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Paddy (rice) cultivation, 72, 90, 161
Paduvilkulam tank, 14
Palmyra palm products, 60, 99
Parcel post with United States, 63
Park country, the, 156
Pear] extraction, 138
Pearl-fishing, 133, 169
Pearl formation or origin, 140
Pearl oyster, enemies of the, 139
Pearl oyster fishery described, 135
Pepper, 98, 162
Peradeniya Gardens, 78,81, 155
Physical features, 2, 3, 105
Pidurutalagala mountain, 3
Placuna pearls, 141
Planting, European, 73
Plumbago, 4, 146, 166
Plumbago trade, 57
2oint-de-Galle, 3
2olonnaruwa, 33, 157
2oonac, 95
2opulation of Ceylon, 1
2ort of Colombo, 20, 159
Portuguese in Ceylon, 2, 169
Portuguese Propaganda, 2
2ostal facilities, 18
2ostal Telegraph Department, 18
2arakkrama Bahu, statue of, 33
Srecious stones, 4, 149, 166
Products, mineral, 4
Products, vegetable, 4
Provincial Administration, 9
Public debt, 10
Public Instruction Department, 44
Railway Extension in progress, 16
Railway system. 16
Rainfall, 8, 106
Rebellion of 1798, 2
Religions, 4
Reserved forests, 105
Resin-yielding trees, 104, 162
eptiles and Batrachia, 129
Revenue of the Colony, 8, 10
Rice cultivation, 72, 90, 161
Rivers, 3
Road system, 17 ‘
Rock inscriptions, 34
Rock temples, 14, 83, 34
Roman-Dutch law, 2, 11
Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon
Branch, 36
Royal Botanic Gardens, 78
Royal College, 42
Rubber industry, 61, 76, 100, 108,
118, 161
Sacred Bo tree, Anuradhapura, 29
Sacred footprint, the, 27
Salt mononoly, 4+

Sapanwood, 60
School gardening, 47, 82
Jcientific Departments, 8
Sea-fishing, 130
Seasons in Ceylon, 76
Shark-fin industry, 132
Shooting Trips detailed, 156
Sinhalese language, 5
Jinhalese, origin of, 27
Sinhalese people, 4
Size of Ceylon, 1
Soils, 77
pice cultivation, 60, ¥6, 162
Sponges, 144
Sport in Ceylon, 115, 156
“Sport in the Low Country,” 117
Steamship lines to Ceylon. 16, 154
36. Joseph's College, 48
Jt. Thomas's College, 48
Tale, 148
Tamils of Ceylon, 6
T'ampalakam pearls, 141
Tanning barks, 113
Tanning substances, 99
‘Taprobane” (oldest name for
Ceylon), 2
leachers’ Training College, 50
lea campaign in North America, 56
[ea exhibits, 161
Lea, green, 87
[ea industry, rise of, 82, 83
[ea manufacture, 85, 86
Tea planting, 55, 74, 82
Pea Room, Ceylon Court, 158
Cea.varieties and grades of, 83, 84,87
Pechnical instruction, 51
lelegraph system, 19
Telephone system, 19
lemperature, 3
femple of the Tooth, Kandy, 31
Thesawalamai, law of, 11
Timbers of Ceylon, 110
Tobacco cultivation, 98
[rade with United States, 53
raining College for Teachers, 50
[ramways, Colombo, 17
[ransport, means of, 15
[repang, 143
University scholarship, 49. 50
Vanilla, 60, 98
Veddas (aborigines), 5, 35, 159
Vegetable cultivation, 70, 71, 93, 94
Vegetation, 4
Village committees, 10
Wild animals, 4
Zones of cultivation, 76, 106
Zoology of Ceylon, 144