SECTION kl. 



BUILDINGS, PLANTING, &c., IN CEYLON. 



THESE comprise a bungalow for the manager, lines, or 

 huts, for the labourers, and pulping-house and store for the 

 preparation and reception of the crop. 



Plate 5 shows the main works and buildings at Messrs. 

 "Worms' estates, Puselawa, Ceylon. 



The position of the pulping-house should influence the 

 selection of the spots for the other buildings, unless other 

 circumstances determine it. The bungalow should, if pos- 

 sible, be an easy distance from the store, that the manager 

 may without difficulty superintend the work, which at crop 

 time is going on often at night as wdl as in the daytime. 

 One set of lines for the labourers, for the same reason, should 

 be near to the store, another set may be erected more centri- 

 cally with reference to the field labour of the estate. 



"With reference to lines and bungalow, especially the 

 latter, they will be erected according to the manager's taste, 

 and in a great measure depend upon the material to be ob- 

 tained in the particular locality for constructing them. True 

 economy will be practised in making permanent and sub- 

 stantial dwellings which will require only slight repairs oc- 

 casionally. 



The selection of the land for the pulping-house and stores 

 and drying-ground is all important, and should only be at- 

 tempted by a resident manager to whom a long residence on 

 the plantation has afforded an intimate acquaintance with 

 every feature of the land. The advantages which have to be 



