mHE interest and reBponsibility of Mr. DONALD WILLIAM FERGUSON of 
20, Beech House Road, Croydon, in the " Ceyhn Observer " and connected publications, 
and in our firm, ceased on the 30th June last. 
A. M. & J. FERGUSON, 
ColoDjbo, litb July, 11)03. 
IE. RONALD HADDON FERGUSON, b.a., has beea admitted a Parfcaer in •v 
A. M. & J. FERGUSON. 
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Firm as from the 1st instant. 
Colombo, lltk July, 1098. 
[With refereuce to the above notice, we may mention that Mr. Ivo« Ethbeington, 
\vit)h experience gained as Assistant Editor on " Tlie Farmer and Gardener" in England, 
\Till hencefonvard take charge of the Tropical Agriculturid, and many improvements are 
contemplated during the coming year. One of Mr. Etheringlon's first duties will be to 
prepare the much-required "Topical Index" to the series of 22 volumes, so that the 
really valuable information in each set, can be made readily accessible. The Prizes 
offered for Essays based on the matter in the current volume, will, we trust, quicken 
interest in the " T. A." and increase the number of its readers; and Advertisars should 
make a note of this.— A. M. & J. F.] 
