Increasing Use at Expense of China Tea Messrs.
Ibert & Ca, La. the local secretaries of the Kalumpong Rubber Estates ie inform us that they have ree the following cable from secretaries of the company:—The anneal general meeting will be held on March 31. Balance profit and loss is £67,020.11.9, Dividend will be 2/- per share on fully paid shares and 1/- per share fon partly paid shares less income tax 4/6 in the £ Proposed to carry to reserve fund £10,000, and to carry forward £43,363.19.9. Dividend payable on and after April 9 subject to confirmation at the annual general meeting. Pay-fable to all. shareholders. registered. on March 31 and bearer shares London, Mar. 6. coupon No. 22.
Speaking at an Empire Exhibition luncheon to-day, Sir Charles Higham, who will advocate the claims of the Exhibition during his! forthcoming visit to the United States, said that his visit was, primarily connected with propa-anda on behalf of Indian tea, In the first year of the campaign the sale of Indian tea in Americs increased by 3,000,000 Ib. while that of China and Japan decreased. India, Ceylon and Java collectively had captured from China and Japan 10,000,000 Ib. on the American market, Tea, he asserted, would shortly become a common every-day drink in the United States—Reuter.
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