3343
119 1341
137. Farnham 1105
133 1108
150 KP W 1444
153 Arapola-
kande 1453
154 1456
169 Dewalakan-
da 1474
161 1477
162 1450
Marlborough 1492
Blairgowrie 1495
1498
ECL
1504
1aC7
TOR 1510
Castlereagh 1525
152
r
Macaldenia 1537
St. Heliers 1561
Hopewell 1573
BOWP 1603
Ingrogalla
Walpita
Theberton 164”
1051
1654
1357
Clyde USI
Olabitageda 1590
Broughton 1693
Olahitagoda 1705
30x. Pkts.
PRON w ae
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ODONTOL HEH OW eo AT
2.
°
5 ch
Name.
pek
sou
bro mix
bro pek
pek sou
dust
congou
pek sou
sou
fans
pek sou
congou
bro tea
dust
pek sou
pek sou
dust
pek sou
dust
bro or pek
bro pek dust
pek dust
dust
bro tea
dust
pek sou
dust
bro pek fans
dust
bro tea
pek sou
bro pek fans
pek fans
bro pek dust
dust
red leaf
bro pek
pek sou
fins
dust
bro tea
bro or pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
dust
sou
pek sou
bro pek
pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
pek sou
bro pek
pek
bro pek’
fans
bro mixed
pek dust
fans
pek son
bro mixed
bro pek
pek
pek sou
bro pek
pek
pek A
pek sou
dust
fans
lb
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Lot Box. Pkgs. Name Ib.’ Me.
243 A in est. mark 1722 9 boxes or pek 601 32
944 Graceland 1726 10hf-ch bro pek 550 34
245 - 1729 6 do pek 800 29
246 17322 7 do peksou 815. 25
247 - 17385 1 do red leaf 40 17
258 GrangeGurdenl768 2 ch pek sou 200 «6
259 1771 2hf-ch dust 170° 16
263 Parsloes 1788 2 ch dust — 280 18
964 Sunnycroft 1786 5 do pek sou 500 28
265 1789 4 do cougou 400 27
266 1792 1 do bro tea 140 ll
267 ' 1795 2 do dust 3..0 15
269 Carlabeck 1801 Shf-ch bropekfans 410 24
271 Nahalma 1807 5 do dust 875 15
CEYLON CARDAMOM SALES _ IN
LONDON.
(Irom our Commercial Correspondent. )
MincInG LANE August 19.
“Sarpedon’”—Katooloya, lc 3s 5d; AA, 6c 2s 114d;
A, 7¢2s 4d; B,lle 2s; 1c 23 10d. Elkadua O, 5c
3c 1d; T, 4c 2872; 2c 2s 6d; ditto 2, 2c 2s 2d; BLG,
2¢ 1s 11d; ditto seed 1c 2s 10d. Mid'‘ands O, 8c 33;
ditto 1, 6c 2s 6d; ditto 2, 2c 2s 1d; dittc B&S 1s 11d.
OBEC in estate mark, Dangkando, 2c 23 8d: le 1s 10d.
“Cuzco’—Galatenne, Mysore O, 5c 3s 6d; ditto 1,
10c 33; 9c 33 1d; ditto 2, 6¢ 2s 5d; ditto 2, 50 2s 1d;
ditto 5, 2c2s 1d 3c 2s 2d; ditto B, 2c 2s 1d; le 2s.
“Craftsman’—Peru, 2c 2s; 1 bag ls 6d,
“Pyrrhus’—EHlkadua O, 2c 2s 10d; ditto 1, 6c 2s 6d;
ditto 2, 2c 2s; ditto B&S, le 1s 11d; dittoseed 2s.
“Malacca’’—RWRK in estate mark, 2c 2s 4d; 2c 2s
6d; 3c 2s 4d; 4c 2s.
“Pyrrhus’’—DMW, 3c 3s 4d.
“Olan Chisholm’’—A, Malabar, 4c ont at 2s 2d.
“Clan Forbes’”’—Ditto, 4c¢ seeds out at 3s 2d.
“Sarpedon”—Nagala, 2c 3s 1d; dittoI, 4¢ 2s 64d;
ditto 2,1¢ 1d; ditts B&S, 1s 11d; ditto seed 2s 10d.
he Ei. 2 ee alas eee ‘
OBSERVER PRINTIN@ WORKS. Pa
“Pyrrhus*—Nella Oolla, 2¢ 33 2d; dittod, Bc 2s 4d; —
ditto 2, 1s 11d; B&S, 1s 8d; wood 5 84 Wariagalle
Mysore A, 8c 23°7d; ditto B 6c 2s 34; dittoC, le 2s
1d; dittoD, 7c 1s 11d.
“Bingo Maru’’—Delpotonoya, 2e 33 4d; ditto 2, le
3s; ditto 8,4c 28 5d; ditto 4, 2e 2s 11d; de 2s 5d; le Qs.
“Sarpedon”—Duckwari, 2¢ 48 1d; ditto B, 7c 3s 54;
ditto C, 1¢3s2d; 7c 3s 14; ditto D, 2¢ 2s 33; 4e 2s 74;
ditto see@s 2c 28 10. Vedehette, 1c 3s 60; ditto AA,
4c 28 10d; lc 283 114; ditto A out, ditto B out, C, le
sold 23 lld. Esperanza, 102 23 8d; 1 half-case 2s 74,
Nichola Osa, 2half-cases 2s 1ld; 4¢ 2s 4d; 1 seed
2s 10d.
“Craftsman’—Altwood, 5cont. Esperanza, 8¢ out.
“Bingo Maru'’—Girinde Ella, 1 balf-case sold 2s 14;
1c 1s 8d. Goomera, 3 half-cases sold 1s 8d.
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
“‘Sarpedon”—OBEC in estate mark, Kondesalle,
18 bags sold at 76s 6d; ditto 1, 13 bags sold at 738 6d;
ditto 0, 2 bags not sold, 74s asked; ditto 9, 2 bags
sold at 61s.
“Clan Robertson ’—Palli A, 72 bags not scld, 75s
asked.
‘““Clan Drommond”—Amba Al, 8 bags not sold,
81s asked; ditto 2, 2 bags not sold, 72s asked; ditto
Palli F, 13 bags not sold, 803 asked.
‘« Sarpedon '’—Yattawatte 1, 18 bags not sold, 78s
asked ; ditto 2, 4 bags sold at 65s; ditto broken, 2 bags
sold at 59s 6d; ditto 7, 3 bags sold at 68s.
“Bingo Maru’—North Matale, 31 bags not sold,
80s acked; ditto, 12 bags cold at 67s 6d; ditto KK,
6 bags sold at 64s; ditto, 15 bags sold at 40s 6d;
ditto Strathisla A, 1 bag sold at 683; ditto B, 1 bag
sold at 683: ditto C, 1 bag sold at 65s: ditto Mara-
kona J, 11 bags sold at 73s; ditto 2, 6 begs sold at
65s 6d; ditto 3, 2 bags sea dam. sold at 50s,
“Derbyshire "—Roseberry 1, 33 bags not sold;
ditto 2, 1 beg sold at 22s; ditto 5, 2 bags not sold,
50s asked.
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TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES,
NO. 36
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA.
[Thompson and Villiers.—
CoLomso,
LARGE LOTS.
70,839
Pkgs.
31 hf-ch
9 bf-ch
36 hf-ch
1l ch
11
Ib.J
Name. lb.
bro pek 1870
pek 1950
nek sou 900
fans 91)
bro orpek 720
or pek 935
pek 1100
pek 162)
dust 720
bro pek 1930
pek $s0
dust 1375
bro pek fan: 720
bio mixed 800
bro pek 1400
pek 1709
pek sou 1260
bro pek fans 1260
dust 960
bro pek 2200
pek 3900
dust 1629
bro orpek 760
or pek 765
pek 1760
pek sou 760
pek dust 2400
bro pek fans 1250
bro. or pek 715
oer pek 855
pek 765
pek fans 750
{Messrs. Somerville & Co.
—2(2,145.]
Lot. Box.
3 Rambodde 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
17 Dulukoya 17
18 18
19 19
20 BKXellie 20
21 Harrow 21
31 Mapitigama 31
32 32
37 LHO 57
38° TH 38
39 : 39
40 Ossington 40
41 41
42 42
46 Band D 46
47 47
48 Cooroondowatte 48
49 9
5. 52
53 Polpitiya 53
54 54
55 55
58 &6
63 Lynsted 63
64 Henegama 64
70 Cotswold 70
71 71
72 72
74 GFTinest.
mark 7
Lot. Box.
2 Ives 32
3 33
6 Glenalla 36
7 37
8 38
13 D 43
15 Walahanduwa 45
16 - 46
20 Wallasmulle 50
25 Galphele 55
26 55
“27 57
23 Rothes 58
33 Comar 63
B4 64
36 Hangranoya 66
87 67
38 68
41 Corfu 71
46 X Y Z,in estate
mark 76
47 17
51 Mousakande 8&1
52 82
63 &3
55 H 85
60 Nugawella 90
61 91
62 92
66 Ferriby 96
67 97
68 98
721 102
76 Kelani 1066
77 107
78 108
79 109
84 M 114
87 Monrovia 117
88 118
&9 119
93 HR 123
94 San Cio 124
pkgs.
26 hf-ch
8 do
19 hf-ch
Name.
ek sou
ro mix
SEPTEMBER 19, 1898.
Price:—12% cents each 3 copies
30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee.
32
54 bid
bid
Lot.
9 FTG
99 Woladeniya
102 X D
103 Gampola
104 Kumaragalla
105
106
111 Kosgahahena, 2
Pkgs,
14 hf-ch
18 hf-ch
15 ch
13. ch
41 hf-ch
do
Name.
pek sou
bro pek
pek sou
fans
bro pek
ira
bro pek
pek
pex sou
dust
or pek
bro pek
pek No. 2
vro pek
or pek
pek
pekK sou
bro or pek
or pek
pek
pek sou
unas
pek
pek sou
pek sou
bro pek
pek
or pek
bro pek
pek sou
pek fans
dust
bro pek
pek
pek sou
pek fans
dust
bro cr pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
bro pek
pek
pek sou
lb,
(Mr. BE. John. —162,497 1b.]
1:5 Neuchatel 145
116 116
117 147
119 B 149
125 LM B 155
129:Mary Hill 159
150 160
133 N 163
134 Dalhousie i64
133 165
137 167
141 Rayigam TL
142 172
143 173
144 174
145 New Valley 175
146 176
147 177
148 178
1449 NIT 179
150 Annandale 180
151 181
155 IP 185
162 Maddagedera 192
163 193
164 Suriawatte 194
165 195
166 196
167 - 197
169 T T TT, in es-
tate mirk 199
174 Lyndhurst 204
175 203
176 205
184 DN H Dit
185 915
186 Neboda 216
187 217
188 218
139 219
191 Salawe 221
192 222
193 223
Lot. Box.
i - Nes 343
2 Birnam 346
3 Chapelton 349
4 352
5 Mount Everest 355
6 353
7 361
8 364
15 Poilakande 385
16 388
17 391
19 A 397
20 PKE 400
22 Kanangama 406
23 409
24 4'2
25 415
27 Ejla 421
28 424
29 427
30 450
3L 433
34 St. John’s 442
35 445
36 418
37 Cleveland 451
38 454
44 Feru 472
45 4785
46 478
48 Evalgolla 44
4y 487
50 490
53 Claremont : 499
Pkgs.
13 hf-ch
22 ch
Name. lb.
dust 1040
pek sou 1452
dust 1092
bro mix 935
bro pek 825
or pek 1030
pekoe 2470
pek sou 990
bro pek 1800
pekoe 2350
pek sou 715
or pek 900
bru mix 1900
bro pek 2020
pekoe 1620
pek sou 1530
ro pek fans 1200
broor pek 3800
bro pek 4845
pekoe 2850
pek sou No. 1 2185
pek sou 3315
bro or pek 1792
koe 1450
pek fans 1280
roorpek 1100
pekoe 1520
bro pek 896
pekoe 990
pek sou 850
bro pek 1700
pekoe 1850
pe sou 860
roorpek 20¥0
33
2
Lot Box, Pkgs. Name Ib.
54 502 13 ch pekoe 1170
66 YK 508 16 de bropek 1680
58 5144 5 do dust 825
69 Marakona 517 18 do pek sou 1170
60 520 10 do ust 1200
63 Glasgow 529 32 do broorpek 2720
64 532 14 do or pek 910
65 535 8 do pekoe 809
67 Digdola 541 21 do pekoe 1630
68 644.12 do ek sou 106)
69 547 13 do ro pek fans 1300
71 Vincit £53 13 do bro pek 1170
72 656 11 do pekoe 990
75 Galella 562 20 do bro pek 2000
76 568 15 do pekvoe 1350
78 AR 574 10hf-ch dust £00
82 2B 586 23 ch fans 2760
89 EN 607 34hf-ch or pek 1700
93 Laxapana 619 17 do pek fans &
dust 1445
98 Glassaugh 634 46 do bropek 2475
99 637 23 ch vied 2070
107 Pati Rajah 661 11 do ro pek 1400
109 Gampai 667 17hf-ch or pek 991
126 HBadella 718 27 ch bro pek 2700
127 721 29 do pekoe 26:0
128 724 20 do pek sou 160U
188 MC 754 1L do sou 770
139 757 Whf-ch dast 809
140 H 760 27 ch
1 hf-ch k sou 2810
148 SNM 769 21 ch ro mix 2100
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.—]
361,213 Ib.)
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
2 KEttapolla 1837 17hf-ch bro pek 952
6 Kosgalla 1846 83 do bro pek 1650
6 1819 20 do pek 900
7 1852 20 do pek sou 1000
11 Mousakellie 1864 17 ch bro pek 1870
12 1867 19 do ek 1900
15 Kelaniya 1876 26 do ro pek 2210
16 1879 18 do ek 1£00
19 Drayton 1888 37hf-ch or pek 1850
20 1891 28 ch pek 2380
21 1894 11 do pek sou 935
23 Kotagaloya 1900 10 do nek 900
26 Glencorse 1909 26 do ro pek 2340
27 1912 14 do broorpek 1400
28 1915 25 do e 2000
29 1918 17 do ek sou 1275
37 Yaha Ella 1942 24 do ro pek 24060
38 1945 22 do ek 1980
39 1948 8 do pek sou 729
47 Marguerita 1972 27hf-ch bro or pek 1350
48 1975 22 do or pek 1100
49 1978 25 ch pek 2340
50 1931 9 do pek sou 765
53 Agra Oya 1990 22hfch orpek 1870
54 Devonford 1993 23 do bro or pek 1150
55 1996 15 ch or pek 1350
56 D 1999 10 dc bro or pek fan 1400
64 Clunes 2023 30hf-ch bro pek 1650
65 2026 30 ch pek 2400
66 2029 8 do ek sou 720
6S 2035 80 hf-ch ro pek 1500
69 2038 21 do or pek 945
70 2041 36 do ek 2880
71 244 13 do elk sou 1040
73 Kuda Oya 2050 18. ch ro pek 1890
v4 2053 30 do ek 2700
75 2056 20 do pek sou 1700
79 Harrington 2068 21 do or pek 2100
80 “071 20 do ek 2000
&2 Strathspey 2077 16hf-ch or pek 800
83 2080-20 do ek 960
84 2083 15 do ek sou 795
85 + 2086 10 do ans 750
86 Holton 2089 23 ch bro pek 2185
87 2092 10 do pekoe 900
90 New Peacock 2101 i4 do ek sou 1260
92 2107° 16 hf-ch pekfans 1200
93 G O in gest.
mark 2110 43 do sou 1720
10 Knavesmire 2148 13 do bro or pek 1170
105 2146 14 do bro pek 1400
106 2149° 37 do pekae* $145
107 2152° 17. do pek sou 1275
108 2155 9 do fans’ ~~ 945
109 Carberry 2158 17 do bro pek 1500
110 2161 13 do pe:koe 1170
1146 GK 2179 +5 do dust 700
26
19
Gk
56
56
32
28
al
36
28
49 bid
38 bid
15
15 bid
39
14
60 bid
48
36 bid
‘8 bid
i8
£0
23
82 bid
16
13 bid
out
; Treby
Box.
2182
2185
2191
<19t
2197
2200
Battawatte 2212
2215
2218
2221
2224
2287
2280
High Forest 2233
2236
2239
2242
2215
2248
Killarney 4
Naseby
Agra Kelly
Maha Uva
Dea Ella
Ba'gany
Ganapalla 19
Dunkeld
> 40
Putupaula
Debatgama
AG
Beausejour
W'Bedde 94
P
Ascot
LHT
Dunbar
Queensland
Roeberry
32
Grange Garden250
253
Freds Ruhe 277
WA
Mahalla
Ookoowatte 322
Bandarawella 325
>
BW 3
G
Oxford
Serubs
‘favalamtenne 373
P’Kande 382
Pallegodde
Geragama
Panbagama
BD W
Agra Oya
Kelaneiya
Glengariffe
Pkgs. Name
19hbf-ch bro pek
19 do pek
15 ch ne
izhf-ch bro or pe*
19 do or pek
16 ch pek
20. do ro pek
20 ¢o pek
12 do pek sou
15 bf-ch bro or pek
2% do ur pek
32 do pekoe
1g do pek sou
20 do ro or pek
23 do or pek
27 do pekoe
21 do or pek
WW do bro pek
2 ch a
28 hf-ch bro or pek
11 ch or pek
21 do pekoe
18 do or pek
20 do bro or pek
40 do pek
20 do ek sou
74hf-ch bro or pek
16 ch or pek
27 do pek
48 do bro pek
9 ch dust
10 do pek sou
13 do bro pek
16 do pek
19 do dust
zé do fans
14 do bro pek
32 do or Pe
30 do pe
15 do pek fans
19 do pek sou
18 do ae sou
15hf-ch bro or pek
ch ae
7 do 0 or pek
7 do bro pek
ll do or pek
20 do
6 do fans
24 do or pek
14 do pekoe
20 do ie sou
15 do ro or pek
13 do sey
29 do ro pek
2 do pek
20 do k sou
7 do bro mixed
7 do bro pek
do ek sou
13 hf-ch pek fans
13 ch bro pek
39hf-ch or pek
7 ch bro pk fans
10 do peksou
18 do bro pek
16 do pek
10 do bro or pek
24 do | bro pek
12 do pek
1zZ do peksou
12 do or pek
64 do bropek
51 do pek .
12° do pek sou
19 do bro or pek
16 do bro pek
14 do or pek
18 do pek
16 do pek sou
17. do bro pek
16 do pek
8 do peksou
i2hf-ch fans
15 ch pek sou
28 do fans
12 do bro pek
13) do or pek.
13. do. pekoe
12 do pek sou
54 do bro pek
18hbf-ch bro pek
25, do. or pek-
12 ch = pekoe
59 do pek sou
47 hf-ch bro pek
39 do pek
p
EEE
SEc8S53aFEa2
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
322 547 11 ch pek sou 990
325 Panslatenne 556 8 do dust 1160
326 559 9 do unast 900
329 Kirklees 568 8hf-ch dust 720
337 M Ain estate
mark 592 16 ch sou 1280
-338 695 1Lhf-ch dust 880
340 DMV GUL 11 ch pek 880
SMALL LOTS.
[Thompson and Villiers.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
K 1 2 ch pek sow 167
2 AKM 2 4 ch fans 328
7 Rambodde 7 iLhf-ch dust 90
22 L 22 8 ch bro mix 270
24 Relugas 2! 4 ch red leaf 260
25 25 3 do dust 33)
33 Mapitigama 33 17 hf-ch pek’sou 680
34 3L bch con 3°5
35 85 3hf-ch dust 240
36 LKO 36 6 ch bro pek sou 570
438 Ossington 43 1 ch bro pek fans 113
44 44 1 do pek fan 106
45 45 1 do dust 16
50 Cooroondo-
watte 5) 2hf-ch dust 160
aby) 51 3 ch bco pek fans 453
1 hf-ch
57 Polpitiya 57 2 ch dust 230
65 Henegama 6) 2 ch bro mix 224
66 66 4 do dust 660
67 S 67 2hf-ch bro pek 11t
68 68 6 ch pek 289
69 69 1 ch dust 109
73 Pit le 73 Ghf-ch pek No. 2 343
75 GET, in es-
tate mark 75 3 ch red leaf 186
“76 76 1 do dust 95
77 =D Wide beh sou £00
Lot. {Messrs. Somerville & Co.]
Box. Pkgs. Name. b.
1 Ivies 3L a hf-ch sou 570
4 PEM 3t ch bro pek fans 590
5 35 Al do dust 135
9 Glenalla 39 3 do dust 450
10 40 2 do fans 200
11 D 41 5 ch _ bro pek 550
12 42 4 do pek 418
14 44 Lhf-ch pek dust 89
17 Walahanduwa47 4 ch pek sou 840
18 Wallasmulle 48 2 ch bro pek 200
19 _ 49 5 do pek 450
2i Sb. Catherine 51 4 ch bro or pek 388
22 52.5 do pek 375
23 _ 53 5 do pek sou 825
= 54 2hf-ch dust 157
29 Rothes 59 4hfch pek 224
30 6012 do peksou 660
31 6l 4 do con 230
32 62 2 do dust 170
35 Ccomar 65 2hf-ch dust 180
39 Hangranoya 69 4 ch — sou 380
40 Corfu 70 7hf-ch or pek 378
42 7210 do pek 600
43 73 6 do peksou 30)
44 74 1 do dust 75
45 7d 1 do. fans 70
48 X Y Z, in es-
tate mark 73 4 ch pek sou 360
49 79 3 do dust 300
50 80 1 do bro pek sou 1.0
54 Mousakande §&4 Ghf-ch fans 462
-o0) 86 2 ch sou 170
57 Weygalla 87 siakch sou 72
58 83 1 do bro pek mix 105
59 89 3 do dust 396
63 Nugawella 3 4 ch pek sou 340
64 91 8hf-ch dust 255
65 95 3 ch bro mix 255
69 Ferriby 99 1 ch son 90
70 160 Shf-ch fans 195
71 101 2 do dust 170
73 4H, in estate
mark 198 5 ch bro mix 425
74 104 2 do fans 200
76 105 1hf-ch dust 99
80 Kahatagalla 110 5 ch bro pek 450
81 lll 1 do bro or pek 100
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name
82 112 5 do pek
83 113 4 do pek sou
8 JWS Lise iach sou
86 116 3 do pek fans
90 Monrovia 120 5 ch pek sou
91 : 121 1 do bro mix
92 122 1 do pek dust
95 San Cio 125 7hf-ch dust
100 Koladeniya 130 7 ch pekjsou
LL 13L 2 do dust
rH i Kumaragalla 137 2hf-ch fans
1388 1 do dust
109 BD, in es-
tate mark 139 1 ch pek sou
110 Kosgahahena140 6 ch bro pek
112 142 4 do pek sow
113 143 1 do sou
114 X VN 144 4 ch pek dust
118 Neuchatel 148 4 ch dust
131 Mary Hill 161 13 hf-ch pek sou
132 162 3. do bro mix
136 Dalhousie 166 12hf-ch pek No.1
138 168 17 do pek sou
139 169 6 do bro pek fans
140 170 4 do dust
152 Annandale 182 Q9hf-ch fans
153 F’, in estate
mark 183 1 ch sou
154 184 3hf-ch dust
156 Rangvilla 186 5hf-ch bro pek
157 187 4 do or pek
153 188 9 do pek
159 189 8 do pek sou
160 190 2 do sou
161 191 1 do bro mix
16S Suriawatte 198 8 ch dust
170 C F, in estate
mark 200 3hf-ch dust
171 201 3 ch bro tea
172 202 1 do pek sou
173 203 1hf-ch ek fans
177 Lyndhurst 207 3. do ust
178 X X X 208 8 ch dust
179 Mukloway 209 5hf-ch bro pek
180 210 9 do pek
181 21L 14 do pek sou
182 212 5 do fans
183 213 1 do con
19) Neboda 220 5 ch dust
194 Salawe 224 1 ch pek dust
[Mr. EB. John.]
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name.
18 Poilakande 394 5hf-ch fans
21 493 2 ch red leaf
26 Kanangama 418 6 do fans
32 Kila 436 6hf-ch dust
33 439 3 Co sou
47 Peru 481 2 ch dust
51 Eyvyalgoila 493 $hf-ch fans
52 496 2 do dust
57 ey K pl, 4) ch sou
6lL Marakona 523. 1 uo red leaf
62 The Farm 526 2 do dust
66 Digdola 5388 5 do bro or pek
70 550 3 do dust
73 Vincit 519 «5 do pek sou
74 662. 3 do pek fans
77 Galella 57L 6 do pek sou
i9 B 537 3 «do pekoe
80 580 3 do congou
81 683 3 do fans
90 Gonavy 610 Shf-ch fans
91 613 5 do dust
92 616 5 do congou
94 Happy Valley 622 8 do bro or pek
95 625 2 do pekoe
96 628 2 do pek sou
97 631 4 do bro mix
1022 MSO 646 1 ch
Lhf-ch or pek
103 619° 1 ch pekoe
104 652 1 do dust
108 Pati Raja 664 5 do pekoe
110 Gampai 670 6 do pekoe
111 673 4 do ek sou
112 676 4 hf-ch ro or pek
113 679 ~=1 do dust
114 Sinna Dua 682 6 do bro pek
1L5 635 3 ch pekoe
116 6:8 3 do pek sou
117 691 1 do red leaf
118 K, Haputale 694 4hfch orpek
119 697 1 do pekoe
120 700 1 do pek sou
33 bid
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29 bid
26 bid
24 bid
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Lot Box. pkgs. Name. Ib, c. Lot. Box Pkgs. Name. bl ec.
121 703 2hf-ch broorpek 124 42 208 193 3 ch
133 Vincit 739 5 ch peksouNo.2455 35 Lhf-ch bro pek 340 08= 83
134 Talankande 742 1 do brooryek 122 39 205 196 2 ch or vek 16285
135 745 1 do 206 C 199 1 do
1hf-ch pekoe 152-28 bid e 1hf-ch pet sou 1450 36
136 748° 1 ch peksou ol 2% 207 202 1 ch
137 751 ILhf-ch pekdust 64 §=612 lhf-ch pek 1%5
212 Queensland 217 1 ch dust 160 «= 2
214 Roeberry 223 6 do bro pek 660 «=—«BB
225 Grange Garden256 2 do pek sou 200 8629
aN cn Beg 4 aig zo x Witte oust 8 19
- 235 4 ch 360 2
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.) 237 WNH 292 1 hf-ch pek 48 4
s an r 95 1 do 50
Lot. Box. Pkts. Name. lb e. 239 G_ ents fee Pek 7 os
1 DV 1834 65 ch sou 425 96 re aed 801 ihfch bro pek 3786
3 Ettapolla 1840 Qhf-ch pekoe 450 30 243 Mahal'a co * neg io 27
4 Kosgalla 1848 3 do orpek 150 48 245 Weor ae ape ex 20
8 r 1855 1 do bro pek fans 70 18 Ww codlands m4 2 hf-ch —— foal 140 19
13 Mousakellie 1870 2 ch sou 200 28 or . al 3 ch 0.2 200 18
14 1873 3hf-ch dust 240 = 15 a1 Anntond 336 Anich unas sc 2}
17 Kelaneiya 1882 1c sou 100 = 28 4 “ =. 2 Ha oe dust ie 1
oo ee ee coe eer ae
24 Kotagaloya 1903 2 do peksou 170 30 29 a . - 4 29
25 1906 1 do sou 85 26 4 met “ ac 14
30 Glencorse 1921 2 do pekfans 240 31 cos, Mavalamtonne Oe Rea! Tee =o) 7ae
31 1921 2 do brotea 200 34 0 Phaede |e ee ee ee
32 1927. 1 do dust 175 1s SW es - ; Ld
23 KW Dinest. 309 New Peacock £03 6 do pek fons 450 ls
mark 1930 ©64 hf-ch bro or pek fans 240 32 2 Some = 7 * — 4 ~
BiPokoowatte J0RR. Fj (BOR ee ee 324 4 658 5 do dust 400
35 1936 4 do dust 360 15 28 Kirkl : P
30 BDWP 1939 6 do dust 610 22 Seah EE ee en ae, ee So
40 Yaha Ella 1951 5Shf-ch pekfans 250 20 pear ae ee ee mo 4:
4L 1954 1 ch sou 90 «= 332 7 3 tae a Ss
42 1957 2hf-ch dust 180 14 339 DMV 598 7 ch ache a 65 Bs
51 Marguerita 1984 S&hf-ch fans 448-38 341 4 604 = Wn —— 40 «(8G
52 1987 4 do dust 200 «19 312 ors ae — Se, — is
67 Clunes 2032 2 ch dust 180 14 343 i > 130. 80
72 2017 Shf-ch dust 270 14 ao et
76 KHL 2059 1 ch fans 120 21
tf 2062 2 do dust 290 14
78 Harringtcn 2065 6hf-ch bro orpek 396 90 .
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81 ton | it «2 gh peksou = 2 © 40 | CEYLON COFFER SALES IN LONDON.
89 BA 2098 3 do ust — 240 «15 :
or at car cet + Bich be mlx 2 Fd (From our Commercial Correspondent. )
112 2167 3 do bropekfans 330 32 MINCING LANE August 26.
oe ; ve 2
1 Bae "1 do bro mix ae 13 “Java’’—Balagolla Ella, 1 barrel 95s; ditto 1, 8 casks
115 GK 2176 4 do bro mix 360 625 96s; ditto 2,4c 86s 6d; ditto S, 65s; ditto PB, 80s.
119 Yaha Ella 2183 2 do pek 180 32 “Benlawers’’—GA Ouvah, le 1143s; ditto 1, 4c 110s;
Ae oat ailveoin Gils aa RE ene ata ae ditto 2, 10c 105s; ditto 3, 91s; ditto PB, 110s; ditto T,
196 2209 2 do dust seo 2c 48s. Thotugalla, 1c1083; ditto 2, 3c 104s 6d; ditto
140 Bargany deat cl ek sou 630 7 8, 81s; ditto PB, 100s; ditto T, 48s.
aa Garapalla a + ei ee fans ae 4 “Kawachi Maru”—Gonamotava, lc 113s; 7c not sold;
157 RAW 52 1hf-ch aust 78 14 ditto 2, 3c 44s 6d; ditto PB, 2c 110s; ditto T, sd, 35s.
159 AG 58 2 ch fans 276 = 32 “Java” —Haldummulla, le 112s; ic 107s; S, 90a; 1
160 a ; - 61 6 a po tea 450 29 PB 102s.
161 inest.mark 64 5 do ro tea 285 23 ts ” : ditto 1,
162 Peacock Hill 67 2hf-ch pek mixed 90. «(86 Pyrrhus”—Niabedda, le 115s; ditto1, 4c 112s 6d;
163 ins Hae 70 7 do Bek fans 5250 ditto 3, 5c 1063 6d; 4c 1 barrel 106s; dittols, 3c 95s 6a:
466 Beausejour 79 4 ch peksou 310 36 ditto PB 119s. Gowerakell' e, 1c 1l5s, ditto 1, 113s;
167 82 1 do sou 80 25 ditto 2, 2c 107s: ditto S, 89s; ditto PB, 1203.
168 85 1 do fans 100 25 ‘, Ey ‘
169 : 88 1 do dust 150 «14 Clan Murray’”—Niabedda, 1c 115s; ditto 1, 112s 6d;
770 G Vin est.mark91 11 hf-ch bro pek 550 25 ditto 2, 3c not sold; ditto S, lc 91s: ditto PB, 1l4s.
ee Dunbar ae z de ae oe » ss 2c 1123; ditto 1, le 108s; ‘ditto 2, 98s; ditto
& 15 3,
1933 DBR 160 5 ch ek sou 400 38 ‘
194 163 2 do ro mixed 160 26 “Ulysses” —Gowerakellie, 1 barrel 118; ditto 1, 2¢
TF 166 lhf-ch dust 70 «14 115s; ditto 2, 109s; ditto S, 92s; ditto PB, "1958,
9 ¥
Sa eS ee Z ae ae dust ee = “Derbyshire’—Leangawella, ditto0, & ditto 1, 4c
203 190 1 do 92s 6d; ditto 2, 823; ditto 3, 52; ditto PB, 82s; ditto
: lhf-ch pek sou 117-26 sae 36s.
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS.
TEA, COFFEE, “INCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES,
| Price :—12% cents each 3 copies
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NO. 37 ~ Cotomso, SrerremBer 26, 1898. i 30 cents; 6 copies } rupee.
COLOMBO SAi.’S OF TEA, Lot Box, Pkgs. Name bseeac:
pa ene 208 iE ye 338 17 ch 4 nek sou 1445 27 bid
1 EC) anapitiya 339 14 hf-c ro pe 709 34
LARGE LOTS. 110 340 23 do pek 1150 28
Fn oe pp 114 TKE 34. 26hfch dust 1950 14 bid
[Thompson ai Villiers.— 115 Ambalawa 245 16 bf-ch bro pek 800 40
70.392) 3b. 116 246 33 do pek 1485 23
(V, od" 4 117 ee 247 23 do pek sou 9290 27
. , ros, “same, 2 ; 118 Comilla BEG) Ae ro pe 700 49
Fok Boweliles 4 gg Ce . 125 355 12 ch pek 1080 29 bid
Doone Vale 6 117 box bio pek 1374 41 129 Annandale 259 22hf-ch or pek 1144
7105 do Dek 1300 32 133 Deniyaya 363 18 ch bro pek 1890 46
41 Harrow, Machine 134 364 12 do pek y0@ 33
Packed 11 25hf-ch bvo or pek 700 46 bid 136 RC TBE, ines-
a 2 35 do. bio pek 2100 47 bid tate mark 266 34 ch bropek 3060 38
13 13 39 do pek 3900 87 bid | 137 367 20 do pek 1700 =. 28 bid
it 14 10 do 34 bid | 138 368 20 do peksou 1600 26
26 Myraganga 26 47 ch 44 140 Ravana 3/0 2hhf-ch bropek 1375 46
27 27 25 do 45 141 371 28hi-ch pek 1260 35
28 28 49 do 37 184 Labugama 378 25 hi-ch bro pek 1250 44
29 29 24 do 32 149 379-2 ch pek 1290 32
30 2 30 13 do 13 150 380 10 do pek sou 8L0 27
35 Warwick 35 Idhfech pek sou 806 38 1642Charlie Hill 384 15 li-ch peksou 750 28
37 Chetncle 37. 12 ch pek sou 1140 28 156 Koorooloogalla 336 15 ch bro pek 1500 3
38 39 19hich bro pek fan 1235 26 157 287 15 do pek 1350 37
40 49 13 do dust (Gym USS 162 Yspa 392 i2hf-ch dust 966. 15
42 Agarsland 42 20hf-ch dust 1200 13 bid | 163 Saidawatte 393 78hf-ch pek 39)0 24 bid
43 Doragalla 43. 15 ch bro pek 1500 47
44 44 21 do pek 1890 36
45 45 13 do peksou 1040-32
51 Polpitiya Bloch or pek 765 388 bid 4
54 Cotswald 54 Opke or pek 855 37 bid iMr. &. Jonn.—175,943 tk.]
56 K’Bedde 56 9 ch pek 870 27 bid
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. oc,
4 Patails 73l 5 op ;
= 6hf-ch dust 1255 9 bid
(Messrs. Somerville & Co. 5 Bellongalla 784 20 do bropek 1200° «41
—151,252.] 6 6 ; oe 10 en Pelt : 162034
= 7 Oonoogaloya 790 23 do ro pek 2300 = 49 bid
Lot. . Box. pkgs. Name, lb. ec. 8 ye es aide BERSE reine
2 SFD 232 Thi-ch dust 700 14 9 795 9 do pek sou 810 32
5 Yarrow 235 52hf-ch ro pek 3120 41 10 799 9 do fans 1030 31
6 236 66 do pek 3300 35 IL Ferndale 802 17 do or pek 1700 42 bid
7 Aillin, in estate 12 805 27 do pekce 2430 36
mark 237 41hf-ch bro pek 2255 35 bid } 18 Gonavy 808 39hf-ch_ bro pek 214557
3 238 22 ch pek 1870 30 14 811 23 ch pekoe 1845 43
9 239 14 do peksou 1120 27 15 814 11 do peksou 10458.
12 Atherton 242 13hf-ch bro pek 782 40 bid | 16 AgraOuvah 817 32hf-ch broorpek 2016 68
13 243 25 do ypek 1250 38bid | 17 820 15 do or pek 780 56
144 G@ACeylon 244 10 ch peksou 740-26 20 ; 829 15 do pekfans 1275 34
15 245 15hfch dust 1200 Ww 22 Lameliere 835 31 do bro pek 1798 50
7 Bidbury 247 9 ch bro pek 900 §38hbid | 23 838 19 ch pekoe 1748-38
21 Woodthorpe 251 10 ch _ bropek 1000 48 26 Templestowe 847 24 do bro or pek 2160 51 bid
22, 252 10 do pek 900 34 27 850 46 do pekoe 3910 3
23 253 15 do peksou 1200 30 28 853 12 do peksou 960 3k
32 Ritni 262 19hf-ch or pek 988 46bid | 29 86 7 do pek fans 805 41
33 263 34 do pes 1496 39 30 Bokotua 859 14 do bropek 1400 43
37 Hoolugangs 267° 47 ch ro pek 770 82 bid | 35 Iona 874 28hf-ch broorpek 1820 68 bid
41 Minna 271 28hf-ch broorpek 1820 59 36 877 12 ch or pek 1207 & baie
42 272 41 ch or pek 3690 3 37 : 880 8 do pekoe 300 © 43 bid
43 273 18 do pek 1620 39bid | 41 Theresia 892 8 do bropekfans S10 42
44 274 13 do ek sou 1170 35 46 Hattangalla 917 12 do bro pek 1980 38 bid
45 Ukuwella 275 15 ch ro or pek 1500 34 bid | 47 910 20 do pekoe 1700 29 bid
46 276 15 do bro pek 1500 34 bid | 48 913 10 do pek sou 800-27
47 277 18 do pek 100 32bid| 6) HM 919 10hf-ch dust 850 8615
48 278 10 do ek sou 1000 28 51 NF 922 20 do dust 1700 15
49 Marigold 279 64hf-ch bro pek 3840-48 53 S 928 8 ch unas - 800 34
50 280 29 do pek 1624 37 56 Loughton 937 22hf-ch sou 990 26
51 281 38 do pek sou 2128 35 57 Brownlow 940 19 do broor pek 1064 6t
53 233 22 do bro pek fans 1496 83 58 943 21 do er pek 1092 54
54 Hapugasmulle 284 13 ch bro pek 1430 42 ag 946 86 ch pekoe 3240 42
55 235 13 do ek 1274 $2 60 949 23 de ek sou 1955 35
60 Gingranoya 290 10hf-ch dust 850 =. 26 61 952 7 do ropekfans 819 40
64 Hangranoya 294 15 ch fans 1725 = BL 62 LittleValley 955 10 do _ bropek 1000 48
65 295 6 do dust 840 out | 63 958 14 do ekoe 1190 37
66 Warakamure 296 16 ch or pek 1600 33bid | 76 Mocha 997 15 do roorpek 1575 70
67 - 2071/7. do bro or pek 805 33 77 1000 13 do or pek 170—s«@2.
68 298 16 ch pek 1520 =29hid | 78 3 18 do pekoe 1620 53 bid
69 299 10 do pek sou 900 828 79 6 14 do pekgou 1190 843
71 GW 301 10 ch sou 700 27 80 9 12 do fans 840 36 bid
75 Ni © - 305 14 ch bro pek fans 1820 13 bid | 81 MountTemple 12 %5hf-ch broorpek 1500 47 bid
80 Fairfield 310 16hf-ch dust 1440 21 82 15 23 do or pek 1150 = 40 bid
84 Hatdowa B14 23 ch bro pek 2300 88 83 18 20 ch pekoe 1500 36
85 315 27 do pek 2295. 80 84 21 23 do peksou 1265 3
86 316 23 do pek sou 1955 09-27 $5 24 llhbf-ch orpekfans 825 87
91 Gosport 321 3Lhf-ch or pek 1705 387 bid | 86 Agra Ouvah 27 58 do bro or pek 38712 69
92 Deniyaya $22 22 ch bro pek 2310 44bid | 87 30 24 do orpek 1248' ‘59
9 KG 323. 10 ch pek dust 1240 12 bid | 88 33 «#8 ch ekoe 760 49
94 Citrus 374 12 ch kro pek 1200 «= 46~—s -| 89 Glasgow 36 33. do roorpek 2805 63
95 325 16 do pek 1440 29bid | 90 89 12hf-ch or pek 78056
102 MT 882 3Uhf-ch pek sou 1650 withd'n | 91 42 8 ch pekoe 760 «48
103 Horagoda 333 10 ch oro pek 1000s 41 bid | 92 BK 45 l4hf-ch dust 1282. 10
1¢4 #34 22 do pek 1760 33 93 Ottery 48 25 ch bro or pek 2500 56 bid
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Lot. Box Pkgs. Name. 1) Page Lot. Box. Pkgs, Name, Ib. ee,
94 51 12 do orpek 1080-50 104 922 32hf-ch peksou 1792 87 bid
95 s 54 10 do pipe 900 46 107 EL 931 10 do dust 700 5
97. Lameliere 60 31hf-ch bro pek 1798 = 62 108 Rowley 934 44hf-ch bropek 2308 68
98 3 19 ch elxoe 1748 38 109 937 44 do k 2861 36
ue Keenagaha Ella 72 25 do ro or pek 2625 45 | 122 Mynkswood 976 48 bf ch or pek 2640 a2
102 75 25 do ekoe 2250 BG | 128 979 52 do or pek 2609 = 72
107 Ridgmount 90 12 do ro pek 1272 34 bid | 124 98: 12 ch pek 1080
113 Eladuwa 108 10 do pekoe 1000 25 bid 125 985 27 do do 2131 | 60 bid
120 New TLunisgalla 20) 14 do bro pek 1568 41 126 988 30 do do 2850
121 132 22 do pekoe 1980 32 127 991 19 do pek sou 1805 46
122 135 18 do peksou 153027 |! 129 Patiagama 997 7 ch broorpek 700 61
124 MTCL 14t 17 do sou 1360 37 1 yal 1063 19 do k 1615 40
126. 147 $8 do ekfans 1040 39 ' 189 Waratenne 1027 24 ch 4 pek 2250 «= «38
128 ‘Kotuagedera 153 19 uo ro pek 1900 35 140 1030 23 do do 1955 39
129 156 12 do pekoe 1110-29 141 1033 23 do p:koe 1955 32
131 GW 162 10hf-ch dust ll 142 1035 10 do fans 750 «16
134 Attawatte 171 20 do bro pek 1000 44bid | 143 Tonacombe 1039 21 ch orpek 2100 = «&3
135 174 41 ch — pekoe 3280 S34bid 144 1042 22 do bropek 2640 62
186)" 177 14 do fans 1330 = 31 bid | 145 1045 42 do pek 4200 48
137 180 238 do red leaf 2110 withd’n — 146 1048 8 do pek sou 720 38
138 183 10 do dust 900 13 bid 148 Knavesmire 1054 12 ch oro pek lwo 38644
143 Ferndale 198 13 do broorpek 1300 42bid | 149 1057 13 do broorpek 1170 42
1445 MTP 34, in ., | 150 1060 30 do pek 270034
estate mark 204 15 do bro tea 1500 20 bid | 151 1063 do pek sou 1820 81
146 207° 8 do dust 1120 13 bid | 152 1066 J4hf-ch dust 1260 16 bid
148 Kadien Lena 213 12 ch congou 1200 24 153 1069 7 ch fans 770 32
150 MTP 12, in 158 Pambagama
estate mark 219 13 do ek dust 1430 out (Veneita chest) 108i 11 ch sou 90 8627
151 Glentilt 272 36 do ro pek 3600 60 bid 16L Arapolakan-
152 2'56 16 do ekoe 1609 47 de 1093 42 ch bro pek 8780 46
154 Bittacy 231 20 do ro pek 2000 56 162 1096 28 do pek 2240 34
155 218 21 do ekoe 1680 47 165 Hayes 1105 23bf-ch bro or 1150 57
156 Ben Nevis 237 16 hf-ch om ery or pek 800 60 166 1108 80 do bro pe 1500 46
157 240 11 ch ek 935 41 | 168 lild 22 do pe 1100 37
158 243 9 do pe oe 762 87 169 1117 20 do pek sou 900 «33
159 KadienLena 246 14hf-ch bro pek dust 1120 24 | 170 8 1120 18 do pek sou 1040 37
160 UV v49 14 ch pek sou 1400 36 172 Amblak
161 252 10hf-ch dust 800-15 de 1126 15 ch bropek 1600 47
162 S, in est. mark 255 8 ch fans 800 32 173 1129 27 do pek 20 8=—s 85
163 N 258 19 do 174 1132 18 do peksou 1440s 3
Lhf-ch pek sou 1950 13 175 1135 10 do bro pek
ss 261 16 ch : dust 1100 SL
lhf-ch peksou 1035 15 bid | 176 Fairlawn 1138 23hf-ch bro pek 1160 65
166 Woodstock 67 12 ch Aira orpek 1200 45bid | 177 1i4) 29 do orpek 1305 48
178 1144 if he * 1260 41
181 Middleton 1153 4 — roorpek 1100 81
2 1156 18 ¢ or pex 1800
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.—] “a leo te de. ee 4
pe ie ue ES Ber oS
166 2 58 ch ro 7 48
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. Cc. 17 17180. fa oa pn a 4
5 B, in estate 189 Ruanwella 1177 12 ch pek sou 1080 233
wark 625 15 ch sou 1350 27 190 T°Villa 1180 7 ch dust 910 «it
6 628 9 do dust 1350 418 192 Kakiriskan-
10 Sadamulla 640 11 ch bro pek 1100 37 de 186 10
11 613 15 do ek 1500 28 lhf-ch pekoe 1010 34
15 T’Villa 635' 7 ch ro or pek 735 44 4 A 1195 15 ch
17 661 25 do pek 2250 31 Lhf-ch peksou 1400
18 664 10 do peksou 900 8628 200 Murrayth-
19 667 13 do ou 1170 24 waite 1210 13 ch pek 1105 3
297 CSG 691 39hf-ch bro pek 1950 52 209 A, in estate
28 694 31 ch pek 2180 38 mark 1237 7 ch pek 770 37
29 697 9 do peksou 720 36 211 Weoya 1243 23 ch bro pek 21 85
32 Palawatte 706 25° ch bro pek 2500 42 212 1246 28 do pek 22402=— 3
33 709 12 do ek 1200 32 213 1249 ll do pek seu 825 27
35 CH 715 i6 ch ust 1280 20 214 1252.14 co fans 1400 ry
36. 718 10 do red leaf 900 24 | 215 1255 22 do dust 2970 17
37 Thedden_ 721 80 ch bro pek 3300 51 220 Battawatte 1270 24 ch pek 2160 39
38 724.15 do pek 1500 9-87 | 221 1273 29 do k sou 2610 33
51 Trex 763 30 ch bro pek 3000 = 48 . 222 Dammerih 1276 10 do ro orpek 1230 49
52 766 19 do pek 1900 = 33 | 223 1279 15 do bro pek 1500-52
55 Kelaneiya, Mas- o, | 224 1282 24 do pek 2400 «39 bid
keliya 775 31 ch bropek 2635 44 bid | 225 1285 9 do neksou 900 35
56 778 23 do elk 2340 34 228 High Forest 1294 21hf-ch bro orpek 1134 9g
58 Shrubs Hill 781 36 ch ro pek 3708 £0 229 1297 18 do pek 810 53
59 7387 21 do pekoe 1848 37 230 1200 17 do pee sou 748 46
60 790 do ek sou 1950 32 232 Galkadua 1306 14 ch ro pek 1400 39
61 793 Qhf-ch dust 765 15 233 1309 20 do pek 1700 32
62 Kirindi 796 14 ch bro pek 140051 234 1312 12 do pek sou 102 = as
63 799 15 do ek 1350 36 236 Carfax 1318 14 do bro or pek 1540 58
64 802 21 do peksou 1680 31 237 1321 16 do or pek 1600 «48
81 St. Leonards 238 1324 15 do pek 1425 40
_ On Sea 858. 9 ch_ bro pek 855 88 210 Aberdeen 1330 54 do bropek 2700 = 40
86 Deaculla 868 20hf-ch bropek 1650 59 241 1233 23 do pek 1863 32
87 871.39 ch pek 2730 40 242 1336 11 do or pek 825 40
88 : §74 18 do ek sou 1260 37 | 243 1339 10hf-ch dust 800 15
89 Gallawatte 877 14 ch ro pek 1330 46 { 244 Theydon Boise 9 ch broorpek 810 60 |
90 880 21 do pek 1785 34 245 10 do bro pek 900. «49
91 Ella Oya 883 12 ch bro pek 1200 a7 246 ire 17 do pek 1360 835
92 886 13 do or pek H18 39 231 KPW 1363 23 hf-ch or pek 1680 44
93 839 12 do ek 960 32 - 252 1366 22 do bro pek 1210 40
94 892 16 hf-ch ro mek fan 1088 32 253, 1369 44 do pk 22002 «BL
95 Meddetenne 895 39 do bro pek 2145 46 256 Nugagalla 1878 i+ do ropek - 700 52
9 898 18 ch pekoe 1710 - 35 257 1381 43 do pek 2150 38
97 901 12 do peksou 1080 30 258 = Stamford Hill1382 25 do slowey orpk1250 663
102 NG 916 23 ch red leaf 2110 12 bid 259 - 1387 15 ch r pek 1275 46
103 G P, in estate Sip &: 260 1390 10 do srg x 80 32
mark 919 23hf-chbro or pek 1380 63 bid 261 Battawatte 1393 30 do pek 2700 86.38
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. 3
Lot ~Box. pkgs. Name. Ib c Lot Box. Pkgs. Name We,
262 Kennington 1793 9 ch unast 855 26 38 Chetnole 38 2 ch sou 180 25
267 Dunedin 1411 8 do orpek fans 720 38 41 Agarsland 41 2hfch unas. {86 25
275 Castlereagh 1435 16 do bropek 1600 57 46 Doragalla 46 3 do — bro mix 24000 25
276 1438 15 do or pek 1275 61 47 A 47 dShf-ch bro pek 275 38 bid
O77 1441 16 do pek 1220 38 48 48 3 do pek 150 34
281 Penrhos 1453 3Lhf-ch or pek 1500 48bid | 49 49 2 do pek sou wo 29
282 1456 39 do bropek 2184 62 50 50 1 do unas 4822
283 1459 43 ch pekoe 3870 39 52 D 52 3 ch
286 Clyde 1468 23 do bro pek 2070 43 z 1hf-ch bro pek fans 468 16 _
287 147i 22 do pek 1870 34 53 TT ; 53 3 do dust 255 9 bid
288 1474 14 /do pek sou 1260 55 K’Bedde 53 2 ch bro pek 216 30 bid
294 Talgaswela 1492 46 do bropek 4140 41 54 57 3 do _ pek fans 360 12
295 1495 18 do pek 153) 32 58 68 4 do vek dust 420 9 bid
996 14988 17 do pek sou 14d 28 59 Loomont 59 7hf-ch bro pek 318 31 bid
297 1501 8 do bro pekNo.2 $80 22 60 60 8 do pek 154-26
298 Anningkandel504 13 do bro pek ” 1430 40 oF 61 1 do pek son 46-24
299 1507 14 do * pek 1400 © 32bid | 6&2 N 62 Ghf-ch fans — 420 16
302 EDP 1516 19bf-ch dust 1520 15 3 63 1 do — bro mix 50° «12
310 Kitulgalla 1540 8 ch pek 720. 31 64 64 2 do dust 170138
313 K 1549 14hf-ch fans 980 21bia | 6 RP 65 4héch pek 323
314 C 1552 14 ch sou 1330 29 66 66 3 do sou 183} out
319. Bandara Eliyal567 120 hf-ch or pek 6240 39bia | 97 67 1 ch pekidust 145
320 1570 34 ch pekoe 3094 37
321 1573 37 oe; Pek sou : 2960 33
322 1576 83hf-ch broor pek 5146 45 5 .
327 Massena 1591 43 do Bro pek 2150 46 (Messrs. Somerville & Co.]
328 1594 20 do pe 1009 31
Bee 1597 20 do peksou 1000. 28 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ec.
332 Beausijour 1606 13 do broipek 1170 = 40 bid 1 SFD 231 3hf-ch fans 231 22 bid
333 Stisted 1609 31 do bro or pek 2015 56 3 233''7 do con 434 2:
334 1612 14 do or pek 784 41 4 B, in estate
336 1618 23 do pek sou 1265 36 mark 234 7 ch bro mix 560 16
338 Halwatura 1624 65 ch bro, pek 7150 44 bid 10 K, in estate
339 1627 26 do or pek 2340 38 mark 210 6 ch bre mix 540 12
340 1630 35 do pek 3150 36 11 241 4hf-ch dust 244 14
349 Ingrogalla 1657 13 do bro pek 1300 51 16 GA Ceylon 246 2 ch bro tea 200 «19
350 1660 12 do pek 1020 37 1 hf-ch
351 Devenford 1663 15 do or pek 1350 66 18 Bidbury 247 9 ch pek 560 8934
352 D 1666 5 do br or pk fans $40 35 19 248 2 do pek sou 180 2
353 Dorkin 1669 19 do bro or pek 2280 40 bid 20 250 1 do fans 120 24
354 Marguerita 1672 27 hf-ch bro orpek 1450 62 bid 24 Woodthorpe 254 2 ch sou 150 = 26
355 1675 22 do or pek 1100 58 bid 25 255 2 2 nee dust 140 13
361 Waitalawa 1693 41 do bro pek 2050 = G0 26 256 do red leaf 3 10
362 1696 65 do pek 3300 338 27 Primrose Hill 257 10 hf-ch bro pek 550 48
363 1699 37 do pek sou 1850 33> 28 258 6 ch elk 540 33
364 1702 9 do dust 765 26 29 259° 8 do pek sou 640 29
366 Great Valley 3 260 1 do sou 75 26
Ceylon in est. 31 261 1hf-ch_ red leaf 34 10
mark 1708 &2hf-ch bro pek 2860 49 34 Ritni 264 10 hf-ch pek sou - 390-32
367 17il 14 ch or pek 1259 389 35 265 4 do bro pek 272" 3
368 1714 24 do pek 2160 35 36 266 1 do dust 80 12
369 1717 16 do pek sou 1440 33 38 Hooluganga 268 5 ch pek 503 30
3738 Lyegrove 1729 8 do bro pek S00 47 : 1 hf-ch
374 : 1732 8 do pek 720 38 39 269 4 ch Bek sou 400 26
377 UK 1711 14 do pek 1400 = 32 40 270 Lhf-ch dust 470 12
878 Doranakande1744 15 do bro pek 1500 33 52 Marigold 282 10 hf-ech sou 540 28
379 1747 10 do pek 900 28 56 Hapugasmulle 286 4 ch sou 372 26
387 Dehiowita 1771 18 do sou 1530 26 57 287 2 do fans 224 25
388 Seenagolla, 1774 18 do bro pek 2070 63 58 288 2 do dust 292 12
389 1777 20 do pek 1900 44 59 Gingranoya 239 1hfch or pek 60 40
391 Queensland 1783 15 do pek 1275 46 61 SLG 291 Lhf-ch dust 90 12
892 1786 8 doa pek sou 720 42 Gla ll hf-ch sou 605 25
399 Glencorse 1807 15 do bro pek 1350 40 62 GMA 292 6hf-ch dust 60 14
400 1810 8 do bro.or pek 800 53 63 293 6 ch fans 492 17
401 1813 12 do pek 960 31 70 Warakamure 300 2hf-ch dust 170 13
‘402 1816 12 do pek sou 900 28 72 GW 302 6hf-ch fans 360 23
405 Knavesmire 1825 9 do bro orpelk 855 41 73 303 6 do dust 450 14
406 1828 10 do bro pek 1000 45 74 304 1 ch red leaf 90 11
407 1831 34 do pek 3060 33 76 Allagumallaya 306 2hf-ch bro or pek 129 out
408 1834 16 do pek sou 1200 29 77 SO0faals (Ch or pek 90 45
410 Penrhos 1810 13hf-ch bro pek 740 60 78 308 1 ch pek 100 42
411 1843 13 ch pek 1105 3 79 YL 309 6 hf-ch fans 480 10 bid
81 DS, in estate
mark 311 9 ch sou 630 21
82 Fetteresso 38121 chi pek $0 38
SMALL LOTS. 83 AB, in estate
aera. ¢ 4 mae 313 2 hf ob dust 212 10 bid
<17- 87 Hatdowa 317 (2 ¢ unas 170 19
. (Thompson and Villiers.) 88 318 2 do bro or pek 200 23
89 319 1 do dust 159 13
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. 8 90 AN 320 6 ch bro mix 600 18 bid
1 RG, in estate 96 Citrus 826 4 ch peksou 400 25
mark 15: ch bro or pek 325 35 97 827 4 do bro pek fans 500 18
Pe 2 4 do or pek 380 35 98 $25 2 do dust B14 14
3 3 4 do pek 84 31 9 WRWK 829° 4 ch fans 660 ll bid
4 4 7 do pek sou 605 6 105 Horagoda 335 4 ch peksou 320-97
5 5 8 do dust 610 14 106 336 2 do fans 190 31
8 Doone Vale 8 4 ch pek sou 340 26 107 337 1 do dust 144 22
9 9 1 do fans 100 8622 111 Panapitia 341 9hf-ch sou 450 924
10 10 1 do dust 150 12 112 842 2 do dust 140 10
2 AA 25 2 ch pek sou 200 25 113 343 1 do coa $2 7
3L Myraganga 31 Shf-ch pek fans 660 25 119 Comillah 349 4 ch pek 400 30
32 Pittle 32 6 do pek No. 2 3430—i«d16 120 850 3 do sks sou 300 26
33 GPT, in estate 121 Orion 351 4 ch “ns 448 24 bid
mark $3 3 ch red leaf 186 12bid 122 352 2 do dust 225 13
34 FE 34 4 ch fans 828 12 bid {| 123 G’Watte 353 24 boxes bro pek 480 40
86 Warwick 36 Shf-ch dust 400 18 124 35a 5 ch or pek 475 « 33
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
4
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib. c¢.
126 356 5 eh peksou 480 26
127 367 1 do fans 112 24
128 858 2 do dust 150 13
430 Annandale 60 7hf-ch sou 336 3A
131 WVT 361 7hf-ch dust 530 13
132 F A, in estate
mark 362 1 ch dust 100 15
135 Deniyaya 365 7 ch peksou 605 = 8
139 RC TB, in es-
te mark 469 2 ch dust 240 13
142 Ravana 372 Ohf-ch pek 360 27
143 373 2 do sou 80 26
151 Labugama 881 5 ch bro vee fans 600 32
452 Charlie Hill 382 10hf-ch bro pek 500 34 bid
153 3&3. 10 do pek sou 500 29
455 385 5 do bropekfans 400 28
158 Kooroolocgalla 338 6 ch ek sou 600 29
159 489 1 do ro tea 100 12
168 390 3 do fans 845 88
161 391 1 do dust 160 14
(Mr. BE. John.]
Lot, Box. pkgs: Name. lb. ec.
Patails ET mee sou 140 16
2 775 4 do fans 410 «$618
3 778 Lhfch bro mix 55 12
18 Agra Ouvah 823 4 ch pekoe 380 «49
19 826 5 do pek sou 425 40
20 832 4hf-ch dust 400 17
24 bLamelicre 841 5 ch pek sou 400 81
25 844 4hf-ch pek fans 320 4
31 Bokotua 862 7 ch or pek 685 39
32 865 2 do pekoe 130 = 38
33 868 1 ao pek sou 75 30
34 871 1Lhf-ch dust 75 19
28 Iona 883 2 ch pek sou 180 33
39 836 2hf-ch ust 160 15
40 PHP, in est.
mark ss9 1 ch pek sou 95 28
42 Theresia £95 2 do bro mix 180 87
43 898 3hf-ch dust 237 15
44 901 1 do congou 40 30
45 N 94 5 do dust 875 13
49 Hattangalla 916 2 ch dust 280 12
52 W,imest.mark 925 5 do bro tea 38 21
BS 931 2 do sou 190 29
55 Loughton 934 12hf-ch pek dust 600 «14
64 Little Valley 961 3 ch pek sou 270 = 382
65 964 1 do dust 140 16
66 $67 8 do fans 330 86.29
96 Ottery Sid aa dust 166 22
99 Lameliere 8 5 do pek sou 400 81
100 4hf-ch pek fans 320 29
103 Keenagaha Eila "3 7 ch peksou 595 33
104 81 do sou 570 28
105 84 5hf-ch fans 375 26
106 87 1 do dust 95 12
108 Ridgmount 93 5 ch orpek 480 30 bid
109 96 7 do pekoe 637 =. 27 bid
110 99 3 do peksou 213 24 bid
411 102 41 do dust 124 12bid
412 Bladuwa 105 5 do
5; Lhf-ch bropek 580- 29
iu 1138. eh sou 285 23
115 114 1 do dust 126 let
116 1127. Lhf-ch bro mix 53 13
117 M 120. 2 ch bro pek 210 B
ais 123 3 do
: 1hf-ch pekoe 300 «25
119 126 1 ch sou 95 23
123 wew 7 Sunisealle 138 2 do dust 160 «3615
425 144 4 do dust 600 17
127 Guaiters 150 8 do peksou 640 2%
130 GW 159 7 do peksou 595 28
132 165 2 do fans 240 21
433 168 2 do red leaf 140) «(15
139 RL 186 3hf-ch pekfans 204-84
140 189 2 do dust 23r, 48
141 Galloola 192 2 ch = dust Ute Sees
142 Amnamallai 195 2hf-ch dust 170—sd4
144 Ferndale 201 4 ch dust 500 18
147 Kadien Lena 210 ‘7hf-ch dust 560 «15
149 MTP12,in
estate mark 216 65 ch brotea 400 19 bid
153 Glentiit 228 5 do. peksou 450
165 Carendon 264 3 do
2hf-ch pek fans 618 14
167 Woodstock 270 8 ch orpek 686 35 bid
[Messrs. Forbes & Waiker.]}
Lot. Box. Pkts. Name. lb e
1 BBB, in estate
mark _ 613 6hf-ch dust 450 14
Lot, Box. pkgs. Name-
28E 616 6 hf- ch bro pek
8 619 4 pekoe
4 622 1 do bro pek fans
7 Kaduruwan-
dola 631 1 ech bropek
8 634 1 do pek
9 637 1 do pe* sou
12 Sadamulla 646 3 ch pek sou
13 6419 2 do sou
14 652 1 do dust
16 T’Villa 658 7 ch or pek
20 Karowkettia 670 2 ch bro pek
21 673 3 do pek
22 New Anga-
mana 676 B5hf- 9 9 aay F
Pe mark Lae = do tans a oe Ditto, Rustoom, ditto 1, 9b 1s out; ditto 2, 5d 10d out;
372 1726 6 do dust 510 15 ditto 3, 3b sold 91; ditto 4, lb 8d.
6
CEYLON CARDAMOMS SALES IN
LONDON.
Ditto, Kandevalle, ditto 1, 36b 1s out; ditto 2, 5b
out; ditto 3, 4b sold 9d; ditto 4, 1b Sd.
Ditto, Morotto, ditto 1, 9b 1s ont. |
Ditto, Koottanawelle, ditto 1 and 2, 10b ont.
Ditto, Kuruwitte, ditto 3, 3b 9d; ditto 4, 1b 8d.
“Kanagava Maro’’—Ekelle Plantation, sort 1, 12b
éut 1s 1d; ditto 2, 36b out 11d; ditto 3, 7b out 94d;
itto 4, out 9d.
. aed Macdonald’’—Ditto, sort 1, 3b out 1s 1d;
ditto 2, 4b 11d; ditto 3, 4b 94d.
“Clan Mackay”’—CPJ in estate
6b out 9d. Py
“Gee Okisholm!"—F in estate mark, Ekelle, sort 1,
1b out 1s 1d; ditto 2, 7b 11d; ditto 3, 80 9d; ditto 4,
Ore port Elliot”’—MLM in estate mark, Ittagalla,
gort 1, 10b out 9d; ditto 2, 22b 9d; ditto 3, 15b 8d
out: ditto 4, 26b out 7d.
“Sarpedon’—J T in estate mark, Ittagalla, sort 1,
3b 9d; ditto 2, 9b 8d; ditto 3, {1b 7d; ditto 4, 14b 7d.
“Pakling’—AL, Diggodda Plantation, sort 5, 10b
t 74d.
Ao; Derbyshite""—AS QP, in estate mark Kadirana sort
1, 4b out; ditto 2, 9b out 1s 44; ditto 3, 13b out 1s 3d;
ditto 4,12b sold11ad; 30bsold9d;11b sold8d.
“Glan Fraser’”’—F'S WS in estate mark Kadirane |
sort 1, 3b sold 1s 44; ditto2, 6b sold Is 3d; ditto 3,
Des North Kadirane ditto 1 3b sold 1s 4d; ditto 2,
1s 3d; ditto 3, 1s 1d; ditto 4, 104d and 9a. 4
FS K, Kadirane ditto 1, 3b sold 1s 4d; ditto 2, 8b
13 3d; ditto 3, 11b 1s 2d; ditto 4, 1b 10d.
“Pindari” FS WS in estate mark North Kaderane
sort 1, 5b sold 1s 4d; ditto 2, 1lb 1s 24; Gitto 3, 11b
15 1d and 1s; ditto 4, 8b 10d and 84d. |
Ditto Kadirane ditto 1,4b1s4d; ditto 2, 9b 1s 2d;
ditto 3, 8b 1s 1d; ditto 4, 10b 84.
mark, sort 4,
SSS
OBSERVER PRINTINS WORKS.
CEYLON PRODUCE
lt te een
SALES LIST.
FS K, Kaderane ditto 1, 14b sold 1s 4d ;
1s 2d bid; ditto 3, 18b 1s bid; ditto
JDSR in estate mark Kadirane
1s 8d; ditto 1,18b 1s 2d; ditto 1, 16b 1s
Horahena ditto 1, 4b sold 1s 3d; ditto
JR KP in estate mark ditto 1, 8b sold 1s 1d;
14b 18; ditto 2, 18b11d; ditto 2, 16b 10d; ditto
91 sold 84d; ditto 4, 5b 73d.
‘Orestes’’—ML 4 in estate mark, Linden, sort
16b sold, 84; ditto 2 83b, 7$d and 7d; ditto 3 24b sold 7d
and 64d; ditto 4 out 7d.
M io estate mark, Linden, ditto 0 6b out ls 24; ditto
1 ce out ls 1d; ditto 2, 13b ont 10}d; ditto 3, 9b
out 9d.
“ Pindari”—MLM in estate mark, Ittagalla sort 1,
14b sold at 8d; ditto 2, 21b sold 7}d; ditto 3, 22b ont
Tid; ditto 4 out 7d.
M in estate mark Mahawatta sort 0 15b out Is 2d; ditto
1 30b out 1s 1d; ditto 2, 45b out 11d.
“ Clan Chisholm ’—JLDC PalJanchena, sort 1, 12b
out 1s; ditto 2, 21b sold 103d; ditto 3, 13b ont 94d;
ditto 4, 5b 8d.
“Clan Drummond ”—CHdeS Merotto,
out lid.
“Clan Cameron’’—CHdeS Kurawitte, sort 2 9b
out 11d,
‘Shropshire '’—CHdeS
out I1d.
TPW in estate mark, sort 0 2b out 11d.
* Pindari”"—PNDS in estate mark sort 1 20b sold 114
aot, 50b out; ditto 3 26b sold 9d and 8d; citto 4
so :
M in estate mark; R Kadirana sort 1 (3b sold 1s;
it 16b out 1ijd; ditto 3 15b out 10d; ditto 4
7b 83d. bi
‘Kanagawa Maru ”—Butterfly Ekelle, sort 2 50b
out 1ld; ditto 3 26b out 10d.
‘“‘ Sarpedon ’’—ASQP in estate mark, Kadirana sort 1
4b; ditto 211b; ditto 3 17b all out; ditto 4, 6b sold 1s,
6b 11!d; 6b 9d; 12b $44.
sort 2 6b
Kandevelle, sort 2 12b
= ee
TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES,
CoLomuso,
NO. 38
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA.
LARGE LOTS.
py hompson and Villiers.—
4,
939 Ib.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
2 Memorakande 2 81 ch bro pek 8100
3 EEO ek 3150
7 Dalukoya 7 12 ch ro or pek 720
8 8 17 do or pe 25
9 B’Kellie 9 19 ch _ pek 1748
20 Lynsted 26 3lhf-ch peksou 1559
25 H 25 35hfch bro or pek 700
26 26 35 do bro pek 2109
27 27 39 ch pek 3900
28 23 10 do pek sou 1090
29 KT 29 8 ch
1hf-ch bro sou 872
(Messrs. Somerville & Co.
—142,760.]
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. lb.
1 Ukuwella te? ich bro or pek 745
2 2 24 do bro pek 2400
3 3 21 do pek 2100
4 4 8 do peksou 800
5 Dikmukalana 5 27hf-ch pek 1350
6 6 44 do pek sou 1980
7 Penrith wor en dust 1084
14 Lonach 14 62hf-ch bro pek 3100
15 15 25 ch pek 2125
16 16 20 do pek sou 1600
17 MN 17 22hf-ch dust 1804
23 P, in estate
mark 23 14 ch unas 1470
26 Oakley 26 11 ch bro pek 1100
27 27 10 do pek 10°0
28 Bollagalla 98 18 ch bro pek 1710
29 29 16 do pek 12380
30 30 19 do pek sou 1805
gi Harangalla 31 25 ch bro pek 2500
32 32 38 do pek 3420
33 33 17 do sou 1530
35 M 35° 25 ch pek 2250
326 Eilandhu 26 10 ch ~ bro pek 1000
37 a 27 10 do pek 950
40 Bogahagoda-
watte 40 11 ch bro pek 1160
4L 41 14 do pek 1260
44 Koladeniya 44 8 ch bro pek 760
43 Mousakande 48 12 ch bro pek 1260
49 Glenalla. 49 #4 ch pek 4590
51 Dartry A 51 19hf-ch pek fans 1425
54 Atherton 5% 13 ht-ch pek 990
57 VR, in estate
mark 57 25 ch pek sou 2000
5S F8 13 do dust 1105
3 Karanawella 63 15 ch bro pek 1350
64 64 12 do pek 960
65 65 12 do pek sou 970
67 Harangalla 67 25 ch bro pek 2500
68 68 26 do Ik 2340
69 Patulpana 69 13hf-ch bro pek 715
7a lepedene 7a 37hf-ch bro pek 2035
76 76 33hf-ch pek 1650
77 77 23 do pex sou 1165
£3 Mousa Eiiy2 83 16 ch bre pek 1840
84 84 16 ch or pek 1600
8&3 85 10 do pek 950
86 Ovoca AT 86 17hf-ch pek fans 1105
9 SRK 91 9 do bro tea 900
92 Kudaganga 92 9 ch _ bro pek 900
93 93 15 do pek 1425
10) Kelani 109 27 ch bro pek 2160
110 110 13 do bro or pek 1300
li 111 30 do ek 2700
112 112 18 do pek sou 1440
113 Rayigam 113, Tz *ch bro pek 1785
14 114 11 do orpek 990
115 115 27 do pek 242
116 116 12 do pek sou 1080
N7 DN 117 24 ch bro pek 2520
ms XXX 118 15 ch pek fans 1950
119 GM 19. eco dust 1200
120 Blinkbonnie 120 49hf-ch bro pek 2695
121 121 40 do pek 1800
yo) 122 15 ch pek sou 1275
OctoseR 3, 1898.
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib.
124 Warriatenne 124 26 ch bro pek 2500
125° T T T, in es-
tate mark 125 11 ch fins 1549
126 MC 126 23 ch_ bro pek 2475
1 hf-ch
(Mr. H. John. sEeee0 1b.]J
Lot. Box. Pkgs. ame. Ib.
1 Koladeniya 273 9 ch bro pek 855
2D 276 10 do pekoe 100a
3 NK 279 13 do sou 1105
6 MG 288 16hf-ch pek sou 890
7 291 5. ch bro tea 725
8 Gangawatte 294 18hf-ch broorpek 990
9 297 15 ch bro pek 1500
1) 300 20 do pekoe 1710
ll Yapame 393 14 do bropek 1540
12 306 20 do pekoe 1800
13 309 13 do pek sou 1040
15 315 17 do bro pek 1700
16 3:8 20 do pekoe 1800
17 321 9 do pek sou 310
21 Galella 333 20 do bro pek 2000
22 336 13 do pekoe 1170
24 Pati Rajah 342 8 do bro pek 800
25 345 10 do pekoe 750
26 Shannon 348 22hf-ch bro pek 1232
27 351 11 ch pekoe 990
28 354 9 do pek sou 765
30 AgraOuvah 350 54hf-ch broorpek 3456
3L 363 23 do cr pek 1242
42 365 8 ch pesoe 760
33 Poilakande +69 22hf-ch bro pek 1320
35 375 39 ch pekoe 2700
36 378 7 do pek sou 720
38 Bellongalla 354 20 hf-ch bro pek 1000
39 337 20 ch pekoe 1800
40 390 20 do pek sou 1600
41 Koslanda 393 23hf-ch bropek 1380
42 396 18 ch pekoe 1620
44 St. John’s 405 25hf-ch broorpek 1400
45 403 28 do or pek 1344
46 411 22 do pekoe 1103
47 414 25 do pek sou 1200
48 Hattangalla 417 12 ch bro pek 1080
59 Glassaugh 432 54 hf-ch ro pek 2970
55 435 25 ch pekoe 2259
58 433 20 do pek sou 1700
57 Ohiya 441 25hf-ch or pek 1400
5 414 43 do pekoe 2100
52 Ferndale 456 19 ch or pek 1900
63 Horton Flains 459 23hf-ch bro pek 1264
6t 462 20 ch pekoe 1700
65 465 15 do pek sou 1200
«8 Claremont 474 20 hi-ch broorpek 1650
69 477 10 ch pekoe 900
=, 480 11 do pek sou 935
“ Iona 489 8 do pekoe 800
74 Coslanda 492 23hf-ch bro pek 1380
7a 495 18 ch pekoe 1620
73 M 40t 11 do fans 1440
79 L 507 5 do dust 745
£0 Ottery 510 23 do bro or pek 2300
SL 513 10 do or pek 900
82 516 10 d pekoe 900
Sir. 522 11hbf-ch dust 880
87 Glasgow 531 36 ch broorpek 3060
§S 534 16 do or pek 1040
£9 537 10 do pekoe 950
90 Oonocgaloya 540 24 do bro pek 2400
9L 613 16 do pekoe 1280
92 Eadella 5:6 15 do bro pek 1500
93 549 14 do pekoe 1260
9 592 10 do pek sou 800
95 555 13 do fans 15
96 558 6 do dust $40
97 Cosgahawella 661 17 do bro pek 1785
103 S 679 S$ do bro tea 960
105 Mocha 685 21 do broor pek 2205
108 588 14 do or pek 1260
107 591 19 do pekoe 1710
1144 Dickapittiya 612 29 do bro pek 2900
115 561 33 do ekoe 3309
116 Murraythwaite 618 9 do Ke pek 855
117 62L 12 do pekoe 1020
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.—]
276,094 1b.)
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
6 Balgownie 1867 10 ch bropek 900
Price :—124 cents each 3 copies
30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee,
Cc.
38 Lid
14
33 bid
*
2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box Pkgs. Name. bl. «. | a Box, pkgs. Name. Ib, 4
22 Hatton 1915 24hf-ch bro pek 1392 67 E
93 1918 28 ch pekoe 238 «42 159 Talgaswela 76 23 ch bro pek 2070 44
24 1921 25 do pek sou 2000 32 160 79 12 do k 102684
27 Holton 1930 16 ch ropek 1520 44 od Columbia + 30 bfsch bra or suie see eS
81 Galapitakan- ee eae
de 1942 25hf-ch orpek 1625 61 ape & 30 do pek 135050
23 1948 17 ch pek 170044 165 Kirindi 94 14 ch bopek 1900 a8}bid
34 1951 13 do , pek sou 1200 87 166 A inest.mark 97 12hf-ch fans 1440) 12 bid
87 Polatagama 19€0 33 ch bro pek 3135 45 if Dyakulle Hor 300 36 do bro pel red &2 bia
38 1963 34 do or- pe’ 2720 8640 ¢ 87 bi
39 1966 46 do pekoe 3910 33 169 106 15 do pek sou 1050 34
40 1969 26 do pek sou 2210 2% 170 Middleton 9 19hfeh broorpek 1045 80
41 Ganapalla 1972 40hbf-ch | dust 3400 16 171 112 13 ch or pek 1300 «56 bid
42 Vathalana 1975 23)f-ch bro or pek 1495 41 OUP ie? Spe: 116 12 do pek 114048
43 198 19 ch orpek 1805 34 178 SS J inest.
44 g 1981 16 do pek 1260 32 dé -_. e ed a6 pokoe 900 8
45 Passara ‘ by Di GO ro pel 5700 48
Group 1984 12 ch broorpek 1200 5% 191 172 54 do ek 4590 «83
46 1987 9 do or pek 810 44 apf Longford wo 5 noes ae. pek ee
AT 1990 10 do pek 900 39 6 Oo pe 950 «40
50 Errolwood i899 Zlhf-ch bro orpek 1050 61bid | 197 199 16 do pek sou 750 = 85
61 2002 9 ch or pex 720. 5B 198 B 193 14 do fans 930-43
52 2005 9 do pek 720 46 199 A 196 7 ch bromixed 770 16
54 Bla Oya 2011 11 eh bropek = 110043. Be Dunkeld ie $2 we aq d pek 3720 53
55 2014. 12 do orpek 103236 “| 202 12 ¢ or pe 11400 42
56 2017 16 do peksou 1472 202 205 18 do per 1710-38
60 New Peacock :029 15 ch peksou 127535 215 Geragama 244 20 ch ro pek 2000 48
61 Knavesmire 2232 8 ch broor pek 720 45 216 287 Jv do ek 171033
62 2035 11 do bropek 1100 44bid | 217 Waratenne 250 29 do ro pek 2004
63 2035 22 duo pek 1980 34 218 253 18 do pek 1530 = 82
64 2041 17 do peksou 1275 29 219 4 256 10 do pek sou 850 98
65 2014 7 do tans 840 29 227 GP M inest.
66 MahaUva 2047 13hf-ch bro pek 845 52 mark 280 27 hfch bro pek 1620. 60 bid
67 2050 22 do or pek 1:20 55 228 263 25 do orpek 1250-56 bid
68° 2063 17 ch — pek 1615 42 229 286 42 do pek “35247
71 HighForest 2(62 31hfch broor pek 1612 74 230 is 29 60 do k sou 750 8687
@ 2065 25 do or pek 117558 oe Tembiligala ~~ v7 m2 Droor walk 1020 44
+068 19 do ro pek 1254 62 "4 oO ro pek
a4, 2071 19 do Dobe 836 52 234 301 36 do pek 160) $3
1 Erracht 2014 24 ch bro pek 2185 51 a Penrhos = 16 de or pek 800. 47
6 2077 21 do pek 1680 35 2 25 do bro pek 1400 62
77 2080 13 ch ek sou 975 (32 239 316 %5 ch poke 2250 39
78 2068 7 do ro pek fan 700 Be 242 Hayes 325 85 hf-ch pek sou 1575 BA
@ c OEB 2086 5 ch ~ dust 750 1? Bo High Forest = : - pek apd 155084
eyunga- ores 2 0 or 1056 50 bi
watte 2089 18hf-ch bro orpek 1080 44 Py “yy
81 2092 18 ch bro pek 1800 43
2 Bat ; 2095 18 do pek 171034
5 S—V, in estate y
a perk 2104 10 ch dust 1200 16 SMALL” LOTS.
‘orwoo 110 7 ch broorpek 700 49 “ee E
38 2113 13 do bro bek 1:0 bi (Thompson and Villiers.]
2116 10 do or pe 860 36
90 2119 18 do pekoe 1280 34 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ,. &
92 2125 6 do dust 756 =.:16 1 Poengalla 1 7hf-ch dust 660 «16
93 Scrubs 2128 8 ch broorpek 760 70 4 Memorakan-
94 2131 12 do bro pek 1200.57 de 4 7hf-ch dust "695 15
95 2134 10 do pek 800 4t 15 Preston 15 1 ch unas 120 30
96 2137. 10 do pek sou 850 40 21 K’Bedde 21 2 ch bro pek 216 836
97 Duntar 2140 2ihf-ch broorpek 1050 659 22 22 4 do pek dust 49 «1s
100 2149 1S ch pek 1440-38 23 T 23 3hf-ch dust 255» 18 :
104 Munukattia 244 KM 24 4 ch’ fans $28. «14 :
Ceylon, in estate xs :
e mark z1@l 2) beck Rs pek 1000 48 bid
2164 32 do ro pek 1760 52 bid - .
106 216i 17 do pek 1820 8 (Messrs. Somerville & Co] |
107 2170 10 do pek sou 900 35
u4 C H 2191. 47 it, sou 4418 Is bia | Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.» e.
16 Meemoraoya 2197 37 hf-c pek 1480 30 8 Penrith
us ais aa 22.0 18 do pek sou 720 19 9 3. 5 ha fea: fa ZA
; in estate 95
aah mark aos ae heek broorpek 840 35 H A a 3 hich ie “4 “4
2 2209 32 do sou 1600 28 “oS 2
123 Ellawatte 2218 24 ch bro pek 2520 55 4 Oolapane yy hs dag 2 ea ab
124 2221 32 do ek 3200 42 18 MN 18 3 ch ee ==
125 2:24 7 do pekscu 700 9-38 19 Kotigalla 19 3 a tee ve = a
127 St. Heliers +2230 31hbf-ch bro orpek 1674 47 20 20 3 do a ous
123 CS 2233 11 ch or pek 880 36 QL Stik tdo “2okemdn =
129 22236 12 do pek 1080 34 22 22 1 do ees a. Ph
130 Monkswood +239 30 ch pek 2850 61 34 P. in estate <- e
131 2/42 14 do pek 1260 58 bid ‘mark on 60 ch © bro mis =
132 G P Minestate 25 95 @ht-ch° dust (ashoopalljaye 2 Are
mark 2245 23hf-ch broor pek 1380 60bid | 34 Harangalla 34 5 ch dust oopenre is
133 2248 32 do peksou 1792 xs6bid | 3g NW a an i ance =
134. MD 1 18 ch broerpek 1610 57 bid | 3% 39 1 do one sou
135 4 12 do pekoe 1020. 41bid | 42 Bogahagoda-
136 Pantiya ain 6 chi proxpeks _ watte 42 2 ch pek sou
g y ust 840 16 1 hf-ch
139° R C W, inest. 43 43 2 ch fans
mark 16 19 ch broorpek 1045 61 45, Koladeniya 45 3 ch ek
1400 ! 19 35 do -p:koe . 3500 45 bid | 46 46 56 ch ek
HE - 22 16 do be or pek_- 47 : 47 2 do He aa
ans 1088 33 i
147 Sunnycroft 40 ‘chs dust 900 =«16 52 pee 32 Sitch ae
148) Bandara Eliya. 43 ub hf- sch or pek 6032 «44 53 Atherton 53 Shf-ch tro pek
2 ¢ to) - 2002 38 55 313 do pek sou
fen is 3 an ek sou . 184036 56 “ts 26 3 do dust
“C ro orpek 4092 51 66 Karanawella 66 7hf-ch fans
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box. Pkgs, Name. lb. c, Lot Box. Pkgs. Name
ana 7013hfch_ pek 650 30 Lhf-ch pek sou
io zouule 7110 do pek sou 500 25 9 1876 1 ch
72 72 4 do sou 200 ~ 24 lhf-ch sou
73 73 2 do bro mix 2u0 24 10 1879 4 do dust
74 74 1 do dust 75 «610 25 Hatton 1924 2hf-ch dust
78 Depedene 78 2hf-ch dust 160} 17 26 1927-8 ‘do’ brovtea
87 Ovoca. AI 87 3hf-ch dust 300 =16 28 Holton 1933 7 ch pek
88 / 88 3 ch unas 345 28 29 1936 3 do peksou
89 SRK 89 5hf-ch dust 425 16 30 B fe : i939 1 ch dust
90 90 2 ch sou 200 22 32 Galapitakan-
¢ 94 7 ch ek sou (unbkd) 639 25 de 1945 9hf-ch bro or pek
fe seudenanse 955 2e7ch Pati 226 23 85 1954 1 ch dust
96 96 1 do dust 134 le 36 1957 1 do fans
5 Galatota 105 4hf-ch bro pek 220 34 48 Passara
We 106 6 do pek 312 28 Group 1993 6 ch pek sou
107 108 3 do pek sou 165 25 49 s ise 1996 3 do fans
8 A P, in estate 67 Sunny Cro 2020R- 6inic pek sou
Me aor 1c8 3hf-ch dust 300 18 58 2023 5 do peksou
123 Blinkbonnie 123 5hf-ch dust 409 16 59 Galkanda 2026 5 ch pek sou
69 Maha Uva 2056 6 ch pek sou
—————— 70 2059 1hf-ch dust
83 Weyunga- ; 7
watte 2098 2 ¢ pek sou
[Mr. B. John.] 84 2101 1hf-ch dust
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib. ee. 86 SV, te estate | s é x
4 NK 222 <8 ihf-ch’ dust "eae 91 Torwood 212 6 ch vel goa
5 MG 285 7 de bropeksou 420 4 98 Dunbar 2143 13hf-ch or pek
Cee ee Sue 7 do br pek
¢ 159 +
a 327. 1hf-ch dust 100 15 AES 2152 3 ch —_pek sou
19 = BE TRE a 219 «17 102 2155 1 do bro mix
2 : ‘ 2158 71 hf-
8 Galella 339 6 do peksou 60029 as Meemoora zisee anichs dust
29 Shannon 357 2hf-ch dust reo ae Oya 2194 15 hf-ch_ bro pek
34 Poilakande a B ae or pek 16544 118 2203 3 do dust
37 MW : c & : 121 D, in estate
Lhfch bro pek 55938 mark 2212 9hf-ch fans
43 Koslanda 399 4 ch pek sou 400 33 192 215 6 do age
44 : 402 2 do fans a Be 126 Ellawatta 2227 3hf-ch dust
50 W, in est. mark cae 5 fle Sere oe og 137 Beara it i oe oh
“0: a S un bey 0 pek sou
429 7 do pek dust 560 15 5 fe SESE
2 Ohiya 447 10hf-ch pek sou 450 39 oes a 3 se congeul
60 KE 450 6 ch pek sou 570-26 152 Bandara,
61 _ 453 1 do dust : M40 16 Eliya 55 Vhf-ch bro pek fans
66 HortenPlains 468 u beech bye pek No.2 86 e 153 Bi ode Gee
67 471 te) ans 7 154 61 1 ch red leaf
is Coslande ies 5 en per sou aon 2 164 Columb ‘ 91 11hf-ch pek sou
7 ae 5 177 S in est.
2 519 L do dust = 109 18 ‘ F
83 StL 525 Lhf-ch dust 90 28 id mack es ag ie nels
86 W,inest.mark 528 4 ch bro tea 308 24 180 ee) CONRAN Sati
M 582 6hf-ch dust 510 14 9
104 © , “ 181 142 4 do pek fans
108 Mocha 594 7 ch peksou ED oe 182 145 3 do red leaf
183 148 1 do dust
— os 192 P’Kanda 175 8 do pek sou
193 178 5Shf-ch dust
Wall } 195 Longford : 184 8 de or Dee ;
“ Po aller. 214 Sinest. mark 241 1 do br or pk fans
(Messrs. Ferkes x i 220 Carendon 259 2 0 2s pek
€, 221 262 1 de p=
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2 264 pek sou
Th \NY 1852) 1) ch pek 99 24 923 268 1 do sou
2 1855 1 do sou 87 19 231 G P Minest.
3 1858 1 do bro mix 90 $616 mark 292 7hfch pek fans
4 1861 1 do fans 100 12 235 Tembiligalla 304 9 do pek sou
5 Balgownie 1864 4 ch broorpek 340 34 236 307 3 do dust
7 1870 7 do pek 490 31 240 Penrhos 319 4 ch pek sou
8 1873 7 ch 241 322 3hf-ch fans
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NO. 39
COLOMBO ‘SALES OF TEA.
(Thompson and Villiers.—
CoLomMgEo,
OcropER 10, 1898.
Prick:—123 cents each 3 copies
30 cents ; 6 copies 4 rupee.
LARGE LOTS.
33,600 Ib ]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Naune. lb.
6 Dalukoya 6 13hf-ch bre or pek 780
are te 7 14 do or pek 770
8 8 13 do pek 715
10 Ettie 10 10 ch bro pek 1050
11 11 10 do pek 1000
12 12 11 do pek sou 1045
16 Warwick 16 41hfch bro pek 2664
17 17 33 do nek 1815
25 Harrow 25 35hfch_ bro or pek 700
26 Dalukoya 26 17 ch or pek 935
27 Battalgalla 27 15 ch pek sou 1500
30 Nalawa 30 18 ch pek sou 1520
34 D 34 Qhf-ch pekdust 765
(Mr. B. John.—120,789 1b.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
5 MTP 34, in
estate mark 636 15 ch bro tea 1500
6 639 8 do dust 1120
7 RG 642 12 do bro pek 1272
12) A 637 16 do bro mix 1600
13 Hattangalla 660 18 do bropek 1530
14 663 20 do pekoe 1600
18 C 675 5 do pekoe 1345
20 Brownlow 681 19hi-ch broorpek 1064
21 684 29 do or pek 1508
22 687 28 ch pekoe 2520
23 690 17 do pek sou 1445
“24 693 7 do bropekfans 700
25 696 10 do pek fans 800
26 Whyddon 699 8 do bro pek 840
27 702 10 do or pek 850
28 705 9 do pekoe 810
29 708 10 do pek sou 900
31 Uda 714 18hf-ch bro pek 1008
32 717 28 do pelkoe 1232
34 Templestowe 723 23 ch bro or pek 2070
35 726 35 do pekoe 2975)
36 729 10 do pek sou 800
38 735 10hf-ch dust 800
39 Pati Rajah 738 11 ch or pek 1015
40 741 7 do bro pek 840
41 : 744 18 do pekoe 1350
43 Glasgow 750 83 do broorpek 282
44 753 17 do or pek 1105
45 756 9 do pekoe 855
46 759 11 do or pekfans 1100
48 Agra Ouvah 765 52hf-ch broorpek 3328
49 7638 23 do or pek 1242
56 Kotuagedera 789 16 ch bro pek 1600
57 792 10 do pekoe 950
6 KH 804 10 do pekoe 1600
62 Poilakande 807 22hf-ch bro pek 1320
63 Horton Flains 810 20 ch pekoe 1700
66 Maryland 8i9 7 do bro pek 735
67 $22 7 do pekoe 790
68 Orange Field 825 9 do bro pek 900
69 828 16 do pekoe 1520
73. Mount Temple 810 3¢hf-ch broorpek 2040
74 843 42 do orpek 2100
7d 846 25 ch pekoe 1925
76 819 26 do sou 1460
78 Ybesa $55 24hf-ch «cr pek 1320
79 Bellongalla 858 20 do bro pek 1000
80 861 13 ch pek sou 1040
8L Manangoda 864 12 do bro pek 1200
82 867 12 do pekce 1200
81 Glasgow 873 19hf-ch or pek 1235
85 6Glentilt 876 40 ch bro pek 4000
86 879 16 do pekoe 1600
83 B 885 l4hf-ch dust 1260
89 NP sss li do dust’ 1190 |
91-MV 894 11 ch bro pek 1100
92 897 10 do pekoe 950
93 900 14 do pek sou 1260
100 Oakdene 92L 20hf-ch broorpek 1200
TOL 924 21 ch ekoe 1890
102 927 9 do ro or pek
fans 1080
103 Cosgahawella 930 7 do bro pek 700
Box Pkgs.
[ Lot.
104 933
105 Manangoda 936
107 WW 942
108 H 945
112 Kanangama 957
113 960
G 114 963
46 bid 116 969
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43 4 B, in estate
37 bid mark 134
39 bid 6 Siriniwasa 136
27 7 137
13 8 138
11 Depedene 141
12 142
13 143
15 PT N, in estate
Cc. mnark 145
16 146
19 Lonach 149
24 20 150
18 21 151
36 bid | 22 Lower Dickoya 152
25 bid 23 158
41 25 Minna 155
$1 26 156
18 bid 27 157
56 bid 28 158
46 bid | 29 Warakamure 159
44 39 160
36 sl 161
44 35 Dikukalana 165
23 bid 36 166
56 40 Nugawella 170
53 41 17L
45 42 172
42 45 Salawe 175
31 bid | 47 Marigold 177
3L bid | 48 178
£0 bid 49 179
39 51 181
37 53 Mahagoda 183
15 54 18t
37 bid | 56 Homeland 185
37 6L Abridge 19L
30 64 DLonach 194
€2 68 Narangoda 198
55 69 199
46 70 200
29 79 Tiddydale 209
65 bid | so Qt
54 bid 81 211
25 bid | §4 Glenalla 214
29 bid |} 85 215
28 bid |} g6 216
37 bid | 89 LP 219
35 bid | 90 220
35 91 Ukuwela 221
28 92 22
25 $3 223
28 96 225
47 bid | 99 Annandale 229
28 bid | 100 230
35 bid 101 231
28 bid | 102 232
5? bid 105 233
41 104 Ferriby 234
38 105 239,
34 106 236
28 110 K’Lande 246
53 bid | 111 Ravenscraig 24/1
0 bid 112 YAZ,
43 bid 113 243
out 120 Donside 250
20 121 ND 251
22 bid | 122 292.
29 bid
22 bid 123 253
65 bid } 124 Suriawatte 254
38 bid 125 955
26 256
Zl bid | 127 V 257
S1 bid
Somervilie & Co.
Name. bl.
nekoe 825
bro pek fins 1695
pekoe 900
red leaf 1992
bro pek 3100
pekoe 1620
bro pek fans 1800
dust 720
—152,157.]
pkgs.
12 ch
62 hf-ch
26 ch
16 hf-ch
RS chi
27 do
2l do
9 hf-ch
15 hf-ch
do
do
do
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21
47
86 hf-ch
15 ch
29 ch
1 bf-ch
Name. lb.
bro mix 800
tro pek 1800
pek 2280
pek soa 1980
bro pek 3410
ek 3050
pek sou 276
bro pek 784
pek 1200
Dro pek 2970
pek 1870
pek sou 1600
bro pek 1624
pek 1100
bro or pek 1200
or pek 2430
pek 1170
pek sou 920
or pek 1700
pek 1615
sou 1170
or pek fans 1595
pek fans 1210
or pek 1485
bro or pek 1170
pek
pex sou
bro pek
pek
pek sou
bro pek fans1120
bro pek 770
pek 1890
or pek 700
pek 1080
bro pek 3100
bro pek 3700
pek 3800
pek sou 2520
bre pek 900
pek 990
pek sou 720
dro pek 4200
pek 3600
pek sou 1620
pek sou 2548
dust 1328
brocr pe 1145
bro pek 2760
pek 2103
bro pek fans 720
bro or pek 750
or pek 795
pek 1050
bro pek 868
pek sou 830
bro pek 1755
pek 2760
pek sou 1129
pek 1620
bro pek 1485
or pek 1560
pek 2600
dust 1615
pek sou 1520
fans 2210
dust 2160
bro pek 4935
pek 1800
pek fans 1950
dust 2535
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CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
2
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.—] Lot Box. Pkgs. Name Ib,
5 144 763 17 ch ~~ pek rou 1275
pet ee Ri 137 Durkeld 7/2 14 hf-ch pel fans 8p
Lot. Box. Ss. ame. i - 148 776 1 do ust
Lot 95, 6 168 Dromoland 790 20 ch kropek 2000
3 Elfindale 240 24 ch pek sou 2160 29 154 798 25 do pek 2250
4 343... 720% pek fans 700 20 155 796 15 do k sou 1200
8 Trewardene 355 8 ch_ pek 795 29 157 Lochiel 2 62bf-ch see orpek 3410
12 Strathspey 367 17hf-ch or pek 850 56 «a | 458 805 “7 do bro pek 1350
20 Puspone 391 23 ch bro pek 2300 47 159 808 45 ch pek No.1 2600
2h 391 21 do pek 1995 36 160 811 :0 do pek 1700
25 Galkanda 406 2 ch ek 810 29 164 AG 823 10 ch pek sou 900
32 Rockside 427 6 do dust 84023 168 Kirrimettia 835 15 ch wunast 1350
23 430 6 do pre pekfan 720 33 19 NWD 88 10 do bropek 1140
34 Drayton 433 43 hf-ch A 2150 53 bid 172 817 .*. do ‘AS 875
85 436 31 ch 2790 42 173 850 6 do dust 936
36 439 13 do pek sou 1105038 175 Castlereagh 856 14 do bro pek 1400
38 Walton 445 23 ch bro pek 2576 45 bid | 176 859 15 do or pek 1275
$9 448 23 do pek 2185 37 bid 177 £62 13 do pek 100
40 451 15 do peksou 12775 33 181 Chesterford 874 39 do bropek 3900
44 Tymawr 463 37 hf-ch or pes 1665 52 bid 182 877 32 do pek 3200
45 466 24 do bro pek 1200 «58 bid | 483 850 do pek sou 2300
46 469 58 do pe 2610 = 43 bid 186 889 4, hf-ch dust 800
47 472 29 do pek sou 1160 36 187 Geragama 892 15 ch bro pek 1500
51 'Tonacombe 484 19 ch or pek 19 0 40 188 895 20 do pek 1800
52 487 19 do bro pek 2230 =. 0 189 898 8 do pek sou 790
53 490 47 do pek 4700 42 192 Ascot 907 28 do or pek 1955
54 493 8 do peksou 720,88 193 918 15 do bro pek 1425
bo G ) 496 12 ch pek sou 1020 29 194 913 22 do pek 1760
56) Dammeria £08 14 ch bro or pek 1680) 53 195 916 & do nek sou 70
60 511 19 do bropek 100 62 196 919 9 do pek sou No.2 810
61 514 23 do pek 280 39 197 92 8 do pek fans 960
62 517 9 do pek sou 9C0 2 198 $25 6 do dust 900
64 Pallegodde 528. 122) eb bro orpek 2310 39 1909 BDW,CK 928 82hf-ch broorpek 1952
65 526 26 do bro pek 2730 44 £00 931 20 do 1120
66 529 14 do or pek 120 3B 205 Ingrogalla 916 12 ch ce pek 1200
67 5382 16 du pekoe 1280 £6 206 949 WO do 850
65 585 14 do pek son J190— 83 214 Parsloes 973 21 do ro pek 2100
69 588 15 do dust i275 17 215 976 31 do pek 2790
70 Putupaula 641 36 ch bru pek B20 43 216 979 27 do pek sou 2160
71 544 20hf-ch pek 1000 3 225 Clunes 106 32hf-ch bro pek 1760
inna £47 12 do pek sou 960 81 26 14009 30 do or pek 12350
723 Lindoola 550 20hf-ch dust 1600 17 207 1i2 21 ch pek 1680
i4 Roeberry 553 8 ch bro pek $3056 228 1015 9 do peksou 810
75 656 16 do or pek 1503 5 229 Ambragalla 1018 116hf-ch or pek 6032
76 559 1t do pek 1204 44 230 1021 34 ch pekoe 2902
Git 52 12 do pek sou 1080 39 221 1024 40 do pek sou 3200
79 Macaldeniya 6568 15hf-ch bro pek 825 48tid | 932 1027 67 hf-ch broorpek 4154
30 571 14 do pek 700 40 234 1033 17 do dust 1445
81 574 10 ch pek sou 1000 36 239 O O in est.
84 Queensland 583 7 ch broor pek 700 77 mark 1018 16 ch sou 1280
85 586 7 do bro pek 700 57 240 1051 5 do dust 800
86 589 8 ch a. 241 Stisted 1054. 30 hf-ch bro pek 1950
% Lhf-ch or pek 724 58 244 1063 21 do peksou 1197
87 592 17 ch pek 1445047 246 Humasgeria 1069 12 do pekdust 120)
90 eae iyelley. ; 247 GP M inest. ‘
eyton, in estate mark 1072 27 hf-c bro orpek 1620
mark 601 27hf-ch bropek 1485 51 21488 HGM 1075 18 ch bro orpek 1530
91 604 9 ch or pek sl10 39 249 1078 20 do or pek 1800
92 607 16 do pek 1440 336 250 1081 55 do bro pek 4620
93 610 10 do peksou 900 833 251 1084 28 do pek 2520
94 Ismalle 613 13 ch sou 1170 252 1087 18 do pek sou 1440
95 d 616 9 do dust 10800 «15 257 Ingoya 1102 10 do dust 1500
98 Shrubs Hill 625 42 ch bro pek 4200 47 bid | 968 RG Winest.
99 628 18 do pek 1476 36 mark 1120 23hf-ch pekdust 2070
100 631 15 do pek sou 108031 264 Devonford 1123 23 do bro or pek 1150
102 Kotagaloya 637 8 ch pek 720 36 265 1126 14 ch pek 1190
105 Naseby 646 21hfch bro pek 1323. 67 bid | 2966 S 1129 Ohf-ch dust 765
106 649 19 do bro pek 1235 64bid |} 2970 GPM inest
107 652 20 do pek 110 54 mark 1141 23 do bro orpek 1380
108 655 17 do peksou 935 46 271 Dea Ella 1144 24 do broor pek 1320
109 658 8 do dust 704-36 272 1147 20 do or pek 1000
110. Maha Uya 661 14hf-ch bro orpek 910 51 273 1150 26 do pek 1300
111 634 25 do or pek 1500 50 bid | 274 1153 18 do peksou 810
D2 667 21 ch pek 1995 42 275 CH 1156 47 ch sou 4418
115 Kirklees 676. 24hf-ch broor pek 1440 57
116 >679 15 ch or pek 1560 55
uz 682 26 do pek 2600 42 ‘SMALL LOYS.
118 685 16 at per sou 1140 36 Weis ata
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Ds) ee embod Merge | ae). a (Thompson and Villiers.]
121 691 16 do pek 704-51 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
122 Ruanwella 697 18 ch or pek 1620 40 1 Ahamad 1 7hf-ch bro pek 330
123 700 12 do bro pek 1200 42 2 2 5 do ek 250
124 703 39 do pek 3510 34° 3 3 8 do pek sou 400
125 706 10 do pek sou 900 30 4 4 1 do fans 70
127 Hayes 712 20hf-ch ro pek 1100» 55 4 5 1 do broredleaf 45
128 715 40 do or pek 2000 3941 9 Ratnatenne 9 Ghi-ch dust 360
129 718 35 do pek 1575 37 13 Ettie 13) 1 ch dust 145
130 BDWP 721 79hf-ch bro pek 3950 39 bid | 18 Warwick 18 12hf-ch pek sou 660
133 Matale 730. 46hf-ch bro pek 760 43 19 19 4 do dust 320
134 733 23 ch pek 2070 36 28. 4 28 7 ch pek 665
135 736 11 do peksou 990 32 29 Woodend 29 3hf-ch dust 420
138 Carfax 745 8 ch bro pek 880 35 31 Nalawa 31.4 ch pek fans 500
139 743 14 do sou 1309 23 32 DK 32 6hi-ch pek dust 510
149 751 78 do dust 1200 2 33° T 33 8 do k dust 680
141 Gamnapalla 754 16 do or pek 1520 46 35 BandD 35 4 ch ro or pek 380
142 157 24 do broorpek 2232 43 36 36 2 do or pe 180
143 760 30 do pek 2400 34 37 av 23, do pek 240
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
[Mr. BE. John.]
Lot. Box.
8 RG 645
9 648
10 651
11 654
15 Hattangalla 666
16 669 ~
17 C 672
19 678
80 Whyddon 71L
33 Uda 720
37 Templestowe 732
42 Pati Rajah 747
GS 7
50 Agra Ouvah 771
61 Akkara Totum 774
52 777
53 780
54 783
55 786
58 Kotuagedera 795
59 798
€0 801
64 Hunugalla 813
65 816
70 Orange Field 831
71 $34
72 83)
77 Mount Temple 852
83 Manangoda s70
99 HM 891
95 LYE 906
26 909
97 912
93 915
99 918
106 Manangoda 939
115 Kanangama 966
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pkgs. Name.
ch or pek
do pekoe
do pek sou
do dust
do pek sou
co dust
do bro pek
do bro mix
do pek fans
hf-ch pek dust
do pek fans
ch dust
do sou
do pekoe
do bro pek
pekoe
do pek sou
do dust
do fans
do pek sou
do dust
do bro pek fans
do sou
do dust
do _pek sou
do pek ians
do bro mix -
do or pek fams
do pek sou
4hf-ch dust
bro pek
ch pek fans
do pek dust
do dust
red leaf
do dust
do fans
{Messrs.
Lot. Box.
1 Sirisanda 131
2 132
3 133
5 B, in estate
mark 135
9 Siriniwasa 139
10 140
14 Depedene 144
17 PTN, ines-
tate mark 147
18 148
24 Lower Dickoyal54
82 Warakamure 162
33 KM 163
34 164
37 Dimukalana 167
38 16
39 BBB 169
43 Nugawella 173
44 174
46 Salawe 176
50 Marigold 180
52 182
55 Homeland 185
60 Abridge 190
63 193
65 Varalupitiya 195
66 196
67 197
71 Narangoda 201
ee 202
82 Allakolla 212
83 213
87 Glenalla 217
88 218
95 Ukuwela 225
97 UK 227
98 Sangaly Toppe ae
- 107 Ferriby
108 388
109 239
ate Ravanseraig 244
115 245
116 H T, in estate
mark 246
117 247
118 248
119 249
Somerville &
Pkgs.
ch dust
do bro tea
do bro pek fans
Name.
4hf-ch dust
ch bro pek fans
do dust
5 hf-ch dust
lif-ch dust
2 do fans
pek sou
2hf-ch dust
605
do sou (unbulked) 600
240
ch dust
ch pek sou
4 hf-ch dust
3)chi dust
hf-ch sou
do unas
5 hf-ch bro or pek
6hf-ch bro pek
4 ch dust
6 ch fans
do dust
do bro tea
4hf-ch dust
ch fans
ch sou
do dust
ch dust
do fans
ch pek sou
ch bro pek
ch bro tea
ch sou
5hf-ch fans
do dust
4hf-ch pek sou
do fans
2hf-ch bro pek
do pek
do pek sou
eh dust
Lot. Box. Pkts.
5 Elfindale 346 7 ch
6 349 3 do
7 Trewardene 352° 5: ch
9 358 2 do
10 361 4 do
il 6: 4 «lo
22 Puspone 397 2. ch
23 400 2 do
24 Galkande 403 5 ch
26 409 5 do
27 412 1 do
28 415 lhf-ch
29 418 1 do
30 Rockside 421 7 ch
31 424 3 do
37 Walton 442 4 ch
41 454 3 do
42 457 2 do
43 460 4 hf-ch
56 G 499 4 ch
57 602 2 do
58 505 2 do
63 Dammeria 520° 2 -ch
78 Macaldeniya 565 6 hf-ch
€2 577 1 do
83 580 2 d>
88 Queensland 595 2 ch
89 598 1 do
96 Ismalle 619 2 ch
97 622 2 ch
101 Shrubs Hill 634 3 ch
103 Kotagaloya 6450 2 ch
104 643 1 do
113. Maha Uva 670 7 ch
114 672 3 hf-ch
126 Ruanwelle 709 6 ch
131 BuUWP 724 5hf-ch
122 BDWG 727 3hf-ch
136 Matale 739 3 hf-ch
137 742 5 do
145 Ganapalla 766 5 ch
146 769 4 do
156 Dromoland 799 5 ¢h
161 Lochiel 814 4 ch
162 Ingurugalla 817 4 ch
163 820 4 ch
165 AG 826 2 ch
166 §&29- 6 ch
167 Cinest. mark 832 6 ch
170 NWD 841 1 do
171 844 6 do
174 853 2 do
17g Castlereagh 865 4 do
179 868 5 hf-ch
180 871 2 do
184 Chesterfiord 883 7 ch
185 886 4 do
190 Dunbar 901 13 hf-ch
191 Maldeniya 904 2 ch
2.7 Logrogalla BE dn
208 I N Gin est.
mark 955 1 do
209 958 1 do
210 961 3 do
217 Parsloes 932 2 do
218 St. Andrews 985 3 hf-ch
224 Clunes 1003 71 hf-ch
233 Ambragalla 1030 9 do
235 1036 1 ch
236 Hin est. mark1039 6 hf-ch
23 Gee 1042 4 do
238 1045 4 ch
242 Stisted 1057 9 do
243 1060 Ghfeh
245 1066 2 do
23 HGM 1090 6 do
254 1095 6 ch
255 Sembawatte 1096 3 do
256 1099 3 do
258 Ingoya 1105 1 do
267 DF D 1182 3 do
268 11385 3 do
269 1188 7 do
CEYLON COFFEE SALES IN LONDON
“Cheshire’’—Roehampton, 0, le 112s; ditto 1, 8c 106s;
ditto 2, 12c 91s; ditto PB, 114s; ditto T, 43s.
0, 1 barrel 100s; ditto 1, 4c LOls 64;
95s; ditto PB, 2c 1 barrel sold 93; ditto T, 34s.
{Messis. Forbes « Walker.)
Name.
fans
dust
bro pek
pek sou
pek fans
bro mix
sou
dust
bro pek
pek sou
pek dust
bro pek dust
congou
sou
bro mix
or pek
or pek fans
dust
fans
dust
bro pek fans
dust
bro pek fans
dust
bro tea
red leaf
dust
bro tea
bro tea
pekoe
pek sou
bro tea
pek sou
fans
dust
fans
congou
or pek
dust
pek sou
sou
pes fans
dust
dust
dust
bro or pek
bro pek fans
red leaf
dust
pek sou
fans
or pek
pek
dust
dust
bro pek fans
dust
bro tea
bro tea
bro. pek
or pek
pek sou
(From our Commercial Correspondent. )
Ib
630
300
500
208
200
388
160
290
500
500
120
60
45
560
270
420
MINCING LANE Sept.
ditto 2,
Haputale,
bought in
¥ Cet hE Te ta i
~ “Shanghai”--Pingarawa, large size 1t 1b 109s; size 1.
fetched 106s 6d; size 2, 623; P, 90s 6d; T, 35s 6d; P,
90s 6d; T, 35s 6d.
“Ormuz’’—Blackwood 00, 1b110s; 0, 103s; PE, 88s;
PB, 90s; 2, 35s.
“City of Sparta’’—Meeriabedda T, 106s; mark 1, 100s;
mark 2, 96s; MBT in estate mark, 348; MBP in estate
mark 32s; KGP, 33s; KG, 34s.
“Kahata Maru’—Large Broughton, 91s; P, 91s;
T 34s.
“Priam’’—Alloowiharie, 9 75 6d;1 34s.
“‘Sanuki Marn”—North Matale, 4 50s.
“Clan Robertson’’—mark New Peradeniya, 5 bags
Ceylon Liberian Coffee 24s sold.
“Ciiy of Sparta’’—Wiharagalla mark F, 1b 112s;
pile 2, 109s 6d; pile 3, 1078; PB, 110s; T, 39s;
WHG, 27s.
““Cheshire’”—Golconda, piles 1 and 2, 82s; pile 3, 65s;
PB, 65s.
CARDAMOMS
LONDON.
“Goorkha’’—Nawanagalla, seed 1 pocket 2s 8d.
‘‘Historian’’—A in estate mark, le 2s 8d.
“Pindari””—Vedehette I'X, 1c 33 6d; AA, 5c 2s 10d;
A, 10c 2s 6d; Bfetched 1s 9d and 1s 10d; ©, 1 3sl1d.
CEYLON SALES. IN
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS.
eh es Le ee ee,
Aare CEYLON PRODUCE SALES —
=
“Sarpedon”—Vedehette A, 7c 28 4d; B, 3 cases Is
8d and Is 9d.
‘ Wanderer’’—Kandaloya, Cardamoms, le 1s 84.
~ “Sannki Marn’’—Altwood. 2c 2s 5d; le 285d; 2c 2s
2d; 1e 1s 11d. ’
5 es he 2c 28 8d; B, 2c 288d; C, le 2s 8d; :
, 18 3s.
“Aakata Maro’’—Delpotonoya A, 1c3s 4d; B, 1c 2s
11d; C, le 38; D, 1c 3s; E, le 2s 4d; F, le 28 5d; G, le
2s 5d; H, 1c 2s 5d,
‘“‘Asia”"—AGA in estate mark, Ile 2s 10d.
— Fraser’—HGA in estate mark, 5¢ seeds
3s 2d.
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON
“Shanghai’—Rockhill AA, 9b 74s 6d sold; ditto B
4t 66s; ditto C, 2b 67s 6d.
fg ee Hi attawatte, 18 bags out 77s.
Pindari’”—A V.D. Dynevor, 1b sold 70s; ditto 2, 3b
69s 6d; 1b 65s.
“Sanuki Maru’’—MAK in estate mark, 42b sold 74s,
“Bingo Maru’’—Ditto 55b 75s.
“Shropshire’’— Meelawe, 89b bought in 78s.
“‘Oheshire’’—Udapolla A, 50b sold at 75s; Ditto B,
9b at 72s.
“Sarpedon""—OBEC in estate mark, Kondasalle,
2b sold 74s 6d.
“Clan Cameron’’—Palli 3, 27 bags bought in 80s.
ae
TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES.
NO. 40
COLOMBO
CotomsBo,
SALES OF TEA:
LARGE LOTS.
(Thompson and Villiers.—
51,994 1b.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs.
4 Melton 4 18 hf-ch
5 homage ch
6 6 & do
13 Doragalla 13 33 hf-cn
14 eee an
15 15°28 do
16 16 IL do
18 Orpington 18 26 ch
19 19” 2h do
20 20)7 92" lo
21> 2l 19hf ch
22 Polpitiya YAP Tots AN
23 Ea 7 89) do
2k 2f° 2" do
45 pawn + do
27 Henegama Dilton cy
320 Dalukoya 50 17 hf-ch
Syl 3i 12 do
34 Augusta 34° 9 ch
35 Ugieside 8p.) 10%ch
37 Doonevale 37 100 box
38 38 10L do
42 P Landa 42°23 ch
43 42 15 ch
Lhf-ch
48 D 48 22 ch
:0 hf-ch
A9 49 11 ch
1 hf-ch
32 Mapitigama 52 29 do
53 b3- 15, ch
.58 Hornsey 53 20 ch
Name. lb.
brs or pek = 990
or pek 9u0
pek 800
broorpek 1815
or pek 1700
pek 2529
pek sou 825
bro pek 2690
pek 1925
pek sou 1370
dust 1780
bro or pek 720
or pek 765
pek 1970
pez sou 700
vro pek fan 1375
or pek 936
bro pek 3s
dust 1350
tro mix LOvO
bro pek 1395
pek 1370
sow 1725
bro sou 1325
sou 2319
bro sou 959
bro pek 1392
pek 1200
pek sou 20u8
(Mr. E. John.—127,579 tb.)
Lot. Box. Pkgs.
4 Little Valley 931 8 ch
5 98t 7 do
6 987 13 do
38 S,inest.mark 9): 10 hf-ch
9 Mx 995 10 do
10 999 YL do
15 GI 14 12 do
16 BC rye TIN
17 29 “12 do
24 Galella 41 8 do
25 44 18 do
28 Agra Ouvah 43 G7 hf-ch
aoe 56 28 do
30 59 9 ch
32 65 17hf-ch
38 Digdola 83 21 do
39 86 12 ch
40 Yakka 89 26 hf-ch
41 92°24 do
42 95021 Sch
43 98 14 do
49 DC 116 9 do
41 Maskeliya 122 23 do
52 i256 23 do
53 128 11 do
54 131 10 do
68 BS 148 7 do
62 Iona 145 26 hf-ch
63 158 2L ch
64 16L 10 do
65 Vincit 164 21 hf-ch
67 170 12 ch
72 LEL 185 10 do
73 Brownlow 188 29 hf-ch
7+ CPH& Uo. 191 12 ch
21 hf-ch
75 194 24 ch
Ui 200 9 do
79 Poilakande 206 25 hf-ch
80 209 39 ch
BL 212 15 do
83 Kotuagedera 218 16 do
84 Eadella 221 20 do
bo 224 20 do
83 227 13 do
Name. Ib.
or pek 704
bro pek 721
pekoe 1170
dust 800
dust 900
fans 1470
bro pekfans 720
bro pek 1290
pekoe 950.
cr pek 769
bro pek 18°0
bro or pek 4283
or pek 1512
pekoe ih)
pek fans 1445
roorpek 1200
pekoe 960
bro pek 1€64
pekce 1LA2
pekoe 2142
pek sou 1260
pekoe 900
bro or pek 20U0
or pek 2300
pekoe 1:00
pek sou 1000
bro pek 770
bro or pek 1690
or pek 2100
pekoe 104u
bro pek 1050
pekvoe 1080
pek sou 200
or pek 1500
bro pek 2180
pekve 216u
bro peKkfans 900
bro pek 1500
pekoe 35 la
pek sou 1170
bro pek 16u0
bro pek 2000
pekoe 18u0
pek sou 1u40
42
53 bid
36
23
30
358
48
It
18
4)
53
13 bid
out
11 bid
8 bid
43
3k
40
OcrosER 17,
Prick:—124 cents each 3 copies
30 cents ; 6 copies 4 rupee.
Name. lb
or pek 1665
bro or pek 2200
pekoe 1886
pek sou 2250
bro pek fans 2408
dust Suu
bro pek 800
pekce 990
bre pek 1515
pekoe 1050
bro pek 1320
pekue 15:0
pek sou 720
prkoe 1232
bro pek 972
pek sou 820
bro pek fans 1330
Somervilie & Co.
Name.
Unis
bro pek
pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
bro pek fans 88U
bro pek is0)
pek 2300
bro pek 1800
pek 1105
pek sou &s0
or pek 1300
bro or pek 770
pek 1235
sou 9u0
bro pek 160
pek 1339
pek sou 1020
bro pek 1300
pek 3609
bro pek 2:00
pek 1710
pek sou 90
bro pek 7600
pek 1620
pek sou 720
bro pek 4100
pek 2199
fans 770
bro pek 2100
pek 1890
bro pek fans 990
bro mix 960
pek 1080
bro pek 885
bro pek 2550
pek 1870
sou 1220
bro pek fans1u50
1898.
Lot Box. pkgs.
g7_ Avneliff 230 37 hf-ch
88 233 46 do
a) 93B)e%3, ch
$0 939 25 do
91 242 387 hf-ch
92 ? 245 10 do
93D, inest. mark ¥4S 8 ch
94 25k tL do
ag Ridgmount 266 15 do
7,0 Pati Rajah 314 14 do
yv6 Murraythwaite 347 14 do
19! 350 18 do
123 353.9 do
3k Uda 862 2s hi-ch
13° 5 ove a do
13° 377 8 ch
13! v8v 69 «(do
[Messrs.
—210,316 1b.]
Lot. Box. pkgs.
13 P. 2rakes (ch
14 kfoniton Qid oA Cir
15 % 5 iL< co
18 Hanagama 278 e225; ch
19 479 26 do
20 230-13 do
22 Mossville 282 § ch
vs Hangranoya 288 18 ch
29 289 2: do
36 Killin, in es-
tate marx 295 36 hf-ch
37 297 13 ch
38 298 11 do
41 Warakamure 30L 33 ch
42 302, 7 do
43 £03 13 do
44 30: 10 do
49 Wilpita 209 16 ch
5U 3:0 14 do
51 31212 ch
54 Harangalla Slt 13. ch
55 315 40 do
56 Glenalla 316-22 ch
57 317519 ch
58 348 10 «co
61 Koorooloo-
galla 320216 ‘ch
62 522 18 do
63 Sho Ok Co
64 Walahanduwa 524 41 ch
65 825 22 ch
69 Wallasmulle 829 7 ch
71 Monrovia 33be24 ch
72 332 2 do
74 334 co
78 GA 338°12 ch
79 St. V, in estate
mark 389 12 ch
80 Keladeniya 310 9 ch
84 MD R, ines
tate mark 344 25 ch
85 345 92 do
86 346 16 do
87 347 10 do
ss BE 348 40 hf-ch
9 WT 355 28 ch
96 356 10 do
100 California 360 8 ch
104 Ukuwella 364 14 bf-ch
105 365 16 ch
U6 366 14 do
107 367 8 do
113 Kumaragalla 3873 23 hf-ch
114 374 16 ch
115 ¢ 10 «eo
126 Dalhousie 35 hf-ch
133 Abridge 11 ch
134 15 do
135 22 do
136 96 26 hi-ch
137 Atirugram 97 80 hf-ch
138 Caxton 398 13 ch
139 399 38 do
140 4.0 20 do
141 1 380 hf-ch
109 LAC 9821 ch
pek fans 26'0
pek sou 1810
pek 1006
pek 760
bro or pek = 700
bro pek 16.0
pek 1400
pek sou Su0
bro pek 1159
pek 1440
pek sou Su0
bre pek 170
bro pek 1110
pek 1345
pek sou 17.0
facs 195u
pek 1220
bro pek 1300
pek +2"0
pek sou 1785
bro pek fan 1950
bro pek 2235
17 bid
11 nid
43 bid
33
37 bid
2
Lot. Box,
143 Sudbury | 3
144 4
145 5
146 6
149 New Valley 9
150 10
151 11
152 12
156 Elchico 16
157 Ranasingha:
patna 17
158 18
159 19
160 20
166 Wevatenne 26
168 Neboda 23
169 29
170 80
171 Bi
173 GM 33
174 Neuchatel B4
17 35
176 36
177 37
178 Hemingford 33
179 39
180 40
181 Harangalla 41
1E2 42
183 43
184 44
18 RCOTY 45
187 47
188 48
190 Penrith 60
196 Fusjirfield, in es-
tate mark 56
197 57
Lot. Box.
3 L G Ff, in estate
mark 1165
4 1168
7 Beverle 1177
9 Agra Elbedde 1183
10 1186
11 1ls9
12 1192
16 Mansfield 1204
17 12-7
19 Mousakelle,
Maskeliya 1213
20 1216
27 ~Passara
Group 1237
28 1230
29 1243
32 Vethaluna 1262
33 3255
34 1258
35 Stamford
Hill 1261
36 1264
37 1267
88 Bonami, J D
Estate, in est.
mark 1270
39 1272
40 1276
42 Harrington 1282
43 1285
46 Walton 129%
47 1297
48 1300
49 Clyde 1803
50 1506
61 1309
53 Polatagama 1315
54 1318
55 1321
56 1324
61 Agrakelly 1339
62 West Hill 1342
63 Anningkan-
de 1345
64 1348
65 1351
66 1354.
75 Gallawatte 1381
76 1384
pkges
13 do
84 hf-ch
80 hf-ch
23 ch
25 do
43 hf-ch
ll ch
do
ch
18 hf-ch
18 do
. Name. lb.
broor pek 2280
pek 1760
sou 1i7ju
pek fans 1495
bro or pek 1700
or pek 1500
pek 1500
pek sou 1170
pek 4200
or pek 4100
pek 2116
ek sou 2000
ro or pek 2666
pek sou 915
bio or pek wt.0
bro pek 4500
pek 2700
pek sou 1900
bro pek 1900
bro pek 6100
pek 1445
pek sou 1360
dust 1050
sou 900
pek fans 976
ans 2000
bro pek 120)
pek 2430
dust 720
sou 900
bro pek No. 1 1890
ek 1170
pek sou No 1 1200
dust 1520
bro pek 99)
pek 00
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.—]
333,789 1b.)
Pkgs.
9 ch
21 do
29 hf-ch
17 bf-ch
45 do
39 do
36 do
39 hf-ch
17 ch
24 hf-ch
14 ch
10 do
24 hf-ch
do
Name. lb.
sou 909
dust 1575
bro pek 1595
broorpek 8S4
or pek 2205
pekoe 1755
pek sou 1440
bro pek 2301
pek 1530
bro pek 2750
pek 270
bro or pek 1100
or pek $10
pek 1710
bro or pek 1860
or pe« 1235
pek 1190
flowery or
pekoe 1200
or pek 1260
pek 850
dust 1560
dust 930
dust 975
or pek 1700
pek 2000
bro pek 1904
pek 2300
pek sou 950
bro pek 3060
ek 3995
pek sou 720
bro pek 3200.
or pek 3200
pekoe 3600
pek sou 1785
pek 1300
pek 2635
bro pek 1430
pek 1200
pek sou 1300
dust 750
bro pek 1140
pek 1700
33
Lot. Box Pkgs.
£2 O’Bode 1402 10 ch
84 140s 8 do
9% MD lis 21 ch
97 WVRA 1447 41. bf-ch
8 BFK 1450 12 hf-ch
99 1453 12 do
1 Dorkin i149 8 ch
106 Talgaswella 1474° 29 ch
107 1477 10 do
108 1 16 do
lus GPM, in estate
mark’ 1483. 15 bf-ch
lll l4e¥ 71 do
112 1:92 26 do
113 1395 14 do
115 Dammeria 1501 14 ch
116 1504 19 do
117 1507 | do
118 1510 do
121 High Forest 1519 12 ; hf-ch
122 High Forest 1522 %5 do
123 1525 16 do
124 1528 16 do
125 Carfax 1531 14 ch
126 1534 17 do
127 1537 16 do
123 Aberdeen 13440 45 ch
129 1543 43 do
142 WVRA 1552 14 hf-ch
133 Rowley 1555 21 do
134 1558 20 do
145 Middleton 1561 ¥2 hf-ch
136 1564 20 ch
137 1567 1% do
138 1570 14 do
139 1573 WwW do
143 Etta 1585 10 ch
1 hf-ch
145 KPW 1591 40 hf-ch
146 1591 23 do
147 1697 57 do
148 1600 14 do
150 P’kande 1606 68 ch
151 1609 63 do
152 161: 10 do
155 Sadamulla 1621 12 ch
156 16% 13 do
158 Dunbar 1630 17 hf-ch
161 1639 12 ch
165 Killarney 1651 28 hf-ch
167 1657 15 ch
168 1660 16 bf-ch
170 Arapolaknnde 1666 55 ch
171 1669 33 do
179 Weynnga-
watte 1693 16,hf-ch
180 1696 17 ch
181 1699 13 do
184 Mawiliganga-
watte 1708 25 boxes
185 1711 19 hf-ch
156 1714 27 ch
187 1717: «19 do
189 EH 1723 18 do
180 1726 28 hf-ch
193 MC inest.
mark 1735 8 ch
194 1738 8 do
199 C PH, Galle 1753 18 do
200 1758 21 do
215 Krlsmere 1801 40 do
216 1804 22 do
222 Hornsey 1822 32 do
223 1825 $0 boxes
224 128 13 ch
225 Ettie 1831 12 do
227 Inverness 3837 22 do
228 1840 32 do
229 Theberton 1843 7 do
230 18i6 12 do
231 1849 22 do
232 Freds Ruhe 1852 20 do
233 1855 27 do
234 ; 1858 21 do
236 Ranawatte 1861 21 hf-ch
237 1867 $§ ch
242 Fairlawn 1582 28 hf-ch
243 1885 33 do
244 1888 13 ch
248 BR Bin est.
mark — 1900 15 do
1 hf-ch
249 Walpita 1903 11 ch
25 1906 11 do
251 1909 16 do
261 Patiagama 1939 18 do
bro or pek
or “te
bro or pek
bro pek
pek
bro or pek
or pek
bio pek
pek sou
pek sou
fans
bk oe.
110048
A. et bid
2255 al bid
800 «17
960 15
960 «85 bid
2 «49
850 36
130031
908 55 bid
176 —4
143088
1120 36
1630 ig
1900 61
270089
800 85
1008 «BB
138078
75264
1056. 63
158063
1580 50
162044
427542
3140 Ba
11200 14
1050 44 bid
1000 x7
1200 83
190 «6
1300 8
126) 55
850 42
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box. pkgs, Name. Ib.
264 Waratenne 19418 19 ch bro pek 1805
265 1951 32 do pek 2720
270 Grange
Garden 1966 19 do broor pek 2090
271 1969 21 do pek 2100
279 Glencorse 1993 23 do bro pek 2070
230 1996 15 do bro or pek 1400
281 1929 22 do pek 1760
282 2002 12 do nek sou 900
291 Doranakande 2029 20 do bro pek 2008
297 Knavesmire 2047 24 do bro pek 2400
298 2050 32 do ek 2720
299 2053 31 do pek sou 2335
300 2056 7 do fans $40
304 Brookenhurst2068 23 do bro pek 2576
SMALL LOTS.
[Thompsen | and Villiers.)
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
1 R, in estate
mark 1 3hf-ch wnas 126
2 BD R, inestate
mark 2 2hf-ch or pek 108
D, in estate
mark 1 ch (8, 10 1b. boxes)
bro pek 80
17 Doragalla 17 7hf-ch bro mix 525
26 Polpitiya 26 2 ch dust 309
28 Henegama 28 1 ch bro mix 115
29 29 4.do dust 600
32 Augusta 32 1. ch sow 100
33 33 1 do red leaf 95
36 Ugieside 36 6 do dust 450
44 P. Lande 44.5 ch
Lhf-ch bro tea 610
50 D 50 1 do fans 131
51 Mapitigama 51 12hf-ch bro or pek 600
54 4 9 eh pek sou 675
55 55 3 do sou 225
56 56 2 do bro pek fans 210
57 57 1 do dust 144
[Mr. EH. John.]
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib.
1 Gonavy 972 4hf-ch fans 320
2 975 3 do dust 285
3 973 3 ch congou 255
7 Little Valley 990 1 do dust 140
11 GB 2 Shf-ch dust 400
12 5 8 do fans 640
13 8 6 do sou 450
14 TH Bat bro mix 249
18 BC PRY merlin (eh) pek sou 400
19 Gai CO sou 200
20 29 Ghi-ch dust 510
21 Orwell 320) ch fans 220)
22 Soren £ao: congou 130
23 Tor 7 Le do) red leaf 110
26 Galella 47 4 do pekoe 380
7 50 4 «Go pek sou 500
31 Agra Ouvah G2 5 do — peksou 425
33 68 3hf-ch dust 300
44. Yakka 10L 5 ch dust 485
45 bb 10$ 1 do bro pek 105
46 107 Z do pekoe 200
47 1:0 1 do sou 95
48 Cc 113 5 do bro pek 525
50 119 2 do sou 190
53 Maskeliya 13t 7hf-ch_ fans 350
56 137 4 do dust 360
57 FH, inest.mark140 3 ch red leaf 210
59 BS 1146 7 do pekoe 595
60 149 +5 do pek sou 450
61 P 152 9hf-ch peksou 450
66 Vincit 167 5 do bro pek 275
68 173 3 ch pek sou No.1 270
69 176 «6 do pek son No.2 510
70 179 38 do pek fans 370
71 182 2hf-ch dust 188
76 CP H&Co. 197. +6 ch pek sou 540
78 Poilakande 203 4hf-ch or pek 195
82 215 6 do fans 380
95 D,inest.mark 254 2 ch pek son 130
96 257 1 do dust 110
97 N. Oya 260 Ihf-ch dust 70
9S 203 8 ch sou 664
100 Ridgmount 269 5 do or pek 40
10L 272 «6 do pe oe 582
102 272 «63 «(do pek sou 270
46 bid
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name Ib.
103 278 1 do dust 136
104 Farm 231 %hf-ch dust 186
123 Pati Rajah 338 7 ch or pek 630
124 34L 4 do bro pek 440
129 Murraythwaite 356 2hf-ch bropekfans 130
130 359 1 ch — dust 160
(Messrs. Somerville & Co.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
1 Glanrhos 261 6 ch sou 540
2 262 3 do dust 495
5 Berragalla 265 9hf-ch unas 540
6 266 4 do dust 320
7 267 3 do red leaf 150
8 Maligatenne 268 3 ch bro pek 310
9 269 4 do pek 350
10 270. 5 do pek sou 418
1 271 3 do !ro sou 270
12 272 1 do dust 117
16 Honiton 276 8 ch pek sou 680
17 277 1 do dust 190
1 ht-ch
19a Hanagama 1 ch pek 10
21 Hanagama 281 3 ch fans 405
23 Mossville 283 3 ch pek fans 330
Qt 284 8hi-ch dust 680
25 235 3 ch red leaf 270
30 Hangranoya 2909 6 ch pek sou 570
3l 291 4 do sou 380
32 LO T, ines-
tate mark 292 1- ch bro pek 85
33 293 lhf-ch pek 56
34 294 1 do pek sou 53
35 295 1 do fans 80
39 K, in estate
mark 299 2 ch bro mix 1:0
4) 800 zhf-ch dust 150
45 Warakamure 305 Lhf-ch dust 85
46 Hoolugangs 306 5 ch bro pek 495
47 307 4 do pex 352
48 303 3 eo pek sou 249
52 Wilpita 312-6 ch con 510
53 313 2 do dust 308
59 Glenalla 319 2 ch dust 153
6C 320 1 do fans 100
66 Walahanduwa 326 4 do pek sou 360
67 Wallasmulle 3227 1 ch bro pek 100
63 £23 1° do pek 95
10 33) 2 do bro mix 19)
73. Monrovia 333. 5 ch pek sou 450
75 3:5 2 do pek dust 260
76 336 1 do red leaf 90
ey GX 337 Lhf-ch dust 75
81 Koladeniya 341 3 ch pek 270
32 342 4 do pek sou 360
83 343 2 do dust 200
89 DB R, estate
mark 349 Lhf-ch bro pek 54
90 350 2 ch pek sou 159
91 351 1 do dust 111
92 Tonacombe 352 1 ch bro pek 110
93 ES 353 3° ch bro pek 35
91 NSC 254 3htch _ bro or pek 165
99 California 359 10 hf-ch bro pek 500
101 361 3 ch pek sou 30)
102 362 1 do tans 100
103 363 1 do pek dust 122
108 Ukuwella 368 3 ch dust 300
116 Kumaragalla 376 zhf-ch fans 140
117 377 1 do dust 6S
usHJIS 378 6hf-ch tro pek 360
119 379 5 do pek 300
120 3:0 10 do pek sou 600
127 Dalhousie 387 ZS hf-ch or pek 495
128 3838 dlo pek No. 1 200
129 389 ‘i do pek No. 2 550
130 390 15 do pek sou 600
13L 391 5 do bropek fans 300
132 392 4 do dust 280
153 NIT 13% 5 ‘ch unas 500
154 Pine Hill 142 ch pek Sou 170
155 15 2 do bro tea. 170
161 Ranasingha-
patna 2l 6hfich bropekfans 420
162 22 4 do dust 360
163 23 1 ch red leaf 100
164 Wevatenne 24 4 ch bro pek 392
165 25 8 do pek 623
167 27 4 do con 274
172 Neboda 32 4hf-ch dust 320
186 RCTPF 46 7 ch bro pek No. 2 630
189 49 6 do pek sou No. 2 480
191 Penrith 51 1 ch bro tea 85
sale Tea kk, sais aes
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
4
Lot Bux. Pkgs. Name.
192 52 1hf-ch pek fans 60
198 Fairfield, estate
mark 68 7hf-ch pek sou 825
199 59 3 do bro pek fans 195
209 : 6u 1 do dust 90
201 61 1 do bro mix 55
Ib,
31
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.)
Lot.
1 Hopewell 1159
2, 1162
5 KDA 71
6 PPA 1174
8 Beverley 1140
13 Agra Hlbed-
de 1195
14 1198
15 1201
18 Mansfield 1210
21 Mousakelle
Maskeliya 1219
22 1222
23 St.Edwards 1225
24 41225
25 } 1231
26 1234
30 Passara
Group. 1246
31 1249
41 Warrington 1279
Ad 1288
45 1zZ9L
52 Clyde - 1312
57 Beaumont 1327
67 Anningkan- ;
e 1857
83 O’Bode 1405
85 1411
86 1414
‘87 in estate
nar 1417
88 1420
89 1423
100 BEB 1456
102 Sunnyer 1462
103 1465
10t 1468
105 1471
110 P M, in est.
mark 1486
114 1498
i119 Dammeria 1513
130 Aberdeen 1546
131 1449
140 Middleton 1576
141 Etta 1579
142 1622
i4t 1588
149 K PW 1603
1:3. P’Kande 1615
154 L 1618
157 Dunbar 1627
159 1633
160 1636
162 DB 1642
163 1645
16E 1648
266 Killarney 1654
A69 1683
Pox. kts.
9 hf-ch
5 hf-ch
4 do
2 do
8 ch
3 ch
4 hf-ch
9 hf-ch
12 box
10 hf-ch
6 do
Name.
bro pek
pek
pek sow
pek sou
pek
pek fans
or pek faus
dust
pek sou
sou
dust
bro or pek
or pek
pek
pek sou
pek sou
fans
bro or pek
red leaf
or pek
pek sou
ust
orpek
bro pek
pekoe
unas
pek sou
congou
bro tea
dust
or pek
red leaf
dust
brq pek fans
dust
dust
bro pek
pekoe
fans
dust
dust
bro mix
bro or pek
No. 1
or pek
bro pek
pek sou
bro inix
dust
er pek
dust
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS. —
lb
57
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name.
172 Arapolakande 1672 5 ch pek sou
173 1675 3 do dust
174 Blairgowrie 1678 1 do k fans
175 1681 1 do ans
176 1681 4 do red leaf
177 1687 1 do dust
182 Weyunga-
watte 1702 2? do pek sou 20 808
183 1705 1bf-ch dust BU i¢
lss Mawaliganga-
watte 1720 3 do bro dust 210 Is
191 EH 1729 2 ch bromixed WO Ww
192 1732 1hf-ch bro mixed -)
195 M C inest
mark 1741 4 ch pek 34000CiA
196 1744 3 do pek sou 270 = 3A
201 Hi'l Side 1759 4: hf-ch _ sou~ QW 3
202 Downside 1762 5 ch re pek 6500 3b
203 1765 4 do pek 400 35
204 1768 2 do ypek sou 20 3
205 li7L.% do congvu ‘4 28
206 1774 1 do dust £ 35 15
207 Beverley 1777 12hf-ch bro pek 660 ET
203 1780 7 do pek B40
214 Sadamulla 1798 s do pek sou 276 §©%6 bid
217 ~Erlsmere 1807 4 do = sou BEO
418 TU 1810 6 do ro tea GUO
226 Hurtspier-
poy 1834 4 ch bro pek 360 38
935 WA 1861 2% do bro mixed > 2
245 Fairlawn 189i hich pek 20 8«=— 37
246 1804 3 do dust “40 «(8
247 FLin est.
mark 1897 1 ch bromixed wo 80618
252 Walpita 1912 3 do sou 2700-8
258 Claverton 1930 5 do bro tea £00 28 .
259 Broad Oak 1933 8bf-ch sou 40 25
260 1936 G6 do dust 480045
262 Patiagama 1942 2 ch peksou lio 31
263 19355 1 do bror pk fans 120 30
266 N 1954 lhf-ch bro pek oo 30
267 1957 2 do pek lwo 2
268 1900 2 do oo sou 90 23
269 Minest. mark'9s3 3 do ro pek 215 «= «BO
272 Grange
Garden 1972 4 ch sou 400 = 380
273 1975 Shf-ch dust 625 17
283 Glencorse 2005 1 ch bro tea 110 37
284 2008 2 do . pek f.ns 2002©= BL
285 2011 1 do dust 168 15
292 Doranakande 2e32 4° ch k 450 30
293 Panslatenne 2035 6 do ro pek 570s 44
294 2038 8 do k 240084
295 24l 2 do pex sou 170 31
296 2044 2 «do dust 290 16
301 Erim Sevanee2059 2 do bro mixed 18016
302 Weligoda 2062 4 do bro tea 400 17
303 2.65 lhf-ch bro tea 50 17
CEYLON COFFER SALES IN LONDON,
(From our Commercial Correspondent. )
MINCING LANE Sept. 20.
“City of Sparta’’—Ampittiakanda 1, 1 barrel 50s;
ditto 2, 37s; T, 24s. Rappahannock, 1 barrel 82s;
ditto 2, 64s; T, 20s. Pita Ratmalie No. 1, 1 tierce
100s; No.2 bought in, FB105s. JB Ouvah 0, 1 barrel
109s; ditto 1,2 casks 1093; ditto2, 5c 1 barrels 104s 6d;
ditto 3, 1 cask 1 barrel 87s 6d; ditto PB, 1 cask 116s.
TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES,
CoLomso,
NO. 41
OctoppR 24, 1898.
Price :—124 cents each 3 copies
30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee.
COLOMBO~ SALES OF TEA.
LARGE LOTS.
[Thompson and Villiers.—
59,042 Ib.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
Rambodde 4 12hfch fans $40
17 do pek sou 850
6 36 do pek 1800
7 7 34 do bro pek 1870
8 OSS, inestate
mark 8 17 ch bro or pek 1275
9 9 24hf-ch or pek 1440
10 10 29 ch pek 2175
19 Cooroondo-
watte 19 27hf-ch bro pek 1340
20 20 17 do pek 850
22 Band D 22 lLhf-ch bropek fans 770
24 24 10 ch dust 850
25 A 25 36hf-ch pek 1800
29 Warwick 29 24hf-ch bro pek 1536
30 30 18 do pek 972
33 Chetnole 33 39 do broorpek 2340
34 34 28 do bro pek 1540
35 Bomas) (ch ek 360C
36 36 12 do peksou 1140
37 Lynsted 37 35 ht.ch broor pek 1925
35 38 58 do bro pek 2900
39 69 57 do ek 2565
0 Doragalla 40 22hf-ch bro orpek 1210
41 14 ch bro pek 1400
42.19 do pek 1710
48 SG 48 11 ch pek 1045
50 50 9 ch
} lhf.ch sou 850
54: ¢Dell 54 18 do bro orpek 990
55 55 10 ch or pek 1000
56 56 9 do pek 810
Siek Xo 5) 37 hf-ch
1 box bre or pek
fans 2419
{[Mlessrs. Somerville & Co.
—135,299 1b]
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib.
3 Yarrow 73 GO hf-ch bro pek 3600
4 74 62 do pek 3410
6 Raxawa 76 15hf-ch bro pekfans 900
9..L 79 i4hf-ch dust 1120
10 Ingeriya 80 41hf-ch bro pek 2050
il St 34 ch pek 1632
12 82 33 do pek sou 1518
13 $3 I14hf-ch pek fans 868
17 «Corfu $7 15hf-ch bro pek fr)
21 Anehahasok 91 14 ch pek 1050
22 Citrus 2 Md) Cis bro pek 1700
23 93 20 do pek 1800
24 Minna 94 16hf-ch troorpek 1040
25 95 20 ch or pek 1800
26 96 13 do pek 1170
ya 97 9 do pex sou $10
35 Gingranoya 105 Q9hf-ch dust 765
36 Carney 106 19hf-ch bro pek 950
37 107 26 do pek 1170
38 18 16 do pek sou 800
45 Woodthorpe 115 9 ch bro pek $09
46 116 § do pek 72)
47 117 11 do pek sou 880
62 Forest Hiil 132 12 ch bio pek 1116
63 133 25 do pek 2300
75 Atherton 145 Whf-ch bro pek 784
76 146 20 do pek 1000
79 Ambalawa 149 20hfch bro pek 1000
80 150 27 do pek 1215
81 151 18 do pek sou 720
83 X Y Z, ines-
tate mark 153 i4 ch bro pek 1400
84 154 30 do ek 2400
85 Galphe'e 155 2° hf-ch bro pek 1265
86 156 25 do pek 1125
87 157 17 do pek sou 765
91 Oakley 161 18 ch bro pek 1800
92 162 1l do pek 1100
93 163 9 do pek sou 900
“94 Ketadola 164 7 ch bro pek 700
98 Lonach 168 57 hf-ch bro pek 3135
81 bid
Lot. Sox. Pkgs. Name.
99 169 25 ch pek 2125
100 170 17 do pek sou 1360
101 Blinkbonnie 171 28hf-ch bro pek 1540
102 172 26 do pek 1170
103 173 25 do peksou 1125
123 Yspa 193 12hf-ch dust 960
124 GB 194 26hf-ch dust 1300
125 IP 195 16 ch pek sou 1472
129 Rayigam 199 17 ch bro pek 1785
130 200 9 do orpek 765
131 201 26 do pek 2340
132 202 14 doe pek sou 1190
136 KUG 206 16 ch pek 1440
137 Suriawatte 207 25 ch bro pek 2350
138 208 24 do ek 2040
139 202 10 ch bro tea 1050
140 210 10 do dust 800
141 G’ Watte 211 19 ch bro pek 1909
142 Mary Hill 212 22hf-ch bro pek 1232
143 213 19 do pek 950
146 Depedene 216 44hf-ch bro pek 2420
147 217 45 do pek 2250
148 218 30 do pek sou 1650
155 R 225 15 ch peksou 1345
(Mr. EH. John. —183,420 1b.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
2 Maminadola 386 11 ch bro pek 1100
3 389 8 do pekoe 720
6 Mossend 398 11 do bro or pek 1210
7 40L 20 do or pek 2000
8 404 8 do pekoe 720
11 Oonoogaluya 413 20 do bropek 2000
12 416 10 do pekoe 860
13 419 8 do pek sou 720
14 422 6 do fans 720
15 Ottery 425 23 do bro or pek 2300
16 428 11 do or pek 990
17 431 12 do pekoe 1057
19 Mount Temple 437 30hf-ch broorpek 1740
20 440 34 do or pek 1666
21 443 22 ch pekve 1650
22, 446 27 do pek sou 1485
24 Lameliere 452 29hi-ch bropek 1682
25 455 18 ch pekoe 1656
28 Mocha 464 18 do bro or pek 18/0
29 467 14 do or pek 1190
30 470 18 do pekoe 1620
31 473 17hf-ch_ fans 1275
82 St. John's 476 31 do broorpek 1736
33 479 29 do or pek 1392
34 482 25 do pekoe 1250
25 485 17 do pek fans 1088
86 Theresia 488 9 ch bro pek fans 900
29 Cleveland 497 21hf-ch bropek 1090
40 5t0) 125 ch pekoe 1200
41 503 9 do peksou 810
49 Glassaugh 527 59hf-ch bro pek 3245
50 530 30 ch pekoe 2700
51 5383 13hf-ch dust 1105
62 Nahavilla 536 77 do broorpek 4620
5s 559 40 do or pek 2000
55 545 25 ch pekoe — 2500
56 548 3 do
6hf-ch dust 855
57 NB 551 12 do dust $60
59 557 7 ch
, lhf-ch unas 767
61 Chapelton 563 9 do dust 810
62 566 15 ch bro mix 1200
3 Kotuagedera 569 15 do bro pek 1500
572, 8 do pekoe 760
65 Brownlow 575 25hf-ch broorpek 1375
66 578 27 de or pek 1404
67 681 81 ch pekoe 2728
68 584 19 uo pek sou 1520
69 587 7 do bro pekfans 70U
76 Digdola 60S 10 do bro pek fans LG00
78 Glasgow 6i4 29 do broor pek 2320
79 617 15 do or pek 975
80 620 8 do ekoe 760
81 Agra Ouvah 623 45hf-ch broorpek 2880
$2 626 20 do or pek 1084
84 Ferndale 632 14 ch bro or pek 1400
85 635 12 do or pek 1200
86 688 24 do pekoe 2160
87 Evalgolla 641 23hf-ch bro pek 1165
88 644 31 do pekoe 1550
94 Yakka 662 15 ch pekoe 1500
35 bid
< $f “S oe Tt «We OS Ne ee
2 ---— GEYLON “PRODUCE SALES LIST. |
‘] %
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib. ce. Lot Box. Pkgs. Name. ©) Ib.
105 Lamliere 695 29hf-ch bro pek 1682 52 -
106 693 18 ch pekoe 1656 87 7b hogan Gols a eS eee.
109 Peru 747. 9 do ro pek 990 42 77 49 9 do pek sou 720 BB
110 710 10 do pekoe 800 «BB 80 Galapitakan-
111 £ 713 8 do ek son 680 29 de 58. 25 ch or 1625 51
113 New Tunisgalla 719 15 do ropek 1650 42 81 a Ye ale +. agg - in |
114 722 20 do pekoe 1600 34 82 64 13. do k sou 1300 39
115 a ES ae: a oe 8; Beausejour | 79 18° ch ““bropek "1170 40
117. Claremont 731 33 hf-ch roorpek 1815 4 4 88 52 12 do pek 960 21
118 Dace AM, PORRE 900 "3 4 | 98 Hayes 97 Gthf-ch peksou 8200 35
1200 YK 740 10 do ro pek 1050 26 bid 4 AMB 100 10 ch bropek sou 950 20
123 Glasgow 749 23 do bro or pek 2640 60 bia 95 103. 6 do ean 730 6
124 752.12 do cr pek 780 «53 96 Great Valley
125 WE nda 755. 8 do pekoe 720 44 bid Gey) Gain ean
127 North Pundal- Be h 5 . >
oya, LD 761 17hf-ch or pek a) mark. “ 4 es ey as -
128 764 17 do broorpek 935 52 bid 98 112 19 do pek 1710-36
129 767 18 ch pekoe 1170 37 bid 09 115 12 do rek sou 1080 24
181 e ce hf-ch dust 20 38 | 10s. New Pea-
135 Arny Diamond 785 22 do ekoe v0 33 bid : P -
136 Gcatilt 788 29 ch bropek 2900 | 61 bid 3 130 13 ch =pekfans = 975A bid
p ) Wt 105 Tavalam-
137 791 13 do ekoe TBBO'** “40 bid tenne 133 14 ch broorpek 1400 47
TAS RG 809,35 do bropek = 1515 g5 Bid | "tio. Nugagalla... 148 S6hbfe pek 1300 34 bid
147 Mount Everest 821 22hf-ch bro pek 1220 66 vite NEA EO »
148 824 25 do or pek 1250 62 cpa wo. ye
149 827 3 ch Bei 2935 = 49 Tas pek 1100
150 630 17 do pek sou 1530 44 . sh
151 833 4ihf-ch bropekfans 3080 36bid | He aa eo oP orc ean
152 Bellongalla 816 29 do bro pek 1460 41 127 199 B ch pek 800
ape ; 839 2 ch pekpe 1980 27 bid 130 Shrubs Hill 208 36 ch bro pek 8420
157 Gangawatte 851 i9hf-ch or pek 1045 45 bid 131 211 14 do pek 1120
161 Ratwatte 865 26 ch bro pek 2600 42 bid 132 214 11 do ton “70
162 £66 22 ‘do pekoe 1980 33 134 Bloomfield 220 51 ch ben pek 5610
163 . 869 10 do pek sou 800 29. 135 993 40 do pek 4000
164 Birnam 872 15 do peksou 990 32 bid 136 298 93 do pek sou 2800
165 875 13hf-ch dust 936 16 137 229 7 do pekNo.1 700
173: A 899 S ch pekoe 800 32 139 335 13 hf- h k os 1030
175 Nelun 905 8 do bropek 800 34 bid 140 Pallegodde 238 2 ch ro orpek 2310
176 908 9 do pekoe 900 30 Mit 41 98 do bro pek 2360
181 N 923 14 do fans 1377 13 142 244 15 do or pek 1370
183 S 929. 8 do pek sou 830 20 143 247 16 do pek 1280
184 932 9 do bropekfans1330 10 bid 144 350 13 do Fenn 1170
185 UB 935 6 do pekfans 780 out 145. Polatagama 253 50 ch at pek” 4750
146 6 47 be or pek as
147 259 54 do pekoe 40.
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.—] 148 262 20 do k sou 1700
= 149 Polatagama 265 12 ch ust 1920
397,287 Ib.) 150 Maha Uva. 268 18 aa bro or pek Ba
151 271 26 do or pe« 560
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. c 152 274.20 ch pes 1900
4 Walton 2080 21 ch bro pek 2352 53 157 Battawatte 289 23 ch ro pek 250
5 2083 27 do pek 2700 38 158 292 80 do pek S50
6 086 12 do sou 114036 159 295 11 do pe sou 880
12 CSG t04 48 hf-ch bro pek 2400-51 160 Weoya 298 30 ch ro pek 2400
13 2107 35 do pek 2800 35 bid 161 301 31 do pek 2480
14 2110 10 do pek sou 800 8i 162 304 15 do pek sou 1200
17 Kirindi 2119 13 ch bro pek 1300 50 163 367 12 do bro pek fan 1200
18 219)" 12 “do pek 1080 34 164 Hayes 310 35hf-ch bro pek 1925
19 2125 15 do pek sou 12¢0 30 165 313 20 do or pek 1000
22 Holton 2134 15 ch bro pek 1425 45 166 ; 316 24 do ek 1080
27 ~Paravithi, 167 High Forest 319 21 hf-ch ro or pek 111]
(Travancore 168 322.19 do pek 817
Invoice No. 4 2146 SOhf-ch or pek 3200 38 bid | 169 32a 27 do ek sou 1188
28 2152 61 do pek 2440 §934 bid 170 Erracht 328 29 ch ro pek 2610
29 2155 34 do peksou 1360 8lbid | 171 331 26 do pek 1950
31 Paravithi, 172 334 13 do pek sou 975
(Travancore) 173 337. 8 do pek fans 720
Invoice No.5 2161 50hf-ch bro pek 2000 36 17 340 5 do dust 800
32 2164 50 do pek 20(0 40 176 Galkadua 346 14 ch bre pek 1:00
33 2167 30 do pek sou 1200 33 liz 349 18 do pek 1530
34 Anejmudi, 178 352 13 do pek sou 1105
(T ravancore) : 18' Bargany 361 20hf-ch or pek 1100
Invoice No.8 2170 41 hf-ch _bro pek 1640 49 Le 364 20 do bro pek 1260
5 2173 29 do pek 1160 36 183 367 10 ch pek 95u
6 2176 30 do pek sou 1200 32 187 Seenagolla 379 23 do bro pek 2645
7 Paravithi, 188 332.19 do or pek 1203
(Travancore) 189 385 13 do pekoe 1235
Invoice No.3 2179 36hf-ch unas 1140 30 Lid 190 388 16 do pek sou 1526
A Kelaneiya, 196 Farnham 406 33hf-ch bro pek 19:0
Maskeliya 2191 42 ch bro pek 3570 49 197 409 22 do pek 1210
219t 30 do pek 3000 Bt 198 412 20 do peksou 100€
Kakiriskan- 201 Farnham 421 32 do bro pek 1920
da 2206 8 ch 202 424. 25 do pek 1375
Lhf-ch pek 810 33 203. 427 18 do peksou 940
48 Hatton 2212 25hf-ch tro pek 1450-63 206 Deaculla 436 33hf-ch bro pek 1815
49 2215 28 ch pek 2380 40 bid 207 439 37 ch pek 2590
50 : 2218 22 do pek sou 1760 34 2.9 Monkswood 445 44hf-ch broor pek 2120
53 Meddetenne 2227 43 hf-ch bro pek 2365 53 210 448 38 do or pek 1900
54 2230 15 ch pek 1425 - 34 211 451 23 ch pek 2185
55 2233 10 do pek sou 900 30 212 454 33 do pek 3135
68 Ella Oya 2242 9 ch bro pek 90 42 213 457 20hbf-ch peksou 1800
60 2248 14 do pekoe 1120-332 216 Marguerita 466 14 do bro orpek 77
‘65 St Leonards E 218 3 472 16 ch pek 152
on Sea 13.12 ch bro pek 1140 3-339 23) Qokoowatte 508 1:hf-ch pek fans 770
70 Chesterford 28 36 ch bro pek 3600 50 237 DMV 529 12 ch bro pek 1080
71 81 36 do pek 3000 86.36 238 532 14 do pek 1120
92 34 23 do peksou 2300 33 241 Carlabeck 541 7 do peksou — 7
CEYLON. PRODUCE SALES LIST.
=
Lot Box, Pkgs. Name Ib.
243 Scrubs 547. 9 ch bro orpek 855
244 550 12 do bro pek 1200
249 Torwood 565 18 do bro pek 1620
250 568 13 do or pek 1118
251 571 21 do pek 1638
252 574 10 do pek sou 800
253 ; 4577 11 do sou 880
256 Dromoland 586 7 do dust 1085
257 Arapolakande 589 48 do bro pek 4320
258 592 33 do pek 2640
261 Tor 601 13 do bro pek 1196
262 60£ 11 do ek 880
265 Castlereagh 613 16 do ro pek 16L0
266 616 14 do or pek 1275
267 619 15 do pek 1200
271 Tonacombe 631 19 do or pek 1900
272 634 37 hf-ch bro pek 2405
273 637. 44 ¢ ek 4420
274 640 10 do pek sou 2900
288 Geragama 682 22 do bro pek 090
289 685 25 fg pek ; alee
era Oya 739, 20 do or pek 70
na ore 742 1S do bro pek 18v0
309 745 13 do. pek 1170
310 748. 9 do pek sou 810
312 7/4 14 do fans 700
313 Rowley 757 2thf-ch bro pek 1050
314 760 17 do pek 850
317 Gallawatte 769 9 ch bro pek 855
318 772 16 do pek 1280
319 775 12 do pek sou 1020
322 781 316 do pek fans 1120
225 Cadillac 793 27 do bro pek 2700
327 Hopton 799 10 do oust 1°00
328 Morankande 32 12 do bro pek 1200
330 803 15 do pek 1350
331 Sil Uf go pek son ay
3 nse 826 3: o or pe fy
a Oe 829 40 box broor pek 800
338 832 18 ch pek 1800
341 Penrhos 84: 16hbf-ch or pek 768
342 $44 26 do bro pek 1456
343 S47 18 ch pek 1530
346 Rookatennie £56 10 do bro pek 1102
348 862 12 do pek 1131
349 865 7 do pek sol t82
351 'Telbedde Riles ao, bro pek 721
362 874 10 do rek 950
364 Treby 910 51 do bro pek 3060
365 9:3 88hf-ch pek 1900
366 916 12 do pek sou 1080
367 Lochiel 919 14hf-ch bro orpek 770
368 922 28 do bro pek 1400
369 925 33 ch p2k No.1 2610
370 928 10 do pek 90
371 Nahalma 931 15 de sou 1500
373 Clyde 937 26 do bro pek 2340
374 910 29 do pek 2320
375 943. 20 do pek sou 1300
378 HGM 952 14 do bro or pek 1232
379 955 11 do or pek 7i5
380 958 41 do bro pek 3362
Sg 961 41 do pek 3485
SMALL LOTS.
[Thompson and Villiers.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
Vale eo mc pek sou 255
5 ee De Lido fans 110
3 Bb) Lea) dust 150
S S,in estate i
a Oe ieee ch pek sou 569
12 12 1 do sou 85
13 13 4hf-ch pek fans 240
14 14 3 do dust 225
15 AA 15 1 ch peksou 100
ny) rakan-
ae ae 17 5 ch dust 425
18 Relugas 18 V8 ch dust 360
y ndo-
: ST atES: 21 S3hf-ch dust | 240
23 Band D 23 8 ch bro mix 285
38L Warwich 31 Ghf-ch peksou 300
32 32 8 do OO z Hie
ragalla 43 7 ch pek No. 2 595
rv oe 44 3 do red leat 300
45 45 Ehf-ch bro mix 375
46 Weweywatte 46 4hf-ch bro pek 200
47 47 7 do pekoe 350
49 SG 49 6 ch pek sou 500
51 51 5 Bee ek ot ee
2 M aaa 52 6 ¢ bro pe
oo 63 2 do pek 170
ce.
65 bid
53 bid
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(Messrs. Somerville & Co.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ce.
1 Clontarf 71 7 ch pek No. 1 595 29
2 72 3° do dust 375 13
5 Raxawa 7D 5Shf-ch dust 400 15
7 77 2 do sou 90 21
8 L 78 6 ch bro mix 570 19
14 Ingeriya 84 2hf-ch dust LjZPS At
15 TCA, in es-
tate mark 85 2 ch red leaf 210 18
16 Corfu 86 7hf-ch or pek 885 40
18 8810 do pek 550 37
19 89 4 do pek sou 200 34
20 Anehahasok 90 6 ch or pek 660 3 bid2
28 Minna 98 3hf-ch fans 225 26
29 99 6 do dust 540 16
30 100° 2° ch bro mix 180 16
31 CF, in estate
mark 10! 3 ch dust 225 16
82 102 3 do bro tea, 330 19
33 103 2hf-ch pek fans 120 23
34 Gingranoya 104 lht-ch or pek 53 59
69 Carney 109 5hf-ch fans 250 27
4 110 3 do sou 150 27
41 8 lll 4hf-ch dust 220 15
42 112 4 do bro tea 200 20
43 A 113 3ht-ch dust 240 14
44 114 3 do bro tea 1hv 20
48 Woodthorpe 118 2 ch sou 15 28
49 119 1. do dust 85 14
650 Ravenoya 10 10hf-ch bro pek 550 45 bid
51 121 10 do pek 500 34
52 122 14 do pek sou 560 30
53 1232 do sow €0 23
54 124 1 do dust 76 15
57 Angana-
kettiya 127 6hf-ch bro pek 360 = 333
53 1285 do pek 250 27
a9 129 5 do sou 26 22,
60 130 1 do dust 57 12
6L Forest Hill 131 7hf-ch or pek 434 47
64 134 8 ch peksou 68883
65 135 7hf-ch fans 546 21
66 H, in estate
mare 136 4 ch sou 340 20
67 137 2 do fans 200 18
68 133 2 do bro mix 220 19
69 39 2hfch dust i70 15
77 Atherton 147 7Thf-ch pek sou 236 29
78 148 2 do dust 1i4 15
82 Ambalawa 152 13 hf-ch pek fan 676 26 bid
95 Ketadola 165 7 ch pek 683 30
96 166 6 do pek sou 510 29
97 167 2 do sou 185 25
104 Blinkbonnie 174 3hfch dust 225 15
126 Pussetenne 196 3hf-ch bro mix 195 24
127 F,inestate 197 3 ch sou 216 31
128 193 3hf-ch dust 258 14
144 Mary Hill 2i4 11 hf-ch pek sou 550 = 30
145 215 4 do bro mix 280 16
149 Depedene 219 2hf.ch dust 160 15
151 F A, in estate
mark 221 2 ch dust 180 16
[Mr. E. John.]
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. ibstie,
1 W,inest.mark 383. 8 boxes broorpek 240 40
4 Maminadola 392 4 ch pek sou 369 89
5 895 2 da dust 316 13
9 Mossend 407 3 do pek sou 250 37
10 410 1 do dust 135 out
18 Ottery 434 1 do dust 164 17
%3 MountTemple 449 5hitch orpekfans 274 37 bid
26 Lameliere 458 6 ch pek sou 480 3
27 46t 4 do pek fans 400 27
37 Theresia 491 .$ do bro mix 210 38
38 494 3 do dust 222 15
42 Cleveland 596 6hf-ch dust 438 19
43 509 5 do bropekfans 300 38
44 WH 512. 2 ado or pek 80 40
45 515,.2 do bro pek 108 )
46 518 9 do pekoe 405 2
47 Swiewpe CO pek sou 100 30
48 524 6 do dust 450 16
54 Nahavilla 542 5 de pek fans 350 37
58 NB 554 5 ch son 450 31
60 560 1 do bro mix 105 20
75 Digdola 605 $8 do broorpek 270 40
77 , 6ll. 2 do dust 240 16
88 Agra Ouvah 629 5 do pekoe 475 48
89 Evalgolla 617 4Shf-ch pek sou 20029
90 650 4 do fans 260 24
91 658 2 do dust 160 14
92 Anamallai 656 2 do dust 170 4
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4 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot Box. pkgs. Name. Ib. c. Lot. Box. pkgs. Name, im) ¢.
93 Yakka 659 8 ch. bropek 576 40 83 oo ch” doe 100 «122
95 665 7 do peksou 67436 84 70 1 do f 7
ane Marakona 8 i oe pekeen And “4 85 NewGalway 73 5hf-ch bro pek 300080
107 Lameliere 701 6 do pekson 430 31 86 5 76 6 do pek 33066
f : 89 Beausejour §5 1 ch pek sou 85
108 704 hhf-ch k fans 400 27 100 Great’ Valley
112 Peru 716 1 ch = dust 80 15 Covlonie cotcin
116 New Tunisgalla 728 2hf-ch dust 160 15 pho) ee ae a
119 Claremont 737 4 bags redleaf 268 19 101 121 3 do pek fans 20-88
121 YK 748 1 ch sou 105 20 102 124 = do aaa 425 16
122 746 2 do dust 330-12 3 4 4
126 WHR, inest 103 New Peacock 127 3 ch bro mix 150 21
mark ’ 758 4 do dust 400 11 106 Tavahane-
tenne 136 6 ch k 640 34
130 North Pundal- 107 129 2 do k sou 170 81
oya, L D 770 7 do wpeksou 595 =. 36 4 se pe 7
7 108 142.1 do dust 105 4
a5 GN 516, ,Obtch.. dust omO eae 109 Nugagalla 145 12hf-ch_ br. 600-53
138 779 7 ch peksou 630 26 ee ae > pm
134 782 1 do dust 160 12 Hs ae Gots oe coe oe
138 Gampai 794 Q9hf-ch or pek 495 642 115 Stamford e
139 - 797 5 ch peboe 410 37 “Hill 163 6 ch ck 510 40
140 soo 2 do peksou 190 33 116 OF. in estate P
141 803 4 hf-ch roorpek 264 44 bid wee 166 4 ch an see 412 33
142 806 1 ch redleaf 100 15 7 169 5 do pe aan” oe
144 RG 812 7 do orpek 630 38 118 1721 do ro tall 6 9%
145 SW 815 3 do bro mix 330 =. 28 bid a
146 818 2 do fans 950 22 a a as ae es oe ie
154 Bellongalla £42 5 do peksou 400 28 11 WW 181’ 1 box oo = ms
155 845 8hf-ch fans 560 % 122 Hurstpier.
156 818 3 do dust 270 15 sat. be x ee en
158 Cangawatte 854 11 do broorpek 660 S50bid | jog 187 3 d b pe k 2) 4
159 $57 6 ch ekoe 600 36 124 190 2 ig «ty 160 20
160 860 6 do pek sou 540 34 195 193 8 do x sou 225 15-
166 Y 878 6 do iedleaf 54017 328 Thedden 202 8 ch | peksou 300 80
e Q'
172 A 896 10 hf-ch bro pek 500 88 bid 129 205 2 do ust 309 18
174 9022 2 do pekfans 200 + 10bid | 333 ShrubsHill 217 4 ch dust 320 15
177, Nelun 911 4 ch ek sou 400 27 138 Bloomfield 232 6 ch k No. 2 600 ~
180 N 920 4 do bro pek fans 408 17 53 Maha Uv: 77 6 ch Lar 4 rs
182 926 3 do brotea 24 9 cic Be oC a i
=) ‘ - 154 280 1 do k fans 80 28
iss RL 914 2hf-ch pek fans 144 29 155 283 2 do a 180 19
189 947 2 do dust 180 16 156 286 1 do ou 112 29.
x af Galkadua $ be Bro or peck 600 43
7 o ust 165 13
ers. : allker.} 180 358 1 do congou 90 2:
(Messrs. Forkes & W : 184 Bargany 370 7 ch pek sou 630-34
Lot. Box. Pkts. Name. lb e. “eA K tt - ie a a4 =
o §©6dus'
1 ECK 2071 3 ch bro pek 272 40 191 BW 39L 2 ch red leaf 170 21
2 2074 3 do © pek 235 32 192 394 3hf-ch fans 230 23
3 2077 2 do peksou 148 «29 193 Nella Oolla 397 1 ch congou 90 «82
7 New Anga- 194 400 3 do dust 450 15
mana 2089 11hf-ch bro pek 600 =«40 195 403 1 do red leaf 6 7
8 2092 10 do pek 500 $3 199 Farnham 415 4hf-ch k fans 300 40
9 2095 7 do pek No.2 35031 200 41S 1 do ust 75 «6736.
10 2098 10 do peksou 500 29 204 Farnham 430 4hf-ch pek fans 2 40
11 2101 4 do fou 260 21 295 433 1 do dust 75 15
15 CSG 2113 5hf-ch dust 400 2 208 K W Din est.
16 2116 8 do fans 520 31 mark 442 4hf-ch broorpekfans240 928
20 Kirindi 2126 2 ch sou 150 29 214 460 6 ch dust 460 «18
2 2131 1 do dust 97 15 215 _ 463 3hf-ch orpekfans 180 40
23 Holton 21387 7 ch ~~ pek 620 34 217 Marguerita 46912 do or pek 600 5
24 2140 3 do ek sou 270 ~=—-8i 219 475 5 ch pekson 450 41
25 2143 2 ch ust 160 14 220 478 1 do dust 80 15-
26 2146 1 do red leaf 100 s«19 221 481 lhf-ch fans 60 33
30 Paravithi 229 Ookoowatte 505 2 do sou 180 «628
(Travancore) 4 231 1 38 ch dust 270 13
Invoice No. 4 2158 14 hf-ch pek fans 630 829 bi 239 DMV 535 5 do ek sou 350 «29
38 Paravithi 240 LGA 538 4 do romixed 400 26
(Travancore) 242 Carlabeck 544 5Shf-ch bro pek fans 420 35
Invoice No. 3 2182 7hf-ch dust 350 14 245 Scrubs 533 5 ch pekoe 400 41
39 2185 7 do brotea 315 21 bid | 246 556 6 do pekssou 510-36
40 2188 7 do fans 315 20 ‘| 247 Peacock Hill 559 1hf-ch bro mixed 45 25
43 Kelaneiya, 248 562 4 ch pek fans 300 19
Maskeliya 2197 3 ch dust 345 20 254 Dromoland 480 7 do ek sou 560 29
44 2200 2 do sou 200 31 255 583 5 do ro pek fans 625 26-
45 Kakiriskan- - 259 Arapolakanda595 5 do peksou 450 31
da 22038 4 ch bro pek 380 642 260 598 3 do dust 330 14
47 2209 6 do pek sou 570 29 263 Tor G0 7 do pek sou 56027
51 Halton 1121 2hf-ch dust 160 15 264 Waverley 610 1 do bro pek 107 60
52 2224 2 do bro tea 100 «619 268 Castlereagh 672 5 do pek sou 400 7
56 Meddetenne 2236 thf-ch bro pekfans 390 38 239 625 5hf-ch fans 35 35
57 2239 8 do dust 680 18 270 628 2 do dust 160 16.
59 Ella Oya 2245 8 ch or pek 688 35 275 Tonacombe 643 4 ch dust © 360 «4
61 1 6 ch ek sou 540 31 276 Sadamulla 646 3 do bro pek 30030
62 410 do ro pek fans 680 32 277 619 5 do pe 500 27
63 7 2 do vpek fans 132 19 278 652 1-do peksou 125 2
64 10 2 do dust 172 14 279 655 1 do sou 75) 615
66 St. Leonards p 280 658 1 do dust 75 8614
on Sea ~ 16 5 ch pek "450 4839-32 281 Suduwella 661 4 do bro pek 400 = 38
67 19 5 do pek No. 2 475 30 282 664 4 do pek 380 33°
68 22 2 do dust 160 15 283 667 2 do pek sou 180 896.29
69 25 1 do fans 85 23 284 670 1 do ‘ans 100 24
73 Chesterfcrd 37 7 ch fans 630-28 285° 673 2 do congou 170 2.
# 40 3 do congou 270 30 290 Kitulgalla 688 S8hi-ch bro pek 480 38
78 TB, inest. 291 691 10 do or pek 500337
mark 52 1 ch fans 90 22 292 691 8 do pek 680-34
79 Galapitakan- 293 697 1-ch peksou 88 30-
de 65 Q9hf-0h broor pek 675 42 | 204 709 1 do dust - 11000 14>
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES
LIST. F
Lot Box, pkges. Name. lbsiaee:
295 703 1 ch pek fans 65 24
306 M 736 1 do bro pek sou 61 21
311 Agra Oya 751 5 do dust 400 14
315 Rowley 763 7hf-ch pek sou 350 30
316 766 9 do ust 450 19
320 Gallawatte 778 5 ch sou 425 29
321 781 6 do dust 516 16
323 787 3 do bro pek fans 285 29
324 790 4 do bro mixed 320 25
326 Hopton 796 5 do sou 450 34
329 Morankande 805 thfch_ bro or pek 68 36
332 814 1 do bro pek dust 90 15
333 817 1 do pek dust 81 14
334 820 2 ch red leaf 240 14
335 New Peacock 823 3 do pek fans 225 15
339 Peacock Hill 835 1 hf-ch ek fans 75 16
340 Scrubs 888 1 ch ro or pek 80 ~=660
344 Penrhos 850 5 do pek sou 400 35
345 853 3 do bro mixed 234 24
347 Rookatennie 859 1 do or pek 105 40
350 ; 868 3hf-ch dust 244 16
353 Telbedde 877 4 ch pek sou 360 31
354 880 1 do dust 110 15
372 Nahalma 934 5hf-ch dust 375 15
376 Clyde 946 2 ch dust 300 14
377 949 6 do fans 660 28
382 GPM in est.
mark 964 5hf-ch bro or pek 250 55
383 967 3 do or pe 150 51
384 970 6 do pek 312 42
385 973 10 do pek sou 500 36
386 976 7 do pek fans 581 23
387 979 3 do red leaf 185 20
CEYLON COFFEE SALES IN LONDON.
(From our Commercial Correspondent. )
MINCING LANE Sept. 30.
“Clan Sinclair’’—Keenakella A, 1 barrel 79s; 1 cask
1 barrel 79s; 1 barrel 45s; 1 barrel 553; 1 30s,
“Hakata Marn’’—Large size Berragalla, 2 casks out
at 100s; mark size 1, 2 carks 853; size 2, 1 barrel
47s out; PBP, 2 barrels 75s ont; T;1 barrel 30s. Berra-
galla, 1 bag ovtkr., large size 2 bags ovtkr., sea dam.
“Shropshire’’—Size 2 Tillicoultry 3 casks x,
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
“Clan Macdonald’’—MAKM in estate mark, 38 bags
bought in at 763.
“Sarpedon”—Palli1, 18 bags sold at 763 6d; ditto fF,
28 bags 76s 6d; ditto B, 4 bags 693; ditto 2, 6 bags 65s
6d; Amba 1, 21 bags 80s; ditto L, 1 bag 69s; ditto 2,
2 bags 653 69.
“Toaba Maru”—Pathregalla 16 bags sold at 75s.
“Historian’—Hantane, 17 bags sold at 76s 6d.
Monerakella, 47 bags 753 6d. Dea Ella, 30 bags 76s.
“Clan Macarihur’’—Makalane, 41 bags bought in 78s.
“Lancashire’’—Mukalane, 63 bags bought in 78s.
CEYLON CARDAMOMS SALES IN
LONDON.
“Shanghai’’—Mark Gallantenne Mysore O, 2c 3374;
No.1, 7 at 331d; No. 2, 4 at 2s 7d; No.3, 2 at 2s 4d;
ditto B, 2 at 2s 2d; ditto 8, 3 at 25; seed lat 3s. Am-
blamana AA,1 at 33 1d; A, 2 at 237d; B,1 atQs.
“Java’’—Gallantenne EK, 2 at 23 11d; 2at 2s 10d; 2 at
%s 11d;1 at 3s 1d.
“antalus’—Midlands 0, 6c 3s 1d; 1, 8c 23 8d; 2,
2c 28 4d; B&S, 2c 1g311d; seed 1c 2310d. Elkadua 0,
le 2s 10d; 1, 2c 2s 8d; 2, 1c 23 2d; BS, 1c 2s. OBEC,
Dangkande, 2 2s 8d; 1 2s 7d; 2 18s 10d. OBEHC,
Nillomally Mysore, 2 2s 9d; 2 23 5d; 1 28 4d, 12s 1d;
1 1s 10d; 1 2s 10d
“Wanderer’’—Dehigalla No 1, 6c 2s 4d.
“Clan Drummond’—4c 3s 4a; HGA Mysore, 2c 2s
6d; 2—2—2—1-- No. 2, 2c 2s 7d; 2—2—2—2—2— No. 3
2c: No. 3 B, 2ce— 1—
“Pindari’’—HGA Mysore 2 B, 2c 2s 1d; BSB, 1c 2s
2d; AMK, 2c 2s 9d.
“Goorkha’’—Nawanagalla, 2c 23 2d.
“Clan Robertson”’—Malabar HGA, 3c 23 6d; 4c—
2c 2s Id.
“Clan Forbes”—HGA, 2c 23 9d.
“Kawachi Marn”—HGA, le—
“Clan Drummond’ HGA, long cardamoms, 2c 2s 6d.
“Clan Sinclair’—DMA&Oo., 5 bags 75s; 5 bags 79s.
“Hector’—DMA&Co., 4 bags 85:3.
‘Inaba Maru’’—Alloowiharie, 5 bags 853; 4 bags 84s;
4 bags 72s.
“Sanuki Maru’’—MAK, 30 bags 5s.
“Shanghai’’— Wariagalla Mysore, 2c 22 7d; B, 3¢ 2s
3d; 1c 23; 2c 1s 10d.
“Tantalus’’—Nagalla 0, 2c 33 2d; 1, 3c 28 8d; 2,
1c 28 3d; 1c 231d; seed 1c 3s, Nella Oolla 0, 1c 2a 7d;
seed 1c 38s. Nella Oolla, 1 bag 1s 8d.
* Clan Fraser”—HGA, 2c 3s 2d.
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COLOMBO SALES OF TEA. Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. bran c
17 Oonoogaloya 998 10 ch bro pek 1000 $9
18 ican ce ko 00 B4
do peixoe 80/ 3
LARGE LOTS. 16 DMR, inest. SP Ay
aed ae RIALS 4 12 ee EOu 22 bid
: = TsTV re 2 Joslanda 7 15hf-ch bropek 46 bid
[Thompsen and Williers. 21 10 12 ch | pekoe 36 bid
29,627 ib.] 24 Templestowe 19 29 Ge bro or pek 53
25 22. 32 do pekoe 39
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. c. 26 25 13 do “ae sou 36
7 LXL 7 20hfch bropekfans 1300 36 bid | 27 Kintyze 28 48hfi-ch bro or pek 56
8. Mandara 98 31 13 do or pek fans 46
Newera 8 6j\hf-ch bro pek 3000 52bid |} 30 e7 9 ch peksou 35
9 9 42 do pek 2310 39 bid 31 40 Shf-ch dust li
10 . 10 37 do pek sou 2085 37 32 8 43 16 ch fans 34
ll Agrvasland = 11 40 hich bro pek 200 «4G Lid | 34 Coslanda apr) ne chit Dro.pek 48
12 Unugalla 12 10 ch bropek — 1030 52 35 pie agen Bar nek oe se
> 15 S 25 35 bi 38 Bokotua 6i 19 do bro pek 44
13 3, 5) do. pek. 1425 35 bid 1 : aes
16 Fattalgalla 16 10 ch peksou 1000-88 bid 39 _ ee ae ee nee } 38
19 WSG 19 11 ch pek sou 1045 23 pid 45 Keenagaha Ella 82 14 do bro or pek a
46 & 18 do pekoe 37
50 Maskeliya 97 9 do bro or pek 53
a Slee 100 10 @o or pek 44
(Messrs. Somerville & Co. 56 Glassaugh 115 59hf-ch bio pek 52 bid
= 120.247 Ib 5% 118 30 ch pekoe 43 bid
—120,247 1b,] 58 Eadella 121 20 do or pek 38 bid
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib. c. 38 ecas ge reread Be
1 VR 231 idhf-ch dust 1120015 62 Agra Ouvah 133 39hf-ch broorpek 2496 70
2 Moragalla 232 10 ch bro pek 1000, 41 63 136 16 do — or pek S64. 57
3 233 12 do pek 120032 65 Glasgow 142 26 ch broorpek 2210 64
4 23! 18 do pek sou 1300 30 66 145 33 do broorpek 2640 withd’n
10 Cis is 210 eel Zi chi pek 1170 31 67 148 11 do or pek 715 53
20 in estate 68 151 78: do pek sou 800 42 bid
‘mark 250 10 ch bro mix 800 17 69 Rondura 154 11 do or pek 980 37
a1 KG Oo lime Oech! pek sou $55 29)" % 70 1576.28 do bro pek 3800 a8
22 DAL 252 9 ch bro pek 900 35 bid | 71 160 23 do pekoe 2070 = 32
23 Yep) sail dla) pek 1100 29 bid 72 163 11 do pek sou 990 29
-3L Dromoland 261 15 ch pek sou 1200 30 bid 74Galloola, Digdolalé69 8 do bro orpek 720 43
86 Deniyaya 266 38 do bro pek 3990 47 75 172 27 do pekoe 2160 82
37 267 13 do pek 1300 34 76 MC 175 11hf-ch dust 880 22
38 268 10 do pek sou 950 30 7 784 ol3\.ch sou 910 32
39 Warakamure 269 18 ch bro pek 1800 33 bid 80 North Pundal-
41 271, 22) do. pek 2090 31 bid oya, LD 187 13 do pekoe 1170 36
42 272 17 do sou 1530 28 81 MH 190 8 do dust 1046 13 bid
47 Bidbury OTs VE ch bro pek 1100 47 82 Ben Nevis 198 22hf-ch flowery or
63 , Ukuwela 293 I1Shf-ch broorpek 90 37 pek 1109 «G5 bid
64 294 14 ch bio pek 1409 ret! 83 196 11 ch or pek $99 47
65 295 138 ch pek 1390 32 85 Birnam 202 15 do pek sou 99) 31 bid
67 Ravana 297 26hf-ch bro pek 1430 48 87 Poilakande 208 17hf-ch bro pek 1020 39 bid
68 i 298 24 do pek 1080 35 88 210.24 ch pekoe 2160 32
74 Bogahagoda- s 92 Murraythwaite 223 12 do bro pek 1149 42 bid
watte 304 14 ch bro pek 1350 = 46 93 226 15 do pekoe 1275 32
75 305 14 do pek 1260 931 94 Gangawatte 229 19hf-ch or pek 1045 42 bid
78 Nugawella 808 20hf-ch bro pek 1100 47 96 K 235 25 ch bro pek 2500 89 bid
. 79 39 22 do bro or pek 14:0 42 97 9238 20 wo or pek 1920 37 bid
80 310 41 do pek 2050 &5 98 241 20 do pekoe 1700 32
87 Kudaganga 317 10 ch bropek 1000 =29bid } 99 244.13 do bropekfans 975 238
88 318 12 do pek 1140 28 100 RA 947 22 do fans 1540 19 bid
106 Koladeniya 836 8 ch bro pek 760 52 bid 106 Galella 265 7 de broor pek 760 53
110 Harangalla . 340 12 do bro pek 1200 48 110 277 8. do or pek fans 960 16 bid
111 341 29 do pek 2610 34 bid 111 Mount Temple 280 28hf-ch broorpek 1596 47 bid
112 Maddagedera 312 54 ch bro pek 5130 41 112 283 86 do or pek 1652 42 bid
113 Horagoda 843 12 ch bro pek 114045 113 286 21 ch pekoe 1533-32 bid
114 Sit 20 ido pek 1689 33 114 289 18 do pek sou 990 28 bid
119 Caxton 349 26 ch bro pek 2860 54 tid 117 LYE 288. 6 do pek fans 778 15
120 8350 23 do pek 2300 35 bid | 118 Little Valley S01 11 do or pek 990 41
121 35L 9 do pek sou 882 34 bid 119 304. 7 do bro or pek 700 42 bid
az Annandale obs He beech oper see oe BiG 120 307 17 do pekoe — 1445 32 bid
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127 a B BoueLA cn pee fans 1985 17 bid ae
129 Hatdowa 359 29 ¢ ro pek 2755 39 a
oa 300. 39 do pek cena (Messrs. Forbes & Walker.
abd 36 23 do peksou 224028 303,788 Ib. }
138 Paradise 368 7 ch pek 700 3L x
a SAD TTORIGOK, pekcou ee lee Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. c.
141 P 371 & ch unas 810 29 14 Kennington 1021 10 ch unas tea 950 9§
143 DN 373 29hf-ch dust 2200 16 15 1024 10hf-ch dust 800 «18
144NWM $74 11 ch pek dust 1210 15 bid | 18 Tymawr 1033 25 hf-ch or pek 1125 51 bid
145 Langley 375 19 ch bropek 1885 43 19 1036 20 do bro pek 1000 61 bid
146 Rayigam 376 18 ch bropek 1800 45 20 1039 29 do pek 1305 43 bid
147 377, 9 do orpek 720 s3d5bid | 21 1042 33 do peksou 1320 38
148 378 26 do pek 2288 32bid | 22 : 1045 27 do fans 1620 35
149 379 12 do pek sou 1020 29 33 Knavesmire 1078 19 ch bro pek 1900 42
. » 1ODNH 38) 34hf-ch fans 2540 17 bid | 34 1081 83 do pek 2610 3k
161 VFD 381 11 ch pekdust 1210 15 tn Drayton ieee a aes or ee 2050 = 48 bid
ch pe 3510 = 39 bid
a ae ait ae a Ge pek aon 1040-87 bid
P rathspe -¢ j 750 56 bi
(Mr. EB. John.—114,012 1b.) 47 ey Saiz 1s do Beene 720 a7 bat
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ec, Ae EM eee AO «Pek 800 40 bid
8 Harrisland S717 2 ch bro pek 700 39 44 Ceylon, in est.
16 Pati Rajah 992 22 do pekoe 1650 = 82 mark 1123 15 hf-eh or pek, 750 =“
2
Lot. Box.
49 1126
50 1129
51 1182
53 1138
54 Carbery 1141
55 1144
59 G K 1156
61 Huanuco 1162
62 1165
i4 Olahitagoda 1201
75 1204
78 Stisted 1213
sl 1222
83 St. Heliers 1228
84 1231
39 G 1246
92 Naseby 1255
03 1258
4 WN 1261
95 1264
96 Dorkin 1267
98 Monksweed 1273
99 1276
100 1279
101 Mavreuerita 1282
102 GPM, inestate
mark 1285
103 Devonford 288
104 1291
106 D 1297
112 Middleton 315
115 WA 1324
120 ‘Talgaswela 1339
121 1342
122 1345
123 Dunkeld 1548
124 1351
125 1354
126 357
133° W’Galla 1378
134 1381
135 1384
136 1387
438 Maha Uva 1393
139 1396
140 1399
143 Dea Ella 1408
144 1411
145 1414
146 1417
147 1420
149 Kirklees 1426
150 1429
151 1432
155 Din est marki444
166 1447
158 Amblakande 1453
159 1456
160 1459
161 SH 1462
162 iY; 1465
163 SSJim est. ©
mark 1468
168 Mawiliganga-
watte 1483
169 1486
170 1489
177 ~=~Scrubs 1510
179 1516s
180 Dunedin 1519
182 VOA 1525
183 AG 1528
186 Walton 1537
192 Cottaganga 1555 ”
198 K PW 1573
199 1576
200 1579
203 Waitalawa 1588
204 1591
206 Tembligaila 1697
207 1600
210 P’Kande 1609
211 1612
212 1615
215 Roeberry 1624
216 1627
217 1630
218 1633
220 1639
226 Doranakande 1657
227 1660
232 Longford 1675
233 Weyungawattel678
234 1681
235 1684
238 Waratenne 1693
239 1696
240 1699
Hkgs-
26 hf-ch
11 do
20 hf-ch
10 ch
14 hf-ch
~~ "rF
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si a ian is ee
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Name-
bro pek
pek
pek sou
dust
bro pek
pek
bro pek
pek
bro or pek
pek sou
bro or pek
fans
bro or pek
pek
per
pek sou
pek
bro or pek
bro or pek
ar pek
bro or pek
or pek
pek sou
bro pek
do Ne. 2
pek
bro or pek
or pex
pek
pek sou
bro pek
or pek
pekoe
pek sou
bro or pek
or pek
pekoe
bro pek
or pek
pek
pek sou
fans
bro or pek
or pek
pek
bro or pek
pek sou
flo. or pek
pek
bro pek
or pek
bro pek
pek sou
bro pek
pek sou
or pek fans
bro tea
pel sou
Pp
pek sou
pek sou
lb,
1430
1530
9°0
800
1980
1440
840
1364
1560
1193
1244
2340
1680
2050
1440
1105
1580
884
700
750
960
2185
3135
1£00
1520
1080
1000
c.
37
50 bid
50 bid
34 bid
59 bid
36 bid
31
46 bid
15
NN ee
Ib. ec.
Lot. Box. pkges. Name.
241 1702 10 ch bro or fans 800 15
242 1705 9 do pek fans 72015
244 CSG 17:1 35 do ek 2800 ©6384 bid
2145 WVRA 1714 328hf-ch bro pek 2080 «44
246 RCW inest.
mark 1717 12 do bro orpek 865 41
239 BDWK 1726 13 do bro pek 196 38
950 P 1729 14 ch fans 1190) 20 bid
251 Ettie 1732 12 do pek sou 1045 %
252 HGM 1735 13 do pek sou 1105 30
258 1728 10 do br pek fans}L000 2.
255 Lochiel 1744 83 do pek No.1 2610 38 bid
256 Ranawatte 1747 21hf-ch bro pek 1120 25 bid
261 Columbia 1762 15 do bro orpek 750 67 bid
270 Hornsey 1789 38 ch or pek 3809 8651 bid
271 1792 18 do pek 1800 42 bid
272 Putupaula 1795 89hf-ch broorpek 2380 48
273 1798 31 ¢ bro pek 3060 41
274 1801 23 do pek 1810 82 bid
275 1804 17 do pek sou 1275 81
277 Beechwood 1810 23 do bro orpek £262 87 bid
278 AH 1818 15 do red leaf 1175 14
SMALL LOTS.
(Thompson and Villiers.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs: Name. Ib. 2.
1 F, in es‘ata
mark 19 ch red leaf 62 15
2 2 Ghfch dust 540 13
8 Poengalla 3 5 do dust 400 15
14 Unugalla 14 °7/P eh pek sou 630 880
15 15 Lht.ch dust 85 15
17 «Airy Hill 17 shf-ch bro pek 150 31
18 18 2 do pekoe 100 =—_25
20 WSG 20 65 ch sou 500 24 bid
21 21 Shf-ch pek fans 335 12 bid
{Miessrs. Somerville & Co.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. «
5 Moragalla 235 3 ch sou £098 _- 87
6 236 1 do dust No.1 100 13
f 237 1 do dust No. 2 109 13
8 KL 238 Shf-ch dust 630 15
9 Citrus 239 4 ch bro pek 2838 5)
1L 241 5 do pek sou 560 29
12 242 6 do fans 690 2
13 243 3 do dust 462 14
14 HA 244 3 ch fans 274 16
15 245 1 do bro tea 67 16
16K 246 Shf-ch pek sou 40) 28
17 SFD 237 4hf-ch dust 400 14
is 248 6 ch con 540 26
19 249 Shf-ch fans 210 486924
24 Dalveen 254 3 ch pek fans 330 24
25 255 2 do dust 250 815
26 256 3 do con 300 21
2 GME 257 4 ch pek 409 32
28 258 4 do pek sou 320 29
32 WVT 262 4hf-ch dust 320 15
33° G’Watte 263 B8hf-ch dus 225 15
34 Orion 264.3 ch pek sou 288 28
Bia 265 Shf-ch dust 375 15
40 Warakamure 27013hf-ch troorpek 630% 33
43 373 3 do dust 255 16
44 GMS 274 5hf-ch bro pek 220 8
45 275 2 do pek 108 26
46 276 1 do pek sou 49 22
48 Bidbury 278 2 ch fans 240 20
49 Maligatenne 279 4 ch bro pek 365035
50 280 6 do pek 520 29
61 231 8 do peksou 660 27
52 282 4 do bro pek 325 19
53 282 1 do dust 115 13
5a 284 4 ch unas 33504
55 CN 285 6 ch pek sou 654 20-
1hf ch
58 RA 288 6hf-ch pek sou 300 21
59 Wavoolkande 289 2 ch bro pek 268 23
1 hf-ch
60 290 2 do pek €41 20
9 hf-ch
61 291 6 do pek sou 316 27
62 292 2hf-ch dust 154 19
66 Ukuwela 266 5 ch jpek sou 500 «=. 28
69 Ravana 299 8 ch pex sou 320 29
70) SU AL 300 4 ch sou 340 28.
71 Berragaila 301 3hf-ch wnes 150 =—30
(2 302 4 do dust 320 14
73 603 1 do fans 70 =: 19-
a
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
~ Lot. Box. Pkgs, Name. Ib.
76 Bogahagoda-
watte 306 4 ch pek sou 360
77 307 2hf-ch dust 140
81 Nugawella 311 2 ch ek sou 170
82 312 2 hf-ch ust 170
83 313 3. ch bro mix 255
&4 Rosawatte el4 2 ch — bro or pek 258
1 hf-ch
85 31527 ch pek 184
86 316 1 do bro pekfans 113
89 Kudaganga 219 6 ch pek sou 540
90 820 4 do fans 420
91 DBR, in estate
mark 321 lhf-ch bro pek 64
92 $22, 1 do ek 60
93 323 1 do pek sou 66
94 324 1- do dust 78
102 Atherton 332 12hf-ch bro orpek 660
103 333 5 do or pek 250
104 334 7 do ek 360
105 335 4 do pek sou 192
107 Koladeniya 237 6 ch pek 540
108 328 3 do pek sou 255
109 339 1 do dust 100
115, Horagoda 345 4 ch pek sou 360
116 346 3 do fans 315
117 347 1 do dust 144
11s 348 1 do con 80
122 Caxton 352 11 boxes dust 341
125 Monte Christo 355 6 ch pek fans 690
126 356 3 do dust 450
128 BT D 858 4 ch dust 413
132 Hatdowa 362. 2 ch fans 190
133 363 2 do aust 230
134 Silver Valley,
LDS 364 S8hf-ch unas 384
135 365 1 do red leaf 50
136 356 1 do dust 52
137 Paradise 867 10hfch bro pek 550
140 370 4 do dust 252
1422 DN 372 Thfch pek fans 455
[Mr. #. Jobn.]
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. lb.
Yakka 950 Shf-ch bropek 576
9, 958m be ich pekoe 500
3 956.3. dp pek sou 174
4 959 Shi-ch dust 294
5 962 4 do fans 248
6 965 1 do unas 87
7 F 968 1 do pek dust 72
9 Harrisland 974 2 ch broorpek 180
10 (ee A) pekoe 560
11 980) 297 = do pek sou 560
12 988 32"do pek sou No.2 285
13 Pati Rajah 986 8 do or pek 680
14 589 5 do bro pek 550
16 995 1 do dust 120
22 Coslanda 13.2 do peksou 200
23 16 1 do ians 110
29 Kintyre 34 T7hf-ch pek fans 454
33 Galloola 46 4 do dust 400
36 Coslanda b> 42 ch pek son 200
3 68. 1 do fans 110
40 Bokotua 67 3 do pehoe 225
41 70 2 do peksou 140
42 FB} en dust 150
3 unugalla Uae @ sou 150
ae prune 79 2 do dust 290
47 Keenagaha Wllasg 4 do pek sou 360
48 91 4 do sou 360
49 94 3hf-ch fans 210
52 Maskeliya 103 4 ch pekoe 460
53 106 4 do ~- peksou 400
54 _ 109 2 do sou 200
55 i12 2hf-ch fans 100
64 Agra Ouvah 129 5 ch pekoe 475
75 Rondura 166 4 do dust 520
78 GL- 181 Shf-ch dust 400
% 184 2 ch rec leaf 180
84 Ben Nevis 199 G-do pekoe 510
86 Poilakande 205 10hf-ch or pek 500
39 214 -8 ch pek sou 640
90 217 4hf-ch fans 280
9on EL 982 G ‘ch pek sou 540
101 Akkara Totum 250 7 do bro pek 630
102 253 6 do pekoe 540
103 266 1 do pek sou 90
104 25 1 do dust 120
105 Galella 262 4 do or pek 425
107 268 5 do pekoe 475
108 271 8 do pek sou 270
bid
bid
lb
15
18 bid
29
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name.
109 274 2 ch dust
115 Mount Temple 292 5hfch or pek fans
116 A 295 10 do bro pek
121 Little Valley 310 3 ch pek sou
122 313. 3hi-ch dust
123 FH 316 7 ch fans
{Hiesars. Werkes & Waiker.]
Lot. Box. Pkts. Name.
1 SE 982 4hf-ch bro pek
2 985 5 do pek
3 988b 1 do bro pek fans
4 991 1 do dust
5 Sunrycroft 994 5 ch pek sou
6 997 2 do congou
7 1000 1 do bro tea
8 1005 4 do dust
11 Moralioya 1012 4 ch fans
12 1015 3 do unas
15 1018 4hf-ch dust
16 CRD 1027 1 ch bro mix
17 1030 3 do dust
35 Downside 1084 5 ch bro pek
3 1087 5 do pek
37 1090 4 do pek sou
38 1093 lhfch dust
42 Drayton 1105 1 ch sou
43 Kotageloya 1108 3 ch pek
44 1111 2 do pek sou
52. Munukattia
Ceylon in estate
mark 1135 3 ch sou
56 Carberry 1147 5 ch pek sou
57 1150 5 do bro pekfans 56
58 -1153 1 do dust
60 1159 1 ch pek
63 Huanuco 11€8 2hi-ch bro mix
64 il7l 4 do dust
73 Broughton 1188 2 do bro mix
76 Olahitagoda 1207 7hf-ch peksou
77 1210 2 do dust
79 Stisted 1216 11 hi-ch or pek
80 1219 6 do pek
82 1225 3 do dust
85 St. Heliers 1234 5hf-ch dust
86 Stafford 237 5 Onch. dro pek
87 1240 6 do pek
88 1243 2 do pek sou
909 G 1219053) (ch: pek dust
91 1252 3 do sou
97 W. 1270 2 ch bro mix
105 DED 1294 7 ch dust
111 Middleton 1312 8 ch bro or pek
113 1318 7 do pek
12 1821 3 do pek sou
116 WA 1327.4 ch bro mix
117 LNS, in est
mark 1330 Lhf-ch bro pek
118 1323 1 ch pelk sou
1i9 1326 Lhi-ch dust
187) W’Galla 1390 1 ch dust
141 Mahauva 1402 4 do pe& sou
142 1405 2hf-ch dust
148 Dea Ella 1423 5Shf-ch dust
157 Dt inest. mark1450 4hf-ch fans
164 SS J inest.
mark 1471 12 do pek
165 li7i 6 do pek sou
166 i477 1 do pek dust
167 Mawaliganga-
watte 1480 12 do bro or pek
71 1192 ¢ do pek dust
172 Blairgowrie 1495 2 ch bro pek
173 1498 1 do pek
173 150L 2 do sou
175 1504 1 do dust
176 Scrubs 1507 Shf-ch bro or pek
178 1513 7 ado pek
ist AG 1531 2 ch dust
185 1534 4 do bro tea
191 Cottaganga 1552 6 do fans
193 Pingarawa 1568 2hf-ch dust
194 Ragalla 1561 4 ch dust
195 Allerton 1564 2 do bro pek dust
196 1567 8 do pek dust
197 Sadamulla 1570 2 do bro tea
201 K PW 1582 13 hf-ch pek sou
15852 do dust
205 Tembeligalla 1594 9 do or pek
208 1508 6 do nek sou
209 1606 3 do dust
2138 P’'Kande 1618 4 do dust
244 V i62l 7 ch unast
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name.
219 Bocherry 1636 6 ch sou
228 Do:.nakanda1663 1 do dust
231 Lonsford 1672 10 hf-ch or pek
236 Wey ungawatte1637 2 ch peksou
237 1699 2hf-ch dust
243 Sadamulla 1708 8 ch pek sou
» 247 RC Win est.
mark 1720 5 do dust
248 BDWG 1723 2hft-ch dust
254 HGM 1741 4 ch ust
257 W 1750 9 do bropek
Lot.
Ib: cy
4 Grace Land 1753 12 hf-ch
570 34 1756 10 do
v6 °° 57 260 1750 10 do pek sou
500 43 262 Columbia 176510 do or pek
100 1s} (k il 6 do pek
5 Wil 5 sou
276 27 | 265 1774 4 do dust
266 St. Rdwards -1777 10 ch bro or pek
376 «19 267 1786 8hf-ch bro pek
180 2 268 1783 10 do
B62 «15 269 178 7 do pek sou
460 28 276 Putupaula 1807 9 do dust
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS. —
ogEsSiggegs
TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES,
CoLomsBo,
NO. 43
NovEMBER
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA.
LARGE LOTS.
[Ehompson and Villiers.—
54,007 | b.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
4 Woodend 4 2L ch bro pek 1995
5 5 44 do pek 4180
6 6 14 do pek sou 1269
7 Dambulagalla 7 42 ch bro orpek 4290
8 8 24 do or pek 2400
9 9 2t do bro pek 2280
1 10 9 do pek 855
13 BRLW 1316 e.ch bro pek fans 1600
18 Vogan 18 53 ch bro pe 6035
19 19 47 do pek 3995
20 20 27 do pek sou 2160
23 Polpitiya 23 UW ch bro or pek 1045
24 24 10 do or pek 850
25 25 19 do pek 1520
2% 26 10 do pek sou 900
28 O Kande 28 15 ch unas 1500
29 Henegama 29 16 ch bro pek fans 1600
32 Hornsey 32 18 ch pek sou 1300
33 Battalgalla 33 10 do pek sou 1v0¢
68 G 38 7 ch bro pek fan 840
39 39 25 ch red leaf 2500
40 L 46 20hf-ch bropekfan 1500
42 GK 42 12 ch bro pek 1265
(Messrs. Somerville & Co.
—111,936 1b,]
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib.
10 Clova 400 32hf-ch bro pek 1600
11 1.37 do pek 1665
12 Ukuwella 2.425 “do bro or pek 1250
13 3 18 ch bro pek 1809
14 4 18 do pek 1800
15 6 8 do pek so 800
17 Kilandhu 7 10 do bro pek 10:00
1s 8 10 do pek 950
24 Dikmukalana 14 30hf-ch bro pek 1650
26 15 24 do or pek 1200
26 Minna 16 16hf-ch bro pek 1040
7 17 (15 ch or pek 1350
28 18 9 do pek 810
30 Blackburn 20 18 do bro pek 1800
31 21 17 do pek 1530
32 Lower Dickoya 22 33hf-ch bro pek 1716
33 23 10 ch pek 1000
35 Kelani 25 32 do bro pek 2560
36 26 21 do broor pek 2100
37 27 22 do pek 1980
38 28 19 do pek sou 1715
39 29 7 do dust 805
43 Hangranoya 33 14 do fans 1610
46 Salawe 36 13 do bro pek 1365
47 37 13 do pek 1170
48 38 14 do pek sou 1190
50 Marigold 40 49hf-ch bro pek 2744
51 41 28 do pek 1400
62 42 22 do pek sou 1100
64 44 11 do bro pek fans 726
655 Ferriby 45 46hf-ch bro pek 2070
56 46 29 ch pek 2610
57 47 17 do pek sou 1275
6L Dikmukalana 51 34hf-ch or pek fans 1870
62 52 45 do pek sou 2025
63 Galdola 538 13 ch bro pek 1289
64 54 13 do pek 1248
7 CDA 65 24hf-ch pek sou 1200
76 Ravenscraig 66 13 ch or pek 1040
77 67 I8hf-ch bro pek 990
78 68 17 ch pek 1360
81 Rothes 71 19hfch bro pek 1102
87 R. J. in estate
mark 77 27 do dust 1755
90 Annandale 80 19 do pek 950
91 Siriviwasa 81 16 ch bro pek 1600
92 $2 21 do pek 1995
93 83 19 do pek sou 1615
lot WHG 94 21 do bro pek 2235
105 Tiddydale 95 10 do bro pek 1000
106 96 13 do pek 1170
108 Neuchatel 98 49 do bro pek 4900
109 99 14 do pek 1190
110 100 23 do pek sou 1955
1 101 7 do dust 9:0
Cc.
43
82 bid
30
7. 1898 Price:—12s cents each 3 copies
y : 30 cents ; 6 copies 4 rupee.
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Lbiqic:
117 Tyspane 107 23 ch bro pek 2185 43 bid
118 : 108 23 do pek 1935 83 bid
(Mr. HE. John. —133,729 th.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ibs ve,
3 Patails 325%, 8) (chi sou 720) 12 bid
6 W.’ Galla 334 20 do fans 2400 out
11 RG 349 15 do bro pek 1615 87:
12 Kila 322 31 do bro or pek #100 42
13 355 52 do bro pek 4680 42
14 328 21 do or pek 1575 34
15 361 13 do pekoe 1170 32
16 364 29 do pek sou 2320 31
18 Koslanda 370 80 hf-ch bro pek 1800 45 bid
19 373- 12 ch pekoe 1080 33 bid
22 Uda 382 14hf-ch bro pek 756 30
23 385 21 de ekoe 882 30
2% Whyddon 3&8 11 ch ro pek 1045-65
25 391 11 do or pek 825 49
26 394 8 do pekce 720 40 bid
27 397 12 co pek sou 1020 35 bid
28 400 6 du bro pek fans 720 33
29 403 7 do fans 1050 23
30 Mocha 406 16 do bro or pek 1600 €3 bid
31 409 12 do or pek 1020 56 bid
32 412 15 do pekoe 1350 46
33 415 9 do pek sou 765 39
41 Glassaugh 439 657 hf-ch bro pek 3135-59
42 442 26 ch pekoe 2340 42
43 445 18 do pek sou 1530 38
44 Kotuagedera 448 29 do bropek 2755334
45 451 15 do pekoe 1350 30
46 Yapame 454 18 do bro pek i980 43 bid
47 457 22 do pekoe 1989 35
48 460 11 do pek sou 880 29 bid
49 AR 463 10 hf-ch dust 750 15
53 Shannon 475 29 do bro pek 1624 47
54 478 14 ch pekoe 1260 31
55 481 12 do pek sou 1020 29
57 Agra Ouvah 487 41hf-ch broorpek 2624 65 bid
53 490 18 ch or pek 972 55
60 Glasgow 496 26 do broorpek 2080 66
6L 499 12 do or pek 780 56
2 502 10 do pekoe 1060 46
63 Horten Plains 505 21 hf-ch bropek 1155 45
64 508 14 ch pekoe 1190 34
65 511 11 do ek sou 880 30
75 Maryland 541 7 do ro pek 735 35
76 544 7 do pekoe 700 29
77 Mount Everest 547 44hf-ch bro pek fans 3('80 38
73 Hattangalla 450 21 ch bropek 1785 38 bid
79 553-17 do pekoe 1360 31
81 C 559 11 do bro pek 880 27 bid
2 562 9 do pekoe 720 27
83 Glentilt 565 i1 do bro pek 3100 58 bid
84 568 15 do pekce 15v0 42
85 571 10hf-ch fans 800 18
86 Coslanda 574 15 do bro pek 900 48
87 577 12 ch pekoe 1080 35
99 KM E 686 27 do bro pek 2700 387 bid
9L 589-20 do or pek 1920 36
92 592 10 do pekoe 950 29 bid
93 395 10hf-ch _ bro or pek
Jans 700 18 bid
9 H 601 10 ch sou : 800 24
97 607 11 do pekoe No. 1 990 28
98 RW, inestate
mark 610 28 do bro pek 2800 38
100 616 10 do pekoe 950 30 bid
101 619 10 do pek fans 700 22 bid
102 Kotuagedera 622 25 do bro pek 2375 34
103 625 14 do pekoe 1260 = 30
105 Yapame 631 29 do bro pek 2900 46 bid
106 634 32 do pekoe 28€0 38
107 637 19 do pek sou 1710 36
lll SW 649 13 do pekoe 1105 ~withd'n
112 Eadella 652 20 do bro pek 2000 38
114 Mount Temple 658 85hf-ch bro pek 4250 41 bid
115 C6L 20 ch pekoe 1400 31 bid
116 664 19 do pek sou 1045 29
117 667 lihf-ch or pek fans 1022 29 bid
1:8 Bellongalla 670 20 do bro pek 1000 43
119 673 15 ch pekoe 1350 = 81 bid
12200 SW 676 lu do pekoe 8:0 withd’n
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.—
282,613 1b.)
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. c.
1 IKYV 1816 7 ch bro mix 754 26
2 1819 14 do pek fans 1630 20
2 CEYLON. PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box. Pkgs. 7
x. Pkgs. Name. Ib e¢, Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib, .c,
4 Ingrogalla 1825 15 ch bro pek 1500 945 Sug 79
5 1828 13 do et 1105 34 43 TSebexion a a oe ore +4 jd
6 Holton 1831 20 ch bro pek 19090 43 137 Macaldeniya 2224 2 hf-ch o> oek il 5 sar
7 1834 9 do pek 810 33 138 2997 418 do aes ~ ig)
10 Shrubs Hill 1843 43 ch bro pek 4085 49 139 2230 1L eh CE sou 1100 8 ae
11 1846 17 «o pek 1292 36 143 Queensland 2242 7 ch ne k 7U0 3 '
12 1819 13 do pek sou 819 30 144 oh Odo coe ee
14 Galkanda 1855 7 ch ro pek 700 = 88 145 2948 17 da Pics + 4 4 bid
15 858 10 do pek 900 29 148 Kosgalla 7 4tbf.ch bropek ©2060 34
19 Dunbar 1870 30hf-ch broor pek 1500 53 149 10 27 di “a 9 74 os
z 1873 15 do or pek 720 42 150 is. Shy do. sees eae eee oe
22 ; 1879 18 ch pek 1440 | 154 Letchemy 12hf-ch dust 960 16
20 Went Hey 157 K, in estate
y} ‘nin esta
mark 1891 26hf-ch bropek 1430 650 mirk 26 ch redleaf 2600 19
27 invA ce chin er ee 720 87 ri Castlereagh P33 uz ~ bro aa 1700 68
5 1097 14 do pek 266 2 2 o or pe 1°69
29 1900 10 do peksou 900 <0 165 58 16 d pek 1280 87
30 Vathalana 1903 31hf-ch bro or pek 1860 44 169 BTD 70 19 ch
31 1906 15 ch or pek 1425-36 x. _lhf-ch pek sou 1680 15
32 1909 14 do pek 1190 32 175 Parsloes 8&8 39 ch bropek 3000 43
33 Irex 1912 33 do bro pek 3300 43 176 91 33 do pek 29°" 3g
34 1915 18 do pek 1809 33 177 94 45 do peksou B34 34
38 Middleton 1927 25hf-ch broorpek 1375 66bid | 180 Chesterford 103 44 ch tbropek 4400 47
39 1930 21 ch or pek 2100 53 bid | 182 106 24 do pel 2400-35
40 1933 17 do ek 1615 45 1g2 109 30 do pekson i000 39
43 Ismalle 1942 6 ch ust 750 414 186 121 IWbf-ch dust 80016
45 Bramley 1948 72hf-ch bro pek 4176 65bid | 187 Geragama 124 12 ch bro pek 114042
46 1951 40 do orpek 2000 68 bid | 188 127 16 do pek 1360 3
47 1954 105 do pek 5250 48 bid | 195 Scrubs 148 l4hfch broorpek 700 i bid
48 1957 45 do peksou 2130 40bid | 196 151 24 do | bro pek 1200 a0
50 Ambalan- 200 Yoxford 163 43hf-ch bro pek fan 2580 35 bid
godde 1963 18 ch bropek 1800 45 201 166 10 ch pek sou 800-47
51 1966 16 do pek 1440 934 202 169 13 hf-ch dust 1040-93
56 Mahalla 1931 8 ch bro pek 800 26 203 NWD 172 10 ch bropek 1110 47
60 Deaculla 1993 27hf-ch bro pek 1485 51 209 Ingoya 190 8 ch or pek 752 36
61 1996 25 do pek 1750 ~~ 87 21L 196 15 do k sou 1080 = 30
62 1999 15 ch peksou 1050 32 213 Matale 202 53hfch bropek 3180 46
63 2002 10 do dust 800 20 ou 205 25 ch pek 250 37
on Sea 2005 10 es he pek 920 38 2i7 Yaba Ella 214 10 ch bro Lew 1000 oe
65 2008 8 do pe 760 30 5 F 2
68 Rowley 2017 21 ch bropek 1050 44 bid | 395 Tevonfora 2h, 22 12 Pek 909 32
69 Ganapalla 2020 20 ch or pek 186041 226 Lindoola oat ae chee fe cs a
70 2023 35 ao Bro or pek 3220 43 - = pes ‘- 18 0 33 bld
71 2026 40 do pekoe 3.00 2e 99) x Pie _
3 2029 28 do peksou 21C0 29 on we 22 4k E> oe aes Uae
73 2052 12 do bropekfan 1200 27 930 a at Gok ee 256034
74 2035 It do dust 11c0 17 24 Debiowita - Saf ap ee | eee
75 Polatagama 2038 31 ch bropek 3100 4% Das iO" ienice ints oie iC scu 2340 0-37
76 2011 33 do or pek 2640 38 bid mark 266 slhf-c
77 2044 31 do pek 9395 32 “chi son 1240 30
78 1: 2047 25 do ek sou 2125 50
79 HighForest 2050 29hf.ch bro orpek 1537 66 bid ————_—_—_—_—__EE—EEEE
80 2053 24 a oe pak 110457
81 2056 22 do pe 946 47 .
89 Tonacombe 2080 19 ch or pek 1900 = 53 SMALL LOTS.
90 2083 24 do bro pek 2400 58 ———
91 2086 389 do pek 3900 39
(Thompson and Villiers.]
93 Knavesmire
Invoice No. 27 2092 26 ch bro pek 1950 25
94 Knavesmire
__ | Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. e
Invoice No. 28 2095 15 ch bro pek 1500 32tid 4
98 Mahapola 2107 21 ch or pek 1680 3 15 15 4 du pekoe
95 2098 28 do pek 2240 29 11 Dambulagalla 11 1 ch dust
96 2101 23 do pek sow 1725 26 12 D 12.3 ch sou
97 2104 15hf-ch fans 975 = 14 Loomont 14 6hf-ch bro pek
99 Battawatte 2i10 24 ch bro pek 2040 46 16 16 1 do peksou
100 2113 30 do pek ea 3i/ 17 17 1 do_ red leaf
101 2116 12 do peksou 950 32 21 Vogan 21 6ht.ch pek fans
102 Clunes 2119 74 hf-ch bro pek 3700 =. 33 22 22.5 do © dust
103 2122 30 ch pek 2400 31bid | 27 Polpitiya 27,1 ch dust
104 2125 20 do pek sou 1800 28 39 Henegama 30 1 ch vro mix
105 2128 21hf-ch hropekfans1155 30 31 31 7hf-ch dust
107 Massena 2134 43hf-ch bro pek 2150 48 34 GS 34 10 hf-ch broor pek
108 2137 34 do pek 1700 = 32 35 , 3512 do orpek
109 2140 27 do peksou 1350) 36 36 2 ch peksou
110 Aberdeen 2143 26 ch bro pek 247048 37 37. 1 do pek fans
111 2146 14 do orpek 1050 41 41 GE 41 6 ch orpek
112 2149 17 do pek 1360 32 43 43 4 do pek
113 2152 8 do bro pekfans760 2 44 44 1 do sou
115 Non Pariel 2158 18hf-ch bro pek 1008 = 553 45 45 2 do fans
4116 2161 14 do pek 700 43
117 2164 18 do pek sou 769 35
119 Talgaswella zine 45 on bro pek 4050 43 .
120 2173 11 do pek 935 33 =
121 ntora 21 16 do Pek sou 1360 29° (Messrs. Somerville &
122 Stamfor
Hill 2179 27hf-ch flowery ur Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name.
8B Bier tras peroe 1350 60 bid 1 A P inest,
2 Ae or pel 1080 44 mark a
125 Ascot 2188 30hf-ch bro pek 1500 45 PA JOEY 32 : tao hu
126 2191 48 do or pek 2400 36 3 393 13 do bro mix
127 2194 33 ch pek. 2475 22 4 394 1 do red leaf
128 2197 11 do ek sou 990-29 5 Glanrhos 395 4 ch sou
129 _ 2200 10 do ro pekeo 6 Alutkelle 396 8hf-ch bro pek
fans 1200 9-25 7 897 6 do pek
Lot. Box. — Pkgs.
8 398 G6hf-ch
9 : 399 1 do
16 Ukuwella 6 1 do
29 Minna «+4 19 7 ch
34 Lower_Dickeya 24 2 ht-ch
40 Khattagalla 30 6 ch
BL
41 4 do
42 32 2 do
44 Hangranoya 34 3 do
45 Oolapane 35 4hf-ch
49 Salawe 39 2 ch
53 Marigold 43 4hf-ch
—8 Ferriby 48 1 ch
59 49 6hf-ch
60 50 4 do
65 Galdola 5b .3-1ch
1 hf-ch
66 Ll ch
Sleado
1 hf-ch
68 58 3 ch
1 hf-ch
69 59 1 ch
70 60 1hf-ch
71 San Cio 61 13 do
72 62 5 do
73 63 3 do
74 X OB 64 2 do
79 Ravenscraig 69 4 do
80 70 2 ch
82 Rothes 72 9hf-ch
83 73 7 do
84 74 2 do
85 fio 2 do
8632R J inest. mark76 3 do
88 Pine Hill Ey Bae
89 79 4hf ch
94 Siriniwasa Sie2eich
95 85) (2h do
96 HTinest. mark 86 2hfch
97 87 2 do
“98 €8 5 do
99 &9 2 ch
100 SS 90 2 do
107 Tiddydale 97 7 do
116 S 106 1 do
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Name.
sou
fans
bro pek fans
pek sou
dust
dust
pek dust
sou
sou
fans
dust
pek ou
bre mix
dust
fans
con
red leaf
bro mixed
red leaf
dust
pek
fans
bro mixed
dust
bru mixed
pek sou
red leaf
[Mr. E. John.]
Lot. Box. pkgs.
1 Patails 819) 85 ch
Oran S222 do
4 828 2 do
5 231 1 hf-ch
17 Kila 367 0n4 sch
20 Koslanda 876 3 do
“21 379 2 do
Oe eae 466 4 do
56 Shannon 484 3hf-ch
59 Agra Ouvah 493 5 ch
66 Horton Flains 514 1hf-ch
67 517 2 do
68 520 2 do
69 KT 523 3 ch
70 Goomera 526 5 do
71 529 4 do
72 Roseneath 532 1hf-ch
73 ESop8 1 2endo,
74 go3:7 L ch
80 Hattangalla 556 8 do
88 Coslanda 580 3 uo
89 583. 2 do
94 CF,in est. mark593 7 hf-ch
96 H 604 6 do
99 RW, in estate
_ mark 613 11 do
104 Kotuagedera 628 4 ch
108 Yapame 610 4 hf-ch
109 643 4 do
a10 Troup 646 5 ch
Name.
bro mix
bro tea
sou
dust
dust
pek sou
fans
pek fans
dust
pekoe
bro pek No.2
fans
dust
sou
pek sou
fans
pek sou
unas
sou
pek sou
pek sou
fans
or pek
dust
or pek
pek sou
dust
fans
bro mix
{Messrs. Fortes & Walker.)
Lot. Box. I’kts.
8 DV 1822
8 Holton 1837
9 BA 1840
13 Shrubs Hill 1852
16 Galkanda 1861
17 1864
18 1867 1hf-ch
21 Dunbar 1876 8 do
mwa m
°
os
=
Name.
dust
pek sou
dust
dust
pek sou
bro pek dust
dust
bro pek
lb
Lot. Box... Pkgs.
23 DBR 1882 5 ch
24 1885 1 do
25 1888 1 hf-ch
26 Pambagama 192l 6 ch
387 1924 4 do
41 Middleton 1936 5 ch
42 Ismalle 1939 7 ch
44 1945 2 do
49 Bramley 1960 4 hf-ch
52 Abalangodde 1969 5 ch
53 1972 2 do
54 1975 2 do
55 1978 1 do
57 Mahalla 1984 6 ch
58 1987 5 do
59 ESD 1990 2hf-ch
6e St. Feouards on
Sea 211 1 ch
67 2014 1 do
84 TK 2065 3 do
85 Sunnycroft 2068 4 ch
86 2071 3 do
87 2°74 3hf-ch
88 2077 6 do
92 Tonacombe 2089 4 ch
906 Clunes Osion chi
1l4 Aberdeen 2155 3 hf-ch
118 Non Pariel 2167 1 do
124 Stamford
Hill 2185 6 ch
130 Theberton 2203 4 ch
133 2212 3 do
134 221505) do.
135 2218 3 do
136 Macaldeniya 2221 9 ch
140 233 1 hf-ch
141 2236 3 do
142 2239 1 ch
146 Queensland 1 2: ‘ch
147 2 do
151 Kosgalla 16 8hf-ch
152 19 1 do
153 Letchemy 22 ee LO
155 Uduwera 28 8 ch
156 31 3 do
158 Debatgama 37 2 ch
159 Kelvin 40 5 hf-ch
166 Castlereagh 61 5 ch
167 6t 6hf-ch
168 67 2 do
178 Parsloes OTe each
1799 WS 100 3 ch
1 hf-ch
183 Chesterford 112 6 ch
184 115 3 do
185 Ws 4 do
194 Kabragalla 145 5 hf-ch
197 Scrubs 154 12 do
198 147 14 do
199 160 6 do
204 NWD 175 7 ch
205 178 5 do
206 181 2 do
207 184 3 do
208 187 2 do
210 Ingoya 193 2 ch
219 Yaha Ella 220 6 do
221 GMC 226 3 hf-ch
222 Kelvin 229 1 ch
227 Clyde 244 2 do
231 Dehiowita 256 2 ch
232 2759 3 do
233 262 3 do
236 USA 27L 3 ch
Nome.
pek sou
bro mix
dust
congou
cust
pek sou
pek sou
pek No. 2
bro pek dust
bro pek fang
red leaf
pek sou
congou
bro tea
dust
pek sou
dust
dust
bor pek dust
pek
bro pek
fans
bro mix
pek dust
bro or pek
or pek
bro pek fan3
bro mix
bro or pek
fans
pek
pek sou
fans
dust
bro tea
pek
pek sou
fans
bro mix
bro or pek
pek sou
congou
lb.
CEYLON COFFEE SALES IN LONDON,
(From our Commercial Correspondent. )
lot 185, 1 cask 108s; 1. p 2,
MINCING LANE Oct. 7.
‘ Tantalus’’—Mark Craig 0. pilel, sale lot 1, wharf
s12, wl 186, 4 casks 1033;
2, p 3, $13, w1107, 5 casks1 barrel 963; T, p 5,515,
x, w1189, 2 tierces 43s6d. JMKin estate mark O,
p 8, s16,x, w1192, 1 tierce 1 barrel 383;
€
2
p 19,
818, x, w1194, 1 tierce 32s; P, p 11, 819, x, w 1195,
1 barrel 52s; p
12,
sl
10, x, w 1 196, 1 barrel
303s. JMK in estate mark, p 13, s 111, x. w1197, 1
barrel 1 cask 49s.
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
“Sinclair’—Mark Mausagalla A, pile 1, sale lot 12,
wharf lot 1, 1 tierce 1 barrel 9636d; B, p 2, 8 113,
w12, 5 casks 1 tierce 1 barrel 89s; C, p 3, s114 wl 3,
1cask 1 barrel 65s; P, p 4, 3115 w 14, 1 cask] tierce
100s x; IT, p 5, 8116x,w15, 1 barrel 37s.
“Jumna’’—Standard Company, St. Leonards 1, pile
1, sale lot 1, dock lot 201, 1 barrel 1063 sold; 2, p 2,
s 12, d1 202, 1 cask 1 barrel 106s sold; S, p3, 813,
dl 203, 1 cask 1 barrel 92s6d sold; PB,p4, 814, dl
204, 1 90ssold; St, LT in estate mark, p 5, 8s 15, dl
205,1 29ssold; St. L, p 6, 316, d1 206, 1 29s sold.
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
“Olan Sinclair’—Mark Palli F, 21 bags 77s; 7 bags
653; B, 1 bag 663; Amba A, 2 bags 65s; A, 2 bags 65s;
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS.
B, 2 bags 66s; C,7 bags 66s; MAKM in estate mark A,
20 bags 76s; No.1 B, 8 bags 75s; No. 1 C, 23 bags
70s 6d,
“City of Sparta’—Warriapolla, 4 bags 75s; 1 bag
72s 6d; 11 bags 738; 2bags 6as 6d; 5 bags 66s; 5 bags
73s 6d; 2 bags 72s 6d; 1 bag 65s 6d; 4 bags 66s.
“Inaba Maru’’—Maragalla YA, 10 bags 763; T, 3
bags 66s.
“Sinclair’—KK inestate mark, estate cocoa, 20 bage
75s 20 bags 75s; 17 bags 75s; 20 bags 69s; 11 begs 69s.
“Staffordshire” —Old Haloya, No. 1 A, 19 bags 77s.
“Clan Chisholm’”—KAS&Co, 20 bags 76s; 20 hags
76s; 20 bags 76s; 20 bags 76s; 20 bags 76s.
“Clan Fraser'’"—Blarakona, 13 bags 78s x
“Asia”—HGA in estate mark, 22 bags 77s x.
Small private sales only at 77s.
‘TEA,
NO. 44.
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA.
CoLomBo,;
COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES,
NovrEeMBER
LARGE LOTS.
eEhompaor,, and Viilliers.—
38,166 Ib.]
Pkegs,
Somerville &
—149,507 1b,
Lot. Box.
3 Ettie 3
4 4
5 5
7h Gy BK 7
8 8
17 Ettie 17
18 18
22 Lynsted 22
23 23
24 24
25 Doragalla 25
26 2¢
27 27
33 Dambulagalla 33
84 34
36 NG 36
89 Mapitigama 39
40 46
{[Messrs.
Lot. Box.
5 Wilpita 115
6 116
8 Razeen 118
9 119
10 120
14 Glentaffe 124
17 Ukuwela 127
18 128
19 129
20 13
21 131
22 Mahatenne 132
23 333
26 Lonach 136
27 137
28 138
29 Kurulugalla = 136
30 140
34 Mousa Eliya 144
35 | c 115
38 PT N, ines-
‘tate mark 148
39 149
41 Yarrow 151
42 152
43 Hemingford 153
48 158
49 169
50 Carney 1€0
51 161
52 162
56 Hangranoya 166
-57 167
58 168
60 Warakamure 170
61 71
62 172
63 173
78 Mousakande 188
80 190
81 191
84 Ivies 194
86 Citrus 196
7 197
88 Harangalla 198
89 399
104 Annandale 214
105 215
106 2'6
107 Rayigam 217
108 Castlemilk 218
109 219
LION ss 220
111 Donside 221
112 222
113 223
114 Illukettia 224
pkgs.
14 hf-ch
22 do
46 bf-ch
52 do
17 hf-ch
18 ch
18 do
19 hf-ch
26 do
14 do
Name. lb.
bro pek 1000
pek 1100
pek sou 1045
bro pek 2310
ek 765
bro pek 1100
ek 1200
oror pek 1705
bro pek 2200
pek 1390
bro or pek 1210
bro pek 2000
pek 1890
bro pek 2280
ek 855
red leaf 125
bro pek 800
pek 748
Co.
Nanie. Ib.
bro pek 2100
pek 2400
bro pek 120)
pek 1375
pek sou 900
pek dust 12060
broorpek 1550
bro pek 2900
pek 2606
pek sou 1009
bro pek fans1260
bro pek 1000
pek 900
bro pek 3410
pek = 2210
pek sou 1445
bro pek 1200
pek 1800
bro pek 1940
or pek 1300
bro pek 784
sou 1100
bro pek 2576
pek 2600
bro pek 850
pek tans 1080
fans 1440
bro pek 950
pek 1170
pek sou 700
tro pek 1500
pek 2000
pek sou 760
bro pek 1600
bro or pek 850
pek 2375
sou 1350
bro pek 1568
pek 1800
nek sou 1056
dust 1365
bro pek 1900
pek 1800
bro pek 2€60
pek 2880
bro orpek £00
or pek 1092
pek sou 954
dust 1760
pek sou 1620
fans §25
dust 765
bro pek 2205
pek™ 1785
pek sou 1400
bro pek 1120
43 bid
22 bid
14, 1898.
Lot. Box.
115 225
116 2°6
119 Hanagama 229
120 230
121 231
123 G A Ceylon 233
127 GB 237
128 IP 233
129 2°9
130 Burnie Brae 240
131 AE T 241
153 Rothes 263
154 AG 264
{Mr. E.
Lot. Box.
1 St. Julia 679
5 Vincit 69L
6 694
9 Doonhinda 703
10 706
1l 709
15 Brownlow 72k
16 724
17 727
i8 70
19 733
20 736
21 Kila 739
22 742
28 Cleveland 760
29 763
30 Ottery 766
31 769
32 772
33 Maskeliya 775
34 778
38 Claremont 790
39 793
42 Chapelton 802
44 Rondura 808
45 81L
46 Sl4
43 Agra Ouvah 820
49 823
5) 826
54 Glasgow 833
53 S41
56 S44
57 847
59 Eadella 853
6u 856
61 59
62 862
64 Nahavilla 863
65 871
66 874
68 Pati Rajah 880
69 883
71 Kotuagedera 839
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.—
277,210 Ib.)
72 892
76 NG, inestate
mark 904
77 907
89 Bellongalla 943
99 WK 916
9L 949
94 Mount Temple 958
95 951
96 964
97 967
Lot. Box
1 Karabusna-
wa Qr4
5 G 2386
8 Hunasgeria 295
9 298
10 Yataderia 301
ll 3o4
PricB:—1234 cents each 3 copies
30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee.
Pkgs.
9 ch pek
9 do pek sou
36 ch bro pek
1 hf-ch
29 do pek
16 do pek sou
18 ch pek sou
20hf-ch dust
21 ch pek sou
15 hf-ch dust
13 ch per
33 ch pek
19 hf-ch bro pek
15 ch pek
Name.
Jobn. — 104,136 1k.J
Pkgs. Name. lb.
20 hf-ch bro pek 1109
20 do bro pek 1060
il ch pekoe 990
18 do bro pek 1930
28 do pekoe 2800
9 do ek sou 900
25 hf-ch peo or pek 1340
30 do or pek 1560
29 do pekoe 2610
15 do pek sou 1200
9 do bro pekfans 900
lWhf-ch pek fans 750
11 ch bro or pek 1100
10 do
1hf-ch bro pek £95
16 do or pek 800
16 do pekoe 720
30 ch bro or pe 3000
1l do or pe 990
12 do pekoe 1080
13 do broorpek 1300
9 do or pek 900
33 hf-ch bro or pek 1815
10 ch pekoe 900
10 do bro mix 800
37 do bro pek 3700
19 do pekoe 1710
14 do vek sou 1260
7Lhi-ch bro orpek 4544
30 do or pek 1620
9 ch pekoe 855
29 do broor pek 2320
16 do or peE 1040
11 do pekoe 1100
12 do or pek fans 1200
20 do bro pek 2000
20 clo pekoe 1800
do pek sou 1040
i hf-ch fans 1120
3L do bro or pek 1860
21 do bro pek 10350
10 ch pekoe 1000
7 do bro pek 770
10 do pek e 850
25 do bro pek 2125
14 do pekoe 1190
12 do bro pek 1200
12 do pekve 119)
14 do pek sou 1120
26 hf-ch bro or pek 1439
7 ch pekoe 735
44 hf-ch Be or pek 2120
41 do cr pek 1927
24 ch pekoe 1752
20 do pek sou 1100
Pkgs. Name. lb.
19hf-ch bro pek 9°0
14 ch pek sou 1190
10 ch sou soo
12 do yek dust 1 00
24 hf-ch Fe pek fan 1632
15 do bro pek
dust 1200
1b.
23 bid
23 bid.
53 bid
20 bid
oO
1S 00 00 ee
wunwor
16 bid
2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. DS ic, Lot. Box. pkges. Name. lb. «
12 Yataderia 507 10 ch pek sou 1100.27 175 798 20hf-ch pek 1000 40
13 310 Ilhf-ch pek fans (fee 176 Errollwood 799 16 do broorpek 800 69
14 313 11 do ee pekoe * ae 177 £02 20 do or pek 17005
usi 0) 178 £05 10 do ek sou 800 39
15 Arapo'akan- 179 Bandarawella 808 13 do — or pek
de 316 9 ch broor pek 9145 (43 180 811 30 do pek 2580
16 319 39 do bro pek 3432 46 181 814 40 do ek
17 322 34 do pek 2720 34 182 Anningkande 817 12 ch ro pek 19209044
20 L, in estate 183 820 11 do k 0036
mark 32L 7 ch brotea 700 28 184 Uragala 693 i7hf-eh bropek B50 ge
21 Erracht 384 34 ch bro pek 8230 43 190 Pallegodi« 841 25 ch bro or pek 2500 87
22 £37 34 do pek 2550 = 84 191 844 30 do bro pek 3000 = 48
23 340 18 do ek sou 1350 29 192 847 16 do or pek 1440 41
24 343 8 do ro pek fan 840 29 193 850 21 do pek 1575 34
25 316 9 do yek fanus 510 26 194 853 16 do pek sou 1440 38
26. trathspey 349 15 hf-ch or pek 750 babid | 195 856 8 do son 729 59
27 352 17 do ek sou 901 38 19 859 13hf-ch dust 1170 «17
78 Bra nley 25 39 hf-ch bro tea 2040 30 197 Clunes 862 33 do bro pek 2970 «=. 39
29 868 28 do dust 2576 =. 20 198 £65 13hf-ch bro pekfans 780 27
33 870 13hf-ch or pek 715 58 bid 199 868 27 ch pek 2160 32
34 373) Jb) do bro pek §25 39 20 87l 15 do nek sou 1350 29
35 376, 37 do pek 1850 33 222 Patiagama 937. 20hf-ch broor pek 1120 58
36° 379 19 ch pek 1520 28 223 9410 9 ch or pek 765 48
49 Sunnycroft 891 Fhf-ch dust 5720 16 224 913 14 do pek 1190 48
41 Ettapolla 394 22 ch bre pek 1232 35 bid 228 Beechwood 955 23 do bro or pek 3268 37 bid
46 Warrington 409 19hf-ch or pek 1200 51 229 Knavesmire 958 16 do bro pek 1600 40
47 412 16 ch pek 1600 42 230 961 24 do pek 1920 33
50 Gler gariffe 421 w2Ohf-ch bro pek 1000 52 231 964 24 do pek sou 1609 27
61 424 32 do or pek 1600 52 232 967 15hf-ch dust 1350 16
52 427 16 «do bro or pek 1008 61 { 235 TGA 976 18 ch bro or pek 1782 37 bid
53 ‘ 430 10 do pek 1020 43 236 Rockside 979 9 do bro pek fans1035 85
0 Tembeligalla re ue pie oe. pek ae “4 20 MDA 991 20 do bro or pek 1980 328 bid
64 Fairlawn 468 30hf-ch bro pek 1500 62 oo
65 466 35 ao or lg 1575 45
66 469 1L ch pe 990 43 AY LOTS
76 Maragalla 499 24 ab be pek 2688 41 8 vearra Ie LOTS.
ate 502 32 do pek 3200-35 Py: ae
78 505 17 do pek sou 1530 34 (Thompson and Villiers.)
80 Torwood 511 14 ch bro or pek 1400 42
gle old 16 do bro pek 1408 47 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. S
82 617 11 do or pe 924 i 7
83 520 16 do pekr 121633 1 HGK 1 6 ch bro pek 58881
7 MA 582 28hf-ch brotea 1400 27 2 i 2 Lht-ch redileat i ae ‘
88 535 12 do dust 960 16 6 GK 6 5 ch or pek 450 = 26-bid
£9 528 7 ch bro pek 707.88 9 9 = do seu mt (18
90 541 16 do pek 1296 32 sa $0!» Beado 4. Mine 199 15
96 Maha Uva 459 23hf-ch broorpek 1495 49 ae idehtch tordpele 586
7 662 3% do or pek 1920 4gbia | 22 12 19valo «bro: cpyek ee) 38
98 565 26 ch pekoe 247043 13 : 13,2 ch pek sou 160-28
102 Dammeria 577 17 ch broor pek 2040 48 19 Ettie 19:3 ch 'pek sou 285 27
103 580 21 do orpek 2100 49 » ay Exo. Sareea 2850 i
104 883 28 do pek 2600 38 ha oe 21 emo «'duat 29014
111 Polatagama 6(4 81 ch~ bropek 3100-40 a Braces eee \ ch pek sou 240-38
112 607 40 do or pex 3200 41 2 eee 29 &hf-ch « bromis 2300021
113 610 51 do pek 3825 34 ee 35 6 ch pek sou 475
114 613 16 do pek sou 1360 29 37 Mapitigama 37 Thf-ch bro or pek 871 48
115 Weoya 616 42 ch bro pek 3360-37 7 38 9 do — or pek 405 41
116 619 30 do pek 2400 33 = 41 6 ch peksou — 450 3%
~ 622 2 1 i sou 9 9 2 42 1 do sou 72 28
11% 5 do pek so 2000 28 43 hf rs
118 625 17 do bro pekfani785 28 43 1hfch bropekfans 67 21
119 628 9 do fans 855 24
120 631 15 do dust 1950 19
121 684 9 do bro tea 765 22 i .
125 High Forest 646 32hf-ch broorpek 1696 77 (Messrs. Somerville « Co.)
126 649 20 do or pek 9.0 58 = ts
127 espa lg Bae ok. 1182. By Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. cc.
128 655 17 ch or pek 1445 39 1 Kotigala 21 Ch bro pek e000 38
129 658 11 do bro pek 1100 39 2 112 5 de pek 575 29
130 661 384 do pek 2890 32 3 113 2 do pek sou 210 20
131 664 13 do pek sou 1170 2 4 114 1 do fans 430 19
133 Carfax 670 15 ch broorpek 1500 63 7 Wilpita 117 5 ch pek sou 450 9-26
134 673 18 do orpek 1620 46 11 zeen 121 4hf-ch fans 300 = 31
135 676 18 do pek 1620 44 12 122 1 do dust 75 15
136 Middleton 679 19hf-ch broorpek 1045 60bid |} 15 125 1 ch _ bro pek 78 30
137 682 15 ch or pe 1500 55 16 126 lhf-ch pek 54 27
138 685 13 do pek 1235 50 24 Mahatenne if orc pek sou 600 31
140 M.D 691. 7 ch broor pek 735 59bid } 25 135 1 do _ red leaf 1009 +19
142 Agra Oya 697 12 ch bro pek 1200 50 31 Kurulugalla 140 Son 2h pek sou 450 31
143 700 11 do or pek 935 39 32 142 2 ch bro tea 180 18
144 703 11 do pek 990 37 33 143 2 do pek dust 260 15
145 706 9 do pek sou 810 36 36 Mousa Eliya 146 4 ch pe 380 32
148 ch bro pek 1100 43 37 147 4 do dust 606 13
149 718 13 ch or pek 118 38 40 PT N, in es-
150 721 11 do pek 960 3A tate mark 150 lhfch dust 80 15
151 724 11 do peksou 990 82 44 Hemingford 154 3 do orpek 220) 33
152 Gallawatte 727 14 ch bropek 1330 9 43 45 15513 do pek 520° 31
153 730 20 do pek 1700 32 46 156 9 do pek sou 402 31
1644 EDYr 733 15hf-ch dust 1200 16 47 157 11 do sou 660 28
157 BDWP 742 22 do bro or pek 1320 34 bid | 53 Carney 163 6hf-ch bro pekfans 300 27
158 745 59 -do bro pek 2655 39 bid 54 164 5 do sou 250 26
160 Freds Ruhe 751 44 ch bro pek 4400 = 48 55 165 3 do dust 150 =«'16
161 754" 32 do pek 2880 33 59 Hangranoya 196 5 ch sou 475 OB
162 747 17 do peksou 1530-30 64 Warakamure 174 l1hf-ch dust & 15
167 Walpita 772 14 ch bro pek 1400 46 73 H, in estate
168 775 11 ek 1045 36 mark 184 2 ch sou 15 22
do p
174 Rowley 793 21hf-ch bro pek 1050 47 5 185 3hf-ch fans 180 21
Seen eee eee ee et
lb.
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name,
76 186 lhfch dust 85
77 1873s chi bro mix 255
79 Mousakande 189 Qhf-ch or pek 567
82 192 8 ch fans 608
83 Ivies 193 15 hf-ch sou 600
85 195 6 do fans 300
90 Harangalla 200 6 ch sou 540
96 S, in estate
mark 206 6 ch unas 433
97 207 2hf-ch dust 165
98 Koladeniya 208 7 ch bro pek 630
99 209 6 do pek 510
99a, 209 1 do pek a 85
160 210 4 do pek sou 320
101 Galatotta 211 Ghf-ch bro pek 330
102 212 6 do pek 300
103 21352 ‘do pek sou 108
7 ES 227° 2 ch sou 235
1 hf-ch
118 238° 2 ch bro tea 190
122 Hanagama 232 4 ch fans 460
124 DBG 234 5 ch bro mix 500
125 235 1 do “ fans 100
126 236 2hf-ch dust 160
137 GP 247 2 ch pek 196
138 248 6 do sou 552
139 S58 2:9 5 ch pek fans 650
140 250 Shf-ch dust 640
141 Sirisanda 251) 13) chi dust 450
2 D522, do) bro tea 164
143 253 1 do bro pek fans 8S
155 265 6hf-ch bro pe 00
156 266 4 do ek 240
157 267 10 do pek sou 600
158 268 3 do duse 180
1I9SGA 269 5 ch ek sou 485
160 D 270 7hi-ch bro pekfans 480
161 SG 271 5Shf-ch fans 300
162 DD 272 3 ch bro pek 320
[Mr. EH. John.]
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib.
2 St. Julia 682 13hf-ch pekoe 650
3 685 8 do pek sou 400
4 688 2 do fans 110
7 GB 697 7 do bro pek 420
8 700 7 do pekoe 315
12 Doonhinda 712 4 do dust 320
13h KP A eG) dust 300
14 {Sta SenGG. fans 624
23 Eila 745 § ch or pek 60)
24 748 4 do pekoe 280
25 751 7-do pek sou 560
26 754 2hf-ch sou 100
27 (oval do dust 85
35 Maskeliya 781 5 ch pekoe 500
36 784 2 do pek sou 200
37 7387 2hf-ch dust 180
40 Claremont 796 3 do pek dust 255
41 799 3 bags red leaf 195
43 Rondura 805 7 ch or pek 630
47 817 6 do dust 390
58 KT 850 3 do sou 285
63 Eadella 865 6hf-ch dust 540
67 Pati Rajah 877 7 ch or pek 630
70 Kotuagedera 886 4 do broorpek 400
73 895 2 do pek sou 170
74 898 4hf-ch dust 820
75 9)1 6 do _ bro pek fans 390
78 NG, in estate
mark 10 6 ch pek sou 600
79 913 3 do bro mix 300
92 WE 952 5Shf-ch dust 410
106 D
Lot.
Karabusnawa
Beverley
G
Arapolakan-
de
Sunnycroft
Ettapolla
Harrington
Glengariffe
F, in estate
mark
TBG
Tembeligalla
Fairlawn
K’Dola
Maragalla
Torwood
Maha Uva
Dammeria
A
Kirklees
Ruanwella
Middleton
BPS
Agra Oya
IBEDIWEE:
WA
Walpita
Uragala
Moralioya
Wolleytield
WwW
225 Patiagama
New Galway
Rockside
3
{Messrs. Forbes & Waiker.]
Box. Pkts. Name. Ib é.
277 9) ch pekoe 450 35
280 1 do pek sou 50 2
z83 3 box dust 261 16
289 4 ch sou 340 28
292 2 do pekdvst 270 = «15
325 6 ch pek sou 540 28
328 3 do dust 330 16
382 4 ch pek sou 400 29
3885 3 do congou 300 28
388 2hf-ch bro tea 150 17
397 8 do pek 448 20
400 2 do pek sou 112 28
403 1 ch dust 82 15
406 7hf-ch broor pek 392 78
415 2 ch pek sou 180 36
418 2hf-ch dust 180 17
433 7 do pek fans 420 34
436 6 do dust 480 21
439 1 ch or pek 102 35
442 2hf-ch_ red leaf 154 19
445 2 do bro mix 130 18
449 Qhf-ch or pek 540 45
457 10 do pek sou 500 30
460 3 do dust 240 16
472 Shf-ch pek sou 360 3
475 3 do dust 240 24
490 3 ch bro or pek
fans 360 25
493 3 ch fans 360 21
496 3 do dust 360 il
508 3 ch dust 360 15
523 §- ch pek sou 624 30
526 8hf-ch bro pek fan £660 24 bid
529 7 do dust 490 17
568 6 ch pek sou 540 3
571 lhf-ch pek fans 85 21
674 3 do dust 270 18
586 5 ch pek sou 500 34
589 4 ch unas 490 32
592 4 do dust 400 16
595 1 ch congou 92 31
598 3 do pek fans 360 30
601 6 do dust 570 18
667 6 ch dust 480 14
688 4 ch pek sou 350 39
694 2 ch pekoe 200 27
709 1 ch dust 80 18
712 3 do fans 225 31
748 7Thf-ch or pek 595 16
760 1 ch bro mix 110 23
763 1 do dust 160 17
778 8 do pek sou 680 31
826 5hf-ch pek 225 28
829 5 do pek sou 225 26
832 1 do unast 5 24
835 2 do pek sou 80 18
838 1 do dust 70 18
874 1 ch fans 95 30
907 1 do bre pek 95 38
910 2 do pek 190 28
913 1 do
1hf-ch fans 160 20
916 1 do bco mixed 5 20
919 2 ch pek 199 28
922 1 do bro mixed 100 24
946 1 do pek sou 85 35
919 4hf-ch dust 340 17
952 3 do fans 195 29
970 4 do bro pek 240 8 8=85
73 4 do pek 220 53
982 6 ch sou 480 29
985 3 do bro mixed 270 21
988 4 do dust 520 23
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Pricn:—123 cents each 3 copies
30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee.
Name. lb.
bro pek 1350
pek 1800
pek sou 1050
bro pek 1995
pek 1615
bro pek 2300
pek 1800
pek sou 900
bro pek 1800
pek 2970
dust 960
bro pek 715
pek 770
bro pek — 3600
pek 1620
bro pek 700
fans 800
bro pek 1100
ek 935
pek sou 1040
bro pek 2500
or pek 968
pek 2610
pek sou 1496
pek fans 910
unas 840
bro pek = 1100
ek 1125
pek sou 800
dust 1170
bro pek ~=-.2016
pek 1080
bro pek fans 840
bro pek 1650
pek 1520
pek 1335
bro pek 2340
pek sou 1275
pek fans 737
sou 990
bre pek 1900
pek 935
dust 1160
or pek 1092
pek sou 1680
bro pek 950
pek 2992
pek sou 1520
pek fans 2475
pek sou 1100
fans 770
bro pek 1254
pek 720
bro pek 1600
dust 810
elk 1520
bro pek 4300
bro or pek 2400
or pek 19u0
pek 2200.
pek sou 12¢0
unas 700
[Mr. BH. John.—150,692 tb.]
NO. 45 Cotompo, NovemBer 21, 1898. i
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA. Lot. Box. Pkgs.
aes os 95 Ferriby 375 30 hf-ch
X 4 96 376 20 ch
LARGE LOTS. 97 377-14. do
ar shee : 110 T'yspane 390 21 ch
[Fhompson and Villiers.— 111 391 19 do
274 |} 112 Glenalla 892 23 ch
81,374 I.] 113 393 20 do
: e y 114 394 10 do
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. c. 121 Harangalla 118 ch
1 RG 112 ch bor or pek 720 43 122 2 33 do
5 5 9 do dust 720 15 123 3. 8 do
11 Daluk Oya 1L 1% hf-ch bro or pek 780 45 bid | 126 Corfu 6 11 ht-ch
12 12 18 do or pek 990 37 bid 128 8 14 do
13 13 13 do pek 715 33 132 Walahandua 12 36 ch
14 Doone Vale 14 114 boxes bro pek 1488 40 133 13 18 do
15 15 102 do pek 1370. 33 135 Wallasmulle La 17 ch
24 Augusta 24 6 ch dust 900 16 138 18 8 do
25 Cooroondo- 139 Woodthorpe IQDL ich
watte 25 19hf-ch bro pek 950 44 140 20 11 do
26 ¥ 26 55 do pek 2750 BL 141 21 13 do
28 Belgodde 28 19 do bro pek 950 45 bid | 149 Rayigam 29°25 ch
29 29 14 do pek 700 32 150 30 11 do
88 OSS inest. 151 31 29 ‘do
mark 38 25 ch bro or pek 1750 51 bid | 152 32 17 do
40 40 21 do or pek 1365 39 bid | 153 Ovoca A I 33 14 hf-ch
41 41 32 do pek 2210 36 164 34 ch
45 Dambulagalla 45 85 do bro or pek 85090 38 bid 159 Ambalawa 39 22 hf-ch
46 46 50 do or pek 5000 32 bid 160 40 25 do
51 Lynsted 5L 17 hf-ch peksou 850 40 161 41 20 do
64 Myraganga 54 41 ch bro pek 4100 45 bid | 165 BE 45 13 ch
65 55 11 do broor pek 1155 51 bid | 167 Marigold 47 36 hf-ch
56 56 33 do pek 2970 37 168 48 20 do
57 bf, 225) do pek sou 2000 34 171 61 12 do
61 D 6L 24 do bro pek 2280 30bid | 172 Hapugasmulle 62 15 ch
62 Hornsey 62 10 do pek sou 1000 38 173 53 135 do
63). ae: 63 25 do fans 2000 2! 173 KG 68 14 ch
64 NY 64 22hf-ch or pek 1210 39 bid 1 hf-ch
65 Pathulpana 65 13 do bro pek 715 34 bid 185 R C T Ff, in es-
‘ far tate mark 65 26 ch
188 ha 68 Towichi
e [Messrs. Semervilie & Co. es LO de bee
—211,515 Ib, ] 192 Honiton 72 19 ch
193 73° 11 ‘do
Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib: 147 1438 8 do pek sou 720 40
318,882 1b.] - | 151 Elsmere 1450 30 do. bro pek 390056
ES j 15' 1453 29 hf-c pek 1794 43
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. 2) 155 Castlereagh 1462 17 ch bropek 1700 56
3 AMB 1006 22 ch pekoe 1936 27 156 1465 17 do or pek 1445 46
5 N 1012 24 do bro tea 3120 17 «137 1468 16 do pek 1280 39
6 Ingrogalla 1015 10 do bro pek 1000 43 166 Pantiya 1495 5 du dust 720 15
7 1018 9 do pek 765 37 169 A 1504 12 ch pek sou 1080 = out
10 Mansfield 1927 44hf-ch bro pek 2640 60 bid | 179 Farnham 1£34 50hf-ch bro pek 3000 «56
1) 1030 23 ch pek 2070 40 180 1537 28 do pek 1540 41
13 Bon Accord 1036 1¢hf-ch bro pek 810 45 184 Tymawr 1549 26 do or pek 1170s GB
16 Mousakelle 1045 26 ch broorpek 2600 44 bid | 185 1572 44 do pek 1760044 7
17 1048 26 do pek 2600 Bi} 186 1555 23 do nek son 1035 39
20 Shrubs Hill 1057 50 do bro pek 4800 45 bid | 187 Penrhos 1568 20 do bro pek 1120 59 bid
21 1060 20 do pek 1720 37 bid | 188 1561 22 ch pek 1870 40
28 Glencorse 1081 21 do bro pek 1890 39 191 Tavalamtenne 1570 10 do broorpek 1000 45
29 1084 14 do broorpek 1400 55 194 P’Kande 1379 G4 do bro pek 6080 44
30 1087 17 do pek 1360 33 195 1582 65 do pek 5525 35
31 1098 12 do pek sou 900 30 196 1585 10 deo pek sou 800 30
34 Kelaneiya 1099 32 do bro orpek 2720 47 203 Stamiord Hilll606 33 hi-ch floorpek 1650 7i
35 1102 27 do pek 2700 3936 204 1609 15 ch or pek 1350 59
38 Dewalakande 1111 25hf-ch broorpek 1250 52 bid | 211 Naseby 1630 30hf-ch bropek 1890 59hbid
39 1114 380 ch or pek 2850 37 bid | 212 ze 1633 17 do pek 884 55
40 1117 33 do pek 2640 34 213 1636 21 do pek sou 1113 40
41 1120 18 do pek sou 1350 30 221 Halwatura 1660 64 do bro pek 6400 41 bid
42 1123 15 do bro pek fan 1250 27 222 1663 28 do or pek 2660 37
43 1126 25 hf-ch ust 1750 17 223 1666 28hi-ch bro fek fan 1680 28 bid
45 DMV 1132) “12> (chi bro pek 1116 39 224 Chesterford 1669 45 ch bro pek 4500 48
46 1135 14 do pek 1176 32 225 1672 37 do pek 3700 36
50 Battawatte 1147 23 do bro pek 2530 47 bid | 226 1675 28 do pek sou 2800 33
51 1150 27 do pek 2565 38 227 1678 11 do fans} 290 30
52 1153 12 do pek sou 960 35 228 HGM 1681 14 do bro or pek 1232 49
53;Grange Gar- 229 1684 23 de bro pek 1840 41
dens 1156 26 do broorpek 2600 48 230 1687 35 do pek 3150 36
54 #1159 17 do pekoe 1700 = 86 231 1690 18 do pek sou 153032
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name. lb,
232 RA W in est.
mark 1693 15 ch bro pek 1500
933 1696 11 do ek 880
239 Kirindi 1714 14 do bro pek 1400
240 1717 i5 do ek 1275
241 1720 17 do pek sou 1560
255 Dunkeld 1762 74hf-ch bro or pek 4440
256 1765 22 ch bro pek 1980
257 1768 J4 do or pek 1330
281 Hatton 1840 i18hf-ch bro pek 1044
282 1843 19 ch pek 1615
283 1816 17 do pek sou 1360
2386 MCE 1855 10 do bro pek 1000
289 Hornsey 1864 34 do or pek 3400°
290 1867 440 box bro or pek 800
291 1870 18 ch pek 1800
298 Yataderiya 1882 15 hf-ch br pek dust 1200
SMALL LOTS.
[Thompson and Villiers.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
2 RG 2 6 ch or pek 570
3 3. do pek 510
4 4 5 do pek son 475
1¢ Doon Vale 16 1 do pek sou 85
17 17 1 do fans 100
27 Cooroonda-
watte 27 2hf-ch = dust 160
30 Belgodde 30 2 do sou 135
31 31 2 do dust 140
32 Relugas BY red leaf 95
33 333 do dust 390
39 O SSin est.
mark 89 5 do bre pek 300
42 42 7 ch pek sou 560
43 43 2 do sou 150
44° 44 2hf-ch dust 150
52 Lynsted 52 8 do bro pek fans 640
53 GS 53 12 do or pek 586
58 Myraganga 58 6 ch dust 510
59 59 1 do red leaf 80
60 60 6hf-ch pek fans 420
66 Pathulpana 6610 do ek 500
67 67 7 do pek sou 350
68 ¢8 3 do sou 135
69 v9 1 do bro mix 50
(Messrs. Somerville « Co]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
4 Glenalla, 284 2hf-ch dust 150
5 285nalenchi fans 100
13 Galphele 293 2hf-ch dust 160
14 294 1 do sou 45
17 Charlie Hill 297 12 hf-ch pek sou 600
18 293 7 do bru pek fans 420
21 Meetiyagoda 301 4 ch pek sou 380
22 302 1 do bre dust 125
23 803 1 do ved leaf 125
27 Dalhousie 307 4hf-ch fans 240
28 308 4 do dust 280
38 K, in estate
mark 318 2hf-ch dust 158
39 319 3 ch bro mix 231
41 St. Catherine 321 6 ch pek 434
42 322 Lhf-ch. pek sou 63
43 323 1 do dust 78
51 Blinkbonnie 331 2hf-ch dust 150
52 Califorina 332) 7 ch bro pek 65S
54 334 5 do pelk sou 500
55 Matale 35 4 ch dust 609
63 Monrovia 343. 6 ch pek sou 540
64 - 344 1 do bro tea 87
65 845 2 do pek dust 286
70 Nugawella 850 3 ch peksou 255
71 : 351 4hf-ch dust 340
77 Warakamure 357 2hf-ch ~ dust 189
78 Maligatenne 358 3 ch bro pek 300
79 369 5 do pek 455
80 360 4 do pek sou 810
81 861 3 do bro sou 255
2 362 1 do dust 119
$3 363 6 ch unas 560
84 Wevatenne 364 6hf-ch bro pek 360
85 865 6 do pek 312
86 3866 4 ch pek sou 368
89 Kosgahahena 369 4 ch pek sou 400
90 870 2 do sou 180
91 Citrus 37L 4 ch bro pek 400
92 372 8 do pek 270
93 373 2 do pek sou 200
94 378 5 do fans 500
46 bid
66 bid
43
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Lot. Box.
98 Ferriby 378
99 379
100 380
109 Yspa 389
115 Glenalla 395
124 Harangalla 4
125 Ukuwela 5
127 Corfu 7
129 9
130 10
31 ll
134 Walahandua 14
136 Wallasmulle 16
137 17
142 Woodthorpe 22
143 23
144 Primrose Hill 24
145 25
146 26
147 27
148 28
155 Ovoca Al 35
Hkgs-
af
hf-ch
Name-
sou
fans
dust
fans
dust
sou
bro tea
or pek
pek sou
fans
red leaf
pek sou
sou
sou
unas
fans
dust
unas
pek No. 1
dust
pek sou
bro pek
pek
con
dust
Sou
dust
sou
unas
dust
unas No.
[Mr. E. John.]
158 WVT 38
166 BE 46
169 Marigold 49
170 50
174 Hapugasmulle 54
175 55
176 56
V7 57
183 WD
184 e4
186 RC T F, in estate
mark 66
187 67
189 63
194 Honiton 74
195 75
196 LL 76
198 HB 78
205 Suriawatte 85
208 D W, in estate
mark 86
207 Weigampola 87
8 88
210 90
12 92
217 HEGEL 97
218 Lawrencewatte 98
219 99
221 B, in estate
merk 101
222 102
2SNIT 108
Lot Box.
1 Agra Ouvah 970
3 976
12 Polduwa . 3
15 SW 12
16 Little Valley 15
19 24
20 27
23 EK 36
39 GE S4
40 87
41 SO
42 93
49 Lameliere i114
50 117
66 Evalgolla 165
67 168
68 171
71 BS 180
72 183
738 Farm 186
75 Marakona 192
78 Agra Ouvah 201
81 Digiela
83 Gonavy
84
g5'=
86 Suntravalle
89 Madde
91 Theresia
92
93
96 Lameliere
97
u . oo:
102 Poilakande 27
bro mix
or pek
pek sou
dust
bro mix
or pek
pekoe
pek dust
fans
pek sou
pek fans
pek sou
fans
dust
pek sou
dust
dust
dust
pek
pek
fans
dust
congou
unas
red leaf
bro mix
sou
dust
pek sou
pek fans
pek sou
15 bid
4 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. fox. Pkgs. Name. lb e Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb cc,
103 276 7hf-ch bro pek fans 527 w 161 Farnham 1540 12hf-ch pek sou 600 B4
ine Gampai 285 7 ee pee 560 35 bid | 182 1543 6 ch ox fans 450 48686
10 288 3 do pek sou 276 31 bid 183 1546 1 do ust 75 16
108 291 phic pe orpek 396 43 189 Penrhos 1564 65 oes = sou 400 B4
109 204 1 do ust 2 17 190 1567 4hf-e ans Bu0 26
112 Sinna Dua 303 5 ch pek sou 410 31 192 Tavalamitenne 1573 4 ch pek 360 34
113 306 Z2hf-ch dust 180 16 193 1576 2 do
114 309 1 ch red leaf 100 14 bid lhf-ch pek sou 215 81
120 Craigen 327 11 hf-Uh or pek 550s 38 197 P’Kande 1588 6 do dust 610 «=—6
124 oN kK 339 8 ch sou 640 39 205 Stamford Hill 1612 8 ch pek 680 40
125 342 5hf-ch dust 400 16 214 P 1639 1 box or pek 1s 62
126 Kotuagedera 3145 3 ch or pek 800 = 33 234 RAW inest
138 Suduganga 381 3 do pek fans 875 34 big ; mark 1 7 ee x sou 560 83
35 1702 1 do ust Ia3
236 1705 1 do bro mixed 105 4
(Messrs. Forbesr & Walker.| 27 KM _ 1708 2 do pe 189 43
Lot, Box. Pkgs, Name. Ib. e, a Kirindi — : pe -. 16029
( Ye: : ; 17 0 us 79 «16
, Avoca i Mag ae Dek fan ~_ = 247 Kalupahana 1738 7 hf-ch or pek 354 85
4 AMB 10¢9 8 do bro peksou 680 19 248 Ly a ly Pe 0 at
8 Boerozela ; 1021 2 do peksou 170 ~=30 uae 8 = s vo ed 4 +4
9 in est- ; ma
atemark 1024 3 do dust 360-17 251 JSF 1760 1 do -broorpek #70
12 Mansfield 1033 8 do peksou G4L 36 260 Blairgowrie 17:7 3 do bro pek 83644
14 Bon Accord 1039 6 de pek 600 39 a soa r + Le 4 =
15 1042 1 do ek sou 100 = 30 iy = . aa
18 Mousskalle 1051. B.do 4. son 300 30 263 _ 17861 do dust 70
19 1054 4hf-ch dust 320-16 272 Kotagaloya 1813 6 ch pek 54935
22 Shrubs Hill 1063 8 ch pek sou 660 30 273 1816 1 do pek sou 85 30
23 1066 6 do bropekfans 462 20bid | 274 Sadamulla 1819 2 do sou 180 16
24 Hurstpierpoint 1669 5 do bro pek 500 8L 284 Hatton 1819 2hf-ch dust 16018
26 1072 3 do elk 270 95 285 1852 3 do bro tea 160 20
26 1075 4 do “a sou 360 22 = nt Ln ey hog + ? 177
27 1078 2 do dust 200 15 2s & ror pek fans0l 17
32 Glencors2 1093 1 do dust 155 15 296 Hayes 1885 1 do golden tips 50 R2-50
BB ea 1096 1 do Eek fans 120 «(24 _— mae
3 elaneiya 1105 2 do ust 230 »=«:19 . < ,
37 y 1108 3 do sou 800 99 CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
44 Dewalakande 1129 4 do bro tea 280 26 ——_
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49 Megane ron 55 U8 MINCING LANE Oct. 28, ~
55 Grange Gardens 1162 3 ioe, pek sou 300 3l Mark A, Elmshurst, sale lot 1, 13 bags ont at 682.
56 1165 3hf-ch dust 255 18 B ditto, sale lot 3, 3 bags sold 66s.
57 G, in estatemark 1168 2 ch _ red leaf 200-18 a Glenalpin, sale lot + 24 bice ant
63 M’Golla §-: 1186 1 do. fans 85. l4 B ditto, sale lot 4, Lbag sold 658, 41 bags.
68 St. Heliers 1201 6 do peksov 54082 En inclair”—Palli a? ag
7 Weyungawatte 1228 3 be pek sou 255 40 ; pees eine ul weet KKM s re
8 1231 3hf-ch dust 240 «16 ‘Kamakura Mara’— 50 5
81 Scrubs 1240 12 do pek 540045 y T o x
82 a 1243 14 do pek sou 630 29 CEY LON CO SALES IN
85 Beausejour 1252 2 ch peksou 170-29 Y
86 we 1255 2 do fans 200 = 25 cUactny— I) 5 Oy pan
87 Mawiliganga- ‘Nestor —V In estate mark, 4 cases 3s 8d; lc 8s
watte 1258 17 boxes bro or pek 697 50 7d. Tonacombe special No. 1, 8c 33 1d; 2 3s 3d.
88 12\1 17 hf-ch or pek 680 44 “Kamakura Marn’’—Eltwood in estate mark, 2 cases
a An me 4 ag ans pan wd 2s 6d; 3 ge 03 1 case 2s; 2 cases 38 11d; AK in
5 m Z estate mark, 2c 2s 4d.
94 1279 5 do bro tea 500 30 : =
96 Ingurugalla 1285 2 do red leaf 180 20 “Nestor’—HGA ee in estate mark, 6 cases 23
101 Great Valley, 6d; 3 cases 23 7d; 2, 19 cases 254d; 3, 3 cases Is 10d.
Ceylon, in ah to Te SB, 3 oot . ae _HGA pipes in estate mark, 10
estate mark 1° o sou 170 =. 29 cases 38 4d; in estate mark, 20 cases. Ditto
ap Sha ere 1303 2 do fans 200 «26 B&S in estate mark, 2 cases Is 10a; ditto B&S, 1 case
A . 11d; ditto Malabar in estate mark, 2 cases ls 11d
mark 1515 4hf-ch pek fans 300 «17 “Dp: ay : ; ae
499 Morankande 1384 6 ch Bek Sok 40. 31 “Pindari’—M Mysore in estate mark, 2 cases 2s 6d;
130 1387 2hf-ch Lro pekfans 162 19 AME 10 estate mark, 2 cases 2s.
Aa A leo 1 do pek fans 2 16 : ee —HGA Mysore in estate mark, 4 cases
, 93 2 y 5 ‘ ;
148 Marguerita 1441 2 ch at E 120 30 * “Orestes” HGA Mysore in estate mark,2 cases
149 _ i444 3 do dust 240 20 382d; 3, 2e 1s 9d.
150 KW D, in xi = gy
see mark 1447 3hf-ch dust 180 9-48 ‘ cere =e P ee 1s 10d; le 2s id.
153 Erlsmere 1456 2 ch pek sou 190 26 : res) Ue He Ue
154 1459 Shf-ch dust 656 19 ‘“Nestor’”’—D in estate mark Tonacombe special, 4
158 Castlereagh 1171 3 ch pek sou 240 33 cases 3s 8d; 1 case 3s7d; No. 1, 8c 3s 1d; 2 cases 3s 3d:
re i474 6hf-ch fans ; 420 = -30 No.2, 6 cases 2s 6d; No.3, 3 cases 3s 1d; 1 case 2s lla:
TED. testers 1477 2 do dust 160 17 D Kobo Mysore O in estate mark, 11 cases 3s 8d;
mark 1480 3 ch dust 925° 17 Ho. an ee bs iS sats aoe 10 cases Sa,8d; 2 exces
162 1483 2 do bro tea 195 18 s 4d; 4 cases 3s 3d; No. 3, 6 cases 2s 7d; 3 cases 2s 3d;
163 1486 2 do peksou 155 34 S in estate mark, 6 cases 2s 23; 4 cases 2s 11d; B in
1. pandg, ae meen Loe eh “3 eee aes: 6 mare 2s 9d; 1 case 23104.
19 | Fantiyg c red lea 2 s “Benledi’’— in estate mark, 2 cases 2s 5d; 2
ie ee ame go eer a ee
ihbf-ch pek 242 24 ; guns. : :
170 1507 5 ch 2 *“Staffordshire”—Cottaganga AA in estate mark, 1.
i Lhf-ch bro pek fans 609 17 case 3s ld; 4 cases 2s 7d; 2 cases 2s 3d; 1 case 3s 1ld-
171 1510 8 ch bropekdust 600 13 5 cases 38 3d; 2 cases 2s 9d; lease 2s 10d; 2 cases og ’
ws ae 2 ge saree aes | Ba, carne a |
174 N 1519 3hfch bio Sok No. Lebo ™aF “Java"—2 cases 38 1d; 2 cases 3s 2d.
175 1522 6 ch pekoe EAO.« 196 “‘Nestor”—Vedehette cardamoms, EX in estate
176 ipo ihechie pek fans 63 «IR mark, 1 case 3s 8d; 4 cases 3s 4d; 2 cases 2s 6d; 4 cases
ae 1528 1 ch or pek 5340) 2s 7d; 1 case 2s 10d; 4 cases Is lld. Nichola Oya
178 1531 5 do peK fans 45@ 19 No. 1, 2 cases 3s 4d; ditto No.2, 4 cases 2s 6d.
OBSERVER PRINTINS WORKs.
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TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES.
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Prick:—-125 cents each 3 copies
Nov: Q
NO. 46 Corompo, Novemper 29, 1898. | 30 cents ; 6 copies 4 rupee.
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA, Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
— 85 Mahatenne 195 14 oe bro pek 1400
\Q &6 196 10 do pek 1000
LARGE LOTS. 8&7 197 8 do ae sou 800
SS Be A 88 Maddagedera 193 5L ch bro pek 5100
(Thompson and Villiers.— 89 199 26 ch pek 2310
ie 90 200 £0 do pek sou 1600
75,799 Ib.) aL 20L 52 do bro pek 5200
92 202 24 oO yek 2280
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. c. ea poston de Le Bete ayers
3 Ahmad 3 I4hf-ch pek sou 700 =—-26 94 Gwernet 204 22° ch bro pek 2200
6 Rambodde 6 30 do ro pek (1650 45 95 205 16 do pek 1520
i 7 32 do yek 1600 36 96 206 135 do pek sou 150
8 8 15 do pek sou 780 52 98 WHG 208 31 ch bro pek 3100
9 9 11 do fans 770 33 99 Penrith 209° 7 ch dust 1015
11 Costwold 1127,-ch broor pek 1620 43 bid 100 Ukuwella 210 21bf-ch broorpek 1155
412 12 12 do 101 DTS) chi bro pek 16500
1hf-ch or pek 1190 35 bid 102 212 16 do pek 1600
13 13 ‘dz ch pek 1020 32 103 213 12 do pek sou 1200
7 Myraganga 17 12 do bro pek 1200 26 bid 104 KK 2142118 ich sou 905
19 Dambulagal!a 19 43 do bro pek 4300 30 105 M D R, in es-
20 20 16 do pek 1600 28 tate mark 215 36 ch bro pek 3600
23 Ugieside 23 10 do bromixed 1050 24 106 216 36 do pek 3460
27 KDC 27 8 do bro pek 710 36 bid 107 Al EBL ATK) pek sou 2970
30 Agarsland 30 1ihf-ch bro or pek 840 36 103 218 14hf-ch dust 1100
31 31 45 do bro pek PATS 46 bid 19 BI 219° 25 chi pek sou 1875
32 . 32°25 do pek 1250 35 110 Sudbury 220 4% do bro pek 4200
33 33 82 do pek sou 1600 31 11L 221 16 do pek 1440
35 Doragalla 35 2t do bro or pek = 1320 45 bid 112 2:2 20- do pek sou 1900
36 18 ch bre pek 1800 46bid | 115 Blinkbonnie 225 33hfch pek 1254
37 37 16 do pek 1440 25 11s Annandale 226 18hf-ch or pek 900
38 338 11 do pek No. 2 935 32 117 227 12 do bro pek 720
41 Henegama 41 13 do bro pek fans 130) v4 118 228 22 do pek 1056
44 Warwick 44 14 ht-ch pek sou 756 41 1LOR Pat 41) chi sou 990
46 Henegama 46 14 ch bro pek fans 1400 24 141 Kudaganga 251 10 ch bro pek 1006
53 Yatiyantota 53 8 do ek 720 27 142 252 13 do pek 1235
54 G 54 22 do pek 2530 15 bid 146 Narangoda. 256 33 ch bro pek 3900
55 S 55 29 do red leaf 2550 11 7 207 323 do peck 3133
56 taluk Oya £6 13hf-ch bro or pek 730 44 bid 148 258 16 do pek sou 1440
57 57 18 do or pek 990 42
59 SSinest. mark 68 10 ae Bek sou 990 2L bid
60 Ginest.mark 60 10 do — pek sou 930 19 r Ae ROK 1}.
61 Dambulagalla 61 $5 go bro of pek $5u0 39 {Mr. BE. John.—165,720 th.]
62 32 50 do or pe 6000 31 c coes N
ae Rois BEC pee SosUmO Lot. Box. pkges. Mame. Ib.
64 MGW 64 56hf-ch bro pek 2900 ~—-38 bid 4 Bokotua 403 17 ch bro pek 1760
lv Mcerahela 426 40 do bro pekoe 3752
ai Tey Ml 429 30 do bro or pek 2000
[Messrs. Somerville & Co. Ue fee eae a4 per ee)
—155,217 Ib,] 14 Oonoogaloya 438 25 do bro pek 2500
5 X. ykos, : X ; 15 441 20 do pek 1600
Lot. Box pkg Name Ib. ¢ 16 Murraythwaite 44+ 15 do bro pek 1425
1 GW lll 14 ch — sou 980 26 17 447 18 do pekoe 1530
5 Ingeriya 115 43hf-ch bro pek 2150-38 21 Kila 459 43 do broor pek 3.0)
6 116 33 do ek i680 33 22 462 43 do bropek 3655
7 117 36 «do pek sou 1728 3) 23 163 28 do
8 18 13 do pek fans —- 1089 36 Lhf-ch or pek 2000
10 Mary Hill 120 18hf-ch bro pek 1008 45 24 468 1i ch pekoe 935
1 121 15 do pek 75U BL 25 47L 21 do
14 Bogahagoda Lhf-ch veksou 1725
watte 124 13 ch bro pek 1235 41 27 BC $77 28 ch bro pek 2860
15 : 125 10 do pek 900 33 23 480 21 do pek 16:0
22 Deniyaya 132 45 ch bro pek 4540 33 bid | 29 North Pundal-
“23 133 13 do pek 130034 oya, LD 483 14 hi-ch or pek 700
24 134 8 do pek sou L603 30 486 15 do bro or pek 825
26 Kurulugally 135 12 do bro pek 120 41 31 489 8 ch pek 730
27 137 15 do pek 1350 33 34 Brownlow 493 £7 hf-ch bro or pek 1485
29 B, in estate 35 5UL 28 do or pek 1456
mark 13 9hf-ch dust 720 16 36 504 Bi ch pekoe 2790
35 Gingranoya 1450 «Ohf-ch dust (CH) = Bir 37 507 15 do peksou 1245
33 Mossville 148° #9 ch red leaf 810 19 38 510 9 do bro pek fans 900
39 Lonach 149 62if-ch bro pek 3410 43 29 513 hfch dust 720
40 150 26 ch pek 2295 34 40 Lickapittiva 516 26 ch bropek 2600
41 15L 19 do — pek sou 1520 30 41 519 82 do pekve 3200
47- Neboda 167 33 ch bro or pek 13 0 39 44 528 1lhf-ch fans 715
48 168 40 do bre pek 4000 41 46 Hattangalla §84 16 ch bro pek 1440
49 159 26 do pek 2600 23 47 587 19 do pek 1425
50 160 16 do pek sou 1280 29 49 S, in estate
52 X Y Z, ines- mark 10 do fans 1000
tate mark 162 14 ch bro pek 1400 48 50 10 do sou 850
67 Panapitiya 167 §$ ch_ pek 850-29 55 Yapame s do ber pek Sco
1 hf-ch 56 14 do pe oe 1260
69 Mipitiakande 1f9 31 ch pek sou 2480 30 57 15 do pek sou 1280
62 Warakamure 172 10 ch bro pek 1000 35 65 Rendura 32 do bor pek 3200
63 173 18hf-ch bro or pek 900 34 66 21 «do pek 1890
64 174 14 ch pek 1330 31 bid 67 10 do pek sou 900
65 175 10 de sou 900 28 69 Agra Ourah 54hf-ch broorpek 8776
72 Labugama 182 28ht-ch bro pek 1400 36 bid | 70- 5 do or pek 1350
13 183 26 ch pek 2340 2 72 Pati Rajah S ch bro pek 830
74 184 13 do pek sou 1040 29 73 2 do ekoe 1020
75 185 7 do bro pek fans $40 33 74 Ridgemont 7 do Fra pek 1717
76 Fairfield 186 16hf-ch bro pek 880 36 79 Orange Field 1 do bro pek 1100
i7 187 19 do pek 950 SL 80 5 do pek 1470
2 CEYLON
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lox NCS Lot. Box.
84 Keenagaha Ella 648 25 ch broor pek 2625 40 bid | 108 Matale 2206
85 65L 20 do pekoe 1300 82 tid 109 2209
9) Mocha 666 14 do broorpek 1400 61tid | 110 2212
91 Glasgow 669 41 do bro or pek 3280 59 bid 113 Irex 2221
92 : 672 14 do orpek 910. 58 114 2224
93 675 10 do pek 1€00 46 115 Tonacombe 2227
94 MG 678 7 do unas 700 él . 116 2230
96 Gangawatte 684 I18hf-ch or pek 990 42bid | 117 2233
99 693 18 do broorpek 1170 44 bid 118 £236
100 Galella 6$6 9 ch or pek 765 51 119 2239
161 699 20 do bro or pek 2600 45\tid | 122 Queensland 2248
102 702 11 do pekoe 990 43 123 1
109 Ankande 723 25 do bro pek 2500 39 bid | 124 4
110 726 25 do pek 2250 33 125 "f
111 729 10 do pek sou 900 31 127 Talgaswela 13
114 Glentilt 738 37 do bro pek 3700 52 bid | 128 16
115 Poilakande 74! 14hf-ch or pek 700 88 bid | 129 19
116 fs 744 18 ch bro pek 1800 35 bid | 130 22
117 wd. 14 “ido pekoe 12€0 81 bid 131 25
119 Kalutara 753 25 do pekoe 2509 383 Lid | 132 Carberry 28
128 Ferndale 780 18 ch bro or pek 1300 54 133 31
129 783 12 do or pek 1200 46 158 Clyde 46
130 7&6 28 do pek 2520 37 139 - 40
131 789 14hf-ch pek A 700 = out 140 "52
135 CG, inestate 142 Knavesmire 58
mark €01 14 ch pek sou 1260 Thid | 148 61
136 Mount Temple 804 53hf-ch broorpek 2915 43 bid 144 64
137 £07 41 do or pek 1927 26 bid | 145 67
138 810 30 ch pek 2190 31 bid 149 Galkadua i
139 813 27 do pek sou 1485 23 bfd +1 150 $2
140 816 10hf-ch orpekfans 750 26 bid | 151 85
141 Eadelia 819 14 ch bro pek 1400 37 152 Rookatenne 88
142 &22 12 do pek 1080 32 165 Weweywatte 127
144 Kotuagedera 828 15 do bro pek 1275 85bid |} 167 Harrington 13
145 831 10 do pek 850 32 168 136
146 TG 824 10hf-ch dust 750 16 169 Munukattia
147 Romania 837 7 ch bropek 700 Ber Ceylo’, in
155 Ottery 861 26 uO broor pek 2600 58 est. mark 139
156 864 10 do or pek 900 55 170 142
157 867 10 do pek 960 50 171 145
158 Talakand 2 370 12hf-ch dust 900 15 bid | 172 “148
159 A 873 12 ch pek sou 1200 22 180 Ireby 172
160 DO 876 14hf-ch pekdust 1050 15 bid } 1st 175
| 182. 178
185 Halwatura 187
186 190
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.— 181 5G OR AAR I oS ieee
287,084 1b.J ies 196
eee! 3 189 199
o i 190 202
Lot. Box. Pkes. Name. lb. c. Jol? SVanatentie™ ees
11 New Peacock 1915 14 ch pekfams 1030 22 192 208
13 New Anga- 195 217
mana 19386 14hf-ch pek 700 31 196 920
21 CSG 1945 40 do bro pek 2000 49 bid 197 C 223
22 1948 31 ch pek 2480 26 bid £02 TV Villa 238
27 Putupaula 1963 42 do bro pek 2570 = 43 204 244
88 1966 30 do pek 2400 33 206 Scrubs 950
29 1969 16 do pek sou 1200 30 Q07 253
32 Polatagama 1978 40 do bro pek 4000 44 220 Penrhos 992
33 1981 286 do or pek 2580 38 221 295
34 1984 28 do pek 2240 382 222 298
35 1987 15 do peksou 1275 = 330 225 Nugagalla 207
26 Maha Uva 1990 J1hf-ch broor pek 715 49 bid | 226 310°
ot 1993 17 do or pek 1020 49 bid 227 ~Passara Group313
2s 1996 14 ch pekoe 1330 45 228 316
45 Monkswood 2017 24hf-ch bro pek 1320 74 bid | 229 319
AG 2020 <2 do or pek 1100 72 236 D inest. mark 340
47 2023 28 ch pek 2800 67 239 eg 340
48 £026 9 do pek sou 80 49 2483 DDA 261
54 Kitulgalla 2044 15 do bro pek 900 39 244 Pallagodda 564
55 2047 9 do pek 810 3 245 367
58 K V, in 246 370
est. mark 2056 10 do bro pek 100 36 bid 247 373
G4 Bandavawella 2074 13 ch broorpek 1300 51 bid 248 376
74 Ellaoya 2104 15 do bro pek 1500 47 250 Macaldeniya 382
‘5 f107 14 do or pek 1204 40 251 385
76. Gallawatte 2110 12 do bro pek 1140 4°33 952 388
47 2113 16 do pek 1360 33
738 Middleton 2116 19hf-ch broorpek 1045 67 bid 254°-RSNH 304
79 2119 30 do bro orpek 1650 67 bid 255 Ambragalla 397
80 2122 21 ch or pek 1995 56 256 400
81 9125 15 do pek 3350 50 257 403
82 2128 QOhf-ch dust 720 28 258 406
83 B, in estate 262 Rowley 418
marik 2131 15 ch sou 1350 23 263 421
84 2134 15 do dust 2250 18 267 Malvern 433
85 Dunbar 2137 29hf-ch broorpek 1450 47 bid | 268 436
88 2146 19 ch pekoe 1520 37 273 Naseby 451
92 Strathspey 2158 17hf-ch pek 816 43 274 Dewalakande 454
94 Doranakande 2164 17 ch bro pek 1700 35 Q75- 457
95 2167- 8 do pek 720 29 278 Labookellie 466
96 Holton 2170 22 do bro pek 2090 37 281 Tembiligalla 475
97 2178 10 do pek 800 32 934 J Sin estate
100 Thedden 2182 80 do bro pek 8200 42 bid mark 484
104. Huanuco 2194 15 hf-ch bro pek 930 84 bid | 28— Ismalle 487
103 2197 17 do pek . 884 32 bid 286 490
PRODUCE SALES. LIST.
Pkgs.
55 hf-ch
18 Wo
17 hf-ch
15 do
ie we!
Lhf-ch
10 ch
74 hf-ch
23 ch
Name. Ib.
bro pek 8025
pekoe 1980
pek sou 1170
bre pek 1900
pek 2000
or pek 2200
bro pek 312t
ek te
pek sou 210
dust 720
bro or pek 900
bro pek 1100
pek 2380
pek re) 1170
p 2340
’ bro nek No. 2 770
pek 765
pek sou 765
ust 720
bro pek 2200
pek 1800
bro pek 2610
pek 3040
pek sou 1530
bro pek 1400
pek 2295
pek sou 1650
fans 975
bro pek 1200
pek 1275
pek sou 765
bro pek 714
pek 750
or pek 1100
pek 900
orpek , 900
bro pek 1540
pek 1440
pek sou 720
bro pek 24580
pek 1500
pek sou 810
pek 3400
pek sou 3200
bro pek 1890
pek 2070
pek sou 935
ans 720
bro pek 2565
ek 2010
bro pek 1620
pek 1360
sou 1520
pek 900
sou 716
broor pek 759
bro pek 1409
or pek 768
bro pek 1064
pek 1530
bro pek 900
pek 1900
bro or pek 1300
or pek 1:70
pek 1620
sou 1000
bro pek 1232
pek sou 1260
bro or pek 2900
bro pek 3000
or pe 1710
pek 1600
pek sou 1530
tro pek 945
pek 82
pek sou 75
pek sou 890
or pek 3700
pek 184()
pek sou 2106
bro or pek 3420
bro pek 1050
pek 1100
bro pek 1760
pek 1960
bro pek 1890
bro or pek 1250
or pek 2850
pek ie
pek 960
pek dust: 730
sou 1105
dust 780
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES _ LIST.
230 2hf-ch dust
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name, lb
288 P’Kande 496 56 ch bro pek 5320 40 bid 121 Koladeniya 231 83 ch bro pek 285
289 499 65 do pek 8525 34 122 232) 12) do pek 170
290 502 10 do pek sou 800 30 123i 233 2 do pek sou 170
124 234 8 do sou 640
132 Dalhousie 242 25 hf-ch broorpek 625
133 243 13 do or pek 585
SMALL LOTS. 134 24411 do pek 550
weleaery 13s 245. 2 ae pe pek fans 120
Jz -a72 3 246 1 do dust 70
[Thompson and Villiers.] 137 KB 217 1 eh sou 160
138 248 1hf-ch fans 50
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. & 143 Kudaganga 253 4 ch peksou(not 360
hamad 12hf-ch bro 300 5 bulked)
D “gags D 12 do pek Pex ae Be 144 254 4 do fans 420,
4 “9 do fans 128 16 145 255 1 do dust 150
5 5 1 do red leaf 5L 14 149 Narangoda 259.2 ch sou 16)
10 Rambodde 10 1 do dust 90 16 160 260 3hf-ch fans 225
14 ‘Cotswold 14 3 ch 151 261 5 do dust 400
1bf-ch pek sou 825 29
15 15 4 : as 4
1 hi-e ust 260 16
JG6 Ratnatenne 1610 do Bee sou 500-89 [Mr. H. John.]
yragangd 18 6 ch pek
a Myraganga OT Cit date san ge 5 Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib.
22 Dambulagalla 22 2 do dust 200 16 1 MV 399 4 ch bro pek 389
28 KDC 28 6 do pek 530 = 32. bid 2 402 5 do pek 450
29 29. 1 do dust 140 14 3 405 3 do pek sou 270
34 Agarsland 84 AShf-ch dust 300 16 5 Bokotua 411. 4 do or pek 300
39 Doragalla 39 6 do or pek fans 360 33 6 414 4 do pek 300
40 40 4 do bro mix 260 25 7 417° 2 do pek sou 140
42 Henegama 42 1 ch bro mixed 100 1: 8 420 2hf-ch dust 150
43 43 6hf-ch dust 840 15 9 CTD 423 6 ch or pek 480
45 Warwick 45 4 do dust 280 22 18 Murraythwaite 458 8 do pek sou 640
47 Henegama 47 2 ch bromixed 200 18 19 453 4hf-ch bro pei fans 260
48 48 8hf-ch dust 640 16 20 456 1 ch dust 169
51 Yatiyantota 51 6 ch bro or pek 600 BL 26 474 5hfch dast 425
62 52 6 do or pek 510 30 82. North Pundal-
~ oya, L D 492 5 do pek sou 425
= & 33 495 2 do bro mix 250
42 Tickapittiya 522 6 ft do pek sou €00
- Mg 43 525 = hf-e dust 425
(Messrs. Somerville & Co.] a5 - BARGE Saou 708
ay ene x 483 Hattangalla 540 7 do pek sou 595
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name. Nb ware: 51 Lougbton 549 =Shf-ch eal dust 880
2 GW 112. 5hf-ch fans 825... 22 52 654 1 do dust 80
5 113 4 do dust 300-16 53 555 11 ech — sou 495
4 = 114 2 ch red leaf 180) 15 54 558 5 do red leaf 925
9 Ingeriya 119 sht-ch dust 231 16 58 Yapame 570 2hf-ch dust 160
12 Mary Hill 122 9hf-ch pek sou 450 32 59) aN 673 5ht-ch dust 375
13 123 2% do bro mix 149 16 60 MN 57GHe 3) chi pk sou No.2, 285
16 Bogahagoda- 6l 579. 2hf-ch © dust 200
watte 1268 ch peksou 300. 29 62 582' 2 do — fans 134
17 127 1 do. pek dust 125 18 63 585 2 ch’ sou 170
25 Kurulugalla 135 4 do bro or pek 400 40 64 Rondua 688 7 ch or pek 330
98 138 4 do perk sou 350 29 C8 : 600 2 do dust 280
30 B, in estate 71 Agra Ouvah 609 7 do pek 685
mark 140! (3' ch bro mix 210 17 75 Ridgemont 621. '4 do or pek 304
Syl aR 1b) 141 3hf-ch dust 306 14 76 624 5 do pekoe 420
32 142 6 ch con 516 27 77 627) 38 do pek sou 216
33 148. 3ht-ch fans 216 26 78 ; 630 1 do dust 13?
24 Gingranoya 144 Thfch orpek 60 70 £1 Orange Field 639 2 do pek sow 200
36 Mossville 146 Shf-ch bru pek fans 680 20) $2 612 1 *do pek fans 100
87 147 5 do dust 425 15 83 645 1 de bro mix 91
42S 152 4hfch dust 320 15 86 Keenagaha Ella 654 4 do pek sou 360
43 153 6 do bro tea, 300 19 87 657 4 do son 380
44. A 154 Shf-ch dust 210 ©6116 83 660 5 do fans 350
45 155 5 ado bro tea 250 18 89 663 1 do dust 170
46 NW 156 3 ch ~~ dast 375 17 9 MG G81 8 bf-ch bro tea 610
51 Neboda 161 5hf-ch dust 409 16 97 Gangawatte 687.6 ch pek 600
53 X Y Z,ines- 98 699 5Shf-ch dust 425
tate mark 163 7 ch pek sou 630 82 103 Galella. Odie Sie cht nek sou 450
54 164 5 do dust 500 16 1045 X Ya Z 708 4hi-ch pek dust 384
55 165. 1 do bro pek sou 100 18 105 £ 711 3 do sou 174
56 Panapitiya 163 4 ch bro pek 390 33 106 Ohiya 7.4 9hf-ch pek sou 459
58 168° 5 ‘do sou 800 26 107 M, in estate
60 Mipitiakande 170 7 ech dust _ 595 16 mark TAT 4hf-ech dust 300
61 Glentaffe iit) eld bro tea 455. 19 108 720 Lhf-ch sou 45
66 Warakamure 176 Lhfch dust 85 14 112 Ankande 732: 4:1 “do sou 60
67 Danawkanda 177 3hbf-ch bro pek 136 40 113 (2527 L Aceh dust 140
68 178 2 do pek 100 29 118 Poilkande 750 4 do pek sou 320
69 179 3 do pek sou 150 28 . 124 Annamallai 768 2hf-ch° dust 170
70 180 2 do unas 100 36 132 G 792-10 do . pek B 500
val 181 1 do dust 43 15 133 MK 795s); 5 jich pek fans 609
78 Fairfield 188 Ghf-ch pek sou 270 30 134 SC inestate mk 798 5 do pek sou 495
79 189 2 do bropekfan 130 22 143° Hadella 825 7 do peksou 560
0) 190 1 do dust 90 14 148 Romania 840 6 do pek 600
81 Logan 191 2hf-ch unas 170 25 149 843 4 do pek sou 400
$2 192 3 do dust 480 16 150 846 3 Go bromix 300
83 193 1 «do bro mix 132. 10 151 S W 849 7 do pek 595
84 194. 2 do con 170 25
97 FM, in estate
mark 07S boxes pel 90° 34 (Messrs. Forbes & Walker.)
R ry 22° hf-c bro pek 2880 4U 7 99 1 do pek 43 26
309 91 423; ‘ch pek 2070 33 bid 80 110 1 do pek sou 3 24
310 dt 10 do pek sou 900 31 Sl 101 1 do dust 81 5
311 Olahitagoda 97 20 hf-ch bro pek 1-00 39 99 CIC 119 7 ch pek sou 505 16
312 100 22 do pek 1100033 100 GK 120 7hf-ch pek fans 490 16 bid
319 Theberton | 121 12 ch bro pek 1200 39 101 121 3 ch sou 300 16 bid
320 124 23’ do or pek 2C70 36 102 122 2 do bro tea 220 9 bid
321 127 87 do pek 3145 33 103 Z 123 6 ch pek 420 24 Lid
322 Hunasgeriya 120 10 do sou 800 27 107 Forest Hill 127 6hf-ch or pek 356 39 bid
323 103 14 do pek dust 1400 UC 19S 128 7 ch pek sou 623 28
326 K W Dinest 109 1:9 Thf-ch fans 546 17
mack 142 13 do bro or pek 1300 42bid | 117 HT 137. 2hf-ch bro peE 120 32
329 Hopto 151 12 do dust 1700 18 118 138 2 do pek 110 oF
330 Geragama 154 13 do bro pek 1170 38 119 133 6 do peksou 330-26
331 157 13 do pek 70 43=— 32 120 1440 2 ch = dnst 240 «18
Bay Ike Tey 160 27 hf-ch bro pek 1466 35 bid 12! Siriniwosa 144 2% ch bropekfans 200 25
333 163 49 do or pek £912 38 bid 125 145 2 do dust 250) 17
334 166 62 do pek 3091 30 126 N 146 thf-ch bro pek 4$ 30
335 169 15 do pek sou 748 2S 127 147 2 do pek 106%
336 Ewhurst 172-25 «och pek 2209 32
340 Bandara Eliyalst 113 pn or pes rs 5656 37 bid
341 Lie325 ch pe 252% 35
342 190 28 do ee sou 2240 3 te (Mr. HE. John.]
343 193 92hf-ch broor pek 5520 46 bic re
7 A 205 12 ch peksou 1080 19 Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ib. ¢.
353 Monkswood 23 37hf-ch broorpek 2035 out 4 Vincit 242 4hi-ch bro pekfns 301° 23
354 996 12 ch pek 1030-457 bid 5 245 1 ch red leaf 103.1%
355 Palmerston 229 49hf-ch broorpek 2597 65 bid 8 Pati Rajah 25Le7) do pek 495 3L
356 232 18 ch pek 1633 46 bid 21 Kotuagedera 293 2ht-ch dust 160 17
358 Stamford Hill 238 27hf-ch flo. orpek 1350 59 bid 22 296 6 do bro pek fans 390 23
359 Pallegodde 241 20 h bro orpek 1993 35 2 WHR 305 3 ch dust 300 819
360 244 24 do bro pek 2398 41 41 Templestowe 353 8 do dust 6:0 17
361 247 14 do or pek 1258 36 46 Peru 368 2hf-ch dust 170 7
362 250 17 do pek 1273 3 £0 New Tunisgalla 255 3 do dust v55 17
363 253 12 do ek sou 1:93 31 © DCM 437 6 ch unas 510 36
364 276 13 hf ch ust 1105 18 al 3S 443. 2 do fans 262 16 Lid
365 Dunkeld 259 72 ao bro or pek 43:8 47 bid 72 446 1 do
366 262) 12" ch or pek 1188 46 lhf-ch sou 120 23
367 265 27 do pek 2428 38 78 Kolapatna 464 1 do sou 30 27
79 467 1 ch pe« dus 100 17
a EE = Bellongalla 479 3hf-ch f ns 210 24
St 482 2 do dust 180 18
SMALL LOTS. 85 Chapleton 485 7 do dust 630 18
87 RW 491 2 do dust 164 «18
85 494 6 do fans 444 0
[Thompson and Villiers.) 99 WHR 497. 3 do dust 270 20
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. a. 107 W 551 1 do bro pek 200 037
: 2 108 554 2 do pek 209 0
1 Poengalla 1 5 do dust 400 18 115 Kotuagedera 575 4 do pek sou 360 27
57 Vogan Uh BON peksou No. 2 375 26 116 578 Lhf-ch dust £0 18
8 8 Shf-ch dust 630 18 1l7 58L 3 do bro pk fans 195 21
12 OSS, in estate : 126 Vineit C03 ' do bropekfuns 7i 23 did
mark 12 6 ch pek sou 450 23 bid 27 Bellongalla 611 1 ch _ pek 80 99
13 13 3 do sou 225 27
i4 14 4hf-ch bro or fans 320 27 bid
15 15 2 ch dust 200 18
16 Warwick 16 3hf-ch dusé 234 withd’n (Messrs. Forbes & Walker.)
£ < As 2 P ~
2 mc mOn a ge Bae Wee PH oA Lot. Box. Pkgs, Name, Ib. ec.
21 21 1 do red leaf 42 out 3 G O, in estate
24 Warwick 24 12hf-ch pek sou 620 38 mark 1493 3 do 955 18
25 25 7 do dust 51418 6 Palawatte 1432 9 hf-ch $50 25
26 VI 26 2 do bro pek 124 Bi 7K 14:5 3 ch bro mix 336 20
31 Doragalla 31 4hf-ch or pek fans 420 25 bid 10 Elfindale 1444 1 ch pek sou 72 59
20 Maldeniya 1474 4 do sou 320 28
Ta i a ae 21 ’ 147, 2 do duss 290 17
“ 22 Downside 1480 2 ch ro pek 22C 37
- [Messrs. Somerville & Co.} 23 - 1483 3 do pek_ 30032
a 7 24 1ig8 2 do ek sou 2:'0 29
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. hy, ce | 2 caso fc de f eoneo a bs
4 Carney 24 3 ten peksou 650 29 26 1492 Lht-ch dust 7 649
5 25 5 do bro pek fans 25%} 26 33 Waitalawa 1513 6 «do dust 540 24 bid
6 26 2 do sou 100 25 36 Galkande 1522 4 ch pek sou 400 7
7 27 1 do aust 50 «18 37 1525 1 do bropek dust 120 17
12 Neboda 32 3 ch dust 300 18 38 1528 1 do pek dust 120 17
21 Neuchatel 4l 4 ch bro pek fans 420 SL 45 Glencorse 1519 3 ch bro tea 330 31
22 42 3 do dust 495 17 46 1552 3 do pek fans 360 21
23 43 1 do bro mix 105 14 50 Mousakelle,
23 LL 48 7 ch. bromix 665 17 Maskeliya 1564 3 ch sou 300 29
29 LLW 49 2 ch bro pek 200 36 fl 1567 2ht-ch dust 160 iS
30 50 2 do pek 160 31 64 Carlabeck 1606 7 ch pes sou 685-88
31 51 2 do pek sou 160-28 65 1609. 6 ht-ch ro pek fans 480 27
39 Warakamure £9 Lhf-ch dust 90 16 68 CB 161 3 do bro pek fens 249 13
45 PEM 65 4 ch bro pek fans 400 19 69 Yataderin ‘lozl 4 ch pek sou 440 26
46 66 4 do bro mix 340 16 70 1624 Shif-ch bro pekfans 180 17
47 67 2 do dust 270 17 Zl 1627 8 do ust 246 17
50 Galdola 70 3 ch peksou 274 826 78 Holton 1u48 3 ch peksou ao 088
51 Vi fans 284 18 79 BA 1651 2 ch dust 160 17
Lhf-eh . 30 1654 2 do rect leat 191 15
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Lot, Box. Pkgs- Name- lb, Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib,
82 T’Villa, 1660 3 ch or pek 270 «= 36 191 1987 1 ch bro tea 10 O16
84 1664 6 do pek sou 540 27 192 1999 3 de dust 450 i7
86 1672 2 do dust 150 «(17 14 SE 1996 6hf-ch bro pek 3004
97 Kila Oya 1706 & ech dust 450 «17 195 1999 9 do pek 400CY
103 DF v 1723 1 ch bro pek 90 46 196 2002 1 do pek 46 “2
104 1726 3hf-ch or pel 150 46 197 2005 2 do pek fans te Cy
105 1720 4 ch pek sou 300 38 193 2008 1 de dust 70 Ww
108 RC W, in est. 207 Dammerix 2035 5 ch pek sou 4% = an
mirk 1738 8hf-ch fans 656 17 bid | 298 2038 2 do dust 2000 «7
110 G 1744 2 ch sou 170 28 227 Bellwood 2995 5 ch dust 525 “0
int 1747 3 do bropekfans 345 22 245 Dunbar 2119 Shf-ch bro pek 950 87
112 1750 2 do dust £707 1 38 237 D BK 2125 5 ch pek sca 0002
118 1743 1 do bro tea 100 25 738 2128 3 do ore mix 240 vB
17. 'Tenacombe 1765 7 ch pek sou 630 39 239 2131 2bf-ch dust 160 7
118 CP H Galle 252 GN 2170 4 ch bro tea 400 15
in estate 26 Penrhes 2182 8 do pek sou ow 3
mark 1763 2hf-ch bro pek 120- 36 257 2185 zhf-ch fans 060 ow .
119 1771 5 do pek 250 29 261 Galpottagama 2197 6 do sou 3000 Bh
420 1774. 1 «do pek sou 5@ 27 262 KB 2200 5 do fans 400 is
121 1777 4 «do congou 200 27 264 Nahalma 2206 4 da bro dust 320 iv
122 1/80 2 do dust 160 16 263 2209 4 «ao dust aes Ie
124 Columbia 1786 12hf-ch or pek 600 56 280 GrangeGarden 4 5 ch pek sou 100 oo
126 CM, in est, 281 7 3Shf-ch dust 255 18
mark 1792 1vhf-ch or pek 696 “9 284 C Linest. markiG 3 ch red leaf 270 Ib
132 Gampaha 1810 2 ch dust 180 19 237 Ingrogalla 25 2 do pek sou 170 az
136 Patiagama 1822 8 ch pek sou 6 45 288 LN Ginest.
137 1825 2bf-ch fans 130-30 mark 28 2 do sou 160 «45
144 1 B, in estate 289 31 3 do dust soo
Mark 18:6 3 ch fans 270 19 27 HG™M ~ 55 Shteh dust 425 7
145 1849 L do congou 80 26 305 Knavesmire 79 2 do congou 92 2
146 BDWP 1352 9 «do bro or pek 540 = B6 bid | 36 $2 2 do bro mix 190 14
147 1855 5 do bro or pek 207 TB in est.
- — fans 425 19 mark 8 4 ch dust B54 17
165 KK 1879 5 hf-ch pek fans 400 17 813 Olnhitagoda 103 6hf-ch vek sou B12 29
156 T 1882 1 do gunpowder 25 37 314 106 3 do dust 255 17
157 1585 1 do twankey 50 18 315 109 1 do fans 45 13
158 4 1888 4 ch pek 810 BB 316 Broughton 1l2 8 do pek sou #8 8635
159 1s91 9 do pek sou 675 29 317 1145 1 do bro mix oo 42
160 1894 2 do red leaf 170 2 318 RHA 118 5 ch
161 1897 2 do dust 160 = «20 thf-ch pek 471 8B
165 Sogama 1909 7 ch _ red leaf 609 =2k 324 Nella Olla 136 2 ch red leaf W004
166 1912 6 Co bro tea 528 23 325 139 2 do dust 295 ph
170 ~Weyungi- 327 K W Din est.
watte 1924 2 ch pek sou 200 = Bl mark 145 Shi-ch br or pk fans 180 24
171 1927 2 hf-ch ust 160 17 328 Hopton 148 6 ch sou 540 2
177. Dromoland 1945 9 do bropekfans 540 21 337 Grace Land 175 9hf-ch bro pek 495 =
178 1948 6 do dust 400 20 338 178 9 do pek 450 BO
184 Arapolakan- 339 181 8 do peksou 360 28
de 1966 6 ch pek sou 450 28 344 Bandara Elival96 8 do bio pek fans 560 27
185 1969 8 do dust 330 17 345 199 6 do dust 6 17
189 Sunnyvroft 1981 3 do pek sou 300 8 316 202 1 ch red leaf tC eb
190 1931 2 de congou 200 27 357 Palmerston 275 6 do sou 462 40
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TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES.
| Pricr:—12% cents each 3 copies
NO. 49 Coromso, Decempen 19, 1898. 30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee.
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA. Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb, -c.
———— 107 Glasgow 932 387 ch bro or pek 2960 54 bid
LARGE LOTS. 108 935 19 do or pek 1235 50
ates 109 938 13 fe pekoe 1300 45
ae ae 110 941 11 do or pek fans 1100 25
[Thompson and Villiers.— 111 Pern 944 14 do pekoe 1190 29 bid
16,331 Ib.] We RL 947 6 do pekfans 750-20
3 Poilakande 950 35 hf-ch or pek 1750 36
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. e. 114 953 27 eh bro pek 9700 = 35
j PS ‘ iS Dane 115 950 21 do pekve 1835 30
I UkS Landa : Te auch pek fans 870 15 bid | 393 Glentils 980 46 de bro pek 4600 46 bid
10 H, in estate r k Spey is Era dee 983 24 do pe oe 2400 33 bid
mark LO cil Pexisou 207-13 bid | 129 Murvaythwaite 998 18 do bropek 1710 8
14. Warwick 14 26 hf-ch pek 1130 44 120 1 19 do pekoe 1615 32
16 OSS, in estate 131 4 9 do peksou 20a oT,
ar 2 ch broor pek 1470 42 9 iE STO : E A 5:
mark 16 f 2 134 SW 13 20hf-ch or pek 930 53
17 17 19 do or pek 1285 35 135 16 13 ch akO6 1105 39
18 28 do pek 2100 36 Boum Lee ie Dee oot
18 ' 139° C-N 28 19 do pekoe 1900 20 bid
—s == 144 Mount Temple 43 36bf-ch broorpek 1872 40
| 145 46 62 do or, pek 2790 32 bid
He THE .— 226,112, - 116 49 31 ch pekoe 2170 = 30
iMr. John a ] 147 52 18 do pek sou 990 27
Lot. Box, pkges. Name. bane: 143 55 13hf-ch bro pek fans $36 25
a : rare? ae 4 149 A Biju ten
4 Coslanda 623 25 hf-ch Bre) per 1505 Be Lhf-ch pek sou 910 17
5 626 16 ch pekoe 1440 33 10 L Fp 90 v95 .
Se RIS (ORS 9 BY Oey 5 ameliere 61 38 do bro pek {2204 48 bid
8 Eadella 635 12 do bro pek 1200 35 bid e BHELIS 3 r, 7 5
9 68 12 do pekoe 1080 30 151 64 27 au Dekoe 2430-39
Fee ping wos RESG : DAE LL Equal | alo 67 11 do pekson 8s0 82
a Mount Everst He Fe beck ets ee te LG 154 Glassaugh 73 37hfch bro pek 3135 54 bik
13 650 32 ch — pekoe 30:0 46 ee EO 8 Ota BEE OG Seo ge
14 653 9 du peksou 810 40 oY BD AY OY JY SEM BAGH
; EP ae ; is d7= Saat 157 82 lihf-ch dust 1 90 21
15 Hattangalla 656 15 do bro pek 1275 6 rm 7 a s a
> (2 5 of 158 NK 85 ech sou 880 27
16 659 18 do pekoe 1260 31
ae i eA ae 160 Kotuagedera 91 24 do bro pek 2400 34
17 662 9 do pek sou 765 oy) 161 : rs = of
et 4 5 : 9 é 94 12 do nekoe 1080 20
18 Birnam 665 32 do peksou 2048 5 Fr aes aS 4 “ as See
Sich aa ‘ é 165 Lameliere 106 38hf-ch bro pek 220t © 48 bid
19 Dickapittiya 668 29 do bro pek 2900 41 166 109 27 ch nekoe 2130 3)
20 671 31 do pekoe 3100 33 17 Tiel Tae eee Saat a a Die
21 °C 674 10 do — or pek 850 = -28 171 (oman iS = soe
WD 677 9 do fans 900 30 { aCe UREECR perso: 3189 17
23 EK 650/10 hi-checfanss) 800 18 ima SV 133 20 ch bropek 1900... 44.bid
24 Hila 683 81 ch bro or pek 3106 89 bid | 175 136 17 do Kk 1445 38 bid
25 683 26 do bropek 3060 ©=38 bid f ; eS 9 ox
26 389 26 do or pek 1820 35 ies Neg SAS EE et
27 692 9 do pekoe 765 BR E
28 695 15 do pekson = 127530 [Miessrs. Somerville & Co.
31 Kanangama 704 ms ge Et pex pee 3 bid 222.891 1b, ]
32 707% to) pekoe 2465 Q —222, ;
33 710 12 do pek sou 960 28 e ot I
oA 713 18 do bropekfans1710 24 pig | LOt- Box. pkgs. Name. Ibe ie:
35 716 8 do fans 720 24 1 NCG 161 6% (chi bro pek 720 33 bid
338 Iona 725 33 beech bro or pek 1815 68 2 p 162 10 do or pek 900 34 bid
39 723 21 ch or pek 21060 47 bid 3 163. 8 do pek 832 32
40 , 731 9 do pekoe 90 46 7 Kurulugalla §167 13 do bro pek 1300-87 bid
41 ET 734 13 do pekoe ae 28 8 168 27 do pek 2430 = 31 bid
42 737 11, do pek sou 045 27 13. Ferriby 173 41 hf-ch bro pek 1345 38 bi
44 GL 743 15hf-ch bro pekfans 970 82 14 1M 37 ch ~~ pek : 3145 29 ug
47 Bellongalla 752 29 du bro pek 1450 38 15 175 18 do pek sou 1350 26
48 755 14 ch pexoe . 1200 33 19 Lonach- 179 Glhf-ch bro pek 3355 39 bid
51 Uda 764 13 nes iyo Pek 72 28 20 180 24 ch pek 2010 32
52 767 17 do pekoe 714 28 21 181 17 do pek sou 136 3
53 770 10 do pek dust sco 18 22 Minna 182 26hf-ch bro orpek 1690 53
54 Koslande 773 25 do ey pek 1375 44 bid | 23 183 32 ch or pek 2880 47
5h 776 16 ch pekoe 1440 32 bid 24 : 181 19 do dek 1710 39
63 Keenagaha Ella 800 33 do bro or pek 3420 3S 25 185 13 do Pare sou 1170 36
64 §03 34 do pekoe 2720 3 27 187 S8hfch dust 720 18
65 &(G IL ae pek sou 825 28 | 23 Blinkbonnie 193 34ht-ch bro pek 1870 46 bid
66 899 10 do sou 8L0 26 34 194 29 do eK 1305 39
68 Claremont $15 48hf-ch broor pek 2610 38 bid 35 194 20 do Tek sou 950 35
69 818 16 ch pekoe 1440 33 .| 37 Wosdthorpe 197 8 ch bro pek 800 45
75 Maskeliya 836 1 : do bro oe pek 40 a bid | 38 198 10 do pek 86033
8i9 13 do or pek ic 4 39 199 12 do pek s¢ 95 31
* 812 8 ao akoe $00 39 42 Ravenoya 202 13 hf-ch ies pak a “
sl N 851 15 hf.ch bro pek 200 33 43 203 17 do ek 714 34
82 Ottery £57 26 ch bro or pek 2600 51 bid 44 204 19 do ark sou 760 31
83 £6) 10 uo or pek 900 48 46 Dikmukwlana 206 30hf-ch or pek fans 1650 27 bid
$4 £63 10 : sts per Oe ace 4 53 Hanagama 213 40 ; ene bro pek 4033 35 bid
87 Brownicw $72 30 hf-ch ro ov pek 1659 49 bid Lhf-ch
88 $75 82 do or pek 1664 48 5t 214 46 do pek 4570 30
89 878 41 ch pekoe 3699 28 bid 55 215 18 do pek sou 1580 Df
90 881 22 do pek sou 1870 33 59 Warakamure 219 25 hf-ch bro or pek 1250 31 bid
v1 €8i 7 do pio Dee fans 700 36 60 220 10 ch bro pek 1000 SL bid
92 887 7 do pek fans 700 30 6L lt do ek 1330 30
93 Ottery go) 28 do bro or pek 2800 52 bid 62 10 doe a 900 7
84 892 19 do or pek $00 416 bid | 63) Nugawella 223 41 hf-ch bro pek 2378 39 bid
84 896 11 do pekoe £9) 42 64 2.4 61 do pek 3059 83
96 Rondura s99 12 do or pek 1080 40 67 Salawe 227 12 ch bro pek 1260 x6
37 902 44 do wa pek 4400 88 68 228 9 do pek 80 38
938 905 88 do pekoe 3420 32 69 299 12 do pek sou 1029 28
99 9/8 18 do ek sou 1620 28 70 230 24 do unas 2016 26
101 Agra Ouvah’ 914 77hf-ch broorpek 4928 44 72 Marigold 232 a7hf-ch bro pek 2072 49
102 917 #6 do or pek 1914 45 bid | 73 233 14 do pek 756 46
108 920 10 ch pekoe 950 44 74 234 15 do pek sou 750 39
105 926 22 do pek fans 1370 27 76 236 11 do bru pek fans 770 33
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CEYLON
PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot
: Box. Pkges. N
on 4 " $ . gs. ame, lb
oe Glenalla 287 22 ch bro pek ernie e Fe Lot. Box. Pkgs Nam
82 Mahatenne oie “ e pek 126) gata wad fixnt Veber ; e. lb. ei
2 ¢c a eylon, i
a a a dee Liat mork 403
; 244 Re 1100 3 47 3 40hf-ch bro pek
91 Citrus fie Mies tyhyeebars 9:0 27 48 4Cé 13 ch or pek ss
ee 252 18 He ae pek 2000 36 49 a“ 19 do pekoe ie A
4 252 10 do PE, 1620 3L 50 Kelaneiya and 12 14 do pek sou 1260 31
ak Walahandua 257 35 ch ye oa 1000-27 Braemar as a7
100 Wallasmulle 260 10 do pek 10 BB be 418 29 al ae one =
103 260 10 ch bro pek 168033} F Cotswoold tv 17 ch br 170036
08 Kerenvilla 266 17 hf-ch “ead 700-26 56 os a7 ch ro pek 1700 40
Sort ap" chi © pee Pee 935 ibid | 57 33 27 hf-ch broor pek 1800 39
100 GL pek 95) 28 64 E 426 19 ch k -
269 8 do fans 1200 a 65 Bowley 467 19 hf-ch es pek = 36
111 Dartry B 271 40 ht-ch 66 Gallawatt 60). 28. Ao k 1300 ~
112) WG OE las a ot 8200 17 67 e 43 73 ch bropek 2 ’
113 BR C TF, in es- 2 7 ch dust 1147. 16 bia | 88 466 26 do pek — -
ig MeO mATK BB. PA chy broppk ; 6) Ella Oya ie eae ee 30
2 376 26 do pekson 3148 4) i eT Tn .. ok, ee
A Ls ; 21 bi 7 fi r
ee Dalhousie 281 5 it oF Dip pek aa bid 72 Ascot ri - <4 pe 2 i a7
982 § 47 73 . ro
1 Donevale 39 34 pad ee 1200 28 77 Deaculla “ 2 a pel 1380
A eI 295 64 do 137247 78 96 38 hf-c ro pek 2.90
138 O’Kande 39 oo pek 128 ae 7 499 19 ch k 56
298 11 ch brope 44 ie 19 ‘ 2 15 Pe 13300 35
i . sus 22 hf-ch feeb aed, Si Agraoya ae ee ee, ee a
04 16 ch nas f i 3 9 14 1200
a oe - a a a
w a 4 14 cl yay ; 7 2 276
el oe 307 5 beth Bia tans (Oi 25 90 Yaha Ella An wy sf aa = sin =
152 Hangranoya 312 ae me: 93 a ae Sls
15% Mousakande 313 20 ck nek 2300 23 bid 97 Dalukoya ms AD do k sou 900 29
154 Bilandhu BIE BOE gh og ; 181031 95 3 * ge bro or pek 1020 it
29 3 ro pe 1406 99 do or pek 45
315 : 38 ee pe ,
157 Mahageda 317 toe fhae 1826 80 oS ee Be
138 Depedene 318 67 hf-ch as k 1468 26 bia | 103 a art s - bro pek 2523 4 bid
} 819 54 a elk 3685 87 104 poh gay oO pek 2658
1 ao k or me cl 57 35
ae Teeeviva 320 37 do 433 sou oe 2 “He Nakiadeniya 589 7 a4 pex ae 1038 21
| € 5 m. " 9 A
ane 324 31 as Hee sou ea 32 7 ~ x 16 Es do i gis 2210 44
167 Boeahavota- 325 21 do pek fans seep = oe Kennington 646 9 ch sce vi 36
watte 327 17 ek . & 4 131 Scrubs 649 Whf-ch dust £00 =
168 323 14 do bro pek 1586 36 132 638 10 ch broorpek 95 1
aL Monroyia a as che pas 1260 89 133 er do bro ook DN
173 Moe ane seen: pia | 130 AG 66h. 14 do. Dek eos ED. 80
ey PTT sn been Biren. nek Sou gtk 39 150 M A, in est. nen 1080-28
pat a i 4 nark : 715 9 2
tet ae a 87 Qhf-ch fans ae eae Beausejour tis 16 nme, ar 720. 18
195 Pe Paes 344 11 ch pek - 155 Weyunga- 721 16 do pek . nro 38
oda, ere Sh pee 35 31 watte 730 - 85 %
186 c bro or pek ; 2 oa 730 25 hf-c
187 Ae a go eae 300 28 at 158 783 27 pi ne onpek 1500 41
188 iy by Ho pek anata. 3 ; 736 28 do as 2565 38
; 348 10 a 530-32 161 Kalupahana 748 2 pek 9380
9; ary Fi Ks > = = athe 748 20 bf-e 7 33
io cer ane a nih bro pek 2080 nt bid ee er Obf-ch bro pek 1098 37
aes 39 3 4 x ic od odda 77
ne Kelani 356 52 hs Fe pal 3024 33 bid 172 Pat a me bro pek 180045
R 357 30 a opek 4160 43 179 Margueritta $02 22 pek 1530
18 358 22 o broorpek 3000 41 180 802 22hf-ch bropek 2 35
199 359 16 pe anes 1870 32 181 or ee dot. O8 Poke 1000 8h
200 : 36) 12 ae pes sou 1366 29 183 Errollwood ae 27 ch pek 2700
216 Rayigam 376 25 ch pek fans 1080 28 185 li 1jhf-ch bro orpek 86
218 Se ere ian 40 185 Bi ee hae eee 2135
8 Srebaehin 16 abe De oe 990 38 186 Middleton 823 2 do pek sou £8)
219 Se ce tack 2430 38 bid | 18 3 21hf-ch broorpek 1155
28 voce ALB Inte pekia's 30m ip iss a2 8 ch os.ueke sala
Say) 388 26 ch ars 4040. sebid | 78h CSG £22 71 bf-c pek 1350
SD SERRE ec con ahi arc 190 Sy eh bt ont Ure ee
395 16 ch pek 10:0 25 bide} 29 ie Cape bo 4160
R 16.0 26 bid ae Harrington $50 24 of pai ee 1640
SS 5 Bondy Ch ity Oe Dee
(Messrs. F 199 Munukattia 7 do pek 1700
. Forbes & W :
538,400 Ib.} ee mark y ae 25 hi-cl
3 WN 289 i8 ch 200. 865 18 do. grpee 1300
10 Kttapolia 305 If nich bro ten 16928 a Siena) 62 a ee ee
unnycroft 3 784 3 Sas 871 020
19 eet ae Ha ch dust 750 a 203 Shrubs Hill 8rd re an peksou 1170
= pe = 0 3200
Brean eae 328 12 do peksou 1208 = an fe oe 2 do = 2975
Group 343 17 ch ; . a aseby On SANE Ch. tt ok 720
2 B18 re oon JP Cae RE a Bel don. poke a oie
349 14 a a 1350-46 912 898 19 do ae 34
31 Pansalat z do pek 12 212 Dunnottor pek sou 1064
ot alatenne ab 8 ch bro nee ase i Siemoraaae 901 8 ch peksou 730
Rees (0) = —
36 Kirindia 28 te a bro bak ale re 215 i eoapanls oy Bae dust 3190
38 4 do pek { 216 5hf-ch bro or pek 2
3 520 34 913 32 Pp 475
a Mousakelle oe oe ee pee Ba 4 1680 BL au _ 2916 24 ae aS Pp a
pek 1329 91 0
391 10 ch orpek : 1000 aa 231 Roeberry ee 18 ae peksou ~ 1050
222, 931 26 a bropek 1540
Oo orpek 2444
" 1¢ do pek
376
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES
LIST.
Lot Box.
224 937
226 943
227 Roeberry 946
22 949
229 952
230 955
23) Cooroondo-
wutte 958
241 Polatagama 988
242, 991
243 994
244 997
245 Dammeria 1000
246 1003
247 1006
248 1009
249 Dea Ella 1012
250 1015
251 1018
252 1021
253 Kirklees 1024
254 1027
255 1034
256 Clunes 1033
257 1036
258 1039
259 1042
260 1045
OL 1048
262 101
203 1054
264 1057
26— Bloomfield 1060
266 1063
269 1066
270 Maha Uva 1075
271 1078
272 1OSL
273 1084
279 Ganapalla 1102
230 1105
281 1108
282 1111
283 1il4
234 LLI7
285 Massena 1123
287 1126
288 1129
289 Carfax 1132
290 1135
291 1147
295 G 1150
299 Norton 1162
300 1165
309 Parsloes 1192
310 1395
31L 1198
312 P’Kande 1201
313 1204
323 Halwatura 1234
324 1237
325 1240
326 1243
327 1246
328 Chesterford 1348
320 1252
330 1255
338 Waratenne 1279
339 1282
340 1285
341 1288
342 Unugalla 1291
343 1294
347 D inest. mark 1306
349 Evlsmere 1312
250 13145
351 1318
368 Freds Ruhe 1369
369 1372
370 1378
373 HGM 13384
374 1287
375 1390
376 1395
377 1598
378 1399
379 Clyde 14(2
380 1405
B81 1408
392 Queensland 1441
393 1sdt
sok 2447
401 Penrhos 1468
402 Wil
403 li74
411 Mawaliganga-
149317
watte
Pkgs.
17
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ch
do
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23 do
do
eh
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30 ch
do
ao
do
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20 ch
hf-ch
Name. lb.
pek sou 1330
fans 770
bro pek 1930
or pek 3563
pek 2964
pek sou 2846
bro pek 1350
bro pek 4750
or pek 3325
pek 4080
pek sou 1680
bro or pek 2040
or pek 1909
pek 4419
pek sou 1200
bro or pek 1595
or pek 1265
pek 1650
pek sou 700
bro or pek 210
or pek 2260
pék 2100
bro or pek 1235
bro pek 4140
pek 2720
pek sou 720
bro or pek 950
bro pek 2960
pek 2880
pek sou 1440
dust 9Le
pek No.i 18838
peo No.2 1393
pek fans 140
bro or pek 1493
or pek 1678
pek 2688
pek sou 98S
or pek 2700
bro or pek 4500
pek 4240
pek sou 2250
br pek fans 700
dust 774
br pek No. 2 1260
pek 1059
pek sou 700
bro pek 770
sou 1300
dust 900
pek son 1440
bro pek 2014
ek 1840
bro pek 31.00
pek 2520
pek sou 1920
bro pek 4560
pek 4675
bro pek 6700
or pes 2250
pek 2799
pek sou 2860
br pek fans 2200
bro pek 4000
pek 260
pek sou 2100
bro pek 1080
ek 850
bro pek 1170
pek 960
bio pek 721
pek 855
sou 1400
bro or pek 960
bro pek 4300
pek 190
bro pek 6000
pek 3060
pek sou 1260
bro or pek 1144
bro pek 13:0
bro pek 1360
pek )672
pek sou 1040
bio pek fans 950
bro pek 2700
pek 3600
pek sou 1340
bro‘or pek 800
or pek 1520
pek 2295
or pek 720
bro pek 1064
pek 17lu
bro or pek 850
45 bid
51 bid
40 bid
42
35 bid
39
27
18
24 bid
37 bid
24 bid
2 bid
36 ba
54
89 bid
ee a
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
412 150122 do or pek 850
4'3 150366 do bro pek 2300
4l4 150735 ch pek sou 2625
416 CL in est.
mark 1513 15 do fans 1575
424 Ambragalla 1537 78 hf-ch or pek 3200
425 1540 60 do bro or pek 3€00
426 1543 24 ch pek 1920
427 1546 26 do pek sou 20:8
436 Inverness 1573 33 hf-ch bro pek 1815
437 1576 24 ch pek 2160
438 1579 13 do pek sou 1170
439 1582 Qhf-ch lust 720
4i0 Augusta 1558 10 ch dust 1500
441 Terwood. 1588 7 do bro orpek 760
442 1591 17 do bru pek 1496
443 1594 15 do or pek 1260
444 1597 17 do pek 1292
445 1600 9 do pek sou 702
417 Tor 1606 13 do bro pek 1144
448 1602 10 do ek 730
450 Vathalana 1615 48hf-ch broorpek 2s:u
SMALL LO'US.
Thompson | and Villiers.)
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
2 K’Landa 2 4hf-ch- fans 260
3 Speech! unas 188
9 R, jin estate
mark 9 3hf-ch unas 185
ll 3S, in estate
mark 1 oyech! pek sou 432
12 C'T, in estatc
mark 12) 4° ch pek sou 320
3 Loomont 13 Lhf-ch fans 42
15 Doragalla 15 4 do or pek tans 420
19 OSS, in estate
mark 19 6 ch pek sou 480
29 20 4hf-ch bro or fans 329
{Mr. H. John.]
Lot. Bex. pkgs. Name. lb.
1 Gonavy 614 4hf-ch fans 340
) 617 4 slo dust 340
3 620 2 do congou 160
6 Coslanda 629 3 ch pek sou 390
7 632 2hf-ch fans 220
lo Eadella 641 7 ch pek sou 560
29 Wila 698 2hi-ch fans 112
30 701 4 do dust 340
36 Kanangama 719 5 do dust 400
37 SH 722) m5* ch bro pek fans 335
43 PK 740 Thf-ch bropekfans 527
45 GL 746 2 ch sou 160
46 749 4hf-ch dust 320
49 Bellongalla 758 4 ch pek sou 320
50 761 3shf-ch fans 210
56 Koslande Tloeenst ch pek siu 360
57 782 2 do fans 220
67 Keenagaha Ella $12 @htch fans 585
70 Claremont &21 2 co pek dust 179
71 Farm 824 4hf-ch dust 352
79 Maskeliya 815° 5 ch pek sou 500
$6 S48 5Sht-ch dust 450
$2 854 2 do pek fans 136
100 Rondura 911 4 ch dust 560
104 AgaQOuvah 923 8 do pek sou 68e
106 929 4 do dust 400
116 Poilakande 959 7 do pek sou 530
1i7 962 Thf-ch bropekfans 560
145 D, inest. mark 986 2 ch bro pek 2L0
2 989 3 do pekoe 255
127 992 1 do pek sou $5
128 995 1 do ust 86
132 Murraythwaite 7 6hfch bro pek fans 390
133 10m) ch dust 300
136 SW 19 5Shf-ch bromix 58u
137 Py BY TGS bro mix 345
138 25 2 do fans 220
153 Lameliere 70 4 do pek fans 320
19 NK 83-6 do dust 480
160 Kotuagedera 97 1 ch pekseu 90
163 100 2hf-ch bro peksou 150
164 Harrow 103. 8 ch dust 495
168 Lameliere 115 4hf-ch pek fans 320
72S 27286 ch red leaf 420
7S RON 180 83 boxes broorpek 598
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.)
Lot. Box. Pkgs, Name. Ib.
1 Tennehene 26g lhf-ch bro pek 62
bid
bid
plid
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LAST.
4
Lot, Box. Pkgs- Name-
971 1 ch
lht-ch pek
8 Carendon 274 4 ch or pek
4 277 3 do pek
5 2-0 2 do pek sou
6 283 2 do sou
7 986 l1hf-ch congou
9 WN 292 4 ch fans
1 Ettupolla 498 6hf-ch pek
2 38(1 3 do sou
3 £04 1 do sou
14 307 1 do dust
Tunnycroft 810 4 ch pek sou
313 2 do congou
au; 316 1 do bro tea
22 Trex 231 38 ch dust
23 M1), in est.
mark 834 3 ch bro pek
24 337 3 do pek
25 340 3 do pek sou
29 Passara
Group 352 5 ch pek sou
30 455 Lht-ch fans
32 Pansalatenne 361 3 ch pek
33 364 2 do pek sou
34 367 3 do unas
39 Kirindi $82 4 do sou
40 385 1 do red leaf
44 Mousakelle,
Maskeliya, 397 3 ch sou
45 440 4hf-ch dust
53 Kelaneiyaand
Braemar 424 3 ch dust
54 427 4 do sou
58 Cotswold 439 6 ch pek sou
$9 44% “3hf-ch dust
60 445 1 ch Sou
74 Ascot 487° 5” ch pek sou
a ; 490 Qhf-ch bro pek fans
76 493 8B do dust
88 Agra Oya 529 4 ch fans
89 532 2 do dust
91. Yaha Ella 588 7Zhf-ch bro or pek
94 547 2 ch sou
95 550 3hf-ch fans
96 553 1 ch dust
100 Dalukoya 565 Shf-ch dust
101 BRatnatenne 368 2hf-ch pek fans
105 JS, in estate
mark 580 2hbf-ch or pek
106 583 1 ch or pek dust
107 586 2hf-ch pek dust
109 Nakiadeniya 592 8 ch pek
110 525 8 do pek sou
111 98 1 do red lea
118 Castlereagh Smaech pek sou
119 622 9hf-ch fans
120 328 3 do dust
121 Yataderia 628 5 ch pek sou
122 631 Ji hf-ch bro pek fe ns
123 634 8 do dust
124 Moralioya 627 4 ch fans
125 640 3 do unas
126 6:3 3hf-ch dust
129 Ingurugalla 652 5 ch bro tea
130 * 655 5 do red leaf
134 Scrubs 667 Ghf-ch dust
136 AG 673 3 ch dust
137 676 6 do _ bro tea
138 Kabragalla 679 3hf-ch bro tea
139 682 2 do dust
140 Blairgowrie $5 8 ch bro pek
141 688 38 do pek
142 691 5 do sou
143 694 3 do pek fans
144 697 1 do dust
149 M A, inest.
mark 712 10 hf-ch bro tea
153 Beausejour 724 2 ch pek sou
154 727 1 do fans
158 Weyunga-
watte 739 2 ch peksou
159 742 3hf-ch dust
160 Kalupihana 745 11 do or pek
162 751 5 do pek
163 754 4 do pek sou
164 75. 1 do sou
165 760 3 do pek fans
166 ; 763 1 do pek dust
167 Sunnycroft 766 8hf-ch pek sou
168 769 4 do congou
169 772 1 ch bro tea
170 775 4 do dust
173 Ambalangod-
784 5 ch peksou
174 787 2 do sou
175 790 2 do fans
ane
G13
\ withd’n.
25
a
un
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name.
Ib.
182 WVRA 811 6hf-ch dust 480
192 CSG 841 6 do dust 480
193 814 9 «Oo fans 5410
191 Harrington 847 7hf-ch bro or pek 392
197 856 2 ch peksou 160
198 859 2hf-ch dust 2350
207 Shruts Hill 886 8 ch bropekfans 640
208 AG 889 1 ch bro tea 109
213 | unnottor 914 5 do dust 650
29 Putupaula 922 Qhf-ch dust 675
225 Roeberry 940 6 ch sou 570
232 Cooroondo-
watte 961 3hf-ch dust 240
233 A 964 3 ch dust 450
234 Peacock Hill 967 2 do bro mix 100
935 970 8 do pek fans 660
240 Relugas 985 5 ch dust 625
974 Maha Uva 1087 1 ch pek fans 85
275 1090 5 do dust 450
285 Massena 1120 IL hf-ch bro pek No. 1 550
2922 BDW i1l4t 4 do fans 32
298 Ugieside 144 4 do dust 320
294 11:7 3 ch bro mix 30
296 G 1153 5 do ~~ sou 425
297 1176 1 do bro pek fans 115
298 11459 3 do dust 415
$14 P’Kande 1207 8 do pek sou 640
815 1210 8 do dust 640
344 Unugalla 1297 4 do pekoe 360
345 1300 1 do dust 120
346 Din est. mark1303 10 hf-ch bro or pek 600
3852 Evlsmere 1321 5 ch pek sou 475
353 1324 5 do bro pek fans 410
354 Ookoowatte 1327 1 do sou 90
355 1330 2hf-ch dust 200
356 1333 10 do fans 650
857 Hurstpier-
point 1336 4 ch bro pek 400
358 1339 4 deo pek 400
359 1342 2 do pek sou 190
260 1345 1 do bro pek dust 120
561 1348 1 do dust 100
871 WA 1378 2 ch bro mix 250
872 1381 3 do dust 420
37sa HG M 1399a 20 boxes br or pk fans 420
382 Clyde 1411 8 ch dust 450
395 Queensland 1450 5 ch bro mixed 425
396 1453 2hf-ch dust 160
404 Penrhos 1477 7 do pek sou 560
405 1480 2 do bro mixed 194
415 Mawaliganga-
watte 1530 4hf-ch dust 310
428 Ambragalla 1549 6hf-ch bro pek fans 420
499 1452 5 do dust 450
446 Torwood 1603 5 ch sou 400
449 Tor 1612 6 do pek seu 430
451 3 ¥ inest.
mark 1618 3 do bro pek 288
452 1621 2 do pek son 270
453 1624 2hf-ch bror pk fans 140
{Mfessrs. Somerville & Co.
Lot. Box.
4 NCG 164
5 Gingran Oya 165
6 Kurulugalla 166
9 169
10 KGA, ines-
tate mark 170
11 171
12 172
16 Ferriby 176
17 ibritf
26 Minna 186
28 ; 188
29 Ratuville 189
30 190
31 191
32 192
36 Blinkbennie 196
40 Woodthorpe 200
41 201
45 Ravenoya 205
47 Maligatenne 207
48 208
49 2C9
50 210
51 211
52 P 212
56 Hanagama 216
57 217
58 218
65 Nugawella 225
66 26
Pkgs,
3 ch
6 hfech
6 ch
hf-ch
Name.
pek sou
dust
bro or pek
pek sou
bro tea
fans
pek dust
sou
pek dust
fans -
bro mix
bro pek
pek
pek sou
pek sou
dust
Ib.
291
510
6Se
450
Lot.
71 Salawe
75 Marigold
79 Glenalla —
85 Maha!enne
87 Veralupitiya
88 Califurnfa
94 Citrus
$6 HA
99 Walahandua
101 Wallasmulle
102
104
105 Adel
108 Kerenvilla
110 Darty B
ll4 RCT PEP, ines-
tate mark
116 W
117
118
119
120 Dalhousie
123
124
125
133 Doneyale
134
136
137
139 O’Kande
14u
141
142
148 Henegama
149 HIS
150
156 \ahagoda
161 Depedene
166 Ingeriya
169 Begahageda-
F watte
170
174 Monrovia
175
176 Pine Hill
182 SHS
183 N 'T W, in es-
tate mark
189 Neboda
1909 LTN B
191 H, in estate
mark
192 Yarrow
195 C
201 Kahatagalla
292
222 Ovoea AI
224
225
226
230 Koladeniya
234 .
Box: Pkes. Name. Ib.
231 2 eh dust 320
935 7hf-ch sou 322
239 7 ch pek sou 63)
240 2hf-ch dust 140
Bale le elt funs 100
Piya dust 100
246. 1 do red leat 10
247 2 ch dust 312
248 5 ch bro pek 475
249 6 do pek 570
250 4 do pek sou 40
254 2) ch fans 2.0
255 4 do pek dust F86
PoGr ecu fans 100
249 4 ch pek sou 360
261 4 ch pek 360
262 1 do pek sou 62
264 2 do dust £88
265 10;hf-ch bro mix 540
268 4 ch pek sou 200
PDB) Oa bro tea 285
2a) ly) eh pek 75
267 6 cn bro pek 220
977 2hf-ch pek sou 75
278 2 ch dust 312
279 lhf-ch fans 80
280 10 bf-ch or pek 600
283 10 do pek sou 550
284 7 do fans 420
985 4 do dust 280)
293 3 ch bro pek 270,
294 4 do pek 320
296 2 do pek sou 170
997 1 do fans WO
299 5 ch pek 4°
300 6 do pek sou 480
301 2hf-ch bro pek fan 120
302 6 ch unas 500
308 2hf-ch bro mix 120
309 9hf-ch bro pek 540
310 9 do pek 540
Bul, Gy Gal bro pek 525
821 3hf-ch dust 240
326 3hfi-ch dust 246
329 5 ch pek sou 500
330 lhf-ch pek dust fp)
BEES an bro tea 216
BBB) Blo) pek dust 354
3386 5hf-ch lust 400
342 3hf-ch pek fans 220
343° 2 ch bro pek 202
349 3 ch dust 240
350 hs-ch fans 195
Boles cH bro mix 255
352 10 hf-ch bro or pek 650
855 6 ch sou 490
661 6 ch bro pek 540
62 2 do bro or pek 200
263 6 do pek 540
264 3 do pek sou 240
265 1 do dust 130
274 7Thf-ch pek fans 490
Sion Zech bro tea 220
882 3hfch bro pek fans 240
384 4 do unas 420
385 8 do sou 400
386 2 do dust 200
390 3 ch cr pek 255
891 3 do bro pek 285
292 3 do pek 255
393 4 do pek sou 340
294 7 do sou 5¢0
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST,
Or
17
31 bid
ee
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON,
(From Our Commercial Correspondent.)
Minctna LANE, Nov. 25,
“Clan Ogilvy’’—Mark NN, 57 bags sold at 65s.
“Txion’”—OHO in estate mark, Mahaberia OF, 5 bags
out at 76s. Ditto 1 F, 1 bag sold at 62s. Ditto 2 fF,
1 bag sold at 478 6d. Ditto O, 7 bags out at 78s,
Ditto 1, 2 bags sold at 62s. Ditto 2, 2 bags sold
at 62s.
“Mombassa’”’-—Mark 1, Yattewatte, 27 bags out at 75s;
2 ditt, 4 bags out at 75s.
“Arabia’’—Mark DB 307 CD in estate mark, 39 bags
out; DB 308C in estate mark, 41 bags out; DB 309 C
in estate mark, 12 bags sold at 50s; DB 319, C in es-
tate mark, 15 bags out at 50s,
“Patroclus’—AM in estate mark, 32 bags ont at 70s;
3 bags sold at 50s 6d.
“Shanghai’”—AM in estate mark, 31 bags out.
“Port Hlliot’”—AM in estate mark, 18 bags out; 1
KM in estate mark, 236 bags out.
“Clan Chisholm” —Mark Rajawella, 70 bags out.
CEYLON CARDAMOMS SALES IN
LONDON.
“Patroclus’—AWL O Ceylon, Mysore in estate werk,
5c sold at 3s 8d; lesoldat 3s 9d. Al 2, Veylon, Mysore
in estate mark, 5c sold at 3s 7d. Ditto 3 in estate
mark, 3c scold at 2s 6d. Ditto B ditto., de sold at
23 9d
“Antenor’’—Mark Delpotonoya, 1c sold 3s 10d; 3c
sold 3s 5d; 2c sold 2s 9d; 3c sold 2s 10d; Jc sold Qs 6d;
Je soid 2s 4d. 1c sold 2s 6d; Ic sold 1s 10d,
“ Asia”—HGA in estate mark, out.
“Wanderer’—Mark Vedehette A, 2 casks sold at
3s 4d.
“City of Cambridge’—Mark Knuckles Group, 2¢ sold
at 3s.
“Kamakura Maru’’—Mark AK, 6c sold at 2s 4d,
BS ditto, Je sold 1s 6d.
“City of Cambridge’—Mark AL 1 Mysore, 3c out.
“‘Bullionist”—G in estate mark, I1c out.
“Tosa Maru’’—Mark Gallantenne AA, le out. Ditto
AA, 4¢ sold 8s9d. Ditto B,3csold 334d. Ditto C, 1c
sold 3s 2d. Ditto D, 2c sold 2s 9d and 2c sold Qs 8d.
Ditto H, le sold 3s 1d; 1c sold 3s,
“Derbyshire”—Nichola Oya, 2e sold 3s 3d; Ne. 2,
6c sold 2s 7d; ditto seeds 1c sold 3s.
“WWitachi Maru”—No. 1, Kandoloya, 1e sold 1s 8d.
“Sarpedon’’—Mark Knuckles Group, Madukelle, 2c
sold 2s lid; ditto B, 4c sold 2s 5d; ditto C, 3¢ sold 3s.
“Txion’ Mark Mysore AS 2c sold 2s 11d; ditto B,
3c sold 2s 5d; 2e soid 2s 4d.
‘‘Patroclus’—Mark AL 2, 2c out.
“Hector’— Mark Al 1, 5c out; Hil, 14cout; HL 2,
2c ont.
“Oriental’’—M 5 in estate mark, 5c out; M 6 in es-
tate mark, 5c out,
“Clan Chisholm’—HGA in estate mark, Malabar,
8¢ out; 1 ditto Long, 3¢ sold 3s 8d; 2 ditto, 2c out,
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKs.
TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES.
. L 7
NO. 50 Cotomspo, DrecrmMBer 26, 1898. | BIC aalcn One CEG eI
. 30 cents ; 6 copies 4 rupee.
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA, Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. ¢.
————_ 110 466 28 ch pekoe 1904 28 Qid
any . 11L 469 %& do pek sou 1890 26 bid
LARGE LOTS. 112 fe 472 12 peck cE pek fans 88& 20 bid
aT We 115 4 481 10 do dust 750-16
(Thompson and Villiers.— 116 SS 484 21 ch — sou 2105 16
6,088 It 117 Claremont 487 3t£hf-ch bro orvek 1870 35
038 Ib. ] 118 490 13 ch pekoe ZOE
A - * 119 493559580 pek sou 810 27
Lot. Box. “Pkgs. Name. Ib. g 125 SW 511 12 do pekoe 1020 39
2 R mbodde 2 35 hf-ch bro pek 1925 43 327 Horton Plains 517 43hf-ch bro pek 1815 36
3 3 34 do pek 170082 128 520 23 ch pekoe , 1955 30
4 4 21 do — pek sou 1050-30 129 523 12 do pek sou 960 27
eA waa CURE ee 8 Pha eh 134 WG 538 9 do pekoe 765 26 Lid
135 Bokotua 541 27 do bro per 2700 42
r E.- ,— 239.340. 136 544 17 do orpe 1360 44
(Mr. E. "John ee ] 141 Glentilt 559 24 do brorpek 2400 47 bid
Lot. Box. pkges. Name. Ney Xe 142 56: bropek 4600 47 bid
1D 139 13 ch bropek 1300 33 143 pekoe 1300 38 bid
2 (ol dol \vexne 1700.27 44 E fans 1040, 18
6 Ferndale 154 16 do bro orpek 1600 48 145 Gangawatte or pek OM oy Ee
Ta 157 11 do orpek 990 39bia | 146 bro or pek 1040 48 bid
9 Digdola 163 12 do broorpek 1080 33 147 pekoe 1600 36 bid
10 : 166 12 do bropekfans1200 31 148 580 10 do pek sou 950 34
1 BC 169 27 du bropek 2700 45bia | 49 NP 583 12hfch dust 1020 18
12 172 19 do pekoe 1520 39 150 R 586 8 ch or pek 80032
13 Theresia 175 9 do bropekfans 900 39 151 589 13 do pekoe 117028
16 Eadella 184 21 do bro pek 2100 85 153 595 19 do dust 2090-19
17 187 23 do pekoe 2070 30 154 598 8 do congou 72000 25
18 190 14 do pek sou 1120 28 156 Ratwatte 604 47 do bro pek 4700 35 bid
19 193 19hf-ch fans 1330 20 bid | 192 Bor saa ae Le 1 le ape
1 Y 231° ‘ j - sf r4 2
Be ioe Spoken oh peer a as Rid 160 Orange Field 616 9 do bro pek 900 30
23 205 15 do pekoe 1200 35 bid | 161 619 11 do pekoe 110027
26 Oonoogaloya 214 36 do _ bro pek 3600 40 166 Bellongalla 634 22 hf-ch_ bro pek 1100s 88
27 217 27 do y2koe 2160 32 1G Vigest 637 11 ch nekoe 990 30
298 220 22 do pek sou 1980 29 168 Vincit 610 10 do pek sou No.2 900 26 "
29 223 13 do fans 1690 20 169 Glassaugh 643 6lhf-ch bro pek 3355 49 bid
32 Yapame 232 29 do bro pek 2500 42 170 646 57 do bro pek 3135 49 bid
33 235 18 do pekoe 1530 33 171 x 649 31 ch pekoe 2790 41
36 Vincit 244 12 do bro pek 1080 36 172, Kotuagedera 652 24 do bro pek 2400 34
3 247 11 do pekoe 990 30 173 655 12 do pekoe 1080 29
41 Mocha 269 21 do broorpek 2100 s50bid | ‘7 MC 658 9hf-ch dust 72000 «17
42 262 14 do or pek 1260 53 lit : 661 14 ch sou 910 25
43 265 21 do pekoe 1890 43 176 Kadien Lena 664 28hf-ch dust 2240 18
44 268 20hf-ch fans 160) 31 177 667 18 ch cougou 1800
45 Templestowe 271 29 ch bro or pek 2185 46 bid reSaiT ————S—=
274 22 do r pe 1980 42 =
re DIT 85 ae pase 2125 35 bid Messrs. Somerville & Co.
48 St. John’s 280 34 bee bro oF pek 1846 58 —813,827 |b,]
4 783 19 do or pe 814 58
ap 983 25 do Sakae 1250 50 Lot. Box. pkgs. Name. Ibs c:
51 289 19 do pek sou 912 40 19 D, in esdate
52 292 10 do pek fans 640 36 mark 19) .9) ch bro pek 855 39 bid
53 Cleveland 295 14 do or pek 700 53 bid £0 20 17 do pek 1360 80
55 301 18 do pekoe 864 28 bid 23 St. Catherine 23 13 ch bro or pek 1267 3z bid
56 304 14 do pek sou 700 36 bid 1 hf-ch
57 Whyddon 307 8 ch bro or pek 800 44 27 Corfu 27 1shf-ch bro pek 975 41 bid
58 310 9 wo bro pek 720 52 28 28 24 do pek 1320 36 bid
59 313. 10 do pekoe 800 40 31 Killim, in es-
60 316 9 do pek sou 810 35 tate mark 31 35 hf-ch bro pek 1925 37
70 Marakona 346 8 do pek sou 800 36 32 32 14 ch pek 1190 20
72 Evalgolla 352 25 hf-ch bro pek 1425 38 33 33 13 do pek sou 1040 28
73 355 41 do pekoe 2255 29 bid 38 Honiton 38 18 ch bro pek 1800 40)
74 16 do pek sou 800 27 39 39 13 ch pek 1105 32
78 Brownicw 370 22 do broor pek 1210 45 bid 40 40 9 do pekscu 765 28
79 373 22 do or pek 1lit 44 bid 42 Hatdowa 42 20 ch bro pek 1900 3s
$0 376 32. ch pekoe 2830 36 bid 43 43 20 do pek 1606 20
81 379 16 do pek sou 1360 36 44 44 2) do pek sou 1600 27
82 382 7 do bio pekfans 700 35 45 45 7 do bre pek fans 700 35
83 385 Q9hf-ch pek fans 702 25 bid 47 Ritni, in estate
84 Little Valley 388 19 ch bro pek 1900 38 mark 47 31hf-ch or pek 1550 46
85 391 27 do pekoe 2430 3h 48 48 22 ch pek * 1870 37
88 Pati Rajah 400 12 do bro pek 1260 34 49 Ukuwela 49 26hf-ch bro or pek 1430 34
90 Agra Ouvah 406 75hf-ch bro or pek 4800 51 50 50 26 ch bro pek 2600 33
91 409 23 do or pek 1242 45 bid 51 51 22 do pek 2200 “9 bid
2 412 37 do or pek 1998 44 52 52 10 ch pek sou 1000 26
93 415 9 ch pekoe 855 40 53 53 1L do bro pek fans 77u 20
94 Glasgow 4'8 63 do bro or pek 4240 52 bid 55 Rothes 55 20ht-ch bro pek 1200 44 bid
95 ‘ 421 25 do or pek 1625 49 56 56 16 do pek 8.0 87 bid
96 4244.16 do pekoe 1600 42 69 Lower Dickoya59 27 hf-ch b-o pek 1512 3A bid
97 Poilakande 427 16hf-ch or pek 800 34 bid 60 cO 10 ch pek 1000 29 bid
98 430 19 ch bro pek 19 0 33 bid 61 XY Z, in es-
99 433 10 do pekoe 900 29 tatemark 61 23 ch bro pek 2300 87 bid
101 Koslande 439 25hf-ch bro pek 1375 38 bid 62 62 5ST do pek 4590 33
102 442 16 ch ekoe 1440 30 bid 64 Paradise 6) 18hf-ch bro pek 990 sy
163 Myraganga 445 79 do ro pek 7900 37 bid 65 65 12 ch pek 1200 31
104 448 26 do bro or pek 2730 42 66 66 14 do pek sou 1400 2s
105 451 67 do _ pekoe 6030-83 7 Rosenee 70 23 ch bro pek 2300 40
106 454 42 do ek sou 3150 29 71 71 13 do pek 1040 $2
107 Mount Temple457 77 hf-ch roorpek 4031 37 bid (2 oes 72 10 do pek sou 750 29
108 460 26 do or pek 1170 32 bid 78 MN 73 2 hfch dust 2100 17
109 463 62 do orpek 2790 = 82. bid 7> Warakamure 75 19 ch — or pek 1900 a3
2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
ee
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. bene Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. ibe.
ae 77 16 ch ek 1520 30
78 7g 18 do. sou AND = 2 72 1840 30 hf-ch or pek 1500 63 bid
81 Mousa Eliya 81 17 ch bro pek 1700 87 73 1813 38 ch pekoe 3800 50 bid
S28 82 11 do or pek 110031 74 1836 14 do peksou 1190 = 42 bid
83 83 13 do nek 1235 28 77, Gallawatte 1855 14 ch bro pek 1400 3940
99 GW 90 16 ch sou 1120 26 8 1858 23 do pek 1955 32
98 GB 98 29hf-ch dust 1300 19 i) 186l 15 do rad fans 1050 30
99 IP 99 27 ch pek sou 2295 27 8i BD 1876 20hf-ch bro pek fam 1600 32
100 MD R, in es- 85 1879 12 do dust 10R0— 19
tate mark 100 21 ch bro pek 2053 33bid | 87 : 1885 14 ch unas 1400 BB
101 101 #0 do or pek 2760 «= 35 bid | &8 BDW 1888 43 ch sou 3655 «(16
102 Polpitiya 102 14 ch broorpek 1260 39 90 Farnham 1894 25 ch bro pek 2250 49
1028 103 13 do or pek 1105 8 91 1897 28 do pek 2240 35 bid
104 104 25 do pek 2800 3) 92 1900 16 do k sou 1200 = 3
105 105 22 do pek sou 176087 99 Mahalia 1921 12 ch ro pek 1200 3?
106 Welwelwate 108 14hf-ch bro orpek 830 24 102 St. Edwards i930 14 ch broorpek 840 24
109 109 20 do dust 1200 17 106 19386 15 do pek e508
113 X X 113 33 ch bro pek 2300 36bid | 16 Stamford ;
114 114 15hf-ch dust 1140-17 bid Hill 1942 3ih-fch fioweryor
115 Kudagangal 15 14 ch bre pek 1400-81 bid 2 of pek 1700 = 49 bid
116 116 23 do pek 2185 27 107 1945 19 ch or pek 171040
118 117 9 do peksou 810 25 i Povaiast 1948 10 do jek 850 37
120 Blinkbonnie 1:0 341}f-ch bro pek 1870 46 f * }
121 Ravenscraig 121 16 ch or pek 1289 38 bid tenne | 1951 14 ch bro orpek 1390 38 bid
2p) 122 24hf-ch bro pek 1200-89 115 D:hiowita 1069 16 ch sou 1440 26
123 123 19 ch pek 1615 30 116 Thedden 1972 36 ch bro pek . BOLO 87
197 PTN es- 117. Rockside 1975 18 ch sou 1040 28
tate mark 127 22hf-ch peksou 1100 25 | 119 1931 8 do dust 1010021
130 Hanagama 130 40 ch bro pek 4038 34bid | 120 1984 11 do bropek fan 165 88
ae 1 elton a oe eae
2 7 ¢ 709 39 ue 4 x 32
1h euch Ww a Oe be pek ee 33 125 Dunbar 1999 20hf-ch broorpek 1300 44
133 133 17 do peksou 14145 28 126 2002 22 do or pek 105637
146 H, in estate :; 127 2005 15 do bro pek 825-85
mark 146 10 ch pek sou 950 38 Hi Ane, El 2008 27 ch pek 216) 32
iti 7 5 1000 BS 2 f :
148 Pee 148 19 ae py Pek 152034 bedde 2020 23hf-ch broorpek 1196 52 bid
149 149 8 do’ pek sou 720 28 1338 2023 40 do bro pek 1920 44 bid
150 New Valley 150 21 ch broorpek 2100 46bid | 134 2026 34 do pek 1462041
151 151 24 do or pek 2400 41 bid | 135 ., 2629 38 do pek sou 1444 36
152 152 25 do pek 29500 37 134 Macalleniya 2041 17hbf-ch bro pek 935 «= 46
153 158 14 do pek sou 1260 36 140 2044 15 do pek 825 «89
155 NIT 155 18 ch uuas 1800 26 16) pe 27 8 ch ek sou 800-84
159 Charlie Hill 159 15hf-ch pek 750 30 125 Stafford Dis dal 1930 60
163 Harangalla 163 18 ch Ero pek A710 “88') 146 Thevd 2062 19 do pe 171042
164 164 44 do pek 3960 29bid | 149 Theydon oie
165 1635 9 do sou 810 7 Bois 2071 10 ch bro or pek 900 61
166 166 8 do dust 800 17 150 2074 21 ae or pek 168041
167 Harangalla 167 17 ch bro pek 1615 39 151 3 POT? 15 4 e 120034
168 163 28 do pek 2520 3) bid | 155 St. Heliers 2089 13 ¢ roor pek 1300 43
169 16) 10 do dust 1000 «17 156 2092 10 © or pek 8:0 38
188 F LB 183 15hf-ch broorpek 900 29 151 es me = 170 38
184 Annandale 184 16hi-ch or pek g00 s2bid | 159 Gallustain 2101 40hfch broorpek 2200 41 _
185 185 13 do bro pek 754 - 48 160 2104 3L do bro pek 1550 37 bid
186 186 18 do pek S64 2 161 2107 39 do pe 175581
187 187 15 do peksou 795 37 163 Talgaswela 2113 8 ch ro pek 2520 41
196 Hemingford 196 20 ch fans 1700 19 164 2116 39 do pekoe 765 33
197 197 15hf-ch sou 825 26 165 2119 7 do bro pek No 2 770 32
x 166 Great Valley
a Ceylon, in est.
[Messrs. Forbes & Walker.— mark alze 10 nh or pek 909
kK 167 125 2 ~C ro pe 1595
528,922 Ib.) 168 2128 16 ch ek 1440
5 1 y y ‘ 575 oD) 169 2131 9 do peksou 810
5 NewPeacock 1639 zi hf-ch_ pek fans 1375 0 71 3137, 1. do ie: oer
6 G O, in estate 173 Doragalla 2143 20hf-ch broorpek 1100
mark 1642 13hf-ch bro pek fan 1080 33 174 2:46 14 ch or pek 1400
10 Sadamulla 1654 15 ch bro pek 1500 29 ol dvb 2149 17 do pek 1445
amt 1657 17 do pek 1700-28 176 2152 14 do peksou 1190
15 Carberry 1€69 24 ch bro pek 2160 9359 180 Marguerita 2164 2zhf-ch bro pek 1210
16 1672 20 do pek 1:00 3L 181 Anningkan-
AW 1675 9 do peksou $10. 28 de 2167 12 ch bro pek 1329
23 Walpita 1693 22 ch bro pek 2200 39 bid | {82 2170 12 do pek 1200
24 1696 is do pek G00 34 183 2173 12 do pek son 1080
ie 2!6S9 11 do peksou &S0 30 1g4. Tymawr 2176 subf-ch or pek 1350
29 Kakiriskande i711 i0 ch pek 900 32 185 2:79 21 do bro pek 150
32 Nilloomally 186 2182. 42 do pek 1680
O BE C, in est. 187 2185 <4 do pek sou 1430
mark Tiz0gi2e Ch bro pek 2700 aC 189 KCW, inest.
33 1723 18 do or pek 1710 42 bid mark 291 llhi-ch broorpek 715
34 1726 26 do pek 3c60 87 190 Middleton 2194 22 do broorpek 1210
35 1729 21 do pek sou L575 33 191 2197 14 ch or pek 1400
37 Glencorse 7s) 9) elt bro or pek 900 52 192 270 11 do pek 1045
38 1733 17 do bro pek 1530 38 193 HF 2203 27hf-ch bro or pek 1620
39 1741 17 do pek 136033 194 2206 17 do pek 816
40 1744 12 do» peksou SH 198 Amblakan-
58 Strathspey 1793 16hf-ch or pek 76S 52 bid de 22i8 10 ch bro pek 1000
69 1801 13 do bro pek 754 44 bid | 199 9221 13 do pek 1040
60 1864. 20 do pek 9€0 40 bid 200 2224 13 do pek sou 1040
61 Mansfield 1807 29hf-ch bro pek 1740 52 201 Polatagama 2227 54 ch bro pek 4860
62 1810 15 ch pek 1350 39 202 2230 40 do er pek 3000
63 1813 11 do pek sou 880 203 2233 70 do pek - - 5600
64 Meddetenne 1816 52hf-ch bro pek 2860 . 40 | 204 (+236 26 do pek sou 2880
65 1819 20 ch pek 1900; BY 206 Kirklees 2242 9 ch dust 810
66 1822 16 do pek sou 1440 28 207 RG, inest.
67 1895 14hf-ch bropekfans 910 31 — mark 2245 l7hf-ch hroorpek .020
7) Monkswood 1834 24 do bro pek 1320 G5bid | 208 2248 9 ch orpek 855
zi 1837 32 do do 1760 G5bid | 212 HighForest 10 30hf-ch broorpek 1590
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. 3
en ree
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lbs seseses.\P weiob. Box. Pkgs- Name- lb e.
213 13 18hf-ch or pek 810 58 379 Hatton 511 35hf-ch bropek-. 2030 63
214 16 17 do pek 731 46 pe 514 34 ch — pek 2390 39
215 High Forest 19 lvhf-ch broorpek 901 61 oo erie 517 82 do peksou 2560 82
216 2212 do bro pek 792 50 385 Harrington 529 13 do or pek 1300 45
217 25 18 do pek 792 44 Ee See 532 9 do pek 90 24
218 Pallagodda 93 26 ch bro or pek 2600 40 Be oodend 525 22 do bro pek 2099 36 bid
219 31 28 do bro pek 2800 45 oa0 Ril: 538 32 do pek 2040 30. bid
220 34 16 ch or pek 1440 36 300 Hi: e j 541 15 do pek sou 1275 29
221 37 97 do pek - 2160 34 SENG GEE. ceapihen do pek sou 2800 28
222 40 21 do peksou 1s90 80 509) (Pal Ee at do bro tea 7600 3
228 Morankande 58 11 ch bropek 1100 39 08 almerston 550 42hf-ch bro pek 2394 54
229 61 15 do pek 1350 | 82 309 P Li 553 25 ch’ pek 2150 44
234 Galkadua 79 1€ ch bro pek 1600 37 aa Seah an. 568 12 do sou 1260 19
335 79 22 do pek 1870 29 2 Earsices 571 24 do peksou 1920 28
236 82 11 do peksou 935 27 ae Matale 574 45hf-ch bropek 2475 40
233 Killarney §8 s0hfch broorpek 2748 45 Hae 577 21 ch pek 1890 33
239 91 14 ch or pek 11S 46 107, OS Si 580 11 do pek sou 990 30
240) 94 24 do pek 1918. wBP DU bike dee eae elnaue
241 97 8 do peksou 718 33 teal 595 28 do nek 2100 34
242 100 20hf-ch fans 1400 26 rai ante or go no tals Eau eS
244 Arapolakan- ars a Ur is ao pek 1260 31
ae? Pies romek 3000 Ce 41 bide | 4ce wa eee ee ae ae, OF pek 900 4L
245 109 37 do pek 2960 33 re 658 11 do pekt 110037
243 DMV 118 14 ch bro pek 1302 82 ie) AE 661 7 do peksou 700 31
249 121 17 do pek 1360 29 re 670 10 do pek 90-25
258 Kennington 143 19 ch es B50 26 rey ae at de bro pek sou oe a8
259 5 hf-ch = dust 0 ; is
964 Arapolakan- 151 10 a 8 18 437 Tembiligalla 685 32hf-ch bro pek 2100 37
de Frou chin ireipek. 8380) ralibid |) 488 fan pera peeves ch pek 1870 32
265 169 28 do pek 2940 34 “ rubs Hill 706 45 do bro pek 4500 41 bid
270 Mawiliganga- aan 709 32 do pek 3200 39 bid
watte 184 4thf-ch bropek 2-00 34 qa i . 712 35 do — pek sou 2915 31ba
271 187 18 ch peksou 1850 31 * Doranakanda 715 11 do bropek 110034
279 RC W,imestate Gl one 721 8 do peksou (720 28
mark 211 19 ch gou 1583) 17 456 Mapitigama 742 s3hf-ch bropek 1650 35
282 Hornsey ¥20 37 ch or pek 3700.47 ae 745 23 do pek 10352
283 223 18 do pek 7) 49 ne Ci ’ 745 29 do pee sou 1218 28
204 226 10 do peksou 1000-34 geet a 772 18 ch ro orpek 1235 39
292 P 250 5 ch fans 750. 47 nea 775 18 do bropek = 1620-39
293 Castlereagh %53 16 ch bro pek 6u0 * 49 469 778 34 do. pek 2720 30
294 256 15 do or pek 1275.41 aro UPASsaE 781 9 do pek sou 810 2S
295 259 15 do pek 200 36 a assara Gronp781 17 do broor pek 1500 46
299 KP W 271 38hf-ch or pek 2280 33 reas 787 12 do or pek 103040
300 274 26 do bro pek 143033 473 790 16 do pek 1440 37
301 217 71 do pek 3560 30 ao eK ne 793 8 do kek sou 760 34
302 280 17 do peksou 850 27 an nayesmire 811 13hf-ch bro orpek 780 43
304 Nugagalla 286 19 do bro pek 950 43 482 8114 11 ch bropek 1100 40
305 289 47 do pek 2350 31 dsr sTavebiess 820 51 do pek 4335 30
306 Waitalawa 202 70 do bropek 3500 48 ae HESS 835 43hf-ch bropek 236550 bid
307 “95 72 do pek 3600 34 833 25 ch pek 2250 41 bid
308 Wogan 298 34 ch bro pek 3230 43
ate 301 38 we Bee 3230 33
304 28 do ek sou 2240 30
313. Scrubs 313. 22 do bea or pek 2090 58 SMALL LOTS.
ae 316 44 do bru pek 4400 47 =
B) 219 16 do ek 1360 39 <44:
a6 PORE eoueentciccuenI105 055 ; ‘aesamescr en and Villiers.)
317 irrimettia :25 li do unast 990 Zs ot. Xe -*kos. ‘ i a
318 NWD 328 11 do peksou S918 1D aarey, pane oD Ks
319 331, 6 do, fans 750 20 ES TES a rei!
320 334 9 do dust 1404 15 - NS = 335 8
325 Fatiagama 240 19 do pek 1515 34 | 5 Rambodde 5 es Tans 490 23
326 Queensland 352 14 do — unast 1260 27 = Ke Land: 6 1 do dust 90 18
329 onacombe 361 22 do or pek 2200 44 rs HUD Ce is és do fans 60 out
361 38 do bro pek 3800 455 : 7 2 dv unas 3838s out
363 41 oe bet 41.0 36 a ee ey S
364 11 do pek sou 990 34
367 luhf-ch ‘lust 9.0 20 [Mr. H. John.]
Be paater ds. se ae dus’ BY 20 Lot. pkgs. Nane. (3
on-Sea 379 10 do bro pek 950837 3 D 5 ch sou 25
337 385 8 do pek 760 30 4 2 co dust i
34) Ella Oya 394 11 do bro pek 1100 42 5 2 do mixed 19
341 397 11 do. orpek 990 38 8 Ferndale 3 do dust 18
342 440 12° do pek sou 1080 30 14 'I'h resin 2 do bro mix 81
3416 LIreby 412 49 hfi-ch bro pek 2940 8963 15 3hf-ch dust 19
“347 415 33 do» pek 16:0 44 20 Kadeila 5 do cust 18
348 418 12 ch pek sou 108087 24 Mossend 6 ch pek sou 32
349 Fairlawn 421 27 hf-ch bro pek 1850 47 bid | 29 3 do dust 19
350 424 38 ch or pek 1710 = 58 30 Lona 3 do peksou 35
351 4:7 19 do pek W710 2) 387 Sir Thf-ch dust lp
356 Lynsted 44. 13hf-ch pek sou 715 34 34 Yapame 7 ch pek sou 31
353 Chesterford 447 20 ch fans 1800 33 36 Galloola 5 do dust 18
361 457 22hf-ch dust 1760 «18 38 Vincit 5 do peksou 265
362 Geragama 469 20 ch — bro pek 1800 36 39 2» do dust ir
363 463 20 do pek 1800-20 40 2 do
364 466. 9 do pek sou 765 29 4hf-ch sou 548 24
365 Waratenne 469 12 do bro pek 1080 34 54 Cleveland 298 S$ do bro pek 520 45 bid
366 472 16 do pek 1360 29 61 Whyddon 319 3 ch bro pek fans 360 31
371 Carfax 487 13 do bro or pek 1800 50 7. Marakona 319 3 do dust 420 -
372 490 14 do or pek 1260 45 bid | 75 Kyalgolla 361 2hf-ch fans 140 21
373 493 14 do bropek 1260 39 76 . £6: 1 do dust sO 16
374 Dunkeld 496 GOhf-ch bro or pek 3600 44 bid | 77 Anamallai 867 2 do dust 170 17
375 499 12 ch orpek 1144089 86 Little Valley 394 2% do dust rE I
376 502 26 do pek 2340 39 87 PLti Rajah $97 5 ch orpek 400 3g
377 Ingrogalla 505 13 do bro pek 1800 38 89 ‘ 408 6 do pekoe 480 30
378 508 11 do pek 935 2 100 Poilakande 436 2 do pek sou 140 23
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
3 do dust
3 do red leaf
9hf-ch dust
2 do pekNo.2
3 do bro pek fans
2 do dust
5 ch bro pek
7 do pekoe
2 do pek sou
3hf-ch dust
7 do dust
7 ch pek sou
5hi-ch dust
2 ch pek sou
2 do pek dust
1 do dust
2hf-ch pek fans
2 ch pekoe
2 do pekoe
lhf-ch dust
2 ch dust
Somerville & Co.]
Pkgs. Name.
4
Lot. Box,
113 GB 475
114 478
120 Claremont 496
121 499
126 GCM 514
130 Horton Plains 526
131 529
132 532
133 WG 535
137 Bokotua 547
138 550
139 653
140 VC 556
152 R 592
159 N 613
162 Orange Field 622
163 625
164 628
178 P 670
179 .Glassaugh 673
180 Harve 676
181 H 679
182 AK 682
(Messrs.
Lot. Box,
1 SFD 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 Penrith 5
6 F, in estate
mark 6
7 7
8 EF A, in astate
mérk 8
15 CF, in estate
mark tip
16 16
17 17
is , 18
21 D, in es,,ate
inaik 21
22 22
24 St. Catherine 24
25 25
26 26
29 Corfu 29
380 30
34 K, in estate
mark 34
35 35
36 DAL 36
37 Dryburgh 37
41 Honiton 41
46 Hatdowa 46
54 Ukuwela 54
57 Rothes 57
58 58
63 X Y Z, in estate
mark 63
67 Paradise 67
68 y 68
69 69
74 MN 74
76 Warasimure 76
79 79
80 80
84 Mousa 84
85 85
86 85
87 GMS 86
88 88
89 89
91 GW 91
92 92
93 93
106 Agarsland 1L6
118 Kudaganga 118
119 119
124 Ravenseraig 124
145 NSC 125
126 P T N, in estate
mark ‘ 126
228 128
129 129
134 Neuchatel 134
135 135
139 S 139
140 140
W41A 141
142 142
143 D 143
4hf-ch bro pek fans
5 do pek fans
10 do con
3 do dust
4 ch dust
5 ch sou
5hf-ech dust
3hf-ch dust
2 ch pek sou
2 do bro tea
8hf-ch pek fans
3 do dust
2 ch bro tea
1hf-ch pek fans
4 ch pek
2 do peksou
lhf-ch dust
9 do pek sou
1 do ust
3 ch bro mix
2hf-ch dust
6 ch pek
box pek sou
2 ch dust
1 ch dust
lhf-ch dust
6 hf-ch ek sou
en ust
7 ch pek sou
5hf-ch pek fans
do dust
o
3 do dust No. 2
3 ch bro mix
4hf-ch bro pek
2 do bro pek fans
1 do dust
ouch unas
1 do _ bro pek fans
1 do duss
4hf-ch bro pek
1 box
zhf-ch pek
do pek sou
Giga fans
do dust
4 ch red leaf
2 ch dust
5 ch fans
1 do dust
3 ch pek sou
5hf-ch funs
Shfch bro pek
2 do pek fans
1 do dust
3 ch . bro or pek
2 do dust
6hf-ch dust
8 do bro tea
4hf-ch dust
4 do brotea
5 ch bropek
Lot. Box. Pkgs.
144 144 6 ch
145 145 6 do
154 NIT 154 4 do
156 W VT »8 5hf-ch
157 Castlemilk 57 5 hf-ch
168 e 158 13 do
160 Se arene ee
161 161 5 do
162 7 do
170 PK 170 8 ch
171 171 9 hf-ch
191 H T, 1n estate
mark 191 2hfch
192 192 2 do
193 193 4 do
194 9t 2 do
195
Name.
pek
pek sou
unas No. 1
dust
bro mix
bro pek
pek sou
pek fans
1 2
Hemingford 195 10hf-ch pek fans
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.|
Lot. Box. Pkgs.
1 GK 1627 3 ch
2 YD 1630 8 hf-ch
3 New Peacock 1633 5 ch
4 1636 4 hf-ch
7 Kaduruwan-
dola 1645 1 hf-ch
8 1648 1 do
9 1651 1 do
12 Sadamulla 1660 1 do
13 1663 1 do
14 1666 2 do
18 Carbery 1678 6 ch
19 Palm Garden 1681 6 hf-ch
20 1684 6 do
21 1687 3 do
22 Walpita 1690 15 box
26 W, in estate
mark 1702 3 ch
27 1705 3 hf-ch
28 Kakiriskan-
de 1708 3 ch
30 1714 3 do
31 BBB, in est.
mark 1717 7 hé-ch
36 Nilllomally
O BEC, in est.
mark 1732 2 ch
41 Glencorse 1747 2 ch
42 1750 1 do
43 1753 1 do
44 Carendon 1736 2% ch
45 1759 1 do
46 1762 1 do
47 1765 1 do
48 Beverley 1768 3 ht-ch
49 1771 10 do
50 1774 3 do
51 1777 6 do
52 1780 4 do
53 rewardene 1783 4 ch
54 1786 6 do
53 1789 2 do
56 1792 1 do
57 1795 2 do
68 Meddetenne 1828 3 hf-ch
69 K WD, in estate
mark 1831 3 hf-ch
75 Mondswood 1849 3hf-ch
76 1852 4 do
86 BD 1882 2 do
§9 Opalgalla 1891 7 do
93 Farnham 1903 3 ch
94 1906 1 do
100 Mahalla 1924 5 ch
101 1927 4 do
103 St. Edwards 193311 ch
105 1939 12 do
1160 Tavalam-
tenne 1954 7 ch
111 1957 2 do
112 1960 1 du
113 New Gal-
way 1963 7 hf-ch
114 1966 7 do
118 Rockside 1978 4 ch
123 Holton 1993 7 ch
124 1996 4 do
129 DBR ~ 2011 8 ch
130 2014 5 do
131 2017 3 hf-ch
136 Agra Kl-
bedde 2032 4 hf-ch
137 2035 1 do
138 Macaldeniya 2038 8 hf-ch
Name.
red leaf
bro pek fens
bro pek
pek
pek sou
bro or pek
sou
dust
bro pek
pek sou
dust
sou
pek fans
bro tea
dust
pek sou
do
sou A
sou B
bro or pek
bro pek
pek
bro mix
bro pek dust
on or pek
pek fans
dust
pek
pek sov
bro pek
pek sou
pek fans
dust
bro or pek
290
350
640
450
100
100
200
170
600
lb.
24 bid
Lot. Box. Pkgs
149 20:0 1 ch
143 2053 1 do
144 2056 8 hf-ch
147 Stafford 2965 4 ch
14g 2068 1 do
139 Theydon
Oj 2080 8 ch
153 TB, in estate
mar k 2088 2 ch
154 2086 2 do
158 St. Heliers 2093 6 ch
162 Gallustain 2110 4 hf-ch
176 Great Valley
Ceylon , in estate
mark 21384 4 ch
172 - 2140 4 do
177 Doragalla 2155 6 hf-ch
178 2155 4 ch
179 z161 3 do
1s8 BDWP 2188 9 hf-ch
205 Kirkiees 2239 8 ch
209 RG, inest-mark1 7 ch
210 4 5 do
Qi1 7 7hf-ch
223 Wavovlkande 43 3 ch
224 46 5 do
1 hf-ch
225 49 1 ch
1 hf-ch
226 ; 52 2 do
227 Morankande 53 6 ch
930 Gt 6 do
sy! 67 1 hf-ch
232 70 1 do
233 Galkadua 7 a ex
237 8) 1 do
263 Arapolakande 10} 5 ch
242 112 6 do
247 115 2 do
20 DMV 124 4 ch
251 127 2 do
2s LGA 133) 6 “cl
230 Moralioya 14 6 do
261 157 5 do
9G) 160 Ghf-ch
263 Avapoiak nde 163 5 ch
2.66 172 6 do
267 UF ee aka)
268 Mawiligangw-
watte 178 10 hf-ch
3AQ 18! 14 do
27 199 3 de
276 Yatederia Qu? 4 ch
Que £05 4hf-ch
278 sags * do
285 Hornsey 29 4 ch
2 Ue 247 6 ch
298 Castlereagh 2:2 4 do
297 265 5 hf-ch
293 ¥68 3 do
803 IP W Q82 4% hf-ch
211 -Vogan Bak Gein
312 3t0 8 do
bade NEAL 337 1 do
323 Patiagima 343 1 ch
324 346 3 hf-ch
525 Queensland 349 2 ch
an, a $55 2? hf-ch
328 358 10 do
83€ St. Leonards-
on-Sea 382 8 ch
338 388 2% do
339 391 2 do
332 Fairlawn 4.0 12 hf-eh
353 433 3 do
354 Warwick 433 11 do
375 439 1 do
°57 Lynsted 445 6 do
$59 Chesterford 451 7 ch
460 454 7 do
267 Sunnyecroft 475 2 do
368 478 1 do
369 48t 1 «do
370 48: 3 do
382 Hatton 520 3 bf-ch
383 523 3 do
884 Harrington 6526 4 do
394 Palmerston 555 7 ch
395 KEK 559 1 hf-ch
396 56a) Lach
397 Meemorakande565 7 hf-ch
408 Poengalla 598 6 do
412 Aseot 6L0 1 do
413 6138 9hf ch
427 Galapitakaudeé55 9 ch
403 664 1 ch
43. 667 2 do
485 AML 679 5 do
CEYLON PRODUCE
Name.
sou
bro tea
dust
pek sou
fans
pek sou
dust
fans
pek sou
bro pek fans
sou
fans
or pek fans
bro mix
red leaf
bro or pek
pek fans
pek
pek sou
dust
bro pek
Pek
pek sou
dust
bro or pek
pek sou
bro nek fans
pek fan:
bro or pek
dust
bro or pe'x
pek sou
dust:
nek sou
bro pek fans
bro mix
fans
unas
dust
bro or pok
pe sou
du 6
bro or pek
or pek
dust
pek sou
bro pek fans
dust
fans
pek sou
pek sou
fans
dust
dust
pek sou No, 2
dust
bro tea
pek sou
fans
bro mix
dust
fans
bro pek No. 2
dust
pek fans
pek sou
dust
pek secu
dust
bro pek fans
congou
bro tea
pek sou
congou
bro tea
dust
dust
bro tea
bro or pek
pek sou
bro pek
pek
dust
pek
pek sou
bro pek fans
bre or pek
dust
fans
red leaf
SALES. LIST. 5
G Lot. Box: Pkos, Name. Ib. @,
98 426-7; 682 1 do sou 13 17
31 439 Tembiligalla 691 7 do ek sou 952A
18 440 094 2 do dust 160 7
36 443. Dovanakanda 718 6 do pekoe 40-20
22 470 Wolleyfield 721 2 do bio pek 200 87
451 727 4 do
31 1hf-ch pekoe 430 24
| 452 70 2 ch bro mixed 209 17
16 , 43 722 1 do bre mix Spee
93 44 726 2 do fans ge 14
29 455 Mapitigama 789 9hf-ch bro or pek 402 47
24 474 Passara Group796 1 ch fans 75 19
4°91 Knavesmire 817 7 do or pek 644 838
483 823 7 do pek sou 625 28
27 484 826 2 do peksouNo.2 2:0 9%
24 485 829 3hf-ch bropek fans 186 24
19 486 832 3 do’ dust 240 18
23 492 A 850 1 ch dust 150 8619
19 493 P 853 1 do bro tea 100 17
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ee CEYLON CINNAMON SALES IN
7 LONDON.
33 ete => er
25 (Irom our Commercial Correspondent. )
MINCING LANE Dee. 2.
24 “Tnaba Maru”—CHdeS, Kandavalle. 27 bales out at
12 Is; 24b sold at 10d; 15b at 9d; 4b at 84d.
cn CHdeS Rnstoom, 192 pales sold at 1144; 8b at 94d; 5b
9 at 94: 1b at 84d.
16 Ditto Koottariavalle, 11 bales sold at 11d; 9b at 10d;
38 4b nt 9d: 1b at 8d.
17 Ditto Ka‘irane, 8bales sold at 11d; 7b at 10d; 5
#0 at 9d: 4b at 83d.
17 | Ditto Morotto, 6 bales sold at 113d; 4b at 11d; 6b
26 | at 10d; 5b at 9d.
24 Ditto Bagatelle, 9 biles sold at 11d; 4b%at 10d; 2b at
£5 | 9d: 1b at Bd.
28 Ditto Ratmalane, 7 bales sold at 114d; 4b at 10d;
{8 1b st 94; 1h at 82d.
Be Ditto TPW, 6 bales sold at 113d; 2b at 10d: lbat 9d.
98 “Glan Chisholm”— \HdeS Kandavalle, 8 bales out
16 | at 1s; 15b at 10d; 18b at 9d; 7b at 832d ,
CHAeS Salawa, 17 bales out at 1s; 16 bales sold at
a 10d; 7b at 94; 1b at 84d.
a6 Ditto Movotto, 7 bales out at 1s; 9b sold at10d; 9b
97 at 9d; 7h 82d.
19 Dit*o Rustoom, 7 bales sold at 113d; 6b 104d 4bat
18 104; 10b at $a; 3b at 8 2d.
18 | Ditto Kuruwitte. 6 bales sold at 114d; 8b at 11d;
a | 2hat 1124; 11bat 103; 3b at 9d.
a } Ditto Ratmal: ane, 6 biles sold at 113d; 4b at 11d;
18 | Tbh at 10d: 5b at 9a: 4b at 82d.
17 Ditto Koottarinvalle, 5 bales sold at 11d; 6b at 10d;
27 | 6b af 9d; 2b at 8td.
13 “Wakasa Marn’ ’—CHdeS Kadirane, 3 bales sold at
Be | 11d; 6 at109:5 at 9d;5 at 3a.
a5 | CMdeS BK 0 in estate mark, 1 bale 10d; 4 at 11d;
19 5at 9d; 2 at 83d.
18 Ditto Kirripi ttiva, 1 bale out at 11d; 2 bales sold
35 at 104; 8b at 8d: 3bat 94; 1 at 94.
on i . *Antenor’—CHdeS Ratmalane, 3 balesfout at 114d;
7 5 bales sold at, 92d; 6b ot 94; 7b at 8d.
26 Ditto Kandavalle, 1 bale. sold at lld; 3b 93d; 8b
9 | 94d: 6b 81.
19 Dit'o Rustoom, 1 brle’sold at 111; 2 944; 3 9d;4 8d.
37 Ditto Koottariavalle, 1 bale soli at Ge 3 9; d; 3
19 | Oa: 2 8d.
ee Ditto Morotto, 1 bale sold at 11d; 2 93d; 3 9d; 1b 8d.
oF Ditto TPW in estate mark, 1 bale sold at ‘ghd 1b
99 9d: ib 8d.
98 Ditto TPW in estate mark, 6 bags sold at 9d; 6 bags
18 81d cuttings; 6 bags 817; 6 bags 8d clippings.
16 “Pyrrhus’ _GHdes "Ratmalane, 12 bales out at 1s;
mi 6b ont at 11d.
54 CHdeS Rustoom, 14 bales out Is.
a7 Ditto Kandavalle, 6 bales out at 1.
3 “Pyrrhus” C HdeS, Morotto, 9b ontat Is; 5
z page out at lid: CH de Ss, Kootariawelle, 10b out at
ae “Hatachi Maru” AS GP in estate mark, Kadirane,
30 | 7b sold at ls 5d; 1 parcel sold at 1s 5d; 6b’ sold at 13
4) 13 8d; 6b sold at 1s 4a; 6b sold at 1: 3d; 6b at 1: 9°:
18 ' 13h mG bales sold at 11d; 6b sold «+ TOLIT AK
BS - at 10d; 6b at 944; 6b at 10d; 2b’ at 94d; 13, af Si
8b at Sd;1 boxsold at 94d. z ia
AS GP in estate mark, 8 bags sold at 8d.
“ Sarpedon” AS GP in estate mark, Kudirane, 4 bales
out at ls 6d.
“ Derbyshire’ AS GP in estate mark, Kadirane,
4 bales and 1 parcel ont at 1s 6d. :
“Derbyshire” AS GP in estate mark, Kadirane,
6 bales suld at 9d.
‘Rome’ F'§ K in estate mark, Kadirane, 5 bales sold
at 1s2d;2b soldat 1s 2d; 5bsold at is 1d; 2b sold at
9d; 3b sold at 84d; 3b sold at 8d; 1 box sold at 1usd.
FS WS. in estate mark, Kadirane, 3 bales sold at 1s
3d; 4b sold at1s 2d; 5b sold at 1s 1d; 9b sold at 9d; 3b
and 1 parcel sold at 8d; 1 box sold at 104d.
FS W'S in estate mark, 1b sold atis 4d; 1 bale out at
1s 3d; 4b sold at 183d; 7b sold at 1s 2d; 6b sold at 1s 1d;
8b sold a tls; 4b sold at 9d; 6b sold at 84d; 4b sold at
8d;1lboxzse at 103d.
‘Rome ’—#£SK, 1 bag pieces, 1b cuttings, 5b
clippings, 1b pieces and clippings; 1b cuttings and
clippings and 2b clippings sold at 9d per bag.
“ Derbyshire” —JDISR, in estate mark, Kaderaae,
8 bales and1 parcel sold at 1s 3d 8bsold at 1s 2d; Yb
sold at 1s 2d; 8b sold atls; 2b sold at 10j}d.
Horahena Estate, JDSR in estate mark, Kaderana
plantation,1 bale sold at ls 2d; 1b and 1 parcel at
1s 1d; 5 bales sold at 1s ld; 5b sold at 1s; lb sold
at 104d; 4b sold at 11s; 2b sold at 10d.
JR KP in estate mark, 12 bales sold at
11d;
9b 74d; 6b 8d.
J Kadirane, 3 bales sold at 11d; 3b 10}d; 4b 93d;
114d; 19b
1 box 1044,
JDSR in estate mark, 12 clippings and 1 pieces
sold at 84d.
“ Clan Fraser ’’—-I°SK Kiderane, 11 bales sold at Is.
“Pindari’’—F'S WS North Kadirane, 14 bales sold
at ls 2d; 28b 1s 1d; 24b 10d.
“1xion’’—DF in estate mark, Ekelle Plantation,
12 bales sold at 114d; 13d out; 2 bigs sold at 10d.
Ditto, ODFA, 26 bales out at 14d; 6b sold at
94d; 44b out,
Ditto, O Hkelle Plantation, 6 bales sold at 8d;
20b at 83d; 4b at 74d.
Ditto, B, 20 bales out
26b at 844; 4b at 73d.
Ditto, ©, 20 bales ont at 11d.
at 11d; 50b sold at 9d;
15b 101; 18b 95d; 135 9d; 4b 83d; 17b Bd; |
Ditto, DFC in estate mark, Ekelle Plantation, 50 ,
bales out at 9d; 26b out at 84d; 4b sold at 74a.
‘« Staffordshire’’—CPJ 764 in estate mark, Ukelle
Plantation, 20 bales out at 114d; 26b sold at 84d; 4b at.74d.
at Antenor’’—DNPS in estate mark, Ekeile Pian-
6tion, 33 bales out at 114d; 17b out at1lld; 2Ob cut;
b, sold at 93d; 50b at 9d; 16b out; 3Ub sold at
84d; 32b at 8d; 24b at 741; QVb at 73d; 6b at 8d.
“Clan Chisholm’—DNPS in estate mark, Ekelle
Plantation, 20 bales out; 50b out at 95d; 26osold at
8id; 4b at Tad.
“Pindari’’—PNDS in estate mark 44b out at 10d.
“Patroclus ”—DHSA 1 in estate mark Ekelle Plan-
tation, 6 bales sold at 83d; 6b at 8d.
‘“ Clan Maclean’”—AP & Co, Gangarouwa, 6 bales
sold at 8d; 2b at 74d; 13b at 7d; 11b at 60; 3b at 5h.
CINNAMON BARK.
‘Wakaas Maru’’—LO Jin estate mark, .20 bags
sold at 4d.
“Patroclus’—WHD & Co, Ekelle Plantation, 23
bales sold at 1s; 2b at 73d; 1b at 7d.
“Clan Drummond ”—CHde§, Morotto, 6b sold at 10d.
“Clan Cameron ’’—CHdeS, Kuruwitte. 9b out;
‘“ Shropshire ’—14 bags out.
“Austria ’—AL1 in estate mark, 49 bales out at
9d; AL2 79b sold at 74d; AL3 48b cut at 7d; AL
4 66b out at 64d; AL, 4b out at 83d.
“ Hakata ,.Maru’’—MM1 in estate mark, 6 bales
out at 85d; MM2 lib out at 7d; MM3 10b ont at
7d; M M 4 6b and 1 parcel ont at 72d.
* Patroclus”’—ARN, 1 Hikelle, 4 bales out at 93d;
OAR, 16 bags out at 8kd; ditto 1, 14b ont at 83d
ditto 2, 1b out at 63d,
_ “Wakasa Maru ’—Cinnamon chips, DB & Co. 293
in estate mark, 160 bags out at 43d. ;
“ Pindari ’—LiM in estate mark, 5 parcels sold at 6d.
“Austria “—SUM1, in estate mark, 8 b:les out at
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CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
93d; SLM2 12b out at 94; SLM3, 10b out at 74d;
SLM4 6b out at 54d; SLM5 1b ont at 44d.
“Kamakura Marn '’SLM1 in estate mark, 2 bales
sold at 54; 1b 7d; 2b 5$d; 5b 59d.
“Clan Maclean ’’—AR1, 3 bales sold at,94, 7b at 6}d.
“ Patroclus '’"—OARN, 14 bales out at 81d; LARN
7b sold at 63d; 14b 7d.
“ Salazie’’"—1AR, 20 bags sold at 74; 29bat 7d;
5b 334-d; 1AR 1 bale soldat 7d; 2AR 3 bales sold at
7d; 3AR 4 bales sold at 7d.
“Clan Fraser ’’—PBM, 23 bage out, 33 bales out.
se oe Maclean "’—A and Co., Ekelle, 26 bales sold
at 9
AS DD, in estate mark, Kadirane Plantation, 12
bales sold at 9d.
“Derbyshire”’— M R, in estate mark, Kadirane
Plantation, 9 bales sold at 1ld; 3lb 9$d; 20b 83d;
8b out at 83d; 18b 8d; 7b 74d.
“ Pinda1i’’— M R, in estate mark, Kadirane Planta-
tion, 16 bales out at 11d; 15b 84d; 7b 8d.
* Hakata Maru’”—M, in estate mark, Mahawatta
Plantation, 4 bales sold at 10id; 6b 10d; 5b 94d
7b 84d; 3b 84d; 1b 74d.
“Tantalus "—M, in estate mark, Mahawatta Planta-
tion 1 bale sold at 1; 2b 11d; 18b 10d; 84b 1lud
19b 83d; 9b 81; 3b 7db.
“ Clau Buchanan” CS DA, in estate mark, Kadi-
rane Planta ion 1898; 2 bales sold at ls 366 lld 9b
10/d ; 9b 10d ; 3b 9d; 1b 8s ;1 74d.
“‘ Nestor’’—J F L D, in estate mark, Ekelle Planta-
tion 1898, 5 bales sold at 1s 24; 3b 11gd; 1b 1lld-; lb
419519 Skas Ly 74d jd parcel/7éd ;. lb Vd; 46 qads') 1043 bb Sadakb Ghd; Ob tid; Ab Te
“Patroclus”"—O §S D A, in estate wark, Ekell
Plantation 1893, 1 bale sold at 1s 1d; 2b 16; 7b 11a
l4b 10d, 7b90d;4b84,+4b 7id 2b 7d 3b ont at 1s 24
1b 1s; lb 1lld; 1 sold at 10d; Ib 9d; 1b 84; lb 7d
2 bales out 1s; 3b Is.
M, Mahawatte Plantation, 40 biles ont at 94d; 50b
87d ; 30b 8d; 9b 744,
“ Sindon ""—M, Mahawatte Plantation, 16 bales out
,at '1d; 12b 103d; 17b 10d; 12b 93d; 7b 83d
“Clan Chisholm’’—M, in estate mark, Mahawatte
Plantation, 3 bales out at ls; 5b 11d ; 20b 11d; 2b sold
at 84d ;10b at 74d.
“Clan Forbes’—M Mahawatta Plantation,
1s 21; 9b sold at 113d; 11b out at lid; i2b
ditto, 4b 91; 1b sold at 8d.
‘*Pindari”—M Mahawatte Plantation, 16b at 114,
30b out at 10d; 43b out at 9d; 1b sold at 74d.
“Ores es’’—M London ditto, 6b ont at 114; 18b out
at ld; 13b out at 84d; 3b sold ut 8d; 14b 7$d.
“Kanagawa Maru”—C P 684 J, Ekelie, in’ estate
mark, 12b 10d; 8b s ld at 941; 189 84d; 4b $d.
“Olan Macdonald”—C P 684 J, in estate mark, 3b
9 b
Nd;
| 10d; 4bsold at 9d.
Clan Mackay ’’—ditto, 14b 81; 2b sold at 744.
“ Wakasa Maru ’’—C S DA, Ekelle, in estate mark,
Ib out at 1ld; 3b sold at 8d; Ilb 744; 1 bag 7d
ditto, J F LD, in estate mark, ditto, 4b 1s 2a; 2k
sold at 1s; ditto, 1b 11d; 1b sold a! 101; ditto, 3b 9d;
4b sold at 83d; ditto, 2b 73d; 1b sold at 7d; ditto, 7
bags at 4d.
“Hakata Maru”—M L M, in estate mark, 3b Tid
5b sold at 64d; ditto, 70 53d.
“ Salazie’”—M LM, in estate mark, 6b 73d; 12b
sold at 7d: ditto, 18b 53d; 11b sold at 5d.
* Pindare "“—16b 64; 15b sold at 5d.
“Port Elliot’ —M L M, in estate mark, 10b 73d;
6b soldat 7d; ditto, 6b 64d; 26b sold at 5d.
“ Orestes ’—M L M, in estate mark, 28b 5d.
“ Sarpedon ”"—J '[, in estate mark, 3b 74d; 14b sold.
at 5d.
‘‘Clan Maclean” —M L M, in estate mark, 25b 33d
2b sold at 3d; ditto, 30b 34d; 23b sold at 2d.
“Patroclus ”—CSDA in estate mark, 1 bag sold at
53d; 2b 5d 6b 43d; 2b 32d; 30b 4d.
“ Nestor’’—JFLD in estate mark, 2 bags sold at 7d.
“Clan Chisholm”—6 bags sold at 64d; Ib 5d.
“Thamba Mara’’—13 bales out; 30 bales ont.
“Nesior’—DMDS in estate mark, 20 bales out at
Is; 75 bales sold at 9d; 18b 84d; 62b Sd; 255 73d;
20 bags 31d; 56b 32d; 3b 44d.
“Oratava’—GDC Ekelle, 19 bales sold at 115d; _
48b 10d; 51b 9d;°24b out; 5b sold at 8d; Qb 72d; 1
box sold at 10d. :
“ Wakasa Maru”’—CPJ816 in estate mark 199 bags ont_
a ee eS
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS.
TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES.
NO. 1
Cotompo, JANUARY 9, 1899.
Price :—12} cents each 3 copies
30 cents; 6 copies } rupee.
Lot. Box. Pkgs.
2 New Anga-
mana 859 15hf-ch
862 16 do
5 868 18 do
6 Suduwella 871 8 ch
11 Carlin Vally 8386 8 ch
12 8389 9 do
13 s92 8 do
17 Anningkande 904 14 ch
18 907 i3 do
19 Deaculla 910 43 hf-ch
20 913 23 do
2L Tymawr 9'6 28 hf-ch
22 919 48 dp
23 922 28 do
27 Devonford 93+ 22 hf-ch
28 937 12 ch
29 BDW 949 18 ch
35 J yegrove 958 13 ch
37 Ella Oya 964 13 ch
38 937 14 bf-ch
39 Rowley 970 19 hf-ch
40 973 27 do
42 Middleton 979 19 hf-ch
43 982 22 do
44 985 18 ch
45 988 14 do
46 991 14 do
47 994 13 do
48 RW W in est.
mark 997 11 ch
49 Hayes 1000 113 hf-ch
50 Hayes 1003 43 do
51 1006 5L do
a2 Frex 1000 19 ch
53 1012 12 do
54 1015 14 do
58 Ingoya 10:7 6 ch
64 K A, in est.
mark 1045 ch
65 10:8 17 hf-ch
67 Ismalle 1054 16 ch
71 Glengariffe 1066 31 hft-ch
72 1069 27 do
73 1072 13 do
74 1075 1L ch
78 Serubs 1087 10 ch
79 WG 1090 9 ch
80 Hamingford 1093 i0 hi-ch
81 Dunkeld 10696 11 hf-ch
82 Monkswood 1099 24 hi-ch
33 1102 32 do
84 1105 38 ch
85 1108 14 do
87 Theydon Bois 1:14 8 ch
88 1117 12 ao
92 Avoca 1129 7 ch
95 A, in estate
wark TFS Te Chi
96 Shrubs Hill 1141 52 ch
97 1144 24 do
100 Lauderdale 1153 8 ch
11l Rowley 1186 20 hf-ch
112 1189 20 hf-ch
113. Agia Oya 1192 11 ch
1l4 1195 14 do
115 1198 9 do
117 1204 12 do
118 St. Heliers 1207 19 hf-ch
119 1210 15 ch
125 Mousakelle,
Maskeliya 1228 23 hf-ch
126 123L 13 ch
127 1234 15 do
131 Cooroondoo-
watte 146 2Lhf-ch
135 Grange Gar-
den 1258 22 ch
136 1°6L 18 do
137 Kelaneiya and
Braemar 1264 24 ch
188) 5 1267 15 do
139 1270 15 do
COLOMBO
SALES OF TEA,
LARGE LOTS.
[Messrs. Forbes & Walker.—
481,265 Ib.)
Name.
pek sou
pek
or pek fan
bro or pek
pekoe
bro or pek
bro pek
pek sou
pek
bro pek
pek
red leaf
bro pek
pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
or pek
bro or pek
pek
bro or pek
or pek
pek
pek
bro or pek
pek
bro pek
or pek
pek
lb.
2200
180)
2040
150)
1500
62
withd'n.
49
44
37
27
5 bid
46 bid
28
62
withd’n.
39 bid
251 I
Box.
Polatagama 1285
12838
Polatagama
Weoya
Weoya
Maha Uva
Ruanwella
Dammeria
DM
Dea Ella e
Erracht
Kirklees
Great Valley
Ceylon, in est.
mark 1405
1408
1411
1414
1417
1423
14°6
1441
1444
1447
1450
1453
1489
1468
1477
1483
1486
1489
1492
1495
1498
1501
Clyde
Seenagolla
Inverness
COEB
VOA
AG
Torwood
1504 10
1413
Wevekelle
C, in estate
mark
Strathspey
Walpita
Agra El-
bedde
Naseby
Tonacombe
Gallustain
Telbedde
Talguswela,
Sandara Eliya
Ella Oya 1627
1630
1633
1657
1€60
1663
1669
1672
Dunbar
Gallawatte
Pkgs.
15 hf-ch
8 ch
14 hf-ch
15 do
a eeh
23 hf-ch
45 hf-ch
20 do
18
20
Zé
°
do
hf-ch
ch
do
88 hf-ch
10 do
2
15
16
10
vi
21
29
15
22
Name. lb.
bro pek 3990
or pek 700
pek 6205
pek sou 3060
dust 2550
bro pek 4050
pek 2240
pek sou 1680
fans 1200
dust 700
bro or pek 1040
or pek 1800
pek 1995
or pek 2805
bro pek 1700
pekoe 2970
pek sou 1260
bro or pek 1920
or pek 1100
pek 160
unas 300
dust 770
or pek 800
bro pek 1440
pek 3120
pek sou 1040
bro pek fans £00
pek fans 720
bro or pek 1440
or pek 1600
pek 1520
y pek 1080
bro pek 3025
pek 1350
pek sou 810
bro pek 2430
pek 2250
pek sou 900
bro pek 2300
or pek 760
ek 1140
bro pek 2035
pek 2160
dust 1800
bro tea 700
pek sou 1170
bro tea 900
bro or pek 1000
bro pek 2070
or pek 1512
do 1260
pek 1760
pek sou 1040
dust 700
dust 305
bro tea 800
or pek 720
pek 720
bro pek 2200
bro or pek 1196
bro pek 2835
pek 1100
or pek 1209
bro pek 2000
pek 2700
pek sou 310
bro orpek 1375
bio pek 1°50
pek 1125
bro pek 721
pek 760
bro pek 2700
pek $50
pek sou 850
or pex 5500
pek 2214
pek sou 1920
bro or pek 6456
bro pek fans 700
bro or pek 5520
bro pek 1500
or pek 1440
pek sou 900
bro or pek 850
or pek 1080
pek 2320
bro pek 1425
pek 1870
Cc
9 09 OO
bo orn SS
44
8 bid
bid
bid
bid
bid
bid
2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ip, ©. Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib, «¢
274 Maldeniya 1675 7 ch broorpek 735 43 17 Koorsoloo- :
Bis 1678.9 “0, _.er ek ae galla 17 9 ch _ bro pek 900 386 bid
276 168L 12 ido ek 50%) 19 Ravana 19 26hf-ch bro pek 130042
280 Putupaula 1693 21hf-ch bro or pek 1260 44 “i 20 20 26 do k 117085
281 1696 51 ch bropek 4385-38 bid | 99 Narangoda % 40 ch bropek 4000 38
282 1699 41 do pek 3075 82 23 23 21 do pek 1890 28
283 : 170216 do peksou 1120 28 26 Carney 26 31hf-ch bro pek 1560 39
286 GO in est. 27 2 38 do pek 1710-31 bid
mark 1711 22 hf-ch ek fans 1320 83 28 28 14 do pek sou 770 28
287 Stamford Hill1711 36 do 0. or pek 1800 58 82 “Lenach 32 58hfch bro pek 3190 40
288 1717 20 ch or pek 1800 44 33 33 2 ch pek 1890 33
289 1720 11 do pek 935 By 34 34 18 do k sou 1530 20
294 KP W 1755 16hf-ch or pek 960 41 42 B 42 6 ch ust 840 20
295 1738 51 do ek 256 3) 44 Minna 44 20hfch broorpek 1300 46 bid
299 Penrhos 1750 18 do ro pek 964 50 45 45 24 ch or pek 2160 «48
300 1753 17 do pek 1360 85 rr ‘488, do... pek 72) 38
304 Castlereagh 1765 18 ch ro pek 1880 50 37 47 8 do peksou 720 85
305 1768 18 do or pek 1530-42 49 DS, inestate
306 1771 18 do pek 1440-34 mark 49 Qhf-ch dust 765 17
315 Hornsey 1798 31 do or pek 310043 52 Mipitiakande 52 37hf-ch pek sou 1480-27
316 1801 18 do pek 1800 40 54 Ukuwela 54 27hf-ch broorpek 1485 381 bid
317 * 1804 10 do pek sou 1009 87 55 55 39 ch bro pek 3900 30 bid
318 Battalgalla 1807 10 do pek sou 1000 37 56 56 Bl ch pek 3100 28
321 Glencorse 1816 9 do bro or pek 900 49 By - 11 do pek sou 1100 26
322 1819 17 do bro pek 1530 39 58 58 17hf-ch_ bro pek fan 1190 24
323 1822 14 do pek 1190 38 63 Kelani 63 25 ch bro pek 20 «40
324 1825 9 do pek sou e 720 29 64 64 15 do bro or pek 1500 41
335 Pambagama 1858 10 do sou 800 27 65 63> 11 do pek 935 33
333 Marguerita 1867 22hf-ch bro pek 1210 52 bid 67 67 9 do sou 763 28 .
330 BDWP 1870 14 do broor pek 840 withd’n 68 Deniyaya 68 565 ch bro pek 5500 38 bid
340 Ingrogalla 1873 8 ch pek 800 41 69 69 15 do ek 1500 34
348 Dunbar 1882 23hf-ch bro pek 1265 36 74 D 74 6 ch ust 700 «418
344 DBR 1885 10 ch sou 800 30 75 Mahatenne 75 14 do bropek 1400 = 35 bid
347 Norton 1894 20 do bro pek 2120 38 76 78 9 do pek 900 29 bid
an Ar fey 20 do pek 1840 BD 77 77 9 do pek son 855 27 "
34 in est. 4 79 Etti 79 8 ch bropek 760 = 81 bi
mark 1900 15 do bro pek 1500 43 bid Le wid 80 11 do - 28 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ce.
368 1933 2 do bro pek dust 240 32 1 PL 685 1box unas 35 32
361 1926 4 do dust - 660 21 2° PT 683 6hf-ch bro pek 330 9-32
373 Doragalla 1972 11 hf-ch bro or pek 605 «1s - 52D) 697 3 ch sou 285 26
376 1981 5 do peksou 400 44bid 9 Maskeliya 709 5 do pekKsou 50034
377 4 i984 3 do orpekfans 210 38 10 712 2 do sou 20 ©6330
383 Waratenne 2002 8 ch peK sou 6800 27 11 715 2 do umas 200 99
396 Longford 2011 8hf-ch dust 480 6:19 718 2hf-ch dust 189 19
416 Rowley 2101 3 do dust 150 («18 su 480 0-25
18 Keenagaha Ella 736 6 ch
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. 5
Lot. Box, Pkgs. Name. IJ). ec.
19 739 6hfch fans 390 £9
20 742 1 do dust 1060 7
23 Ben Nevis (ole Sacchi pekoe 680 36
27 «Kila 763 8™do pekce 680 32
29 769 2hf-ch fans 10 20
30 772 5 do dust 425 18
37 Kanangama 793 2 ch covgeu JE0 16
48 Rondura 826 4 Jo dust 480 1s
69 Hattangalla 8&9 /7 do pek sou £05 27
75 North Pundal-
oya.LD 907 8 do ek sou €80 20
"6 Cleveland 910 &hf-ch bro pek 520 46
80 Warleigh 922 4 do dust 340 19
$3 K,in est. mark,
Baputale 931 10 do or pek 340 34
93 Morabela 961 3 ch sou 308 3
96 Myr: ganga 910 6hf-ch bro orpek 360 £9
29 979 8 do aust €80 18
102 988 2 ch pekoe 170 v1
113 Patails 21 d1bf-ch tbroor pek 56 43
114 24 2 do bro pex 126 22
16 Q7eodo: pekce 150 2
117 6a) en2iach unas 168 os)
118 36 4 do congou 2564 15
119 39 5hf-ch fans 300 13
120 42 8 do dust €80 8
121 ES 45 8 ch sou 640 17
122 HE 48 8 do sou 640 15
123 W 51 3 do pek sou 250 22
129 Weligoda 69 7 do bro pek 330 ~»—«16
130 72 3 do
1hf-ch unas 245 18
132 MG 78 8 do bro pek sou 480 32
186 WHR 90 38 ch dust 300 1y
142 Romania 108 3 do ek sou 300 g
143 111 5 do 10 pek fans 325 18
145 S 117. 9 do red leaf 675 li
148 Gampai 126 7 do pek sou 609 28
149 129 10hfch broorpek 660 389 bid
150 132 2 do dust 180 18
151 ASS leech red leaf 100 18
164 Sinna Dua 144 8 do pek sou 656 28
165 147. Lhf-ch dust 90 18
CEYLON COFFEE SALES IN LONDON,
(rom Our Commercial Corresponden.)
Mincina Lane, ‘Dec. 9.
“Malta”—Pitaratmalie 1, 1 tierce sold at 108s; ditto
2, lcasksold at 95s; ditto S, 1 berrel sold at 60s; ditto
2, ltierce cold at 95s; ditto PB, 1 barrel cold at 90s.
PRMT iu estate mark, 1 barrel sold at 43s.
“JSumnea’’—Standard Co,, St. LT in estate mark, 1
barrel sold at 21s,
CEYLON CARDAMOMS SALES IN
LONDON.
“Tiaos”—Mark PBM, 11 cases out at 23 9d; ditio 1,
lcase cold at 5c 11d; ditto2, 1 case sold ab 8s 4100;
dtto 3, 1 case sold at ds 10; ditto seed, 1 case sold
ai 33 10d.
t‘“Antenor’—HGA Malabar 9 cases sold at 23 5d.
“Clan Chisholm’”—HGA Malabar, 3 cases ont; 2
ditto, Long, 2 cases out.
“Clan Drummonda”—HGA inestute mark, long car-
damoms, 3 cases ont at 2s.
“Nestor”—KK™M in estaie mark, 2
2s 6d. -
“Wenelaus’’—HGA in estate mark, Mysore, 3 cases
soldout at 2s 6d.
cases oub at
«
Clan Drummond’—PA« Co., Malabar, 4 cases out
at 2s.
“Arabia”—CML in estate mark, 5 cases out at
28 11d.
“Nestor’—W CS in estate mark, 3 cages out.
“Txion’”— OPEC in estate mark, Naranghena AAA,
3 cares sold 2s 9d; ditto AA, 3 cases sold 2s 6d; ditto A,
2 cases sold at 28 20; ditto BB, 5 cases sold 2s 14d;
1 bag sold at 3s 1d; 1 beg cold at 2s 8d. OBEC in
estate merk, Denekande O, 2 cases sold at 28 11d.
lensesolad at 1s 11d; OBEC in estate mark, 2 cases
scold at 2s 2d; 1 case cold at 1s 9d; 1 at 2s 6d, NMin
esiate murk, 1 case sold at2s 6d.
“Asia’'—EGA in estate maik, Malabar, 11 cases
sold at 25 20, :
“City of Cambridge’’-—AL 1, Mysore, 3 cases sold
at &s $d. :
“Bullionisi”—G in estate mark, 4 cases cut at 3s.
“Orestes’’—Mairk X 1, 4 cases sold at 3s 4d.
“Pindari’—Dryburgh 1, 4 cazesout at 8s 1d.
“Tistorien’—UG in estate mark, 10 cases sold 2s.
“Austria”—A 1, Malaber, 4 cares out.
‘Patroclus’’—ALZ, 2 cases sold at 2s 6d.
“Hector’—HLZ, 2 cases cold at 1s 6d.
“Clan Grant’’—2 MLM, in estate mark, 2 cases sodl
at 1s 9d; ditto S and B, 2 cases sold at 1s 9d.
“Nestor ’—Mark D Kobo Mysore O, 6 cages sold at
3s 10d.
“Staffordshire’—Cottaganga A, 4 cases out at 2s 9d,
“Sarpedon”—Mark Nigala 2,1 box out at 28 2d.
“Patroclas’—AL 1, Mysore, 2 caces out; 1 bag out.
Se SS ey
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON
“Antenor’—Mark Yattawatte1, 93bags out at 71s
6d; ditto2, 11 bags sold at 60e; ditto broken, 1 bag
cold at 60s; ditto 1, 2 begs sold at 60s 6d.
“Wakasa Maru’’—LOA in estate mark, 38 bags out.
“Antenor’—MLM in estate mark, estate cocoa, 109
begs out at 70c; OM in estute mark, estate cocoa, 20
begs out at 70s; MO in estate mark, estate cocoa, 20
bags ont at 70s.
“Clan Chisholm”—MM in estate mark 21 bags out
at 70s; Min estate mark, 5 bags out out at 70s,
“Cian Maclean’—C MLM in estate mark, 4bags
out at 70s.
“Sarpedon”’—MIM in estyte mark, 74 bags out at 70s.
“Orestes’”’—S in estrte mark, 67 bags out at 70s.
“City of Vienna’’—CEC in estate mark, Mahaberia
OF, 2 begs cold at Tle; ditto IF, 2 begssold at 62s;
ditto O, 3 bags sold ai 71s; ditto 1, 1 bag sold at 62e;
ditto 2, 1 bag sold at 40s.
“fxion”—Mark ORG, Mahaberia OF, 6 bags sold at
71s 6d; ditto O,7 begs out, :
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CEYLON COFFEE SALES IN LONDON.
(From our Commercial Correspondent. )
Mincinc Lank, Dee. 16.
“Malta’—Mark Gowerskellie F, 1 barrel sold at
11Ge; ditto 1, 1 cesk sold at 108s; ditto 2, 1 cask end
l tierce sold ut 1028. GKE, 1 tierce sold st 40s; diita
PE, 1 barrel sold at 403. GKEPinestate mark, 1
bug out.
Agig”’—W UCT in estate mark, 1 barrel out,
“Pyiam’—Fairfela T, 1 tierce oul.
“Port Eliict”— 1 BM in esteie mark, 226 b: gs o
at 70s.
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Prick :—124 cents each 3 copies
30 cents ; 6 copies 3 rupee.
Pkgs.
18 hf-ch
30 do
19 hf-ch
Somerville & Co.-
162,484 lb, ]
Pkgs.
5 ch
6 ch
17 hf-ch
12 do
22 hf-ch
10 ca
do
18 She ch
10 ch
13° ch
90 ht-eh
23 do
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NO. 2 Cotomspo, JANUARY 16, 1899.
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA, Lot. Box.
—_————_ 172 Sinna Dua 663
LARGE BONS 173 Myraganga 666
175 SW 672
176 675
(Mr. EH. J ohn — 217,293. ] 177 Glentilt 678
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. C 183 Mount Temple 696
4N 159 12 ch broter. 1560 20 iS 8
10 Rookwood 177 25hf-ch bropek 156 eae
ys ~~ 705
(Venesta) 1625 53 loz 708
all 1lo0 16 ch pekoe do 1760 41 1
12 183 27 do pek sou
(Venesta) 2430 38 per anys
13 Shannon 186 5lhf-ch bro pek 2856 ©6440 bid
14 189 24 ch — pekoe 2160 © 34 (Messrs.
15 192 13 do pek son 1040 29
17 Cleveland 198 20hf-ch or pek 1000 58
18° 201 24 do pekoe 1152. 42 Lot Box:
19 St. John’s 201 35 do bro or pek 1960 64 : 7
20 207 24 do or pek 1152 6, 2 Glenrhos 202
21 210 29 do pekoe 1450 46 4 Ivies 204
24 Agra Ouvah 219 36 do or pek 1944 45
28 Loughton 231 41 do bro pek 2255 36 5 205
29 234 74 do } 2koe 3700 3 8 Rambodde 208
30 237 49 do pek sou 2205 29 9 209
32 Rondura 243 ie ch © or pek 1330 940 10 210
33 246 do pekve 2970 32 14 Razeen 214
35 AgaQOuvah 252 a hf-ch broorpek 6590 51 15 215
36 255 20 ch or pek 2080 47 16 216
37 258 10 do pekoe 950 46 21 Forest Hill 221
38 Glasgow 261 54 do bro or pek ay 53 22 222
39 264 18 da or Bek Ui 51 30 Lower Dickoya 230
40 267 12 do eko 12 0) 47 3l 231
41 Ben Nevis 270 25 hf-ch noeern orpekl2.0 53 3> Yarrow 235
42 273 13 cH or pek 1170-46 Be 236
46 GT 285 9 do sou S1p 33 7 237
47 288 9hf-ch dust 855 19 39 NCG 239
48 AR 291 13 do dust 974 20 40 240
55 GB 312 12 do fans 960 38 44 Bogahagods-
58 NP 321 17 do dust 1360 19 watte 244
59 AgraOuvah 324 48 do broorpek 3120 60 45 245
60 327 12 ch or pek 1248 Bd 47 Woodthorpe = 217
62 333 8 do pek sou 720 37 48 248
63 336 11 do pekfans 1650 30 49 249
65 Poilakande 342 54 do 52 Warakamure 252
Jhf-ch bro pek 5430 9-35 53 253
66 345 38 ch pekoe 247531 54 254
69 Oonoogaloya 354 43 do bropek 4300 44 55 255
70 337 29 do pekoe 2320-34 56 ; 256
71 ‘ 260 1L do peksou 990 33 59 Penrith 259
74 Bellongalla 369 41 do pekoe 2870-31 61 A 261
75 372 21 do peksou 1260 28 62 262
76 Lona 375 36hf-ch broorpek 2160 65 63 263
77 378 18 ch or pek 180051 71 Amtalawa 271
78 38 1L do pekoe 990 49 72 272
81 Warakamura’ 390 11 hf-ch bropekfans 770 29 73 : 273
82 Brownlew 393 32 do broorpek 1760 51 73 San Cio _ 275
83 396 35 do or pek 1820 46 73 Dalhousie 278
84 399 41 ch pekoe 3690 = 38 79 279
85 402 25 do pek sou 2125 36 80 280
86 405 10 do bropekfans1000 39 81 i 281
87 Ottery 408 26 do bro or pek 26v0 49 bid | 86 Honiton 286
88 Digdola 411 16 do broorpek 1440 29 87 287
39 414 24 do pekoe 1920 = 38 88 283
90 417 8 do bro pek fans 800 36 91 Mossville 291
91 Eadella 420 36 do bro pek 3600 37 94 California 294
92 423 36 do pekoe 3240 32 95 295
93 426 26 do pek sou 1600 29 140 Primrose Hill 300
94 Maskeliya 429 20 do bro or pek 2000 46 104 Tiddydale 304
95 432 18 do or pek 1890 42 105 305
96 435 10 do pekoe 1000 36 106 306
102 YK 453 10 do bro pek 1050 ~=—-.30 119 Bidbury 319
115_ Koslande 492 29hf-ch bro pek 1740 43 120 820
116 495 21 ch pekoe 1890 34 121 321
119 GW 504 19 do pek sou 1710 36 122 3.2
122 413 26 hfch dust 2340 19 123 Polpitiya 323
125 PD p22ueaeach 124 324
lhf-ch pekoe 765 38 125 325
127 Glentilt 628 23 ch bro pek 2300 49 127 Henegama 827
129 634 11 do pekoe 1100 45 132 Glentaffe 332
132 Harrow 543 19 do bro or pek 1235 49 bid 133 333
134 549 20 do pekoe 2000 41 131 HT, in estate
13¢ Sinna Dua 555 21hf-ch bro pek 1260 89 mark 334
abe 558 11 ch pekce 34 135 Mousakande = 335
1466S 583 14. do pek sou 17 1387 Kanasingha-
apo Murraythwaite 597 19 do bro pek 38 patna 337
161 600 19 uo pekoe 82 138 338
152 603 12 do pek sou 29 139 339
162 Birnam 633 33 do pek sou 33 140 340
164 K,in est. mark, 144 S44
Haputale 639 32 do bro pek 3040 84 bid | 149 Siriniwava Say
165 Myraganga 642 s6hf-ch bro pek 2300 35 150 350
166 645 21 ch pekoe 1785 B2 151 351
Name. lb.
bro pek 1080
bro pek 900
or pek 1104
bro mix 928
bro pek 1400
bro or pek 1334
or pek 2585
pekoe 2325
pek sou 1770
or pek fans 710
Name. Ib.
dust 725
sou 1100
dust 900
bro pek 1210
pek 1350
pek sou 950
bro pek 700
pek 8380
pek sou 720
pek sou 1080
pek 1079
bro pek 1848
pek 1006
bro pek 1900
pek - 3250
fans 730
or pek 900
pek 832
bro pek 1330
per 1035
bro pek 800
pek 960
pek sou 880
bro or pek 950
bro pek 2300
pek 2660
pek sou 1980
bro pek fans 980
dust 1650
bro pek 2880
pek 2720
pek sou 960
bro pek =: 1184
pek 1800
pek sou 1084
bro mix 840
or pek 800
bro pek 1375
pek No.1 1845
pek No.2 150u
bro pek 2185
pek 1280
pek sou 112%
dust 935
pek 855
pek sou 780
pek 720
bro pek 1300
ek 2070
pek sou 1530
bro pek 1000
pek 1040
pek sou 9.0
fans 960
bro or pek 1800
pek 1992
pek sou 990
bro pek fans S0U
bro tea 770
pek dust 1440
pek 890
pek 1079
or pek 4500
pek 2706
pek sou 2640
bro or pek 4340
bro or pek 8782
bro pek 1900
pek 2185
pek sou 1980
7 bid
0219 0 Ls Oo 0
~ ow son
240
19 bid
22 bid
31
43
40
35
44 bid
43 bid
39
32
93
3 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. e. Lot. Box. pkys. Name. Ib. ¢.
155 GM 355 12 ch bropekfan1200 31bid | 130 RCH, inestate ;
167 Salawe 367 7 ch bro pek 735 = (8B mark 277 12hf-eh bro or pek en
168 368 8 do pek 760 32 f fans 618 withd'n.
169 369 16 ch peksou 1440 30 186 Hemming- , :
170 37) 22 do unas 2090 27 ford 295 20 ch fans 1700 25
173 Rayigam 373 34 do bro pek 3740 89 127 Amblakande 298 8 ch bro pek 800 40
174 ; 374 14 do or pek 1260 36bid | .38 201 10 ds pek $0 82
175 375 26 do pek 3240 84 139 3C4 15 do ek son iz” 29
176 376 15 do pek sou 1330 20 155 Castlereagh 352 19 ch bro pek 1900 49
177 Hatdowa 37719 ch bropek 1805 86 bid | 156 355 18 do or pek 15300041
178 378 23 ch pek 1840 1 157 358 18 do jek 144036
179 379 22 do peksou 1813 28 162 Beaumont 3738 25 ch bro pek 2625 | 48
1 hf-ch 163 376 34 do or pek 2924 36
180 380 7 do bropekfans 700 32 164 ba, 379 14 do pek 1288-33
183 GM 383 30hf-ch bropek 1650 34bid | 168 Maviliganga-
186 Darty 386 11 ch _ bro tea 990 26 watte 391 23hf-ch broorpek 1219 44
188 383 20 hf-ch fans 1400 21bid | 169 304 15 ch = or pek 120036
189 G 339 42hf-ch bro pek 2310 383bid | 170 397 63 do bro pek 5035 8
190 Blinkbonnie 390 86hfi-ch brv pek 1980 46 171 400 38 do pek sou 235029
191 391 16 do pek 720 42 172 403 Shf-ch dust 70 WW
192 392 16 do pek sou 720 84 176 VOA 415 %* ch bro tea 770 26
177 Ingurugalla 418 8 ch bro tea 960 18
126 L, in estate
Cte ae ee we mark 427 14 ch bro tea 1274 %
184 Maragalla 439 17 ch bro pek 1904 42
Messrs. Forbes & Walker.— 185 442 20 do pek 2000 34 bid
186 445 13 do pek sou 1170 29 bid
398,908 1b.) 187 Farnham 448 36 hf-ch bro pek 2160 49
u 188 451 34 0 pe 1870 2
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. e. ie is4* 81) do Ske ach + 4
1 Walton 2140 17 ch bro pek 1904 4\ibid | 397 Cotswold 478 16 ch ro pek 1600 46
2 2143 20 do pek 2000-35 198 481 17 do pek 153 36
3 2146 13 do peksou 170 31 213 Polatagama 526 28 ch bropek 2800 41
4 Kalkanda 2149 9 ch ro pek 900 32 214 529 81 do or pek 2480 39
5 2162 13 do pek 1170.29 215 532 35 do pekoe 3150-82
14 Vathalana 2179 36 hf-ch broor pek 2160 37 216 535 16 do Ex sou 136028
16 2185 19 ch 1 pek 1615 385 bid | 217 Weoya 538 24 ch oro pek 2160 39
17 2188 16 do pek 1280 32 218 541 18 do pek 140031
18 Vogan 2191 43 ch bro pek 4035 44 219 544 9 do k sou + 7.0 2
19 2194 67 do pek 5695 33 20 HF 547 25hf-ch bro orpek 1440 48
20 2197 15 do peksou 1200 29 222 Maha Uva 553 11 do broorpek 715 48
22 Kitulgalla 2203 14hf-ch bro pek 840 938 223 556 25 do or pek 1500 48
23 2206 10 ch pek 800 34 224 559 15 ch pek 1425 39
28 Holton 2221 33 ch bro pek 297089 939 Morankande 604 12 do bro pek 120 08641
29 2224 17 do pek 136082 240 607 16 do pes 1440-82
30 2227 9 do pek sou 720 29 242 Bargany 613 45 hf-ch roorpek 2475 47
33 Harrington 2236 25 ch or pek 2500 46 243 616 15 ch ed 1425 39
34 2238 17 do pekoe 1700 40 245 Pallegodde 622 ¥0 do ro orpek 2000 40
37 Roeberry 2248 24 ch bro pek 2640 51 246 625 21 do bro pek 2100 48
38 1 20 do pek 2000 38 247 628 15 do or pek 1350 38
39 4 11 do pek sou 1056 37 248 631 2L do pek 1680 35
40 Fairlawn 7 %0hf-ch bro pek 1000 52 249 634 15 do pek sou 1350 39688
41 10 27 do or pek 121541 250 High Forest 637 25hf-ch broorpek 1526 63
42 3) abe ‘chi pek 1350 38 251 610 26 do or pek 1196 56
46 Nillomally,O BC 252 €43 23 do~ pek 101245
in estate 268 Penrhos 691 15hf-ch or pek 720. &
mark 25 17hf-ch bro pek 1088 41 bid 69 694 20 do bro pek 1120 49
47 38 29 ch pek 2465 35bid | 270 697 22 do pek 1870 36
49 Cooroondoo 279 Knavesmire 724 14 do or pek 1330 44
watte 3L 2thf-ch pek 1050 34 280 727 19 do pek 17100 35
51 Mousakelle 40 36hf-ch bro or pek 19:0 47 281 730 22 do pek sou 1760 31
52 43 12 do or pek 1200 88 234 Doragalla 739 13hf-ch brocrpek 78) 46
53 46 10 do pek 1000 36 285 742 28 ch or pek 2800 44
87 Kirindi 58 1L ch bro pek 1109 46 236 745 35 do pek 2975 36
58 1 61 15 do pek 1280 34 287 748 10 do pek sou 800 31
59 64 14 do pek sou 1120 31 288 751 10hf-ch bro mix 700 28
62 Agra Elbedde 73 35hf-ch bro orpek 1760 49 239 Geragama 754 10 ch bro pek 900 «40
64 ’ 79 30 do pek sou 1200 34 290 757 17 do pek 1530 32
67 W, inestate 291 760 9 do pek sou 765 29
mark 88 7 ch pek 700 29 292 Waratenne 763 10 do bro pek 950 383
74 Norton 109 26 ch bro pek 2756 33 bid | 293 766 10 do pek 900 32
75 112 20 do pek 1840 33 294 Hayes 769 27hi-ch broorpek 1350 46
77 118 5 do dust 815 19 295 772 20 ch or pek 1800 40
84 BDW 139 10 ch fans * 10C0 30 296 775 15hf-ch pek 1500 Sh
92 Agraya 163 13 ch bro pek 1300 - 47 297 778 60 do pek No.2 3300 43
93 166 14 do ~ or pek 1190 39 308 Middleton 811 43hf-ch broor pek 2365 58
94 169 13 do pek 1179 34 309 814 82 ch or pek 3200 51
95 I7z °8 do pek sou 720 30 €16 817 24 do pek 2160 45
98 Dalukoya 181 13hf-ch broorpek 770 43 311 820 9 do pek sou 810 39
99 ‘JSt 18 do or pek 990 39 313 Ambragalla 826 60hf-ch broor pek 3600 42-bid
100 187 13 do pek 715 34 bia 315 Hatton 841 20 ch bro pek 2000 62
102 Stisted 193 53 do bro pek 3445 42 319 844 81 do pek 2635 39
103 196 12 do pek 720 34 327 HGM 868 9 do bro or pek 765 44
104 199 16 do pek sou 920 31 328 871 16 do bro pek 1280 37
107 Naseby 208 84hf-ch bro pek 2036 50 bid 329 874 18 do pek 1584 36
108 211 22 do pek 1197 48 330 877 14 do pek sou 1196 30
109 214 23 do pek sou 1334 38 332 883 8 do bro pk fans 720 32
110 217 14 do dsust 1316 27 348 Erracht 931 25 do bro pek 2000 40
1li WN 220 25 ch bro pek sou 2250 32 « 349 934 8 do or pek sud 40
112 223 25 do bro tea 2150 26 350 937 49 do pek 3675 34
113 Hornsey 2296 16hf-ch fans _1280 26 351 949 25 do pek sou 1875 80
114 Battalgalla 229 13 ch pek sou 1300 37 352 943 16 do bro pek fans 1600 34
1146 WVRA 235 19hf-ch fans 1425 Hil 857 Doranakande 958 16 do bro pek 1600 35
125 Roeberry 262, 7) ch fams 770 21 bid 372 Scrubs 1003 41,hf-ch broorpek 2050 48 bid
126 Gampaha 265 14hf-ch pek fans 1269 20 bid 373 1006 59 do ~-bro pek 2950 41 bid
127 Malvern 268 30hf-ch bro pek 1650 54 37 1009 29 do pek 1305-37
125 271 20 do pek 1400 38 375 1012 31 do pek sou 1395 34
129 274 17 do pek sou 1190 36 4 376 1015 18 do br or pEfans1260 27
Lot.
[Messrs. Forbes & Walker.]
Lot.
6
Kalkanda
Ugieside
Osborne
Cool Bawn
Vatbalana
Vogan
Kitulgalla
BA
Harrington
Fairlawn
F L, in estate
mark
Cooroondoo-
watte
Mousakelle
MK
Kirindi
Agia Elhedde
W, in estate
mark
Sr. Edwards
Norton
Opalgalla
Agra Oya
Ratnatenne
Stisted
Battalgalla
CLC
BDWG
MN
Woodlands
Ingrogalla
ING
Castlereagh
Beaumont
E H, in est.
mark
Ingurugalla
Dromoland
IG
sss
Farnham
Cotswold
BDWG
HE
Morankande
Bargany
Box, Pkes.
SMALL LOTS.
Box. Pkgs.
2155
2158
2161
2164
2167
2170
2173
2176
2182
2200
2209
2212
2215
2218
2230
2233
2242
2245
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3 hf-ch
2 ch
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13 hf-ch
3 do
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Name.
lb.
Name, Ib.
pek sou 690
bre pek dust 110
do do 120
dust 320
bro mix 400
pek 89
sou 76
fans 114
ov pek 264
dust 480
pek sou 160
sou 42
dust 350
pek fens 195
dust 240
bro or pek 448
pek sou 180
dust 218
pek sou 540
dust 170
bro mix 200
bro pek 500
pek sou 200
sou 400
dust 240
red leaf 200
sou 15)
dust 90
ek 585
pek fans 204
dust 144
pek sou 95
bro mix 290
bro or pek 549
bro pek 495
ek 660
pek sou 324
congou 95
pek 18
dust 588
fans 160
dust 260
pek fans 120
dust 160
fans 640
pek sou 693
bro pek 36
unas 150
dust 90
fans 134
fans 90
dust 230
bro mix 200
bro pek 300
pek 240
pek sou 170
sou 3820
dust 240
do No. 2 115
red leaf 95
pek sou 400
fans 420
dust 160
dust 272
pek sou 110
fans 360
bro mix 56
red leaf 360
dust 170
pek sou 450
red leaf 176
bro tea 103
pek fons 490
do 51
dust 75
bro tea 44
bro pek No. 1 50
pek No. 1 93
pek souNo.1 40
pek sou 540
sou 80
dust 170
cust 180
pek 624
bro or pek 400
pek sou 630
dust 540
Cc.
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name.
258 Horagaskelle 661 8 do bro pek
259 664 9hf-ch pekoe
260 667 11 do pek sou
261 670 1 do bro mixed
271 Penrhos 700 7 hf-ch pek sou
272 103% 5 do fans
277 Hopton W382 a5 ch bro pek
278 Knavesmire 721 1U hf-ch bro or pek
282 TEB Ban fans
283 736 Shf-ch dust
312 Middleton 823 5 do dust
314 Grace Land 829 7 do bro pek
315 832 9 do pek
316 935 6 do pek scu
317 838 3 do bro tea
320 Hatton 817° 3 ch pek sou
326 HGM 865 17 boxes br or pk tipo
331 880 4 ch dust
333 Ceylon, Mata-
kelle 886 2 do pek
334 889 2 do bro mix
335 892 3hf-ch dust
336 895 1 ch fans
353 Erracht 946 5 do pek fans
354 949 2 do dust
355 Pantiya 952 3 do red leaf
356 955 5 do dust
358 Doranakande 961 6 do pek
359° 964 7 do pek sou
360 967 3 do bro pek fans
361 970 2 do dust
(Messrs. Somerville &
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name.
1 Glanrhos 201 7 ch sou
3 203 5 do sou
6 Ivies 206 7hf-ch fans
NG 207 3hf-ch fans
11 Rambodde 211 lhf-ch dust
12 212 4 do fans
13 AN 213 Shich dust
17 Razeen 217 2hf-ch _ pek fans
18 218 1 do dust
19 WD 219 4 ch dust
20 Forest Hill 220 Shf-ch or pek
23 223—7 do fans
24 Gingranoya 224 4hf-ch dust
32 Lower Dickoya232 2 ch pek sou
33 233 5 sks. red leaf
BES 234 3hf-ch dust
38 Ukuwela 238 6 ch bro tea
41 NCG 241 3 eh pek sou
42 242 lhf-ch dust
43 243° 2 (ch fans
46 Bogahagoda-
watte 246 5 ch pek sou
50 Woodthorpe 250 2 ch sou
51 251 lhf-ch du3t
57 Warakamure 257 lhf-ch dust
58 Penrith 258. Ich pek
6) 260 1 do bro tea
64 A 264 2 ch bro pek No. 2
65 265 2 do pek No. 2
66" 266 2 do pek lou No. 2
74 Ambalawa 274 14hf-ch pek fans
76 San Cio 276 Shf-ch_ red leaf
77 77 3 do dust
82 Dalhousie 232 10 hi-ch bro pek fans
83 283 7 do dust
St Adel 284 2hf-ch bro mix
85 235 2 do unas
89 Honiton 239 2 ch dust
90 Mosville 230 1 ch bro pek fans
92 292 4 do red leaf
93 California 293 6 ch bro pek
96 296 1 do pek dust
97 297 2 do red leat
98 GTA 298 2hf-ch dust
99 Primrose Hill 299 11 do bro pek
10L 301 S ch pek sou
102 302 lhf-ch red leaf
103; ADJ 303 3 ch bro or pek
1 hf-ch
w7 SW 307 5 ch pek fans
108 308 2 do pek dust
115 Galatott. 315 Shf-ch bro pek
116 316 6 do pek
117 317 4 do pek sou!
118s WW 313 Lhf-ch dust
126 Polpitiya 326 1 ch dust
128 Henegama 3828 4 ch dust
129 329 2 do bro mix
136 DD 3386 1 ch fans
141 Ranasingha-
patna 341 Shf-ch bro pek fans
lb,
150
G00
490
100
8S
256
100
360
19
4 CEYLON PRODUCE ‘SALES LIST.
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ¢ Lot. Box. Pkgs:; Name. Ib c.
142 342 65hf-ch dust 45 19 44 GT 279 2 ch bropek 190 §=35 '
143 343 1 ch _ red leaf 1000.19 45 282 4 Go pekoe 380 0= 29
145 M LT, in es- 49 MN 294 Ihf-ch dust 89 «618
tate mark 345 1 ch bro pek 76 30 50 297 7 de sou 350 «2B
146 346 Lhf-ch pek 62 28 51 300 2 do fans 231 28
147 347 1 do pek sou 57 26 62 GB 303 8 do bropek 460 —=s 81
148 348 1 do dust Th. adh 53 306 5 ch pekoe 400 = 80
152 Siriniwasa 352 lhf-ch sou 45. 47 54 309 «5hf-ch cust 400 «17
153 353 8 ch bro pek fans 270 28 56 815 6 ch sou 450 80
154 854 2 do dust 300 17 57 318 <4hf-ch bro mix 320 20
156 Ratuville 256 1 ch bro pek 100 «29 61 Agra Ouvah 330 7 ch ekoe 665 41
157 357 Lhf-ch pek 42 24 64 339 =©66 hf-ch ust 594 19
158 358 3 ch pek sou 28021 67 Poilakande 348 4 ch k sou 340 489-27
159 M 359 1Lhf-ch bropekfans 650 32 68 351 7hf-ch bropekfans 540 19
166 K 366 5 ch pek sou 435 («18 72 Oonoogaloya 363 5 ch fans 600 26
171 Salawe 371 2 ch pek fans 209 25 73 366 2hf-ch sou 16 29
172 372 4 do dust 600s «18 79 Iona 384 2 ch sou 199 39
181 Hatdowa 381 1 ch dust 132 «17 80 387 4hf-ch dust 320 25
182 382 3 ch unas 194 26 97 Maskeliya 438 5 ch pek sou 500-87
1hf-ch 98 441 1 do sou 100 31
184 Dartry 384 1 ch bro pek 160 33 99 444 4hbf-ch dust 360 19
185 385 1 do pek 90 30 100 447 2 do fans 100 82
187 887 6hf-ch dnst 510 17 161 FH, inest.
193 Blinkbonnie 393 2hf-ch dust 150 18 mark 450 1 ch red leaf 80 12
194 AT 394 2 ch pek dust 266 15 bid | 103 YK 456 4 do sou B44 19
195 V W 395 3 ch pek dust 399 15 bid | 104 459 $3 do dust 495 16
196 Z 396 2 ch _pek dust 266 15 bid | 110 Orwell 477. 1hf-ch dust 7.18
197 BCD 397. 2 ch pek dust 266 15 bid | j11 480 2% ch congou 192 2s
com 112 483 1 do red leaf 73 6
113. N’Oya 486 lhf-ch dust 42 #618
114 489 6 ch sou 492 = 18
[Mr. EH. John.] 117 Koslande 498 8 do peksou 300 20
- Ib 118 501 1 do ‘ans T1084
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. gos 10 GW 5072 bt = bro sate 148 a
Wilicoda 150 3 ch _ bromix 300 «13 12) 510 7 do fans 525
153 1hf-ch dust co (14 123 SH 516 3 ch pekoe 315 34
3 MC ‘156 8 ch redleaf 630 18 124 519 1 do pek sou 105 31
5 Akkara Totum 162 7 do bro pek 630 35 126 PD | 525 3 do pek sou 296 82
165 7 do pekoe 630 27 130 Glentilt 537 6 do peksou 540 . 37
1 168 1 do peksou 90 22 131 640 7hf-ch fans 560 8633
8 171 1 do _ fans 100 =32 133 Harrow 546 5 ch orpek 500 «45
9 174 1 do dust 10 =«s-118 135 552 3 do pek sou 300 35
16 Shannon 195 2hf-ch dust 160 19 125 SinnaDua 561 6 do peksou 468 8929
22 St, John’s 213 14 do peksou 67241 139 564 2hf-ch dust 180 18
23 216 8 do pek fans 520 38 140 567 2 do red leaf 120 «21
25 Rookgalla 222 7 do bropekfanms 498 25 147 NN 585 5 ch peksou 493 out.
26C A, inest. mark 225 2 do pekoe_ 108 32 148 G, in est. mark 591 4 do pek sou 32000 «15
27 B, do 228 4 ch _ pekoe 324. 29 149 G ., 594 8 do keou 68s 17
31 Loughton 240 Qhf-ch dust 450 20 153 Murraythwaite 606 6hf-ch bro pekfans390 97
34 Rondura 249 5 ch dust 600 22 154 609 2 ch = dust 300 16 :
43 PK 276 Thf-ch bro pek fans 527 32 163 Elston 636 3 do cengou 300-22
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKs.
NQ, 38
CoLoxzo,
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA.
LARGE LOTS.
{Mr. Hi. John. —225,629.]
Lov. Box.
4 Harrisland 720
5 723
6 726
9D 733
10 738
14 Lameliere 750
15 753
16 756
1g Uda 762
19 764
20 ‘ 768,
21 MountTemple 771
22 774
23 U7
26 Glasgow 786
27 789
28 792
29 795
30 793
35 Lameliere 813
36 816
37 819
39 Maryland 825.
40 825
48 Vincit 852,
49 856
50 858
52 Theresia 864
66 MTP, 3 4,in
-est. mark 876
57 j 879
58 MTP, 12, in
; est. mark £82
59 885
60 Koslande &88
61 891
64 Glassaugh 900
65 903
66 906
67 Little Valley 909
68 912
73 N 927
74 Nahavilla 930
75 933
77 939
81 Glassaugh 951
82 594
83 957
84 960
88 Poldua 972
39 975
‘92 Templestowe 954
93 987
94 990
$7 999
98 Whyddon 2
99 5
100 8
101 1L
121 Mount Temple,
Lot No.(A) 71
123 WK 77
124 80
128 Bellongalla 92
129 95
135 Dickapittiya 113
136 116
138 Chapelton 122,
150 Gampai 153
152 164
163 Myraganga 197
164. 200
165 203
166 206
168 212
169 215
170 218
172 Mount Temple 224
173 997
1i4 250
177 Gangawatte 239
178 242
179 245
180 248
li
do
do
10 hf-ch
16
do
Name. lb.
bro pek 1400
pekoe 728
pek sou 1200
bro pek 932
pekoe 1350
bro pek 2412
pekoe 2790
pek sou 1440
bro pek 1512
pekoe 1440
dust 702
broorpek 901
or pek 987
pekoe 1120
or pek 1430
broor pek 4800
pekoe 1330
or pekfans 1600
pek sou 1200
bro pek 2412
pekoe 2700
pek sou 1440
bro pek $40
ekoe 800
ro pek 1710
pekoe 1260
pek sou 1260
bro pek fans 1000
bro tea 1200
dust 1000
sou 1830
pek dust 1680
bro pek 1740
pekoe 1890
bro pek 2970
pekoe 2520
pek sou 1870
bro pek 1800
pekoe 2430
dust 720
bro or pek 280
or pek 1500
pekve 1900
bro pek 5445
pekoe 3780
pek sou 850
dust 1530
bro pek 1800
pekoe 1400
bro orpek 2945
or pek 2250
pekoe 2790
dust 880
bro pek $10
or pek 1120
pekoe 810
pek sou 720
pekoe 1199
bro or pek 1560
pekve 1049
bro pek 900
pekoe 1059
bro pek 3000
y 2kve 3500
dust 720
or pek 1150
pek sou 720
bro pek 6160
bro or pek 2090
pekoe 5940
pek sou 2520
dust 850
fans 700
bro pek 3885
broor pek 954
or pek 940
pekoe 1050
or pek 1560
bro orpek 910
pekoe 2000
pek sou 1140
TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES.
40
34 bid
29
15 bid
28
28 bid
40 bid
80 bid
80 bid
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
183 SA 250 "5, chi dust 725
184 Kotuagedera 260 31 do bro pek 3220
185 263 17 do pekoe 1530
1933 NK 287 14 do sou 1120
20 Harrow 311 19hf-ch broor pek 1235
202 North Pundal-
oya, LD 314 14 do or pek 700
203 317 14 do bro or pek 770
204 320 13 ch pekoe 1170
205 323 10hf-ch dust 750
209 Troup 335.12 ch bro mix 1200
211 SW 341 43 hi-ch or pek 2064
212 344 13 ch broorpek 975
213 347 26 do pekoe 2210
214 350 6 do bro mix 708
215 'S 353 17 do bro pek 1615
[Messrs. Somerville & Coa.--
278,539 lb, ]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
5 Hemingford 5 16 ch sou 1040
8 8 22hf-ch fans 1760
15 GMA 15 lthf-ch fans 800
18 Fairfield 18 20hf-ch dust 1500
21 GA 21 17 hi-ch dust 1360
24 HIS 24 22hf-ch -pek sou 1320
z5 Gartmore PEP SPADE N unas 3630
26 L 26 Qhf-ch dust 720
28 Neuchatel 28 46 ch bro pek 4600
29 29. 16 do pek 1360
30 20.15 do pek sou 1275
34 Minna + 39hi-ch broor pek 2535
35 35.,.42 ch or pek 3780
36 36 20 do pek 1800
37 27 16 do pek sou 1440
41 Galphele 41 365 hf-ch bro pek 1980
42 42 46hfi-ch pek 2070
43 43 30 do pek sou 1340
46 Mary Hill 46 16hf-ch bro pek 896
50 Eilandhu 50 9 ch bro pek 900
51 : 51 8 do pek 760
53 X Y Z, in estate
mark 53 32 do bro pek 5200
54 54 78 do pek 7020
55 5511 do pek sou 990
56 56 7 do dust 709
59 St. Catherine 59 19 ch bro or pek 1791
62 FE F, in estate
mark 62 20hf-ch bro pek 1109
63 63 18 do pek 900
77 Moragalla 77 13 ch bro pek 1300
7 78 20 do pek 2000
79 79 16 do pek sou 1600
SL Kerenyvilla Sle.8 ch bro pek sou
82 &2..8 do pek 760
88 Mahatenne §8 12 ch bre pek 1200
89 89 12 do pek 1230
91 Mousa Eliya 91 16 ch bro pek 1680
92 92. 9 do or pek 900
95 RCTB, ines-
tate mark 95.11 ch bro pek 1155
97 97 13 do pek 1235
93 98 12 do pek sou 1024
99 Glenalla 99 16 ch bro pek 1600
160 100 16 do pek 1440
1¢4 Mousakande 104 11 ch bro pek 1023
105 105 23 do pek 2070
103 Logan 108 14 ch dust 2100
118 Ettie 118 10 do pek 950
119 119 12 do pek sou 1140
23 Harangalla 123,13 ch bro pek 1235
124 124 38: do pek 3060
125 125 11 do funs 1100
126 126 $8 ch sou 729
13t Monrevia 134 20 ch bro pek 300)
136 136 29 do pek 2810
137 137,.8 do pek sou 720
151 C F, in estate
mark 15t 10 ch pek Sat
156 D, in estate
mark 1566 S$ ch bro pek 800
157 157. 19 do pek 1420
165 Mahaousa 165 zlbf-ch dust 1785
166 P’Dodda 166 12 ch bro or pek 1197
167 Donside 167 32 ch bro pel 3200
168 163 24 do pek 2040
169 169 32 do pek sou 2560
JANUARY 23, 1899.
Price:—124 cents each 3 copies
30 cents ; 6 copies 4 rupee.
15
34 bid
40 bid
29
49
41
41 bid
35
19
27
46 bid
36 bid
35 Lid
29 bid
30 bid
ce.
28
24
29
23
16
28 bid
34
17
39
33
30
52
43 bid
37 bid
35 bid
41
35
20 bid
40 bid
38
29
39
35
3
16
3s
3
30
37 bid
31
27
34
28
38 bid
20 bid
28 bid
33
39
30
27
35 bid
30 bid
37 bid
30 bid
2)
26 bid
25 bid
40 bid
32 bid
37 bid
2s bid
x6
32
29
29 bid
43 bid
3L bid
17
33
38 bid
36
30
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2 CEYLON PRODUCE) SALES LIST, OF sae oA
“
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. oc. {| Lot. Box. Pkps. Name. Ib. c.
171 Ferriby 171 37 ch bro pek 3330 37 bid | 100 E 1315 l4hf-ch bro or pek 700 36 bid
172 172, 63 do pek . 4240-30 103 1324 16 ch. orpekfans 960 30
173 172 21 do pek sou 1575 28 104 1827 18 do dust 975 17
177 Roseneath 177.19 ch bro pek 1900 3g bid | 105 Gallawatte 4330 20 ch bro pek 1900 «40
178 178 10 do pek 800 33 106 1333. 33 do 2005 33
182 Kosgahahena 182 8 ch ro pek 889 BL 107 1336 12 do sou 1020 «38
183 183 10 do "aoe 1000 27 113 Tymawr 1354 31hf-ch broorpek 1660 569
Ae Walahandua 196 43 ch rv pek 4300 35bid | 114 1357 26 do or pek 1700
197 197 18 do pek 1620 33 116 1360 46 do pek 1840 46
200 Wallasmulle 220 10 ch bro pek 1000 37 116 1363 29 do pek sou 1365 38
204 Wilpitiya 204 22 ch bro pek 2200 33 bid | 117 1266 10 do dust 750 «619
205 205 23 do pek 2264 118 1369 16 do fans 960 32
206 206 9 do ek sou 810 8 119 Bambrakelly 1372 19hf-ch bro pek fan i330 34
215 Kurulugalla 216 10 ch ro pek 1000 §=638bid | 120 1375 14 do dust 1120 19
216 216 26 do pek 2340 33 122 133i 19 ch unas 1995 33
217 217 8 do peksou 720 28 123 Meddetenne 1384 29hfch bro pek 214500 4
225 Ingeriya 225 47hf-ch bro pek 2256 48639 124 1387 16 ch pek 1620 BB
226 226 42 do pek 1932 32 125 1390 8 do pek sou 720 06=— 8
227 227 48 do peksou 1978 29 138 Mahalla 1414 15 ch bro pek 1500 = 33 bid
228 228 22 do bro pek fans1320 30 bid 134 1417 12 do pek 1200 31
231 Kudag? nga 231 382 ch unas 82 28 135 1420 9 do _ sou 900 «28
235 Koladeniya 235 9 ch bro pek 810 32bid | .38 Ella Oya 1429 13 ch ro pek 1x00 42
236 236 9 do ek 765 139 1432 11 do or ye 990 «= 88
243 New Valley 243 «18 ch ro or pek 1800 650bid | 140 1435 12 do pe 960 Be
244 244 16 do or pek 1600 42bid | 112 1441 11 do orpekfan 748 382
245 245 29 do pek 2:00 38 is5 St. Leonards-
246 246 12 do pek sou 1130 36 on-Sea 1450 13 ch bro pek 123538
1 hf-ch 147 1456 10 do k 900
219 219 18 ch unas No. 2 1800 26 148 Monkswood 1459 20hf-ch bro pek 1650 67
251 Orion 251 12hf-ch fans 1404-28 149 1462 21 do or pek 1050 G4
261 Annandale 261 18hf-ch broorpek 864 69bid | 150 1465 41 ch pek 4100 =U
262 262 24 do or pek 1200 60 11 1468 15 do _ sou 1350 «42
263 263 26 do pek 1248 = 48 156 Glengariff 1483 3é¢hf-ch bro pek 1602 = 44 bid
264 264 22 do peck sou 1144 38 157 1436 40 do or pek 2000 «= 38 bid .
281 Marigold 281 27hf-ch bro pek 1485 49bid | 158 1489 14 ch pek 1400 86
288 Hangranoya 288 8 ch broorpek 935 385bid | 159 1192 9 ch = ypeksou 747) 833
1 hf-ch 172 Nahalma
289 289 28 ch bro pek 2800 40 (Venesta :
290 290 35 do pek 3300 32bid packages) 1531 41hf-ch bropek 2542 42 bia
291 291 28 do pek sou 2710 28 173 1534 34 ch k 2992 cS
1 hf-ch 174 1537 15 do pek sou 1290 30 .
299 PEN 299 9 ch bropekfans 941 16bid | 175 1540 19 do sou 188428
1 hf-ch 181 Bismark 1558 6 ch
308 Dartry B 308 14hf-ch dust 1050 16 2 box dust ¥70 Ww
309 Yarrow 309 43hf-ch bropek 2408 88 bid | 183 W PF, in estate
310 310 59 do pek 2950 36 mark 1564 17 ch congou 1631 27
184 Kelaneiya and
onu Sie Braemar,
- Maskeliya 1587 22 by, bro ml pok 1870 58
185 1670 21 do or 2100 41
Messrs. Forbes & Walker.— 186 1573 18 do pe 1308 37
604,961 |b.) 193 Mansfield 1594 48 hf-ch bro pek 2640 60 bid
ropes Ee 185 1600 it do bek ‘wo
. 195 ll do ek sou 5
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. jhe Sua 198 160810 do al 4
7 OSS, in est.' ; 197 MeemoraOya 1606 2thf-ch bro pek 8400 386
mark 1036 29 ch bro or pek 2030 47 198 1609 37 do pek 1480 31
8 1039 22 do ox pek 1430-87 201 X,in estate
r) 1042 31 do pek 2170 33 mark 1618 9 ch or pek 884 81 bid
19 Theydon 215 Erlsmere 1660 21 ch bro or pek 1470 = 61 bith
Bois 1072 12 ch or pek 960 43 216 1663 43 do bro pek 4300 45 bid:
20 1075 18 do pek 1440 36 217 1666 20 do pek 1729 40 bid.
21 - 1078 8 do pek sou 720-32 220 Hornsey 1675 31 ch or pek 3100 = 55
25 Columbia 1090 18hf-ch broor pek 990 56 bid 921 1678 13 do —E 1300 «= 40
97 1096 20 do pek 1000 = 43 223 Carberry 1684 28 ch tro pek 2520 «33
32 C M, in eatate 224 1687 18 do ek 1620 32
mark 1111 26hf-ch or pek 1508 = 34 226 ; 1693 9 do ro pek fans 99) 31
33 WO 1114 17hf-ch pek fans 1785 20 231 T.in_ estate
36 Clunes 1123 22 ch bro or pek 2090 39 ~ mark 1708 10 ch pek 900 33
37 1126 23 do bro pek 2070 =40 234 Patiagama 1717 21 ch ~~ pek 1630 34
38 1129 28 do pek 2240 33 235 1720 13 do or pek 1170 43
39 1132 10 do ek sou 900 828 236 1723 25hf-ch broorpek 1375 55
40 Battawatte 1135 35 ch ro pek $850 44 242 Queensland 1741 50 ch pek 4250 41
41 1128 34 do pek 3155 36 243 1744 20 do bro pek 2000 «51
42 1141 15 do pek sou 1200 39 244 1737 14 «do bro orpek 1400 63
46 Battawatte 1153 26 ch bro pek 2860 44 245 1760 17 do
47 1156 28 do pek 2635 36 lhf-ch or pek 1400 47
48 1159 12 do pexk sou 960 30 246 1753 17 ch ~~ pek sou 1530038
49 Grange Gar- 251 Palmesston 1768 35hf-ch broor pek 1925 63
den 1162 22 ch bro or pek 2200 44 252 1771 21 do bro pek 1218 5:
50 1165 20 do pek 2000 36 253 V774 239 ch pek 2610 42
54 Palawatte 1177 15 ch bro pek 1500 35 254 1777 16 do pek sou 1168 37
ba 1180 7 do pek 700 30 255 _ 1/80 25hf-ch dust 1950 28
60 Tavalamtenne 1195 14 ch bro or pek 1375 44 257 Macaldeniya 1786 20hf-ch bro pek 1150 45 -
64 Avapelakande 1207 9 ch bro orpek 990 42 259 1792 14 do pek 77) = 40
65 1210 86 do bro pek 7740 43 260 1795 8 ch
66 1213 57 do pek 4560 34 ihf-ch peksou 850
67 1216 13 do pek sou 1170 ~=—30 268 RCW, in estate
71 New Pea- mark 1804 12hf-ch bro or pek
cock 1228 21 ch pek fans 1575 24 2 fans 98 = 20
72 Devonford 1231 23hf-ch broorpek 1265 8s 265 Ireby 1810 42hf-ch bro pek 2520 «53°.
73 1234 15 ch or pek 1350 67 266 1813 26 do pek 1300 42
15 1240 10 do pek sou 30u 46 267 1816 10 do pek sou 900 38
86 Yaha Ella 1273 8 ch_ bro pek 800 35 270 CSG 1825 82hfch bro pek 4510 42
97 Errollwood 1306 26hf-ch broorpek 1300 53° 271 1828 59 ch pekoe 4720 35bdi
98 1309 34 ch or pekfans 3060 45 272 1831 14° do peksou 1120 3=30-
99 1812 13 do pek sou 3170 37 273 1834 9Qhf-ch ust 720 20
Lot. Box.
274 Strathspey 1837
275 1840
276 1843
279 1552
230 Glencorse 1855
281 1878
2 1861
283 1864
288 Munukattie,
in esate
mark 1879
289 1882
290 1885
291 1888
292 1891
294 Bickley 1897
296 New Anga-
mana 1908
297 1906
299 1912
305 Alton 1930
306 O O, in est.
_ mark 1933
307 1936
309 MC 1942
310 1945
323 AG 1984
327 Carlabeck 1996
329 CB 2002
330 2005
335 Torwood 2020
336 2023
337 2026
338 2029
348 High Forest 2059
349 2062
350 2065
351 2083
352 2071
354 Polatagama 2077
355 2030
356 2083
357 2086
358 2089
360 Dea Ella 2095
361 2098
362 2101
363 2104
371 Ruanwella 2128
372 2131
73 2134
374 2137
376 Gampaha 2143
377 2146
378 2149
379 235%
382 Walpita 2161
383 2164
384 2167
385 Dunbar 2170
386 2173
388 2179
404 RW W inest.
mark 2927
4(6 O’Bode 2233
407 2236
403 2239
414 Aberdeen 7
415 10
420 Galkadua 25
421 28
422 3l
430 Killarney 55
431 68
432 61
43k 67
436 Dunkeld 73
437 vi
433 79
440) 85
441 8s
444 BD 97
452 Inverness 121
455 124
454 127
455 130
458 Letchimey 139
459 Seenagalla 142
460 145
461 148
462 151
465 Rookatenne 160
463 163
472 MP 181
473 184
Pkgs.
1
15
8 hf-ch
a 0
do
16 hi-ch
18
18
17
do
ch
70 hf-ch
17
3t
ch
do
13 bf-ch
79
17
do
bro or pek
pek sou
pek sou
bro pek
pek
pek sou
dust
dust
Pp
bro or pek
bro pek
or pek
pek
bro or pek
or pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
bro pek
or pek
pek
pek scu
bro mixed
bro or pek
or pek
pek sou
bro or pek
or pea
pek
bro or pek
or pek
pek
fans
bro or pek
or pek
bio pek
bro pek
1537
711
2070
1760
1500
13&0
1300
2530
2000
1170
x
800
715
760
£00
950
837
2720
2320
936
1710
2660
1200
$90
755
2805
2430
1530
960
1700
2645
855
1330
1235
1122
1118
1800
1980
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
475 Great Valley 199 15 ch or pek 1350
476 193 55hf-ch bro pek 3025
477 196 19 ch pek 1710
478 199 li do pek sou 990
480 205 10bf-ch dust 850
491 M 247 9 ch dust 1270
501 Fairlawu 263 17hf-ch or pek 765
504 27h 12 ch pek 1080
511 Parsloes 298 30 ch bro pek 3100
512 301 26 do pek 2340
513 304 23 do pek sou 1840
514 Stamford Hill307 31hf-ch fle or pek 1550
516 310 18 ch or pek 1620
518 Tembiligalla 319 16hf-ch bro pek 1340
519 522 18 ch pek 1620
52 325 8 do pek sou 769
432 Pamslatenne 361 5 ch dust 725
5389 Kirrimettia 382 14 do unast 1260
554 Augusta 427 5Shf-ch dust, 750
569 Woodend 472 20 oh bro pek 1900
570 475 30 do pek 2850
671 478 12 do pek sou 108
5:2 S Vin est
mark 611 12 do bro mix 1200
500 NE 535 15 ch pek sou 1350
598 Kennington 559 11 do unast 990
599 562 10 hf-ch dust 800
601 Penrhos 568 22 do or pek 1056
602 571 29 do bro pek 1624
63 574 32 ch pek 2720
604 577 10 do pek sou 800
607 Cottaganga 536 38 ch dust 1040
609 Ragalla 592 6 do dust 840
610 Shrubs Hill 595 48 do bro pek 4560
611 598 27 do pek 2268
614 Uragalla 607 2) hf-ch bro pek 1000
621 Vathalana 628 29 do bro or pek 1740
622 631 14 ch or pek 1190
626 Carfax €43 12 do bro orpek 1200
627 646 25 do or pek 2250
628 649 19 do pek 1710
SMALL LOTS.
[Mr. E. John.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
1 MV 711 Q9hf-ch bro pek 450
2 714 10 do pekoe 500
3 7l7 6 do pek ssu 300
7 Harrisland 729 4 ch pek sou No. 2380
8 732 5hf-ch dust 425
11 D 741 3 ch
1hf-ch sou 335
12 744 #1 ch mixed 105
13 747 1 =+do dust 150
17 Lameliere 759 6hf-ch pek fans 516
24 Mount Temple 780 7 ch pek sou 406
25 783 4hf-ch orpekfans 300
31 The Farm 801 4 ch dust 300
32 Amherst 864 7 hf-ch bro pek 420
33 807 8 do pekoe 400
34 810 5 do pek sou 200
38 Lameliere 822 6 do pek fans 516
51 Vincit 861 3 ch
lhf-ch fans 3C3
53 Th-resia 867 1 ch bro mix 86
54 870 1 do sou 75
55 873 3hf-ch dust 240
62 Koslande 894 3 ch pek sou 300
63 897 1 do fans 110
69 Little Valley 915 2hf-ch dust 160
70 918 2 ch red leaf 180
7L NB 921 3hf-ch dust 610
72 924 4 do unas 660
76 Nahayilla 936 7hf-ch pek fans 490
78 942 6 ch sou 540
89 945 T7hf-ch dust 525
70 918 1 ch factory sweep-
ings 100
85 Glassaugh 963 6 do bro mix 600
90 Polduwa 978 1 do sou 100
9L 981 1 do red leaf 90
95 Templestowe 993 4 do pek sou 340
96 996 6 do bropek fans 890
102 Whyddon 14 5 do bro pek fans 500
103 17. 1 «do dust 140
119 Mount Tempie,
Lot No.2 (A) 65 6hf-ch bro orpek 318
120 68 10 uo or pek 450
122 74 9 ch pek sou 522
125 WK 33 3hf-ch dust 250
126 86 5 do pek fans 360
127 89 1 ch bro mix 120
180 Bellongalla 98 9hf-ch fans 630
4 CEYLON
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Tb.
181 _ 101 Shf-ch dust 225
187 Dickapittiya 119 8 do fans 560
139 Gonavy 125 1 do pekoe 30
140 1281 ch pek sou 60
141 131 6hf-ch fans 445
142 134 6 do dust 470
143 187. 3 do ce ngou 200
161 Gampai 161 Sor cu peop 574
153 167g hf-ch roorpek 594
154 a eee, CAL dust 170
155 1751 do red leaf 85
156 K,Haputale 176 1lLbfch o» pek 561
157 1795 8 cli pekue 249
158 182, 3 do pek sou 225
159 185 10hf-ch broorpek 6580
160 188 1 do br pekfans 93
161 191 2 do dust 120
162 193, 1 cn rd leaf 41
167 Myraganga 209 6 ‘lo
lhfch bromix 680
171 go, 38. ch pekoe 225
175 Mount Temple 283 8 «do pek sou 464
176 2:6 4hf-ch orpekfans 300
181 Gangawatte 2651 5 ch dust 450
132 254 5 do
Lhf-ch sou 550
186 Kotuagedera 266 5 ch pek gou 450
187 969 3hft-ch dust 240
pot 972 8 dé bro pek fans 520
189 GL 275 8 do fans 496
190 278 do dust 400
T9L 281 2 ch sou 180
192 NK 284 7hfch dust 560
191 Welicoda 290 7 ch bro pek 630
195 293 3 do
: Lhf--h bro tea 245
197 A 299 1 ch bro pek 81
198 302. 3 do
lhf-ch pekoe 844
199 805 4 ch pek sou 880
200 808 5hf-ch pek fans 855
206 M,inest. mark 326 6 do pek sou 270
207 329 4 do fans 320
208 832 2 do sou 90
210 Troup 888 7 do sou 560
216 S 856 8 .do pehoe 640
217 359 7 do pek sou 660
218 362 1 do dust 145
219 865 1hfch unas 40
[Messrs. Somerville & Co.)
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
1 Hemingford 1 Qhf-ch bro pek 450
2 260 or pek 240
3 3 6 do pek 240
4 4" So pek sou 90
5 6 1 do unas 50
7 7S ch pek fans 610
9 Ahamud 9 11 hf-ch bro pek 550
10 10 11 do pek 550
11 1112 do pek sou 600
12 Noe“ 10) tans 144
13 13 2 do red leaf 90
14 GM A 14 5 hf-ch dust 500
16 Berragalla 16 1 do dust 95
17 17 3 do fans 240
19 Fairfield 19 Lhf-ch bro mix 30
20 20 "edo. red reaf 46
2 AIS 92 7hf-ch bru pek 420
23 23 5 do perk 300
yf My Diamomeck ‘ro mix 540
3L Neuchatel $l 4 ch bro or pek 520
32 32° 2 do aust 320
33 Speedo pek No. 1 90
38 Minna 38 6hf-ch fans 420
39 39 2 ch bro mix 180
40 40 6hf-ch dust €00
44 Galphele 44 2 do dust 160
45 45 1 do sou 45
47 Mary Hill 47 13 hf-ch pek 650
48 4810 do pek sou 500
49 49 3 do bro mix 240
52 Eliandhu 62 2 ch bro tea 200
57 X Y Z, in es-
tate mark 67 1 ch bro pek sou ~ 100°
58 Clontarf 58 4 ch dust, 520
60 gt. Catherine 60 3 ch pek 225
61 61 lhf-ch dust 76
64 KF F, in estate
m ark 64 8hfi-ch pek sou 60
65 65 8 do ie pek fans 195
66 66 1 do dust 86
67 67 1 do bromix 50
PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box: Pkgs. Name.
71 SFD 71 6 ch con
72 72 4 do dust
73 73 2 do red leaf
74 74 4 do fan
75 Oolapane 75 1 hi-ch
76 76 3 do dust
86 Moragalla 80 2 ch dust
83 Kerenvilla &3 3 ch
S84 84 1 do
85 85 3 do
86 86 1 do
87 W 87 6hf-ch
90 Mahatenne 90 5 ch
93 Mouxa Eliya 93 5 ch
94 94 Lhf-ch
96 RCT F, ines-
mark 9 4 ch
101 Glenalla 101 6 ch
1 102 2 hf-ch
103 Mousakande 103 9 hf-ch
106 8 do
107 AA 107 Shf-ch
109 Logan 109 2 ch
110 110 Lhf-ch
111 Maligatenne 111 4 ch
112 112 5 do
113 113 6 do
114 114 6 do
115 115 1 do
116 P 116 3 ch
117 Ettie 117 6 ch
120 120 1 do
121 121 2 do
122 122 1 do
135 Monrovia 135 56 ch
138 138 2 do
139 139 2 do
147 Arduthie 147 5 ch
148 148 7 do
149 149 4 do
150 C F, in estate
mark 150 3 ch
152 152 1 do
158 148 38 do
154 154 10 hf-ch
155 155 8 ch
158 D, in estate
mark 158 lhf-ch
159 159 1 ch
160 160 lhfch
170 Donside 170 3 hf-ch
174 Ferriby 174 2 ch
175 175 6hf-ch
176 176 7 do
179 Koseneath 179 8 ch
180 180 1 do
181 181 Lhf-ch
184 Kosgahahenals4 4 ch
185 185 2 do
186 186 1 do
198 Walahandua 198 3 ch
199 199 6 do
201 Wallasmulla 201 4 ch
202 2.2 1 do
203 293 2 do
207 Wilpita 207 5 ch
213 N 2:3 2hf-ch
214 214 1 do
218 K GA, in es-
tate mark 218 2 ch
219 res 1 do
220 1 do
221 ig 21 10 hf-ch
222 eee}
228 398 9 de
224 AXT 224 ch
229 Ingeriya 229 2hf-ch
230 V W 230 3 ch
232 Kudaganga 232 1 ch
233 233 1 do
234 X Z 234 3 ch
237 BCD 237 2 ch
238 MonteChristo238 5 ch
239 239 6 ch
240 210 3 do
ae wvt 241 4hf-ch
242 2 do
ve New Valley 247 5 ch
28 248 3 do
250 Orion 250 4 ch
Ail 252 § hf-ch
253 Berat 253 1 hf-ch
254 FE, in estate
mark 254 4hf-ch
255 255 6 ch
256 256 6 hf ch
CEYLON PRODUCE: SALES LIST.
Bx. Pkgs. Name.
bro pek No. 1
pek No. 1
pek sou No. 1
bro pek
bro mix
bro pek
pek
dust
bro pek
pek
sou
pek
pek sou
bro pek fans
sou
bro tea
pek ‘dust
pek sou
bro pek fans
bro pek
bro tea
Lot,
257 Raxawa 257 3hf-ch sou
253 258 1- ch
259 259 1 do
260 260 1 do
235 Annandale 265 8 hf-ch
266 ~ 266 11 do
267 267 4 do
268 Pussetenne 263 1 hf-ch
269 269 4 do
70 270 3 do
271 F A, in estate
mark 271 5 hf-ch
272 972 5. ch
273 273 5 hf-ch
274 Alutkelle 274 Ghf-ch
275 275 5 do
276 2735: be'do
282 Marigold 282 9hf-ch
283 283 6 do
284 284 8 do
285 255 5 do
~ 286 Glentafte 286-1 ch
é 1 hf-ch
287 « 237 3 do
292 Hangranoya 292 4 ch
293 293 2 do
300 Weymouth 300 1 ch
302 Labugama 302 4 ch
303 303 3 do
304 304 4 do
305 305 1 do
306 Dartry B 306-2 ch
307 207 6 do
1 hf-ch
311 Yarrow 311 4hf-ch
[Messrs. Forbes & Walker.]
Lot.
1 €U 1018 4 ch
2 Panmure - 1021 3 ch
3 1024 2 do
4 1027 5 hf-ch
5 1030 1 ch
6 1033. 2 do
10 OSS, inertate
mark 1045 6 ch
1L 1048 4 do
12 1051 4 hf-ch
13 1054 3 ca
14 1057 1 dou
15 1060 7 do
16 °° 1063 1 do
17 TheydonBois 1066 7 ch
18 1069 6 do
22 T B,in est,
mark 1981 3 ch
23 1084 2 do
24 1087 2 do
26 Columbia. 1093 13 hf-ch
28 1099 8 do
29. 1102 1 do
20 1195 1 do
31 1198 3 do .
84 Kabragalla 1117 4 hf-ch
85 1120 3 do
51 Grange Gar-
den 1168 5 ch
52 1171 1 do
53 3174 4 bf-ch
66 Palawatte 1183 2 ch
57 1186 1 do
58 1182 2 do
59 1192 3 do
61 Tayalam-
tenne 1198 7 ch
2 1201 2 do
3 120! 1 do
68 Arapolakan-
e 1209 3 ch
69 New Pea-
cock » 1222 6 ch
70 1225 4hf-ch
74 Devonford 1237 6 ch
76 DED 1243 Lhf-ch
77 1246 1 ch
78 1249 2 do
79 1252 2hf-ch
85 Yaha Ella
2 Ookoowatte
dust
Box. Pkgs. Name,
1270
1
1276 6 do
1279 3 do
1282 1 do
1285 2 do
1285 4 do
1291 1 do
bro tea
pek dust
dust
bro or pek
bro pek
dust
fans
red leaf
or pek
pek sou
bro pek
unas
pek dust
bro tea
dust
dust
red leaf
pek
pek sou
dust
dust
ek sou
Tro mixed
pe
bro pek
or pek
pek sou
dust
bro or pek
e
fans
bro or pek
lb.
1b.
5
c.® Lot. Box, Pkgs. Name. Deere?
19 93 1294 2 > ch dust 200 1¢
34 Ot 127 4 do fans 820 25
30 95 130) 1hf-ch bro mix 4) Z4
26 96 1303 1 do sou 1Lv 28
40 101 E 1318'5 ch pek 450 34
€9 102 1321 4 do pek sou 320 30
18 108 Gallawatte 1339 6 ch sou 40 28
o7 109 1342 8hf-ch pek fans 560 31
17 110 1345 2 ch bro mix 16U 22
20 li 1348 7hf-ch dust 595 18
112 1351 1 ch bro pek fan 85 31
29 121 Bambrakelly 1378 3 ch pek sou 210 79
34 136 Mahalla 1423 2. ch dust 39) 16
17 137 $46 Zhf-ch = fens 50 14
31 bid 14t Elia Oya 1438 7 ch pek sou 630 30
27 143 1444 6 do pek fans 420 28
95 144 1447 4 do dust 368 ly
41 146 St. Leonards- ~*
39 on-Sea, 1453 6 ch pek 540 33
33 152 Monkswood 1471 %hf-ch pek fins 120 34
32 153 1474 3 do dust 240 24
17 154 14i7 2 do red leaf 110 13
460 Glengariff 1495 7 ch pek fans 420 34
i7/ 161 1498 7 do dast 560 21
29 168 Sunnycroft 15:9 2 ch pes seu 200 30
1s 169 1522 2 do congou 290 29
15 170 1525 1 do bro tea 150 18
36 17L 1523 4 do dust 600 V7
23 176 Nahalma
28 (Venesta
30 packages) 1543 5 ch bro fans 300 32
34 177 15i6 7 do dust 600 19
14 178 Tanbagama 1519 2 ch f ns 200 32
173 1552'-5 do sou 400 27
17 180 : 1555 2 de dust 260 17
182 JS, in estate
mark 1561 -~ 5» ch pek dust 400 18
187 Kelaueiya and
Braemar,
Maskeliya 1576 4 ch dust 575 18
c. 188 1579 4 do sou 400 29
189 1582 2% do red ieaf 200 18
42 199 St. Martins 1612 5hf-ch pek sou 200 23
34 200 1615 1 do dust 65 17
28 202 G 1621 6 ch sou 640 28
22 203 1624 3 do bre pek fans 330 26
17 204 1627 -1 do dust 135 16
16 205 New Gal-
way 1639. 4hf-ch bro pek 240 76
30 206 1633 4 do pek 220 47
29 207 Z, in estate
3L mark 1636 7 ch pekoe 623° a3
18 214 B, in estate
36 mark 1657 5 ch pek sou 420 28
31 218 Erlsmere 1669 7 ch pek sou 665 31ibid
219 1672 2 do dust 192 16
53 222 Hornsey 1681 6 ch pek sou 600 34
42 225 Carberry 1690 6 ch pek sou 640 28
227 GK 1695 2 do bro tea 180 23
16 +32 TT, in estate
29 mark 1711 6 ch bro pek 600 46
i7 237 Patiagama 1726 4hf-ch wypek sou 360 34
49 238 1729 1 do unas 100 28
37 29 1732 3 do dust 249 18
46 240 1735 3 do fans 150 32
32 241 1738 1 do red leaf 72 20
20 247 Queensland 1756 2: h bromix 190 23
22 248 1759 3hf-ch dust 240 13
18 249 1762 3 do fans 198 37
250 1765 2 ch unas 150 23
3C 256 Palmerston 1l7e3 2hf-ch
30 itech unas 200 34
19 258 Macaldeniya 1789 6hf-ch bro or dek 385 44
28 261 1798 1 do sou 50 29
26 262 1801 3 do dust 255 18
17 268 lreby 1819 4 do fan 280 29
22 269 1882 4 do dust 300 21
277 Strathspey 1846 11 do sou 517 32
34 278 1819 10 do bro pek 575 4[
30 284 Glencorse 1857 3 ch pek fans 360 29
17 285 1870 1 ch bro tea 110 37
236 1873 1 do dust 143 16
17 287 1876 2 do dust 300 1L
£93 Munukattie,
81 in estate
23 mark 1894 3 ch sou 280 23
56 294 Bikley 1897 13 hf-ch pek sou 715 6
ah 295 New Anga-
46 mana 1930 9hf-ch kro or pek 510 36
33 298 7 1909 11 do pek No, 2 550 29
21 303 Alton 1924 1 do or pek 51 46
42 304 1927 1 do mixed tea 28 = 86
31 808 CN 1959 4 ch bro tea 16
29 31l N WD 1948 3 ch bro tea 15
27 312 Blalrgowrie 195t 4 do bropek $7
19 $13 1954 83 do pek 3L
80 314 1057 3 do sou 28
39 315 1960 2 do pek fans V7
6 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES. LIST.
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib, ¢, €
B16 1058 2 hf-ch bro pek dust 17038 Lot. Box. Pkgs, Name, Ib. «
196 ch 17
324 AG 1987 8 do dust 200 21 4909 MT 235 2 ch bro pek 220 «87
325 1990 5 do bro tea 53028 a1 2's © we — ss
226 1993 2 do bromix 182 2 492 241 2 do pek sou 196 29
828 Carlabeck 1999 6hf-ch bro pek fans 6/4 30 493 244 2 do red leaf 16s 18
331 CB 2003 4 ch peksou 392 28 495 250 2 do bro tea 2708
832 2011 6 hf-ch ro pek fans 400 29 496 Aighburth 253 3hf-ch bro pekfams 225 withd'n
339 Torwood 20982 8 ch peksou 640 38630 497 266 8 do = dust 235018
340 Tor 2035 6 do bropek 640 36 408 259 5 ch bro mix 6001
341 2038 4 do pek 320 30 > 262 1 do congou 9 7
342 2041. 8 do pek sou 970 28 600 Fairlawn 265 7hf--h bro pek 350 48
353 Tigh Fo-est2074 7hf-ch pek dust 588-23 502 271 11 do k sou 49d 83
85) Polatagama 2092 4 ch ust 610 18 503 274 3 do t 255 = 2h
3875 Ruanwella 2140 7 do dust 560 15 605 F Lin est.
380 Gampaha 2155 6 ch fans 540 19 mark 280 1 ch bro mix 100 16
381 2158 1 do dust 90 16 516 Stamford Hill 318 7 ch pe 595 = 40
287 Dunbar 2176 10hf-ch bro pek 550 8 517 Tembiligalla 316 8hfch or 440047
380 DBR 2182 6 ch ek sou 4008) 521 328 4 do dust 340s
390 2185 2 do TO mix 160 27 522 TBG 331 1 do peksou 6 2
Hs m a a Ese oh ae og 150 19 623 234 1 ch
393 Sunnycro 2 c pek scu 300 29
399 4 2212 2 do congou 200 29 w : lhfch bromix 145028
400 D018 it do “aidbro ‘tea 150 16 529 Panslatenne 352 4 ch bro pek 360 «BS
401 2218 1 do dust 150 18 4 gly J 2 a
402" de W Xin este 638 i a 120 16
mark 2221 3hf-ch brorpkfans 180 26
403 YahaElla 2224 1 ch sou 58 «7 ae Augusta os 4 = red leaf eo -
405 BL 2230 4hf-ch unast 200-29 ra 5 6ifth tobias mee te
409 O'Bode 2242 6 ch pek sou 480 28 10 BDWPR #65 6Bith tops
410 2245 1hf-ch dust 7t 16 561 Ingoya Ne a ee ma *
411 Kowlahena 2218 7 do dust 595 19 562 461 6 M4 S kc = 5
412 Woodlands 1 1 do dust 70 23 563 Farres 658 °1 “do aol “es E ‘
413 2 aio OME 99 23 564 Yataderiya 457 5 do bro pek 465083
416 Aberdeen 13 5 do dust 400-18 a4 os : = aor oo 2
417 Kobo 16 g do peksou 260 «= -29 68 aes ee
als 1 aagido dotnet Ie B20) 698 ss ier 0 lit pkten ae 8
ao, Cateda oe oo eh ae ees eee 592 Woodend 481 4 ch pek sou 360 38
429 37.1 do sou 10624 578 484 18 do ‘dust sad
433 Killarney 64 3 ch pek sou 27084 5g0 S Vin est.
435 70 4hf-ch dust 360 «16 mark 505 : 4 dust 630
433 Dunkeld Pe OY ot pek sou 47532 681 508 fans 480
442 DB 91 4 do red leaf 420 «15 691 A 538 0 hf Bs bro pek No. 1600
443 BD 94 6 do bro mix 600 14 593 541 1 ch fans 418
445 100 4 do pek 360 81 693 544 8 do ro mix ri
446 103 5 do ek sou 459 29 £94 EST 647 Lkf-ch fans 50
456 Letchimey 133 4 ch ro pek fans 548 18 | 695 Moralivya 550 6 ch fans 57
457 136 3 do bro mixed 405 27 596 553 5 do wunast 475
463 Seenagalla 154 4hf-ch dust 380 ©6118 597 556 Ghf-ch dust 400
464 157 8. ch bro mix 285 26 600 Kennington 565 1 ch red leaf 100
467 Rookatenne 166 7 do pek sou. 616 BL 605 Penrhos 530 6hf-ch pek dust 492
463 169 2hf-ch dust 158 18 606 Cottaganaa 683 6 ch fans 660
469 172, 1 ch _ red leaf 62. 18 608 Ragalla 689 3 do bro mix B10
470 K 175 1 do sou 100. 25 612 Shrubs Hill 601 6 do pek sou 456
471 178 2 do dust 300 =—-:16 613 604 6 do bro pek fans 456
474 MP 187 2 do . dust No.2 480 10 615 Uragalla 610 4hf-ch 200
479 Great Valley 202 3 do sou DEB Bd 616 r 613 4 do pek sou 180
481 208 3 de fans 300 28 617 616 2 do unast 100
482 211 3 do bro mix 270 17 618 619 2 do red leaf 90.
483 Kalupana 214 6hf-ch broorpek 340 45 619 622 1 do dust 70
484 217 7 do orpek 315. 85 620 W 625 5 ch bro pek 475
485 220 6 do pekoe 300 31 623 Vathalana 634 7 do kK 560
486 223 5 do bro pek 240 8686 674 637 3 do pek sou 235
487 226 7 do bro mix 376 23 62 610 5hf-ch dust 400
488 229 1 do sou 60 28 69 KHL 652 4 ch bro mix 280
489 232 4 do pek sou 200 +29 603 TU 655 1 do orpek 105
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OBSERVER PRINTING WORKs.
TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES,
NO. 4
Conoxso,
January 30, 1899.
Price :—123 cents each 3 copies
30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee.
Lot. Box.
2 Halloowella 664
4 G, in estate
mark 670
56 PCH Galle,
in esate
mark 673
6 676
7 679
8 Nakiadeniya 652
) 685
1¢ 688
16 Rockside 706
17 709
19 Kosgalla 715
20 718
21 721
23 C H, in estate
mark 742
29 CH 745,
30 14
31 vy
32 Freds Ruhe 754
33 757
34 760
35 WA 563
36 Blackburn 766
8 2
+39 775
40 778
41 781
69 Dunnottor 835
64 Gallawatte 850
76 Muarguerita 836
77 839
73 $92
$2 Olakitagoda 04
3 907
88 Middleton 922
89 25
90 928
91 93L
93 Cooroondoo-
watte 937
9 KNA 943
96 946
97 919
99 Matale 955
100 958
101 961
110 Huanuco 983
115 Putupaula 1603
116 1006
117 1009
118 1012
123 MF, in est.
mark 1027
124 Ivex 1030
125 1.33
126 1°36
134 ASC 1060
135 Gallapitta-
kande 1063
136 1066
137 1069
138 107z
140 Tonacombe 1078
141 1081
142 108t
150 Knavesmire 1108
151 W111
152 1114
155 Theberton 1125
157 1129
158 1132
160 1128
161 11i1
162 Hopton 1144
163 1147
165 Hunasgeria
New 1153
167 Hunasgeria
MO 1159
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA.
LARGE LOTS.
Messrs. Forbes’ & Walker.—
5
17
ch
ch
21 hf-ch
30 hf-ch
20
do
12 hf-ch
22 hf-ch
ao
525,388 Ib.J
Pkgs.
Name. Ib.
dust 700
congou 1700
bro pek 1320
pek 1700
pek sou 990
bro pek 2609
ek 1530
pek sou 1280
dust 945
bro pek fans 720
bro pek 2600
pek 1530
pek sou 1600
sou 2292
fans 6@U0
dust 4516
red leaf 1892
bro pek 4700
pek 2390
pek sou 1200
bro mix 700
broer pek 990
bro pek 1290
pek 1080
pek sou 1530
dust 1120
pek sou 216
pek 765
pek 1900
pek sou 720
do 765
bro pek 1260
pek 1100
broor pek 1045
or pek 2730
pek 1330
pek sou 1260
ek 1050
bro pek 1800
pek 2500
pek sou 2100
bro pek 3300
pek 2430
pek sou 1170
pek 1100
bro or pek 1630
bro pek 4165
pek 3300
pek sou 1260
dust 726
bro pek 8609
pek 2000
pek sou 1900
red leaf 720
or pek 1276
bro or pek 884
pek 1767
pek sou 1000
or pek 1808
bro pek 2500
pek 2200
or pek 855
pek 1445
pek sou 1048
bro pek 1500
or pek 4590
pek 5366
bro mix 8990
pek dust 700
sou 908
dust 1008
dust £00
pek dusé 1700
36 bid
42 bid
16
19 bid
Lot.
168
169
170
179
186
181
182
183
184
185
186
Box.
Roeberry 1162
1165
1168
Yataderia 1195
1198
LGF, inestate
1201
1204
1207
1210
1213
1216
1219
1225
1228
1261
1264
1282
1285
1285
1291
1297
1300
1303
1309
1318
1321
1333
1339
1348
mark
Thedden
Beausejour
DMV
Aberdeen
Dea Ella
Bargany
Oakham
L, inestate
mark
1354
1357
1360
1599
1402
1405
1408
1411
1414
1417
1423
1426
1429
1432
1447
1450
1453
1456
1459
1462
1465
1474
1477
1480
1483
1436
1489
Harrington
Non Pariel
Dyakula
Ellaoya
Erlsmere
Dammeria
Hayes
Maha Uva
Clunes
Battawatte
Battawatte
Bloomfield
Weoya
Arbragalla
Cc 1591
Galaha 1603
Kelburne
Meemora-
kanke
Warwick
Lynsted 2669
Chesterford
Geragama
Waratenne
Pkgs.
63 ch
16 do
8 do
13 hf-ch
10 do
6 ch
14 ch
10 do
20 hf-ch
29 hf-ch
10 do
12 hf-ch
ll ch
10 hf-ch
21 do
66 ch
51L de
88 de
22 ch
26 do
12 hf-ch
17 ch
18 do
il hf-ch
Name. lb.
bro pek 3630
pekoe 1609
pek sou 768
bro pek fans 845
dust 760
pek sou 2348
sou 1680
fans 1650
dust 2320
bro pek 2640
pek 1006
pek sou 700
bro pek 1445
pek 1360
bro pek 1365
pek 1404
bro pek 4100
o1 pek 1125
pek 2816
sou 1078
broorpek &64
or pek 1000
pek 1709
sou 966
bro pek 1760
pek 950
bro pek 780
pek 350
bro pek
dust 900
or pek 1400
pek 1000
bro pek 1102
bro pek 1595
pekoe 1400
pek sou 1030
bro pek 1400
bro or pek 1470
bro pek 4309
pek 1720
bro or pek 3360
or pek 2500
pek 2880
pek sou 880
or pek 2070
pek sou 460
pek fans 730
broor pek 715
or pek 942
pek 1045
pek sou 900
bro or pek 132
bro pek 1550
pek 1440
pek sou 720
dust 720
bro pek 17¢0
pek 1620
pek sou 2240
bro pek fansisé0
dust 1700
bro pek 9570
pek 6600
pek sou 4000
pek fans 1760
unast 700
bro pek
bro pek fans230t
dust
or pek
pek
pek sou
bro or pek
sou
dust
fans
dust 35
pek sou 900
fans 1470
bro pek c6n0
pek 51.00
pek sou 8s00
bro pek 1980
pek 2210
aust $00
bro pek 1445
pek 1530
dust 825
bro pek 990
pek 900
SALES LIST.
a) CEYLON PRODUCE .
Lot. Box. Pkes. Name. Ib. c. Lot, Box. Pkys. Name. Ib. c.
358 Nakiadeniya 1732 19 ch bro pek 1900 8639 168 B, in estate
359 1735 9 do Ber. 765 33 mark 28 6 ch~ dust 4060S
372 W’Bedde 1774 11 do roorpek 1100 36hbid | 114 RT, in estate
878 WVRA 1777 10hf-ch fans 760° 28 mar 34 24 ch bromix 206 2%
374 P 1780 36 ch sou 3690 27 116 85 14 do dust 1680 15
375 17838 29 do dust 4060 18 bid 116 Comillah 36 13 ch bro pek 1365 38
376 1786 6 do dust No.2 960 12 bid 119 Agarsland 39 18 bf-ch k sou 900 29
378 Weyungawattel792 18hf-ch bro or nex 1080 © 34 122 Chetnole 42 16hf-ch bro pek 800-39
379 23 ch or 2185 40 123 48 16 do k 800 32
380 1798 25 do pek 2125 32 124 44 2 do ro pek fans1400 24
389 Hope 1825 9 do pek 720 42bid | 125 45 23 do dust 2040 «17
390 1628 15hf-ch fans 1050 = 31 126 Hopewell 46 i7hf-ch bropekfamsl920 25
401 Castlereagh 1861 19 ch bro pek 1900 50 128 Romania 48 #7 ch bro pek 700 = 38
402 1864 19 do or pek 1615 42 129 49 16 do pek 1000 30
403 1867 19 do ek 16 35 131 Glenalla 51 16 ch pek 1440 30
407 Dehiowita 1879 7 do ro pek 700 ©=36 136 vies 66 6 ch dust 75016 :
409 1885 138 do pek 1170 30 “ Nugawella 62 33hf-ch bro pek 1914 45
411 1891 22 do sou 1760 28 63 62 do pek 2609 37
412 SH 1894 25hf-ch dust 2125 «17 bid ist Rayigam 71 87hf-ch dust 2060 «16
417 Naseby 1909 23 do per sou 1334 35 bid | 152 Ovoca, AT 72 12hf-ch pek fans 840 =O Bl
422 Talgaswela 1924 65 ch ro pek 6850 39 160 C F, in estate
423 1927 27 do pek 2295 32 mark 80 W ch pek 850 30
425 1983 17 do peksou 1445 «8S 162 D, im estate
426 1936 8 do br pek No. 2 880 34 mark §2 19 ch pek 1520 32
431 Unugalla 1951 15 do bro pek 566 40 163 IP 83 20 ch peksou 1810-29
432 1954 14 do ek 1330 36 164 84 19hf-ch dust 1616 17
444 Pallagodde 1990 30 do roorpek 3000 38bid | 173 Warakamure 93 16hf-ch broor pox 960 338
445 1993 23 do ro pek 300 46 174 94 19 do bro pe 1900s 84
446 1996 22 do or pek 1870 41 175 95 25 ch pek 2375 380
447 1999 25 do pek 2000 86 176 96 15 do sou 1350 27
448 2002 18 do pek sou 162033 173 Koladeniya 98 15 ch bro pek 1350 32 bid
450 2003 21hf-h dust 1785 18 179 99 11 do ck sou 935 26
452 KPW 2014 49 «lo or pek 2940 «44 181 Deniyaya 101 70 ch ro pek 7 88 bid
453 2017 38 do bro pek 2090 «= 39 182 102 17 do pek Mii 35
464 2020 72 do pek 3600 32 183 103 13 do peksou 1235 «30
455 2023 29 do ek sou 1450 8928 184 D M R, in es-
478 Vogan 2092 56 ch ro pek 5820 44 tatemark 104 20 ch pek 1835 30 bid
479 2095 85 do 7225 34 185 Hatale 105 7 ch dust 1125 17
480 2098 14 do ek sou 1120 28 1 hf-ch
481 2101 18 do roorpek 1170 34 187 107 6 ch fans 907 out
482 2104 11 do dust 880 17 1 hf-ch
188 PD 103 7 ch _ bro pek 75 29 bid
Lee 4 189 109 10 do k 965 27
[Messrs. Somerville & Co.— 190 110 13 do peksou 1365 22
206,546 lb,] 191 111 es + sou 8320
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ec. 33 “c!
2 PTN 322 18hf-ch peksou 900 24 oe ee Gye Oe ee ee ee
5 Citrus 325 24 ch bro pek 2400 36 tatemark 116 11 ch bropek 1093 26 bid
6 326 22 do pek 1970-82 197 Bollagalla 117 27 ch bropek 85lb 37 bid
7 327 11 do ek sou 1093 27 198 118 30 do k 81
12 Neboda 332 19 ch ro or pek 1900 38 199 119 18 do k sou 171029
13 B88 Bl Ooty DIO MSe | a sBENred 202 SFD 122 14 ch bropek 1100 85 bid
d4 334 35 do pe 3325 32 203 Lyndhurst 193 40hf-ch bro pek 2200 88
15 335 81 do pek sou 2480 30 204 124 50 do k 2250 32
17 Killin, in estate : 205 125 24 do k sou 1080 29
mark 337 42hf-ch bropek 310 a3bid | 50g GoM 126 19 ch bropek 1900 38 bid
18 338 14 ch pek 1180-29 207 Iluketti 197 12 ch bropek 1260 38
22 Hanagama 342 4 at bro pek 4254 37 209 199 16 do k sou 950 24 bid
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alo sr do pak.) cyaigon | BEM: ae ee ee
24 344 16 do pek sou 1449 28 315 135 8 do peksou S00 22 bid
ne ee eee ee ee ee
2
28 $43 33 do bropek 3350 gz bid | 8 Mabe ee ee ee :
1 hf-¢ =
29 _ 849. 82 ch_—pek 3243-29 “ Men oan 8 ee
1 hf-ch
30 Cort 350 12 ne k aon 1200 27 =a
32 Corfu 352 25 hf-c ro pi 1625 46 bi
33 353 82 do pek 1920, 36 bid {Mr. E. John. —221,414.]
84 354 26 do pek sou 143! 30 bid
37 SRK 357 17hf-ch dust 144518 Lot, Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ¢.
39 859... 7 .ch bro tea 70) 19 1 LEL 368 8 ch k sou 740 28
40 Rothes 360 19hf-ch bro pek 1083 48 3 Akkara Totum 374 9 do ro pek 810 34
45 Yspa 365 20hf-ch pek dust 1600 19 4 877 9 do rekor 810 29
46 Harangalla 366 13 ch ro pel 1235 44 7 Ottery 356 29 do roorpek 2900 53
47 367 21 do pek 1890 33 8 389 11 do or pek 999 48
48 368 16hf-ch dust 1120 21 9 392 11 do koe 290 40
67 Minna 387 17hi-ch bro orpek 1020 50 10 Rookwood 395 25 do _ broor pek ;
68 388 15 ch or pek 1250 44 (Venesta) 1675 53
69 889 9 do pek 810 38 11 398 9 do or pek 846 49
70 399 8 do peksou 720 «35 13 Yakka 404 7 do bropek 805 34
72 Savernake 392 10hf-ch dus 850 17 14 407 16 do pekoe 1360 8=— 34
74 Ravenscraig 394 17 ch or pek 1615 36 15 410 13 do peksou 1049 «= 356
75 395 15hf-ch bro pek 82h 8639. 16 413 12 de sou 86427
76 396 38 ¢ pele 312031 18 Harrow 419 15hf-ch broorpek 975 450
80 DAL 400 7 ch ro pek 700 «= 388 20 425 22 ch pekoe 2200 8= 35
88 Kelani 8 32 ch bropek 2560 41 26 Suduganga 443 10 do or pek 906 «= 36
89 a 9 16 do broorpek 1600 39 27 646 21hf-ch broorpek 1155 46
98 10 18 do pek 1230 89-334 29 452.18 ch pekson 15303
91 11 20 do K sou 1se@ 80.29 32 TG 461 6 do bro mix 726. 2
92 12 : ch ust 750 8=15 33 Claremont 464 22 do bropek 2200 59
97 G’ Wernet 17 ch bro pek 700 38bid | 34 467 165 Ge pekoe 1350.31
100, Doonevale 20 ef boxes bro pek 750 48 bid } 35 470. 9 do pekseu 810 8
101 21 44 do bro pek 968 ous } 39 Delpotonoya 482 18hf-ch dust 1260 «=: 18
104 24 9 ch = pek 720 $0 40 Keenagaha Ella 485 17 ch broorpek 15380 39
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. 3
I Box. Pkgs, Name. Iba" ve; 189 932 26 ch pekoe 2608 40
Lot 5 190 935 12 do pek sou 1200 434
4L 488 18 ch pekoe 13650 34
42 491 10 do peksou 750 30
46 Mocha 503 26 do broor pek 2600 54
47 506 12 do or pek 1080 55 SMALL LOTS.
48 509 21 dg neEce 1890 45
49 512 12 do pek sou 1020 38
50 213 15 do fans 112532 (Messrs. Somerville & Co. ]
52 Eadella 521 14 do bro pek 1400 36
Be Bod. 12 dol. Spekoe 1086) 32 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. c.
55 530 15 hf-ch fans 1050 28 1 PTN,in estate
57 Haselmere 536 28 ch bro pek 3510 35 bid mark 321 12 hf-ch bro pek 672 25
68 Kotuagedera 539 17 do bro pek 1700 35 3 323 1 do fans 56 16
59 542 8 do pekoe 760 29 bid | 4 224 2 do dust 166 11
¢€2 Galella 551 16 do bro orpek 1600 48 8 HA 328 1 ch bro tea 73 «#413
65 H 560 11 do sou 880 26 9 329 3 do bro pek fans 300 23
66 563 29 do pekoe 2610 380 10 330 4 do pek dust 581 15
67 Hattangalla 566 12 do bro pek 1020 39 11 331 1 do fans 100 15
68 569 14 do pekoe 1050 30 16 Neboda 336 Shf-ch dust 400 15
70 H 575 10 do bro pek 850 29 20 K, inestate
72 Brownlow 581 50hf-ch broorpek 2750 51 mark 340 7 ch bro mix 630 19
73 584 47 do or pek 2397 44 21 341 4hf-ch dust 280 16
74 58757 ch pekoe 5016 37 25 Hanagama 345 2 ch sou 180 26
75 590 19 do pek sou 1520 32 31 Ukuwela sole | ch dust 120 il
77 596 9 do bro pek fans 900 37 35 Corfu 355 1hf-ch dust 80 15
78 599 10 do pek fans 1000 30 36 356 2 do fans 130 19
79 602 12hbf-ch dust 972 19 38 SRK 353 ch sou 300 24
80 Ratwaite 605, 27 ch bro pek 2710 39639 41 Rothes 361 11 hf-ch pek 550 36
81 608 21 do pekoe 1890 31 42 362 3 do pek sou 150 31
84 Galella 617 7 do bro pekfans 819 20 43 363 1 do unas 60 28
85 Kataboola 620 10 do pek dust 1400 17 44 3864 1 do red leaf 37 19
88 P 629 7 do unas 720 19 49 Harangalla 369 2 ch fans 200 30
39 Hila 632 27 do broorpek 2700 38 50 370 2 do sou 180 Rey
90 635 32 do bropek 2720 = 39 51 Berragalla 371 4hf-ch dust 310 =16
91 658 29 do or pek 2175 34 52 372 1 do red leaf 30 withd’n
92 641 9 do pekoe 765 33 53 373 5 do fan 347 20
93 644 12 do pek sou 1020 29 54 S$ 374 6hf-ch dust 480 17
96 Glasgow 653 46 do broorpek 3680 59 55 375 5 do _ bro tea O50nn 18)
97 656 14 do or pek 910 55 56 A 876 3hf-ch dust 210 li
98 659 8 do pekoe 800 46 57 377 3 do bro tea 150 22
99 Rondura 662 8 do or pek 720 41 58 Allakolla 378 2 ch fans 200 17
100 665 70 do bro pek 7000 40 59 379 2 do dust 206 15
101 668 24 do pekoe 2160 33 60 388 2 do red leaf 157, 14
102 671 26 do pek sou 2340 29 61 RKP 381 4 ch bro pek Bis)
104 Agra Ouvah 677 54 hf-ch ie orpek 2510 65 2, 382 1 do broorpek 100 ~= 33
105 681 30 do orpek 1650 53 63 383 3 do pek 255 = 31
106 684 8 ch pekoe 760 8945 64 384 5 do peksou 400 27
107 Koslande 687 21 do pekoe 1890 3 65 Gingran Oya 285 2hf-ch dust 176 eee
109 Mount Everest 692 27 hf-ch bro pek 1485 59 66 386 1 do bro mix 93 17
110 695 42 do or pek 2100 49 71 Savernake 391 3 ch sou 270 2
111 698 36 ch pekoe 3420 41 73 393 5 do bro mix 523 18
112 70L 13 do —peksou 3170.37 77. Ravenscraig 397 3 ch peksou 240 «(26
113 Ben Nevis 704 23hf-ch floweryor pek 1150 57 78 NSC 398 2 ch bro mix 163 14
114 707 14 ch or pek 1260 42 79 399 5 do fans 400 16
115 710 9 do pekoe 765 36 81 DAL 1 5 ch_ pek 500 9.29
116 713 llhfch dust 935 18 82 2 1 do _ pek fans 11524
119 Horton Plains 722 35 do bro pek 1925 37 83 8 1 do dust 135 14
120 725 19 ch pekoe 1615 32 84 4 1 do con 100-26
121 728 9 do peksou 720 = 30 85 Silver Valley 5 Qhf-ch unas 450 27
125 Mount Everest 740 21 hf-ch bropek fans aah withd'’n | 86 6 1 do fans 5720
126 743 7 do dust 700 87 7 1 do con 44. 22
127 Yapame 746 29 ch bro pek 2900 38 bid | 92 Kelani 12 6 ch dust 450 15
128 749 39 do pekce 1615 34 93 Kahatagalla 13 5 do_ bro pek 450 34
129 752 9 do pek sou 720 30 94 14 5 do pek 425 32
139 Digdola 755 12 do pekoe 960 29 95 15 3 do peksou 240 (i
131 758 12 do pek sou 1080 86.23 96 16 1 do dust 125 14
132 Bellongalla 761 lihf-ch bropek 700 39 98 Gwernet 18 5 do eK 475 33
133 764 12 ch yj 2koe 840 39333 99 19 3 do pek sou 270227
134 767 14 do ek sou 840 23 102 Doenevale 22 36 boxes pek 369 36 bid
135 Poilakande 770 42 do ro pek 3780 34 bid | 103 23 22 do pek 440 36 bid
136 773 2% do pekoe 2160 30 105 Se ch pek sou 170 26
138 Glentilé 779 41 do bro pek 4100 49 106 28 1 do fans 100-24
139 782 20 do pekoe 2000 39bid | 107 27 1 do dust 82 18
140 Ferndale 785 18 do bro or pek 1709 48 109 Patulpana 29 Ohf-ch bro pek 495 33
141 785 11 do or pek 990 43 110 30 5 do pek 250 27
144 Glasgow 797 28 do bro or pek 2240 60 111 31 6 do pek sou 300 26
145 800 11 do or pek 715 59 112 32 lhf-ch con 47 22
146 863 7 do pekoe 700 45 113 RT, in estate
147 AgraOuvah 806 55 hf-ch Pro orpek 3575 64 mark 33 3 ch fans 360 15
148 809 30 do or pek 1650 54 117 Comillah $7 6 ch pek 600 30
149 812 8 ch pekoe 760 45 118 38 4 do pek sou 400 26
157 MC 836 9 do sou 720 34 120 Agarsland 40 10hf-ch bro pek fans 600 24
164 Pati Rajah 857 16 do bro pek 1760 35 bid 1 41 4 do dust 240 1é
166 Anchor, in est. 127 Hopewell 47 Shf-ch dust 480 14
mark 863 1Shf-ch sou 1080 85 130 Romania 50 5 ch pek sou 500 27
167 866 11 do fans 715 B1 135 Ivies 65 8 ch sou 540 27
168 869 9 do dust $10 «16 137 57 8 do bromix 26345
160 Kapaduwa 872 31 ch unas 3100 26 1383 53 4 de fans 340 20
170 Murraythwaite875 17 do bropek 1615 39 139 Sirisanda 59 3 ch unas 3508
171 878 17 do pekoe 144500 33 1 hf-ch
172 BC $81 19 do ro pek 1875 48bid | 140 60 2 ch dust ee)
73 884 18 do pekoe 1430-39 14 Gl 3 do bro tea 264-20
174 887 10hf-ch dust 850 17 144 Nugawella 64 4 do peksou $40 28
178 Pati Rajah 899 17 ch bro pek 170@ 85 bid 145 65 3hf-ch dust — 255 16
179 902 9 do pekoe 720 «(30 146 66 1 ch bromiz 85 =a
180 MTP, 12, in 147 G A Ceylon 67 8 ch sou 544 26
est, mark 905 14 do pekdust 1680 15bid | 148 68 lhbfch dust 56 od
188 Galloola 929 $2 de bropek s200. 49 149 YD 69 1 ch pel oO @
Laas eS Se © iy 2) ae ae ee, oe |
4 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. | Box; Pkgs. Name. Ib. ec. Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. «.
15 Mary Hill 70 13hf-ch _pek e50 «seid | 168 PatiBeieh Situg chy oF pel a
15 Oyocs, A I 73 4 ch unas 400 28 165 5) 1.4 do: pokes = »
15 74 2hf-ch bro pek dust 160 16 175 BC 890 6 do
15 75 2 us 200 14 7
159 CF, in estate 176 COR, ch
mark 79 8 ch bro pek 300 38 bid : Lhfch bromix 25 2%
161 81 1 do pek sou 100 28 177 PatiRajah £96 6 ch orpek 450 «38
166 NCGCeylon 86 % ch fans 115 18 = i ae bro pek a @
167 GMS 87 4hf-ch bro pek 196 © -28 1 $11 3 do
168 88 1 do pek 492 1hf-ch pekoe 314 BB
169 89 1 do pek sou 4821 183 DA 914 4 ch pek sou 30 8
170 Glanrhos 90 5 ch sou 47524 184 917 5hf-ch fans 3516
71 91 Ma do m Nine 130 20 185 Happy Valley 920 5 do bro or pek 300 4
172 92 3 do dust 420 14 186 923..1 do. pekoe oO. 2
177 Warakamure 97 3hf-ch dust 270 «(14 187 Galloola 926. 3 do pek sou 18023
180 Koladeniya 100 1 ch dust 015 191 00) 938.4 do dust S08
186 Hatale 106 2 ch bro mix 320 7
2 hf ch ———
193 PGK, in 36 a" 7 .
fe 13 6 5 b
Prima? aes te ie (Messrs. Forbes & Walker.)
195 115 1 do pek sou 70 22 .
200 Bollagalla -120 Lhf-ch dust 9 10 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
201 121 92 ¢ ro mix 24 15 ,
210 Illukettia 130 1 ch fans 14514 TT eee weal 7S OE 4
211 ES 181 2 ch sou 189 18 1L Rocksid 691 1 ch k N
212 1871 dp bro tea 100 16 12 Mie 694 6 an Oak “Se pod
216 Meetiyagoda 136 1 ch bro tea 130 «(10 13 697 5 do peksou 450
217 187 1 do red leaf 10 06=CO7 | deste digit ae 480
218 Paradise 138 13 hf-ch bro pek 650 89 bid | 45 703 1 di b i
$8 ipieionth 4 4 ° ro mixed 90
xg 4 ae pe 68231 18 712 2 dv dust No. 2 310
221 141 1 ch bromix 108 16 2 ene Oe anh ee ~4
228 142 2 do dust 270 «16 1 vem @ dot tae — fan 140
224 Mahatenne 144 pee pek 3420 31 25 Mattakelle 733 4 ch bro pek 44c
s » 7
226 146 1 ch dust Ol 15 “ be Fey ii ~~
227 i 147 1 do red leaf 75 14 37 Blackburn 769 6 ch or ann 516
228 Tientsin 148 3 do dust 360 13 bid | 49 784 1 do bro tea 55
43 Carenden 787 4 ch bro pek 490
a 5 44 799 8 do pek 205
45 798 2 os pek sou 200
46 796 1 do sou 90
[Mr. H. John.] 47 799 1 dust 90
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. ec. = Raglan ae ete ed i
2 LEL 371 7 ch ~~ pekdust 630 15 53 817 1 de dust 83
4 Akkara Totum nee i ug per sou Bd 19 54 Palmgarden ~ - ae! cow! pek 240
‘ do ans 23 5 2 ° 800
12 Rookwood 401 3 do pek dust 56 $26 3 do ee sou 180
12; 403 1d eon "5 3. 4 paame a 532 eae fro sg 4
a o pek sou 2 2, 2 o 200
17 Yakka 416 1 do dust 105 16 60 838 1 ch dust No. 2 130
19 Harrow 422 l1lhf-ch orpek 605 45 61 811 38 do dust ,, 1 390
21 428 8 do pek sou 400 Whid | «#2 KGEK 844 1 ch red leaf 86
2B KP a : a at a “ 63 Gallawatte 2k id 2 oe pek 665
BY oO ans 3 65 53 2 do sou 7
24 ASy Cen Uh cougou 180 27 66 856 1 do coy fans 2
25 440 3 do red leaf 282 19 67 859 1 do dust 85
28 Suduganga 449 2 do pek fans 250. 23 73 M’Goilla 877 3 ch
30 455 4 do unas 360 29 lhf-ch dust 440
31 458-4 do sou 320 - 27 74 Marguerita 880 11 lf-ch bro pek 605
‘36 Claremont 473 2hf-ch fans 120 27 7 888 9 do or pek 459
37 476 3 do dust 264 16 79 895 2 do fans 120
38 479 3 ch _ red leaf 270 19 a) £98 5 do dust 400
43 Keenagaha Ella 491 8S do sou 600 37 81 Broughton 901 8hf-ch pek sov 163
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oO us E 2 do ust 17
81 Mocha 518 6 do _ brotea 420 21 87 Waltrim 919 2 ch dust 202
64 Hadella 527 7 Go peksou 560 28 92 Cooroondoo-
56 533 5Shf-ch dust 450 15 watts 934 ll hf-ch bro pek 550
69 Villa 545 3 ch _ redleaf 198 «619 94 930 9 do peksou 450
61 Galella 548 6 do or pek 510-44 98 KNA 952 4 ch sou 360
ot ore ag. Spekeou. aa) Bet | aos Oe Re cine dawe 610
7 § ° a
pe attengalle, td a ae per sou 340 26 104 970 4 ch pence a0
5 Co) ekoe 560 27 105 Ismalle 973 4 ch s
76 Brownlow 593°" 7% do Ran 616 28 108 2 076 4 ds cand ios
82 Ratwatte 611 8 do pek sou 640 28 107 979 3 do dust 426
83 Galella, 614 3 do dust 340 «13 103 982 2 congou 134
as Kataboola Oa 2 aa hy nee 215 25 109 Huanco 985 9hf-ch bro ‘pek 540
2 -ch © bro mix 118 28 lll 991 -7 k 5
94 Hila 647 38 do pek fans 150 24 + 112 994 4 ain sai a 4
95 650 4 do dust 340 17 113- 997 2 do dust 150
103 Rondura 674 1 do dust 71 17 114 1000 4 de bro mix 200
ate Tonepton. vee 2 ig se ae uy ed Pompeu Rouse 4hf-ch dust 320
118 m9 12d. Shee 93 «18 "ee mathe. AOU “ons ase pek 220
122 Horton Plains 731 3hf-ch bropekfans 15® 38 121 : 1021 % do pek 130
123 734 2 do dust 170 16 122 1024 3 do pex stu 210
124 Anamallai 737° 2 do dust 170 USS FS) Ae trex 1039 1 ch dust 80
737 Poilakande 776 2 ch pek sou 1806 128 1042 1 do red leaf 100
ve Ferndale 791 1 do peksou 62 28 129 1045 lhf-ch do he
ee eaan mits ae |e soe ee ae
: @ cengou
155 Kahagalla 830 3hf-ch bropek 180 489337 ' 132 ; 1054 1 do dust 100
156 833 4 ch pekoe 36088 133 ASC 1057 6 ch dust 560
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. 5
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Dee: Lot Box Pks Name lb. c.
139 Galapitakan- 323 Allerton 1627 2 ch bro pek dust 240 17
de 1075 4 ch dust 360 7 324 1630 3 do pek dust 360 17
143 Tonacombe 1087 7 ch pek sou 630 35 325 Kelvin 1633 2hf-ch dust 140 17
144 1090 7hf-ch dust 630 18 326 Pingarawa 1636 3 ch dust 309 15
135 1093 4 ch sou 360 27 327 Poengalla 1639 5 do dust 400 17
146 1096 3 do bro pekfans 330 25 329 PB 1645 1 do red leaf 10 16
147 1099 3 do bro or pek 345 32 336 Warwick 1666 3hfch dust 210 19 bid
148 1102 8 do dust 405 15 348 Geragama 1702 4 ch pek sou 360 27
149 Knavesmire 1105 7hf-ch bro or pek 420 44 350 1708 4hf-ch fans 220 27
163 1117 4 do fans 240 32 353 Waratenne 1717 4 ch pek sou 340 27
154 1120 2 d> dust 160 16 355 1723 3hf-ch fans 165 25
156 Theberton 1126 ihf-ch bro pek 50 36 360 Nakiadeniya 1738 7 ch pek sou 56U 28
159 1135 6 ch fans 600 29 361 AN _1741 7hf-2h bro pek 885 23
164 Hunasgeria 1150 2 ch sou 180 26 362 1744 6 ch pek 551 22
166 1156 6 do sou 510 26 363 1747 5 do congou 889 18
178 Yataderia 1192 4 ch pek sou 50 24 364 1750 3hf-ch bro or pek 165 28
188 Thedden 192973) ich dust 470 14 365 1753 3 do bro pek fans 161 30
191 Beausejour 1231 2 ch peksou 184 26 366 1756 3 do bropekdust 255 14
192 1234 1 do fans 86 29 367 1759 4 ch pek sou 360 21
193 1237 2 do dust 164 17 368 M W 1762 1 ch bro pek 110 18
194 Ingurugalla 1240 5 ch bro tea 600 14 369 17€5 2 do red leaf 180 13
195 1213 4 do red leaf 360 18 370 1763 1 do pek fans 94 14
193 Forres 1245 1 ch bro pek 66 42 371 177t 1 do bro pek fans 111 14
197 1249 1 do pek 77 34 BY) “LP 1789 4 do fans 440 25
198 1252 Jhf-ch fans 64 22 881 Weyungawattel801 1 do pek sou 85 28
199 1255 1 do dusé 90 15 82 1804 2 do dust 170 14
200 1258 4 do red leaf 220 19 383 VOA 1807 4 do bro tea 440 17
203 DMV 1267 6 ch pek sou 450 27 384 PGA 1810 1hf-ch red leaf 43 21
20% 1270 2 do bro pekfans 168 27 387 Hope 1819 g do bro or pek 440 64
205 1273 1 do bro tea 67 24 388 1822 7 ch or pek 630 51
206 CN 1276 lhf-ch dust 50 17 391 183 2hf-ch peksou 160 31
207 1279 1 do bro tea 59 20 392 LGA 1834 3 ch bro mix 300 21
22 Aberdeen 1294 Shf-ch dust 400 16 393 Linest. mark 1837 4 do bro tea 364 19
216 Dea Ella 1306 10 hf-ch pek sou 420 28 39! Cinest. mark 1810 7 dO bro tea 637 19
218 1312 7 do fans 335 27 404 Castlereagh 1870 5 ch pek sou 400 30
219 1315 6 do dust 390 15 405 1873 6hf-ch fans 420 28
222 Bargany 1324 6 ch peKk sou 5403 406 1876 3 do dust 249 818
223 1327. 3 do red leaf 255 22 408 Dehiowiti 1882 1 do or pek 59 36
224 1330 lhf-ch dust 95 16 410 1888 5hf-ch pek sou 450 25
226 Oakham 1336 10 hf-ch or pek 490 49 418 Maha Uva 1912 1 ch or pek 102 42
228 1342 4 ch pek sou 330 30 424 Talgaswela 1930 1 do pek 72 32
229 1345 1 do pek fans 130 25 425 1939 4 do dust 480 17
231 Harrington 1351 5hf-ch bro or pek 250 56 428 Peacock Hill 1042 Lhf-ch pek 50-83
235 Non Pariel 1363 11 hf-ch pe 465 34 429 1945 3 do bro mix 150 20
236 136612 do pek sou 480 28 430 1948 8 do pek fans 600 7
237 1369 2 do us 93 17 433 Unngalla 1957 4 ch pek sou 360 28
254 Erlsmere 1420 7 ch pek sou 665 35 434 1950 2 do ust 212 17
259 DM 1435 7 ch pek 650 33 440 New Anga-
260 Dammeria 1138 do dust 385 15 m.na 1978 3hf-ch sou 180 24
26L 1441 lhf-ch sou 40) 24 441 198l 11 do bro tea 532 16
262 1444 1 do unas 28 26 442 1984 2 do congou 116 21
270 Maha Uva 14468 1 ch pek fans 85 18 443 1987 5 do dust 400 12
2i1 1471 7 do ust 624 16 449 Pallagodde 2005 6 ch seu 540 28
279 Battawatte 1495 6 ch pek sou 540 39 451 2011 1 do bro mix 77 23
280 1493 2 do fans 159 29 456 K PW 2026 2hf-ch dust 170 14
281 1501 3 do dust 300 17 459 Wooleyfield 2035 6 ch
283 Battawatte 1597 3 ch pek 285 34 lhf-ch unast 585 25
294 Weoya 1540 3 do fans 315 23 460 2038 1 de pek sou 90 18
296 1546 1 do bro tea 95 21 46L 2041 1 de dust 195 14
308 Ambragalla 1582 7hf-ch bro pekfans 462 27 462 9044 Lhf-ch bro mix 5021
309 1585 5 do dust 450 17 463 Napier 2047 7 ch red leaf 512 16
3.0 1588 2 do red leaf 140 19 464 Pondappa 2050 2 do pek 190 25
312 C 1594 3 ch sou 285 25 465 2053 1 do or pek 95 32
313 Galaha, B 1597 2 do bro pek 180 =30 466 Osborne 2056 1lbox bro or pek 21 50
Bl4 1600 1 do pek 90 24 472 Relugas 2074 3hf-ch sou 180 26
316 Galaha 1606 3 do dust 450 14 473 2077 2 do bro mix 136 15
3l7 1699 Lhf-ch dust 62 474 2080 4 ch dust 480 17
318 Etulgama 1612 5 do sou 450\ 95 475 Preston 2083 1 do unast 108 29
39 1615 1 do sou 42 476 2083 2 do sou 200) 95
320 1618 2 do dust 309 14 477 2080 1hf-ch sou BE ae
341 Katooloya 1621 1 do dust 89 14 483 Vogan 2107 1 ch nnast 65 23
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i Price :—123 cents eacn 3 copies
NO. 5 Cotomeo,. Fesruary 6, 1899. 30 cents; 6 copies ¥ rupse.
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA. Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Wey
Pais ome 167 358 10 ch pek dust 1100 183
LARGE LOTS. 168 361 7 do bro or pek
5 ees a re ens sans 700 33
Es fal 109 arwic 364 10 hf-c pek sou 990 36
x _. Messrs. Forbes & Walker. 171 Geragama 370 9 ch bropek $55.39
; 341,849 Ib. | 172 - 373 13 do pekoe 1170 32
Box cos Tame. 180 Arapolakan-
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name lb. e, dae Hoss eh. browpek 4770. as
TEN; Q10 23 ch bro tea - 2990 i 181 400 43 do pek 3440 36
9 ITKV Seadleilends: ich pek fans 2152 £6 190 Weyunga-
16 Maldeniya 2155 7 ch ~ broorpek 770 42 watte 427 25hfch bro orpek 1500 44
7 2158.9 do. or pek 855 89 191 430 35 ch | bropek 8325. 37.
18 216L 12 do pel 10380 34 192 433 33 do pek 2805 33
23 TVilla 2176. 10 ch bro or pek _ 100) 37 195 Mawiliganga-
24 9179 .8 ch bro pek 729 35 watte 442 J5hf-ch broorpek 9825 48
25 2182.22 dom pek 20708 196 445 21 do orpek 915 40
27 218818 do sou 1140) 28 197 448 41 ch bropek 4100 =. 25 bid
29 LBK 292 42 chi red leaf 1200 18 198 451 28 do pek sou 2240 320
32 Waitalawa 222 52hf-ch bro pek 250062 201 Knavesmire 460 9 ch bro pek 900 «©=« 84 bid
33 2206 59 do pek 2950 37 bid’ | 963 465 26 do pek 6340 32
84 249 40 co pek sou 000 32 208 Kelaneiya and
35 2212 It do dust 999 27 Braemar 481 24hf-ch bro or pek 50
36 Clyde 2435 1b ch broorpek 1155 40 209 484 15 ch or pek 43
37 2218 35 do bro pel 5225 44 210 487 15 do pek 39
33 66 Go. pek £910 35 211 Great Valley
39 22 do pes sou 1980 30 Ceylon, in esate
40 5 do dust 700-16 mark 490 $ ch or pek (20; | -°38
45 Paszara ; 212 $93 36hf-ch bro pek 880 44
Group 2242 16 ch broor pek 1690 £6 213 496 11 ch pek 990 35
46 2215 11 do ov pel 990 t 214 499 8 do peksou 70> | 32
47 2245 14 do pek 1260 41 215 NL 6028. 5 eb pek dust 875 12
560 Anningkan- PAKS ILO 505 4 ch pek dust 70¢ 12
de 7.10 ch bre pek 10004 217 WG, in estate
51 10/13 do do 1390 44 mark 508 4 ch pekdust 700 412
52 13,18 do pek 1235 a7 218 Theydonbois 511 16 do bro pek 14:0 © 49 bia
53 16 11 do pek sou $90 82 514 20 do fek 1600 39
57, Bitulgaila 28 1ghf-ch bro pek $20 39 517 10 do peksou $00 35
58 81 11 ch pek 955 (bh HGM 520 18 ch. bru pek 1440 ~ 37 bid
62 Lyegrove 43-8 ch--—bro pek 83049 523° 19 do pek 1672-35
63 43 8 do pez §00 338 Nillomally,
66 Ellaoya 65 14 ch bro pek 1400 43 OBE Cin
67 “Rowley 58 25hf-ch broor pek 12:30 44 est. matk 644 19 do bropek 178647.
68 61 21 do bro pek 1230) © 42 547, 23 do or pek 207048
69 Gt 26 do pek —- 130037 550° 20hf-ch bro or pek 1200 - 58
72 Serubs 73 53 do — broorpek 2650 5% North Cove 553 12 ch peksou 1200° 27
“J 73 76 456 do bro pek 803) 44 9 St. Leonards-
74 a 79 28 do pek 1260 £9 on-Sea, 556) 15, do bro pek 36
75 &2 33 do | peksou 1435385 234 559 9 do pek 32
76 85 18 do dust 1440/5 22 237 BD W 568 45hf-ch pek sou Pre
838 Dewalakande 106 10: ch bro tea 700 27 238 Asect 57L 13 ch bro pek 1306 42
84 109 iy hi-ch dust 425, 17, 229 574 28 do or pek 2590 42
85 Doragalla 112 20 hbf-co broorpek 1160 50 240 577 33 do pek 2970 34
86 115 23 ch or pek 230K a7 242 583 10 do . bropekfanSI300 28
87 118, 4L; do) peks . 24: 37 259 Penrhkos 60: 20hf-ch bro pex 1120 48
89 iZi 14ht-ch bro mix Y80 25 250 607 18 ch pek 1530. 36
95 Kirklees Li2 #shf-ch broor pek i930 54 25! KPW 619 15 hf-ch pek 700. 34
95 145 24 ch or pek 2400 46 256 Ingrogalla 625 14 ch bro pek 1400 44
97 {8° 26 do | pek- 2a (Oe ele 257 68 13 do pék 1305 3
102 Rahatungoda 163 387 hi-ch or pek 1500 a5 bid 262 Sunnycroft 643 32 do pek 3040" 31
103 COUB 186 .5 ch — dust 750 «18 264 Rin est. mark6i9 16 do pek 1460 31
105 Battalgaila 172 18 ch pek sou 1890 338 965° Hornsey 652 46 do bro pek 4600 53
107 DunSar 178 19hi-ch .or pek 912047 266 655 315 do pek 1500-43
108 181 15 do broorpek 750 55 268 RCW 661 21 do peksou i899 98
110 187 18 ch pek 150089 269 664 10 do bro tea 100027
118 D, in estate 270 667 15 do red leaf 1104 19
mark 211 16 ch sou 14401 og 271 G inest. mark 670 8 do bro pek 840-30 bid
119 214 lhf-ch sou 5Of. ° 272 T Cin est.
120 217 20 ce dust SUUU ¢ 18 mark 673. 28 ch
121 220 1 do dust 92) ; . Lhf-ch pek sou 2572 29 bid
122 Mahalla 223 11 ch bropek 1100 © 36 273 Dea Ella 676 18hf-ch broorpek 950 87
125 Deaculla 232 46hich bropek 2250 54 274 679 27 do or pex 1350 40
126 235 24 do pek 1680 40 QTE 682 22 do pek 1100. 35
1382. Middieton 263 17 ch bro pek 1785 53 bid | 277 Myraganga 688 9 ch bropek 900 33 bid
188). oF 256 12 ch orpek 1080 47 278 Gallustain 691 17hf-ch broerpek 935 -41
145 Maha Uva 292 18hf-ch broorpek 1170 49 279 694 40 do bro pek 2000 43
146 295 17 do orpek 10205 49 280 697 63 do pek 2520 «34
147 . 298 17 ch pek 1615 41 281 700 34 do pek sou 1860 30
148 High Forest 301 3Lhf-ch broor pek 1644 62 283 706 13 do dust 1170 17
149 304 16 do or pek 736 («65 284 Gallustain 709 17 do broorpek 935 42
150 | 307 16 do pek 704 9 45 285 712 25 do bro pek 1250 44
151 KE, inestate 289 Doranakande 724 8 ch bro pek soo. 4
mark 310 16hf-ch broorpek 960 34 293 Glencorse 736 27 do bro pek 2480 40
162 } 313 33 do sou 1650-28 294 739 12 do broorpek 120 48
165 322 10 do dust 900 17 295 742 21 do pek 1785 B34
* 157 ~Torwood 348 14 ch bropek 1260 44 295 745 16 do peksou 1280 29
158 331 14 do or pek 117 296 Hatton 754 11 do tro pek 1210): 554 bid
159 834 27 do pek 2106 } withd'n. 300 767 18 do pek 1620 44
160 337 10 do pek sou 800 303 Tiddydale 766 18 do bro pek 1300-86
161 340 12 do sou 960 29 304 Talgaswela 769 8 do bropek No2sx0 81bid
164 Amblakande 849 17 ch bro pek 1700. 40 305 St. Heliers 772 87hf-ch broorpek 1998 44
165 852 19 do pek 1615-33 306 775 21 do or pek 95 ©6838
166 |. . 855 15 do pek sou 1200 29 “307 - 778 22 ch pek 1980 33
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2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot, Box. Pkys. Name. Ib. c. Lot Box Pks Name ie
808 Clunes 731 15 ch broorpek 1350 39 30 B,inest.mark 28 8 ch fans 80088
309 784 22 co bro pek 1980 40 31 31 9 do sou 720 «629
310 787 28 do pek 2240 83= 8 38 Chapelton 52 13 do bro mix 1040 880
311 790 12 do ek sou 1080.28 39 Brownlow 55 41hf-ch broorpek 2296 61
316 ¥ ilarney 805 20 do roorpek 2000 49 40 68 83 do orpek 1716 44
317 808 18 do pek 1440 41 41 61 48 ch pekoe 4320 88
42 64 15 do peksou 1275 = 83
—__—_ 43 SW 67 wObf-ch or pek 9600s 45 bid
: 44 Bokotua 10 35 ch
(Messrs. Somerville & Co.-— ihf-ch bropek 3561 43 bid
25 |b 45 73 20 ch or pek 1700 86
111,925 Ib,] 49 SA 85 12 do bro pek 1268 36
55 apame 103 29 do ro pek 2900 40
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ¢. 56 Digdola ioe it cao pe
11 Choughleigh 181 24hf-ch proorpek 1248 44 lhf-ch broorpek 1015 89 bid
13 187 14 ch pe 1204 34 57 109 12 ch :
28 EDP 232 6 do dust 900 8 l1bf-ch pekoe 1018 = 82
29 Ukuwela 235 28hf-ch broorpek 1680 34 60 118 4 ch
30 238 41 ch bro pek 4100 935 7hf-ch dust 1956 = 14 bid
31 241 33 do pek 33.0 31 61 Bellongalla 121 14 do bropek 700 «40
82 244 9 do pek sou 900-2 62 124 12 do koe 840s 82
87 GA Ceylon 259 19 ch tro mix 1465 16 63 Haselmere 127 38 ch ce pek 8610 836
88 Depedene 262 27 hf-ch bro pek 1486 = 39 64 Glasgow 130 #9 do broorpek 3120 65
39 265 26 do pek 1300 34 65 133 17 do or pek 1105 367
40 268 18 do dust 900 29 66 136 7 do pekoe 7 45
42 274 71hf-ch bro pek 3905 40 68 YK 142 8 do dust 1°30) ll
43 277 62 do ek 3100 34 69 Maskeliya 145 26 do bro or pek 2600 45
44 280 53 do pek sou 2650 29 70 148 24 de or pek 2400 «44
46 Polpitiya 286 23 ch bro or pek 2185 40 71 151 13 do koe 1300 39
47 2&9 21 do pek 1680 33 72 1544 7 d pek sou 7 82
48 292 12 do ek sou 960 29 *75 SW 163 23hf-ch or pek 1104s 45 bid
51 Chetnole 30L 21hf-ch bropekfans1470 26 81 SW 1909 8 ch bro mix 928 30
62 Henegama 304 12 ch _ bro pek fans 1200 27 86 MN 196 8 do sou 760 30
63 307. 9 do dust 720 14 90 Kanangama 208 20 do bro pek 1900 39
55 - Horageda 313 9 ch bro pek 900 8643 91 211 31 do pekoe 2798 = 8= 3
56 316 12 do per 1140 34 9: 214 19 do ei sou 1520 «38
59 Harangalla 825 16 ch ro pek 1520 44 93 217 15 do ro pek fans 1500 29
60 828 82 do pek 2830 35 94 220 12 do fans 1080 26
62 RTC 334 18hf-ch dust 1440 17 97 L 229 27 do pekoe 2430 27 bid
63 Kurugalla 837 24 ch bro pek 2277 36 98 M 732 19 do _ pekoe 1615 30 bid
64 340 24 do pe 2304-33 99 Lockwood 285 15 hf-ch dust 1208 «18
72 Rayigam 364 29 ch oro pek 3045 41 100 BC 238 19 ch bro pek 1875 = 48 bid.
73 367 10 do or pek 900 = B88
74 870 36 do pek 3240 35
"5 373 15 ae pek sou aon
"7 Ettie 379 15 ¢ ek 123 . -
78 932 12 do, pekson "1100" ‘By SMALL LOTS.
82 Neuchatel 394 45 es ae pek “ie “4 pie Napali
83 397 13 do pe Z
‘91 Killin, is estate Nika’ Geek” Tee oe (Messrs. Forbes & Walker.)
mark 421 42 hf-c ro pe 2 i -
93 Mahagoda § 427 7 ch pek 700 93bia | Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib e.
91 Galdela 430 18 ch bro pek 1800 32 bid 2 2113 6 ch unas 540 98
95 438 17 do pek 1615 29 bid 3 Wewey Watte 2116 11 hf-ch bro pek 530 8g
96 436 11 do pek sou 1040 27 bid 4 2119 7 do pek 350 Be
1 hf-ch 5 2122 1 do dust 60 16
99 DMR, ines- 6 2125 6 ch seu 570 oe
tate mark 445 20 ch ek 1835 32 7 2128 6hf-ch fans 498 14
100 Charlie Hill $48 17hf-ch bro pek 850 35 bid 8 IKV 9131 6 ch bro mix 672 18
101 451 23 ch pek 1150 8932 1c SG 2137 3 ch peksou 294-25
104 Penrith 460 5 ch dust 765) yh A9> 1L Beverley 2140 4hf-ch broorpek 220 39
105 Kwulugalla 463 27 ch bro pek 2700 37 bid se 2143 9 do bro pek 495 43
106 466 20 do ek 1800 32 13 2146 1 do pek 50 33.
109 Dedugalla 470 4.0) (ch! ro pek 700 40 bid 14 2149 13 do pek sou 650 20
110 478 10 do ek 900 32bid } 15 2152 6 do dust 522. 18
112 484 15 do ro tea 1275 20bid { 19 Maldeniyz 2164 8 ch pek sou 680 §829-
115 Carney 493 32hf-ch bro pek 160 39 20 2157 2 do sou 150 %6
116 496 44 do e 19£0 33 21 #170 1 do fans 115 22
117 499 25 do pek sou 1350 29 22 2173 2 do dust 130 «lb
118 502 15 do bro pek fans 750 31 2 ws 2185 7 do peksou 665 2
28 T’Villa 2191 2 ch dust 224 «#4417
ome 30 USA 2197 1 ch
lhf-ch fans 140 28
{Mr. H. John.—110,915.] a = 2200 1 ch bro mix 5 ab.
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Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. bie", Group 16 eh pek sou 60037
Everest 947 2ihf-ch bropekfans1i70 30bid } 49 4 1 do ns 125-21
fie at Gh a oh tates. ited Kal ae ee
d 953 12 ch bro or pek 1344 54 59 y to) u 19-
; Peehwpe 59 9 do pekoe 4 ssz 41 BB Bs 25 1 do red leaf 90 «15
8 962 14 do peksou 1302 37 59 Kitulgalla 34 1 ch pek sou 100 «= -20-
9 965 10 do peksou 60 37 1 do dus llu 17
(Venesta) 960 36 61 40 3 do fans 180 «28
11 Agra Ouvah 971 51hf-ch broorpek 3315 64 bid 64 Lyegrove = 5 ch pek sou 480 25.
12 974 27 ch or pek 1485 50 bid | 65 52 2 do fans 200 20
13 977 9 do pekoe " 855 mA ar 2 Rowley eA : ae — a - ~~
ie 980 26hf-ch broorpek 1456 i 7
i da See se 983 28 do or aes 1358 39 77 Dromoland &8 2 ch broorpek 170 38.
16 986 30 ch pekoe 2160 32 78 91 6 do bro pel 510 37
17 989 21 do peksou 1238 29 79 94.7 do ovek 5250 32
18 992 10hf-ch orpekfans 750 28bid | 80 97.5 do peksou 375 oT
19 G 995 23 ch pek sou 2070 «= 2 81 100.1 do bropekfan 96 £927
20 RL 998 18 do fans 910 © 23 §2 103 Lhf-ch dust 84 «16
21 1 14 do dust. 1204. «18 88 Doragalla 121 5 ch pek sov 4c0 38
23 MR 7 15hf-ch fans 1050. 36 9 L 127.2 ch pek fans 210-22:
2 WHG 10 20 ch ek sou 2000 35 ol 130 1 do dust z “165 14
25 13 1Lhf-ch dust 935 18 92 133 1 do bromixed 130 177.
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. 3
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ibu ie: Lot. Box: Pkgs. Name. Ib. ec.
98 Kirklees 151 7 ch pek sou 595 35 5 Berragalla 16% lhf-ch_ red leaf 30 36:16
99 i 154 1 do congou 74 27 6 GP 166 5hf-ch bro or pek 250 39
100 157 3 do pek fans 363 24 7 169 3 ch or pek 270 34
101 166 6 du dust — 588 18 8 172 6 do pek 510 32
104 OEB 169 3 ch bro mix 225 20 9 175 7 do peksou 525-28
106 YD 175 Lhi-ch bro mix 62 16 lu 178 6hf-ch fans 480 20
109 Dunbar 184 Q9hf-ch bro pek 495 39 12 Choughleigh 184 6 ch or pek 474 39
lll DBR 190 5 ch pek sou 400 i144 NW 1909 3 ch peksou 285 27
112 193 2 do bro mix 160 27 15 193 8 do dust 420 19
113 196 lhf-ch dust 75 14 16 Panapitiya 196 3 ch bro pek 300 39
114 _D inestate 17 199 5 do pek 500 29
mark 199 1 ch bro pek 12 = 36 18 202 3 do pek sou 200 26
115 202 1 do pek 60 32 19 205 1 do dust 120 15
116 295 1 do pek sou 56 28 20 S 208) ich bro pek 140 30
117 208 i do fans 56 28 1 hf-ch
123 Mahalla 226 6 ch pek 609 31 21 Peach pek 124 27
124 229 4 do pek sou 400 28 1 hf-ch
153 D, in estate 22 21t 1 do dust 61 14
mark 316 5hf-ch fans 300 =619 23 Narangoda 217 6 ch bro pek 600 41
154 39 5 do bro mix 300 15 24 226 6 do pek 570 34
156 Torwood 325) 168 (ch bro or pek 600 42 25 223 2 do pek sou 180 29
162 343 6hf-ch bropek fans 4(8 23 26 226 1 do dust 80 17
163 346 7 do dust 490 18 27 229 2 do fans 140 19
170 Warwick 367 3 do dust 240 21 41 Depedene 271 lhf-ch dust 80 18
173 SE 376 7 do bro pek 350 35 5 2383 3hf-ch dust 240 18
174 879 10 hf-ch ek 500 29 49 Polpitvsé 295-1 ch dust 150 13
175 382 1 do pek fans 50 19 D0 2938 1 do bro mix 112 23
176 Doomba 385 5hf-ch fans 250 25 54 Henegama 310 2 ch bro mix 200 18
177 388 5 do dust 450 16 57 Horagoda 319 5 ch pek sou 425 31
178 391 2 ch congou 200 25 58 322 1 do dust 145 13
179 Arapolakan- 61 RK V, in estate
de 394 5 ch bro or pek 550 40 mark 331 14 hf-ch pek sou 630 29
182 403 7 do pek sou 630 39 65 Gonambil 343 3 ch bro mix 219 20
183 406 2 do dust 220. 14 66 Radage 346 3hi-ch bro pek 150 =. 30
184 Radella 409 2hf-ch bro orpek 90 41 67 349 4 do pek 200 28
185 412 2 do or pek 58 36 68 352 3 do pek sou 140 27
186 415 1 do pek 22 3 69 HT, in estate
187 418 1 do pek sou 62 27 mark 355 2hf-ch pek 110 98,
188 421 1 do bro pek fans. 27 26 70 358 7 do pek sou 350 25
189 424 1 do dust 69 Vv 7L 361 2 ch dust 250 15
193 Weyunga- 76 Ettie 376 6 ch bro pek 570 34
watte 436 1 ch pek sou 85 27 79 385 1 do mix 95 17
191 439 Yhf-ch dust 170 17 86 388 1 do fans 110 18
199 Mawiliganga- 8L 391 1 do dust 145 13
watte 454 4hf-ch dust 360 17 &4 Neuchatel 400 2 ch bro orpek 260 28
200 Kmnavesmire 45710 do bro or pek 600 41 86 JVO 406 13hf-ch pek 650 31 bid
202 463 5 ch or pek 400 38 bid 87 Katuville 409 lhfch bropek 50 26
204 469 1 do 83 412 1 do pek 30 23
lhf-ch pek sou 125 27. 8) 415 2 do pek sou 145 19
205 Knavesmiie 472 1 ch 90 41S 1 do con 45 1>
Lhf-ch pek sou 150 26 92 Mahagoda 424 3 ch bro pek 315 31
206 475 2 do bro pek fans 120 19 97 Galdoda 439 2 ch dust 330 17
207 473 1 do dust 54 16 1 hf-ch
223 MK Oya 526 2 ch bro pek 200 35 bid 98 442 2 ch con 166 20°
924 529 4 do pek 360 32 102 Charlie Hill 454 12 hf-ch peksou 609 28
225 532 2 do pek sou 170 26 103 457 8 do pek fans 480 22
226 535 6 do bro mix 5.0 17 107 Kurulugalla 469 3 ch pek sou 270 29
927 538 4hf-ch dust 340 16 108 K G A, in es-
223 541 3 do fans 195 17 tate mark 472 +4 ch bro tea 90 18
235 St. Leonards- 111 Dedugalla 481 4 ch pek sou 340 30
on-Sea 562 4 ch pek sou 360 27 113 487 Thf-ch dust 595 12
236 565 2 do dust 300 «13 114 490 10 do fans 660 22 bid
241 Ascot 580 6 do pek sou 570 30 119 Carney 505 3hf-ch bro mix 150 21
243 586 2 do dust 200 16 120 508 38 do dust 150 V7
248 Penrhos 601 10 hf-ch or pek 480 47
251 610 6 ; cnn per aon 480 32 eT ee
52 613 4 hf-c pek dust 332 22
33 K PW 616 5 do or pek 30049 [Mr. i. John.]
255 622 1 do ust 85 16 - KS
258 Sunnycroft 631 2 ch pek sou 200 27 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Noses
259 634 1 do congou 10026 1 R,inest.mark 941 3hf-ch unas 150. 22
260 637 1 do bro tea 120 15 2 044 1 do pekoe 46 25
261 610 2 do dust S00 FSO Le 6 Rookwood 9:6 6 ch or pek 582) 61
263 Rinest. mark 616 J do bro pek 648 30 bid 10 968 1 do pek dust 152 17
267 Horasey 653 7 do bro sou 665 83 22 W,inest.mark 4 1 do _ brotea 93 16
276 Dew Ella 686 10 hf-ch pek sou 500-28 26 WHG 16 Shbf-ch fans 300-22
982 Gullustain 703 3 do fans 180 26 27 19 7 ch bro mix 665 ZL
286 71517 do pek 680 35 28 C 22 8 do bropek 680 30
287 718 3 do pek sou 120.0 «(29 29 25 8 do pekoe 640 = 28
288 721 1 do dust SO Lape 32 Nooranie 34 4 do bropek 350 33
290 Doranakande 727 6 do _ pek 570 = 83 bid } 33 37. 5 do pekoe 400 2%
291 730 3 do pek No. 2 270 31 34 A0cede pek sou 291 28
292 733 3 do peksou 270 =. 28 35 43. 4 do sou 312 2%
297 Glencorse 748 2 do bro tea 21084 36 46 1bag_ red leaf 28 12
298 wl 2 do pek fans = = 250-38 37 49 Lhf-ch dust 72 «15
301 Hatton 760 3 do ek sou 255 89 45 Bokotua 76 8 ch _ pekoe 640 35
302 763 3 A do unast 279 82 47 79 4 do pek sou 300 28
— 48 82 shf-ch_ pek dust 217 18
a 10 SA 8s 8 es Bekoe 64083
§1 7 do ek sou 560 29
[Messrs. Somerville & Co.] os Gb ae d6> | pakos 360 $5
53 97 5 do ek sou 450 2
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. Cc. 54 BG 100 1 do Pp ‘
itiya 151 6 ch ek 670-88 1hf-ch pekoe 45029
7 peratopiy 164 z do aE sou 17038 68 Digdola 112 «4 ch i
3 167 1 do bro tea 85 19 lhf-ch pekscu 895 27
4 160 3 do dust 412 17 59 115 5 ch
Pkgs. Name. |) ee
Lot. Box,
Lhfch - bropekfans 533 29
67 YK 138°’ 8 ch red leaf 282 12
73 Maskeliya 157. 2 do sou 200 «28
74 160 5hf-ch dust 450 18
76 Ardlaw 166-6 ch broorpek 660 27 bid
8 WHR 193° 3 do dust 800 i4
87 MN 199 6 do fans 879 3B
88 EK, inest. mark 202 8 do fans 600 lu
89 205 4 do bro mix 400 17
95 Kanangama 223 6hf-ch dust 480 4
96 226 2 do congou 140 23
CEYLON COFFEE SALES IN LONDON.
(From our Commercial Correspondent. )
Mincine Lank, Jan. 13.
“Shropshire” —Mark size 1, Thotnlagalla, 1 cask
sold at 104s; size 2 ditto, 3 at 78s; size 3 ditto, 1 bar-
rel at 44s; PBditto, 1 barrel at 75s, T ditto, 1 tierce
at 41s; Thotulagalla, Lbag at 50s.
“Kanagawa Maru’—Mark Wiharagalla F, 1 cask
sold at 112s; ditto 1,3 at 1093; ditto2, 3casks aud
1 barrel at 101s; ditto S, 1 barrel at 55s; ditto PB,
1 cask at 110s; WHGT in estate mark, 1 cask at 435;
bag at 43s.
se,
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON
“Sadu Maru’—AK O in estate mark, estate cocoa,
56 bags out at 72s.
“Tamba Maru”—fI MLM, estate cocoa, 85 bags out
at 685; 3 bags sold at 543 sea damaged and rpkd.;
I MAK™M in estate mark, estate cocoa, 50 bags sold
at 69s; 3 at 62s; NN in estate mark, estate cocoa,
92 bags out; AM in estate mark, estate cocoa, 35 bags
‘out; JA in estate mark, 50 bags out; 2 bags sold at
548 6d seadamaged andrpkd.; MAK in estate mark,
3 bags sold at 56s.
“Clan Mcleoa’—Mark OM in estate mark, estate
cocoa, 56 bags out; 5 bags sold at 58s sea damaged and
rpkd.; I MLM in estate mark, 22 bags out; 20 bags
out; 109 bags out; OM in estatemark, eatate cocon,
20 bags out; OM in estate mark, estate cocoa, 20
bags out. —
“Hatichi Maru’—MAK in estate mark, 28 bags
out.
“Clan Melean”—O MUM in estate mark, 4 bags
out.
“Kanagawa Maruw’—MAKM in estate mark, 111 bags
out; AMK in estate mark, 26 bagscut. —
“Sadu Maru’—KKM in estate mark, 60 bags sold
at 63s 6d; 20 at 633 20 at 623 6d; 25 at 62s; 7 at
57s sea damaged and bulked; AKM in estate mark,
20 bags sold at 57s; 83 bags out; 9 bags sold at 57s
sea damaged and bulked; MAK in estate mark, 18
bags sold at 68s; 24 at 60s, 6d sea damaged bulked;
6 bags sold at 58s 6d sea damaged bulked.
“Shropshire’—Mark Grove C, 37 bags out at 75s;
16 at 70s 6d; C2, 1 bagsold at 60s 6d sea damaged;
3 bags sold at 60s 6d sea damaged and rpkd.; CAR
c=)
ditto, 10 bags so.d at 69s 6d.
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“Duke of Norfolk"—Palli 1, 8 bags sold at 70s 6d;
ditto F, 16 bags sold at 69s; ditto 2, 2 bags sold :
rt Fa, 9 bags sold at 53s. : =
“Sadu Maru’—Mark cocoa Pathregyle 44 bags
out! ditto T, 4 bags sold at 55z. ors ;
A ile ad Maru”—AM in estate Mark, 25 bags
out. ;
“Sadu Maru”’—Wiltshire cocoa, 31 b t; di
T, 2bage sold at 55s, a
“Kanagawa Mara”—A KK in estate m 21 bags
ent in estate mark, 24 bags out; 1 bee sold at
8 .
“Shropehire’—Warriapolls, 20 bags sold at 74s; 20
at 73s 6c; 25 bagsont out at 73s; 49 bags sold at 75a
6d; 5 at 703 6d; Sat 583 Gd; 24 at 56s Gd. Suduganga,
7 bags sold at733 6d; 1 at 68; 4 at 68s 6d; 1 at 538;
7 at 55s.
“Sadu Maru”—Anniewatte, 39 bags seld at 78s; 1
at oo sea hops bulked.
“Shropshire’— in estate mark, 50 b out at
703; O KKM in estate mark, 101 oe out at 700.
ry ee Mart = sgoue a 74 bags out at 73a;
bag sold at 51s. Ingurugalia A, 24 bags out a
748; ditto’, 1 bag sold al 58a" re se ‘
“Clan Mackinnon”—Coodngalla, 85 bags ont; 2
bags soldat 58s6d. Kepitigaila, 38 begs sold at 698;
2at 582 6dsea damaged bulked.
“Shropshire” —Kepitigalla 20 bags sold at 7064; 16
at 765;3 at 65s; 7 at 58s 6d sea damaged ;
“Kanagasa Maru'’—Bandarapolal, 11 bags out ab
71s; mark 2, 1 bagsold at 157s; ditto T,2at 64s 6d.
“Sadu Marn”—Maousava AA, 10 bags sold at 693
6d; markA, 7 bagssold at 693 0d; Y, 5 bags sold at
698; 2 Y, 16 bags sold at 68s; C, 2 bags sold. at 65s Gd;
B, 9 bagssold at 42360, Rockhill AA, 14 bags sold
at 71s 6d; A, 8 bags sold at 69s 64; C, 1 bag sold at
55s 6d; B, 7 bags 42s 6d.
“Arabia""—DB 307 CC in estate mark, 20 bags out
a Lo DB 308C, 41 bags out; DB 312 C, 15 bags out
a B.
“Kanagawa Maru”—Pordappe A, 49 baga
69s 6d; mark T, 3 bags ont. 4 Rep ans a
“Clan Druommond’—WNorth Matale, 115 bags out.
“Port Elliot”—Mukalane 1, 49 bags sold at 74; 2,
7 bags out; T, 5 begs cut.
“Staffordshire’’-—Mulkalane, 60 bags out at 75s.
“Clan MacAlister’—Mark Meegama A, 36 bags out;
2,10 bags scld at 69s6d; 1, 2 bags sold at 62s 6d; B,
4 bags sold at 52s.
“Shropshire’—Meegama A, 26 bags out; 1 bag sold
at 6is 6d sea damaged buiked; 1, 6 bage sold at 663;
331, 1 bag sold at 64s; B, 2 bags sold at 41s 6d.
Batagolla A, 17 bags sold at 69s; B, 7 bags sold at 663,
C, 1 bag sold at 45s 6d.
Lo Mackinnon’’—New Peradeniya, 10 bags sold
at 69s she
a eee
COCOA SWEEPINGS.
“Eeret’’—No mark, 1 bag sold at 66s 6d.
‘“‘Albatross”—1 bag sold at 61s 64d.
—
NO. 6
CoLoxBo, Fresruary 13, 1899.
TEA, COFFEH, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES,
Pricr:—124 cents each 3 copies
30 cents; 6 copies $ rupee.
COLOMBO SALES
Shrubs Hill
t. Edwards
Ellaoya
Ellaoya
-Agra Oya
-B D W
Anningke 1 de
Thedden
W’Bedde
Meemora
Oya -
Glengariff
-Stiathspey
Avoca
Galapitakan-
de
Polatagama
Weoya
Massena
AMB
Naseby
Ruanwelle
High Forest
Erracht
Ganapalla
Middleton
BDWP
LARGE LOTS.
Messrs. Forbes & Walker. —
35
9
46
20
12
13
14
33
12
14
20
Pkgs.
ch
ch
ch
do
hf-ch
do
do
hf-ch
hf-eh
hf-ch
ch
do
do
do
do
312,108 Ib.)
Name. lb.
pek sou 3325
ved leaf 7&3
bro pek 4503
pek 1800
broor pek 720
bro pek 71a
pek 770
bro pek fan 2010
pek e40
bro pek 16v0
pek £0)
pek sou 1620
or pek fans 112u
or pek 24132
pek 880
bro pek 170
or pek 1700
pek 1620
pek sou 900
bro pek 1365
pek 2350
fans 1680
dust 975
congou 1080
bro pek 2640
bro or pek 110
pek 850
bro pek 1980
or pek 1559
pek 120)
pek sou 720
or pek 1275
pek 1008
pek sou 954
pek sou 700
or pek 1218
bro or pek 816
pek 1709
ek sou 900
ro pek 4600
or pek 20 0
k 3635
pek sou 1275
bro or pek 3100
or pek 1 60
elk 4260
pek sou 2560
bro pek
fans 900
bro pek 2250
pekoe 1700
pek sou 850
bro pek sou 720
fans 1630
bro or pek 1008
or pek 1092
pek 1102
or pek 2550
bro pek 1800
pek 1170
pek sou 810
bro or peK 1693
or pek S74
bro pek 858
pek 3200
pek sou 1275
bro pek
fans 1609
or pek 4220
bro or pek 5940
pek 7360
ek sou 3375
ro pek fan 1600
dust 1204
bro or pek 1 00
bro pek 1650
do 1785
pek 10380
pek sou 1530
bro pek 4860
OF TEA,
[Messrs. Somerville & Co.-—
Name.
bro or pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
fans
dust
bro or pek
bro or pek
bro pek
pek
bro pek
or pek
pek
pek sou
flowery or
bro pek
pek
pek sou
sou
pe'c
pek sou
bro or pek
or pek
pek sou
sou
bro or pek
bro or pek
pek
pek sou
bro or pek
bro pek
peksou
bro or pek
or pek
pek
Name.
pek dust
bro or pek
bro pek
pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
bro pek
Lot. Box. Pkgs,
118 Mapitigama 1165 15 hf-ch
119 1168 z2 do
129 1171.18 ch
121 1174 14 do
127 Chesterford 1192 19 ch
13u 120L 18 hf-ch
13L Doragalla 1204 50 hf ch
132 1207 19 ch
133 1210 40 do
134 1213 13 do
135 1216 1L do
137 Galkanda 1222) 19) Ichi
238 1225 15 do
139 1228 1t do
145 Pantiya 1°46 5 ch
146 Matale 1219 52hf-ch
147 1252 23 ch
148 1255 12 do
149 Scrubs 1238 15 ch
150 126t 31 do
156 Pusella 1279 13 ch
157 Castlereagh 1232 17 ch
158 1285 16 do
159 1285 16 do
106 SAK 1309 11 ch
168 Stamford
Hill 1315 56 hf ch
169 13!8 31 ch
170 1321 13 do
176 Penrhos 13.9 26 hf-ch
177 1342 31 do
178 1345 40 ch
173 1348 12 do
18t KP W 1354 25hf-ch
182 1357 28 do
183 1360 53 do
186 Nugagalla 1369 15 hf-ch
187 1372 33 do
190 Nahalma
(Venesta
Caests) 1381 63 hf-ch
191 1384 51 ch
192 1387 26 do
193 N A(Venesta
Chests) 1390 11 ch
197 Kakirskan-
de 1402 10 ch
1 hf-ch
199 SM 1408 10 ch
208 Errollwood 1435 27 do
209 1438 26 ch
210 1441 10 do
211 144415 ch
212 Warakamura, 1447 16 hf-ch
213 Exrlsmere 1450 20 ch
214 1453 46 do
215 1456 17 do
218 Bandara
Eliya 1465 100 hf-ch
319 1168 29 ch
220 1471 26 do
22L 1474 79 do
227 Stisted 1192 45 hf-ch
232 Emelina HUT ONT chi
236 Fairlawn 1519 32hf-ch
237 1522 50 do
238 1525 18 ch
241 Battalgalla 1634 11 ch
242 Queensland 1537 7 ch
243 1540 10 do
244 1343 25 do
100,046 Ib,]
Lot. Box. Pkgs.
1 Yuspa 511 13 hf-ch
2 Ukuwela 614 15 ch
3 517 26 do
4 620 19 do
1L Glenalla 441 16 ch
12 544 17 do
13 547 8 do
15 Bidbury 653 8 ch
16 556 9 do
17 Ravana 559 26 ht-ch
18 562 26 do
k
Prd pek
pek
lb.
825
1100
1620
1:20
1710
1449
1650
1900
3410
1010
1100
90)
1350
1100
700
3120
2079
1080
1425
3109
1118
1700
1360
1250
1155
2800
2799
1105
1218
Ib.
1040
1400
2600
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2 “7
7 3 a
N Sa Aad es ete ee x
Lot. Box: a b on 1989 «39 64 N ie HM rope ene) 2 ma
25 Be 580 22 ¢ ED : 2 or, = Hl ot or pek 302 ! ‘
% Ferriby ed 32 do phe sah a = oY Mount Temple co 4 oe —e x36 si bid
2 546 14 do 1:00 40 bid | 68 5 25 ch oe "
26 Polpitiya (07 15 ch 50 OF pek “0 24 69 = “lo Lo sou 1140 _ ba
34 ie 610 | Ne rok oki 9 » 70 451 10 hf-ch Or pak fons BA. 8
e 613 2240 «44 71 1 ch red lea
35 P 9 97 ch 10 pek ae 9 2N 454 15 k 61000838
ig NM ly brobrpek 2am 4 7a Myrogangs 457 Gh do pekeo. G1 3s
38 625 20 do pek 70 31 74 - ksom 1280
39 628 13 do pek sou a ye 56 75 463 4 fo. SS pek 1785 38
AD ee A Ae Ae oe oe 76 Hattangalla 465 24 do pekoe 1600 » 38 .
41 Minna 634 30 ch or pek 1350 2 17 ase 12 do pekoe 13208 j
a2 637 15 do. pek 720 36 79 € ‘oy hich Suse 8006 |
43 640 8 do pek sou 907 «18 3 8, in est, mark 487 bor jek 1530 2
45 HL ia ek ae ee 93 Kondura he Sep pek 4200 ~4
4 1 ht-c v408 86 94 ; 5a koe $320
E : f-ch bropek = 24 4 4 523 45 do pe 29
46 Lower Le “4 ye pek 12 4 Pe 526 20 do peksou 1300
a end aie 62 te oper ee
48 Tiddodale 655 11 ch pek 930 28 ithe} ad
Be pies cn Tee eee 1 ae SMALL LOTS. .
Fr Beeinate 661/18 ch ee 81083 aaa ; |
] AYyIS eH] » 35 .
52 eo7 21 do pek te (Messrs. Forbes & Walker
88 6.0 10 do pek sou Box. Pkgs. Name. 1 Tu.
; 9 28 Lot. , 41
56 H, an eee 676 18 ¢ ou k ie 31 bid SM 814 65 ch bro pek pod 29
Welgarpola 685 21 hf-ch ee pe 1800 30 : St. Edwards 88 Shf-ch pek suu
Posie oe 68825 do pe 720 28 23 Anningkan- 99 21
60 691 12 do peksou ain 23 A & 895 1 ch red leaf 235 35
# ae 709 18 hf-ch aint ts 80 r 5, 901 3hf-ch pek fans 225 «2
6 712 34 ch ems 79 B4 es in estate x
33 IP 2 Mie 3 bro pek r290 31 KWD, ine : bro or pek
6 ee 718 0 ag pek sou Ps 4 mark 904 4hf-ch fans 240 3
rf 724 22 eh bro pek repos fm
72 Harangalla Hy a de pek 4 B44 r 23 Lie 910 Ghf-ch bro pek m4 4
73 739 25 ch ro pi DAH ‘ i 611 do sou
74 Naraugoda ey 98 do ge asa =f 4 a ats i) fib .. (nee _ 6 15
75 136 22 do — pek 55 bid | 36 : ‘
2 Mousa Bliya 45 1 ch bro pek 1365 40 bi a angie 922 2 ch ee s 3 bid
79 ousa re H ] 2)
£3 Bougahagode- 767° 18 ch bro pek we a 42 Treby on Aa ro pek fans 320 bu
un 760/11 do pek "850-88 oe ate 10542
&7 OH Loe at et co: Dees i Me 855.1 ch ping pok - 37
Pia 772 26 ch so 3: bid 953 2 do rs 5
ao. aawath fSt 33 ch © bro pek 380042 “4 961 -Thf-ch bro pek fans 84 5
92 GWatte 787 18 ch bro pek 1190 35 at . itakan- 180 20
93 Honiton 79) 14 do’ ek +2 31 55 Galapi 976 2 ch dust i
94 HIB ie. ove pelo 2 37 bid de 1006 8 dast 220 “4
95 799. 20 ch Bro pek = -192 65 Weoya 1038°°S bf. Mh fans 350
97 KM 72 69 Massena 132F 1 do dust 80 os
ee 70 10304 ch red leaf 350
10 73 AMB . 4 ch dust 320 is
{Mr. E. John. —146,310.] 81 Ruanwelle eyo 6 ch bro or pek 600 ~
Box. + Pkgs. Name. Ib. es eas 5 aod 4 ch pek fans “ 26
Lot. SN aL Ie. ane ee 2 pa 1086 2 do bro mix 10° 17
2 ch bro pe e 93 dust 510
9 Oonoogaloya ant Bs do pekoe a 96 ! pad Aes bro pek No.2 50
10 271 12 do. Weecirg reas lw BDWP Tee as pek 50 | withd’n.
2 Glassaugh 274 103 nie ae 4500 46 “ ; 1147 1 do ote 00 iS ;
: ‘ - Zity.5O °C 2200 36 112 1159 1 do ust “
13 930 22 do bro pek % 32 113 : i dust 830 18
es MS Sl Se errs lit TIED th do~ hil Gare here 68 85
15 3 285 12hf-ch dust k £660 Fg bid 115 1162 “1 hf-ch dust 90 7 ,
16 AR ¥ 569 45 ech bro or pe SORE 55 117 BD Ww G 77 7 hf-ch bro pek fans 455 31
17 Glasgow 292 19 do or pek ae 41 122 Mapitigama ivan 3 ch bro pek 29086
18 £95 1t a9 pekoe 1233 OHS aia 3 do pek bye 4
19 f ch ~ 124 2 0 ek sou '
20 IKV 298 “ hf-ech bro pek k Ser 44 125 ph : ay dust =
301 21 ch broor pe A080 Bs 126 195-5 ch congou 450 29
21 Mocha 604 12 do or pek 171047 128 Chesterford ae 2 do bro tes 180°" 31
2 207. 18 do, pekoe 1020-40 129 1231 2 ch pek dust 40 06-20
23 Blnele as pekinan = xifldnaredlo aie Gt | eened aigsh. Pen paRaReL eee 23
53 BROW Sagat wee (lian, Oro mv eaah pew ae: 1237/4 ch’ sou 300. 3%
26 Temples 319 26 do ay Res 2520 38. 112 Bellwood Tepe diye Aver 300 20.
27 32228 do. pek ; 5 143 43° 3 ch” dust 4
28 35 dee bro mnek ieee eS 255 38
29 Claremont 328 do ekoe pek 2145 61 bid | 151 Scrubs ican 7 Gol pek sou = “4
30 : 337 “S33 hf-c Ls 5 152 a7 o dust 32
er cas eae oH Lio or BESS” aebid | 136 Pus’ gersieg unk bee pie ois 39
34 ‘ 346 35° ¢ 2160 34 154 Puse f19760°3 dole Ge pek =
36 Morahela : 24 do or pek ‘ 155 127 kK sou 210 32.
37 352 IT hf-eh ey. Boag NEL 2 anes ree: $20 20
38 2 do}, br 161 st 1 :
B beni” iva dual Hs a ae oe oi ee:
40 © 361. 30 ch. pekoe 810... 34 163 Uva msege2 dol pels 126 29°
41 364 9 do peksou 700 38 164 1303.2 ch bro pek 150 30.
43 Sedu, Geka ne ae 17 OW Gx Je 6hfeh pelfans at
‘4 Fi 5 54 di 67 Saad 24
at, ee ap Hee one pek 21) Aga hid 130 Penrhos a a ee Bek Hoh 630-30
ee ase soba AGh EERE cece ih EAE Se ee & By
5 o 0! . 508 r D
Be Glasgow 406 2 do apromgnpek nich Bt 188 ee be 7 aot Rest . 630
36 Glasg [2 44 do ROBE 182 : :
55 gpm ‘lg 24 do pekoe 1680 79 101. N A (Venesta 293 5hf-ch bro fans 325
59 , ‘418 28hf-ch bro or pek 0 7 Chests) 5 do dust 300
60 St. John’s 421 25 do or pek bee 53 199 NA 1396 4
61 424 25 do pekoe 125
62
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. 3
Lot, Box; Pkgs. Name. Ib.
196 Kakiriskan-
de 1399. 3 ch bro pek 300
128 1405 4 do pek sou 300
200 S 1411 6 ch bro pek 600
2OL 1414 1 do pek 85
202 147 6 do pek sou 570
203 1420 1 do fans 112
216 Erlsmere 1459 6 ch pek sou by
217 1462 ihf-ch dust 97
222 Bandara
Eliya 1477 «4hf-ch dust 360
223 1480 7 do bro pek fans 490
224 1483 1 do red leaf 100
225 Ugieside 1486 4 ch dust 320
226 1489 4 do bro mix 400
228 Stisted 1495 8hf-ch pek 40
229 1498 9 do pek sou $95
230 150L 3 do dust 240
231 Emelina 1504 6 ch bro pek GC
233 15lu 4 do pek sou 4006
wi IGA 1513 3 ch bro pek Diz
235 1516 2 do pek 174
2939 Fairlawn 1528 12 ch pek sou 540
240) 1531 3. do dust 2.5
215 Killarney 1546 5hf-ch dust 462
248 Beverley 1555 10 hf-ch bro pek 550
249 1558 6 do pek 300
250 * 1561 4 do pek sou No. 1 200
251 1564 3 do pek sou ,, 2150
252 1567 3 do dust 261
253 P 1570 5 ch pek sou 450
254 1573 3 do fans 450
[NMessrs. Somerville 4 Cc.j
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name.
5 Ukuwela bed) 6 ch son
6 526 lhf-ch dust
(WACO ILE 529 2hf-ch bro pek
§ 532 2 do pek
9 535 4 do pek sou
10 fine Hill 533 1 ch bro tea
14 Glenalla GEO) 2 ai fans
19 Ravana 555 10 hf-ch pek sou
20 £68 2 do dust
91 Danawkande 471 2hi-ch bro pek
22 574 3 do pek
23 577 3 do pek sou
“27 = Ferriby 589 2 ch sou
28 592 12 hf-ch ~ fans
29 495 3 do dust
30 HE 598 4thf-ch bro pek
31 601 12 do pek
2) : 6u4 1 do dust
36 Mahaousa GiG 4 ch bro pek
1 box
55 Berat 673 4 ch pek sou
57 4H, in estate
mark 679 3 ch fans
68 €82 3hf-ch dust
62 Welgampola 69! 2hf-ch bro pex
63 697 3 do pek
64 70 5 do pek sou
65 713 2 do fans
66 706 1 do con
71 Kolandeniya 721 1 ch dust
77 Narangeda 739 2 ch dust
78 742 2 do fans
80 Mousa Eliya 748 7 ch or pek
$1 7al 2) do pek
82 754 2 do pek sou
85 Bogahagode-
wate 763 4 ch pek sou
766 2 do fans
s9 GW 775 2 ch red leaf
90 778 lu hf-ch fans
91 781 7 do dust
96 Honiton 796 2 ch dust
—
(Mr. H. John.
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name.
1 Vincit 241 2 ch pekoe
2 244 2 do peksou
3 247 1 do dust
4 250 1 do fans
56 A 253 4 do pekoe
6 256 4 do pek fans
7 259 5 do
lhf-ch pek sou
8 262 2 ch dust
25 Mocha $138 1bf-ch fans
lb.
coo
80
100
10)
200
withd’n,
19
withd’n.
37
Lot, Box. Pkys. Name. Ibi.
31 MW Bole eleach bro mix 113 7
32 334 3hf-eh bro pek 192 J4
85 Agra Ouvah 243 5 ch pekoe 475 45
45 NB 373 4 do pekce 400 34
46 WE 376 Shf-ch pek fans 36) 28
47 379. 1. ch pek sou 120 26
48 BD 382 Shf-ch bropekfans 510 23
49 Harow 385 8 do pek sou 400 29 bid
53 Pclduwa - 697 4 ch bro pek 400-84
54 400 6 do pekoe 600 30
55 403 1 do pek soa 118 ZL
57 Ni 409 3 do bro or fans 2tu 2
65 D 458 | do
lhi-ch pek sou 125 15
78 C 472 8 ch bro pek 680! 28
380 SL 478 1 do pekoe 84 38
81 481 lhf-ch bro pek 63 51
82 GK 484 1 ch bro pek 100 36
84 LE 490 2% do pekoe 189 ge
91 Fernlands bit: 22 do congou 174 26
92 K’Bedde 514 4 do pekoe 339 30
97 Rondura 529 4 do dust 580 16
CEYLON COFFEE SALES IN LONDON.
(From our Cominercial Correspondent. )
Mrixctxne Lank, Jan. 20.
‘Sado Maru’’—AMK in estate mark, size 0, 46 bags
sold at 253 6d; size 1, 12 bags sold at 35: 6d; size 2,
wpaes sold at 123; PB, 2 bags out; size 0, 1bag sold
at 26s.
ra
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
“Sadu Mara’—Mark Goonambil A, 93 bigs out at
733; 7 sold at 633 6d, sea damaged and buiked; B, 16
bags sold at 61s 6d; CGA in estate mark, 34 bags
sold at 693; ditto B, 8 bags sold at 563s. Ingurugalla
A, 116 bags out at 723; ditto T, 5 bags sold at 57s;
ditto A, 3 bags soldat 65s, sea damaged and rpkd.;
ditte T, [ bag sold at 51s,sex damaged¢1.2. Asgeria
A, 45 bags soldat 71s 6d; ditto TL, 1Lbag sold at 57s;
O AKin estats mark, 20 bags out.
**Golcondaa”—1 Yattewatte, 55 bags ont at 73s; 2, 4
bags so!d at 57s; broken, 2 bags sold at 56s.
“Sadu Maru”—No. 1, AMK in estate mark, 15 bags
out at 70s; No. F ditto, 9 bags out.
CEYLON CARDAMOMS SALES IN
LONDON.
“Shropshire” —Mark Wariagalla, Mysore A, 1 case
sold at 33 3d; 2 at 3s 3d; 4 at 3s 2d; ditto B, 2 cases
sold at 287d; 2at 289d; ditto C, 1 case out; ditto D,
2 cases sold at 1s10d; Sout; dittoseei, 1 case sold at
95103. Hools Group, 1 case out; 1 case sold 2s 6d.
Mark Nelloalla O, 3 cases sold at 33 4d; ditto 1, 2 cases
sold at 2s 7d; ditto 2,1 case out; ditto B&S, 1case oat;
ditto seed, 1 bag sold at 2s 10d.
“Glan Macalister’’—218 in estate mark; 11 cases out
at 3s1ld.
“Kanagawa Mara”’—Mark ALA Malabar, 11 cases
out at 2s 10d; ditto A2, 1 case sold at 1s 8d; ditto I,
19 cases out at 23 94; ditto 2, 1 case sold at 1s 9d; ditto
B, lease suld at 1s 04; ditto 2, seeds 1 case sold at
23 10d.
“Clan Robertson”—Malabar OGA in estate mark,
1 case out at 2s 5d.
“Nestor”—O ia estate mark, Tonacombe special, 2
cases out.
“Menelaus’—Galaha B, l case sold at 2s 6d; ditto C,
1 casesold at 1s 10d.
“Bingo Maru’—MLMI ino estate mark, 6 cases out;
ditto seeds lcase ont.
“Duke of Norfolk”—MILM, 9 cases sold at 2s 1d;
1 at 1s 7d; lat 2380; 1 at 3s 8d.
“Kanagawa Maru"—WNI, 4cases sold at 2s 2d;
Hentemalie, seeds 3 cases sold at 3s.
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ie CEYLON PRODUCE SALES. L
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“Patroclus’—AL I Ceylon, Mysore cardamoms, 17°
cases out at 4s. :
“Tamba Maru”—D in estate mark, Kobo Mysore O,
4 cases sold at 3s 9d; ditto 1, 2 cases sold at 3s 1d;
7 at 38 2d; ditto 2, 2 cases sold at 23 8d; 1 at 28 9d;
ditto 3, 2 cises sold at 281d; ditto B, 1 case sold at
Qs 1d; ditto S, 4 casessold at 28 3d; 2at 2s 3d; ditto
seed 1 bag sold at 23 6d. Midlands O, 16 cases sold
at 382d; ditto1, 13 at 238d. ditto 2, 2at 2s; ditto
B&S, 2 cases sold at 1s 8d; seed 1 bag sold at 28 8d
Elkadua O, 2 cases sold at 3s 2d; 4 at 2s 6d. 1 at
1s 64.
“Kanagawa Maru”—OBEC Dangk in estate mark,
2 cases sold at 28 6d; 1 at 2s.
“Bango Maru”—Wattakelly, 8 cases out.
“Kanagawa Maru”—MLM in estate mark, 6 cases
out at 2s 6d.
“Clan Menzies’—A, Malabar, 11 cases out at
2s 7d.
““Sadu Maru’—Vedehette cardamoms, EX, 2 cases
sold at 4s; lat 33104; ditto AA, 9 cases out; ditto A,
4A cases sold at 2s 8d; ditto B, 6 casesout; dittoC, 2
2 cases sold at 2s 8d.
“Kanagawa Maro’—Gallantenne A, 3 cases sold at
8s 10d; ditto B, 2cases scld fat 3s 3d; ditto C, 2 cases
soldat 332d; 2at 33 3d; 1 at3s4d; ditto D, 6 cases
sold at 2s 7d.
“Tamba Maru’’—Nichola No. 1, 2 cases sold at 3s
3d; ditto No. 2, 4 cases soldat 23 6d.
“Shropshire’—Nichola Oya No.1, 2 cases sold at
8s 3d; ditto No.2, 2 cases sold at 236d; 1 at 2s 5d.
Goomera, 3 cases sold at 2s 2d.
“Kanagawa Maru’’—Kandaloya cardamoms, 2cases (
sold at 1s 10d.
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS. =
ae
“Clan McAlister’—PBM, 3 caaes sold at 3s 6d.
“Andalusia”’—PMB 1, 1 case soldat 3s 3d; ditto 2,
1 case sold at 3s 6d.
“Taos”—PBM, 11 cases out at 2s 34.
“Kanagawa Marno’’--Duckwari.A 1, 1 case sold at
4s 4d; lat 4s 3d; ditto Bi, 2 cases sold at 33 9d; 1 at
3s 10d; ditto Cl, 2$cases sold at 3s 5d; 1 at 33 6d; ditto
D1, 1 case sold at 2s 84; ditto Bsplits, 1case sold at
33 5d; ditto C splits, 1 case sold at 3s 5d; ditto D
oe l case sold at 23 64. ditto seed 2 cases sold at
28 5
“Clan Menzies’’—Nawanagalla 1, 2 cases sold at
3s 7d; ditto 2, 1 case sold at 3s; 4 at 2s 11d; ditto 3,
l case sold at 3s; ditto 4; 2 cases sold at 2s 4d; ditto 5,
1 case soldat 1s 11d.
“Tamba Marn”—MM in estate mark, Letchimy, 20
cases sold at 2s 9d.
“Kanagawa Maru'’—Vicarton A, 1 case sold at 3s 3d;
ditto B, 2 casessoldat 237d; ditto C, Lcase sold at
2s 2d; SACin estate mark, 6 cases out; 1 case out,
“Clan Drummond’—HGA, 3 cases sold at Is.
hc CML NECS in estate mark, 8 cases
out at 3s.
( “Tanoaniye, —Nawanagalla B, 2 cases sold at
s 9d.
“Duke of Norfolk’—Delpotonoya, 4 cases sol] at 3s
as ‘ at 3s 5d; 4 at 2s 8d; 1 at 2s 4d; 1 at 2s 8d; lat
3 7d.
“Nestor’—D in estate mark, Kobo, Mysore seeds,
1 case out at 3s.
"Baer a in estate mark, 11 cases out at
2s 8d.
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TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES.
NO. 7
{Mr. .
Lot. Box.
6 Shannon 5A7
i 550
8 653
1 WK 562
12 563
13 Iona 563
14 671
15 574
19 Cleveland 586
21 E92
22 £95
25 Lameliere GOL
26 (07
27 610
29 Koslande 616
30 619
35 Uda 634
36 = GRY!
38 Aga Ouvah 643
40 Glasgow 619
41 652
42 655
43 658
44 Agra QOuvah 661
45 664
46 657
48 Kotuagedera 673
49 676
54 Digdola 691
55 634
57 790
58 Mount Everest 705
59 Orange Vield 706
60 79
67 Koslande 73
63 733
“3 Oonoogaloya 748
74 75L
75 754
80 Bellongalla 69
81
82 775
87 Eadkella 79)
88 793
89 796
97 Ahya 820
99 Mount Everest 826
100 829
101 832
102 835
103 CCO 88
106 St. Julia 847
107 850
113 Pati Rajah 865
114 871
116 NK 877
117, Nahavilla #89
118 883
119 £86
120 Glassaugh 889
121 $92
122 $95
123 898
124 Kotuagedera 901
126 94
128 913
129 NP 916
137. Harrisland 940
142 Arncliff 955
143 958
146 Murraythwaite 96
147 7
1438 973
154 Myraganga 991
155 nor
156 997
160 9
16L : 12
162 Gampai 15
164 21
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA,
Cotoxso,
LARGE LOTS.
John. —)92 462 ]
Pkgs.
51 hf-ch
28 ch
1L do
25 do
25 do
15 hf-ch
23 ch
1? do
46 hf-ch
48 do
33 do
38 do
28 do
13. ch
23 hf ch
20 ch
19 do
12 do
26 do
13 do
17 ch
12 do
1! hf-ch
30 do
25 do
15 ch
70 hf-ch
26 ch
20 do
9 hi-ch
23, ch
12 do
10 hf-eh
20 do
9 ch
45 do
14 hf-ch
Name.
bro pek
pekoe
pek sou
bro or pek
pekoe
bro or pek
or pek
pek fans
bro or pek
or pek
pekoe
fins
bro or pek
bro or pek
or pek
bro pek
pekoe
bro or pek
pekoe
lb.
2856
2520
8380
2450
2090
900
2200
100
2300
2504
158t
2354
+620
1040
133)
1800
1v00
1020
1785
3200
1170
1000
1200
3°75
3312
108)
2500
1:49
900
1440
bro pek fans 1000
bro pek fans 1467
bro pek
pekoe
bro pek
pekoe
bro pek
pekoe
fans
bro pek
pekoe
pek sou
bro pek
pekce
pek sou
pekoe
bro pek
or pek
pekoe
pek sou
sou ‘
ro pex
pekoe
bro nex
pekoe
sou
bro or pek
or pek
pekoe
bro pek
pekoe
pek sou
dust
bro pek
pekoe
or pek fans
dust
bro pek
bro pek
pek fans
bro pek
pekoe
pek sou
bro pek
bro or pek
pekoe
fans
bro pek
or pek
pek sou
1100
1700
1330
1860
2000
1209
7-0
1350
1050
720
4084
3293
J9Lt
2569
1100
1550
30 0
1170
2600
1510
900
1735
1020
1120
1800
1259
1500
4200
2470
13800
765
2300
1080
709
1600
900
4500
923
1995
40
Fesruary 20, 1899. {
Lot. Box.
4 Rambodde 811°
5 814
6 E17
7 €20
8 Galphele 823
9 826
13° Hangranoya £38
15 844
16 $47
21 St. Catherine £62
25 Hapugasmulle 874
26 877
31 Wevatenne 392
32 $95
*3 Woodthorpe &98
3L 901
35 904
28 Ravenoya 913
39 916
40 919
13 THE 928
45 Si-ikandura 934
6 937
7 940
50 Neboda 949
51 952
52 935
53 958
55 Neuchatel 964
57 Daluk Oya 970
58 . 973
59 $76
64 HJS 991
65 Henegama 994
69 California 7
73 Monrovia 19
75 25
76 28
80 PTN,in estate
mark 40
§5 Elchico F
86 58
89 67
¢0 Annandale 70
91 73
92 76
95 Harangalla &5
95 8s
97 9t
98 94
101 Choughleigh 1(3
103 Gangwarily 109
104 122
105 115
114 JMD™M 142
12t Illewatte 172
125 Warakamure 175
126 178
127 181
128 184
120 MVK 190
121 Nugawella 193
132 196
136 Roseneath 208
137 211
139 Bollagalla NT
140 220
141 223
143 B, in estate
mark 929
144 MN 232
148 Siriniwasa 244
149 237
150 250
153. Romania 259
154 262
168 K 274
159 N 27
160 Labugama 250
161 283
1€2 286
167 2 80L
168 GW 304
170 Walahanduwe 810
171 :
172 316
173 Wallasmulle 319
[Messrs. Somerville & Ca.-—
Prick :—125 cents each 3 copies
30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee.
184,129 lb,]
Pigs.
ch
16 hf-ch
18
13
do
do
21 hf-ch
ch
ch
ch
ao
do
15 hf-ch
do
Name. 1b.
bro pek 1485
pek 1650
pek sou 1000
fans 770
bro pek 1315
pek 1125
bro pek 2250
pek 3230
pek sou 1360
bro or pek 1843
bro pek 2760
pek 2090
pek 796
pek sou 1020
bro pek 800
pek 720
ek sou 720
bro pek 735
pek 714
pek sou 720
dust 700
bry pek 2800
pek 2720
pek sou 1275
bro or pek 1700
bro pek 4500
pek 2330
pek sou 2400
pek sou 1445
bro or pek 960
or pek 990
pek 7i5
pek sou 120
bro pek fans 900
pek 1045
bro pek 2940
pek 2700
pek sou 810
sou 750
bro pek 8825
pek 4700
dust S75
or pek 1309
pek 1296
pek sou 1272
bro pek 1235
pek 2070
sou 1209
dust 1400
pek Sel
bro pek 4140
pek 3145
pek sou 40)
perk 1150
bro pek sou 1529
bro or pek 900
bro pek 1660
pek 1800
pek sou 1350
b o pek 2880
bro pek 1682
pek 1950
br» pek 1300
pek 900
bro pek 1900
ek 1120
pek sou $55
bro mix 1300
dust 1518
bre pek 1995
peb 2470
pek sou 1995
bro pek 860
pek 1000
dust 1720
dust 725
bro pek 1000
pek 1275
pek sou 960
sou seo
sou 1645
bro pek 2900
pek 1530
pek sou 810
bro pek 110
42 bit
S
35 bid
£9 bid
27 bid
ESN, ERY Sas Nd OO) gn oe
Son ri WOM, _ CEYLON ‘PRODUCE SALES eactti,
Eve; Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib og. Lot. Box. Pkgs. Names ie.
17% MDR 828 385 ch bio pek 8315 36 bid | 175 CL, in est. :
177 Rambodde 331 33hf-ch bro pek 1815044 mark 2098 9 ch sou 85
178 334 26 do , pee 12L0 38 176 2.01 17 do fans 1700
184 Ossington 852 20 ch ro pek 2010 38 178 Chesterford 2107 46 ch bro pek 4600
185 BE5 81 do pek 8100 33 179 2 k 3400
186— 358 21 do peksou 1980 Bi 180 ek sou 2700
18l Doragalla or pek 1265
wtih ae g 182 or pek 1709
183 pe “4 2720
Messrs. Forbes & Walker.— ras h o nts =
" R 187 Waratenne ro pe sie
458,700 1b.) as ys pel . oa
$ xX. og, ; 5 A 1s? Geragama ro pe 1060
fot Box. Pkgs. Name a 108 ik i710
3 New Pea- 192 Woodend ro pek 1710
cock y5R2 10 ch pek sou 900 36 193 pek 2850
5 1588 19 do ek fans 1425 24 196 Carberry bro pek 2790
6 Ettapolla 1£91 20 hf-ch ro pek 1120 4U 197 k 2:40
10 Munukattia 198 bro or pek 1320
Ceylon, in est. 199 Dammeria bro or pek ‘680
mark 1603 18 hf-el orpek 900 50 200 or pek Luo
11 1606 35 do bro pek 1975 53 2OL ae 2700
12 1609 20 ch pek 1600 41 213 Pallegodde bro or pek 1700
13 1612. 10 do ek son 900 67. 214 bro pe 19.0
14 Mansfield 1615 89 hf-ch ro pek 2340 53 bid 215 or pek 13590
15 i618 22 ch pek 1980 40 216 pe 120
17. Thedden 1624 16 do 0 pek 1760 43 217 k sou 1170
18 1627 7 do ek 700. 33 218 Clunes roor pek 1900
21 Mousakellie 1636 53hf-ch broor pek 2615 52 a9 ro pik 2160
22 : 1639 19 ch or pek 1900 43 220 k 2580
23 1642 19 do pek 1900 3s 221 eg sou 1200
26 Kelaneiya 223 Erracht roor pek 70
Braemar 1651 18 ch broor pek 1530 53 224 bro pek 1445
27 1654 14 do orpek 1409 48 225 pek 2560
31 Holton 1666 16 ch bro pek 1520 40 226 k sou 1125
32 1669 19 do bro pek 1805 40 27 eo pek
34 1674 10 do pek 800-34 fans 700
35 1678 10 do pek sou 800 -8L 238 HGM ~ Oo of broorpek 792
38 Grange Gar- 239 40 8 do or pek 710
den 1687 30 ch bro or pek 3050 49 2410 43 22 do bro pek 1760
39 1690 28 do pek 28 0 89 241 46 21 do pek 1890
44 Pambanar, 242 49 IL du pek sou 935
Travancore 1705 11 ch bro pek 1100 40 243 62 9 do ro pek
47 Gallawatte 1714 9 ch bro pek 0 8642 fans 810
48 1717 10 do or pek 900 42 °45 Treby 68 56hf-ch bro pek 3260
49 1720.42 do pek 373) 36 246 6t 36 do pek - 1800
54 RV W, invest. 247 64 12 ch pek sou 1089
marx 1736 9 ch, unas 1080 36 248 Weyunga-
59 Lyegrove 1750. 9 ch — bro pek $90 50 watte 67 27 hf-ch bro or po 16°0
60 1753 10 do pek 1000 41 249 70 76 do bro pe 342)
68 Kivindi 1777-10 «ch bro pek 1000 49 250 73 34 do aed 2820
69 1780 14 do pek 1120 37 253 Beausejour §2 16 ch o pek 1360
70 1783 15 do pekson 1200 8 254 85 17 do pek 1560
80 Vogan 1813 40 ch bro pek 4000 47 27 DMV 94 12 ch bro pek i140
81 1816 60 do pek 4°00 36 258 97 16 do ek 1360
85 Monkswood 1828 25hf-ch bro pek 137500 7k 263 Ingnrugalla 112 6 ch ro tea 720
86 1831 2t do or pek 1050 70 276 Torwood 151° 9 ch bro or pek = 900
87 1834 47 ch pek 27004 V7 154 23 co — bro pek 2070
88 1837 32 do pek sou 1980 = 43 278 157 20 do or pek 176)
92 B& D 3849 7 do unas 700 34 oF 160 24 do pek | 1920
101 Dunbar 1876 19hfch broorpek ‘60 58 250 163 11 do fexcson 1120
103 1882 20 do or pek $60 | 55 283 Mawaliganga- -
104 1885 19 ch pek 1425. 40 watte 172 26 do bro pek 2600
111 Great Valley 28k 175 21 do peksou 1630
Ceylon, in est. 287 Arapolakande 1€4 59 do bro pek 4500
wark 1906 14 ch or pek 1260 40 238 187 ps do pek 2300
112 1909 59hf-ch bro pek 324544 301 -Tavalamtenne 2°6 do ce or pek 1200
13 1912 17 ch pek 1630087 304° 32 P W 235 i hf-ch or pek 940
14 1915 10 do pek sou 999 33 505 238 14 do bro pek 770
116 1921. Yhfch dust 765 23 306 241 33 do pek 1650
119 Warrington 1930 22 ch orpek 220047 310 Tembiligalla 253 22 do bro pek 1430
120 19383 13 do pek 13 0 43 311 256 20 ch pek 1900
123 Killarney 1942 15 ch or pek 1275 45 bid 314 Waratenne 265 18 do bro pek 1710
124 1945 46hf-ch broor pek 243) 46 £15 268 22 do pek 1980
127 Carfax 1954 21 ch bro or pek 2100 55 316 27r "8. do pek sou 760
128 1957 24 do or pek 2160 36 317 Coreen 274 26 do bro cr pek 2860
129 1960 22 do pek 1980 43 318 277-19 do or pes 1900
135 Dunkeld 1978 7ahf-ch broorpek 4:00 50 317 280 23 do ek 2070
136 1981 14 ch orpek 1330, 41 bid | 323 Clyde 292 27 do bro pek 2430
137 1984 30 do pek 2709 38 324 295 7 do broor pek 7
141 WN 1996 20 ch bro pek souisvO 34 325 298 25 do pek 2375
143 2.002 5 do fans 760 18 326 30t 11 do pek sou 930
155 Nillomally 342 Shrubs Hill 349 36 do bro pek 3528
OBEC, inest, 343 352 20 do -pek 1760
mark 2038 28 ch bro pek 2700 3 345 38 10 do fans 800 ||
156 2041 41 do pek 3280 36 346 Ingrogalla 361 8 do bro pek £0)"
157 2044 30 do pek sou 2100 33 $48 Hornsey 367 31 do bro pek 3100
160 Cotswold 2053 9 ch bro pek 900 44 | 349 870 14 do pek 1330
161 2056 9 do pek 810 35 351 Meddetenne 376 17 hf-ch broorpek 952
165 FredsRube 2068 40 ch ~ bro pek 4000 38 852 379 18 do bro pek 900
166 2071 380 do pek 2700 34 & 853 ; 382.10: ch . pek 900
167 2074 16 do pek sou 1360 31 “| 354 385 9 do peksou 810
168 WA 2077 +6 ch bro pekfan 870 24 4 355 388 10hf-ch bro pek fans 700
170 Walpita 2083 18 ch bro pek 1800 39 356 Deaculla 391 38 ch bro pek 2090 ©
171 2086 12 do pek 1240. «30 | 357 ’ 394 20 do pek 1400
172 2089 9 do pek sou 720 32 258 397 10 do dust €00
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box; Pkgs. Name. Ib.
359 Rowley 400 19hf-ch bio pek 950
360 403 24 do. pek 1200
370 Blairgowrie 433 9 do sou 763
376 St. Heliers 451 32hf-ch broorpek 1760
377 454 17 ch pek 1700
378 457 8 do pek sou 760
380 SAK 463 11 do pek sou 1155
888 Putupaula 487 ‘Ohf-ch bre or pek 1200
389 ‘ 490 68 ch bro pek 5780
390 493 33 do pek 2475
391 496 1t do pek sou 980
393 Vathalana 512 35 do. bro pek 3500
39t : 505 14 do pek 1120
395 Agra Ouvah 508 19hf-ch cr pek 1045
396 Naseby 511 18 do pek sou 1041
403 Ambragalla 532 85hf-h or pek 4420
404 535. 27* ch pek 2214
405 538 28 do pek sou 2240
406 541 64hf-ch bro or pek 35840
408 OS Sinest.
mark 547 19 ch bro or pek 1425
A09 550 14 do or pek 910
410 553. 23 do pek 1725
414 Sutton 565 50hf-ch bro or pek 2800
415 563 37 ch er pek 3885
416 571 40 do pek 3100
417 574. 9 do pek seu 720
SMALL LOTS,
[Mr. Ef. John.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
1 GL 532 Shf-ch fans 493
2 KK 535 1 ch pek sou 67
3 GV 538 3 do peksou $52
4 MO b4L 5 do unos 472
by M34 544 2 do fans 157
9 Shannon 556 2hf-ch dust 180
10 559 1 do unas 66
16 Tona 577. 4 do broorpek fans 280
17 5sO 1 ch pek sou 95
18 583 3hf-ch dust 240
20 Cl>2veland 589 11 do bro pek 650
23 598 6 do sou 223
24 6UL 7 do fans 56)
28 Lameliere 613° 5 do pek fans 400
31 Koslande 622 & ch peksou £00
32 C2bne 2) s dou. fans 22)
33 628 4 do duss 520
34 631 8 do goiden fans 160
37 Agra Ouvah 640 5 do pek sou 450
39 646 4hf-ch dust $00
47 670 7 ch pekoe 665
50 WH 679 Thf-ch pek sou B15
51 682 6 do dust 480
52 N 685 7 do dust £60
53 G,inest. mark 683 o oh unas Al)
ange Field 712 do pek son 3
ee Prange 7i5 4 do pek fans 400
63 718 1 do dust 140
64 721. 2 do” bromix 200
6) The Farm 724 4 do dust 300
66 Anamallai 727 =Lhf-ch’ dust 85
69 Koslande 736 6 ch pek sou 500
70 739 **4" “do fans 220
71 742 4 do dust 520
72 745. 8 boxes goldenfans 160
83 Bellongalla 778, each bro pek fans 140
8t ED 78st 1 do bro pek 100
85 731 1 do peroe 99
86 Sia) lo pek sou 1L0
99 Eadella 799 2 do red leaf 270
91 802 6hf-ch dust 521
98 Ardlaw S28) 6: on fans 609
5 844 3 do
10a Lhf-ch unas 879
108 St. Julia 833 4 do nek sou 200
109 856 2 do fans 110
110 BG, inest. mark $59 5 ch bro pek 550
11 862 Lhfch bro pek fans 7)
112 Pati Rajah 865 8 ch or pek 640
1145 NK 74 Ghf-ch dust 489
126 Kotuagedera 907 4 ch pek sou 36)
127 910 2hfch dust 170
138 Havrrisland 913 6 ch pekoe 492
139 9146 6 do pek sou 48)
140 19 4 do pel sou No.2 400
141 952 2hf-ch dust 176
144 A 961 8 do dust 624
149 Murraythwaite 976 5ht-ch bro pek fans 325
150 979 38 do dust 240
10 bid
24
19
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
157. Myraganga 1000 8 ch pek son 610
156 3 Lhf-ch
2 ch bro mix 220
159 6 Shf-ch dust 688
163 Gampai Sf sheer) din pekoe 574
165 24 10hf-ch broorpek 660
164 2% 1, do dust 90
(Messrs. Somerville & Co.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
1 BL, in estate
mari £02 2 ch bro pek 166
2 805 Lhf-ch pek 87
3 803 1 do pek sou 26
10 Galphele 829 15 do pek sou 675
11 832°"1 “do sou 32
12 $35 1 do dust 75
14. Hangranoya 811 4 ch bro or pek 420
17 Wattagalla $50 3 do bro pek 270
18 853 3 do pek 270
1y 856 2 do pek sou 180
20 89 lhfch dust 75
22 St. Catherine 865 4 ch pek 304
23 868 1 do pek sou 68
24 871. Lhf-ch dust 8)
27 Hapugasmulie 880 6 ch sou 570
28 883 1 do fans 117
29 886 2 do dust 300
30 Weratenne 889 5 do bro pek 450
36 Woodthorpe 907 1 do sou 75
37 910 1 do dust 75
41 S vernake 922 5 do sou 4.0
42 925 2hf-ch dust 1£0
4t B'watte 93L- 2% ch bro tea 200
$8 Sivikundura 943. 5 do bro pek fans &¢0
49 916 2 do dust 300
5t Neboda J6L 5 do dust 400
56 Neuchatel 967 1 do dust 160
60 Daluk Oya 979 6hf-ch dust 360
61 982 2 do fans 120
62 HJS 985 7 do bro pek 420
63 988 6 do pek 369
66 Henegama 997 G do dust 480
67 eee arch bro mix 200
68 California 4 4 do bro pek 330
70 10 4 do pek sou 400
71 13° 1 do pek dust 97
72 1é 1 do red leaf $0
74 Monrovia 22 6 do bro or pek 660
77 ol te do bro tea 100
73 34 1 do pes dust 150
79 PTN, in estate
mark 37 6hf-ch. bro pek $36
81 43 2 do pek fans j12
82 Glentaffe 45 1 do bro tea 75
g3 49 2 do pek dust 180
54 bas ch red leaf 100
87 Elchico 6t Shf-ch con 400
88 6410 do fans 650
93 N 79 1 do bro pek 53
94 82° 2 do pek sou 106
99 Choughleigh OFaby ch bro or pek 500
109 100 3 do or pek 246
102 N W 106 4% do pek sou 172
112 ABC 126 8 do bro pek 204
113 JMDM 139 7 do bro or pek 665
115 145 5 do pek sou 430
116 143 1 do dust 143
117 15st 2 do con 174
118 Maligatenne lid 3 do bre pek 290
119 157 3 do pek 360
120 i160 6 do pek sou 580
121 163 5 do bro sou 464
122 166 1 do dust 130
123' P 159 6 do unis 613
129 Warakamure 187 1 do dus 20
133 Nugawella 199 2 do pek sou 170
13k 202. 2hf-eh dust 170
135 205 1 ch bro mix 85
133 Reseneath 214 8 do pek sou 630
142 B, in estate
muck 226 Shf-ch dust 24
15 MN 235 2 ch bro mix 2.0
146 St. Andrews 3 do pek sou 279
147‘ F A, in estate
mark 2i1 2hf-ch
1, do dust 330
15. Siriniwasa 253 3 ch bro pek fans 38lo
152 255 2 do dust 80)
155 Romania 265 4 do pek sou 400
146 268 2 do mix 200
157 R 271 4S., do pek fans 420
163 Labugama 2:0 4 do bro pek fans 480
48 bia
37 bil
32 bid
Lot. Box. Pkgs, Name. lb.
164 SAK :92 2 ch bro pek *202
165 295 3 do ek 273
166 298 8 do . pek sou 68)
169 GW 307 5Shf-ch dust 375
174 WaJlasmulle .322 6 ch pek 510
175 325 2 do pek dust 230
179 Rambodde 337 5ht-ch pek sou 250
180 34) 3 ch dust 270
181 343 4 do fans 280
184% Sirisanda 316 3 do
lhf-ch_ bro tea 302
183 349 2 ch dust 30)
187 Ossington 361 3 do bro tea 333
188 364 2 do dust 274
189 367 1 do unas 111
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name.
1 Cooroondoo-
watte 1576 10 hf-ch pek 500
2 1579 5 do pek sou 250
4 New Pea
cock 1°85 3hf-ch bro mix 150
7 Ettapolla 1594 6hf-ch pek 336
8 1597 3 do sou 150
9 1600 1 do dust 80
6 ‘Mansfield 1621 4 ch pek sou 320
19 Thedden 1630 5 ch pek sou 500
20 1633 1 do dust 145
24 Mousakellie 1645 5 ch sou 5CO
25 1618 5hf-ch dust 400
28 Welaneiya
Braemar 1657 6 ch pek 600
29 1660 4 do dust 460
30 1663 4 do sou 400
33 H-lton 1672 8 ch pek 640
36 AB 1681 4 ch dust 320
37 BA 1684 2 ch red leaf 189
40 Grange
Garden 1693 3 ch pek sou 300
41 1696 1 do fans 100
42 1699 3hf-ch dust 255
43 Pambanar,
Travancore 1702 4 ch bro or pek 420
5 1708 6 do pek 510
46 1j1ll 2 do pek sou 140
-50 Gallawatte 1723 4 do sou 360
51 1726 3 do pek fans 300
52 172) 2 do fans 180
53 1732 1 do dust 100
55 Downside 1738 4 ch bro pek 400
56 1741 5 do pek 475
-b7 ~ 1744 3 do pek sou 270
58 1747 1 do congou 90
61 Lyegrove 1756 4° ch pek sou 360
7L Kirindi 1786 2 ch sou 15')
72 178) Lhf-ch dust 33
79 Mandara
Nuwara 121) 10hf-ch pek sou 550
$2 Vogan 1819 8 ch pew sou 680
83 1822 5 do dust 400
84 1825 7 do bro pekfans 455
89 Monkswood 1-40 2hf-ch fans 120
90 1843 2 do dust 160
9t BandD 1646 6 do sou 320
96 O Finestate
mak 1861 3 ch bro pek 318
%; 1864 5 do pek 475
8 1867 1 do bro mix 103
9 1870 2 do pek dust 244
00 SST, in estate :
mark 1873 6 ch pek 595
102 Dunvar 1879 7 hf-ch bro pek 3x5
108 DBE 1888 1 ch bro mix 80
106 1891 5 do pek sou 4u0
107 1894 1hf-ch dust 75
415 Gyeat Valley
Ceylon, in est.
mark 1918 4% ch sou 170
417 1924 4 do fan3 400
iis Harrington 1927 5hf-ch bro or pek 259
121 1936 3 do pek sou 135
122 1939 2 do dust 130
124 Killarney 1948 7 ch pex sou 63
126 BWD 1951 6hf-ch dust 420
1122 WN 1999 5 ch bro tea 550
144 LWNS, in est. ;
mark 2005 lhf-ch bro pek 34
145 2008 1 do fans 53
146 2011 2 ch pek sou 162
14, G 4ul4 6 do sou 540
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS.
Box. Pkgs
2017 2 ch
| 353 Putnupaula 1659 1s hf-ch broorpek 969 £3 bid
148 Stafford 1024.14 ¢h bro pek 1540 Sl bid | 354 1642 40 ch bro pek 3600 $39 bid
149 1627 10. do pek 9u0 44 bid | 355 1645 35 do pek 2625 37 bid
153 Treydon “ 356 1448 14 do pek sou 98) 34bid
Bois 1039 15 ch bro pek 1350 50 358 Battalgai'a i654 17 do fans 1260 28
164 ! 1042, 9 do broor pek 810 56 359° Galpottagama'657 20 hf-ch ' bro pek 3000 34
155° 1045.18 do pek 1440 44 360 1660 2s. do pek 1150 31
139 Dehegalla 1057 21 ch ro pek 2100 47 bid 361 Fairlawn 16635 18 ‘cdo bro pek 900 62
160. i 1060 16 do pel 1440 40 362 1666, 30 do bro pek 1320 45
162 Dehegalla LEGG» 23 \ich bro pek 2300 45. 363 16:9) 12) do pek 1030 41
163 1U69 20 do pex 1800 39 357 Palmerston 1681 19 ad») pbroor pek 1045 72
164 72 13 ado + peksou Ws 35 568 tés4/) 16 do pelk 14t) 8958
167. : 1081; 11 do fans 1106 45 670 Queensland 1690 1% ch or pel £0) 52
168 Amblakan- ; 371 1693) 20 hf-ch | bro pek 1100 5
" de 1084, 11 ch bro pek 1700 45 372 1695 7 ch bro er pek 700) 89
169 eet W87, 18. do} pek 1530, 39 373 1699 21 do .! pek 1785» 48
bid? -, 1090 19 ao pek sou 1520 35 374 1702; 10 do pek sou 900 31
171 Hunasgeria 1093 ti «ch pek dust 1100 24 277 Doteloya WL It do br nk No. 1 1279 41
172 Hopton 196, 41 ¢h bro pek 4100 46 378 i744; 14. do br pk No. 2 1400 4t
173 ne 1099. 38 do pek 5420 39. 376 1717-20 «do pek 1800 37 bid
174 1102, 8 do.» pek sou 720 oN 380 1720 16 do pek sou 1380) 34 bid
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Lot me Box Pkgs. Name. tb “e; Lot Bex Pkgs. Name. lb. cc.
381 in est. 3 bilpa
mark 1723 2)bf-ch bropek 1160 45 heat oo ae eee
382 1726 17 do ro 816 39 1:7 93 10 do k sou 992 33
383 Frogmore 1729 10 ch ro pek 1000 63 152 Crofu 928 %4 bf-ch ro pek 1560 61
887 Lauderdale 1741 82 do bro pek 3200 40 153 931 35 do pek 2100 39
588 17a4.17 do. pek 1700 37 154 954 17 do k sou 93> 34
389 1747 14 do pek sou 1400 34 157 Warakamure 943 11 ch rpek 1100 38
390 1750 8 do fans 800-88 158 916 12 do k iw 86
__ 162 Rothes 958 12hf-ch coe orpek 720 59
163 Ol 14 - or _ 700 bu
= | —— 164 964 Ww do pe 900 42
IMessrs. Somerville & Co 165 Minna 967 52hf-ch bre or pek 3380 57
210,442 Ib, | 166 970 33 ch cr pek w070 48
73 kK 350 42
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ¢. wt a 2 an es 1170 4
8 Ravensersig 3876 27hf-ch or pek 1350 = 48 170 New Valley 082 35 ch roor pek 3500 61
4 $79 13 do bro pek 715 46 171 985 v8 do or pek vu 45
5 382 28 ch pek 2650 38 172 95 36 do pek 3600 4u
8 Kotigalla 891 8 ch bro pek 950 32 173 991 21 do pek seu 1e9u 37
9 394 8 ch pek 880 28 174NIT 994 12 ch unas No.1 1200 31
13 Dalhousie 511 19hf-ch bro pek 1045 52 175 Orpington 997 35 ch bro pek 3500 38 bil
14 614 27 do pek No.1 1215 42 17 1 20 hf-ch ae sou 1000 34
15 517 24 do pek No.2 1080 3 178 BG 7 27 hf-ch ro pek 13.0 39
18 Wilpitia 626 17 ch bro pek 1700 36 179 i 10 9 ch sou 16650
19 629 15 do pek 1470 83 isu X Y Z, in es-
22 Ukuwella 638 30hf-ch brovrpek 16:0 387 tate mark 13 23 ch bro pek 2300 «49
23 541 20 ch bro pek 200037 181 16 33 do pek No.1 38300 83
24 44 18 do ek 18 0 35 182 19 17 do pek No.2 1445 38
28 Hanagama 556 27 ch ro pek 2700 41 183 22 9 do pek sou elu Ba
29 559 31 do pek 2945 36 184 CG 275 13 ch dust 1030 20
3) 562 8 do pek sou 720 B4 137 Ritni, in estate .
33 Killin, in es- mark 34 1d hf-ch bro pek 70047
tate mark 571 50hf-ch bro pek 2750 = 38 191 Nillicollay-
34 574 18 ch pek 153036 watte 46 11 ch or pek 916 40
35 5/7 15 do pek sou 1200 34 192 , 49 9 do pek bed 37
46 Kurulugalla 610 32 ch bro pek $200 88
47 613 35 - per 3150 37 sa BH cm,
48 616 8 do peksou 720 34 nip
49 Blinkbonnie 619 71 be ch oe pek 3905 6&3 (Mr. E. John. —175,203.)
60 622 75 do pe 375 41
51 625 43 do pekson 19:5 38 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
53 Salawe 63L 9 ch bro pek 920 BB 1 AkkaraTotum 30 9 ch bro pek 810
54 63 8 do pek 760 36 2 33. 4#69 «do ekoe 810
55 637 15 do pek sou 1350 35 6 Vincit 45 lv do ro pek 900
£6 640 9 do unas 945 33 Z 48 8 do pekve 7w
58 Mahatenne 646 20 ch bro pek 2000 48 g 5i 312 eo pek son 1680
59 649 14 do pek 1400 3 10 Perth 67 38 do bro pek 2800
62 SFD 358 9. ch con 792 © 32 iL 6) 19 do «c«rpek 16165
66 Marigold 670 32hf-ch bro or pek 1°64 65 15 Loughton 72 %hf-ch bro pek 1320
68 676 15 do pek 750 45 16 75 47 ch »ekoe 23
€9 679 16 do pek sou 800 42 17 78 9 bf-ch k sou 1735
70 682 16 do bropek fansl03s 89 19 Galloola 84 23 ch es peic 200
71 Marigold 685 S86hf-ch pek dust 2880 24 20 87 21 do pekve r100
73 Dikmukalana 691 26 hf-ch pro pek fansl413 38 21 90 13 do pek sou 1300
74 694 23 do pek 113036 23. Ferndale 96 9 do broorpek 900
75 697 22 do sou 990 3k 2 D 102 14 do bro pek 1400
78 Ambalawa 706 z. hf-ch bro pek 1350 . ~2 26 105 25 do pehve 2500
79 709 26 do pek lljv- 37 39 Digdola 14418 do pekoe 1440
8u 712 19 do pek sou 760 34 4t N 159 12 do bro sou 1200
81 Hatdowa 715 :0 ch bro pek 19.0 41 46 BC 165 21 do bro pek 2100
82 718 22 do pek 1760 37 47 168 17 do pekoe 1360
33 721 20 eo pek sou 1609 3 43 There-ia 171 13. do bro pek fans 1200
86 Lyndhurst 730 35hft-ch iro pek 1925 41 52 Birnam 183 20hf-ch pek suu 1920
87 733 £0 do pes 2.00 37 53 186 9 ch sou R10
91 Harangalla 745 18 ch pek 1620 36 54. 189 14 do pekoe No. 1 1°99
92 748 15 do fans 1509 37 £5 Dickapittiya 192 30 do bro pek BU00
93 75l 10 do brw pek 950 44 56 195 30 do prkoe s0uu
94 754 21 do pek 13890 38 57 Ferndale 193 7 do bro or pek 7
95 757 9 do sou 816 34 5Y 204 12 do pekoe 1080
96 Yarrow 700 54 hf-ch bro pek 3024 44 62 Mount Temple 213 26 do bro or pek 2548
97 763 65 do ek 3250 38 63 216 30 do bro pek 2460
98 Theberton 765 16 eh bro or pek 1696 42bid | 64 2i9 44 do pekoe 592
99 769 381 do pek 2954 38 65 222 22 do peksou 1232
100 772 14 do pek sou 120035 66 2:5 6 do orpekfans 780
1¢3 Ingeriya 781 48hf-ch bro pek 2304 39 67 Mocha 228 21 do bro wr pek 2100
104 784 48 do ek 2374 37 68 231 8 do or pek 720
1045 TReVO MBBS 0) pek sou 1584 xo 69 234 18 do pekve 1620
106 790 2lhf-ch bru pekfans12c0 36 70 237 12. do ~— fans 90u
103 Rayigam 796 24 ch bro pek 2520 39 bid | 71 Agra Ouvah 240 63hf-ch broorpek 4095
109 799 10 do or pek 906-39 - 72 243 32 do or pek 1760
110 802 36 do pek 324037 73 216 10 ch ~~ pekve 250
11l $05 12 do pek sou 1630 35 74 Ottery 249 27 do bro or pek 27:0
112 Annandale 808 16hf-ch broorpek 800 78 75 252 11 do or pek 990
118 Koladeniya 826 8 ch ro pek 720 37 75 255 10 do pekoe 920
119 829 9 do peksou 765 33 77 Brownicw 258 39hf-ch broorpek 2184
122 Annandale 838 16hf-ch or pek 832 S53bid | 78 26. 20 ch orpek 1900 ~
123 841 18 do ek 854 44 79 264 41 do pekEoe 3895
124 814 12 do bro pek 744 46 €2 Rajawella 273 12 do bro pek 1008
125 S G, in estate 8&3 276 21 do pekve 1785
mar 847 12 ch pekfans 1410 24 92 Bellongalla 303 16hf-ch bro pek 800
126 Durara 850 18hf-ch or pek 864 46 bid | 93 306 14 do pekoe 930
130 Mary Hill 862 13 ch bro pek 1300 45 9% BK 309 12hf-ch dust 1140
131 §65 19hf-ch pek 950 38 95 Templestowe 312 35 ch broerpek 2325
136 Clova 880 20 hf-ch o pek 1000 38 96 315 29 do or pek “261
187 883 24 do pek 1200 935 97 318 32 de pekoe - 2880
138 856 35 do pek sou 1575 kd 98 321 llhf-ch dust 8Su
143 Hemingford 91 27hf-ch fans 2025 26 92 Glentilt 324 44 ch bro pek 4600
CEYLON PRODUCE
Lot Box Pkgs. Name. Ib. C.
100 327 24 ch pekoe 2400 42
102 333 12hf-ch fans 960 25
110 Rondura 357. 17 ch or pek 1530 46
111 360 33 do bro pek 8300 39
112 3863 26 do pekoe 2340 30
113 866 16hf-ch pek sou 1440 35
115 Shannon 372 51 do bro pek 2353 40 bid
117° Maryland 378 7 ch. bro pek 735 ~—- 38
118 881 7 do pekoe 700 35
119 Yapame 3884 27 do bro pek 2700 46
120 887 15 do pekve 1275 3
123 396 17hf-ch fans 119) 27
126 5K 405 18 ch bro pek 1890 3k
127 ‘ 403 11hf-ch or pek 798 withd’n
128 AVI 13) 6h
Jhf-ch pekoe 1415 29
129 414 19 ch
lhfch peksou 1935 > withd’n
130 417 14 ch sou 1100
131 420 16 do
Lhf-ch red leaf 1490 19
132 423 10 ch fans 1500 =withd’n
136 HM 43) I4hf-ch dust 1092 19
138 Harrow 44. 42 do bro or pek 2730 64
139 44t 18 do or pek 990 45
140 447 44 ch pekoe 4300 42
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SMALL LOTS,
[Messrs. Forbes & Waliker.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. bes ch
1 Kadurnwan-
dola 5832 “ch bro pek 120 37
2 586 2ht-ch pek 100 35
3 559 2 do pek sou 120 33
4SKM 92a do bro pek 53 38
5 595 1 do pek 58-86
6 698 1 do pek sou G2 33
7 Palm Garden 601 Shf-ch bro pek 200 41
8 Gut 5 do pek 2:0 36
9 607 3 do pek sou 180 33
16 Karowekettia 628 2 ch bro pek 209-337
17 €3L 4 do pek 42 32
18 PU 634 4 ch or pek 40U 5S
19: Fe 637 3 do bro pek 312 36
20 640 2 do eK 190 33
21 613 1 do pek sou 95 BL
95 CSG 615 2 ch bro mix 17u 27
z8 barabusnawa 664 Shf-ch pek 400 86
29 637 3 do pek sou 150 34
30 670 1 do sou 50 29
31 673 2 do dust 120 zl
33 New Anga-
mana 679 7hf-ch bro orpek 420 37
84 6:2 12 do bro pek 690 3
387 ADZ 691 3 ch or pek 255 40
40 700 6 do pek sou 5.0 39
41 703 4 do bro pek dust 420 29
42 H 76 % do bro pek 193 40
43 i 709 2 do pek No. 1 200 3
AL 712 2 do do No. 2 136 33
45 715 1 ado dust 90 17
62 Glencorse 736 2 ch pek fans 250 3L
63 73) 1 do dust 170 23
58 Agra Elbed-
de 754 3hf-ch dust 240 23
60 Relugas 760 3 ch sou 255 33
61 763 4 do dust 500 18
66 Macaldeniya 778 9hf-ch broor pek | 58) 42
69 787 1 do sou 60 83
70 790 3 do dust 265 23
71 793 1 do bro tea 63 25
73 Patiagama 799 6 ch or pek 510 45
i8 805 4 do ek sou 320 34
“76 803 2 hf-ch ro or pek
fans 120 34
81 H, in estate
wark 823 5 ch bro pek 500 36
€2 826 4 do pek sou 400 BL
95 Morankan-
de 865 2hf-ch pek fans lid 24
96 68 1 do dust 95 16
100 Galkadua &O 4 ch bro or pek 400 44
104 692 1 do dust 155 16
108 Passara
Group 9t 6 ch pek sou 60) 39
109 9u7 1 do fans 76 23
115 Pambegama 925 7 ch sou 56088
116 925 4 do fans 400 33
117 93L 1 do dust 140 19
119 Sunnycroft 937 3 ch pek sou 300 3k
120 940 2 do congou 200 33
a2 913 1 do bro tea 1220 w
SALES LIST.
Box
946
PZ 952
955
95a
961
Talgaswelia 970
Ismalle 976
979
982
Cooroondoo-
watta 991
994
997
Carendon 1009
1012
1015
1018
LO2L
Stafford 1030
1033
1036
Theydon
Bois 1048
T B, inest.
mark 1051
1054
Dehegalla 1063
165 Dehegalla 1075
166 1078
175 Hopton 1105
176 1108
187 Ascot 1i4l
188 114k
207 Knavesmire 2101
209 1207
210 Knavesmire 1210
211
212
220 Castlereagh
221
273)
223) GN
24 VOA
225 Mabragalla
226
227 Kennington
229
230 Kirrimettia
268 Penrhos ~
269 Macduff
270
271
280 NWD
281
282
283
2&8 Labookellie
291 CRD F
292 *“DWG 1456
29) Amblangoda 1455
296 1468
297 1471
»02 St. Leonards-
on-Sea 1486
303 14-9
304 1492
367 BD W 1501
308 Warwick 1504
314 Vogan 1522
318 1534
219 1437
320 1540
32L Peak Shadow 1543
322 1546
324 Poengalla 1552
33L ) 1573
334 Yaha Ella 1582
335 1585
336 1588
337 1691
338 1594
339 Ookoowatte
No.1 1597
340 1660
341 1603
342 1606
343° Oakham 1609
344 1612
S46 1618
317 1621
348 les
30 Doranakande 1630
851 1633
852 1636
357 Putupeul. 1651
864 Fairlay o 1772
865 1675
10 hf ch
4 hf-ch
1 do
4 ch
3. do
3 do
2 do
1 do
3 ch
1 do
1 do
~I
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2
2
8
4
4
4
4 dp
2
2
6
3
3
do
hft-ch
aati Kall a oso eons fe oC i ol oor)
z
ch
do
bf-ch
do
10 hf-ch
9 do
3 ch
10 box
2 hf-ch
6 ch
6 do
3 do
5 hf-ch
Ww do
3 do
aocme
Name. lb. -—e.
dust 600 20
pek 560 Bt
pek sou 240 3L
do Gt 31
dust 435 20
pek sou 680 Bt
fans 590 26
dust 650 20
congou 80 23
pek 540 39
pek sou 200 36
conguu 50 34
bro pek 440 38
pek 302 36
pe« siu 294 33
sou 384 33
congou Gt 26
pek sou 270 41
bro mix 90 28
dust 120 2)
pek sou 560 39
dust 180 24
fans 180 29
pek sou 68a 33
dust 44) 29
do 450 21
sou 369 33
dust 400 29
pek sou 180 35
dnst 19) 22
oy pek 540 45
pek sou 210 32
pek sou 35) 32
bro pek fans 260 20
dust 210 22
pek sou 400 3
fans 630 36
dust 240 22
bro tea 500 25
bro tea 440 25
bro tea 275 23
dust 255 21
fans 665 33
dast 560 21
unas 540 33
fans 160 27
bro or pek 206 52
or pek 76 45
pek 8u 37
pek 465 38
pek sou 44 55
fans 2:0 29
dust G24 21
pek 516 33
dist 409 19
dust 180 20
pek sou 360 34
sou 270 33
dust 2.0 16
pek 510 35
pek sou 180 32
bro pek No. 2 20) 35
pek sou 190 32
dust 240 23
dust 640 20
pek sou 560 34
bro pek fans 490 35
dust 400 20
bro or pek 250 39
be 256 35
dust 320 20
sou 285 30
bro or pek 60 39
bro pek 500 40
pek 630 36
pek sou Rigo) Ba
pek fans 75 26
red leaf 110 21
sou 100 82
dust 270 2u
pek fans 225 80
or pek 400 51
bro pek Adu oz
pek sou 235 88
bro or nek 200 86
pek fans 140 29
pek 570 37
pek No.2 540 36
pek sou 270 32
dust 400) withd'n
pek sou 450 37
dust 255 23
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST
4
Lot, Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
366 FL in est.
mark 1678 2 ch bro mix ‘0
369 Palmerston 1687 7hf-ch pek sou 646
384 Frogmore 1782 8 do ek 640
385 17285 3 do pek No. 2 240
386 1 1728 1lhf-ch dust £0
391 Lauderdale 1753 6 do dust 420
[Messrs. Somerville & Co.]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
1 Clontarf 370 4 ch dust £60
2 Tientsin 373 4 ch dust 520
6 Ravenseraig 885 2 ch pek sou 160
7 388 4hf-ch fans 320
10 Kotigalla 397 2 ch pek sou 210 |
11 505 2 do fans 140
12 Dalhousie 508 12hf-ch or pek 650
16 520 9 do fans 640
17 528...5 ..do dust 350
2) Wolpitia 582. ha ch pek sou 450
21 6385 2 do con 170
26 Ukuwella 547 6 ch pek sou 600
550 5 do bro tea 475
27 6638 1 do dust 130
8L Hanagama 665 1 ch sou 90
a2 668 3 do fans B15
36 K, in estate
mark 580 4 ch bro mix $60
37 683 2hf-ch dust 162
38 S 686 5hfch dust 400
39 589 6 do bro tea 500
40 A 692 3hf-ch dust 240
41 505 do bro tea 150
42 Galdola 698 3 ch bro pek 270
43 601 4 do pek 367
44 604 2 ch pek sou 230
Lhf-ch
45 607 1 do dust vi
62 Blinkbonnie 628 4hf-ch dust 820
57 Salawe 643 1 ch dust 160
60 Mahatenne 652 7 ch pek sou 665
61 655 lhf-ch dust 65
638 SED 661 3 ch dust 270
64 664 5 do fans 856
65 Marigold 667 13 hf-ch or pek 611
67 673 5 do bro or pek No 2285
7) 688 3 do mix tea 183
76 Dilmukalani 700 65hf-ch sou 250
77 Donside 703 4 ch dust 310
84 Hatdowa 724 6 ch fans 500
85 727 UC ap dust 86
88 Lyndhurst 736 1) hi-ch pek sou 450
89 739 5 do dust 425
90 Harangalla 742 6 ch bro pek 570
101 Theberton iia Co fans 240
102 778 1 do dust 120
107 Ingeriya 793 2hi-ch dust 160
113 F, in estate
mark 811 5 ch son 475
114 Si4 Shf-ch dust 600
115 Monte Christo 817 5 ch pek sou 400
116 B, in estate
mark 820 4 ch dus 560
n7 MG 823 5 ch bro mix 275
120 Koladeniya 832 1 ch dust 100
121 L, in estate
mark 835 2 ch dust 180
127 853 6hf-ch. broorpek 385
128) 856 4 ch pek 320
129 859 1 do pek sou 93
132 Mary Hill 868 11 hf-ch pek sou 550
133 871 1 ch | bro mix 150
4 D, in esuate
" mark 874 3 ch dust 270
135 C 877, 8 ch pek 610
13) DEC 839 2Zhi-ch dust 100
180 892.1. do bro tea 50
141 emigre §95 9hfieh pek fans 675
142 898 4 do sou £80
144 V 904 6 ch pek 600
148 Citrus SIG. an Chi bro pek fans 278
149 919 8 do pek dust 436
150 HA 922. ch red leaf 100
151 H 9:5 12hf-ch pek 600
155 Curfu 937 8hf-ch fans 220
156 Warakamure 940 12hf-ch brocrpek 660 _
159 ‘ 949.6 ch sou 540
160 f 952° 1ht-ch. dust — 90
161 MK A 955 5 ch, red leaf , 435
169 Minna 979 S8hf-ch fans ECO
177 Orpington 4 7)f-ch pek fans 635
125 Ritni, in estate
mark 28 3 do broorpek 180
bid
Lot Box Pkgs. Name.
186 21 10hbf-ch or pek 450040)
188 87 Ms = 680 8638
40 o sou
190 Nillicolay- a - S.
watte 43 10hf-ch bro pek 44
193 52 3 ch pek sou 83
(Mr. EB. John.j
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ‘ec.
8 AkkaraTotum 86 1 ch pek sou 9)
4 39 «1 do fans 100 it
pee 42 1 do dust 110 19
9 Vincit §4 1 do fans 129 31
12 Perth 68 8 do pekoe 660 = 38
13 6 3 do pek sou 225 24
14 69 2hfch pek dust 150 22
18 Loughton 81 5 do pek dust 250° «=
22 Galloola 98 8 ch dust 240 93
24 Ferndale 99 #7 00 orpek 63004
27 D 18g #67 do sou 665 81
28 Peacock Hill 111 2hf-ch bromix 100 og”
29 114 8 do pek fans 600 2s
39 Moralioya 117 4 ch sou 3200 B2
| 4 120 ¥ do dust 250 19
40 Digdola 14, 3 do pek rou 270 Ss BB
45 N 162 2 do ust ii 19
49 Theresia 174 1 «do bro mix 70 85
50 177 «1hf-ch son 51 B4
51 180 38 do dust 240 22
58 Ferndale 201 6 ch orpek 54048
66 207 2 uo pek sou 180 34
61 910 1 do dust 1% 8623
10 WH 267 Ibf-ch fans 86 8620
SL. 270 «66 ch bro pek 550 84
84 Rajawella 279 8 do peksou 692 = Bt
85 282 2hf-ch dust 170 «(17
86 285 2 ch fans 148 S4
87 288 1 do bro mix 75 30
88 Polduwa 291. 6 do bro pek 600 «87
89 294 6 do pekoe 600 33
90 297 1 do sou 100 «699
91 " 300 2 do red leaf 200 «618
101 operat 330 «6 «do pek son 6408
103 Talakande 836 2 do bropek 203
104 339 «1 a es na
Lhf-ch koe 146
105 342 «1 By a “¢
1 hf-c k sou 186
106 245 1 ch ce 154 4
114 Rondura 869 8 da dust 19
6 PET 375 10 bags brotea 500 withd’n
121 Yapame 880 7 ch pek sou 560-34
122 393 6hf-ch dust 480 19
124 399 2 do bro mix 200 83
125 ET 402. 6 ch bro mix 684 30
133 Gonavy 426 2hi-ch fans 150 826
134 : 422 1 do dust 80 i7
135 $85 1 ch congou 80 Sd
187 S 498 12 bags red leaf 641 withd’n
141 Harrow 450 6 ¢ pek sou 660 87
CEYLON COFFEE SALES IN LONDON.
(From Our Commercial Gorrespondent.)
Mincinc LAxE Jan, 27.
“Clan Renold”—Mark large
barrels out at 953; size 1 ditto,
5 casks sold at gis: size 2 ditto,
out; PB ditto, 1 barrel out; P ditto, 2 tierees out;
T ditio, 4 barrels sold at 40s. Gonamota Ve, 2 bags
ovtkrs, out; T ditto, 1 bag sold at 40s; P ditto, 1 bag
sea dam. sold at 302, P
size Gonamotava, 2
2 barrels sold at 81s;
1 cask and 4 tierces
“Bingo Maru’’—Blackwood OO, I tierce eold at 115s; -
ditto O, 5 casks sold 11is;“ditto EF, 1 cask and i
barrel sold at 9233 ditto EF, 1 barrl.sold at 723, ditte
Sete tierce sola at 1175; ditho; 7. 1 tierce sold
at 40s Tah Se
“Clan Renola”_WPF, 1 ba io sold at 100s; ditto
1 1 cask and 1 barrel sold 100s; ditto 2, .2. easks.,sold
at 86s; ditto S, libaxrel sold at 603; ditto PB, 1 tierce
ous WEA barrel out; W 2 in estate mark, 1 baricel
out: ditto S, 1 barrel out.
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
From our special correspondent in Mircing Lane,
j\
“Sadu Mara”—Mark Hylton OO, 48 bags sold at 72s; ©
1 bag sea dam. sold at 64s; ditto O, 2 bags sold |
at 61s. .
“Bingo Maru’’—Hylton OO, 44 bags sold at 72s;
ditto S, 2 bags sold at 61s. Beredewelle COC, EX
No. 1, 18 bags sold at 70s 6d; ditto EX No.2, 2 bags
sold at 65s; ditto 1,2 bagssold at 57s; ditto 2, 2 bags
soldat 49s 6d; T, 1 bagsoldat 47s. Kanapediwatie,
13 bags sold at 693; ditto 2, 1bagsold at 57. Henti-
malie, 21 bags soldat 70s 6d. Maria 1, 69 bags sold
at 68s; 2, 7 at 64364; 3, 9 at 563 64; 1, 2 bags ser
dam. Cl,3sold at 62s 6d. Marakooa7, 20 bags sold
at 71s; 18 at 70s 6d; 2, ob at 653; 3, 2at 55s. Armagh
A, 20 bags out at 683; 3 bagssea dam. bal. soldat |
62s 6d; B, 9 bags sold at 61s 6d; J, 6 at 583; BL
lat 46s. Pandsppa A, 24 bags sold at 71s; 2 at 62a
6d; T,1 bagsoldat 56s.
B8 bigs soldat 64s, New Peradeniya 1, 4 bays ous
at 68s; 2, 6 sold at 67s; 3, 1 at 57s. Hiangapitiya A,
25 bags sold at 70s 6d;-‘T. 2at 563.
“Clan Drummond’’—North Matale, 115 bags out.
“Bingo Maru’’—Goouambil A, 65 bags sold at 7ls
6d; 1 at 61s sea dam. bulked; B, 11 bags sold at 63s.
Alloowtharie A, 66 bags out; |
| at 23 10d;
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
“Sadu Maro’—CG A in estate mark, 34 bags ont |
at 70s.
“Bingo Marn”’—Ingaruga'la A, 20 bags gold at 703
6d; 23 at 70s; T,4 at 58361. Asgeria A, 41 bags sold
at 723 6d; I’, 1 at 59s; AK in estate mark, 49 bigs
sold at 64s.
“Sadu Maru’—O AK in estate mark, 20 bags ont,
“Bingo Maru’’—Lower Haloya, 23 bxgs out; 3
sold at 57s 6d.
“Clan Mackinnon’”’—HGA ia estate mark, 108 bags
out; 1 bag soldat 6s sea dam. and rpkd.
“Kanagawa Mara”—HGA in estate mark, 92 bigs
out; Min estate mark, 134 bagsont; 10 bags sol at
60s, sea dam. and rpki.; MUM in estate mark, 25 bags
out; 1 bag sold at 61s, sea dam.and rpkd.
‘Wanderer’ Pallil, 99 bags out at 76s
“Kanagawa Marw’—Coodulyalla 113, 38 bags ous,
Kepitigalla 114, 25 bags ont; I K in estate mark,
estate cocoa, 50 bagsout. Woodthorpe 4, 15 bags sold
at 70s.
“Orotava’—The Bandarapola Ceylon Co., Ltd., 20
bags sold at 70s.
CEYLON COFFEF SALES IN LONDON,
[from Our Commercial Correspondent. }
MINC1‘G LANE, Feb. 3.
“Clan Ranald’’—Mark Muausagalia A. 2 cases and 1 bri
sold at 1!1s 6d; ditto B, 5 casks sol! at 106s; 3 at 106s;
ditto C, 1 tierce sold at 66s; ditto PB, 1 cask sold at
108s; dit o T, 1 caskand 1 barrel sold at 44s 6d; 2
bags at 91s, overtakers S D.
“Matiana’—Roehampton 0, 1 tierce sold at 104s;
1 ditto, 2 casks and 1 tierce sold at 95s; 2 ditto, 1
barrel out at 65s; PB ditto, 1 barrel sold 102s; T ditto,
1 tierce sold at 65s; 1 bag at 55z, ovtkr.
“Clan Ranald’'—Gowerakelle F, 1 barrel sold at 115s;
ditto1, 2 casks and 1 tierce sold at 1133 6d; ditto2, 4
casks and 1 barrel sold at 106s; ditto S, 1 tierce out;
ditto PB, lcask sold at 121s; CKET in estate mark.
1 barrel out; GKE, 1 tierce out; 1 bag ont, ovtkr.
Wiharagallla F,1 barrel and 1 cask sold at 112s 64d;
ditto 1, 3 casks sold at 107s; ditto 2, 3 casks and 1 bar-
rel at 983 6d; ditto S,1 bag out; ditto PB, 1 cask sold
at 118s; WHGT inestate mark, 1 cask and 1 buirrel
out; 1 bag out, ovtkr. Niabeddel, 1 tierce out; ditto
2, 2 casks and 1 barrel sold 96s 6d; ditto S, 1 tierce out,
di'to PB, 1 tierce sold at 111s; NBT in estate mark,
1 barrel out; 1 bag out, ovtkr.
“Staffordshire’—Poonagalla A, 1 cask and | barrel
sold at 112s6d; ditto B, 5casks and | tierce sold at
106s 6d; ditto C.1 cask sold at 82s; ditto PB, 1 cask
sold at 117s; ditto T, 1 tierce and 1 barrel sold at 41s
6d. Poonagalla, 1 bag sold at 95s, ovtkr.
bags |
| equal
5
“Kawachi Muru’’—Kelbourn, large size, 3 casks and
1 tierce sold at 107s 64; ditto size 1, 5 casks sold at
‘63 6d; 2 casks and 1 tieice at 98s; ditto siz- 2, 1
erce sold at 58s; ditto PB, 1 barrel sold at 95s 64;
c.tto P, 1 tierce sold at 95s 6d; ditto T, 1 tierce sold
at 40s.
CEYLON
CARDAMOMS SALES IN
LONDON.
“Bingo Maru”— Mark New Peacock 1, 3 cases sold
at %s 11d; ditto 2, 1 at 1s 1ud; ditto seed, 1 bag sold
at 3s.
“Clan Ranald’—PBM, 2 cases soid at 2s 4d; 5 at
23 4d; A in estate mark, | case sold at 3s 8d; 7 at
3s 94,
“Taos”’—PBM, 2 cases sold at 1s 9d;
is 10d.
“Olan Ranald’—WN Ceylon, Malabar cardamoms 1,
13 cases sold at 23 83; ditto 2,2 at 1s 94; ditto 4, 3c 153d;
ditto C,2 at 13 11d; ditto 1, 15 cases more, % cases sold
Nitto 2, lat 2s 10d.
‘Bingo Maru’--MLM, 6 cases sold at 2s 103;1 at
23 101.
“Dake of Norfolk”—MLM, 1 case sold at 2s 10d.
“RK unagawa Vara’ —entimalie seeds, 13 case? more,
l case sold at 2s 1014.
““ingo Maru’—Wattek:lly No. 1, Nos.15 aad 17
to 3 qr. lb. each, No.16 equal to 3 qr. lb.
3casessold at 33; ditto 2, No.18 equal to 3qvr. 3 |b.
No. 19 equal to 2 qr. 20 lb. 2 cases sold at
As 6a; ditto No. 3, about 1 qr. 18 1b, 1 case sold at 23;
ditto No.4, about 1qr.17 lb., 1 case sold at 1s 10d;
seeds about 1 gr, 3 lb. 1 case sold at 2s 9d.
“S$ dn Maruw’’—Mark Vedehette B, about
each 6 cases out at 2s 3d.
“T..mbn Maru’—D in estate mark, Kobe, Mysore 1,
abon 40 |b., 1 case sold at 3s 2d.
“Kawachi Murn’’—Mousakanda, No.1, 2 cases sold
at 3s 64; 1 at 337d; ditto 2, 2 at 33 7s; ditto seeds,
1 at 1s 10d.
“Clan Mackinnon’—AL 1, Malabar, 5 cases out at
8 cases at
100 lb.
| 9: 5a; 12 af Qs Sd; ditto B, 4 cases out at 1s 6d.
“Clan Muacalister’—218 in estate mark, 6 cases out
at 23 10d.
“Clan McIntyre’—SAC London in in estate mark,
5 cases cut; l case out.
“Kanagawa Mirn”—SAC jin estate mark, 7 cases out.
“Kaw.wchi Maru’’--Delpotonoya, 1 case sold at j4s;
Bat 3s1ld. 1 at 3s 6d; 2 at 336d; 2 at 23 6d; 3 at
23 11d; 1 at 1s 10d.
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN IONDON.
“Clan Ranald’’—M, London, in estate mark, 65 bags
sold at 673; 12 at 66s 6d sea damaged and bulked.
“Bingo Maru’’—AOMK No.1 in estate mark, 30
bags sold 70s; 2 at 65s sea damaged and bulked; 2 at
54s gambierdam. bulked. AMK in estate mark, 71
bags sold at 66s; 4 at 65s sea dam. bulked; 8 at 543
gambier dam. bulked. AMKM No.1 in estate mark,
48 bags sold at 68s; 1 at 65s sea dam bulked; 2
bags at 543 gam. dam. bulked. MK in estate mark, 20
bags sold at 66s 64; 18 at 67s; 6 at 65s sea dam. and
bulked; 5 at 57s 6d gam. dam. and bulked-
“Matiana’—Yatawatte 1, 113 bags sold at 75s;
3 at 64:6d seadgd. c 3; 2 ditto, 10 bags sold at 643s"
6d; lat 6ls sea dgd.c 2; broken, 3 bags sold at 60s.
“Bingo Maru’”’—-AK in estate mark 1 bag sold at
66s. Bandarapolal, 12 bags sold at 70s; 2,1 at 653;
T, 1 at 59s.
“Kanagawa Maru’’—Baniarapola 1, 12 bags sold
at 70s.
“Clan Ranald'’—Old Haloya, 35 bags sold at 71s 6d;
Kepitigalla, 20 bags sold at 743 6d; 22 at 74s 6d; 7at
69s. Coodulgalla, 40 bags sold at 74s; O CHJ in es-
tate mark, 3 bags sold at 69s; 1 at 63s 6d sea dam,
bulked; MAK 76 bags sold at 67s;3 at 63s 6d.
“Manora’’—CC I Ain estate mark, 44 bigs sold at
70s 6d; ditto 2 A, 20 bags sold at 67s; 9 at 67s 6d; ditto
1 B, 12 bags sold at 64s 64; ditto 2 B, 6 bags sold
at 65s.
“Golconda”’—2 Yattewatte, 4 bags sold at 61s.
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of 2 stip =
104 : 2065 1 do dust 140 22 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. e.
105 2065 4 do congou 360 931 9 Killin, in estate
107 Beverley 20 4 2%hf-ch bro pekfans 140 31 mark 79 8 ch pek 630 37
17 WWA 2104 1 ch pek 90 36 10 82 § do pck sou 610 30
12200 SWA 9113 8 ch bro or pek 256 38 18 Welgampola 106 Shi-ch pek sou 448 34
121 GLA 2116 6 do bro tea 630 18 22 Glenalla 1:8 4hf-ch dust 300 23
124 Hatton 2125 5 do pek sou 425 40 23 121 1 ch fans 100 30
130 Suduwella 2143 3 eh bro pek 300 42 21 Koslande 124 2 ch pek 180 34
13L 2146 3 do pek 25 37 25 Gingranoya 127 4hf-ch dust 360 25
132 2149 2 do pek sou 8) Bh 26 130 5 do fans 320 26
133 2152 1 do congou 90 32 27 SLG 133 7hf-ch sou 350 29
141 Clunes 2176 5 do pek sou No, 2 475 30 28 136 5 do dust 375 20
146 Dea Bila 291 12hf-ch fans 660 34 30 Glanrhos 14: 7 ch sou 663) 85
158 WN 9227, 1 ch pek $5 35 BL 1:56 4 do dust 6)0 22
169 A’ erdeen 10 5hf-ch dust 400 24 82 Suduganga 1i8 4 ch sou 320 4
174 Pine Hill 25 6 do dust 480 23 35 Dartry 157 4hf-ch dust 360 18
1779 HGM 40 7 ch bro pek f.ns 620 36 39 JM 169 7 ch bro or pek 685 39
188 Knavesmire 67 Shf-ch fans 520 36 42 MT 178 3hf-ch dust 210 1)
189 70 4 do dust 320 19 43 BE 181 dhf-ch bro mix 256 25
10 Nebatgama fom © ch dust S10 16 44 GB 181 Q9hf-ch bro tea 450 31
192 Allerton 79 2 do bro pek fans 240 30 45 187 8 do dust 400 24
193 82 8 do pe dust 360 24 49 Warakamure 199 7 ht-ch~ bro or pek 455 9
197 Digdola 9: 2 ch pek sou 160 35 53 211 2 do dust 180 19
198 97 2 do pek fans 200 34 b4 K 214 4hf-ch pek sou 200 35
208 Weyunga- 56 GW 220 7Thf ch fans 420 34
watte 121 2 ch pek sou 170 36 57 223 z do dust 150 20
207 jz4 4hf-ch dust j 340 22 68 HH, in estate a
213 LGA luz 4 ch ~~ bro mix 400 31 mark 226 7 ch sou 665 = §=- 82
Lot Box Pkgs. Name. ip, ic
59 229 1 ch fans 100 80
60 282 1 do dust 100 20
62 Polpitiya 238 1 ch dust 170-20
64 Agarsland 244 2hfch unas 126 8639
5 247 7 do bropekfanms 385 36
66 250 1. do dus. 60 21
67 Vlopewella 253 2hfch dust 120 «20
71 Henegama 265 8hf-ch dust 640 «19
72 268 2 ch bro mix 200 28
75 Tyspane 277 6 ch pek sou 510 38
76 Ivies 280 9 ch son 675 35
77 283 2 do dust 280 20
79 SAK 289 38 ch bro pek 252 28
80 292 Ghi-ch pek 334
81 295 11 do unas 65
82 298 8 do pek fans £00 J out
83 30L 8 do dust 560
8 WVT 307 4hf-ch dust 320 19
86 5, in estate
mark 310 7 ch pek sou $45 Bb
87 813 1 do dust 115 21
88 Orion 316 3 do unas 330 34
89 Wevatenne 319 8hf-ch pek 480 26
* 90 822 6 do pek 300 34
91 325 6 do pek sou 276 82
92 HT, in estate
mark 328 2hf-ch bro pek 115 37
93 331 2 do pek 100 34
94 334.5 do pek sou 240 22
95 337 2 do dust 200° 21
99 TFerriby 349 1 ch sou 95 30
100 352 5hf-ch fans 275 82
101 355 3 do dust 240 21
1(4 Harangalla 364 5 ch sou 450 35
106 SS 370 3 do bro pek 303 33
107 373 1. do pek 73 32
108 376 1 de peksou 98 80
109 379° Lhf-ch_ red leaf 53 21
110 882 2 do dust 150 18
114 Depedene 394 3hf-ch dust 240 «88
120 Weygalla 517 lhf-ch dust £0 21
122 Venture 5238 4 ch red leaf 340 26
CEYLON COFFEE SALES IN LONDON.
[From Our Commercial Correspondent.}
MincING LANE, Feb. 11.
“Kawachi Maru’’—Mark size 1 Thotulagalla, 1 cask
sold at 110s; size 2 ditto, 3 casks and 1 barrel sold at
100s; size 3 ditto, 1 barrel sold at 47s; PB ditto, 1
barrel sold at 100s, T ditto, 1 out. Thotnlagalla, 1 bag
out overtakers.
“Manora’”’—FKB, 12 bags sold at 29s withont re-
serve.
“Java”—HFTO in estate mark, 6 bags sold at 29s
without reserve.
“Kawachi Maru”—Elbedde O, 1 barrel sold at 119s;
ditto size 1, 2 casks sold at1lls 6d; ditto size 2, 2
casks at 101s 6d; ditto size 3, 1 barrel 50s; ditto PB
1 barrel at 111s; ditto T, 1 out. Elbedde, 1 bag ton
overtaker. Mecfiabedde F, 1 tierce sold at 115s; ditto
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS.
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Z - aa
1 1 cask and 1 tierce eold at 118s; ditto 2, 2easks sold
at 100s 64; dittoS, 1 barrel at 59s; ditto PB, 1° barrel
at 1223; MBT in estate mark, 1 barrel out,
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
‘‘Mavora’”—Pansalatenue 1, 31 bags sold at 72s;
ditto 2, 6 bags sold at 62s; mark Handrool, 16 bags
sold at 70s 6d.
“Bingo Marn’’—MLM 1, 6 bags sold at 676; ditto 2,
1 at 65s.
‘‘Staffordshire’— Wood thorpe, 25 bags seld at67s 64.
“Kawachi Maru’—Yattawatte 1, 20 bagesold at 78s;
79 at 81s; 2 ditto, 9 bags sold at 60s 6d.
‘*Antenor’’—Yattawatte 1, 43 bags ont,
“Kawachi Muaru’’—Maousava AA, 30 begs sold at
733 64; ditto A, 2 bags sold at 64s; ditto B, 70 bags sold
at 403 6d; C, 3 bagea sold at 603 64; Y, 17 bags sold
at 703; Y2, 70 bags sold at 70s. Bandarapola 1, 13
bags sold at 71s; 2, lb at 64s; T, 2 bags at Gle,
“Sadu Maru’’—HMS&Co. in estate mark, estate
cocoa 80 bags out at 70s; 14 at 70s; 2 sold at 64s sea
damaged and rpkd.; 1 MLM in estate mark, estate
cocoa, 119 bags out at 70s; 1 MLM, estate cocoa, 47
bags sold at 69s; ditto 93 at 70s.
“Shropshire’—HGA in estate mark, 63 bags out at
70s; 7 sold at 698 sea dam.and rpkd.; ditto B, 14 bags
sold at 69s; PF in estate mark, 24 bags out; 4 bage
sold at 648 sea dam. and rpkd.
“Clan Campbell’'—KAS&Co., 171 bags sold at 72s 6d;
30 at 693 sea dam, and rpkd.
“Dake of Devonshire’’"—DB&Co. (266) in estate
mark, 17 bags out.
“Manora’”’—Palli 1, 17 bags sold at 73s; ditto F, 14
out; ditto F2, 2 bags soldat 60s 6d. .
“Clan Robertson’'—Palli 2, 21 bagsout. Victoria 2,
4 bags ont.
““Sadu Maru’”’—Gangaroowa A, 27 bags sold at 73s 6d;
ditte B, 4 bags sold at 66s. ‘2
“Bingo Maru’—Gangaroowa A, 53 bags sold at 70s;
2 at 60s 6d sea damage and repacked; ditto B, 8 bags
sold at 66s; lat 606d sea dam. 2nd class.
‘““Manora’”—Gangaroowa A, 115 bags sold at 72s;
mark B, 21 bags sold at 66s.
“Kawachi Maru’’—Maria 1, 28 bags sold at 70s; 2,
4at 583.
“Clan Robertson”—North Matale, 208 bags ont
at 85s.
“Duke of Argyll”’—North Matale, 217 bags out
at 85s.
“Staffordshire’—Mukalane, 20 bags sold at 77s.
“Kawachi Maru”—Meegama A, 38 bagsout; mark 2,
10 bags sold at 70s; B 1, 2 bugssold at 67s 6d; B, 5at
65s. Warriapolla, 29 bags soldat 80s 6 '; 93 at 78s 6d;
lat 71s; 21 at 63s 6d; 1 at 63s; 20 at 61s; 20 at 61s.
eotne sae 12 bags sold at 80s 6d; 2 at 628; 10 at
61s 6d. ;
Nakiadeniya
K, in estate
Olahitagoda
NO. 10
COLOMBO
SALES OF THA.
CoLoxBo,
— —_—__—_
LARGE LOTS.
[387,711 1b.)
Box.
503
514
533
541
544
50
653
659
562
565
568
5717
680
610
616
Pkgs.
14 do
19 hf-ch
22 do
145 hf-ch
14 ch
9 ch
15 do
12. do
10 do
: do
ip hf ch
14 do
14 hf-ch
12 ch
22 ch
49 hf-ch
21 hf-ch
Name. lb.
bro pek 1400
pek sou 880
ek 3256
bro pek sou 720
fans 2300
bro mix 2200
pek sou 900
bro pek 2520
bro orpek 900
pek 3060
pek sou 1330
Bro bek 1140
pek 1100
or pek 8.5
pek 112u
Be or pek 900
or pek 1350
pek 1020
pek sou 800
bro pek fans &80
dust 900
dust 800
bro mix 1260
bro pek 2700
pek 2494
pek sou 2800
fans 780
or pek 1500
bro pek 2290
pee 2160
ro pek 1300
pex 1140
pek sou 720
bro erpek 1080
bro pek 4800
pek 1700
pek sou 736
bro pek 909
or ,ek 1170
pek 1880
or pek fans 1200
fans 900
bre or pek 825
bro pek 2:00
pek 4413
pek sou 1370
ust 720
bro pek 1300
or pek 1350
pek 800
pek sou 900
or pek 2250
bro orpek 2970
pek 3840
pek sou 1875
dust 1204
bro mix 1260
pek sou 1080
bro pek 2200
bro pek 2450
bro or pek 1320
or pek 1100
pek 1550
bro pek 1855
or pek 7>2
pek 1168
bro or pek 2090
or pek 1980
pek 29.0
pek 2230
bro or pek 1510
or ey 2500
2375
bro or pek 1495
or pek 900
pek 1710
or pek 1920
b o pek 1560
pek 990
pek sou 720
pee sou 2200
ro pek 1800
Messrs. Forbes z Walker.—
Marcu 13,
1899.
161 Carlabeck
165 Frussella
170 Blairgowrie
| Price:
Box.
949
952
964
976
982
991
173 Mawiliganga-
watte
174
174
1382. Vathalana
133
1St
187 Agra Oya
19) Tymawr
1000
1003
1003
1027
1050
1033
1012
1045
1048
1051
1054
1057
194 Trewardene 1063
199 Nillo Maliy
O B EC,in est.
mark 10738
20) 1081
20L 108t
202 1037
203 JO90
305 Carfax 1036
206 1 99
207 11u2
210 Dunke*d lill
21 Tilt
212 1117
217 Digdolla 1132
218 1135
20 PAW 11!)
221 1144
222 1147
230 Iveby 71
231 1174
232 1177
235 Pantiya 1186
239 Devenford 1198
244 Waratenne§ 1233
245 1216
247 1222
248 Penrhos 122E
249 1228
250 1231
232 Ingrogalla 1267
263 1270
273 Augusta 1300
281 St. Heliers 1324
282 1827
286 Harrington 1339
237 Dalhousie 1342
288 Mapitigama 1355
289 1348
290 1351
z9L 1354
291 Amblakande 1363
295 1366
295 1569
297 Pine Hill 1572
293 1375
299 1373
3u0 13581
301 13384
304 Hornesy 1393
325 1395
308 W 1405
319 BDWG 1433
32 14th
326 Doteloya 1459
327 1462
328 1465
329 1ies
331 D in est. mark M474
332 ‘77
333 1480
(Mr. BE.
Lot. Box
2 Poilakande 80
8 81g
6 Bowhill 822
7 825
8 $28
10 Welicoda 834
12 St. John’s 540
23 do
21 hf-ch
do
do
48 hf-ch
19
49
20
1)
10
80 hf- -ch
9
23
3L
15
$1
8 do
10 hf-ch
—128,632 1b.]
82 bf-ch
do
ch
do
do
do
do
TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES.
—124 cents each 3 copiea
30 cents ; 6 copies 4 rupee.
Name. lb.
or pek 1615
pek 1440
pek sou 972
bro pek 927
pek 1260
sou 1105
broor pek 825
or pek 1035
bro pek 3200
broor pek 1440
or pek 1615
pek 1040
bro pek 1500
pek 1350
or pek 1275
or pek 130
pek 1680
pek sou 1080
pek 909
broorpek 1240
bro pek 2.00
pek 2480
or pe 2070
pek sou 888
bro or pek 1800
orpek 1710
pek 1710
bro or pek 4510
or pek 1140
pek 2520
bro or pek 720
pek 770
or pek 1260
bro pek 1045
pek 2450
bro pek 2880
pek 1500
pek sou 900
dust 980
pek 1040
bru pek 2755
pek 2310
dust 1050
or pe’ 720
bro pék 1440
pek 1760
bro pek 140)
pek 1020
dust 750
bro or pek 1¢59
pek 1800
or pek 20 0
ek 1215
bro or pek 880
bro pek 1450
pek 1629
pek sou 1330
bro pek 1300
pek 1190
pek sou 1200
bro or pek 1020
or pek 2072
or pek 2520
pek 3315
pek sou 850
bro pek 2800
pek 1140
br pek fans 957
bro pek 1500
pek 1600
bro pek 930
ek 2070
pek sou 2635
pek sou 135)
bro mix 7220
fans 890
funs No.1 750
Name.
bro pek
pekoa
ro pek
pekoe
kK sou
ro tea
bro or pek
Ib.
3240
Pe Se he Po ee et ee a
ps v &* '~* 4
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2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES | LIST. |
Te
i oe
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name. Ibe Lot Box Pkgs. Name. Ibe.
13 848 25hf-ch or pek 1250 69 48 Kekuna Heena 628 26 ch b 2600
14 846 25 do pekoe 1250 51 49 661 9 do ——— 900 S
15 $49 24 do ek sou 1200 45 61 - 697 6 do. dust Oo 4%
16 Koslande 852 19 do ro pek 1140 50 59 Hangranoya 791 s0hf-cl bro pek 4000
17 855 14 ch pekoe 1260 41 61 727 21 ch pek 1575 42
4 Rondura 864 IL ae es i. 990 47 62 730 10 do pek sou 750 39
867 28 do ro pe 2800 43 65 Gangwaril 739 35 ch = b 2
22 870 23 do pekoe 2070 40 66 “ y 742 83 do pind ag ioe $ =
23 873 10 do ek sou 900 = 87 67 745 22 do sou 2560 36
25 Glasgow 879 81 do v0 or pek 2635 75 68 Havilland 748 33 hf-ch pek 1815 52
26 882 14 do or pek 980 60 69 75. 20 ch or pek 1:00 43
Fd 885 ~ av ead = et 4 70 754 87 do 3145 41
2 888 0 pek sou : 4 71 757 31 do k y
29 Agra Ouvah 891 73hf-ch broorpek 4745 60 72 GW 760 15 do A i fis -
at Pe La oe 7 eed 4 75 Forest Hill 769 19 ch bro pek 18624
§ ¢ ekoe 4 76 772 30 do k 185
. 3 Doonhinda 900 23 oe Eo pek oa 50 7 " 781 9 r ate sou ie =
903 28 do ekoe 0 48 to , in estate
36 ‘Troup 912 8 do aon 720 38 inark 784 18 ch bro pek 1800 7
37 916 9 do bro mix 900 8682 81 Henegama 787 12 ch bro pek fans1200 36
40 Brownlow 924 47 do bro or pek 2726 51 87 Rambodde 805 17 hf-ch broor pek 1020 56
41 927 22 do or pek 2090 48 §8 808 47 do bro pek 2585 43
42 930 87 do pekoe 8515 42 89 3I1l 20 do k 1000 45
43 933 14 do pek sou 1760 = 88 93 Mousa Eliya 3823 20 ch oe pek 210046
44 Birnam 936 18 do peksou 115% 38 95 829 17 do pek 1615 40
47 TG O15 ehh dust 960 94 96 Bogabagode- .
AST 948 21 ch or pe 1890 43 watte 832 18 ch
51 D 957 14 do bro tek 1400 out 97 845 10 do a 4 é
52 N 960 13hfch pek dust 975 14 bid | 103 BG £53 20hf-ch unas 1140 387
“63 Ottery 963 24 ch bro or pek 2400 55 bid | 104 £56 12 do bro mix 960 35
54 966 11 do or pek 990 £0 109 Rayigam &7l 22 ch bro pek 2530 41
55 969 13 do ekoe 1235 43 bid | 110 874 10 do or pek 950 46
of Mossend 978 17 ei ro ue pek 1105 51 lll 877 32 do pek 3040s 40
981 24 do or pek 120 46 112 880 10 do k
. od ad F ake pek rel 46 bid | 113 . 883 30 hf-ch a a on 4
98) C) ekoe 55 41 114 Koladeniya 886 10 ch br i
62 Glentilt 990 24 ch ro pek 2400 55 121 St. Calhetine 907 ‘2 ch ee apfer’ And
83 933 12 do pekoe 1200-43 125 Annandale 919 18hf-ch or pek 936 48657
6t Claremont 996 16 do bro orpek 1600 44 126 922 23 do pek sou 121942
« ee i a poker | aa 4 134 Tiddyva’e 946 14hfch bro pek 7004
Es Ferndale il 4 ae ro ¥3 pek 4) - 136 O52 9 oa ea sou 4 os
boil Oo orpe 10 4 ; :
71 Maskeliya 17. 8 do broorpek 80 49 re Warriatenne a= | = = ~) pek 1920 ~
73 Little Valley 28 9 do broorpek 915 4s bid | 4p O64 'Shi-ch Gust "800.1 bi
“4 26 10 do ro pe’ ‘omni not §
75 29 25 do ekoe 252000 41 = ee 987 75 ch k 75 d
77 Harrow 85 30 hf-ch roorpek 1950 53 bid | 449 970 18 do as G75) 38 bid
78 38 14 ch pekoe 1400 34 bid | 143 Hatduwa 9:3 18 do bro = 1710 ‘2 *
a 18 do pele 10a i619 do pek 1520 9 :
2S 7 ek sou
85 Selama te aShtch pekoe 204 84 bia | 158 Killin, in es- /
86 Koslande 62 19 do bropek 1140051 184 fokegnans : 1 — ee pek = 7
a AE 65 ¥ hoe pokge ee 4 158 Ukuwela 19 13 ech bes or pek 1430 40
90 uA af te 2 i mid "a 159 22.25 do bropek 2500 39
92 Harmony 80 7 do bro pek 735 42 a = +4 = pek 2200 37
93 83 8 Go pekoe 720 40, | 162 Elehico 81 s0hfch bro pek 1650 41
om Kotuagedera 8 - oo pre ai ew a bid | 163 Charlie Hill 34 17 do bropek 850 41
102 Glentilt 110 9 do pekoe ico 6-42 bia | 1 Bis dost ees a0 630
104 . Arncliff 116 20 do broorpek 1900 52 bid
105 119 62 ae Bete 5202 41 bid
106 122 23 do pek sou 2007 38 a
110 MountTempiel?: 24 do bro or pek 2277 42 big SMALL LOTS.
11 137 30 do or pek 2397 41 big a
fi: (Messrs. Forbes & Wulker]
Lot. Box Pkgs. Name. Ib: * rc.
[Messrs. Somerville & Co.— 1 Tennehene 484 1 ch bro pek 78 «40
160.237 Ib,) 2 Ee 457 2 do pek 17336
E in estate
ae BL A sgt din Os | Rete wate eee tee
‘ . 53 c -o pe aphne 92 oO ro 609 45
- area a 565 42hf-ch broorpek 2730 56 5 496 5 do Ze 425 37
8 568 31 ch or pek 2790 8647 6 499° 4 do pek sou 320-36
9 571 12 do pek 10800 42 7 502 1 do ust 7 8624
10 674 9 do pek sou 810 $3 8 i A 505 Lhf-ch_ red leaf 40 26
11 Ukuwela 577 11 ch breorpek 1210 = 41 10 Nakiadeniya 511 7 ch 595 40
12 580 23 do bro pek 2300 39 12 517 2 do red leaf 160 oT
13 583 20 do pek 2000-37 13 520 6 do do 510s OT
15 Blinkbonnie 689 18hf-ch br» pek 10s0 «60 14 523 4 do fans 360 34
16 592 17 ch pek 2295 45 15 St. Edwards 526 9 ch or pek 540-44
17 hf-ch 16 52911 do bro pek 66041
21 siL 607 11 ch bromix 1045 25 17 532 10 do nek 55039
22 610 16hf-ch dust 1280 23 1 535 6 do pek sou 2300-36
93 Kurulugalla 613 20 ch pek 1300 896-39 22 AMB 547 5 ch _ red leaf 410 26
32 HJS 640 20hf-ch peksou 1200 35 25 Battalgalla 556 3 ch fans 2400 «30 |
33 Nugawella 643 $2hf-ch bro pek 1856 ©6550 30 Clyde 671 3 ch . dust 450 «96
31 | 616 45 do per 2250 42 31 Broughton 574 12hf-ch_ pek - 672.45
37 Carney 665 24 hf-ch ro pek 1200 44 34 Olahitagoda 6583 5Shf-ch pek son 260 35.
38 668 88 do pek 1710 39 35 : 586 2 do aust — 176 Pro
39 : 661 23 do peksou 1150 36 44 Kittoolgalla 613 Shf-ch broorpek 460 40
44 Yeniyaya 676 10 ch or pek 950 45 © | 46 6i9 2 ch pek sou 160 + 37
6 679 31 ch bropek 3100 48 . a7 3 : 622 1 do dust 120 25
51
82 15 do pek 1500 = 41 54 WW 643 1 ch _ broor pek 94
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Lot Box Pks
6 LL 646 3 ch
56 649 4 do
63 New Pera-
deniya 670 3 ch
74 USA 703 2 ch
1hf-ch
75 706 4 ch
76 709 6 do
20 Woodlands 721 1 ch
81 724 2 do
82 727 2 do
3 Nella Oolla 7-0 3 ch
88 Erlsmere 745 2hf-ch
92 Ascot 757 6 ch
9 BOWG 766 2hf-ch
% BDWP 769 1 ch
106 C 799 5)hf-ch
111 Ganapalla 814 6 ch
119 Battalgalfa 838 3 ch
125 A, in estate
wark $56 2 ch
126 859 2 do
133. Dommeria 8-0 6 ch
138 Kirklees 895 7 ch
444 Maha Uva 913 1hf-ch
145 916 2 do
150 Ruanwella 93L 4 ch
158 Castlereagh 955 5 ch
159 958 6hf-ch
160 961 2 do
162 Carlabeck 967 5hf-ch
163 Kabragalla 970 5 do
164 973 3 do
163 Fusella ¢79 7 ch
168 Blairgowrie 985 3 ch
169 988 4 do
171 994 1 do
172 997 3 do
177 Mawiliganga
watte 1012 4hf-ch
178 A 10S Dich
179 1018 1 do
180 1021 2 hf-ch
181 1024 1 do
185 Vathulana 1036 4 ch
186 1039 6 hf-ch
193 Trewardene 106) 5 ch
195 1066 1 do
196 1069 2 do
197 1072 1 do
198 1075 2 do
201 Nillo Mally
OB EC, in est.
mark 1093 2 hf-ch
208 S 1195 38 ch
209 1103 4 do
219 Digdola 1138 3 ch
23 Kr W 1150 10hf-ch
224 1153 1 do
233 Ireby 11:0 4hf-ch
234 1183 3 do
236 Pantiya 1189 2 ch
237 RAW 1192 2 do
20 DED 1201 1hf-ch
241 : 1204 2 do
242 1207 3 ch
243 ~ 1210 2hf-ch
246 Waratenne 1219 6 ch
251 Penrhos 1234 6 do
252 1237 3 do
253 1240 4hf-ch
264 I NGinest.
mark 1273 1 ch
265 1276 2 do
266. 1279 3 do
267 Mount Plea-
sant 1282 8 hf-ch
268 1285 6 do
269 12%8 6 do
270 1291 1 do
271 1294 2 do
272 Augusta 1277 1 ch
274 1303 1 do
283 St. Heliers 1330 6 do
234 Queenslanl 1333 4 do
285 1336 5 do
292 Mapitigama 1357 5 hf-ch
302 Pine Hill 1387 1 ch
303 1390 2 hf-ch
306 EK 1399 1 ch
307 CR 1402 3 do
309 A 1408 1 do
310 S 1411 6 do
311 Preston 1414 2hf-eh
321 BDWG 1444 7 hf-ch
323 Wooleyfield 1450 7 ech
B24 1453 3 do
B25 1456 1 do
Name.
pek sou
dust
dust
fans
bro jek fans
fans
-pek
dust
pek sou
pek sou
pek fans
dust
dust
pek sou
fans
dust
bro pek f..ns
bro tea
p
pek fans
dust
dust
bro pek
pek
pek sou
sou
Frek sou
dust
bro pek
pek sou
fans
dust
bro mix
fans
fans
sou
pek sou
pek sou
sou
bro pek dust
pek sou
red leaf
fans
sou
red leaf
pek sou
bro mix
unast
bro tea
rad leaf
unast
pek sou
wnast
fans
bro imix
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot Bex Pkgs. Name. lb.
330 Dinest mark 1471 5 ch pek sou 450
334 1483 1hf-ch fans No. 2 60
335 1486 1 do fans No. 3 60
336 1459 5 ch red leuf 450
337 1493 3 do red leaf 270
(Messrs. Somerville & Co. J
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
1 Blackburn 517 8 ch bro or pek 630
2 55) 4 do or pek <00
4 556 8 do pek 640
5 559 8 do pek sou 609
6 5:2 3hf-ch dust 225
14 Ukuwe'a 536 4 ch pek sou 4090
17 Blinkbonnie 595 8 ch pek sou 60)
18 Galatotta 93 Shf-ch bro pek 440
19 60L 6 do pek 330
2) 604 3 do pek sou 150
24 LF 616 9hf-ch bro pek 471
25 619 7 do pek 338
26 6.2 7 do pek son 306
27 625 1 do fans 70
28 628 2 do red leaf 99
29 . 61 lhf-ch dus’ 65
30 HJS 654 7hf-ch bro pek 420
31 637 7 do pek 420
25 Nugawella 6i9 4hf-ch pek sou 349
26 652 2 do dust 17u
40 Carney 664 8hf-ch bro pekfans 460
41 667 5 do sou 250
42 670 3 do dust 150
43 W 673 6hf-ch pek 334
47 Deniyaya 685 6 ch pek sou 600
60 Kekuna Heena 694 3 ch pek sou 300
52 C, in estate
mark 700 1Lhf-ch unas 605
53 Ahamad 703 10 hf-ch bro pek 600
54 706 9 do pek 450
55 709 9 do pek sou 450
£6 712, 2) do fans 126
57 715 1 do red leaf 50
68 TK 718 8hf-ch dust 560
60 Hangranoya 724 1 ch bro or pek 105
63 733 3 do sou 240
64 W 736 8hf-ch pek fans 500
73 GW 763 Shf-ch fans 480
74 766 2 do dust 150
77 Forest Hill 775 1Lhf ch or pek 671
78 773 9 do fans 684
82 Henegama 790 6hfch dust 480
83 793 2 ch bro mix 200
at W 796 1 ch dust 160
8 K 799 8 do bro mix 662
1 hf-ch
8 R 802 4hf-ch pek sou 200
90 Rambodda 814 4hf-ch pek sou 200
9L 817 4 do fans 220
92 820 1 do dust 90
94 Mousa Eliva §26 7 ch or pek 630
98 Bogahagode-
watte 838 3 ch pek sou 300
99 8iL 2 do bro pek fans 206
100 M 844 lhf-ch bro pek 50
11 847 1 do pek 50
102 850 1 do pek sou 45
105 BG £59 3 ch red leaf 240
103 BatgoddeB- §62 1 ch bro pek 87
107 865 1 ch pek 91
108 868 lhf-ch pek No. 2 56
1135 Koladeniya 839 8 ch pek sou €80
116 W A,-in estate
mark 89? 6hf-ch peksou 300
17GB 895 9hf-ch dust 450
118 ED, in estate
mark $93 4 boxes bro or pek 40
119 91 1 box ek 10
12) D BN 904 4hf-ch pck sou 200
122 St. Catherine 910 8 ch pek 640
123 913. 3 do pek sou 216
124 916 1hf-ch pek No, 2 80
127 California 925 5 ch bro pek 475
128 928 7 do pek 665
129 931 4 do pek sou 400
130 934 1 do red leaf 90
131 Hopugolla 937 4hf-ch bro pek 200
132 940 4 do pek 200
133 943 1 do pek sou 50
139 Warriatenne 961 Thf-ch fans 434
146 Hatdowa 982 5 ch fans 500
147 Glentaaffe 935 2hf-ch pek dust 19)
148 988 1 ch. red leaf 83
149 Sangaly Toppe 991 38 hf-ch bro pek 240
150G,in estate mark(94 ch bro mix §5
151 do dust 110
152 do fans £00
35 bid
4 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ibe. at 70s; ZC in estate mark, cocoa sweepings, 1 bag sold
155 Billing in estate ” 7 " at 65s.
mar 9 8 c¢ 2 640 35 ’ *
156K,in es atemark13 5 ch bro mix 4756 MAK tote Rie in estate mark, 5] bagsjout at 70s;
167 : 16 3 do dust 240 © 93 AK, 50 bags s Id at 70s.
165 Charlie Hill 40 9hf-ch pek son 450 36 Clan Granam’ '—Warriapolia, 147 bags out.
166 43. 9 do pek fans 360 36 “Port Melbourne’—Goonambil 1, 22 bags out. Eria-
—— —_ —_ gastenne No. 1, 25 bags out.
(Mr. E. John.) Cheshire’ '— Algeria A. 19 bags out.
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. ay cae Caledonia’ ’—-MIM, 55 heapon out at 74s.
1 Ottery St a. oh donk can. en Asia ’"—D HCA in estute mark, 92 bags out,
= ‘
4 Poilukande “816 5 do’ pe. sou 450 84 “Clan Fraser’ '"—HGA in estate mark. 99 bags out.
5 819 7 do Cheshire’’— Beredewelle COC B, I bag sold at 57s
lhf-ch bropekfans 600 24 6d; ditto T, 3 at 57s 6d.
9 Bowhill 831 2 ch redleaf 200 ©6390 “Clan Campbell” —Udapolla A, 57 bags sold at 73s
IL Ottery 837 4 do dust 689 27 6d; ditto B, 7 at 67s; ditto G, 3 at 64e.
as Koslande ad: . Ap pekapp ced e “‘Kawachi Maru"—Beredewelle COU EX No. 1, 30
Bae. Ronditna 876.9) dé Nidust 960-94 bags sold at 74s; ditto EX No. 2, 8 bags sold at 68s;
34 Docnhinda 906 6 do peksou 600 «88 ditto 1, 3 at 68s; ditto B, 3 at 61s; ditto T, 4 58s 6d.
35 909 8 do dust 300 24
88 GB 918 9hf-ch bro pek 495 36
39 ‘ie oe 6 vs onl 480 36
45 , 39 1 do ro pe! 95 38 l \f } 4 y
oat eaproge doo! eke soe CEYLON CARDAMOMS SALES IN
49 WK 951 1 do bro pek 100 34 bid LONDON.
50 954 Bhf-ch pekoe 135 30 bid fe Be
56 Ottery 972 1 ch dust 170 ‘
67 Claremont 5 : do pok dist 200 24 Fes, 18.
68 8 to) red lea 200 23 “ ie
72 Ottery 20 8 do dust 510 =. 28 “ Fo to eee B, Pars wld: at 1s 10d,
76 Little Valley 82 4hf-ch dust 320 25 Bp ey! Oey, oaaes Ort
70) ELaROW. 41 4 ch pek dust 610-24 Clan Stuart’’—WN Ceylon, Malabar cardamoms 1
82 R 50 6 do pek sou 510s Bh 8 cases out at 28 6d.
84 56 4 do congou 360 $82 “Derbyshire’’—Ceylon, Malabar cardamoms, 65
es Koslande = £ ie pek sou oe e cases out; ditto seeds, 2 cases out.
9 i ° ‘ans “Clan Ranald”—WN Ceylon, Malabar cardamoms 2,
1 5 2 7
Be Harmiany AA Bet ea Fins un “1 2 casks sold at 1s 7d; ditto seeds 1, 2 casks out at Qs
96 92 1 do bromix 50-26 11d; 5 cases more. :
99 Kotuagedera 191 2 ch peksou 190 34 “Bingo Maru”—MLM, 6 cases out at 22 6d.
100 104 1hf-ch dust 8 20 “Kanagawa Maru’’—Hentimalie, seeds1 case ont
101 107 7 do bropekfans 490 28 at 3s.
103 Mossend 113 10 do pekoe 450 41 bid “Bingo Maru""—Katooloya cardamoms EX, 1 case
CEYLON COFFEE SALES IN LONDON.
[From Our Commercial Correspondent. ]
MINCING LANE, Feb. 17.
“Clan Stuart’’—Mansagalla A, 1 cask sold at 115s;
ditto B,5casks and 1 tierce sold at 107s 6d; ditto C,
1 cask sold at 77s; ditto PB, 1 at 119s; ditto T, 1
barrel at 38s.
“Derbyshire’—DCO inestate mark, 4 casks sold at
108s 6d; ditto 1, 2 casks and 1 tierce sold at 99s;
ditto 2, 1 tierce at 74s; ditto P, 1tierce out; ditto ‘I,
1barrel sold at 383; DC in estite mark, 1 bag sold at
95s; O Haputale, 1 barrel .sold at 113s; 1 ditto,
83 casks and lbarrel sold at 1083 6d; 2 ditto, 5 casks
sold at 99s; 6 out; 3 ditto, 1cask sold at 73s; PB ditto,
2at 108s; T ditto, 1 at 42s; PB ditto, 5 bags at 94s 6d;
O Leangawelia, 1 barrel sold at 112s; 1 ditto, 1 cask
and lbarrel sold at 1103 6d; 2 ditto, 6casks at 100s;
3 ditto, 1 tierce at 703; Ps ditto, 1 eask at 106s; T
ditto 1 tierce at 40s; PB ditto, 3 bags at 97s.
“Clan Stuart’’-—Pita Ratmalie F, 1 barrel sold at
109s; ditto 1, 1 caskand 1 tierce sold at 108s 6d; ditto
2, 4 casks and 1 tierce sold at 102s; ditto S, 1 cask at
75s; ditto PB, 1 cask at 109s; PBMT in estate mark,
l barrel out; A, Pita Ratmatie F, 1 barrel sold at 112s;
A ditto 1, 1 caskand 1 barrel sold «at 103s; A ditto 2,
3 casks and 1 barrel sold at 102s; AS in estate mark,
1 tierce sold at 73s; A ditto PB, 1 tierce sold at 116s;
PBMT in estate mark, 1 barrel out.
“Port Elliot”’—DB in estate mark, 18 bags out.
“City of Bombay’’—OBEHC in estate mark Konde-
salle OO, 1 barrel te at 79s; dittoO, 1 barrel sold at
79s; ditto 1, 1 barrel and 1 tierce sold at 61s; ditto 2,1
barrel at 35s; ditto PB, 1 barrel at 50s; ditto q. 2
tierces out.
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
Fen, 18 18,
“Derbyshire’—Mark CDG, 13 bags sold at 70a 6d.
‘‘Arabia’’—DBC 308 in estate mark, 32 bags sold
at 70s; 9at 69s; DBC 312 in estate mark, 6 bags sold
soldat 3slld; ditto AA, 8 at 3s 6d; ditto A, 5 at 2s
10d; ditto B, Gat 1s 11d; ditto C. 2 at 2s 7d; ditto C,
1 at 2s 6d.
“Kawachi Maru’—Gallaheria estate A, 2 cases sold
at 23 90; 2 at 2s 8d; ditto B, 1 at 1s 11d.
“Txion’ ’—OBECO Naranghena i in estate mark, 2 cases
out at 2s 6d.
‘Kawachi Maru”—Gallantenne AA, 1 case sold at
4s 4d; ditto A, 3 at 33 11d; ditto B, 3 at 3s 4d; ditto C,
2 out; ditto D, 4 sold at 2s 7d.
“Bingo Maru"—Nichola Oya seeds, No. 1, 1 case
out at 2s 8d; No. 2,1 ont.
‘‘Derbyshire’—Nichola Oya No.1, 1 cask sold at
3s 8d; No. 2,2 at 2s 10d.
pee a cardamoms, 1 case sold at
2s 2
“Clan Stuart’—CYMC in estate mark, 4 cases sold
at 3s; ditto CS, 6 cases out at 2s 9d.
“Clan Macalister’ ‘—218 in estate mark, 3 cases out
at 2s 9d.
“Clan Ranali’’—ALO, 2 cases ont.
“Hector’—ALI, 5 cases out; HLI, 14 cases ont.
“Asturia”—AAOI, 8 cases oul; ALI, 3 Ry out.
“Shropshire’—Wariagalla, Mysore D, 4 cases sold
at 1s ild.
“Bingo Maru” —BSin estate mark, 3 cases ont at3s 2d.
“Polynesian” —A SS Fin estate mark, 17 cases out
at 28s 4d; ditto F, 1 case out.
“Clan McIntyre’ *—JA in estate mark, 9 cases ont:
at 2s 2d.
“Clan Forbes” —HGA in estate mark, 9 cases out.
“Clan Robertson”—Malabar, HGA in estate mark,
18 cases out; 3 cases out.
“Clan Drummond”—PAC & Co.
Malabar, 4 cases out,
ae ae in estate mark, 17 cases sold at
Q3 4
“Carthage’—AA CM4 NECS in estate mark, 7 cases.
sold at 2s 8d.
“Sidon”—ARO, 2 cases sold at 3s 7d.
“Diamond’—Kelvin EX, 2 cases sold at 33 5d.
“Statesman’’—Nella Oila O, 4s 3d.
“Kawachi Maru’’—PBM, 5 cases sold 3s fa. an z
‘Clan Campbell” —ALI, 14 cases out at 2s 4d; ditto:
2,2at 1s 83; ditto C, Bat 1s 8d; ditto 1, 1 a os
in estate mark,
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS.
oe
TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES,
. Price:—12% cents each 3 copies
: NO. 11 Cotompo, Marcu 20, 1899. | 30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee.
a 7
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA, Lot Box. Pks Name. Ib ec.
i = 9 Monrovia 70 26 ch bro pek 2600 «Al
LARGE LOTS. 11 76 26 do pek 2340 39
——— 12 79 11 “toes pek ean 1100 36
RQ. 15 Paradise $8 16 hf-c ro pe 850 46
(Mr. E. John. —184,658 1b.] 16 ol if ch pek 110037
ag. IN 5 Z hy 17 94 17 do pek sou 1615 85
10% OS Se LG L B ei 19 Galphele 100 20hf-ch bro pek 1100 45
2 Agra Ouva 143 21 hf-ch pek fans 1785 34 2) 103 23 do pek 1035 ~ 41
4 Oonoogaloya 149 32 ch bro pek 320049 23 Ranasingha-
5 152 27 do — pekoe 2160 43 patna 112 64hf-ch broorpek 3958 44 bid
6 pee ies Pek Bom 2h a8 24 115 91 do or pek 473245
10 Mount Everest !67 20hf-ch bro pek 1100 76 25 118 32 ch pek 2624 41
il 170 29 do or pek 145063 26 141 25 do peksou 2200 38 bid
12 i73 23 ch pekoe 2660 50 27 Dalukoya 124 18hf-ch bro orpek 1020 47
13 176 9 do peFk sou 810 46 23 127 20 do or pek 3100 45
14 Bellongalla 179 26hfch bro pek 1300 43 29 130 16 do pek 850 4)
15 182 21 ch pekoe 1470 38 30 Logan 133 7 ch dust 1059-35
16 185 12 do pek sou 720 36 31 FF, in estate
19 LEL 194 15 do pek sou 1350 39 mark i386 18hf-ch bro pek 990 41
21 Polduwa 200 15 do bro pek 1500 41 32 139 15 do pek 750 37
22 203 13 do pekoe 1300 36 37 TPN, ines-
27 St. Adam 718 9 do peksou 765 24 tatemark 151 22hfch sou 1100 «36
28 221 15 do bro mix 1275 20 38 Nillicollay- <
31 Iona 230 3Lhf-ch broorpek 1860 609 | watte 157 12hf-ch bre pek 780 48
32 233 25 ch crpek 2500 Slbid | 39 10 11 ch orpek 935 3
33 236 17 do pekoe 1530 47 40 163 9 do pek 855 40
36 Brownlow 245 44hf-ch broorpek 26410 2 44 Ambalawa 175 14bf-ch bro pek £00 «44.
37 248 23 ch or pek PiEsEepeAd 49 Mahatenne 190 19 ch bro pek 1900 43
38 251 36 do pekoe 312044 50 193. 9 do pek 900 «38
39 254 9hf-ch dust 756. 29 | | 56 Salawe 21 15 ch bropek 1650 40
40 Dickapittiya 257 26 ch bropek 2600 ads0 bid | 57 214 12 do pek 1140 «38
41 260 31 do wpekoe 3100 941 58 217 10 do peksou 900 37
46 MC 275 13h€ch dust 1040 29 | «61 «Surrey 226 49hf-ch or pek 2205 42bid
47 Lameliere 278 29 do broorpek 2342 48bid | 62 Yarrow 229 63hf-ch bro pek 3528 48
48 281 30 ch pekoe 2700 44 63 222 62 do pek 2720 AL
43 234 14 do peksou 1120 42 64 RK 235 16hf-ch dust 1760-24
51 Cleveland 290 31hf-ch broorpek 1705 48 65 Woodthorpe 238 7 ch bro pek 7 51
52 293 34 do pekoe 10.45 67 244 10 do peksou 780-38
55 Templestowe 302 27 ch broorpek 2565 slbid | 79 DatryB 253 12hf-ch dust 90 25
56 203 20 do or pek 18y0 47 71 FF 256 11 ch ~ bropek 1067 38
57 308 24 do pekae 2160 44 76 Queensland 271 20hf-ch or pek 1100 «= 449, bid
62 Glasgow 323 39 do broorpek 3315 60bid | 77 Hanagama 274 283 ch bro pek 9800 42
63 326 19 do or pek 1330 56 "8 277 44 do pek 4180 40
64 329 13 do pekoe 1300 48 7 280 12 do pek sou 1030 36
65 Agra Ouvah 8532 52hf-ch broorpek 3380 53 bid | g3 Naroda 292 22 ch pek 1920 36 bid
66 335 25 do or pek 1375 43bid | gt Donside 295 26 ch peksou 2080 39
67 38 19 do pekoe 950 46 s7 WVT 304 9 ch broorpek 990 47
73 MN 256 9 ch sou 846 33 gg 207 11 do or pek 963 46
82 St. John’s 353 36hf-ch broorpek 2340 77 39 310 20 do pek 2940 41
83 386 30 do or pek 1620 66 92 F, in estate
84 389 32 do pekoe 1856 BL mark 319 8 ch sou ° Fe BS
85 392 20 do pekfans 1400 45 93 322 10hf-ch dust 77 26
83 D 401 14 ch bro pek 1200 44 | 102 LP 349 20 ch peksou 1900-37
89 404 20 do pekoe 1903 | 163 352 10hf-ch dust 850 25
95 Ferndale 422 24 do pekoe 2160 42 107 Warakamure 364 37 ch bro pek 3100-39
97 Maskeliya 428 35 do bropek 3500 42 bid 108 367 29 do pek 2755 37
98 431 12 do pekoe 120) 39 109 370 8 do sou 720 36
103 AC 446 2) do broorpek 1897 47 bid | 111 Rayenseiaig 376 13 ch or pek 1170 43 bid
qos 419 62 do pekoe 520) 41 112 379 1zhf-ch bro pek 715 (44
105 Little Valley 452 9 do broorpek 912 43 113 332 5 ch pek 2375 41
105 Theresia 455 12 do bropekfans12t0 47 116 Tyspane 391 39 ch bro pek 3900 46 bid
110 Eadella 467 20 do bro pek 200 41 117 29% 48 do pek 40:0 42
11L 470 16 uo pekoe 1440 39 118 337 10 do pek $50 38
112 473 11 do pak sou 8803 121 Walahandua 511 36 ch ~ bro pek 3600 4L
114 Ardlaw 479 6 do ans 729 41. 122 514 26 do pek 2°40 40
120 Hattangalla 497 21 do bropek 1890 44 bid 123 517 10 do peksou 909 37
121 500 25 do pekoe 1875-38 152 Florida 544 1) ch . bro pek 1530s 4
122 503 16 do pvek sou 136) a 1 hf-ch
124 Ratwatte 509 32 do bro pek 3200, 41 bid 133 537 16 ch pek 1600 37
125 512 33 do pekoe 2970 = 38 bid | 141 Romania 571 8 ch bro pek 809 40
126_ 515 17 do pek sou 1360-35 142 574 9 do ek 909 37
128 RL 521 10hf-ch bropekfans 700 35 145 Citrus 583 13 ch bro pek 1309 1
129 524 9 do dust 765 (27 146 536 20 do pek 1900 = 37
130 AR 527 20 do dust 1500 27 147 589 7 do pek sou 700 5
135 Mossend 542 20 do bro or pek 1300 47 bid 148 Illukettia 592 9 ch bro pek 990 33 bid
136 545 25 do bro pek 1375 43 bid 149 585 9 do pek 900
137 548 22 do or pek 1100 31 bid 162 TSN 634 2zhf-ch pek 110) 37 bid
138 551 26 do pekoe 1170S 41 163 Neuchatel 6237 36 ch bro pek 3420 43
139 ST 554 13 do pek dust 972 out 164 640 7 do broorpek 910 36
144 Murraythwaite 569 13 ch bro pek 1235 43 165 613 12 do pek 1020 41
145 572 13 do pekoe 1105-39 166 646 14 do peksou 1190 87
46 675 9 do pek sou 720 36 169 Dalhousie 655 15hfch bro pek 900 55
: 170 655 87hf-ch pek No.1 1665 45
— SSS 171 ae 661 24 do pek No.2 108u 44
‘ 174 xX , ines
{Messrs. Somerville & Co.— tatemark 670 18 ch bro pek 1800 54
169,685 |b,} 175 673 47 do ok 399548
= 176 676 11 do sou ao 41
ot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ¢. 179 Neboda 685 17 ch 5 orpek 7 39
3 Panapitiya 62 8 ch _ bro pek 800 43 150 G88 38 do bro pek Ssud0 «42
4 55 14 do pek 1400-36 151 691 24 do pek 2280 «(88
8 Lawrence 67 45 ch sou 2970 + 89 182 €94 16 do sou 1280 37
2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST
Lot . Box. Pkgs. Name: Ib ce. Lot Box Pkgs. Name. Ib.
184 Mary Hill 700 13 ch bro pek 1300 47 bid | 180 Coreen 2032 43hf-ch broorpek 2580
185 703 10 do ek 950 41 — 1g1 2035 17 ch or pek 1615
185 D fj 712 40hf-ch bru pekfans2585 35 bid | 182 2038 22 do = 1980
189 715 16 ch pek fans 1667 3 186 Galkadua 2050 15 ch ro pek 1576
1 hf-ch 5 187 253 36 do pekve 1600
190 718 10 do fans 845 26 bi | 188 2056 11 do sou 1100
193 Choughleigh 727 7 ch broorpek 700 46bid | 191 Seenagolla 2065 +9 hf-ch pek 1740
195 , 733 10 do ek 900 a9 192 2068 9 ch pek 864
198 C 742 Shf-ch dust 809 17 bid | 193 2071 8 do = sou 800
200 O'Bedde 2082 11 ch ro pek 1100
Ade +s 201 2095 8 do or 720
Te ee, Se 262 20098 10 do ope’ 900
210 Rowley 2122 16hf-ch bro pek £00
Messrs. Forbes & Walker.— 211 2125 20 do k 1900
212 Kowlahena 2128 9hf-ch ust 810
[481,131 1b.j 213 BD W zisL 43 ch ek ioe
= Pins ri 219 Villa 2149 12 ¢ ro or pek 1200
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name lb... e. 221 2165 93 do k 2970
1 DY 1495 25 ch pek 2125 36 222 168 9 pek sou 510
7 NewPeacock 16513 12 ch peksou 1080 = 88 228 t 2161 19 do sou 1520
9 7519 20 do fans 1500 29 226 IKV 2170 6 ch pekfan = =_-720
10 North Matale 1522 70 ck bro pek 7420 42 229 Walpita 2179 22 ch . bro pek 2200
ll 1525 32 do pek 2012 41 230 2182 46 do k 1600
12 1528 41 do peksou 3485 37 bid | 21 2185 11 do pek sou 580
15 Shrubs Hil! 1537 31 ch ro pek 3100 45 bid | 242 Munnkattia
16 1540 8 do pek 736 41 Ceylon, in est,
20 Harrington 1552 17 ch or pek 1700 49 mark 2218 17 hf-ch or pek 850
21 1645 15 do ekoe 1500 46 248 2221 29 do bro pek 1595
24 Holton 1564 80 ch ro pek 2860 40 244 2274 16 ch pek 1280
25 1667 20 do pek 1600 39 245 2227 10 do k sou 900
26 1570 12 do pek sou 960 387 247 Freds Ruhe 2233 40 ch ro pek 4000
29 Drayton 1579 27 ch | or pek 2665 45 bid | 248 2236 44 do pek 3960
30 1582 44 do pek 8730 48bid | 249 2239 20 do pek sou 1800
31 1585 19 do ek sou 1520, «41 bid | 253 Weyunga-
37. Kivindi 1603 10 ch ro pek 1000 —s Bl watte 1 25hf-ch broorpek 1500
38 1606 11 do pek 858 42 254 4 28 ch bro pel 8610
39 1609 14 do pek sou 1092 38 255 7 44 do -do 4180
42 Grange Gar- 256 10 88 do ing 8230
den 1618 25 ch broorpek 2500 50 259 Kennington 19 8&8 ch ro pek
43 1621 do pek 1600 43 fans £60
49 Mansfield 1639 55hf-ch bro pek 3420-52 bid 76 Pallagodda 70 25 ch broor Sige 2500
50 1642 26 ch ek 2340 44 277 73 22 do bro pel 2600
52 Mousakelle 1648 25 ch roor pek 2500 53 278 76 22 do or bas 1980
63 1651 16 do or pek 1500 45 279 79 25 do pe 2000
54 1654 14 do pek 1400 42 280 82 20 de pek sou 1800
57 Monkswood 1663 28hf-ch bro pek 1540 70bid | 281 Bloomfield £5 47 do bro pek 5170
58 1666 28 do or pek 1400 70 bid | 252 88 37 do pek 3700
59 1669 386 ch pek 3600 55 bid | 283 91 23 do pek sou 2300
60 1672 11 do ek sou 990 45 284 94 12 do unast 1200
67 Gallawatte 1693 13 ch ro pek 1235 46 285 97 24hf-ch pek fans 1920
68 1696 21 do pek 1785 = 4 256 Beverley 100 32 do ru pek 1760
71 Mahalla 1705 1L ch bro pek 110 42 287 103 14 do pek 700
75 Ascot T7107 ote, oe bro pek 1200 45 29 DMV 109 13 ch or pek 1170
6 1720 8 do or pek 760 44 290 112 15 co pek 1275
G7 1723 11 do pek 990 41 294 St. Leonards-
83 Palmerston 1741 18hfch broorpek 754 7 on-Sea 124 10 do bro pek 950
84 1744 14 do bro pek 840 55 296 130 11 do oe 990
85 1747 21 ch pek 1995 52 296 Deaculla 139 40 hf-ch ro pek 2200
87 Avisawella 1753 33 ch pek 2805 = 41 300 142 17 do pek 1190
88 1756 35 do pek sou 2800 -37 301 145 15 do ek sou 1050
90 Glendon 1762 40 ch bro pek 4000 44 306 Medetenne 169 18 do roorpek 1003
91 1765 55 do pek 4400 39 307 163 4 do bro pe: 7
92 1768 24 do pek sou 1920 36 308 166 11 ch pek 1045
100 Hayes 1798 19 ch pek 1710.48 309 169 8 do k son 720
103 1801 85 do pek sou 8075 38 31L Carberry 175 27 do ro pek 2430
107 Tavalam- 812 178 22 do pek 1980
tenne 1813. 1l_¢ or pek 1100 «45 314 184 7 do or pek 770
111 Putupaula 1825 18hf-ch broor pek 720 42bid | 316 Fairlawn 180 23hf-ch bro pek 1150
112 1828 46 ch ro pek 4140 43 bid | 317 193 40 do or pek 1890
113 1831 38 do pek 2850 = 41 318 196 20 do pek 1800
114 1834 15 do pek sou 1050 37 322 J D in est.
120 Woodend 1852 19 ch bro pek 1805 43 mark 208 28 ch ek 2520
121 1855 33 do pek 3135 39 bid | 323 211 21 do pek fans 2100
122 1855 12 do pek sou 1080 37 324 KP W 214 16hf-ch or pek 960
124 N 1864 15 ch bro tea 1950 25 825 217 15 do bro pek 825
125 1867 9 do unas 3810 37 326 220 30 do 1500
126 Stisted 187v 44hf-ch bro pek 2860 42 330 Stamford Hill222 14 do bro pek 840
13i Hunasgeria 1885 22hf-ch dust 1540 24 331 235 16 ch or pek 1440
134 Clunes 1894 28 ch bro orpek 2660 41 333 Penrhos 241 26hf-ch or pek 1248
135 1897 25 do bro pek 2125 45 334 244 21 do bro pek 1176
136 1900 43 do pek 3440 40 335 247 29 ch pek 2465
140 Erracht 1912 7% ch bro or pek 700 42 338 Middleton 256 11 do bro pek 1155
141 3915 14 do bro pek 1190 48 339 259 24 do pek 2169
142 1918 28 do pek 2380 89 41 840 Fetteresso 262 19hf-ch broorpek 1064
143 1921 10 do peksou 800 Kf 341 265 43 do bro pek 2408
145 Gampaha 1927 26 ch bropek 2860 48 342 268 32 ch pek 2880
146 1930 16 do or pek 1520 51 343 271 22 do ‘peksou 1980
147 1933 25 do pek 2125 44 353 Theydon Bois 301 12 ch bro. pek 1080
148 1986 15 do peE sou 1260 43 354 304 17 do pek - 1360
157 Great Valley, 355 307 13: do peksou 1040
Ceylon in est. 364 OSS inest. 7
mark 1963 37 ch bro pek 2035 51 mark 334 19 do broorpek 1425
158 1966 26 do pek 2340 43 365 337 14 do or pek 910
163 Dunbar 1981 i17hf-ch broorpek 850 65 366 340 26 do pek | 2080
164 1984 20 do or pek 960 55 370 Harrow - 352 30hf-ch- broor pek 1950 —
166 1990 19 ch pek 1425 46 371 355 14 ch ek 1400 ~
177 WL 2028 11 ch peksou 1000 37 374 Doranakande 364 9 do ro pek 900
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. 3
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name. Ibwerc; Lot Bex Pkgs. Name. Ib. c
396 Peak Shadow 430 12 ch peksou 1080 37 10 Monroviz 73 : 397
Graeme areca eiucet ea 5 ay 0 io Mower egos Beebe aes
400 442 73hf-ch bro pek 4013 obia. | Le 85 1 do pek dust 166-22
401 445 66 oe per Se ria bid | ig Paradise 97 5hf-ch dust 350 27
402 c 443° 2 do LOSE eae 5) 21 Galphele 106 14hf-ch pek sou 630 38
403 Macaldeniya 451 1Lhf-ch broorpek 705 42 22 109 1 do aust 65 30
404 454 18 do bro pek 990 51 33 FF, in estate
405 457°" 18 ae pek 300 43 mark 142 8hf-ch pek sou 360 36
406 460 9 ¢ 34 145 3 do bropekfans 195 27
1 hf-ch pek sou 950 40 ¥ 35 PT N, in es-
409 Stafford 469 7 ch bro or pek 875 52 bid tatemark 148 7hf-ch bro pek 392 35
411 475 12 do pek LOSOT Ae 36 151 2 do pek fans 112 30
415 Patiagama 487 15hf-ch pek 1200 41 41 Nillicollay-
418 Queensland 496 7 ch roor pek 800 76 watte 163 3 ch peksou O70 87
419 MO ey dash PrOmek >, SUE 52 42 169 Vhfch tans 60 32
420 502515, donor pek; — 10A0" | 46 43 172 2 do ~ dust 130 22
421 505 21 do pek 75 45) | 45 Ambalawa 178 8hf-ch pek fans 400 38
424 Inverness 514 44hf-ch bro pek 2420 62bid | 46 San Cio TSE QhechE sou 3290 34
425 517 25 ch pek 2259 48 47 184 4 do red leaf 160 24
426 520 20 do pek sou 1800 45 48 187 4 -do aust 200 D4
= 51 Mahattenne 196 5 ch pek sou 475 36
52 199 1 ue oly dust 54 24
55 SED 202 G6 hf-e con 558 33
SMALL LOTS. 54 205 2 do dust 180 23
— — 55 : 208 7 do fans 497 34
89 Salawe 220 5 ch unas 509 36
(Mr. H. John.] 60 993 1 de dust 165 25
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ip:mane: 66 Woodrhorpe 241 7 do pek 5464
68 247 1 do sol 73 35
1 Agra Ouvah 140 5 ch pek sou 450 43 69 DSO Ishi-chis red leat 23 55)
3 146 5Shf-ch dust 500 25 => OFOREines! = sor
17 Bellongalla 188 9hf-ch fans 630 34 - fataunirk nol lGhechile bro pek 498 3
18 191. 5 do dust 400 22 73 263 11. do pek 343 31
20 LEL 197" | 6! do dust cu 26 74 265 11 do pek sou 562 30
23 Polduwa 206 1 ch sou 110 33 a5 268 2 do GSE 197 23
24 DOO dor rot leak AUD ie 80 Hanagama 283 2 ch sou 190 34
25 St. Adam 212° + 3hf-ch bro pek 165 33 81 oS Ol eieditido a tans 480 30
26 ee ghee. een ae 82 289 1 do dust 15525
5 RRMA nee Nei tane. | iagtee so8 85 Donside 298 3 ch dust 255 26
29 pe M dato Ero Gen fans 120. 8 86 KPH 30L 10 hf-ch pek sou 53235
30 Bae oto A 2) ESTED Le 5 9 WVT 313.5 ch bropeksou 480 37
34 Iona 26 DE (ech espesou so" 2 91 316 4 @o dust 536-28
Ebi ae ale 242 3hfch dust 25526 9 CTR 325 11 hf-ch pek sou 605 23
42 Dickapittiya 263 6 ch pek sou 600 38 95 328. 8) do aust 60 7
43 266) Gshf chy dust 430d 9 ABC 310 2 ch _ bro pek 164-238
44 ZA Op doe tans Ay 100 DBG 343 3 ch bro mix 300 25
45 ; slr AA IER Ae lamar aa 101 346 Shf-ch dust 400 22
50 Lameliere 287» 6) do Renan 480 34 104 Pussetenne 355 3hf-ch dust 240 24
53 Cleveland 296 13hf-ch pek sou 624 43 105 SESeh ied Oubeur Om is 50 | oe
54 299 3’ do» fans 225 ¢ 106 Warakamure 361 Shfch_ bre or pek 520 37
72 AA 353 5 ch dust 500 21 110 373 2 do aust 180 25
74 NK 350" | 8 do sow 610 36 114 Ravenseraig 385 3 ch pek sou 270 36
% 362 6hfch dust 480-25 115 388 4hfch fans 320 28
76 Ohiya 365 12 do pek sou 540 38 119 RT, in estate .
77 368 £ co pa 320 LO mark 505 4 ch bro mix 400 35
73 AW 37 5 ch bro pek 600 38 bid | 499 508 4 do dust 480 29
79 374 4 do ~ pekoe 40037 124 Wallasmulle 520 4 ch bro pek 406 38
80 377 3 do pek sou 300 34 125 523 3»do pek 270) 35
81 S 380 2 do — dust 288 24 123 SAK 526.1 ch bro pek 107 34
86 YK 395 2 do sou 162 25 127 599 2 do pek 167 3)
87 398 3 do dust 495 21 128 532 8 do bropekfans 650 out
90 D AUT =: 6 dos pekisou 54035 129 535.1 do red leaf lig 16
91 410 2 do ont 270 20 a 1 bf-ch
92 413, 1 do mixe 100-33 9 ‘ aS
93 416 1 do fans Si, 28 Lee) eas, ag eta ee
94 FH, inest. mark 419 1 do red leaf 80 12 eitinkd 541 5 hf-ch pek fans 350 14
96 Ferndale 425 2 do dust 25 27 134 Plorida 550 2 ch peksou 300 34
99 Maskeliya 434 6 do peksou 500° «38 135 AS. juege oorene 96-28
100 CELA NS Sue oe 36 556 1 do — bro tea 150 20
101 440 5 Bice one 250 37 whch :
102 443 3 do us 270 24 37 55¢ = 2 2
107 Theresia 458 1 ch bromix 102 $7 aa MW inveatate BL GEG On 1
105 461 4hi-ch dust 820-26 mark 562 4hf-ch bro pek 200 »= 35 bid
109 464) rchy. sow Sipe 139 565 6 do pek 300 3f
113 ~Eadella 476 Ghf-ch dust 540 20 140 568 2 do pek sou 100 33
1145 NP 482 4 ch orpek 340 38 143 Romania 577 3 ch peksou 800 85
116 485 6 do bropek 60040 144 580 3 do mix 300 28
117 aesro don? pekee Le act dl 150 Tllukettia 593 5 ch peksou 50035
118 491 3 do pek sou 240 36 15 601 1 ch Soll 99 23
9 AUS One, ero 350,, 86 152 604 1 do brotea ee
123 N 505 Thfch! dust’. hh «ogee 153 G'Watte 607 2 ch broorpek 232 40
127 RW 518 1 do bro mix 63 Pie 154 610 6 do bro pek 620 39
sir Murra ythwaite ae 2 Ge ase pek fans 240 36 155 613.6 do pek 57g 37
148 581 1 do dust 160 21 156 Nooranie 316 ; bro pek 850 3
149 WHR 681 4 do dust 400° “22 ae So anEe an ; on ore nae a0 ea
158 622 8 do es sou 640 34
An oa aE a a 159 625 1 do vO Mix 120 25
160 628 1 do dust 76 20
{Messrs. Somerville & Co.] 16. TSN 631 5hf-ch or pek 250 © 45 bid
2 ‘ 16a 634a 1 do pek a 50 35 bid
Lot. Box. Pkgs. one Ib. c. 167 Neuchatel 649 4 ch dust 640 25
1 Ukuwela 46 4 ch bro tea 360 1 168 Dalhousie 652 10hf-ch or pek 500 49
2 49 2hf-ch dust 140 = 20 172 663 6 do bropekfans 390 4
5 Panapitiya 68 5 ch ‘sou 600 ,.83 173 687 8 do dust 210. 26
6 61 1 do con 70 27 177 X Y Z, in es-
7 61 1 do dust 162 23 mark 697 6 ch dust 600 25
1 hf-ch 178 682 1 do bropeksou 100 36
4
ay
Lot. Box Pkgs. Name. Ib.
183 Neboda ‘697 7hfch dust 560
186 Mary Hill 706 6 ch pek sou 570
187 709 2hfch bro mix 170
191 Savernake 72. 8.eh sou 240
192 724 3 do dust 255
194 GhougWieeh 730 4 ch — or pek 328
196 N 736 2 ch peksou 162
197 739 1 do dust 140
199 SRK 745 Thfch dust 595
200 748 1 do sou 160
201 751 2 do bro tea 200
(Messrs. Forbes & Walker)
Lot. Box Pkgs. Name. lb.
2 PSM 1498 2 ch unas 134
8 Cooroondoo-
watte j591 ‘9 ch bro pek 450
4 1504 13 hf-ch pek 650
5 157 5 do pek sou 250
6 OBEC,in est.
mark, Siuna-
pittia 1510 5Shf-ch bro mix 225
8 New Peacook 1516 3 ch bro mix 150
13 NorthMutale 1631 6 ch sou 180
14 15384 7 do dust 450
WW Shrubs Hill 1548 6 ch pek sou 510
18 1546 7 do bro pek fans 460
19 Harrington 1549 4hf-ch broorpek 224
22 1558 1 ch pek sou 100
23 1561 2hf-ch dust 120
27 BA 1573 4 ch dust 320
28 1576 3 do red leaf 296
32 Drayton 1588 1 do sou 80
40 Kirindi 4612 1 ch sou 75
41 1615 lhf-ch dust 57
44 Grange
Garden 1624 1 ch pek sou 100
45 1627 Lhf-ch dust 85
46 Palm Garden 1630 5hf-ch bro pek 330
47 1633 6 do pek 300
48 1626 4 do pek sou 240
61 Mansfield 1645 5 ch pek sou 480
65 Monsakelle 1657 4 ch sou 400
56 1660 4 do dust 320
61 Monkswood 1675 2hf-ch fans 120
62 1678 3 do dust 255
63 KM 1681 lhf-ch bro pek 55
64 1684 1 do or pek 40
65 1687 4 ch ek 400
66 1640 1 do pek sou 90
72 Mahalla 1708 6 ch pek 600
73 17" 3) ido pek sou 300
74 1714 1 do dust 150
78 Ascot 1726 3 ch or pek fans 300
79 1729 5 do pek sou 450
80 GHO 1732 1 ch ek sou 95
81 1785 8 do ro mix 285
82 1738 2 do dust 200
86 Palmerston 1750°8 ch peksou 610
69 Avisawella 1759 3 ch sou 255
93 Glendon 1771 6 ‘ch sou 510
94 1774 1 do bro pek fans 115
95 1777 3 do dust 405
96 1780 4 do bro tea 400
101 BPC 1795 4 ch red leaf 280
108 Tavalam-
tenne 1816 5 ch pek 450
109 1819 3 do pek sou 247
110 1822 1 do dust 110
115 Udawera 1837 7hf-ch pek 315
116 : 1840 1 do sou £0
117 1843 4 do dust 320
118 Ugieside 1848 5 ch dust 400
119 1819 5 do bro mix 500
123 Woodend 1861 % do dust 420
127 Stlsted 1873 7hf-ch pek 420
128 1876 9 do pek sou 495
129 1879 3 do dust 240
130 Hunasgeria 1882 4 ch sou 360
137 Clunes 1903 4 ch pek sou No. 1 560
138 1906 3 do do Se CET)
139 1909 6 do dust 540
144 Erracht j924 2 ch bro pek fans 230
1544 BB 1954 3hf-ch bro pek 150
155 1957 1 ch pek 100
156 Great Valley
Ceylon, in est.
mark 1960 7 ch or pek 630
159 1969 8 do pek sou 640
160 1972 2 do sou 160
161 1975 8 do dust 640
162 1978 3 do fans 300
165 Dunbar 1987 6hf-ch bro pek 830
167 1993 3 ch peksou 240
= oe ot | ere ty
yaX FM
Box Pkgs.
1996 1 do
1999 1 hf-ch
WL 2017 1 ch
2020 6 do
Coreen 2041 2 ch
2044 5 bf-ch
Galkadua 2047 4 ch
2059 1 do
wé2 1 do
O' Bedde ©
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nnn UE IEE Ey SIEEInS nS ana SS ne
Box Pkgs. Name. Iba ¢,
kan-
oie 1225 2hf-ch fans 427
1228 1 do dust snd re
1231 5 ch unas 5
Ciacnite 1270 8hf-ch bro pek fans, 520 40
1273 4 do dust 7 o20 oH -
1276 7hf-ch bro pe 420 i
New Galway nae Rad abre pek # 105 a1
bragalla 1294 9 hf-ch ro pek fans 63 :
tence 1306 5 ch pek sou 475 36
1309 3 do bro mix 270 38
1312 2 do dust 300 20
LLD 1315 4 ch bro pek 432 37
1318 1 do congou 116 32
1321 2 do unes _ 200 ay
1324 2 ch bro or pek 200 6
Drgie 1327 2 do bro pek 180 36
1330 1 do pek 87 35
1333 1 do pek sou 90 35
1336 1 do unas 109 36
1339 lhf-ch_ red leaf 38 23
312 1 do dust 66 20
CN 1351 45 ch bro tea 500 31
LGA 1354 1 ch bro pek 100 36
1357 1 do pe 100 36
1360 2 do bro mix 200 34
awiliganga-
Dig °°"1363 11 ch broorpek 627 46
1375 4 do dust 360 a
jour 1384 2 ch pek sou 170 3
Bepnecle 1387 2 do fans 200 27
1390 2hf-ch dust 160 20
kan-
aE Eolas 1402 7 ch pek sou 630 38
1405 2 do dust * 220 24
i rie 1408 1 do bro pe 105 40
PENNS 1411 2 do pek 150 37
1414 4 do sou 360 30
1417 1 do dust 170 18
agh 1429 3 ch pek sou 240 40
Castlereng i327 ht-ch_ fans 490 32
1435 3 do dust 240 26
ick” 1444 ll hf-ch pek fans 660 45
Mia 1447 4 do dust 320 25
ford 1453 2 ch congou 180 36
oheaber 1456 & do bro tea ae 37
t 1468 2 do pek sou 99 36
eS ae 1477 2 do pek sou 190 36
1480 2hf-ch dust 160 23
‘atenne 1489 7 ch pek sou 665 37
arate 1492 2hf-ch dust 140 25
1501 2 ch pek sou 190 36
1504 4 do dust 320 22,
Debatgama 1510 1 do dust 140 22
Pingarawa 1513 4 do dust 400 20
Vathalana 1522 Shf-ch pek 640 39
Vogan 1537 6 ch pek sou 510 38
1540 5 do dust 400 24
1543 5 do bro Bek fans 550 37 ee
hos 1543 12 hf-ch orpe 576 46 bi
Bent 1552 4 ch pek sou 320 37
1565 4hf-ch pekdust 340 25
wh 1597 1 do
1hf-ch bro pek 176 38
‘arendon 1597 5 ch bro pek 540 40
© 1600 3 do pek 303 38
1603 2 do pek sou 202 36
1606 2 do sou 13L 35
1609 1hf-ch dat 56 20
Vathalana 1157 8 do pe 610 39
Nie 1€6i 3 do pek sou 285 37
1663 4 do dust 320 23
yde 1675 2 ch dust 3800 24
C Lin est f
mark 1681 5 do sou 500 39
1687 2 do red leaf 200 31
HGM 1711 5 do bro pek fans 450 35
1714 Ahbf-ch dust 340 19
Meemora- ‘
“kande 1720 7 do dust 595 21 bid
1723 1 ch red leaf 90 19
Relugas 1726 2 do dust 240 820
Queensland 1729 7 do pek sou 630 44
1732 2 do bro mix 190 35
1735 3 do unast 270 36
SV 1756 1 do ;
1hf-ch pek sou 16i 60
1759 1 do or pek 55 50
1762 1 ch ek 90 40
Gansarapola 1765 4hf-ch bro pek 20 39
1768 2 ch pek 180 38
1771 2 do pek sou 160 36
Dea Ella 1783 12hf-ch pek sou 540 37
1786 7 do sou 815 84
1789 7 do dust 490 22
SE 1849 10 do beg Les 500 40
Relugas 1900 5 ch ro pe 525 = 44
f 1993 1 do pek 90 40
Lot Box. Pkgs, Name. Wee G
461 1906 1 ch pek sou 85 37
462 1909 2 do dust 240 22
465 St. Heliers 1918 5hf-ch dust 425 5
466 1921 1 ch fans 73 32
CEYLON COFFEE SALES IN LONDON
(From Our Commercial Correspondent.)
MINCING LANE, Feb. 25.
“Clan Stuart”—Ravenswood 1, 1 barrel sold at 86s;
ditto 2, ditto 2, 1 caskat 68s; ditto PB, 1 at 748; RWT
in estate mark, 1 barrel ont. Gowerakellie F,1 barrel
sold at 114s; ditto 1, 2 casks sold at 112s; ditto 2,
4 casks at 107s; ditto S, 1 barrel at 62s; ditto PB,
1 tierce at 120s; GKET in estate mark, 1 barrel ont;
GKE 2, 1 cask out; ditto PB, 1 barrel out; ditto PB, —
1 bag ovtkr. out.
‘Derbyshire’ —Size O, Golconda, 1 barrel sold at
114s; 1 ditto, 2 casks at 111s; 2 ditto, 3at 103s; 3 ditto,
1 barrelat 60s; PB ditto, 1 tierce at 125s; T ditto, 1
barrel out and 1 bag out.
“Kawachi Maru’—Wiharagalla F, 1 cask sold at
113s, ditto 1, 3 casks out, ditto 2, 3 casks and 1 barrel
out, ditto S, 1 barrel out; ditto PB, 1 cask sold
at 110s.
“Clan Stuart’”—Wiharagalla F, 1 tierce sold at
11lts; ditto 1, 1 cask and 1 tierce at 104s; ditto 2, 2
casks out; ditto S, 1 barrel out; ditto PB, 1 barrel
out; WHGT in estate mark, 1 tierce and 1 bag out.
Niabedde 1, 1 barrelsold at 105s; ditto 2, 2 casks and
1barrel sold at 102s; ditto S, lcask at 67s; ditto PB,
1 tierce out; NBT in estate mark, 1 barrel out.
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
“Derbyshire’—DD in estate mark, 51 bags out.
“Bingo Maru’”—MK in estate mark, 20 bags ont.
“Togician”—CT HGA in estate mark, 21 bags out.
“Clan Stuart’”—PFP in estate mark, 14 bags sold
at 71s; HGAin estate mark, 99 bags sold at 72s; 1 at
68s sea damaged.
“Manora”’—KKM in estate mark, 31 bags out
at 70s.
“Sadu Marn”—HMS&Co. in estate mark, estate
cocoa, 94 bags out; MLM in estate mark, estate cocoa,
119 bags out; IMLM estate cocoa, 93 bags ont,
“Shropshire’—HGA in estate mark, 73 bags out;
PF in estate mark, 24 bags out.
‘““Sumatra’”’—OBBEC in estate mark, Kondesgalle QO,
20 bags sold at 82s; 52 bags out.
“Clan Stuart’—Goonambil 1A, 50 bags outat 78s;
1 bag sold at 623 6d sea dgd. bulked; ditto IB, 7 bags
out; 1 sold at 62s 6d; ditto2A, 2lat71s6d; ditto 2B,
3 at 66-; ditto3A, 15 at 63s6d; ditto3B, 6 at 51s 6d;
Coodulgalla, 40 bags sold at 74s 6d; CDG, 20 at 69s
6d; 7 at 693 6d. Kepitigalla, 39 bags soldat 74s 6d;
lat 623 6d sea damaged bulked. O11 Haloya, 19 bags
sold at 73s 6d; 1 at 68s 6d sea damaged bulked.
‘“Derbyshire’—Coodulgalla, 23 bags sold at 74s 6d.
“Clan Stuart’—Batagolla A, 24 bags sold at 71s 6d;
2 at 653 sea damaged bul 2d; B, 16 at 708 6d; Lat 65s
6d; C, 2 at 56s; 1 at 55s 6d.
“Derbyshire’’—Meegama A, 42 bags out; 1, 12 bags
sold at 71s 6d; B2, 3 at 65s 6d; B, 6 at 62s 6d.
North Matale, 128 bags out. Alloowiharie A, 109 bags
out; B, 15 sold at 65s 6d; C, 12 at7ls. Dickeria A,
23 bags sold at 72s; B, 7 at 67s. Strathisla, New
Peradeniya 1, 5 bags sold at 71s 6d; 2.2 at 67s 6d:
“Sanuki Marn’’—Marakonal, 29 bags sold at 73s 64;
2,7at 66s 6d; 3,3 at 52s; 1, 3 at 64s 6d sea damaged
bulked; 2, lat 64s6d se damaged bulked.
“Derbyshire’—HK 1, 22 bags sold at 73s; 1 at 67s
sea damaged bulked; ditto 2, 2 bags at 62s 6d; ditto
T, 2at 70s.
“Kawachi Marn’’—Anniewatte, 34 bags sold at 77s 6a;
ditto D, 3 at 67s.
CEYLON COFFEE SALES IN LONDON.
(From Our Commercial Gorrespondent.)
Minoinc LANE March 4.
“City of Cambridge”—Size 1, Thotulagalla, 1
tierce sold 104s; size 2, ditto, 2 casks and 1
barre), out at 90s; size 3, ditto, 1 barrel out ;
PB ditto, 1 barrel out; T ditto, 1 barrel out;
size 1 TG, 1 barrel out; size 2 ditto, 1 cask out ;
size 83 ditto, 1 barrel out; PB ditto, 1 barrel ont.
“ Hakata Maru ”—Gowerakellie F, 1 barrel sold
at 113s; ditto 1,1 cask and 1 tierce sold at 109s ;
ditto 2, 3 casks sold at 103s; ditto S, 1 barrel
sold at 70s; ditto PB, 1 tierce sold at 120s;
CKET in estate mark, 1 barrel out; OKE, 1
barrel and 1 bag out.
“Port Victoria” —Wiharagalla F, 1 cask out at
108s; ditto 1, 3 casks out at 98s; ditto 2, 4 casks
out; ditto S, 1 barrel out; ditto PB, 1 cask out;
WHGT in estate mark, 2 bags and 1 cask out.
“ Hakata Maru ”—Wiharagalla F, 1 barrel ont ;
ditto1, 1 cask and 1 barrel sold at 105s; ditto 2,
2 casks out; dittoS, 1 barrel sold at 60s; ditto
PB, 1 barrel out; WHG'T in estate mark, 1 tierce
out. North Pundaluoya 1, 1 tierce sold at 106s ;
ditto 2, 1 tierce sold at 102s; ditto PB, 1 barrel
out; NPO, 1 barrel out.
‘‘ Port Victoria ’—Meeriabedde F, 1 tierce sold
at 109s; ditto 1, 2 casks sold at 104s 6d: ditto 2,
2 casks sold at 91s; dittoS, 1 barrel sold at 60s ;
ditto PB, 1 barrel sold at 100s; MBT, 1 barrel
and 1 bag out.
‘Hakata Maru ”—Needwood F, 1 barrel sold at
108s; ditto1, 2 casks and 1 barrel sold at Ills;
ditto 2, 3 casks sold at 104s; ditto S, 1 barrel
sold at 81s; ditto PB, 1 tierce sold at 115s; NWT
in estate mark, 1 cask out. Needwood 2, 1 bag
out.. Kahagalla 1, 1 cask and 1 barrel sold at
110s; ditto 2, 3 casks and 1 tierce sold at 102s 6d ;
ditto S, 1 cask sold at 82s; ditto PB, 1 cask sold
at 116s; KGT, 1 tierce out. Kahagalla 2, 1 bag
out. O Roehampton, 1 barrel sold at 106s;
1 ditto, 3 casks sold at 99s 6d; 2 ditto, 1 tierce
sold at 80s 6d; PB ditto, 1 barrel sold at 105s;
T ditto, 1 barrel and 1 bag out.
“Port Victoria ”"—GA Ovah O, 1 cask sold at
llls; ditto1, 3 casks and 1 tierce sold at 105s 6d;
ditto 2, 5 casks sold at 98s 6d; 2 casks and 1
_ tierce out; ditto 3, I cask sold at 68s. GA Ouvah
1 PB, 2 casks sold at 100s; ditto Triage, 1 cask
out; ditto, 1 bag out.
“Hakata Maru”—Ellawatte O, 1 barrel sold at
110s; ditto 1, 1 cask sold 106s; ditto 2,1 cask
sold at 100s; ditto 3, 1 barrel sold at 64; ditto
Sere 1 barrel sold at 963; ditto Triage, 1 barrel
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748; 20 at 73s; Old Haloya, 20 at 73s 6d; Old
sold at 105; size 1 ditto, 2 casks sold at 95s 6d ;
size 2 ditto, 5 barrels out at 80s; 3 casks and 1
barrel out; size 3 ditto, 1 tierce sold at 55s;
PB ditto, 1 cask out; T ditto, 1 cask sold at
338; Thotulagalla, 1 bag sold at 61s.
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CEYLON COCOA SALES IN TONDON.
“‘Sanuki Marn”—Mark, Asgeria A, 65 bags sold ab
Tis 6d; T,3 at 58s; Kumaradola A, 26 at 73s 6d;
T, 1 at @2s.
“ Hakata Maru”—Yattawatte 1, 68 bags sold
at 77s 62; 2, 9 at 67s 6d; Ross 1, 19 at Jos 6d; 2,
20at 74s 6d; 3, 22 at 62s; Maragalla «a R, 18 at
73s 6d; AY, 8 ae 7286d; T, 4at6ls Gd; Dynever
A 18 at 72s 6d; B, 52 at 73s 6d; C, 19 at 64s; D,
7, at Gls 6d; Kepitagalla, 20at 73s; Kepitagalla, 19
Haloya, 15 at 738; Bandarapola 1, 62 at 73s; 2,
5 at 66s; T, 7 at 58s; A Grove, 20 at Jas Gd; A
Grove 60 at 75s; 118 at 76s; Grove, 22 at 77s 6d.
‘**Sanuki Maru”—Cocoa Pathregalla, 58 bags
soldat 748 6d; ditto T, 8 at 63s.
*‘ Hakata Marn”—Ellangapitiya A, 17 bags sold
at 74s; T, lat 6ls; EPA, 5 at 67s; Allowiharie A,
39 at 77s6d; B, 16at 61s 6d; C, 1 at 67s 6d; Dick-
eria 2EB 0 do wee sou — '80-/-/seibid
17 742 18 do pek sou 1170 37 bid es
73 745 6 ook or pek fans 810 36 bid M Ss
so WH 75. 13hf-ch dust 975 © 21 essrs. Som i sete
83 Kotaboola 760 9 ch unas 855 43 [ 2 erville & Co
ce Gangawatte 763 37 been onece pb Bl. F 253,675 Ib,]
765 41 c ekoe 3895 42 bi 5 e
87 772 24hf-ch . bro or pek 1680 50 Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. o,
&8 Galella 775 14 ch cr pek 1190 48 1 Qssington 1 8 ch bro pek £0) 41
89 778 26 do breorpek 2600 47 2 4 16 do pek 1600 39
90 781 10 do pekoe 900 43 3 we 7, do pek sou 700 37
92 Mahanilu 787 2thf-ch or pek 13207 750 6 Ukuwela 16 llhf-ch broorpek 715 40
93 ; 790 12 do bro or pek —7£0 47 7 19 24 ch bro pek 2400 40
94 79321 ch pekoe 2.05 44 bid 8 22 16 do pek 1600 39
95 796 12 do, peksou 1140) 41 11 Mahagoda 3L 8 ch pek 80) 36
96 Ercwnlow 799 39hf-ch broorpek 2340 4) 12 Kurulugalla 34 2t ch bro pek 2400 41
97 802 22 ch or pek 2200 - 49 13 37 39 do pek 2700 = 39
98 §05 25 do pekve 2375 - 44 14 40 9 do peksou 8:0 87
99 803 10hf-ch pek fans 770 29 16 Ritni, in estate
100 NB 811 16 do dust 1280 = 30 mark 46 12hf-ch bro pek 768 46 oid
103 S, inest.mark 8:0 13 ch sou 1105 33 29 Mossville 85 16hf-ch dus} 1360 26
104 H 823. 9 do sou 90 37bid | 31 Ivies 91 9 ch sou 72s) p87,
107 Nahavyilla 832 47hf-ch broorpek 2820 53 36 HJS 106. 17 hf-ch_ pek sou 1020-38
108 835 43 do or pek 2°50 48 37 P TN, inestate
19 838 21 ch pekoe 2100 46 mark 109 29hf-ch pek sou 1450 36
113 Glassaugh 850 34hf-ch or pek 1760 71 42 Minna 124 45 hfch bro pek 2025 52 bid
114 853 43 do bro or pek 2795 57 43 127 35 do or pek 3323 48
115 856 35 ch yekoe 3325 51 41 1:0 19 do pek 950 45
1:17 Yapame 862 27 do bro pek 2700 47 45 1338 & do pek sou = 720 42
113 £62 20 do pekoe 1600 45 46 Nyanza 136 7 ch bro pek 700 54
119 868 9 do pek sou 720 40 47 139 25 do pek 2125 45
120 Agra Ouvah 871 16 do 48 142 8 do pek sou 720 4L
lhf-ch broorpek 938 56bid | 49 Seenagolla 145 8 do orpek 760 49
121 Glasgow 874 42 ch broorpek 3570 59 50 148 11 do pek 1045 46 bid
122 877 19 do or pek 1235 59 61 D 15L 8 de bro pek 850 42
123 880 10 do pekoe 1000 50 1 hf-ch
124 Agra Ouvah 883 41hf-ch broorpek 2665 58 61 Romania 181 8 do pek 800 37
125 886 19 do or pek 145 50 64 Sadamulla 190 9 ch bro pek 900 40
128 895 21 ch pek fans 178) 36 69 WR, in estate
1380 Arncliff 90L 26 do bru pek 2548 52 bid mark 205 29hf-ch dust 1400 44 bid
131 904 30 do or pek 2730 47 bid | 76 Margaret 223 10 do pek 90 40 bid
132 907 29 do pekoe 2668 44 bid | 87 Mipitiakande 259 19 ch pek sou 1520 38
133 Morahela 910 30 do bro pek 2830 42 bid | 99 Hatdowa 268 15 ch bro pek 1425 41
134 913 26 do or pek 2444 40 9L 271 18 do pek 1440 39
135 916 13 do pekoe 1170 39 97 274 16 do pek sou 1280 38
136 Lameliere 919 44hf-ch bropek 2640 55 101 Lower Dickoya 301 58hf-ch bro pek 3364 643
157 922 32 do pekoe 2944 46 102 3¢4 19 ch pek 2052 39
133 925 14 do pek sou 1120 43 106 GACeylon 316 Qhf-ch dust 736 26
140 Ferndale 93L 17 do bro or pek 1700 § 107 Lawrence 319 12 ch or pek 10380 45 bid
141 934 14 do or pek 1260 47 Ws 322 25 do pek 2000 46
142 937 19 do pekoe 1710 945 169 325 22 do souNo.l 1650 42
143 Claremont 940 16 do bro or pek 1¢00 45 110 328 32 do souNo.2 2112 41
144 943 13 do ekoe 1170 44 111 Walahandua 33Ll 37 ch bro pek 3700 44
145 Orange Field 946 15 do ro pek 1500 41 112 334 30 do pek 2700 41
146 949 20 do pekoe 2000 39 113 337 13 do pek sou 1170 3
151 Ferndale 964 10 do orpek 900 47 114 Roseneath 340 33 ch _ bro pek 3300 = 48
152 967 14 do pekoe 1260 44 115 313 22 de p3k 1870 42
155 Rookwood 976 10 do bro pek 1097 50 bid | 116 346 18 do pek sou 1530 40
156 Ottery 979 25 do broorpek 26(0 54bid | 119 Warriatenne 355 18 ch bro pek 100 = 41 bid
157 962 1L uo or pek 990 50 120 34 9 do pek S64 39
158 985 13 do pekoe 1235 44 121 36L 21 do pek sou 1932 37 bid
1¢c0 Perth 991 28 do bro or pek 2800 46 128 Vevatanne 382 1L ch pek 890 41
164 Myraganga 3 60 do bro pek 6000 43 bid | 129 335 17 do pek sou 1445 37
165 Yapame 6 17 do bropek 1700 = 48 bid | 131 Ruthes 39L 19hf-ch broorpek 1140 57
166 9 16 do ekoe 1280 3836 46 132 394 19 do or pek 1045 49 bid
168 Dalhousie 15 17 hf-ch ro pek 10:0 55 bid | 133 397 21 do pek 1050 46
170 21 42 do pekoe No. 1 2100 45 136 Darty A fll 9 ch bro tea 810 39
171 24 26 do pekoe No. 21170 43 137 514 17hf-ch fans 1190 30
180 Brownlow 51 3t do bro or pek 1972 49 143 Ravana 532 24hf-ch bro pek 1320 46 bid -
181 64 19 ch or pek 180) 47 bid | 14t 535 24 do pek 1080 41 bid
182 57 21 do pekoe 169) 44 147 Hangranoya 544 &6hf-ch bropek 5430 44
183 €0 11 do ek sou 935 41 148 d47 19 ch pek 1615 42
168 Glentilt 75 59 do ro pek 5900 53 119 559 11 do vek sou 990 39
189 78 28 do pekoe 260) 44 151 556 9 do ans 10385 33
19t MCPL 93 2¥hf-ch fans 1193 ~withd'n | 152 659 6 do dust 840 °7
196 GW 99 18 ch peksou 1s00. 40 155 Henegama 563 12 ch bropekfans!200 36
107 102 28 do 159 Kosgama 580 17 ch bro pek 1870 $2ibid
Lhf-ch fans 9562 33 160 683 9 do pek 810s 4
199 Bellongalla 103 25 do bropek 1400 43 162 Hanagama 589 26 ch bro pek 2009 «= 42
200 lll 27 ch pekoe 2160 41 163 692 42 do pek 3990 40
201 Il4 16 do pek sou 112038 164 595 9 do peksou $10 37
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K ae
Lot. ‘Box. Pkgs; Name. Ib. c¢. Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name Ib ec
ahatenne .”' 607 23. ch bra pek 2300 «42 Pe
ag e a10. 48. do. saiek 1.00. 39 bid ape a gla 1105 5 bf-ch bro tea 82544
“470 613 10 do pek sou 950 839337 merk 1114 6 ch
2 DMR, in es- : $ °
‘ tate mark 619 48 ch — bro pek 4560, 41 bid | 119 Mansfield 1123 — 9 HH A
178 622 20 do pek 1:00 40 bid | 112 Beverley 1129 2hf-ch bro pekfams 140 36
174 ‘ 625 41 do .ptk sou 8185 37 bid 113 1132 2 do dust 261 29
175 New Villey 628.19 do broor pek, 1900 54 118 Glencorse 1147 2 ch bro tea 20 40
176 filg2e ee gg OQpek "2500. Bf 119 1150 4 do pek fan $0 (87
177 : oa 3 A pee sor 46 120 Cooroondoo-
- 63 ) pek sou bi Z
io NIT 610 11 ch unas No,? 1100 38 set ae re er “age Be
ABE Over AT. 4 AiR. 9 Ch, xnaS a 122 1159 3hf-ch pek sou 160 89
185 Kayigam 658 43 ch bropek 4300 43 12: 1162 1 do — congou 5036
186 pGt, 2 Ao > ,onpek B10... ah 12 CB 1171 2hf-ch bro pekfsms 170 30
188 Piel! 02 «pee Ol CRED ey Eliya 1195 Shf-ch bro pek fans 560 88
189 Elshico Stes PEON Gp WER | icReeD ag Oe 135 1193 7 do di 60
190 Tea ay i Ri rae Soe 140 Longford 1°13 4 do dust 360 23
191 Koladeniya 676 19 ch pek sou B88 143 Hayes 1222 9 ch dust 6758
192 Annandale 679 21Lhf-ch or pex 1165 57 153 Clunes 1252 7 ch — pek son 630 38
193 G22; 88adorso ak my). 8 157 Castlereagh 1264 6 ch peksou 480 41
194 a a a 158 1267 Qbf-ch fans 630-37
195 Galphele 638), 88 BechiCMro pek 1205 46 159 1270 3 do dust wo 23
196 691 27 do pek 1215 4L 169 Weyunga- J
197 604 19 do pek son 856 8689 watte 1200 2 ch k sou 200 «87
199 ‘Harangalla i /700«84 ch ~ bropek «S2H0/--044 170 1303 8bf-ch dust 255-23
200 iia D6 xo .Baspak oe Gye 172 Dromoland 1809 4 ch broerpek 40 46 bid
201 POS 18 aps. a pare 25, 7 176 1321 4hf-ch bro pek fans 240 37
202 208:) 18ecdn} 44 fone AO dB 177 1324 2 do dust 16327
203 712 llhf-ch dust 70 23 1797S V, in est.
206 Blackburn = 721-13 ch = bropek = 1430-42 mark 1330 3hf-ch fans 210 «36
207 Tides 14-9 PEE LAGDs 280 130 1333 3 ch bry mix 31536
208 [ind 15 AS. APRS EA: aller AD 182 Kabragalla 1339 Ghf-ch bro tea 380 © 33
211 Blinkbonnie 726 26hf-ch bropek 1560 61 133 18:2 3 do dust 25 | 27
212 iB 26 ih 4 DUS a AT 185 AG 1848 4 ch ek sou 400-88
213 712-16 do . PEK MOBine POO igm6 186 1351 2 do dust 268 (32
214 Neboda 745 19 ch bro or pek 10.0. 41 137 1354 3 do bro tea 30038
216 748% 58edoi o(bropek — BBO0.« ta 193 Torwoo 187% 5 ch sou 425 (37
221 Salawe 766047 oh ¢ brovpek | 1870.9«40 194 1375 6 do bropek fans 408 34
222 ren OD Dados Vipek Bip 69 109 Stisted 1399 2hf-ch dust 160-28
227 Carney 74 83-hf-ch pek A488 | “BO 2.9 Dehiowita 1420 4 ch bro pek 30240
228 | 787 28 do peksou 1400 37 210 1493.7 do pek 560 «88
232 Fairfield 799 12 ch bropek 120 a8 11 1426 4 do peksou 320. 37
oe 85 12 do dust 108027 216 Shrubs Hill 1441 5 ch pek — 425-38
235 RC y»ames- < 217 1444 8 do ro ans 640 365
tate mar §08 8 ch bropek 88042 221 Harrington 1456 12hf-ch broorpek 672 57
236 811 8 do pek 720-40 24 1465 2 do pek sou 0 4t
238 817,10 do peksou &0 36 225 1468 3 do dust 180-29
240 Ravenscraig 823 10 ch or pek 20 48 226 1471 3 ch or pek fans 180 40
241 826 13hf-ch bro pek 715 41 227 JS. in est.
212 829 20 ch pas 1900 40 ua mark 1474 7 ch _ pek sou 560
245 Mary Hill #3817 ch bropek 1710 46 bid | 928 14i7 5bf-ch fans 330
246 841 14, do pek 133641 299 1480 4 do dust 329
250 Citrus 853 18 ch ropek 1769. 43 233 Mousakelle 1492 3 ch sou 300
252 859 115 do — pek 1350 40 w34 1495 3bf-ch dust 240
253 862 8 do pek SOW) m5 600% 187 235 1498 2 do bromix 120
267 Monrovia 874 i ch ro pek 1700.42 238 Grange
259 880 20 do pek 180039 Garden 1507 2 ch pek sou 260
260) S8Beq11 do prpekSowsia A100). 168 230 1510 2hf-ch dust 170
——— 240 Woodlark 1513 2 do bro pek 204
a an = 1516 4 do pek 530
~ , In estate
SMALL LOTS, oa mark 1522 a a pek 480
4 1528 5 do ans 300
[Messrs. Forbes & Walker] 246 153110 do dust 60
N “db - | 247 Memerkan-
Lot Box Pkgs. Name. aes espa on Lest Thf-ch dust 595
> red leaf fans 95 7 5 almerston 1546 c peK sou 539
6 MGolla. | ty ees Sonu BED aad 256 St. Heliers 1561 5hf-ch dust 425
aati §23 3 do sou 270 37 Lot Box Pkgs. Name. Ib.
a $26 2 do dust 160 9-27 257 Macaldenia 15t4 9 do broorpek 6540
23 Kitulgalla 862 7hf-ch broor pek 420 41 261 1576 3 do dust 240
25 868 2 do ek sou 120-38 270 High Forest 1603 10hf-ch pek 588
26 e871 1 ch ust 135027 271 Knavesmire 1606 1 ch pek sou 110
36 Tymawr 901 10hf-ch fans 650 ~=36 272 1699 2hf-ch bro pekfans 14¢
33 Aigburth 907 4 ch dust 400 26 273 ~ 1612 2 do dust 170
39 910 3hf-ch congou 27038 276 Knavesmire 1621 6 ch or pek 510
40 913 3 ag bro mix geo za ae ae 1627 2 do peksou 160 _
i 961. 8 ¢ sou 5} 7 P awiliganga-
BO NiMalden ty? nope db" tank 125 33 watte 1642 4hf-ch dust 360
88 967 1 do dust 145 9-28 285 Blairgowrie 1648 2 ch dust 330
59 Elfindale 970 5 ch bro pek £00 38 _— 289 Arapolakan-
62 NewGalway 979 4 ch pek 220 45bid de 1660 4 ch peksou 360
64 Doranakande 985 6 ch pek 57) 44 290 : 1668 1 do dust 110
86 991 1 do dust je Dy 291 H, inestate
70 Kosgalla 1003 8hf-ch or pek 400 49 mark 1666 4 ch pek 409
ral 1006 2 do bro pek fans 140 34 292 1669 3 do unas 300
72, : 1900 4 do bro pek 200 50 299 Ruanwella 1699 7 ch pek sou 630
73 , 1012 38 do dust 210 8928 300 1693 2 do dust . 160
“4 GAB 1015 4 do _ bro tea 200337 309 Clunes 1720 6 ch pek sou No 1 510
1 Dambagas- 310 1723 4 do . do » 2 380
BF talawa .- 1036. 5 ch’ pek sou 5% 43 311 1726 4°do bro pek”
82 1039 3 hf-ch bre pek fans 255 36 dust 340
84 Ismalle 3015 4 ch fans 480-34 312 1729 2 do _ pek fans 150
86 1051 1 do cougou 80 3 313 1732 4 do dust 400
Passora _ 326 Maha Uva 1771 1hf-ch pek fans 85
Group 1 dust 270-28 327 1774 3 do dust 270
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. 5
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name, ‘lb. ec.
337 Dammeria 1504 5 ch peksou 500° 40 2 517 4 ch eko 340
338 DM 1207 4 do broorpek 480 2 3 520 3 do Ss ae 285 37
339 1310 4 do pek “69 40 4 Kandaliya 523.» & héch_ bro tea 200 40
15 Maha Oya 1828 4 do si BOD 8% 5 Warlieh 526 7 do dust £95 28
310 Agraoya 1373 6 ch fans 450 af 8 Harrisland 535 6 ch bro pek 600 2
361 CRD 1876 5 do dust 5c0 28 9 538 4 do pekoe 240 40
362 BDWG 1879 lhf-ch dust 9) 28 10 FLilmee5 do pek sou 410 39
363 BDWP 1882 1 ch bropek No.2 90 26 11 514 2 do peksou No.2290 ~— 37
354 1885 1 do pek No. 2 90 36 14 Coslande 553 3 do peksou 200 40
335 1388 1 uo per souNo.2 85 37 15 556 1 do fans 110-3
366 1891 iLhf-ch dust &5 26 16 559 3 do dust £60 23
379 Middlet-n 1930 5 ch dust SOL 17 Gonavy 562 5hf-ch fans 45 30
384 Ambragalla 1945 Ghf-ch bropekfans 420 36 18 565. $3 do dust 255. 27
391 Aberdeen 1966 6 do bro pek fans 450 33 19 668 2 ch congou 180 87
400 K 1993 1 ch sou 0 87 23 Kolapatna 580 5 do peksou 450 4d
41 1996 1 do dust 170 24 24 583 1hf-ch dust 5) 26
405 BWD 2(08 6hf-ch fans 480 37 31 Galloola 604 4 do dust 3.0 23
414 Digdola 2035 4 do pek sou 820, 387 37. Ardlaw 622 5 ch fans 625 85
4°5 2038 3 do dust i9) 2a 33 Bandarakelle 625 6 do pekoe 628-30 bid
416 K 2041 3hf-ch bropek 10 42 39 St. Adam 628 3 do pekson 270-28
417 2:44 5 do pekoe “50-40 49 631. 3 de bro mix 240 20
423 Vogan 2062 6 ch ek sou 51) 38 41 631 4hfch dust Py Shy
424 2065 6 do dust 48) 28 44 Kila 613 9 ch orpek 675 42
425 ‘ 2068 6 do bro pek fans €6) 35 45 615 & do elkoe 680 50
426 B BBinest. _ : 47 652 Abf-ch fans 425 84
mark 2071 83hf-ch bro pek 150 37 48 655 8 ao dust 985 oF
427 2074 1 do pek 100 BD 56 Koslande 679 4 ch pek sou 40) 30
428 277 2 ch dust 14026 Av 632 1 do fans 110.35
436 Inverness 2101 5 do dust 400 36 58 685 3 do dust 360 27
437 HV 21(4 Lhf-ch unast 54 40 és02G: L Nein est. 2
438 Etuleama 2107 2 ch sou 180 =.38 mat 715 2hf-ch peksou 2 39
439 Pingarawa 2110 4 do dust 400 27 69 718 1. do fans 75 232
449 Horagaskelle 2140 7hf-ch bro pek 410 45 70 rotety. doe saat 7
450 2143 7 do ek 386-389 74 Killarne 7338 2 ch orpek 180 46 bid
451 2146 8 do pek sou 45837 79 WH 748 «2hf-ch peksou 90 «387
452 2149.1 do dust — 78 28 81 754 9 do fans 594 —-3G
453 2152 1 do bro mix 60. 30 82 757 2 do unas 114.38
456 FredsRuhe 2161 5 ch peksou 45038 86 Gangawatte 769 6 ch peksou 510-39
457 WA 2164 4 do bropek 400 40 9 Galella, 784 6 do peksou 540.8
458 2167 5 do pek 450 38 101 NB 814 4 do
462 Fairlawn 2179 Q9hf-ch pek sou 405 39 1hf-ch unas 450 37
463 : 2182 3 do dust 255 28 102 siya. ehetd Sou aro ue
434 FLinest. 4 105 KP 8’6 4hf-ch dust ( p
mark 2185 1 ch bromix 100 32 ae soonsise dol fais fa
465 S 2188 1hf-ch bro pek sf, BY 110 Nahavilla 841 3 ch sou 270 40
466 9191 2 ch bro pek #0 540 il 844 Ghf-ch pekfans 420 40
467 2:94 2 do pek 17238 12 847. 5 do dust 409 98
479 Geragama 2203 2 do fans 11032 116 Glassaugh $59 2 ch bromix 20 36
471 2206 4 do dust 349 27 126 Agra Ouvah 889 4 do yexoe 380 46
478 Unugalla 2227 1 do pek sou 90 38 127 892 5 do peksou 450 41
479 2230 2 do dust 190 26 129 898 3 do dust 300 28
480 P O inest,mark2233 2 do 1.9 Lameliere 928 6 do pek fans 510 32
1bf-ch broorpek 29 45 147 Orange Field 952 4 do pek sou 390 ~—-36
484 KP W 2245 12 do pek sou 600 38 148 95 1 do dust 135 26
485 2243 2 do dust 17028 149 953 2 do bromix 200 32
493 Mapitigama 37 9 do broorpek 513 48 159 961 3 do pekfans 20 32
502 49 5 do bropek fans 315 oe 153 Keenagaha Ella970 6 do sou 480 38
508 HGM 67 4 do dust 340 26 154 Anamallai 973 3hf-ch dust 255 25
513 Penrhos 82 3 ch fans 213 33 159 Ottery 938 1 ch dust 10-29
518 Tangakelly 97 1hf-ch dust 44 23 16L Perth 99t 4 do peko 28u 4L
523 Theydon Bois 112 7 ch pek sou 560 40 162 997 1 do pek sou 70 38
532 Ingrogaila 139 4 ch br) or pek 400 45 163 1000. 2hf-ch pek dust 150 28
533 142 6 do bro pek 600 4t 167 Yapame 12 8 ch peksou 640 40 bid
535 DM V 143 4hf-ch broorpek 240 43 169 Dalhcusie 18 12bfch or pek 660 «53
538 157 5 do pek sou 400 37 172 27. 6 do bropekfans 390 40
539 A 160 2 do br pekfans 170 34 173 30 4 do dust 250 29
550 Kirindi 193.1 do red leaf 40 32 174 Ferndale 33-1 ch bro orpek 10) 44
551 196 1 do dust 42 26 190 Glentilt 81 3 do peksou 270 38
552 AMB 199 3 ch pek sou 243 33 191 84 8 do fans 640
553 202 6 do red leaf 612-33 1922 MPCL 8&7 7hfch_ bropek 292 withd'n
559 Carberry 220 4 do pek scu 269-38 198 GW 5 2 ch bro mix 170.0 95
560 223 5 do broorpek 55033 205 Natuwakelle 126 3 do dust 4.0 98
561 _,, 226 3 do bro tea 270-36 210 Galpottegama 141 11hf-ch bro pek 638 40
674 Stamford Hill 265 6 ch pekscu 510, 43. 211 li4. 7 do pekoe 350 88
576 Tavalamtenne 271 5 do pek 4°0 40 213 150 3 do sou 150 31
577 274 38 do pek sou 255 389 216 Kotuagedera 159 1 ch peksou 1¢@0 37
573 Pambagama 277 3 do fans 390 33 217 162. 2hfch dust 180 =.
579 280 S do sou 649 37 218 165 4 do bropekfans 280 32
580 Ke kod by ae dust 38027 219 168 1 do sou 50 35
584 Hyson 98 c 225 Murraythwaite Ha 7 ch yeksou 560 387 bi
1hbf-ch bro pek 450 41 226 : 189 1 do dust 160 oy 7
586 ir 301 3 do pek sou 240 35 G27 192 2hf-ch bropekfans 130 933
587 LNSinest. | 231 Eadella 204 4 do dust 360 27
mark 304 1 ch ek sou 95 36 235 Kanangama 216 6 ch bropekfans 6(0 34
588 307 lhf-ch bro pek 3384 236 219 5 do dust 400-27
599 Tembiligalla 340 5 do cr pek 275 Al
601 346 3 ch pek sou 270 28 a a eee ee
602 Y Dit Fa 2 do dust 300 27
608 KV in est.
mark 352 3 do br or p's fans 180 37 (Messrs. Somerville & Co.)
607 Erlsmere 364 7 do pek sow GL 42 4 Ossington 10 1 ch dust 10) «18
608 867 4hf-ch dust 364 £9 5 18 2 do bro mix 929 20
613 Band D 332 4 ch sou 320 37 9 Ukuwelna 25 6 ch pek sou 609 37
Me eg oe 10 Maharoda 28 2 ol beg pek 2) 40
(Mr. R. John] 15 AP | 43 4° € red leaf 400 30
> . 17 Ritni, in estate
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb. c. Sirk 49 3hf-ch bro or pek ing 45
iy bree 514 3 ch bro pek 300 42 18 52.7 do orpek 385 46
6
23 California
28 Mossville
32 Ivies
34. HIS
38 P'T N, in es-
3 tate mark
60 Romania
65 Sadamu'lo
70 Allakolla
73 Primrose Hill
"7 PEM
s9 Aberfoyle
83 Nega
88 Mipitiak ande
¢3. Hatdowa
94 Carendon
99 C
100 *
103 Lower Dick-
oya,
104
105 G A Ceylon
117 Roseneath
118 a
122 Panapitiya
123
124°
125
126
127 Wevatenne
130
134 B, in estate
mark
185
138 Dartry A
139 'S W, in estate
mar
140
141-
142
145 Ravana
146 ‘
150 Hangranoya.
163 Polpitiya
164 O’Kande
156 Henegama
157
153 Hopewell
161 Kosgama
165 Hanagama
166
167
171 Mahatenne
120 Raxawa
181
193 Ovoca AL
184
198 Galphele
204 Blackburn
205
» 196
Box.
55 11 hf-ch
6810 do
178
18k
187
193
208
211
214
217
229 4 ch
932 2 do
225 11 hf-ch
233 4 ch
241 2 do
214 3hf-ch
947 12 hf-ch
20 7 do
253 6 do
956 2 do
262 7 hf-ch
26> 5 do
es
e
S
HERRON Rare eoanwn
_
=
a
ic)
i—”
505 14 hf-ch
508 2 do
617 4 hf-ch
520 2hf ch
523 2 do
526 6 do
529 2 do
538 10 hf-ch
541 2 do
563
562 2 ch
£65)
571
574
{77
5t6
598 1 ch
601
604
616
643
646 2
652
655
697
715
718 .
Pkgs.
CEYLON PRODUCE SALE SLIST.
—_—_———
a
Name. lb,
pek 05
pek sou 409
fans 82
dust 109
bro pek 380
pek 625
pek sou 350
red leaf 90
bro pek dust 118
bro pek fans 600
re | leaf 510
dust 280
fans 90
bro pek 450
pek 540
bro pek 224
dust 160
fans 112
pek 670
pek sou 270
unas 100
dust 60
con 56
bro pek 600
pek sou 400
bro mix 200
pek 60)
sou 100
dust 200
sou 93
red leaf 90
pek 56
bro pek fans 400
dust ' 270
bro or pek 605
pek 400
ek sou 200
re pek fans 225
bro pek 600
pek B15
pek sou 270
bro pek fans 120
pek fans 560
dust 425
fans 609
bro pek 80
pek fans 405
fans 201
pek dust 403
sou 94
bro pek 127
pek 67
pek sou 200
dust 90
pek sou 560
dust 310
bro tea 72
bro pek 208
ek 600
pek sou 30
con 86
dust 280
bro pek 630
con 205
pek sou 630
dust 200
dust 360
bro pek 120
pek 110
pek sou 300
dust 230
pek sou 450
dust 170
sou 0
dust 310.
dust 630
bro mix 2.0
dust 560
dust 350
pek sou 320
sou 102
fans 575
dust 155
red leaf 86
dust 595
sou 90
bro pek dust 540
dust 300
dust €0
bre or pek 450
or pek 400
Me
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. th e.
~~ de 4 ce. on sou No, 2 160 87
g 33 4 ns 82). 27
216 D BK, in es-
2 tatemark 751 Lhf-ch bro pek 55
217 774 2 ch pek 180 36
218 757 2hf-ch dust 108 26
219 Forest Hill 76010 do or pek 610s a
220 763 7 do fans 660 «= 83
223 Salawe 772 7 ch ~~ pek sou 65 8387
224 775 3 do unas 330 «87
225 778 2 do dust $20. +28
226 Carney 731 13hbf-ch bro pek 65044
229 790 2 do sou 100 35
230 793 6 do bro mix 300-87
pt Fairfleld a 4 “ dust £0 26
223 Fairfle 2 ¢ k 600 30
237 RCT F, in ¥-
tatemark 814 7 ch pek No. 2 595 = BB
239 620 1 do dust 120 25
213 Ravenscraig 832 3 ch peksou 2702=— 87
244 ; 835 3hf-ch fans 2400-23
247 Mary Hill 447 ch pek sou 665 40
248 817 3hf-ch bro mix 255 | 26
49 AA 850 1hf-ch bro tea 45 27
251 Citrus 856 8 ch _ bro or pek 200 089
254 865 2 do ek dust 25 06-8
265 HA £63 1 do ro tea 95 24
256 871 1 do fans 77 23
258 Monrovia t77 8 ch bro or pek 348 36
261 MA 886 3 ch bro tea 800 30
262 889 1 do pek dust 163 27
263 Ukuwela 892 4 ch bro tea 3800 80
CEYLON COFFEE SALES IN LONDON.
(From Our Commercial Gorrespondent.)
MINCING LANE March 11.
‘Hakata Maru.”—Large size, Gonamotav¥a, 1
barrel and 1 tierce out at 95s; size 1 ditto, 10
casks out at 85s; 1 cask 1 tierce and 1 barrel
out; size 2 ditto, 3 casks and 3 tierces sold at
60s; P ditto, 1 cask, 1 tierce and 2 barrels out
at 958; T ditto, 4 tierces and 1 barrel out;
Gonamotava, 4 bags ovtk. out; P ditto, 1 bag
ovtk. out; T ditto, 1 bag ovtk. out; Mausagala
A, 1 tierce out; ditto B, 2 cases out; ditto C,1
tierce out; ditto PB, 1 barrel out; ditto T, 1
barrel sold at 36s; Blackwood OO, 1 cask sold
at 1lls; ditto O, 5 casks sold at 97s; 1 tierce
and 1 barrel out; ditto EF, 2 casks sold at 80s ;
ditto F, 1 tierce sold at 56s; ditto PB, 1 cask
sold at 121s; ditto T,1 tierce sold at 41s; Black-
wood, 1 bag sold at 75s overtakers.
SSSS—0- ee
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN TONDON.
*Derbyshire.”—MLM, in estate mark, estate
cocoa, 31 bags out; SM, in estate mark, estate
cocoa, 113 bags out; HGA, in estate mark, 86
bags out; A ditto, 20 bags out; A ditto, 41
bags out at 72s; B ditto, 10 bags out; PF, in
estate mark, 18 bags out at 7is; PFP, in estate
mark, 32 bags out at 68s.
“Hakata Maru.”—HGA, in estate mark, 83 bags
out at 72s; ditto BC, 24 bags out; ditto D, 14
bags out at 72s; ditto F, 20 bags out; PF, in
estate mark, 52 bags out; N N ditto, 20 bags out;
PFS, in estate mark, 47 bags out; PFR, in
estate mark, 17 bags out at 65s; BS, in estate
mark, 10 bags out.
“Port Victoria.”—1 Yattawatte, 80 bags sold
at 80s 6d; 2, 9 bags sold at 66s 6d; broken, 1
bag sold at 72s. :
_“ Hakata Maru.”’—Yattawatte 1, 1 bag sold at
75s; Ingurugalle A, 103 bags sold at 75s; T, 4
bags sold at 60s; Asgeria A, 46 bags sold at 80s
6d; T, 1 bag sold at 60s; Maragalla AR, 1 ba;
sold at 69s; ditto AY, 1 bag sold at 69s; DB
& Co., 346 in estate mark, 111 bags sold at 73s. :
“ Borneo.”—Rockhill AA, 33 bags out; ditto :
Y, 5 bags out; ditto C, 3 bags sold at 6s
CEYLON
pWarneyeenve vee
ditto B, 5 bags sold at
bags out at 74s; Lower Haloya, 3 bags sold at
68s 6d; Kepitigalla, 67 bags sold at 74s 6d;
Kepitigalla, 20 bags sold at 59s 6d.
“Hakata Maru.’—Bandarapola 1, 2 bags sold
ab 69s 6d; ditto T, 1 bag sold at 58s; MMB, in
estate mark, 123 bags sold at 77s; MMB, in
estate mark, 6 bags sold at 55s 6d ; Cocoa, Wilt-
shire A, 26 bags out at 77s; ditto T, 1 bag sold
at 58s.
“Clan Robertson.”—Palli F, 200 bags out at
83s; ditto 1, 62 bags out at 83s.
‘Port Victoria.”—Warriapolla, 49 bags sold at
dds; Lower Haloya, 18
82s 6d; ditto, 12 bags sold at 82s 6d; ditto, 20
bags sold at 80s 6d; ditto, 69 bags sold at 80s
6d; ditto, 9 bags sold at 67s: ditto, 21 bags sold
at 66s; ditto, 1 bag sold at 64s; ditto, 9 bags
sold at 63s; ditto, 78 bags sold at 82s 6d; ditto,
20 bags sold at 80s 6d; ditto, 57 bags sold at
80s; ditto, 14 bags sold at 67s; ditto, 8 bags
sold at 66s; ditto, 20 bags sold at 64s; Sudu-
ganga, 32 bags sold at 8ls 6d; ditto, 12 bags
sold at 79s 6d; ditto, 4 bags sold at 65s; ditto,
18 bags sold at 63s 6d.
“Hakata Maru.’—Benveula, 26 bags sold at 67s
6d; 1, 14 bags sold at 69s 6d; 1, 23 bags sold
at 69s; 2, 10 bags sold at 61s; 2, 1 bag sold at
47s; Armagh A, 41 bags sold at 75s; T, 5 bags
sold at 60s. Pondappa A, 53 bags sold at 7is;
T, 2 bags sold at 60s. OBEC, in estate mark,
Kondesalle Ceylon OF, 29 bags sold at 73s; ditto
1 F, 17 bags sold at 68s; ditto O, 5 bags out;
ditto 2 B, 3 bags sold at 75s; ditto G, 4 bags
sold at 57s 6d; ditto 1, 2 bags sold at 75s;
ditto B, 5 bags sold at 40s 6d.
“Borneo” Dartry A A, 20 bags out, ditto C, 2
bags sold at 60s.
“* Lancashire” HK 1, 51 bags out, ditto 2, 4 at
76s 6d; ditto T, 2 sold at 73s.
“ Guadalquiver” PB M1, 16 bags out at 74s.
“Bingo Maru” Armagh T, 6 bags sold at 60s 6d.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 25TH.
“Port Denison” DB A 347, in estate mark, 15
bags sold at 71s; B, 29 out at 75s; C, 53 sold at
74s; DB &Co. 348, in estate mark, 103 out at 76s;
MAK, in estate mark, 42 out at 66s; and 21 sold
at 63s; sea damaged and rpkd. M A K, in
estate mark, 48 out at 65s; and 16 at 62s; sea
damaged and rpkd. M K, in estate mark, 200 bags
out. MAK,in estate mark, 1, sold at 55s 6d;
sweepings. M A K, in estate mark, 1 sold at 55s 6d.
“ Hakata Maru” H GA, in estate mark, 83 bags
out at 71s; ditto D, 14 sold at 70s; N N PF, in
estate mark, 20 sold at 70s; P E'S, in estate mark,
31 sold at 70s; P F'S, inestate mark, 36o0ut at 70s;
BS, in estate mark, 10 out.
“Sadu Maru” HMS & Co. Estate Cocoa, ines-
tate mark, 80 bags out.
“Clan Chisholm” MM, in estate mark, 14 bags
out,
““Sarpedon” MLM, in estate mark, 74 bags out
out at 65s.
“ Port Denison” North Matale, 213 bags out.
“ Bewa” Meegama A, 35 bags out at 74s;1, 17 sold
at 70s; B, 3 sold at 61s.
CEYLON COFFER SALES IN LONDON.
(From Our Commercial Correspondent.)
MINCING LANE, 1S ee
“ Algeria”—Size 1, Kelburne, 1 tierce and 1
barrel sold at 89s; large size, Pingarawa, 1 cask
sold at 102s; size 1, 3 casks 2 tierces and 1
barrel sold at 95s; size 2, 1 tierce sold at 56s;
PB, 1 barrel sold at 126s; P, 1 tierce sold at
90s; T, 1 barrel and 1 tierce out,
March
PRODUCE
SALES: LIST.
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CKYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON:
‘“‘ Lancashire "—Hylton OO, 75 bags sold at 80s
6d; ditto O, 1 bag sold at 68s; 1 Yattawatte,
20 bags soid at 8Is6d; 1 Yattawatte, 131 bags
sold at 82s 6d; 2 ditto, 16 bags sold at 67s 6d;
broken ditto, 1 bag sold at 68s.
* Senator ”"—O, JJA & Co., in estate mark, 56
, bags out at 74s; OO, IXM in estate mark, i7 bags
out; 1, MAK in estate mark, 48 bags out; AMIX
in estate mark, 66 bags out at 69s; AMi4 Have fallen npon those who wade the correspond- || time by how much the legal tender currency } proposals for & new. currcucy systerin India, ore | You were nlluding to a Toss of abont 3d) inithe
‘standard, 11,3045 ing profit; thatas to say, the growers and pro; | should be fnerensed’ or decreased ; nor would it || you leaving tlhe existing rupeo| in| circulation, or rupee, I think you said, on the whole volume of
‘i zolil x aU Ui He x Be
Advantages of a golll standetts “ysblishment | ducers of ll Indian exports sont for sale in fold | Ge qustified in leaving the community withont | do you propose to coin w new rapeet—T should exiorts? Yer.
arena oe Te Tatin, 11,287. conntries:” Inasmuch asithe loss in exchange inde |/n fixed metallic standard of value, even for a | simply make the existing ropes a token coin. _ If one person pays that, does another receive
Bork, HENRY DUNNING MACLEOD. by the Indian Governiient was made upon the | short time.” In comnestion with tliat, I may Ofcourse, ns I have said, I think the crax of it? Is it atransicr?—Itis, to a very greatextent.
Has studied cconomics anil! written on the | Council! bills which were purchnsed as remittances | point out that the currency of India at the | thot question is the rate at which the rupee is Let ie put my question in this) way. It the
as sl for the balance of trade, I say that, taki aildwork | Indian producer sells his sterling bills drawn
x the | present mont ntia not automatic orself-regulating | fixed; L think that a gold standard w i
profit; | ‘Pie Government does seek to determing by low | satisfactorily, if the rapes were nor Hixed ata | S&Ainst produce, under the conditions snggested, be
seein | intel: the legal tender curcency shill beinereased | price which practically, liandicaps all the exports || Tere fewer rupees in the proportion yon were
=: yer |2,925-7. S
anlnestnod more than TOE Yen fo he free | country altogethen there was neither lossnn
fe closing nis to tie Jiry | uk thie exporter ef produce mnde the
inne ilcer in 1893 was nbsol ¥ 4 i ee
STOR ailser a is tonvernment of India; the | exchange which the Government Jost; and } or decreased, and it hins left the community ae Tada. Why think there is no difficulty in | mentioning + the purchaser of that bill buys his
Tn-thesinkerests of Ee rete ie tise think a tax which in its in: | with a fixed metallic standard of value, not TMA gold standard and a silver currenoy, | stétling exchange for exactly the sane: proportion
Te opengl ea ould. Tall upon TM ue De wet |onty for str ‘eifterbitowereratreethowelosine x § Jess. bit I explained what the set-off was.
FF a lover exctntre,betivesn| | one cult weaba stent Uae Cosy Imire ore tafe Jie mints in 1893, Phen you disapproved, 1 | Up tothe yeac 187 the denomination of acconne [Te her prone nt -
In order that the rate “Gerd stable, an | taxation in India had Leen reaclied, the stateuent | unierstand, of the closing of the mints ?—I did. who Ste shillings, aud pence, and all cran- je there is 3d. in the rupee on the whole exports,
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England moet tanttnrd wit. renderd stable | does mot nppear to, hold good asrexards iniirest [| What is your. view now s would
: ; 3 Tie Vosg.9, | taxation. Customs duties fori a very small pro- || to) reopen the mints 2 T AM reopen the mints, | put the only coin that was ever seen in Ceylon, aud | om the ott
be inteodnces inuoueaten EE"b'™ portionof the revenue raised in Indin, andexport || Tt appeats to ie that there are only two sound pat tistently current, was the Indian Tapes, | vernment:get the gain ns\to 16 millfons. There
2970 oh gold cnrrency stiould Ve intra; | duties would have Pane e corseat qa. its aici: || courves open to the Government. One is to/have || ‘Phere has been occasionally sorte discussion ns | *) gold and silver to an‘estent of 10 millions =
Steps by which gold correria pe. deslaced legal |jlence, easy to collects na one FEE eae ea Oe te te sctopen the miats to | to the real permanent injury thal hus Yeew done || WHO Rete the erin on Nt, is rather difficult to
duce into indie stints to be authorised to coin |” peen, eaey toceding to circumstances, any further | the coinage of silver, thi otlier is\to establish [-to the Indian nnd) Ceylon ter estates ty the | sec. Tshould like to say something about that,
tender; the Indian WirTereigns; customs duties | fallin the er rlee value. of the rape, andcon- | old ns the standard and make the rupee a | closing of the mints, and the Using of 16 {HP | and to draw tlie attention of the Committee to the
sovereijns apd hull or re sures for restoring to | seduent increased Zain to the producer, lieing met | token coin. Sng ee You lave lard) reninjks, alén made, || exports of silver during: tie| Inst few years. Ab
jerin polls mensanes eney of India, | Mar was by an incrensed export ‘inty, to com | “It the Government finl dilficulzy im reopening | 1 suppose, that in some, ways, te 1 Td ties | the timeof the closing of the mints, the exports of
Pensate for the increased loss snstained by the | the mints at one Which I understand you view | been rather a blessing than otherwae in checking silver toIndin were about 15 crores. In the three
935, | Governuent, Tt appears to me that, if tleesports | as n desirable tling it it could Le accomplised, | production. Will you give ws your views on following yearsit felltoS and 7 crores, Lostyear
pay eventially, the simplest course 14 to put a | is there any intermediate course that you could | Hint®—L think chat the rise in exchange. lins it went np to 13 crores. Sceing that tle mints
ate used by | direct duty on exports, to make up the amount ) sng tT E=Although Lam strongly of opinion thnt } tended to restrict the openiuy of nd, and, in | sre closed, the question arises what becomes of
se ie a of hs sclietie, 12,097 required by tlie Government, ‘The-elfect of put= | the soundest policy is to reopen the mints ‘nl || Celfat’ ae tere was a danger’ of over-production, || Hstallver, | Teasuis tote oinoint to ohe of three
Mr, Lindsay im support ot re utd mot under | fine up therupeewas this: the Indian producer, | revert to the safe quo, 1 think it is quite | T chink that rise may, lave beenva snail benefi things; either hoards ef rupees have been re-
The Goyernment of Met for rupees, 12,038, | teking the rates Mista and Ia 1d, lost 34 | possible for the Indian Government to establish | If it had not been for a click ot tht sorts lensed and bar silvec substituted, or illicit coin-
paren) give gold in exchauge in the rapee on 66 lWillions. On tlie other hand, | q gold standard in India; and, provided that the | it is suggested that some years hen(e there would age is going on to.a very considerable extent, or-
12,950-7. Tae re eae aertene calamity, owing (othe: || end pesaiblyall of thesalcambinell Var silver is
“) « shoul he fixed at 1s. 4d. ; there is the Government gained’ 3d in the rapes on 16 } rnpee were fixed ns a token coin nt about 1s ; \d_ pos: if 0
he rapee sh 2 Tsrold, | aillions; there were 10 millions of bullion, and | think slat cil fs a Oheme would bea faicly || excessive production !—I think thit too inuch || Deins imported into India on the chance of
you) jwopose | Sastigns took place in pounds, shillings, and pence, | Which anrount, to Gh milion. Pith, ay vim ask,
side, who gets the gain? The G
aitavility ef a gold currency for India, 1°
12,939. ¥
Criticism of the historical! argame:
Ww ystween the rupee and Ua, A 1 i tay euclizn
magna ral ratio bstween the rupee there were 40, millions of Imports. Now, if all | reasonable aud satisinctory alternative. importance cau be attached to tb rise in ex- waking @ profit, possibly in connexion with the
aoa ce of time the rupee should bed eclared to the imports had been consumed by the producer That is to say, 1, higher than you think would | change, It is only u factor in [le question. Cnrreucy Committee, 2
Tegal tender f liniived ‘amount only, 12,940, || of (exports, no) Youbt it would have been m very | beithe rate if the mints had never been closed? | Tiere les also een a fall in pris, which bas (Mc. CAMPnEDL.) One point yon have omitted,
be legal tender for - Hroporeant set-off to the Tos Theammtes but the | Yes ‘ een, nich more, Important “thin mich, eS | Lthink, is that a very Inrge proportion of these
TRACTS EROM EVIDENCE. i gain uponghe iniports, I think, i divided in this You think 1s 1d shoulil be the rate 1—Yes. exchange. [tis the combination of thie two that exports of silver into Indin are merely meant for
EXTRACTS rs way: part of it goes to the producer ot the But you think that a solntion that might be | has proved so disastrous, and nny fdlin exchange | colmage of the British trade dollar?—However,
Mn Hesry Bos. Imports (to Lancashire we will say, in respect || necepredl would be Is 2i2—Yes. has prov curse, be pra née a (elief, in the | that was) only Ly the way, T pointed ont, as
Have you read the evidence that Mr. Christie | of cotton goods) and the restto the consumer Would that be acceptable to the Caylon planters, | same way that a rise in prices woild be: regards tle 16 millions tint the Government
cece elerotus 2=Tilinyes of the imports. ‘The producer of the exports, | do, you thinkt—E am only expressing wy Own | ithe Tail in pricealiaa been brougit aliout, iss) |) Fee .thelbenfit. ‘There was) 10) silions of silver
Fae N Son tall us generally, where you conenr | however, te) not altauetlice the consumer ol the | opinion, but I Glink, so for as Ceylon ie con- | it not, entirely by the increased production ?— Tullion which also forma a set-off, and there
and Wigreryoudisagres with hin.?—Leonenr with } tmports therefore, whav forms nse! to Wis | een, the crux of the question is the high value | Yes, { should sny so. are lie nor of 40 millions.
Tut asta Ide etatinties, nid where his evidence | 10° 1s wala Oa one-third of the imports §\ siven to, the rup Me ee gre value were fixed | And, it that. production is checled, the price (Mr, Le Mancuant.) I do not know that
relates to questions of fact. I do not altogether | whic! ney Ieee fons, ugainst the GG millions )Rt hone 1s 24) C think that would be necepted fll go up again, will it not? Th) consump quite tollow about the silver bullion; do you
¢oncur in lis opinions or iu the remedy which he | om Wile’ Tieyloxes: in Ceylon ns « fairly satisfactory solution to the | 1s going on pretty reaularly Gan it re mean that there is an addi nport?—No ;
cesta 5 ‘THE CEYLON GOVERN question ab issne. k in iy answer to the Chairman, Lconsider that tlie exports amounts to G6 inillions ;on the other
“TRpe will you tell us where you lo noteonear | Am Tcorrestin assuming that the east of the |v Areathere nuy futher points yon woulll like to | prices depend nltoxettier on suppljjand demand sidle, you havo imports 40 millions, the Dnilion
fo Iie opinions.g on what, point will that be 2— | Government of Ceylon is supplied mnainly by, the pnt hele the Committes*—The only point 1 | nthe place where the prodnce i} sold, until a 10 inillions, and Council bills 16 millions makiog=
There is one particnlar point in which he wns | teaiodustry?—To w very Jarse extent. ‘Che best | should tike to be examined upon 1s in connection fall in prices cltecks production. up tlie 66,000,000, , -
asked what would happen if the value of silver | proof of it ix that, when the coffee indnsty failed, within gold standard for Indi. You suggest tut the mints migt be reopened ‘Then would you say that, ovine to. the rise
‘rere to go ‘down to G1 an onnce. This ix at | the revenues of Ceylon went down tol? million MIt * CURRENCY, tnd adlaty amposed; | im thesterling valneof the rupee, India is able to,
question 4575 ""(@), Even if silver went down | rnpees. The Inst buyer estimate, which) exo to Well lee SLAtaa va fnlly.on that | whicl you pnt at 5) per cout, i Via think @ | import more silver !—No, but it pays less for its
rare pance?(A.)_ Even if silver wentilown | hand a few days nzo, shows a ravenne of 25 nil: | point :—This is wshiort meniorandinnn which T inve | Tre cls Your Uironal dcy wanldl xifat clieiren wire- || imports tlintls|tho.act oll Tie: tess on Ons ide
to 6d ao onnce, or if it went up/lalf as much | lion’ rupees. Mat storm very large extent die || repared)jand! which fully: explaing iny. views. I }| nents of the Andinn Guiceeuteet dos To bern || anditho yninion the othec sidetsithe lower jace
again.” Ido not agree with tlnt answer for | to the tea enterprise. Jone you willnderstand that, in putting forward || with, ont of tle 16/000,000/. of rdnittances made pa for the imports. Tf the exports exactly
this reason; while Iconsider that the appreciation Pte action DE the Government ot India in | this scheme, Ldoso with extreme ilifitence; in | by tle Ee aan Governniedteyons fatlinte now, 16 | jealsnced tlie) imports, anil} ther nrics of imports
tyaond relatively to silver has, 50 faras itlins | fixing this Ja. 4il rte should wake the trule of TE RESTON Goat ie in waless) Ila | i8)73500,000, fullyfonedaltiay ny connextonp yt fell. in exact proportion to. the rise in exclanges
Gone. heen an ailvantaze to Tndiwnnd to Ceylon | Ceylon unremunerative, tnt is to say, if theten: a nvOULIE : i Terao a ey evedkingefof}itsitndinalGov= | seueresould ue) map leaxjeitier sways 16 would be
Bone ie 1 do. not. think tat there is any: pro- || dancies of tex estates were to follow, to some ex: || 11. A gold! cnrconcy is not suited to the clean ceenotterailvaya—npl L consiier that the loss | valauee
Pability of its appreciating to a point at whichit | tent, thecolfee, whnt elfmt Hanlabaiabnnverond|fuenntesescloien lexntiln( lar nnil Ceylansmndbiiey |potexcliause Atiheliny ctiounes telat plyany item |. Is it not the case thot, taking it, within the
vat ase tobe an sdvyantaze, I still ndmit || the revenue of Ceylon 2—Lt wonld at once fall off ‘ith Fynor alvisatte that, even} of expendpdre attysling to the railways. Doundaries of Inia itself, there might be a con=
Tie Wossibility of therapes becoming depreciated, || Of ‘canrse, (there are Hreay tunny nen iy chould co tnraely Lye | ‘The sevenna of Ceylon has not suffered! yet siderable transfer of profit from one set of persons
tht Daly relatively to gold as at present, but | revenuo in Ceyl {nro import duty | cirowlntion: hosir cylon Coverninent-raventie lingnot || fo anotlier, owing, to the fact of auckin dufevonts
SCHEME. under certain conditi
nt Paistively to food, labour, and commodities | on graén, excise, and railwnys all of clk would | 2: To enrowage in any mensnre the conversion J sullered SH ie nate until uatntes are | i-exchange ns yom are mentioning 2—1 think the
Tenerally. In tliat ease the advantage at present | depend tom very Jarge extent on tlhe tea enter- Crores of rupee ani note currenoy Wonlil, id Worked at a loss; so long as they go on at all, | exchange only coimes in transnctions with
Enjoyell by India nnd Ceylon from a low ex- | prise, ; Gl protability;involve the absorpyeq ofme large) | tlie revenues) will romain, the caine. | } | foreign countries. Internully Ticonsider the rapes
change wonld be lost. Aint proportion, woulil you say, of the revenue } nn amonnt of gol as to make tlé scheme practi- Tiere is sone feur, is there not, in Ceylon | i What it always hos been. Ty passes at much:
That is my opinion. of Ceylon is
hat is your opinion ed {com the twa industry ?— | cally prahibirory. that, unless something isdone, some estates wilt | the same! value, T do nor think that inlony,
Now is there any other point on which you | Thav is a very difficnlt question to answer. I 14, The object should aparently be to dis- | have to De closed'?—Ic is estimated thee, @ internal transnetions any question of exchauge
Ge en iin? =Dhere is no other particilar | am nov prepared, without going into statistics, | courage the netunl Hoult sen, and under n gold | change were to go up 1d or 14 in the rayee, or | comes im.
point. ae to name a figure. is ctandardto maintain therupee nga token coin ax | the price of tea to go down jd or 1d per pound, Then you would limit it to the effect on import
You do nor agree with hint as to his proposed Bat it is a Jnrge proportion!—Oh, a Iarg estates now prodncing 30,007,000 1b. of tea would | Wlintever they may le Yes.
ronedy. I thick he recommended the re-opening | proportion. to ont of cultivation. In tint case, of courte ‘And, apart from that, interests within {india
‘ol tlie mints concarrently with the imposition of ARGENTINA. fie Government revenue would be alfected. 2a | Wareinobin tested Nom
- aa import dats on silverand a seignoray Where Are there any points to which yon would (Mr. Campbell.) What proportion would’ tlint The Witness withdrew.
do you differ from him on that point: —] specially desire to direct our attention in your me: Dey that would be a third of tha total?—About | Adjourned.
(oy aS T think that, wheter you pay | morandum whieh ia before us*—In paragraph 1 a fourth. —
him Wort. duty on silver or a seignoroge at | say: '' Apparently it was Ra ree elelfall [erect salyit0d\shonladvoe Wel made) to) pass asin || 9 L uiink you nlnitt thatitlere|might he cartatn ___ PROGRESS) IN RUSSIA.
the mint or a land tax, or artificially raise | in’ the ‘exchange value of te rupee was an | token coim nt 1s 4d, us well as at 1s 2d; but | advantagesiin a gold standard as compared with (Sir J Muir) There wns an extra 10
the rupee, or put on an export duty, even- | evil calling for remedy, wherens, taking Indin } there i mvery general opinion amongst producers ) © silver standard ?—I do. cent ut on for the war?—L think so. Then
tually the deficit is paid out of exports ; ‘aud, | nun whole, and not separating the Government } anil tradere tliat prectically 1s Ai his proved too Mhat it would yive stability to innge, re i another market—continental Europe,
itso, I think it 38 preferable to put sm | from the eople, that fall was probably annbs- | hist and that the failure of the seeeament | which o silver standard with open iints does | Py ncipally Itussin. In that market they consame
direct dnty on the exports, rather than\ raise the | tantial benefit!” L shonld like to call the atten- | policy inmupurated in s tononie oxtent due to || not give? —I think the question of exchange mnat the same class of tea from Chinn as we get from
tioney in the other ways that T have descriled. | tion of the Committers to the action that fis cver-valuntion. Itisbelisved that the various | always come in. Ifyou establish: ngolstandacd, | India nnd Ceylon, namely, Ulack teas, and there
Even where the sabjict of the export duty is | is proposed to) be taken by the Arentine | interests involved would accommodate themselves | it would give stability to exchange. fore, we are un a better footing there, and the
an article in which there is competition with | Government at the present moment; not that | to a ropee at Is 2, when they will not to « Ofcourse, from merely linving heard you read) } (ai with Russia is increasing, Lau glad to say
Some other conntry’—Yes, because it already | Tforone moment defend their Proposed nction, | rnpee nt Is 4d, and, unqnestionnbly, the lower | Your aclione, [ do, not. feelin’ w postion to go | Very considerably, ‘Dhis year, ii, it is larger
pays it, andit pays it in Tinch Jarger proportion. | any more than Ido that of the Indian Govern: | valuation would tend tothe much Another work: | fally into its details, lint among other thinks than Inst year.
Fae eee of maiing the roppe las been this, | ment. But, wherens the Tading Woverninent |l/iny of uny scheme thine inay be adopted. he || you aay, you think $0) xupess onght toy ie the | (Chairman.) Ts that in {ndia and Ceylon
fnat the Indian Government liave practically have artificially raised the value of the currency | nearer the token value of rupee approaches to its | limit of legal terfder for the Tupee?—I fixed | tens ?—Yes, both. T eau the trade from the
that tt the exports, valued at about £00,000,000, || relntively to gold, naruming, suppose, flint tie | Dallion value the loss, centpeation there ix to | that because it is Uve highest amount of rupees Loudon market, I should! say that the Rnssiaos
fo the extent of 3d, in the rapee—taking the || depreciation, relatively to gold, was a dumdvan; ) convert it, or to illicit coinage, and the less it | under a of note which I propose the Government are au excceilingly conservative peoples At one
Telative exchanges at 1s. 4d, and 1s, 1d.—in order | tage, the Argentine Government at the present | handicaps the producer in competing With other | of India shall issue. tiing, even the Inet that the Indian ten was done:
that they mny recoup themselves to tlie extent of | moment are seeking to artificinlly depreciate | countrios. a But Lsuppose you willladmic that, many | up in lifferent pocknyes from those that they
3d. in the rupee on £16,000,000- the valne of the currency, relatively to gold, | 5, Such a scheme would establish a sound | years to come, rpece Will hinve. tov be the reall || linil! Veen used! to from Ching miliated Gane
‘That is nob an answer to my question tae aime hat the depreciation was an advantage |latandard on a minimum of gold. Itwould result || elreulating mediniy Mata: Gliaeanaares |) cab nia Uta Hise loue! eine AIL really our
me fake the article tea. The Indian tea to the emaatry. ‘Tie gold premium im Arget | in a stable rata of exchange, natn, to-some | would only make it tle legal tender for thine. tens aire worth their attention anil we pet large
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‘TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES.
NO. 15
Cotomso,
Aprin 24, 1899.
Price:—124 cents each 3 copies
30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee,
Lot Box Pkgs.
1 W, inestate
mark Bein ee Oa
3. New Peacock 321 14 ch
6 397 26 du
6 Ayoca 460 7 ch
8 Nakiadeniya 406 48 ch
10 412 15 do
1l 415 15 do
18 Walpita 436 24 ch
19 439 14 do
24 Maligatenne 454 8 ch
25 YATE KO)
29 Kelaneiya and
Baremar 469 33 ch
30 472 % do
31 475 17 do
34 Walton 484 13 ch
35 487 18 do
36 490 9 do
37 Puspoue 493 32 ch
38 496 23 do
42, Hunasgeria 508 14 hf-ch
48 CSG 526 77 hf-ch
49 629 61 ch
50 532 18 do
51 535 11 hf-ch
53 Monkswood 541 32 do
54 544 28 do
55 547 37 do
56 550 £0 ch
57 553 36 do
68 556 14 do
Ella Oya 604 10 ch
76 607 9 do
83 St. Leonards-
on Sea 681 12 ch
84 634 11 do
85 637 8 do
87 643 7 do
88 Devonford 646 20 hf-ch
$9 619 12 ch
96> — 652 11 do
91 Minna 655 31 ch
92 Mahalla 658 16 ch
93 661 13 do
99 Templestowe 679 12 ch
100 Meddetenne 652 15 hf-ch
101 685 15 do
102 688 10 ch
103 691 9 do
105 Deaculla 697 17 ch
106 Gatlawz tte 700 16 ch
107 : 703 31 do
110 712 15 do
112 Cotswold 718 ?4hf-ch
118 721 19 ch
17 BDWG 733 38hf-ch
118 736 46 do
119 739 17 do
124 Matale 754 40 hf-ch
“125 757 18 ch
126 760 9 do
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129 169 31 do
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148 8ll 36 do
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161 835 14 do
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bro or pex
or pek
pek
bro or pek 2
bro pek
or pek
pek
pek sou
ek sou
ro pek
bro or pek
Ib.
700
1330
1950
700
4800
1350
1200
2400
1400
960
757
3300
2590
1700
1456
1800
810
3200
2300
1120
3830
5185
Lot. Box. Pkgs.
160 Dunbar 862 29 hf-ch
161 865 19 do
163 871 18 ch
170 Glendon 692 19 ch
171 895 33 do
172 893° 12 do
173 901 37 do
174 904 19 do
178 Ugieside 916 8 ch
179 Bargany 919 28 hf-ch
180 922 22 ch
181 925 17 do
187° A 943 10 hf-ch
188 Huuyes 946 14 ch
189 949 10 do
190 952 22 do
191 ; 955 13 do
194 Galkadua 964 13 ch
195 967 16 do
196 970 10 do
208 High Forest 1006 70 hf-ch
209 1900 40 do
210 1012 30 do
211 Kirklees 1015 25 ch
212 1018 19 do
213 1021 26 do
214 1024 16 do
217 1033 1¢ do
221 Pallagodda 1045 19 ch
222 1848 21 do
223 1051 16 do
224 1054 20 do
225 1057 16 do
226 1060 1L do
228 Killarney 1066 64 hf-ch
229 1069 11 ch
230 Ganapalla 1072 48 ch
231 1070 58 do
232 1078 81 do
233 1041 42 do
234 1084 17 do
235 . 1087 14 hf-ch
236 Dunkeld 1090 64 hf-ch
237 1093 9 ch
238 1096 23 do
239 Halloowella 1099 10 ch
240 1102 12 do
241 1105 15 do
245 CDG 1117 (21 hf-ch
248 Middleton 1126 15 do
249 1129 24 ch
250 1132 27 do
251 1136 14 do
252 Sunnycroft 1138 7 ch
253 Harrow 1141 67 hf-ch
254 1144 30 ch
255 New Gal-
way 1174 12 hf-ch
256 1150 15 do
257 Munukattia
Ceylon, in est,
mark 1153 39 hf-ch
258 1156 18 do
259 1159 9 do
260 Hatherleigh 1162 19 ch
261 1:65 245 do
262 1168 25 do
263 1171 16 do
266 Coreen 11°) 69 hf-ch
267 1188 28 ch
268 1186 22 do
271 Amblakan-
de 1195 12 ch
272 1193 16 do
273 1201 18 do
274 1204 8 do
275 HGM, inestate
mark 1207 20 ch
276 1210 15 do
277 1°13 (9 «do
27g RHA, in estate
mark 1216 23 hf-ch
279 Iz19 25 do
280 1222 22 ch
234 Kelburne 1234 Shf-ch
291 Passara Groupl255 16 ch
292 1258 11 do
293 1.61 27 do
294 1°64 7 do
296 Trex 1270 33 do
293 1276 22 do
200 1282 11 do
Name. lb.
bro or pek 1450
or pek 912
pek 1350
bro or pek 1235
bro pek 3300
or pek 1020
pek 3145
pek sou 1520
bro mix 800
bro or pek 1680
bro pek 2530
pek 1785
pek fans 785
bro pek 1400
or pek 900
pek 2200
pvek sou 1235
bro pek 1430
pek 1600
pek sou 1:00
ibro pek 3920
or pek 1920
pek 1320
bro orfpek 1500
or pek 1900
pek 2470
pek sou 1440
dust 950
hro or pek 1900
bro pek 2100
or pek 1440
pek 1600
pek sou 1440
dust 935
bro or pek 3900
pek sou 990
or pek 4320
or pek 5220
pek 6180
pek sou 3150
bro pek fan 1700
dust 1204
bro or pek 3840
or pek 855
pek 2185
or pek 1000
pek 924
pek sou 1260
dust 1470
bro orpek &25
bro pek 2400
pek 2430
pek sou 1260
dust 1050
bro or pek 4355
pekoe 3000
bro pek 720
pek 825
bro or pek
pek
pek sou
bro or pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
bro or pek
or pek
pek 855
bro orpek 1380
bro pek 1250
or pek 1900
fans 720
bro or pek 169)
or pee 990
pe 1890
pek sou 700
bro pek 3300
pek 2200
pek scu 1045
bid
42 bid
41 bid
38 bid
ees CR, ey ee ee
“ $ my,
2 - CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST a’
Lot, Box. Pkgs; Name. Ib. ce. Lot, Box Pkgs. Name. be ¢
304 eenawatte 1294 15 ch bro pek 1590 §=40 bid
304, 9 do or pek 900 sobid | & NCR, inest
305 1207 25 do pek 250 40bid | 9 mark ae hich, bom. Ry a
307 Madakelle 1303 20 do pek 1800 40 bid | 4? an ae eee —-— $F
308 1306 11 do os eek 1034 40 bid . : tes rt.
310 A 1312 10 do 1000 37 13 WK 258 19 do roorpek 1976 45
316 1350 10 do brpkdtNo.1ss0 27 af senccgulove oath de-aee Tae
318, Castlereagh 1886 21 do bro pek 2100. . 58 16 onnogencye 267 32 do Pe 43
319 1339 20 do orpek 1100 48 bid eG -, - <
320 _-1B42-18 do pek 1430 44 a 8 t do . oo 5
ne Beausijour ee 4 dp fk pek aoe = 19 Iona 276 40 hf-ch bro or pek 409 68
337 Mariawatte 1393 11hf-ch dust igo 27 2 cin oe aie eee ee
838 Ruankande 1396 11 ch bro pek 1089 41 bid 5 . 9 d b k
339” 1399 14 do pek 1190 38 4S serMigy Ge. 8 pee bea uememeins
341 Ellakande 1415 22 do broorpek 1930 43 bid | 52 20% 11 do a 880 «88
Fab ; wade : 3
oe Frese was 1408 30 do pek 2850 38 bid 31 Mocha Biz 36 do roorpek 8€00 62
watte 1411 19hf-ch broor pek 1140 45 ~ oe i. a onthe Ho -
344 1414 27 ch bropek 2565 41 Aa 33
345 1417 297 do pek 2295 39 44 Be kh ken ae it
348 Cinest. mark 1426 7 do bro tea 700 32 = Ottery aa 4 Ne pe: “ igs 990 1 =
353 Blairgowrie 1441 11 do son 935 25 bid | b> 330 13 do oe 1235 46
gee EE eet ef | cue te Cotow Be tue
365 1477 37 do pek $1454 - Sisto 80 5 OL —
367 1483.6 do bropekfans 720 34 = oe? 7 Wo oben > ae ae
376 Queensland 1510 7 do broorpek 709 66 rr ei tal do | fame 1100 36
ned au Hd o 2 pek aie rt 45 Agra Quvah 854 47hf-ch bro orpek 9086 57
384 St. Heliers 1534 +9 hf-ch re or pek 2145 44 . Ben Mevi =H “- 4 eo a ~
et ay 1EBIy iI) ..e& uipeN 1805 AG Cleveland 881 36hf-eh broorpek 2000 “58
886 Stafford 1540 11 do broorpek 164) 58 Ho ae Sifica tps” See. ual
387 13543. 12 do or pe 1200 52 r 387 1h d tis 760-4
388 1546 14 do pek 126) 47 Bean Sits ine) TR eee
ee 1eAdgl) gb. Uapakeou Ss 59 St. John’s 396 £0 do broor pek 1800
391 Patiagama 1555 26 hf-ch bro orpek 15:0 55 ca” 399 20. do | crpek me 1620
392 1558 14 ch or pek 1260 48 61 402 :0 do ekoe 1740
393 1561 30 do _ pek 3315. 45 ft Ais 24 dp *° Sekeoe iuowees
a0% UBBiglG Go 1ipaepm JES). ae 66 ‘Theresia 417 8 ch bropek fans 800
. 5
ans Roeberry 15 Be a9 sae pek oe r 74 Gangawatte 441 46hf-ch broorpek 3220
393 1576 9 do pek sou 900 4z J or, ae perce —
399 179) 9 do dust 1080-5 AT SUE wanes 2 eal tobe ea Tee
400 Fryston 1582 28hf-ch bropek 1400 42 bid | 38 oh is Ge pees aie
401 1585 12, ch orpek 108; 39 bid | 5 MG 477. 9hf-ch_ bro tea 720
402. 1588 12 do pek 114038 86. N 429.44 “do < disk 80
403 Lower Dickoyal591 53hf-ch bro pek 3364 «40 bid | g7 AR 483 11 do dust 935
415 Ascot 1627 23 do ro pek 230045 88 Glengariffe 486 1L do dust 8:0
416 1630 20 do orpek © 1900 42 oD 75''10 °th © teowek® Anes
417 1633 25 do pek 2250 41 a4 $51 15 ‘fo gae a
os cert Cs Sa eae a gL 495 8 do sou 720
39 1 o or pek fans 35 ; P 1200
422 Kttapolla 1483 26 do bropek 1456 39 BF Oa Se took te ee aT eee ee
427 St. Edwards 1663 13 do or pek 730041 94 30 9 do peksou 765
430. Pine Hill 1672 16 do broor pek 960 57 98 MTCL 516 i7hf-ch dust 1530
431 1675 33 do or pek 1989 46 99 $19 22 do fans 1596
S32 1678). 43 och ek Shia nH AB 103 Maskeliya 531 17 do broorpek 850
438 Hentleys 1696 18 do ro pek 1008 = 42 bid | 304 v 534 13 ch orpekA. 1170
440 1702 13 do pek 1105 38 bid 105 537 14 do or pek 1330
444 1714 14 do ro pek 784 42 bid 106 540 21 do pekoe 1680
445 1717 15 do cr pek 720 40 bid 107 613.15 do pek sou 1275
446 1720 18 ch © pek 1530 39 108 Big 7 Wo” sore 700
449 Hornsey 1729 17 or pek 1:00 48bid | 399 Thisbe 549 16 do dust 1760
450 1732 24hf-ch bro pek 1440. 49 bid | 434° Morahela it4 30 do bro pek 28:0
451 1735 10° ch ek 950, 44 116 Glentilt 570 27 do bropek 2700
453 Scrubs 1741 12 do roorpek 1200 54 117 573 13 do pekoe 1200
466 US » inest. 118 N’ Eliya 578 8 do or pek 760
_ mark 780 27 hf-ch — bro pek 1350. 41 119 579 14 do ksou . 1120
fon on a aR Has - ei - 121 Mount Everest i 20 hf-ch Bee pek 1100
95 2 A
477 WTE 1813 17 do pek sou 1445 38 bia | 152 oor opel St Mey” cee
478 HGA 1816 9 do peksou 810 38bid | 454 E91 12 ch peksou 1080
10 Waratenne aay Be bed pek a8 * bid | 125 Uda Pusellawa 597 10 do: pekoe 1000
432 Ruanwella 1828 17 do or pek 1445 42 bid 1s T in est. mark ves 3 ap reget Bo
483 1831, 18 hf-ch bro pek 1080 42 728 rf ‘ 66 12 do dust 1152
486 S inest. mark 1840, 12 do dust 1224-28 1:9 Sinna Dua 609 20hf-ch bro pek 1200
489 Rockside 1849 9 ch dust 1215 31 130 612 10 ch pekoe 880
490 1862, 7 do bropekfans 840 38 132 Myraganga | 618 60 do bropek 600
491 Bandara Hliyal&55 104 hf-ch or pek 5408 45 bid 33 62L 38 di b k 4180
492 1858' 35 «ch pek 2870 = 44 re pee 35 ‘do ost Bede
493 1861 35 do peksou 2860 40 135 627 19 do pekfans 1330
Ae i deheley 1862 8G6hf-ch bro or pek 5332 47 136 Glassaugh 630 31 do or pek 1550
kande 1870 10 do dust 850-25 1 & 2 aie gekoo sei ES
497 Hrlsmerve 1873 54 ch bro pek 5400 47 bid | 39 639 9 do peksou $55
493 High Forest 1876 21 hf-ch pek 966 52 140 642 14hf-ch dust 1190
40 1819 19 do pek sou 836 46 | 142 Agra Ouvab 618 32 do or pek 1760
500 Rokgi 1882 9 do dust $10 26 bi 143 Mount Temple 651 110 ch Betior pek 10340
a = 144 2° 7654 61! ie Beree 4485
: 145 657 24 do pek sou £30
(Mx. H. John. —238,752 1b.] 146 600 6 do eK
Lov. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. c¢. Yé7 Osborne (608 If ch pokoa '46ie
8 Melvilla 228 17hf-ch bro pek 850 4L 148 Brownlow 666 41 do pekoe 3895
4 231 21 do pekoe 1050 39 119 Myraganga 669 654 do bropek 5400
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. 3
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib. ec. Lot Box Pkgs. Name. Ib. cc.
= 672 30 ch ekoe 2850 42 145 Kahatagalla 328 10 ch bro pek 850 39 bid
ree 678 13 do FRSe 1105 23 bid 150 Sangaly Toppe 243 8 ch pek sou 760 36 bid
154 Ben Nevis 684 19 do or pek 1710 46 151 Ukuwela 316 9 ch bro or pek 990 38 bid
157 LP 693 12 do bro mix 1020 30bid | 152 349 23 do bropek 2300 39 bid
158 Templestowe 696 “9 do orpek 2610 44 bid | 153 352 16 do pek 1600 36 bid
159 Mossend 699 30hf-ch broorpek 1800 48 188 Nillicoliawatte 358 13hf-ch bro pek 780 42 bid
160 702 39 do or pek 1950 47 156 36L 16 ch or pek 1360 40 bid
161 705 21 do pekve 8410 43 157 364 13 do pek 1235 38 bid
159 Sudbury 370 34 ch bro pek 2074-36 bid
= S507 160 373 13 do pek fans 845 34
[Messrs. Somerville & Co.— 188 Bibra Gg. Aust PEN
179,686 1b, ] 166 CH 391 50hf-ch pekfans 3700 25 bid
Lot. Box. Pkges. Name. Ib. . e:
2 JIM i M €98 9 ze ees : 855 37 pia
8 Warakamure 916 18 ec ro pe 1800 38 di 5 |
9 919 17 ei pek df 1615 38 SMALL LOTS,
14 St. Catherine 934 31 ¢ bro or pek 3327 39 bid eae
18 Dalukoya ae Li nen bro oe pek 1020 45 bid [Messrs. Fortes & Walker]
19 26 do or pek ~ 1430 44
20 952 30 do pek 1650 43 | Lot Box Pkgs. Name. Ubiets ¢:
23 Minna 961 36hf-ch braorpek 2340 53 W, in estate
24 964 25 ch or pek 2375 46, - mark 388 2 ch bro mix 200 3
26 967 9 do pek 855 45 4 New:Peacock 394 4hf-ch bromix 200 30
26 Woodthorpe 970 7 ch _ tro pek 700 = 44 bid 7 Avoca 403 5 do bro pek fans §415 = 30
27 973 11 do pek 858 40 bid 9 Nakiadeniya 409 5 ch bro pek No 2 425 40
28 976 13 do pek sou 1040 33 12 418 3hfch dust 270 28
33 Rambodde 991 24hf-ch broorpek 1440 48 13 421 2 do do No.1 140-27
34 994 6: do bro pek 3410 945 14 PalmGarden 42! 4hf-ch bro pek 260 «43
35 997 27 do pek 1350 43 15 427 4 do pek 200 39
39 Glenalmond 10 11 ch bro pek 1100 42 bid 16 430 2 do. peksou 120 37
40 13 10 do pek 950 40 bid 17-28 G 43Gme5) Cl pek sou 270 34
41 16 10 do pék sou 850 38 bid 20 Walpita 44% 6 ch pex sou 480 38
47 HJS 35 zO0hf-ch pek sou 1200 “38 21 PM 445 6 ch bro pek 660 41
48 Dryburgh 87 14hfch broorpek 952 42, 22 443 3 do ek 240 39
49 40 22 do or pek 1144 47 bid | 23 451 lhf-ch redleaf 50 25
50 43 56 ch pek 2632 42 26 Maligatenne 460 7 ch pek 686 37
51 46 24 ch pek sou 1680 38 27 463. 5 do pek sou £00 35
53 Yarrow 52 44hf-ch bro pek 2464 45 bid 28 466 1 do bro mix 105 35
54 55 65 do pek 3230 45 \ 32 Kelaneiya and
55 Corfu 58 42hf-ch bropek 2730 43 bid | Braemar 478 4 ch dust 480 28
56 61 54 do or pek 2970 44 33 4231 2 do sou 200 37
60 Yspe 73 1L ch pek sou 935 49 39 Puspone 499 2 ch sou J5u 39
61 76 1Lhf-ch dust 935 28 40 502 3 do dust 420 27
67. DAL, in es- 4. Humasgeriya 505 7 ch sou 630 35
tate mark 94 9 ch pek sou 855 36 43 AP, in estate
70 Ambalawa 103 22hf-ch bro pek 1100 40 | mark 511 5hf-ch bro pek 276 42
71 06 2) do pek 00 40 44 514 8 do ek 400 33
72 Thebertou 109. 22 ch bro or pek 2200 42 bid | 45 517 5 do pek sou 220 37
73 112 37 do ek 3515 40 bid 46 520 1 do bro mix 44 30
74 115 8 do pek sou 720 38 47 523.1 do dust 76 28
76 Honiton 121 16 do bro pek 1648 41 52 CSG 538 2 ch bro mix 1€0) 30
77 124 10 do pek 850 32 69 Monkswocd 559 Shf-ch fans 480 38
8L Weygalla 136 21 ch pek 2100 = 40 60 662 5 do dust 400 46
82 139 19 ch pek sou 1900 37bid | 61 KM 565 3hf-ch bro pek 165° 43
8 KGA 148 «9 ch pek 810 38 bid | 56> 3 do or pek 150 48
87 Kotadeniya 154 13 ch pek sou 1235 3L bid Sal.4 chi pek 400 4)
89 Hleaskande 16) 23 ch or pek 2300 39 bid 574 4 do pek sou 360 41
90 Nugawella 163 32hfch bro pek 1856 46 | Ella Oya 610 6 ch pek sou 540-39
OL 166 46 do pek 2300 42 613 7 do dust 630 24
96 Nyanza 181 7 ch bro pek 700 51 616 3 do bre pek fans 222 87
97 184 10 do or pek 1009 50 86 St. Leonards-
98 187 2) do rek 1700 47 on-Sea 640 1 ch dust 90 23
99 190 8 do pek sou 720 44 ; 94 Mahalla 064 5 ch pek sou 500 36
100 Enowatte 193 27. ch pek 2700 37 bia | 104 »:eddetenne 694 4 ch bro pek fans 300 37
101 Ovoca Al 196 30hf-ch pekfans 1800 37 108 Galle watte 705 6 ch pek sou 510 38
105 F, in estate 109 769 4 do sou 320 87
mark 20S 9hf-ch dust 720 28 111 715 4 do dust 340 26
106 Bellavilla 211 15 ch pek 1500 40 114 Cotswald 724 9 ch pek sou 675 = 39
109 Ran»asingha- 115 727 1 do sou 80 34
patna 220 74hf-ch or pek 3348 45 bid | 116 730 3hf-ch dust 20 2
110 223 32 ch pek 2816 44 20 BDWG 742, 4 do dust 360-28
1114 226 33 do peksou 3040 40 bid | 121 Raglan 745 3 ch bro pek 335 «= 40
112 22) 56hf-ch bro or pek 3534 45 122 743° 6 do
114 Deniyaya 235 13 ch or pek 300 45 bid lhf-ch bro pek 616 38
115 238 88 do bro pek 3800 45 bid | 123 Tol 1 do dust 68 2¢
116 241 15 do _ pek 1500 41bid | 127 Matale 763 5hf-ch dust 400 29
117 214 9 do pek sou 900 39 133 Glengarffe 781 6,hf-ch dust 48 29
118 Kekuna Hena 247 26 ch bro pek 2600 42bid | 134 Knuckles
119 250 12 do pek 1200 40 bid Group 784 1 ch pek son 100-38
120 253 8 do peksou s00 39 itt ope 787.2 do tans 250-38
121 EBleekeenyia 256 16 ch ~~ orpek 1600 4 139 Vathalana 799. 7 ch pek sou 66. 87
112 Mousa Eliya 259 12 ch or pek 1320 = 40 bid 140 £02 5kf-ch dust 400 27
124 265 13 ch pek 1235 39bid | 147 Nilloomally
128 Harangalla 277 15 ch bro pek 1425 44 OBE C, inest.
129 280 20 do pek 1800 42 ak &23 3 ch sou 9738 38
130 283 15 ado sou 1350 386 bid 148 826 8 ch fans 640 36
133 New_Valley 292 16 ch bro or pek 1600 52 bid | 149 829 4 do dust 200 28
13t 295 12 do or pek 1200 45 bid 153 Glencorse 841 8 ch pek sou 600 88
ug? 208 17 do pek 1700 44 154 844 1 do dust 1¢3 26
136 801 18 do pek sou 1170 40 157 Halton $53 8 ch pek sou 640 87
1388 N1T 307 7 ch unas No.2 900 34 bid 168 BA 856 2 ch dust 169 27
140 Kelani 813 52 ch bro pek 4160 43 169 859 1 do red leaf 104 25
141 316 28 do bro or pek 2800 44 162. Dunbar 868 7Thf-ch bro psk 885 40
142 319 383 do pek 2805 40 164 DBR 874 I ch pek sou 80 37
143 322 20 do pek sou 1800 39 105 877 1 do bro mix 80 37
14k 325 6 do dust 730 26 166 880 Lhf-ch dust 75 27
Box. Pkgs,
Lot
‘167 KDA 883 1 ch
168 876 1 do
169 880 1 do
175 G 907 6 ch
176 910 3 do
177. Ugieside 913 3 ch
182 Bargany 928 1Lhf-ch
192 Hayes 958 3 ch
193 Galkadua 961 3 ch
215 Kirklees 10:7 1 ch
216 1030 4 do
227 G BR, in est.
mark .. 1068 1 ch
942 Halloowella 1108 8 eh
213 1lll 4 do
244 - lila 2-do
246 Ookoowatte
No.1 1120 1 ch
247 1123 2 do
264 Hatherleigh 1174 4 ch
285 1177 % do
269 Coreen 1189 2 ch
270 192 4hf-ch
281 Alleaton 1275 2 ch
252 1228 3 do
288 1231 1 do
285 G, in estate
mark 1237 4 hf-ch
286 1240 8 do
287 M, in estate
mark 1243 8 ch
288 1246 2 do
289 1249 3 do
290 1252 3 do
295 Passara Groupl267 2 hi-ch
997 ~Trex 1273 1. eh
209 1979 1 do
301 1285 1 do
302 1288 1 do
303 1291 1 do
3)6 Madakelle 1300 9 hf-ch
30) A 1319 5 ch
1 hf-ch
311 1sio 7 ¢ch
1 hf-ch
312 1318 4 ch
1 hf-ch
313 1321 3 ch
1 hf-ch
314 1324 4 ch
» 1 hf-ch
315 1327 5 ch
317 HL 1333 3 do
421 astlereagh 1315 4 do
322 1348 8 hf-ch
323 1351 3 do
333 Beausijour 138L 1 do
334 1384 1 do
335 1387 2 hf-ch
336 Mariawatte 1390 6 ch
340 Ruankande 1402 6 do
346 Weyungawattel42u 3 do
347 1423 2hf-ch
349 Ingrogalla 1429 6 ch
350 1432 4 do
361 1435 3 do
352 Waverley 1438 3 do
354 CN 1444 8 do
366 Erracht 1480 6 do
368 1486 1 do
369 Macaldeniya 1489 6 hf-ch
370 1492 10 do
371 1495 10 do
372 1498 5 ch
1 hf-ch
373 1501 1 do
374 1501 2 do
375 1507 1 ch
379 Queensland 1519 5 ch
380 1522 2 do
381 1525 2hf-ch
382 1528 1 do
383 1531 4 do
390 Stafford 1552 1hf-ch
395 Patiagama 1567 5 do
420 Ascot 1642 2 ch
421 GHO 1645 4 do
423 Ettapolla 1651 9 hf-ch
424 1654 9 do
425 1657 2 do
426 Sb. Edwards 1660 10 do
428 _ 1666 11 do
429 1669 7 do
433 Pine Hill 1681 7 ch
434 1684 3 do
435 1687 1 do
439 Hentleys 1699 8 hf-ch
Name.
dust
bro pek fans
pek dust
pek sou
680
br pk fan No.1 505
pek fans
congou
bro mix
bro mix
peK sou
fans
dust
pek sou
Tans
dust
pek sou
pek sou
pek sou
dust
pek sou
bro tea
red leaf
bro pek
bro tea
pek seu
pek dust
bro or pek
bro pek
pek
_ pek sou
sou
dust
bro tea
pek sou
bro mix
dust
fans
unast
fans
fans
dust
pek sou
pek
sou
dust
bro pek
pek
pek sou
pek sou
dust
sou
or pek
388
488
Hornsey
Scrubs
Peakshadow
KGOD
© 88 inest.
mark
BFB
Stafford
Ruanwella
Rockside
1846 1 do
495 Bandara Eliyals67 8 hf-ch
Lot.
156
166 R, iv est. mark
Lot Box. Pkgs.
1JIMDM $95 4 ch
3 901 6 do
4 904 1 do
5 907 2 do
6 910 1 do
7 Warakamure 913 6 hf-ch
10 2 9 do
11 925 1. do
15 St. Catherine 937 8 ch
16 40 1. do
17 943 1hf-ch
21 Dalukoya 955 9 hf-ch
92 958 10 do
29 Woodthorpe- 979 1hf-ch ~
30 Ravenoya 982 13 hf-ch
LEL
Melvilla
N CR, in est.
mark
Iona
Eila
Ottery
Farm
Agra Ouvah
Ben Nevis
St. Adam
Cleveland
Theresia
Gangawatte
Suduganga
NK :
MG
Claremont
MTCL
N’ Eliya
Sibna Dua
Welicoda
Myraganga
EEE
(Messrs. Somerville & Co.) —
(Mr. B. John.)
Name. Ib.
pek sou 320
bro mix 270
dust 160
k sou 450
ns 210
pek sou 450
bro pek 652
k 680
pek sou 637
dust 390
or pek 450
bro pek 40
pek 450
fans 558
dust 240
bro pek 168
unast 260
dust log
pek sou 40
dust 240
sou 640
bro mix 100
bro pek fans 660
Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
222 ch sou 665
= 5 .~ fst 350
234 ts) sou 400
237 +1 do ol 59
240 2 do dust 148
32 3S ¢ bro mix 194
255 hfch dust 85
75 3 ch pek sou 235
288 3hf-ch dust 270
297 +8 ch orpek 640
300 7 do pe oe 630
306 7hf-ch fans 456
4 8 do dust 680
333. 1 ch dust 170
336 «5hf-ch dust 426
360 7 ch pekoe 665
363 1lhf-ch flowy or pek 550
366 9 do bropek 540
372 8 ch kK sou 680
375 5hfch ro pek fans 253
378 4 do dust 260
390 3 do fans 2
420 4 do dust 240
423 1 ch koe 95
438 6hf-ch_ bro pek 408
477 6 ch pek sou 540
456 1 do pek fans 125
62 2hf-ch sou 160
68 3 ch bro mix 270
471 Ghfch dust 480
474 8 ch kK sou 640
507 2 do nst 200
10 2 do red leaf 186
513 Thf.ch bro pek 392
582 2 ch bro pek fans 200
615 6 do ik sou 480
645 5 do ro tea 475
675 6 fey ,
1hf-ch bro pek No.2 650
681 1 ch pe a 50
687 3 do redleaf 226
690 Lhf-ch sou 40
720 4 do unas 232
Name.
bro pek
pek sou
fans
lb
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CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST. 5
Lot Box. Pkgs Name. Ib. ec.
31 985 15 hf-ch pek 330 ©. 40 bid
So 988 1 do sou 5L 36
36 Rambodde i bu do pek sou 250 33
37 4 4 do fans 280 34
38 7 2 do dust 18) 28
42 Glenalmond 19 1 ch sou 81 36 bid
43 22 2hf-ch fans 150 31 bid
44 25 2 do dust 17) 27 bid
45 HJS 28 7hf-ch bro pek 420 i
46 31 8 do pek 420 40
52 Dryburgh 49 5hfch fans 365 39
657 Corfu 6! 12hf-ch pek sou 660 33 bid
58 67 1 do dust 80 23
59 70 1 do fans 350 30
62 Kirimettiya 79 4 ch bro pek 112 41
63 82 2 do pek 228 36
1 hf-ch
64 85 1 do pek sou 43 34
65 88 1 ch fans 94 25
63 DA LU, in estate
mark 91 6 ch bro nek 630 39
63 97 6 do bro mix 540 35
69 fonside 100 3hf-ch dast 255 27
75 Theberton 118 2 ch fans F 200 23
78 Honiton 127, 8 ch pek sou 680 37
79 130 1 do dust 150 26
80 Weygalla 133 6 ch bro pez 509 43
83 142 3 do sou 209 36
84 145 1 do dust 100 26
86 ABC 15! 2 ch bro pek 246 32
88 Koladeniya Ti sto Aco dust 300 26
92 Nugawells 169 4 ch pel sou 34) 37
93 172 1 do bro mix §5 3)
OL 175 2hf-ch dust 170 28
95 HA’Galla 178 4 ch pek 360 38
102 St. A 199 3 ch pek sou 204 33
103 F A, in estate
mark 2U2 2hf-ch dust 160 Pe
104 F, in estate
4 mark 25 4 ch sou 384 38
107 Knavesmire 214 1 ch pek 90 38
108 K 8, in estate
mark ie ooh bro sou 100 34
113 Ranasingha-
p tna bro pek fans 350 3L
123 Mousa Eliya 262
5 ch or pek 475 43
125 Tembiligalla 263 2 ch pek 19) 38
126 C 271 4 ch sou 3-5 19
127 274 4 do pek dust 600 24
13! Harangala 286 9hf-ch dust 630 27
132 Polkelle 239 4 ch pek 360 33
137 NEL 304 5 ch unas No. | 50) 36
139 S, in estate
mark 310 2hi-ch pek sou 100 37
146 Kahatagalla 331 1 ch bro or pek 110 39
147 334 7 do pek 595 37
148 337 7 do pek sou 560 35
149 340 1 do dust 130 26
154 Ukuwela 355 5 ch pek sou 550 35
1 hf-ch
158 Nillicollawatte 367 5 ch pek sou 450 27
162 8 379 5Shf-ch dust 400 37
163 382 4 do bro tea 200 33
164 A 335 3hfch dust 240 27
165 583 5 do b o tea 250 34
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON.
Commercial Gorrespondent.)
MINCING LANE April 1.
“*Clan MecNeil.”—Lowlands, 17 bags sold at
70s 6d; Hentimalie A, 5 bags sold at 60s; ditto
B, 6 bags sold at 60s.
“Clan Alpine.”—Isabel OO, 8 bags sold at 74s
6d; ditto O, 11 bags sold at 7ls 6d; ditto 2, 5
pace sold at 61s 6d; Isabel, 4 bags sold at 61s
6d.
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NO. 16
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA.
Prick :—12% cents each 3 copies
LARGE LOTS.
Messrs. Forbes. & Walker.—
[450,784 Ib.)
Lot Box Pkgs.
1 B, in estate
mark 1885 13 ch
2 1ss8 11 du
4 Elfindaie 1894. 8 ch
59 MGolla 1909 7 ch
10 AgraElbed-
de 1912 30 hf-ch
11 1915 39 do
12 3913 i1 do
aie. GD.% 1924 shf-ch
20 Kincora 1942 °4 ch
21 1u45 17 do
22 1918 23 do
23 1951 17 do
24 Thedden 1954 33 ch
25 1957 17 do
26 1960 9 do
z8 Strathspey 1966 19 hf-ch
29 19.9 16 ©1O
33 L GF, inest,
“mark 1981 17 ch
34 1984 20 do
35 1957 12 do
39 Tymawr 1999 24 hf-ch
40 2002. 20 do
41 2005 32 do
42 - £008 30 do
45 Gonapitiya 2017 10 ch
46 £020 10 do
47 2023 10 do
48 2026 10 do
54 Anningkande 2044 14 ch
56 207 12 do
56 Gallawatte 20:0 9 ch
ivan - 2053 9 do
68 Rowley 2056 20 hf-ch
59 2039 36 do
66 Pansalatenne 4080 8 ch
63 Ismalle 2086 17 ch
70 2092 7 «do
76 D, in estate
mark 2110 20 hf-ch
77 Waitalawa 2113 79 hf-ch
78 2116 94 do
79 2119 3 do
8i Nugagalla 2125 34hf-ch
$2 2128 67 do
83 Middleton z131 12 ch
84 2134 13 do
92 Weoya 2158 12 ch
93 Maha Uva 216L 43 ch
94 2164 31 do
95 2167 13 do
98 Gampaha 2176 60 ch
99 2179 43 do
100 2182 16 do
1oL 2185 £0 do
102 2183 16 do
10! High Forest 2i94 (0 hf-ch
105 2197 25 do
106 240 :0 do
107. onacombe 220% 28 ch
108 2203 41 do
lu9 2219 60 do
110 241% do
lil 2715 9 hf-ch
123 Weodend 1 18 ch
124 4 25 do
125 7 13 do
127 Naseby 13. 88 hf ch
128 1 17 do
129 19 19 do
180 22 13 do
131 Penrhos 25 2 hf-ch
132 23 25 do
138 31.80 ch
136 WV RA 40 ILhf-ch
137. W'Bedde 43 38 do
138 46 15 ch
1.9 R CW, in est.
mark 49 19 ch
140 i215 do
142 Rickarton 68 13 ch
Cotompo, May 1, 1899. 30 cents; 6 copies 4 rupee-
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib: ~c;
159 Ella Oya See liech bro pek 1700 49
151 85 1L do pek 900 4t
161 Harrington 115 13 ch or pek 130 43 bid
| 162 118 1L do pek 1100 43 bid
| 105 Geragama 127 “11 ch bro pek 1045 39 bick
| 166 130 It do pek © 990-36 bid
167 Waratenne 133 14 ch bro pek 1330 38 bid
168 136 11 te) pe 9365 36 bik
Name. Ib. & 169 Kirklees 139 3Lhf-ch bro or pek 1860 49
170 143 39 ch or pek 4095 46 bik
sou 1170 36 171 145 33 do pek 3300 45
dust 165029 175 Dammeria 157 31 ch Dbroor pek 3740 45
pek 720 3 176 169 22 do or pek 2200 45
dust 1050 24 177 163 26 do pek 3240 43
178 166 10 do pek sou 900 40
broorpek 209 50 182 Gampaha 178 9hf-ch fans 81027
or pe 2240 44 1s9 Pallagodda 199 17 ch bro or pek 1700 43
pek 1705 43 199 202 18 do bro pek 1800 48
dust 720 23 191 205 14 do or pek 1190 41
bro pek 2520 50 192 203 14 do pek 1120 39
or pek 1615 46 193 211 11 do pek sou 990 39
pek 280 43 195 Morankanda 217 26 ch bro pek £650 4)
pek No. 2 170% 40 196 220 31 do pek 2790 3S
bro pek £630 4u0 197 223 12 do pee sou 105C 30
pek 1700 39 207 Seenagolla £53 82 hf-ch ro pek 208) 62
pek sou 900 36 208 256 8 ch orpek 769 46
or pek 983 51 bid | 209 259 11 do ek 11U0 45
pek 8.0 41 bid | 212 Carfax 268 16 ch bro orpek 1600 51
213 271 18 do or pek 1620 48
pek sou 2244 35 214 274 18 do pek 1620 43
fans 1490 ~— 32 220 MP 292 5 ch dust Nol 700 25
dust 1020025 222 Columbia 293 45hf-ch or pek 2250 49 bid
or pek 1200 44 2°3 31 42 do pek 1890 44
broorpek 110u 55 2296 Kakiriskanda 310 9 ch pek 855 36 bid
pek 1410 46 228 Great Valley,
pek sou 1350 40 : Ceylon, in est.
bro pek 1200 55 bid mark 316 30 do or pek 1359 5
or pek 1000 54 bid | 229 319 22 do bro pek 1/10 47 bid
ek 1000 40 230 322 19 do pek 1710 41
pek sou 970 42 231 3825 18 do pek sou 1260 39
bro pek 1400 43 255 337 11 do pek A 770 4L
pek 1140 39 bid | 236 Matalawa 240 9 do peksou 990 31
bro pek 855 42 240 Blairgowrie 352 13 do sou 1105 29 bid
pek 763 39 243 SSS "361 12 do ek 10560 387 bid
bro pek 10L0 48 245 Augusta 367 5 do ust 750-25
pek 1800 4u 249 Vorwood 379 8 do bro or pek £40 3
dust 1160 23 | 250 382 22 do bro pek 2024 46
sou 1330 bt 251 685 8 do or pek 704 42
dust 950 23 232 388 17 do pek 1.60 39
Z 253 39L 11 do dust 880 37
pek son 1000 33 bid | 261 GreatValley 415 25hf-ch broor pek 1500 46 bid
bro pek 3950 47 244 BDWMK 424 10 do bro pek $50 38 bid
pek 4700 42 265 427 24hf-ch pek 1200 41 bid
pek sou 190037 966 Bandarawella, 430 43 do broor pek 2408 60
bro pek 1700 48 267 433 9 ch pek sou §s0 43
pek 3380-42 263 Tymawr 426 27 do pek 1215 49
bro pek 1200 53 209 439 27 do ek 1215 50
pek 1170 44 270 Scrubs 4412 8 do ro pek 800 46 bid
dust 1630 25 271 Errollwood 445 19hf-ch bro or pek 335 50 bid
bro or pek 2795 45 272 443 29 ch cr pek 2610 46
pek 2945 45 273 451 10 do yeksou 1000-40 bid
pek sou W039 276 Palmerston 460 25hf-ch bro pek 1375 BL
pek 5 00 42) 277 463 13 ch ek 1 70 45
b:o or pek 4720 44 bid | 279 Vathalana 4°69 27 do bro or pek 1620 40
or pek 15200 44 | 280 472 13 do or pek 1105 39
pek sou 1860 39 | 232 Vogun 478 44 do bro pek 4400-45 Dik
pek fans 1440 23 im 1}| 283 431 52 do pek 46-0 39 bid
bro pek 8130 49 bid | 237 K 2>W 493 25hf-ch er pek 1600 45
or pek 1175 54 D8 496 18 do bro pek 990 42
pek 830 4 2-9 499 43 do pek 2100 «40
or pek 2810 46 | 292 Fairlawn 508 +18 do beo pek 900 43 bid
bro pek 4100 43 293 511 29 do or pek 1305 At
pek 4300 44 294 514 12 do pek 1080 42
pek sou 81040 | 293 Hatton £28 36 do tro pek 2160 = SL bid
ust 810 29 | 299 529 26 ch pek 2250 46
bro pek 1710 = 39 bid) 301 Galapitikandas535 26 do — orpek 2600 44
pek 2375 37 | 302 5 2 do bro or pek 2176 38 bid
ek sou 1:70 35 | 303 } ck 2700 42
ro or pek £280 L | 304 pek sou £00 36
or pek 516 52 3.9 Glencorse bro pek 2160 40 bid
pek 107 48 30 - bro or pek 1520 48
pek sou 728 44 311 pek 1440 &9
bro pek 1624 1 312 pek sou 975 37
or pek 1200, $6 316 Hayes pek sou 1010-36 bid
pek 2570 41 | 317 Harrow bro or pek 4355 49
fans £19 4 816 pek 3 00 45
or pek 1710-45 bid | 319 Erracht broor pek 1140 41
pek 1620 42 bid | 320 bro pek 170 = 43 DIR
F | 321 pek 160 59
or pek 1805 tO | 323 pek sou 805 84
pek 1305 39 | $25 S XZ pek son = 144533
pek W000 45 ' 326 Maha Uva 610 22 do pek sou ivsO 40 bE
[Messrs. Somerville & Co.-—
2
Jot. Box.
323 Gastlereagh 616
3380 Talgugwela 622
381 625
332 628
338 Halloowella 616
33 649
tt High Forest 645
24% Maligatenne 6726
343. CSG / 661
348 Doranakande 670
BAS 676
250 Putupaula 682
361 65
202 688
365 Clyde 697
355, 760
357 13
360 Tembiligalla 712
362 718
365 BDW G 727
366 720
367 Monkswood 733
368 736
369 759
34 742
327 WHR 745
373 Fb.
375 Battalgalla 757
376 Massena 760
377 763
78 766
Lot. Box.
% : ELF 514
517
3 Choughleigh 526
10 532
24 Park Hill 574
25 577
26 586
29 Bidbury 589
30 692
Blt 595
33 Venture 601
31 PTN, in estate
mark €04
35 Ingeriya 607
36 610
37 613
38 6 6
4) Mousakande 622
42 628
43° 63L
44 Henegama 634
61 Oakham 655
53 66!
56 Marigold 670
57 673
58 676
59 679
60 682
62 Comillah 683
65 Neboda 697
68 Neuchatel 7U6
69 79
70 712
71 Annandale 715
72 ets}
74 724
75 vive
$1 IP 745
82 743
88 Ambalawa 766
$9 Hilandhu 769
90 Ga2
91 RSP 775
92 773
93 781
94 K 784
101 ANKE
-tate mark -805
102 Koladeniya 868
106 Hangraneya 820
107 §23
108 826
113 Ferriby 841
114 $44
115 647
119 G’Godde 859
129 Sirinawasa
8 mn
gb
22 hf- oy
21 ch
38 hf-ch
19 hf-ch
10 ch
54 hf-ch
365 do
i8 do
Name. Ib.
or pek 1700
bro pek 5490
pek 1710
pek sou 1445
or pek 1100
pen sou 1260
ro pek 2240
or pel 90
lro pek 3850
bro pek 100
pek sou 900
bro pek pital)
pek 2495
pek sou 910
bro pek 3420
broorpek 700
pek 2250
bro pek 1430
pek 1299
bro pek 19)
pek sou rid
ro pek 1300
or pek 1250
pek 2700
pek sou 1020
sou 1105
dust 1615
pek sou 200
bro pek 270)
k 1750
pek sou 900
119,984 Ib,]
862
Pkgs.
16 hf-ch
22 hf-ch
9 ch
9 do
26 ch
67 do
88 do
S hf-ch
25 hf-ch
18_ ch
60 hf-ch
13 ch
16 do
39 hf-ch
22 ch
14 do
160 ch
15 do
Name. Ib.
bro pek £09
ek 810
roorpek 864
pek 1932
bro pek 1040
pek 720
pek sou 819
bro pek 21.00
pek 960
pek sou 720
pek sou 1120
pek sou 1400
bro pek 2000
pek 1108
pek sou 1104
bro pek fan 900
bro pek 1395
pek 1530
fans 760
bro pek fan 1300
bro pek 960
ek 1440
ro or pek 3355
or pek 1786
pek 1800
ek sou 17:0
ro pek fan 1972
ro pe’ 700
pek 1995
bro pek 4085
ek 935
pek sou 1198
bro or pek 1008
or pek 1113
pek 10:0
pek sou 935,
pck sou 2024
dust 1376
bro pek 1160
bro pek 920
pek 855
bro pek 2600
pek 6030
pek sou 3040
bro pek 778
dust 2270
pek sou 1235
bro pek — 3300
pek 1041
pek son 800
bro pek 1755
pek | 1870
pe sou 980
bro pek 1000
bro pek 1575
Lot
Box
CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST
Pkgs. Name. Ib.
121 865. 18 ch pek 1300
{age 868 13 do pek sou 1235
+e 45 1A 877 ¥ ch pek slo
126 Nillicollaw atte 880 16 ch = or pek 130
17 853 13 do k 1.35
128 Labugaima 886 29hf-ch bro pek 140
129 689 20 ch pek 1900
130 £92 13 do pek sou 1
131 Ukuwela £95 16 ch ~ 1600
136 Mousa Eliya 910 12 ch ro 1320
137 Dartry A 913 #9 ch bro tea 810
(Mr. B. John. —191,023 |b.)
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib.
1 Uda 723 20hf-ch bro pek 120
2 726 17 ch pekoe 1:96
3 7 9bfch pek« ust 720
4 Ferndale 732 14 ch ome orpek 1H0
5 735 14 do bro or 1260
7 Brownlow 74l 47hbf-ch broorpek 2679
8 74t 24 ch “f 2280
9 7417 «21 do 1890
10 7 lL hf-ch bro pek fans —
ll NP 753 1L do ust
12 Little Valley 756 11 ch orpek oD
13 759 29hf-ch bro pek 1740
li 762 3% ch ~~ pekoe 3060
15 Troup 76) 11 do sou 935
16 768 11 do bro mix 1210
17 Suduganga 7il i7hf-ch bro pek 104
18 74°10 ch pekoe 950
19 777 10 do me sou 900
21 Bittacy 783 27 do ro pek 700
22 7:6 23 do pekoe 10%
23 739 7 do E sou 70
25 Galloela 795 29 do bro pek 2010
26 798 86 do pekve 3600
27 801 20 do ee sou 2009
43 ~Poilakande 819 17 do ro pek 1530
34 822 10 do oe 900
85 Whyddon 825 21 do ro pek 2205
36 838 21 do or pek 1785
42 Templestowe 846 27 do broorpek 2700
43 849 18 do or pek 1409
44 £52 24 do pekoe 2160
46 858 15 do dust 1-00
47 St. John’s 861 2Ghf-ch broorpek 1664
48 864 25 do or 1350
49 7 25 do pekoe 1400
50 870 18 do kfans 1260
51 Glentils 873 32 ch bed pek 3200
52 736 15 deo pekoe 1500
53 Rondura 878 11 de or pek 999
54 882 28 do bropek 2809
65 88 2 de pekoe 2520
56 ep 885" do see sou £10
58 Agra Ouvah 894 6 hf-eh broorpek 4160
59 8&7 do or pek 1540
(a0) 900 ck pekoe 855
61 Glasgow £03 32 de bro or pek 2720
62 { 14 de or pek 910
63 909 9 do pekoe $00
6t Gallella 912 17 do or pek 1445
65 915 51 do broorpek 5100
66 918 12 do yekoe 1039
68 924 12 hf-ch fee rek fans 1209
73 Homeland 939 27 ch pek sou 2700
74 Bowhill 942 22 do bro pek 2200
7a 915 14 do pekoe 120
76 918 10 do pek sou 9u0
78 Woodlands 954 13 do bropek le
79 957 1L do koe 1045
£0 960 9 do peksou 810
81 Mocha 963 27 do broorpek 2710
82 936 12 do or pek 1080
8&3 969 21 do pekoe 1785
84 972 20 do pek sou 1600
87 Mount Everest 981 21 hf-ch brs pek fans 1470
9 WK 990'"29 ch bro pek 2900
91 Rookwood y°3 25 hf-ch broorpek 1500
9: NB 2 13 do dust 1105
96 Yapame S 3t ch bro pek 34.0
97 11 21 do pekoe ~— 1680
98 14 11 do peksou 8380
99 Eadella 17 22 do bro pek 2200
100 20 17 do pekoe 1430
101 23 10 do pek sou £68
102 Myraganga 26 54 do bropek 5400
103 29 61 do bro pek 6100
lut 32 27 deo pekoe ~» 2565
1(5 35 23 do pek sou 1810
114 Bellongalla 62 18 on cst upek 1008
115 65 21 1680
16 68 10 hick ome ook fans 700
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CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST,
Lot Box. Pkgs, Name. Ib.
118 -Mabanilu 74 25hf-ch or pek 1375
119 77 29 do broorpek 2030
120 80. 20 ch pekoe 2100
421 83 12 do pek sou 1.00
122 MN 86 QOhf-ch dust 828
123 89 7 ch pekoe No.2 735
124 92 14 do. pek son No.2 1470
125 95 Ohf-ch fans © 720
126 Kotuagedera 9: 27 ch . bro pek 2709.
127 101 10 do pekoe No.g 940
128 Murraythwaite 104 12 do bro pek 1140
129 107 12 do pekoe 1020
139 Glasgow 137 14 do bro or pek 119
140 LP 140 12 do pek sou 1620
» SMALL LOTS,
{Messra. Forbes & Walker
Lot Box Pkgs. Name. lb.
3 E'findale 1s9l 4 ch bro pek 400
5 Cooroondoo-
watte 1897 Shf-ch bro pek 400
6 1.00 11 do pek 550
7 1:03 5 do pes sou 250
8 1906 1 do pek dust 83
733, eee 1#2t 4hf-ch bro mix 280
27 'Thedden 1963 1 ch dust 170
43 Carendon 2011 3 ch bro pek 334
44 2014 3 do. pek 300
60 Rowley 2u62 2hf-ch pek sou 100
61 2055 3 do dust 150
67 Pansalatenue 20s3 1 ch unas 8&7
69 Ismalle 208) 3 ch fans 360
71 2095 3 do congou 180
72 D, in estate
mark 2093 7Thf-ch bro or pek 420
73 2101 4 do fans 240
74 210t 8 do dust 480
7h 217 7 do bro mix 420
20 Waitalawa 227 (chi dust 63)
91 Weoya 2155 4 ch sou 400
96 Maha Uva 2170 2 ch pek fans 160
97 213 7 do dust 650
103 Gampaha AeA ain dust 180
112 Bambra-
galla 2218 6hf-ch broorpek 3°0
3S 2221 7 do bro pex 353
1l4 2224.5 do pek 230
115 92.7 4 do pek sou 200
116 LGA 2230 6 ch bro pek €L0
ll 2233 3 do pek 00
118 2236 2 do pek sou 200
1i9 2239 3 do bro tea 300
126 Woodend 10 3 ch dust 420
134 Penrhos BES eS hi) pek sou £60
135 37 7hf-ch dust 507
141 K WD, in estate
mark 55 38 do broorpek' 180
1149 BDW 79 7 ch sou 630
152 Ella Oya 88 7 ch pek sou 630
153 9i 56 do bro pek fans 370
154 Stamford
Hill 91 5 ch dust 425
165 Downside #7 5 ch bro pek 50C
156 100 3 do pek 285
157 193 4 do pek sou 360
158 106 1 do congou 90
159 109 1 do dust 75
160 Harrington 112 S8hf-ch bro or pek 448
163 12i 3 do dust 180
164 Warwick 124 6hfch dust 480
177 DM 169 1 ch bro or pek 110
180 172 6 do pek 540
isl 175 4 do dust 409
183 Stamford
Hill 18l 4 ch dust 310
194 Pallagodda 214 5 ch dust 425
193 Morankande 226 3 ch
lhf-ch red leaf 835
199 229 2 do fans 1£0
200 282 2 do dust 130
208 Stamford
il 250 2 ch dust 170
210 Seenagolla 262 2hf-ch dust 200
911 265 2 ch bro mix 190
29 MP 239 4 ch sou 400
221 295 1 do dustNo.2 170
224 Stamford Hill 804 2 ch dust 170
225 Kakiriskanda 307 3 do Lro pek 300
227 813 2 do
lhf-ch pek sou 240
Lot. Box.
232 Great Valley,
Ceylon, in est.
mark 328
233 331
234 334
237 Matalawa 343
238 36
239 NWD 349
241 SSS 355
242 358
244 Augusta 364
2346 KGD 370
247 373
248 5 376
254 Torwood 391
255 Ragallz 387
256 400
257 403
258 Pingarawa 406
209 Allerton 409
260 CBD 412
274 Preston 454
275 Palmerston 4537
273 65
231 Vathalana 475
284 Vogan 434
285 487
2:6 49)
2909 KPW 502
291 505
295 Fairlawn 517 ~
296 520
297 F Lin est. mark523
500 Hatton 632
205 GJapitikanda 547
3.6 DBE 550
307 553
303 K 556
313 Glencorse 57L
314 ETL
315 577
322 Erracht 598
32L 60t
339 Putupaula 679
Lot Box.
1 Sirisanda Bao
2 503
3 SLL
6 Gingrancya 50
7 523
9 Choughleizh 529
TIN Wi 535
2 asg
13 WGP 64l
lt 644
15 547
16 Blinkbonnie 50
17 553
ls Nega 556
19 55)
20 562
21 5i5
Aa) 0 yd 563
23 57L
2/ Park Hill 533
2 536
82 D 598
39 Ingeriya 619
41 Mousakande 625
45 Henega .a 437
46 640
47 S 643
43 616
49 649
50 Oakham 652
52 658
af 664
dO 667
353 69L
355 Udaweera 694
358 Ciyde 706
359 709
£61 Tembiligalla 715
363 721
364 7235
372 WHR 748 6
379 Massena 769 &
3&0 Ti2
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2
Pkgs. Name. Ib. ec.
> ch sou B50" 2 _ 1043 8 do coke 698 *
2 46 3 do pek sou 300 34 95 Theydon Bois 1057 6 ch pek sou 480 26
os 49 : oe Pee ne 3L 96 T B,in estate
Ms 52 -C dus 3 27 mark 10e€0 2 ¢ 27¢ 2
48 Bollagallv Gt Lhf-eh dust 90 30 97 1063 2 oe ee a 29
49 67 1 ch brotea 110-6 98 1U86 1 do congou Ms 3
a Sf aD L fin red leaf oa 20 ee Macaldenia 1084 12hfth pek 635 9
oT, 73% ch sou Ri i Si “45 :
59 Nyanza__ 97 4 ch dust 400 if 107 1093 3 ap une 240 >
60 Lower Dickoya 100 2 ch bro pek 210 38 112 Hornsey 1108 1) hf-ch bro or pek €00 a7
vy ee . aby es 105 86 116 Hurstpler- :
. 6 ifech dus 65 25 dint 1120 2c 7 rc 3
63 109 1 sack red leaf 83 23 117 a 1123 6 Go St laa re: 33
67 Hatdowa lvl 6 ch fans 600 85 118 1126 4 do pek 304 31
68 124 2 do dust 240 25 1 1129 3 do nek sou aaa -
74 Arduthie 142 10 hf-ch pek sou 500 34 120 1132 2 do bro pek dust 180 25
75 Penrhos W5 7 ch pek sou 569 3s 143 ~Letchmey 320l 5hf-ch bro pek fans 351 31
79 Neboda 167 5 ch dust 400 26 147 Clunea. |» 12187 ch 2 a opus bot plier in oan mark,
281 1615 4 do ans 0 5 sore, 4 cases 2s1d ; 21 ¢ 2s 2d; di 's
282 Hornsey 161810 ch broorpek 60047 3) soli at is 6d; BS Monsskentn a ig. bere
290 Stamford Hill'612 7 ch pek sou 595 39 . 9 6 ~ V i E ’ >
291 1615 1hf-ch bro mix $5 27 ditto 2, 2 ¢ 2s 8d; W in estate mark, le Is6d.
295 Penrhos 165758) ch ek sou 640 26 cE Carthage. —AA. CML MFCS, in estate mark,
296 1660 2 do ro mix 19939 1 case sold. ;
297° 1663 3hf-ch fans 198 28 ‘““ Wistow Hall.”—KJ & Co., 2 cases out.
ae Ewhurst 1s —t ag Bes pek a = | nee Prose ak & Coin estate mark,
us oo we a Le Mapes : | Malabir 3 cases Is 9d.
Sg RR Malay ie Oe ane dpe “Clan Chisholm.”—HCA Malabar, 3ases ¢ 1s 11d.
3038 1656 2 do fans 10s 26 ** Clan Forbes.”--HGA in estate mark, 9 cases Is
309 1699 z do bro tea 112 32 . i
310 aby 1 ae SH 2 32 *“Olan Robertson.”—Malabar IiGA in estate
311 1705 1 do dust 7 26 rk, 16 cases Is 9d; 2 ¢ 1s 10d. ;
323 Glencorse 1741 3 ch pek fans 360 33 . me ‘ : he . ane <
BBL 1744 1 do bro tea "5 «40 ; “Clan Chisholm. ’—Katalooya EX, 1 case 3s 5d
325 1747.1 do dust 162. 27 | bid; ditto AA, 2 © 3s 2d; ditto A, 4. ¢ 2s 10d;
333 Walton Wi 3 do fans 890 33 bid Cotaganga EX, 1 ¢ 3s 5d; ditto AA. 2 e 3s 3d ;
eae ebii pa 2 a6 dust ae oA | 3 ¢ 38 2d; ditto A, 2 ¢ 25 10d; 4 ¢ 2s 11d; ditto
340 17goe Ll dole. dust 320-96 | B, 4 cls 8d; 1.¢ 1s Td 3, ditto C, 1 ¢ 2s 2d;
350 HGM 1822 6 do bropekfans 540 34 Wariagalla Mysore A, 2 ¢ 3s ld; 4 ¢ 3s;4 ¢ 3s
351 1825 4hbf-ch dust 340 27 1d ; ditto B, 5 ¢ 2s 7d; ditto C, le 2s 2d; ditto
352 1828 3 do bro tea pobre O77. D,1cis7d;8e¢ 1s8d; dittoseed, 1 ¢ 2s 5d.
|
Wen erst Rea ingee ° i
“mark, 141 bags out at 69s;
iat
CEYLON PRODUCE SALE SLIQT.
Ot
cases 3s 2d; 1 c¢ 3s 3d; 3 ¢ 2s 10d; 1 ¢ 2s 5d;
le 25 Gd; 1c Ys 7d; 1 ¢€ Is 94.
“Clan Alpine,”,—FAA & Co in estate mark, 3
cases 3s 9d; 1 c2s.
“Bullionist.”—G in estate mark, 2 cases out.
““ Clan MeNeil.’"—PBM, 1 case 2s;9cl1s 9d; le
4d.
a Clan MacPherson.”—PB, 2i cases Is 61; 1e1s
& Hakata Maru.”—PB in estate mark, 1 case
286d; 1c2s 1d; 1/¢ is 10d ;\1 ¢ is 4d,
mae City of Sparta.”—OO in estate mark, 1 cise 1s
“Clan Chisholm.”—Wewelmadde, Ceylon Carda-
moms A, 2ases c4s 5d; ditto B, 3¢ 2s id; ditto C,
Tels 7d; ditto E 1c 2s 4d; ditto D, 1 bag
Is plOdi ditto LT, 1 ¢; 1s 6d:
CEYLON COCOA SALES IN LONDON
*“ClanMcNeil”—Grove A, 90 baes out at 69s; ditto
A, 10 sold at 60s 6d:
“ Elphinstone”—O A B London, in estate mark, 46
bags out at 68s; O A B London, in estate mark, 4
sold at 62s; 1 ditto, 79 bags out: 1 ditto, 11 sold at
62s; B A London, in estate mark, 38 bags out; BA
London, in estate mark, 8 bags sold at 62s.
“Clan Macpherson’—O J Lin estate mark, 35 bags
out 70s; O J L in estate mark, 2 sold at 62s; 1 ditto
19 bags out at 68s; 1 ditto 1 sold at 62s.
“Clan McNeil” —Kaduwella, 45 bags out at 70s.
* Clan Alpine”—ditto, 35 bags out.
“Clan Chisholm’—ditto, No. 1, 19 bags out, ditto,
No. 2, 15 sold at 66s; ditto, No. 3, 7 bags sold at
60s; ditto, No. 4, 20 sold at 50s; ditto, No. 4, 6 sold
at 49s 6d.
“Eiphinstone’—K AS & Co. London, 262 bags out;
KAS & Co. London, 41 bags sold at 64s; A in estate
A in estate mark, 6
sold at 63s; A M Estate Cocoa, in estate mark, 34
bags out at 69s; A M Estate Cocoa, in estate mark,
16 bags sold at 63s; «1 A K in estate mark, 40 bags
out at 68s; MA K in estate murk, 10sold at 63s;
MAK 65 bags out; M AK inestate mark, 70 sold
at62s; M A Kinestate mark, 33 bogs outat 69s;
MA K10 bags sold at 62s; M A K Min estate mark, |
22 bags out; M A K M in estate mirk, 6 sold at 62s;
LM Estate Cocoa, in estate mark, 42 bags out
at Bee: MLM S&state Cocoa, in estat2 mark, 11 sold
at 62s,
“Olan Alpine’—D M A & Co. in estate mark, 31
bags out 69s; O ditto, 9 soldat 69s; BHO A in es-
tate mark, li bags sold at 6¥s. |
“MeNeil” —O 00 M Estate Cocoa, in estate mari,
8 bags out; OO ditto,11 sold atG6's; O ditto, 15
bags out; 1 M1. M Fstate Cocoa, inestate mark, 66
sold at 66s; S A in estate mark, 69 bags out; DM
A & Co. inestate mark, 69 bags out; A R Ain es-
tate mark, 9 bags sold at Gis 6d; 5 in estate mark, 6
bags out at 62s.
“Hakatu Maru”—P F Sin estate mark, 36 bag
out at; 6s.
*“Lancashire’—G HG 4 inestate mark, 50 bags
sold at 66s; OO Min estate mark 45 out at 69s.
* Clan Chisholm”—M M in estate mark, 14 bags
out at vis,
“Clan Alpine’—Goonambil A, 75 bags sold at
74s; ditto B, 11 sold at 65s; C G A, in estate mark,
43 bags sold at 71s; ditto B, 14 sold at 65s.
“Kamakura Maru’—Ross1, 31 bags out; 2, 23
bags sold at Gus 6d.
* Clan Macpherson’—N DPS No. 1, in estate
mark, 100 bags sold at '72s6d; No. 2, 24 sold at 70s;
No. 1, 3 bags sold at 66s 6d.
“ Senator’—O JJ A & Co. in estate mark, 56
bags sold at 7ls; OO K Min estate mark, 17 bags
out; M «A K 1, in estate mark, 48 bagsout at 72s;
MAA K in estate mark, 66 out.
“ Kamakura Maru”—Woodthorpe 28 bags out at
72s; 4 sold at 63s 6d; Old Haloya 28 bags sold at
71s; Kepitigalla 61 sold at 73s. 3
“« Cheshire’ —Kepitigalla 30 bags sold at 73s.
“Clan Chisholm’—lower Haloya, 23 bags sold
at 71s; Bandarapola1, 7 bags out; 2, ditto 1, sold
at 60s; ditto 'T, 1 sold at 50s.
“Olan MecNeil”—Delgolla A, 79 bags out at 74s.
‘“« Alpine”—Gangaroowa A, 62 bags sold at 71s;
ditto B, 11 sold at 606d.
“ Kamakura Maruw’—Benvula 1, 29 bags sold at
71s; ditto 2, 37 sold at 66s 6d. i
“Clan MecNeil’—Maria 2, 5 bags sold at 5ls 6d.
“ Rewa’—Moegama A, 35 bags out.
“ Clan Alpine”—166 bags sold at 70s; New Pera-
deniya 13 bags out.
“Inaba MM aru A Toowen A, 57 bags out;
Dickeria A, 29 Dags sold at 79s. ;
‘“ Socotra’—Marakona. 85 bags sold at 68s 6d;
ditto 2, 16 sold s: ditto 3, 10 bags sold at 39s.
“Clan Macpherson’—Marakona I, 32 bags out;
Maria 1, 27 Daos out; ditto 2, 2 sold at 42s.
Olan Chisholm”’—Balagolla A, 13 bags out at
72s; ditto B, 8 out at 66s; dittoC, Lbag out. __
“Tnaba Maru’—Hylton OO, 60 bags sold at 77s;
24 sold at 78s 6.1; ditto O, 11 bags sold at 66s.
“* Kamakura Maru ’—Hylton O O, 79 bags out at
75s; ditto O, 9 sold at Gls 6d.
** Olan McNeil”—Udapola A A, 76 bags out at
75s; ditto A, 65 out at 72s; ditto B, 11 bags sold at
65s 6d; ditto C, 2ibags sold at 65s6d; ditto G, 7
sold at 53s; ditto Pieces, 1 bag sold at58s;P B M1,
3 bags sold at 53s; ditto 2, 5 bags sold at 49s 6d;
ditto L bags sold at 41s.
“Clan Alpine’—A &J Hantane, 19 bags out at 69s;
A &J Hantane, 4 sold at 61s 6d; ditto 3 bags sold
at 558; ditto 6 sold ati 52s. ; :
“Socotra’—O if G Mahaberia, Ceylon O, in estate
mark. 32 bags sold at 80s; dittol, 8 sold at Gis.
* Cheshire’—H K1, 13 bags out at 67s; ditto 2,
1 bag sold at 58s; ditto T, 1 sold at58s. :
“Clan Macpherson’”—F M in estate mark, 63 bags
soldat 70s 6d,
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS.
TEA, COFFEE, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES,
NO. 18
CoLouso,
COLOMBO
May 15,
SALES OF TEA,
LARGE LOTS.
[Messrs. Somerville & Co.—
166,070 Ib,]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. lose;
1 Oolapane 520 10hf-ch pek dust 750 26
2 FF, in estate
mark 523 18hf-ch bro pek 990 36
3 526.15 do pek 730 34
8 Welgampol1 ‘41 v4hf-ch bro pek 1320 39
9 544°°2: do pek 1176 34
Lot Box Pkgs.. Name. be Ce
14 Harangalla 659 20 ch bro pek 1900 40 bid
15 562 30 do pek 2700 37
16 565 12 do sou 1080 32 bid
17 5638 10hf-ch dust 800 27
ig TS T, in estate
mark 57l 8 ch bro pek 800 35 bid
19- 574 9 do pe 900 34
23 Marigold 586 46hf-ch bro pek 2530 41
yl 589 27 do or pek 1269 47
25 592 31 do pek 1550 42
6 595 26 do pek sou 1300 40
27 598 30 do bropekfans1580 34
93 K 601 16 ch bro pek 1600 37bid
29 664 11 do pek 990 935
33 Rayigam 616 55 ch bro pek 5500 39
34 619 11 do or pek 968 39bid
35 622 32 do pek sou 2316 33 bid
36 Annandale 625 18hf-ch or pek 936 50
37 628 19 do ek 950 43
38 631 15 do pek sou 95" Al
39 L 634 8 ch bro mix 760 29
a G0 Iehteh brotea 135) a1
rtry B 640 nfi-c ro tea 5 1
re pene 613 14 do dust 1059-26
43 Califurina 616 10 ch bro pek 935 37
44 619 1L do pek 1045 34
48 Salawe 661 23 ch bro pek 2415 37
49 664 12 ch pek 1080 35
gue ee gueag
2 ikmukalana 673 -C pe 5
Pe Bik 676 22 do peksou 990 34
singha-
5 Seapaae 688 106hf-ch bro pek 5300 27 bid
58 691 34 ch pek 3128 34 bid
59 694 38 fic pek Bou ar 38 bid
h 697 24 ch bro pe 52 &
ae oa 700 14 do pek 1120-29
62 703 18 hes ek sou 180 a
, Ww 71S 5 hf-e ro pek 200 38
a ie 721 24 do bro pek 120037
69 724 27 do wpeksou 1080-33
70 Yarrow 727 63hf-ch bro pek 3523 41
G1 730 63 do pek 3150 88
7 HK 748 17hf-ch bro pek 1020 37 bid
78 751 21 do pek 1050 36
tate
or HN . Hee aI 760 $8 ch bro pek 300 37 bid
82 Na Valley 763 20 ch bro or pek 2000 45 bid
83 766 15 do or pek 1500 $5
84 769 26 do pek 2600 42
85. 772 12 do pek sou 1080 39
86 NIT 7750 7 «Och unas 700 27
89 Luwrence 784 33 ch pek sou 2178 33
90 St. Catherine 787 34 ch bro or pek 3080 35 bid
in es- :
- a: ae ch pek 7810 34 bid
95 Flerida f : bro pek 1260 33 bid
' ek 1200 30 bid
a Bek sou 700 28
100 Woodthorpe bropek 1390-39
101 ; pek 1548 36
102 pek sou 1216 38
105 Primrose bropek 1000 39
106 3: pek 1204 36
107 “38 eon ee sou en ae
, 830 10bf-ch pe 86i 86
a pe aang 853 12 : an ie an ae Re
F: 880.9. hf-c pek tans 8 3
2 a 8838 8 ch wnas 80034
125 Weygalla 892 26 a ek ‘ aoa BS
i a 937 26 ch ro pe ag
iat yas te 940 41 do nek sou 3321 31 bid
142 943 8 do bropek fanss00 27 bid
143 046 l4hf-ch dust 1260-23
Price :—12% cents each 3 copies
1899. 30 cenis ; 6 copies 4 rupee.
Lot. Box. Pkgs; Name. lb. ce.
144 Harangalla 919 28 ch bro pek 2660 41
145 952 58 do pek 5220 37
146 955 8 do bro peK fan 809 34 bid
147 958 10hf-ch dust 800 27
149 P 964 ch fans 789 18
152 Nillicollawatte 973 16hf-ch bro pek 912 40 bid
153 976 20 ch or pek 1 700 37 bia
154 979 15 do pek 1440 35 bid
157 Bovey Ceylon 98S 12 ch or pek 1020 37 bid
158 991 9 do pek 864 3d bid.
(Mr. B. John. —265,283 1b,]
Lot. Box. Pkgs. Name. bse Jc:
9 Kotuagedera 503 3! ch bro pek 3400 36
1l NCR, inest.
mark 509 15hf-ch bro pek 825 30 bid
16 Osborne 524°" 22 ch pekoe 2090 41
20 Ottery 536 42 do bro or pek 4200 £0
21 539 10 do or pek $00 50
22 542 11 do y ekoe 1045 47
24 Hila 548 45 do bro or pek 4500 37 bid
25 551. 40 do bro pek 3400 55 bid
26 55! 19 do or pek 1425 37
27 557 8 do pekoe 720 36
28 560 22 do pek sou 17€0 33 bid
36 St. John’s 584 24 hf-ch bro or pek 1488 56 bid
37 587 35 do or pek 1820 62
38 590 35 do pekoe 1925 50
39 593 25 do pek sow 1300 44
40 Mocha 596 32 ch bro or pek 3200 47
41 599 12 do or pek 1020 45 bid
42 602 27 do pekoe 2295 41 bid
43 Templestowe 605 3L do broorpek 3100 42bid
44 603 23 do or pek 2185 40 bid
45 6lL1 29 do pekoe 2610 38 bid
46 Agra Ouvah 614 52hf-ch bro or pek :
No. 1 3380 50 bid
47 617 42 do bro or pek
No. 2 2730 48 bid
48 620 46 do or pek 2530 47
49 623 16 ch pekoe 1520 41
50 Rondura 626 18 do or pek 1620 40
51 629 24 do bro pek 3200 =. 38
52 632 29 do pekoe 4610 35
53 635 14 do pek sou 1260 33
55 Glasgow 641 51 do broorpek 4335 48 bid
56 644 24 do or pek 1560 48
57 647 16 do pekoe 1600 43
59 Agra Ouvah 653 24hf-ch pek fans 2040 31
61 €59 13 ch or pek 715 43 bid
6t Bandarakelle 668 £0 do pekvoe 3000 38 bid
65 Myraganga 67L 47 do bro pek 4700 36
66 674 70 hf-ch bro pek 3400 36
67 677 46 do bro or pek 2760 28 bid
68 680 31 ch pekoe 2790 25
69 Brownlow 683 50hf-ch broorpek 2850 46
70 686 27 ch cr pek 2430 45
71 689 23 do pekoe 2001 41
72 692 10hf-ch dust 840 25
73° Galella 695 13 ch or pek 1105.45
74 698 25 do bro pek 2500 89 bid
75 70L 8 do ekoe 720 40
s0 Poilakande 716 59 do Fro pek eo 37
81 719 33 do pekoe 2970 35
s9 Ottery 743. 79 do bro or pek 2900 47 bid
90 746 10 uo or pek 900 44 bid
91 749 11 do pekoe 1045 43
93 Stamford Hill 755 22hf-ch or pek 1980 42 bid
101 Glen Orme 779 28 ch nekoe 2800 40 bid
106 Claremont 794 17 do bro or pek 1700 40
107 797 11 do pekoe 990 36
109 Maskeliya 80s 20hf.ch broorpek 1000 65
110 806 30 ch or pek 2700 45
lL 809 2t do pekoe 1920 40
112 812 12 do pes sou 1080 39
114 $18 12hf-ch bropekfans 720 34
117 Ferndale 827 12 ch broorpek 1200 2
118 880 12 da or pek 1080 2
120 Mount Temples36 16hf-ch golden tips
broorpek 960 3t bid
121 §39 67 ch bro or pek 6164 86 ae
122 842. 42 do pekoe 8024 32 bi
123 845 14 do pek sou S40 81
124 Si8 llhf-ch orpekfans sl4 27 bid
128 Glassaugh 850 42 do bro or pek 2739 47 bid
129 Dickapittiya 863 35 ch bro pek 3500 = 43
130 866 85 do koe 3500 = 336
131 869 12hf-ch fans 810 = °8 bid
132 Little Valley 872 14 ch orpek 1200 44
2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST Bo
Lot Box Pkgs, Name Ibe Lot Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib, cc.
32hf-ch bro pek 1920 38 bid 2107 39 ch bropek 3900 40
ae ae 38 ch ekoe 3200 38 ’ eens ma “110 22 do or pek 1760 42
141 Morahela 899 27 do ro pek 2619 36 ay 95 2113 29 do pek 2315 38
142 902 2t do or pek 2016 36 bi 96 2116 17 do pek sou 1445-84
143 905 15 do pekoe 1380 35 7 9190) a dain 2 bacanlec B00 4
145 911 10 nick dust pis * : 98 zie et <* font rr rf
923 382 do eKOS ? ig 4% 125°" ¢ 7
aah Genes 926 1lhf-ch bropek 1045 54 4 High Fore 2128 35 do broorpek 2240 43 bid
152 932 41 do pekoe No. 1 1845 a7 101 2131 57 do pek £394 a3
153 935 22 do ekoe No.2 990 42 ia | 102 2134 48 do © peksou 1763 ae
156 Glentilt 944 38 ch ro pek 3800 = 44 bi 196 Glendon 2146 42 ch bro pek 4200
157 947° 18 do eae ih - 107 2149 13 ab oF Dok 1105 “
y 962 15 do ro pe ) ° 2152 35 do pe’ 2800
1 afore 965 10 do or pek 960 37 = “4 5255 19 do pek sou 1615 a
164 968 8 do pekoe 736 83 tbid | 112 Maragalla 7164 16 ch _ bro pek 1792 ye
165 Stamford Hill 971 22hf-ch or pek 1980 withd’n 113 9187 25 do pek 2500 s bia
166 Murraythwaite 974 20 ch bropek = 190087 114 2170 14 do pek sou 260 =
167 977 21 do pekoe 1785 25 117 Matalawa 2179 7 ch pes sou 77) bia
168 980 9 do -peksou = 720-33 118 Woodend 218? 19 ch bro pek 130538 bid
73 Bellongalla 995 33hf-ch bro pek 1848 40 119 9185 24 do pek 2280 ae
74 998 45 ch ekoe a aaa, 120 Sv. Heliers 2188 29hf-ch broor pek 1595
176 Eadella 428 do bropek 2800 a3 bid | 120 i ee 1500 30
177 7 23 do pekoe 2070 34 bid 122 Carendon 2194 8 ch bro pek 882-86
ins 10 13 do peksou 10408 181 Great Valley
1: 16 do ekoe 5 in estate
isl 7 do peksou 5002 Ce set’ *Gh bith * Wo pek 2000 44 bid
182 22 10 do pekson 80 32 132 2224 44 do or pek 1m 48
rae ous p>. Sexi © Seip ae
er a 185 Strathspey ed 3 hich ea pek 1040 = 447 bid
Messrs. Forbes & Walker. i 2236 18 do pek “4 900 5
‘ 7 2239 o
Leap Boose) 129 Fairlown 2245 22 hf-ch bro pek +4 +
Lot Box Pkgs. Name. Ib... e@© 140 2248 89 do pe pek ms as
1834 12 ch ek fans 1440 26 141 ep
x Hh 1887. 8 ch ro tea 101033 146 Matale iB ae a+ pe iso Coe
4 8 1840 22 do unis 1980 33 =~ 19 9 do pek sou 810 34
i wore at clone aie tre ia 1800 7 i ” at al 25 11 ch k sou 935 37
'G Sin 18 ¢ ro pe u . ¥ k 1100
(6 Sirikandure ae fe eke 119087 154 Middleton 4n > bf
171 Theydou 3 f ‘ (Messrs. Somerville & Co.]
018 1375 8 ¢ pek sou 640 34 - >
182 Glengariffe 1403 6 do dust 480 26 Lot Box. Pkgs. Name. Ibe.
186 Maba Oya 1424 2 ch pek fans 170 97 % Mipitiakande 4 8 ch pek fans 664 25
187 1423 3 do dust 270 25 6 Ukuwela 16 6 ch pek sou 6.0 30
191 Bloofield 1435 8 ch pek fans 040 27 1) Galphele 23 2hf-ch dust 160 2%
196 Ruanwella 1450 6 do dust 480 26 ll 31 1 do sou 45 26
200 Erracht 1462 8 ch pek sou 610 32 13 Hatdowa 37.9 ch pek 675» 32
201 1465 2 do~~ pekdust 334 25 15 43 4 do fans 400 32
202 1568 2 do bro mix 150 28 23. Rambodde 67 12hf-ch pek 600 36
203 Galkadua 147l 4 ch bro or pek 489 39 24 70 4 do pek sou 200 34
207 1483 1 -do 25 73 1 do dust 90 25
1 hf-ch- sou 114 «29 26 76 2 do fans 116 87
208 2186 1 ch dust 130 22 32 Nugawella 94 5 ch rek sou 425 31
29 1489 1 -do fans 122 28 33 97 5hfch. dust 255 “7
225 Walpita 1637 1 ch sou 80 30 36 Romania 1066 6 ch pek sou 60 31
229 Dambagas- ) 37 19 4 do bro mix 400 23
talawa 1549 6 ch pek sou 600 38 38 Maligatenne 1i2 3 ch bro pek 254 °~—CO*E
230 1552 6hf-ch bro pekfans 492 29 39 1135 6 do pek 535 29
240 Kalupahana 1582 6hf-ch or pek 2885 43 127.1 do. dust 15
241 1535 5 do pek 250 33 45 P : 133 .1 ch dust |. 116 23
242 1588 7 do pek sou 350 81 51 Kurulugalla 151 6 ch pek sou 640 25
243 1591 16° do bro mix 540 28 62 GK A, ines-
244 1594 1 do dust S4 22 tatemark 154 3 ch pek dust 450 22
249 Tymawr 1609 5 hi-ch dust 425 25 60 Mary Hill 178 4hf-ch bro mix 3408
250 - 1612-4. do fans 260 32 65 Honiton 193 2 ch dust 208 27
21 BDWP 1615 1 ch bro pek No. 2 90 34 68 Gwernet £202 4 ch pek sou 360 35
252 1618 2 do pek No. 2 160 30 69 205 6 do broorpek 630 38 bid
953 162L 1 do pek sou 75 30 70 208 4 do dust 4u0 25
254 } 1624 Lhf-ch dust 85 25 71 211-1 do bro pek fans 130 27
259 Coreen 1633 -6-hf-ch . dust’ 510 26 73 Harangalla 217 5 ch bro pek fans 590 34
273 O‘Bedde 1681 8 ch pek sou 630 33 76 Clova 226 10hf-ch pek 500 33
281 Peak Shadow 1705 1) ch dust 1:0 25 78 isa 22%.kodo dast 50. 24
282, 1708 1 do bromix 99 «25 84 Minna 259.7 hf-ch fans 560 =: 33
284 Lavant 1714 5 do pek fans 550 29 85 253.2 ch bro mix 180 27
285 ; 1717-1 do dust 160 25 €9 Killin £65. 3 ch pek sou 270 29
286 KGD- 172) -7 do or pek. 630 33 93 RC BE. in es-
287 1723 6 do bro pek 600 33 tate mark 277.6 ch pek No. 2 510 32
288 1726 7 do ..pek 630 out 95 283.4 do | bropekfans 400 32
289 NOE 1729 1° do pék sou 85 26 101 San Cio 301 10 hf-ch sou. 40 3
290 #S 1732 1 do ust. 130 23 102, i 204.5 do dust 270 25
293° Matdlawa 17417. do or pek 630. 37 104 Citrus. 310 4 ch bro or pek 400 32
295 1747--5 do pek sou 425 33 107 ' ~ 319.3 do dust 480 5 ..
296 : 1750 94° do |) pek sow 440 130 112 Ingeriya 334. 3hf-ch dust 2255 “25
297 - 1753 ‘7hf-ch' bro pekfans 469 30. | 117-Warakamure 449 3hf-ch dust 270 22,
298 © : 1756 17 do (+ dust): 595ean Bd | 121 -Salawe - 861..2 ch dust 300 25 |
203 Castlereagh 17715 do. pek sou 400 36 ©» | 125-Qssingten 373.1 ch: bromix,-.. 109 «$26
B05 © 1717 *3 do. > dust 400) «126 9 | 126 376-1 do dust - 21 - va an
208 Sirikandure 1786 7° ch © pek seu’ 490.31 © |} 128 Monrovia? / 282.4 ch ~ broorpek .472.. 33. -
319 © 1789-4) do) fans) 2 400 30° 397] 13Ina Oe 391.2 do, brotea 200. * 23% gy
310 1792 1 do dust = 140. 25 ~- | 134 Theberton 505.4 ch .. peksou 410 331 ze
311 1795 “1. do» *-bro mix 65 27 } e -> i hi-ch 8 pisodateR
B12 ~ 1798/<8 do =, red leaf 225 24 (125 -508.2 ch dust. pref Aig Be «
Lot Box.
140 OST 523
141 526
142 529
143 632
147 Siriniwasa 544
148 547
149 550
150 Mukloway 553
151 556
152 557
153 562
157 Hanagama 57:
149 580
162 Meetiyagoda 589
163 592
168 Neuchatel 607
182 Neboda 649
185 Tientsin 68
186 Donside 661
187 A DL, in estate
mark 664
199 673
191 LF 676
192 679
193 62
194 635
193 Ahamad 697
199 709
200 703
201 706
202 709
207 Nillicullawatte 724
208 Bovey 727
211 736
212 HD 739
213 F, in estate
mark 742
214 745
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CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Name.
bro pek
pek
pek sou
pek dust
Ib.
80
50
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70
bro pek fans 420
dust
sou
bro pek
pek
pek sou
fans
sou
dust
pek son
red dust
dust
dust
dust
dust
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pek sou
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pek
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fans
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pex sou
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Lhf-ch dust
2 do pekoe
2 do orpek
5 ch bro pek
7 do pekoe
5 do pek sou
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100
104
560
630
450
Lot. Box.
7 Gonavy 43
8 46
9 49
10 LEL 52
13. Vincit 61
14 64
16 Bandarakelle 70
23 Coslanda 91
24 94
25 97
26 109
29 WK 109
3) Rookwood 127
45 Cieveland 157
5) Kaninzam. 172
53 Koslan la 187
56 199
57 193
43 196
67 Akkara Totum 223
68 226
69 229
70 Riseland 232
71 235
72 238
76 Nahavilla 250
77 +E K. in estate
mark 253
$81 Kotuagedera 265
82 248
83 27
85) Harrisland 277
99 Lameliere 2)2
194 Suduganga 334
105 337
109 Bowbill 349
117 D S78
118 376
Tig 379
124 Ferndale 394
139 Theresia 439
140 442
141 445
10 Gangawatte 502
1463 MD 511
164 514
165 517
166 5,in est. mark 520
Mount Temple 335
OBSERVER PRINTING WORKS.
Pkgs.
7 hf-ch
3 hf-ch
5 ch
9 hf-ch
Name.
fans
dust
sou
pek sou
pekoe
pek sou
bro pek
pek sou
fans
dust
bro red leaf
dust
sou
fans
dust
pek sou
fans
dust
bro red leaf
pek sou
fans
dust
bro pek No.2
pekoe No.2
pek sou No.2
pek fans
bro pek fans
pekoe
pek fans
pek fans
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LARGE LOTS.
Messrs. Forbes & Walker.
[672,936 1b.J
Lot Box Pkgs. Name. lb.
2 Karawketti-
ya 92)) 78) ch pek 821
3 Wewawatte 25 36 ch bro pek 1980
4 28 26hf-ch pek 12300
12 Great Valley
Ceylon, in estate
mark 52 48 ch or pek 4320
3 55 50 do pek 4500
14 68 10 do pek sou 1890
15 WNaseby 61 66hf-ch bro orpek 3360
16 64 49 do or pek 1920
7 67 26 do pek 1352
18 70 lJ do fans 760
19 73) 7 do dust 700
20 Thedden 76 53 ch bro pek 5830
21 79 15 do pek 1500
22 82 10 do pek sou 950
31 Holton 109 It ch bro pek 1045
63 LG F, inesr.
mark 175 28 ch sou 2800
54 178 15 do dust 1125
55 Gingaran Oya 181 60 box broor pek 1200
56 184 2thf-ch bro pek 1440
57 187 18 ch pek 1620
58 190 10 do pek sou 900
59 Palawatte 193 20 ch bro pek 2000
_ 60 196 10 do pek 100
64 St. Leonards-on-
Sea 208 17 ch bro pek 1615
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66 214 13 do pek 1170
67 217 8 do pek sou 720
70 Gallawatte 226 16 ch bro pek 1520
71 229 20 do pek 1/00
72 222 14 do pek fans 980
74 Hyson 238 13 ch pek 1170
78 Devonford 250 20hf-ch broor pek 1100
79 253 12 do or pek 1080
84 Malvern | 268 42:hf-ch bro pek 2310
85 271 26 do pek 1820
86 Agra Oya 274 13 ch bro pek 1300
87 277 15 do or pek 1275
38 280 13 do pek 1170
3) 283 12ht-ch fans 90)
96 Opalgalla 304 l4hf-ch dust 980
97 Battalgalla 807 16 ch pek sou 1440
101 Tonacombe 319 23 ch or pek 2300
102 322 28 do bro pek 2800
103 B25 27 do pek 2430
104 328 10 do pek sou 900
105 Augusta 381 6 ch dust 90u
106 OSS 334 53 ch pek 4240
jl1 Hayes 319 18 ch bro or pek 1800
1i2 352 17 do bro pek 1700
113 350 13 do or pek 1170
114 358 40 do pek 8800
115 861 11 do pek sou 990
120 Dunbar - 876 40hf-ch broor pek 2000
121 879 19 do or pek 912
122 382 24 ch pek 1920
126 Maligatenne 394 15 ch bro pek 1645
127 497 8 do or pek 960
131 _ Rockside 409 11 ch sou 880
133 415 10 do dust 1350
134 418 10 do bro pek
fans 1200
142 Vathalana 442 50 hf-ch broor pek 80609
143 445 31 ch or pek 2635
lad 448 15 do pek 1200
148 Putupaula 460 39 ch bro pek 3510
149 463 40 do pek 8000
161 Passara
Greup 469 12 ch broor pek 1200
162 472 17 do or pek 1700
153 475 20 do pekoe 1806
164 478 8 do yek sou 800
158 Penrhos 490 16 hf-ch bro pek 840
159 498 20 do or pek 950
160 496 27 ch pek 2295
168 Vogan 605 34 ch ro pek 8400
164 608 43 do pek 8370
167 Waltalawa 517 112hf-ch bro pek 5600
16 620 181 do pek 6700
1899.
Lot. Box. Pkgs.
162 523 64 hf-ch
liu 626 12 do
171 Nugagalla 529 39 do
172 532 81 do
173 635 19 do
174 538 9 do
178 Gampéz ha 500 26 ch
179 553 15 do
180 556 15 do
185 Polatagama 571 63 ch
186 574 36 do
187 577 71 do
138 580 47 do
189 Clunes 583 20 ch
120 586 25 do
19L 589 45 do
192 692 18 do
193 595 11 do
194 Bloomfield 598 24 ch
204 Maha Uva 628 72hf-ch
205 631 52 ch
206 634 25 do
216 Macaldenia 664 17 hf-ch
217, 667 22 do
218 670 14 do
219 673 7 ch
220 St. Heliers 676 2: hf-ch
221 679 14 ch
222 682 8 do
223 Amblakande 685 11 ch
224 688 11 do
42d 691 13 do
226 Morankand’ 694 35 ch
227 697 29 do
230 Killarney 706 54 hf-ch
231 709 88 ch
232 712 18 hf-ch
233 Carfax 716 14 ch
234 718 17 do
235 721 24 do
245 Inverness 751 62 hf-ch
246 754 30 ch
247 757 11 do
251 Cooroondoo-
watte 769 16 hf-ch
2A2 7i2 25 do
256 Kowlahena 784 14 ch
262 Middieton 802 14 hf-ch
263 805 33 ch
264 808 34 do
265 811 19 do
266 814 35 do
267 817 38 do
268 820 12 «do
271 Ingrogalla 829 12 ch
272 832 11 do
273 835 20 do
276 KPW $44 23 hf-ch
77 8417 15 do
278 850 67 do
281 Carlabeck 859 7 ch
283 CB 865 $8 ch
284 868 10 do
287 Cottaganga 877 11 hf-ch
288 880 12 do
292 Matalawa 892 32 do
293 895 46 ch
204 898 S80 do
298 Weyungawatte910 31 hf-ch
299 913 41 ch
3800 916 38 do
812 Kennington 953 6 do
316 Mudamana 964 14 hf-ch
319 Mawaliganga-
watte 75 23 hf-ch
820 976 26 do
821 979 51 ch
822 982 43 do
830 Queensland 1006 7 do
334 1009 10 do
882 1012 27 do
833 1015 9 do
336 Waratenne 1024 12 do
837 1027 16 do
838 1080 17 do
339 10388 16 do
840 1036 9 do
Baz 1042 28 do
848 1045 17 do
344 Geragama 1048 80 do
345 1051 23 do
347 Unugalla 1057 9 do
Pricre:—124 cents each 3 copies
30 cents ; 6 copies 4 rupee.
Name
pek sou
dust
bro or pek
pek
pek sou
bro pek
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pek sou
10 or pek
bro pek
pek
pek sou
sou
unas
bro or pek
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pek sou
bro or pek
pek sou
bro or pek
pek sou
dust
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bro or pek
bro pek
do
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pek
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bro pek
pek
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pek sou
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pek
fans
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fans
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pek sou
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pek
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2 CEYLON PRODUCE SALES LIST.
Lot Box. Pkgs. Name. Ib, ¢ Lot. Box. Pkgs; Name. Ib, ¢,
348 1030 10 do pek S60 e6 1 Weyweltalaws 928 11 ch bro pek fans1155 36
851 heat Halley ia 934 @bf-ch dust 720. 2
eylon i 2 a7 ¢ as 2 5
est. mark 1.69 24 do peksou 1680 withd’n ’ a a 4H 7 = oy — = bia
853 1075 27 do dust opp. BD 72 Park Hill 961 11 ch bropek 957 ?5
854 1078 7 do fans 70u z 73 964 11 do pek £03 +3
855 Matale 1081 30 do bro pek 8600 37 74 967 17 do pek sou 129 20
856 MOBS 16 do pek : 18-0 aD 77 Lawrence 976 29 ch pek sou No 22088 33 bid
EO OF aah eae dou.pemeen — T1i0) Be 79 Dartry A 982 15 ch wrote, 1350 30
§ . a , er 89 hf-c em .F, 2
mark 1123 24 do bro or pek 1800 88 bid o Yara rs 4 Le = ree 4 “4
370 1126 46 do bro pek 3220 35 8 1P 1 24 ch peksou 2098 32
au a ear: pe Pe ao 86 4 22hfch dust 18925
2 . ) 52 3) 4 ood c 5 oe
385 Mapitivama 1171 22hf-ch bro pek 110038 Zs pr cance < - oa ee S vant a of bid
386 1174 15 ch pek 1275 35 92 22-60 do Dek 2500 23
aa Te Sark, kao Oa’ @eamae eaonie et | = 63 do pek sou fab)
404 Belgodde 22 2 “¢ or pe 2 =e, y 2
431 Marguerite 1309 9 do bro pek 108 50 rat 100 Kosgahahena 46 : oy bio pek 710 33
432 1312 14 do ro pek 15 2 bi 1. 1. 2
433 1315 9 do bropek 1008 45 pid | 12 ee a lo ee
434 1S1Bin 8 |-dey. sor Bek ek 106 Deniyaya 64 48 ch bropek 4800). 87
435 1321 2) do pek 1920 39 7 oe ane tek “50. 8S
439 TVilla 1338. 9 do broor pek 920 34 108 7) 15 do 2 1200 32
44) 1339 21 do pek 1890 31 109 73 6 an Anet 9 0 26
Ae 1842)..9 . do.) neksou EO pee 113 Kekuna Hena & 27 ch bropek 2700 38
443 1345 10 do sou bb 8 114 88°10 do ek 1000-83
445 Tneby 1351 55hf-ch bropek _ 8300 46 bid | jy; Off: do’ pekisoe) Sap anraad
446 1p54/-88 do pek - 1900 28 121 Blackburn 109 23 ch ro pek 2800 36
447 1857 14 ch pek sou 1260 39 122 12°11 do ae 990 35
451 Doranakandelsi9 9 do bro pek 200 3 123 115 11 do _ a 850 32
452 stp 1372 e do pek sou rp Be 132 Yarrow 142 71 hf-ch ro pek 3976 37 bid
458 Gallustain 13890 35hf-ch pek sou 1400 31 133 1a5v'0) ab pek 4550 35
459 ; 1698 an do son ‘ R 2a 136 Hatdowa 154 14 ch bro pet 1330 83 bid
461 Mahaoya 1399 25 do pek dust 2000 26 W2HIS 172 “Ohfch pek sou 1200 33
462 Errolwood 1402 27 do bro or POR LAP oats? 143 Monte Christo175 19 ch or pek 1710-88
463 1405 35 do cr pek ee) an 145 Killin 181 13 ch bro pek 1300 84 bid
464 1408 12 do pek sou 1140 38 146 184 10 do k 900 33
465 _. 1411 16hf-ch orpek fans 880 37 “ua MT 100 -40 hie Guat 08 Mh
ACG OnApiiiya, Te ea sax 1440 39 bid | 149 Blinkbonnie 193 25hf-ch bropek 1600 61
467 1417 3 dp Dee Se 1020 87 150 198 36 ch pek 3080 42
468 1420 12 ¢ pek fans 720 34,
469 1123 9 do dust 720 27 151 199 19 do peksou 152) 85
470 Harrow 1426 63hf-ch broorpek 4095 41 bid
471 x 1429 e en pek “! aoe 35 bid lb
472 Kmnavesmire 1432 69 hf-c ro pe 3 38 Mr. H. hn.— 2 y
473 1435 62 ch pek 4960 37 t H. Jo Dab O28 Tay
474 Pine Hill 1438 26hf-ch broorpek 1560 49 Lov. Box. Pkgs. Name. lb.
475 144) 84 ch or pek 2040 89 79
476 ms 1444 65 do pek 4675 38 5 Ardlaw Be 6 ee ee ee
481 Mawiliganga- 7 Vincit 656 11 oe = pe 04
watte 1459 20hf-ch bropek 1000 33bid | 8 559 8 do pekoe 720
482 Roseneath 1462 18 ch peksou 1530 33 12 Oonoogaloya 671 54 do ro pek 5400
183 Matale 1465 9 do pek sou 810 82 13 574 45 do pekoe 3600
487 Amblakande 1477 18hf-ch pek sou 1440 31 bid # oy ie * pemen ape
489 Galapotagamal483 14 ch bro pek 1558 34 = oe 5a5 85 do bro pek 3500
ai oaly peace tees ee 21 598 32 do pekoe 3200
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2 Pindeni Oya 751 30 ch bro or pek 3000 34 bid | 29 Osborne 622 34 do bro or pek 3604
3 754 34 do pek 2890 © 32 80, ‘ 625 18 do pekoe 1710
4 757 21 do peksou i785 30 81 Rondura 628 19 do orpek 1710
5 Ravenscraig 760 12 ch or pek 1020 40 32 631 37 do bro pek 8700
6 763 27 hf-ch bro pek 1485 38bid 33 634 44 do pekoe 3960
7 766 26 ch pek 2340 34 34 637 20 do pekKsou 1800
5 769 9 do pek sou 810 31 36
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