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being shipped to London as a trial, and the result of the 

 sale, and the broker's report thereon, shall be forwarded 

 you on receipt." No information of the trial of the pulp in 

 London has yet been communicated to me. The pulp was 

 forwarded by Messrs. Armitage Brothers. 



In the Appendix to this paper will be found Correspondence 

 with Government on the subject of the manufacture of paper. 



I have also tested the pulp as a substitute for making 

 articles of papier mache. 



Cotton is cultivated in Kandapalla, a dry part of the dis- 

 trict ; and formerly a very coarse kind of cotton cloth was 

 manufactured there. 



Animal Products. 



Lac is found in the Gyrocarpus Jacqiiini, and the people 

 of Bintenne collect it from June to September ; it is of good 

 quality. The lac yields to boiling water a red dye, and with 

 solution of alum strikes a beautiful carmine. 



It is the produce of the Chermes Lacea. Lacker painting 

 is carried on in Wadakonna, and much of the lac is used 

 for this purpose. Walking sticks, handles for knives, and 

 bows, are beautifully lackered. 



This also was a " RdjaMriya " in the district. A good 

 deal of lac is obtained from Kandapalla where it is gathered 

 in July. 



Minerals. 



Lime-stone abounds very extensively throughout the 

 district. During the native rule, lime was largely pre- 

 pared at a place called Hangiliella on the Nuwara Eliya 

 road ; its preparation being one of the compulsory duties 

 imposed on the people. 



Digging for Precious Stones. 



This was also made one of the compulsory duties called 

 " Agery," and the work was carried on at Nuwara Eliya in 

 the following localities :— Vilmana, Lindaoluva, Bagawan- 

 talawa, Sita Eliya, Bopatalava, Maha Eliya, Udavilmana, 



