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SCALE OP BEST-HOUSE CHABOES. 



Breakfast, with eggs, fowls, curry and rice, or equivalent D 1 50 



Dinner — Soup, ham, eggs, potatoes, fowl, curry and rice 1 50 



Supper — Ham, eggs, potatoes, curry and rice 1 50 



Room, exceediag two hours, not exceeding twenty -four hours 37^ 



Bedroom, with one bed, not exceeding twenty-four hours CO 



Bedroom, with two beds or one double bed, not exceeding twenty-four 



hours 75 



Bedroom, with three beds, not exceeding twenty-four hours 1 00 



One sofa, without linen 37^ 



One sofa, with linen , 50 



Stable for one horse 50 



Straw for one horse 25 



Grass for one horse 13^ 



Carriages 13i 



Oil for bedroom, per night 25 



Cup of tea, with milk and sugar 25 



Cup of coffee, with milk and sugar 25 



Bottle of beer or porter, Bass or Allsopp, English bottled 75 



Bottle of wine 2 00 



Bottle of brandy 2 73 



Bottle of soda-water .'. i. 17 



Bottle of lemonade 25 



Pint bottle of beer or porter, Bass or Allsopp 50 



Pint bottle of wine / 1 25 



Pint bottle of brandy 1 50 



Brandy, per glass 25 



Clean sheets and pillow-slips 37i 



Cold bath, salt water or fresh 25 



Hotbath 37i 



For use of the rest-house utensils, per diem, irrespective of the number 



of individuals 50 



Signed, John Mason, 



For Chairman P. E. C. 



16th of October, 1875. 



[Note. A Ceylon dollar is only equivalent to fifty cents of our currency, so 



the above figures must be divided by two to obtain a correct idea of amounts.] 



At the larger places, where there is a European population of 

 any magnitude, hotels are being established and are gradually su- 

 perseding " bungalows," but in the early days of India, when the 

 white population was very sparse, and yet it was necessary to 

 keep up certain lines of communication, with shelter and refresh- 

 ment houses at regular distances, the bungalow was a necessity, 

 and indeed the Government had to provide means of ti-anSporta- 



