INDEX. 
Page. 
Melon, Large Indian ... ... 518 
Melons .. ... 622 
Mercantile Life in Colombo Forty Years Ago 179 
Mercuur de Indische ... . . 606 
Metallurgy and Engineering ... 40 
Meteorological Observations at Colombo . . 643 
Mexico CoSee in .. [see Cofiee] 
Mexico's Vegetable Products ... 664, 731 
Mica . . . . 182, 259 
do in Virginia . . . . 570 
do Mining in Lidia .. ... 405, 816 
do in German, East Africa . . 461 
Milk, Condensed .. 720 
. do Powdered . . . . 795 
Mindanao Chicle Industry . . 809 
Mineral Prospecting . . . . 694 
Blinor Products in the Low tountry of 
Ceylon ... .. 348, .?49 
Morawakkorale Planters' Associrtion . . 612 
Mosquito and Malaria .. ... 492,721 
do Anopheles ... .. 606 
do Blight and Tea. . 446. 503, 690 
do Expeller . . . . 342 
MosquitoB .. ,.114,263 
do and Flieg . . . . 61 
do do Tea . . . , 541 
do do Ocimums .. .. 782 
do Collection of . . . . 819 
do Cure for ,. 555,558,623,692 
Mount Vernon (Ceylon) Tea Co. ... 781 
Mozambique . . . . 261 
Mr. AUeyn's New Patent ., 843 
Muir Tea Co. Reports .. ... 122 
Mutilated Seedlings .. ., 39 
Mysore Coffee In ... .. 486 
Nahavilla Estates Co., Ld. ... 698 
" Nature Study " . . 146, 148, 217, 219, 366, 
•367, 435 
NebodaTeaCo., Ld. .. .. 617 
Nederlands, Education in the . . 526 
New Ceylon Companies . . . . 121 
do Fodders .. ... .%2 
do Mexico . . . . 651 
■ ' do Tea Companies ... .. .342 
do Weed Cutting Machine .. 251,262 
do Zealand a New Industry in ... 240 
do do Trout Fisheries . . 752 
Nicaragua Rubber Culture in . . 1G2, 163 
Nicotine ... . . 796 
Nilgiris Gold Mining .. ... 134,135 
do Labour on ... . . 756 
do Planters in .. ... 768 
do Planting in . . . . 243, 244 
Nitrates from the air . . . . 658 
Niyangala and Vegetable Eloisions ... 202 
North Boraeo, Planting in .. 282 
Northern Provinee, Ceylon . . 99 
d© do in the Produce and Stock 56 
Nutmegs . . . . 684 
do in East Indies ... .. 666 
Nuwara Eliya District Planters' Association 607 
do do Horticulture at .. 310,311 
do do Tea Estates Co. , Ld. . . 823 
o. 
0»k Forests in Formosa . . ... 684 
Oeeasioaal Notes . . 60, 139, 213, 362 
Oeimwias and Mosquito . . . . 792 
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Oil Burner . . . , . gQg 
do Engine, Hornsby Akroyd ... 410 
Oils, Essential . . [.see Essential Oils.] 
do of the Atlas Cedar . . . . 270 
Olives in the Riviera ... . . 534 
do Treatment of, in France . . 81, 82 
Onions in West Indies . . . . ^34^ 542 
do a New Use for . . . . ] 5(5 
Orange .. .. ... 077 
do Cultivation .. .. 517,588 
clo do in Egypt . . 325, 326 
do do in Jaffna ... 817 
do The Navel, in California . , 130 
Orange Plants . . . . 403 
do J uice and Cholera . . . . 706 
Orange River Colony Farming . . 108 
do do do Forestry.. .. 105 
Oranges, Budding . . . . 1.30 
do Budded and Seedling .. .517 
do Californian in Loudon . . 550 
do in Ceylon . . . . 435 
do in Florida . . . . 772 
Orchids .„ .. I86 
do Artificial Propogation of . . 112 
Oysters Vaccinating, to Produce Pearl* . . 37 
Overproduction and Manures ., 125 
P. 
Pacific States of America, Electric Power 
Plants in the . . . . 2"0 
Padre, An Enterprising . . . . .i26 
Paddy in the Straits . . . . 494 
Paint, A Cooling .. .. 584 
Palm Produce in Siena Leone . . 481 
Panawal Tea Co., Ld, .. .. §38 
Papain Manufacture of .. 11,136 , 273 
Papaya Cultivation .. .. 446, 51(> 
Paragua Island . . . . 534 
Paraguay, Productions of . . 243 
Paraguayan Tea . . . . 3.54 
Para Rubber . . [see India Rubber] 
do do in Penang, Oldest 257 
do do Plantation Co. . . 486 
Parasite, Pursuit of . . . . 352 
Partridge Bamboo . . . . 819 
Pars for Planters . . . . 816 
Paspalum . . . . 790 
Passara Planters Association . . 632 
Passion Vine, Culture of the . . 378 
do Vines, Manures for . . 808 
Pasteur Institute, Kasauli . . 732 
Pasture, Good Interest . . . . 384 
Pataling Rubber Estates Synd., Ld. .. 783 
Patent Office, Ceylon .. .. 121,349 
Patents . . . . . . 5.58 
Peanuts . . . . > . . 264, .583 
Pearl Fishery Close of Ceylctfi .. 813 / 
do do in Persian Gulf .. XVl^^y^ 
do do in Red Sea .. 6^6-^ 
do Buttons Freshwater .. H4 
do Formation . . . . 708 
do yhell. Advance in Price . . 820 
do do East African . . 684 
Pearling Industry in North Australia . . 405 
Pearling Industry .. .. 384 
do in Mexico , . . . 470 
Pearls .. .. 385 
do American River . • . . 741 
do and Pearl Fisheries . . 191 
da and Pearl Oysters, More about . . 21 
do de Shell in -Australia ' .. 741 
