CEYLON BRANCH — ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 63 



At this present time, there cannot be less than 3,500 acres 

 of Cocoanut under cultivation by Europeans in the Western, 

 Northern and Eastern Provinces, who may have sunk upon 

 them a capital of about £30,000. — It is believed that the 

 planters of the Northern districts of the Island have not 

 suffered from this annoyance, but independently of them, 

 there must be not less than £25,000 in jeopardy from the 

 attacks of this apparently insignificant insect. 



