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Estate. lb. Av. 



Estate 



lb. Av. 



Moragahanga 



*Hill End 



Fairfield 



*Asgeriya 



Samsing 



*Ramsgill 



*Alplakande 



*Okoowatte 



*Halwatura 



*St. Helens 



*Iscadu 



* Craighead 



*Troy 



*Bukanda 



*Amunatenne 



*Westhall 



•Rangbodde 



*Talawakelle 



*Tebuwana 



36,178 24 

 13,233 24 

 12,826 24 

 11,150 24 

 10,785 24 

 7,730 24 

 7,589 24 

 6,990 24 

 14,762 23 

 9,732 23 

 9,336 23 

 7,379 23 

 7,114 23 

 4,265 23 

 1,939 23 

 5,550 22 

 3,825 22 

 1,803 22 

 320 22 



*Edmonton 

 *Mellagolla 

 Lenabatuwa 

 *Southwark 

 *Glenalla 

 *Dunedin 

 *Deeside 

 *Galoya 

 *Meeriabedde 

 *Nona Totam 

 *Weyweltalawa3,116 16 

 *New Pera- 



deniya 

 •Villa 



*Manangoda 

 *Wootton 

 *Blackwater 

 *Holmsdale 

 *Moolgama 



9,280 21 

 4,470 21 

 4,009 21 

 2,170 21 

 1,275 21 

 12,033 20 

 658 20 

 916 19 

 1,600 18 

 3,732 11 



4,638 14 

 264 14 



3,894 13 

 656 13 

 561 13 



1,540 12 

 285 11 



INDIAN TEA. 



Hallashana 17,948 53 

 Vagavurrai 90,049 46 

 Kanniamalay547,671 45 

 Madupatty 336,989 45 

 Devicolam 231.045 45 

 Thia Shola 23,656 45 

 Sothupari 335,630 44 

 Chittavurrai 146,948 44 

 Rob Roy 4,722 42 



Glen Morgan 50,697 41 

 Mount Gordon 8,026 41 

 *Nullatanni 127,810 40 

 *Periavurrai 109,625 40 

 *Yellapatty 33,866 40 

 Lockhart 168,678 39 

 Terrace 8,220 39 



Surianalle 465,624 38 

 *Kalaar 36,146 38 



*Sevenmally 116,408 37 

 *Letchmi 62,844 37 

 *Munaar 124,203 36 

 *Chokanad 7,062 36 

 Poonmudie 10,305 33 



*Peeren- 

 godde 

 *Vembenaad 

 Kolara 

 *Stagbrook 

 'Ashley 

 -Prospect 

 Invercauld 

 *Arrapetta 

 *Poothacoolie 



106,876 32 

 35,632 32 

 31,179 32 

 21,054 32 

 6,770 32 

 60,635 31 

 40,726 30 

 9,470 30 

 585 30 



*Cherambody27, 788 29 

 *Pootoonmlla 23,126 29 

 *Erramaculla 5,200 29 

 *Elstone 1,560 28 



*Stanmore 15,117 26 

 *lsfield 5,02126 

 •Ranee Coil 8,517 25 

 *Pambanar 3,440 25 

 *Wentworth 14,579 24 

 *Koliekanam 8,127 24 

 *Bonaccord 5,040 23 

 *Braemore 2,430 09 



Balanaga 

 Piccadilly 

 Greenfields 

 St. Leonard' i 



on Sea 

 Cocoawatte 

 Ooloowatte 

 Meeragollie 

 Mapitigama 



GREEN TEA. 

 110,041 43 Vincit 

 38,131 40 

 35,084 40 



11,971 40 

 63,650 39 

 58,918 39 

 55,530 39 

 63.971 37 



Avington 

 Udabage 

 * Kirriwana 



56,162 37 

 68,884 33 

 177,770 31 

 53,390 27 



*Ambalaraana 1,560 21 

 -Dewalakande 29,730 17 

 *Rayigam 34,280 16 

 *Madampe 8,792 15 



INDIAN TEA ASSOCIATION. 



(Extracts from the Reports of the General Com- 

 mittee for 1909.) 

 Scientific Department.— Two lines of che- 

 mical investigation were speciaar, taken up 

 by the department during the year, the first 

 of these being an 



ENQUIRY INTO THE PART PLAYED BY EXTERNAL 

 CONDITIONS 



such as temperature, rainfall, soil moisture, ma- 

 nures, &c, in determining quality in leaf,as mea- 

 sured by the amount of dry matter, total soluble 

 matter, tannin, essential oil, &c, in the fresh leaf. 



* Penotes Incomplete Invoices, 



As separate manufacture of the leaf from each 

 experimental plot is not, under present conditions 

 at Heeleaka, practicable this line of experi- 

 ment forms the closest approximation that can 

 meantime be made towards determining the com- 

 parative qualities of the leaf from the different 

 plots. The second of the investigations re- 

 ferred to was in condition of experiments made 

 by Dr. Mann in connection with the manufac- 

 ture of tea ; and in this connection the Associa- 

 tion are indebted to Mr B R S Pritchard, of the 

 Tyroon Tea Company, who kindly gave facili- 

 ties for the conduct of the experiments in his 

 factory. It was considered desirable to confine 

 the experiments to a particular branch of manu- 

 facture and attention was therefore oiven to a 

 study of the influence of the process of firing on 

 the amount of .essential oil in the leaf, assuming 

 that essential to be the chief factor, in the pro- 

 duction of flavour. It is proposed to. publish in a 

 single pamphlet the results of these two enquiries. 



In the Entomological Department much at- 

 tention has, as in former years, been devoted to 

 the consideration of a remedy for 



MOSQUITO BLIUHT. 



Experiments in this connection were continued 

 in the neighbourhood of the entomological sta- 

 tion at Kanny Koori, Mr Antram's scheme of 

 spraying being carried out under his supervision 

 on a number of gardens in that district. At the 

 time of writing it is impossible to sum up results 

 of the experiments, but the Committee hope 

 that when available these will be found to prove 

 the value of the soap solution recommended. 

 Mr Antram has compiled a report containing 

 full information as to the results of the season's 

 experiments and this will be issued in due 

 course. Other matters that have been studied 

 in this department have been the Darjeeling 

 Thrips Blight, the Mantis Insect (in regard to 

 which a leaflet with illustrations was issued for 

 general information) the Looper Caterpillar, &c. 



PLANTING IN PAPUA. 



Notes from Mr. Wallace Westland. 

 We are permitted to quote the following 

 from a letter of Mr. Wallace Westland, to 

 a friend in Ceylon, received by latest mail, of 

 date 15th October : — 



Sisal Hemp.— Wo are planting sisal hemp 

 largely, and in a year or so we will have 

 about 300 acres fully planted. Some of our 

 plants are now ready for cutting — planted May, 

 1908. So that growth is better here than it is 

 in other parts one hears of. 



Robber — is growing strong— vide photos in 

 the Australasian of August Sth, but weeds grow 

 amazingly, much quicker than anything you 

 see in Ceylon. 



Cacao— has proved an almost complete pest. 

 We have had a number of experiments ; not a 

 plant is growing to shoiv something for our money. 



Mr. Wickham— is now here near us— about 350 

 miles away. 1 hear he is to open in a new way 

 —cut lines through the forest, in which he will 

 plant his trees 33 ft. by 33 it. As it is an abso- 

 lutely unknown method to me and most other 

 rubber planters, 1 am curious to see the result, 



