371
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Enclosure 2 in No. 185.
LIQUIDATING COMMITTEE, TRINIDAD.
Estate of Messrs. Noubauer & Huttenheim (in liquidation).
"San Carlos". "Sta. Maria ". "Sin Verguenza "San Antonio'
Revised Values now given by Mr. Verteuil.
Values fixed by the Liquidating Committee.
Mortages on the Estates.
Cocoa Estates,
Values in books of Neubauer.
$
$
40,629.20
40,000.00
$ 40,000.00
25,500.00
19,532.35
15,000.00
15,000.00
87,145.20
45,000.00
24,000.00
50,000.00
44,000.00
80,000.00
15,000.00
36,000.00
"Perseverance"
80,000.00
80,000.00
65,000.00
52,800.00
"Indian Trail "
14,000.00
12,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
"Las Almas
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75,000.00
75,000.00
75,000.00
30,000.00
,* Hermitage
"
14,000.00
10,000.00
"Coryal"
36,000.00
18,000.00
St. Joseph Nurseries"
2,400.00
2,000.00
$412,706.75
Less Mortgages
229,260.00
$327,000.00 229,260.00
Net values
$183,446.75
$97,740.00
9,000.00 15,000.00 2,000.00
$270,000.00 229,260.00
$40,740.00
24,960.00
$229,260,00
Other Securities :——
Mortgages and Interest
149,048.77
Shares
10,670.40
Judgment Debts
59,936.99
Stock
652.00
Total value
$397,754.91
13
127,031.15
2,667.60
No value
316.66
Not
$170,755.41
N.B. The "Rescue cocoa estate is not included in the above statement because an offer of $4,000 (four thousand dollars) for its purchase has been accepted.
D. SLYNE,
Receiver-General, Chairman, Liquidating Committee.
DEAR SIR,
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Enclosure in No. 186.
Royal Bank Buildings,
Port of Spain, 22nd January, 1917. I BEG to enclose herewith, as requested, statements with reference to the Trinidad Properties, Limited, for the information of His Excellency the Governor. The "Siparia" estate is a property in course of development, and consequently the figures given are only approximate. In addition to the cacao there are some 6,000 coco-nut trees planted, and also about 5,000 limes.
"La Victoria" is a small property situated at Cunupia. The lands are not of the best for the cultivation of cacao, and the trees have been severely damaged by drought. I am having limes put in, and there are at present some twenty acres planted. Some fourteen acres planted in young lime trees are rented to cane farmers at $2.50 per acre.
are,
"Soconusco" is one of the oldest cacao estates in Trinidad--some of the trees
I estimate, a hundred years and more. The yield is poor. The quality of the cacao reaped from this estate is very good, and when shipped to London fetched ten per cent. to fifteen per cent. above the price paid for Trinidad cacao,
Cedar, mahogany, cyp, and coffee are being largely planted on the hill tops where the cacao does not thrive so well.
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The oldest part of the cultivation at La Josefina is not more than twenty to twenty-five years old. In addition to the cacao there are about 4,000 to 5,000 coco-nut trees put in on the lands that are unsuitable to cacao.
"
"Mira Flores is a small property situated on the Moruga road, and made
up of five detached parcels. The lands are not of the best for the cultivation of The drought experienced in 1912 has told very severely on the cultivation, which has not yet entirely recovered.
cacao.
In all cases the ages of the trees given are approximate, and the acreage under cultivation is as near as I can give without an actual survey.
The Honourable Denis Slyne,
Receiver-General,
Port of Spain.
Yours faithfully,
C. DE VERTEUIL.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
C.O.
Reference :-
885/25
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
Colonial Treasury,
Trinidad,
15th December, 1916.
10386
SIR,
No. 186.
TRINIDAD.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE
(Confidential.)
(Received 28th February, 1917.)
Government House, 23rd January, 1917. IN continuation of my Confidential despatch of the 13th instant,* with regard to cocoa properties in Trinidad belonging to enemy subjects, I have the honour to forward a copy of a report by the Honourable Carl de Verteuil giving the particulars required concerning the estates of the Trinidad Properties, Limited.
I have, &c.,
• No. 185.
J. R. CHANCELLOR,
Governor.
1.
“Siparia” Estate.
Acreage.-1,677 acres 3 roods 15 poles. Cultivated approximately 800 acres in cocoa kept up by the estate, and 350 acres in hands of contractors.
2. Number of trees.--About 201,000 trees, cultivated by estate.
3. Age of trees. Varying from one to twenty-five years old.
4. Average yield per acre for the last three years.-133 bags of 165 lbs. net
per acre, approximately. 1,069 bags of 165 lbs. net, average crop.
5. Situation. Siparia. About three miles from Siparia Railway Station.
There is a railway siding on the estate, about half a mile from the buildings, and
it is from here that the produce is shipped.
6. Condition of labour.—Can be had, but unreliable.
7. Accommodation for manager, staff, labourers.-Manager's residence with outbuildings, overseer's quarters, and barracks for labourers.
"La Josefina" Estate.
1. Acreage.--486 acres 19 poles. Approximately 300 acres planted in cocoa and kept by estate.
2. Number of trees.—About 76,000 trees.
3. Age of trees. From one to twenty-five years.
4. Average yield per acre for the last three years.--Approximately 215 bags
of 165 lbs. net per acre. Average crop 647 bags of 165 lbs. net.
5. Situation.-Oropouche in the ward of Manzanilla, about four-and-a-half miles from the Sangre Grande Railway Station, to which it is connected with a good driving road.
6. Condition of labour.—Unreliable.
7. Accommodation for manager, etc.-Manager's dwelling-house with out- buildings, overseer's quarters, and labourers' barracks.
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