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is saved; the coolies are able to gather a larger quan- 
tity, and they are saved bodily wear and tear. With 
a force of 200 coolies in the field, an inerease of at 
least 100 bushels, or 10 cwts. a day may be safely 
reckoned upon, amounting say to 300 cwts. for the 
. five heavy weeks of picking, and_ representing a mo- 
ney value of fully £1,002 in the London market.” 
Under the head of bungalows and lines, Mr. Sabona- 
diére argues strongly for permanent buildings of stone 
with shingled roots. Very valuable plans and estimates 
are given from which we gather that, even in so remote 
and expensive a district as Udapussellawa, buildings 
can be erected at about the following prices :— 
“STORE. —Stone pillars, roof of galvanized Morewood’s 
tiles, sawn t'mber, coir- -matting floors in three sto- 
ries, £485. 
‘“Purpine Hovse.—Solid mason: ‘y, pillars, and 
cisterns; a double floor for curing purposes, corru- 
gated iron roof, but not including “cost of machi inery 
£483. 
‘¢ BUNGALOW. —Outside walls of stone, inner walls, 
sawn timber, mudded between sawn reapers, planked 
floors, and shingle roof, and including £70, as cost 
of godowns, £356. 
** The levelling of the sites has not been included.” 
A first-cliss bungalow for a married European gen- 
tleman with a family would cost £500. The cost of 
lines is, strangely, omitted, but to provide for a pro- 
perty of 200 acres in full bearing, we suppose the 
following figures would be pretty near the mark :— 
Store a ie see y an ... £500 
Puiping-house ... Hee: OU 
Bungalow for proprietor o or chief supdt. BE SOO 
Do. for ‘*Sinna Durai ” 8 ey Wares OO 
Lines (say) HT. ee 2: a Hee N10, 
Total... £2,800 
This must be near the mark, for one of the estates 
gives £2,530 for buildings and machinery, including 
£250 for spouting. Less than £2,000, it is evident, 
will not suffice for really good buildings, or at the 
rate of £10 per acre, leaving £15 to £20 per acre 
for planting, roads, drains, “&e. We need sca reely 
remark how much the use is facilitated, and the cost 
lessened, of imported machinery, iron roofs, spouting, 
&e., by the railway and extension of cart roads. The 
planters of the present generation may have to pay 
higher for labor and materials of local production, 
but they have nevertheless great advantages as com- 
pared with their predecessors, those for instance who 
had to employ elephants to carry heavy machinery 
up the Kandy road. 
