viii PREFACE 



I should not forget to mention the name of Mr C. O. 

 Macadam my collaborator in the preparation of the 

 Ceylon Handbook for the Rubber Exhibitions of 1911 

 and 1912, since this handbook is in a sense the nucleus 

 from which the present volume has been evolved. 



Finally it is a pleasure to acknowledge that any 

 literary merit which this volume may possess is largely 

 due to the untiring help and criticism of my wife, who 

 has also devoted great care to the preparation of the 

 index. 



R. H. L. 



i August 1913. 



