INDEX. 
VXCE, 
Rhea, Decortication of ... .... 595 
Fibre ... ... 23, ZH) 
■ Company, A New ... 576 
in China ... ...320,626 
in Java ... ... 214 
Machinery ... ... 15 
Rhododendron Ciliicalyx ... ... 604 
Rice, American ... ... 373 
, Burma ... 104,116,163,248 
Crop, Indian ... ... 415 
■ Cultivation in Burma ... 18 
in Ceylon ... 165 
in Russia . . , 565 
■ in Straits Settlements ... 848 
Import Trade of Ceylon ... 724 
, Manuring of ... ... 886 
, Price of ... 312, 313, 322 
, Raw, and Ceylon Coolies ... 23 
, Siam ... ... 554 
the most Extensively Used Food ... 710 
Trade ... ... "797 
, Calcutta ... ... 724 
Rinderpest (Cattle Plague) 05, 215, 220, 869 
, Remedies for ... 69, 220, 224, 517, 006 
Roeberry Tea Co., Ld. ... ... 694 
Rogivue, Mr. M., and " Thirty Committee " 26 
Rothamsted, Scientific Agriculture at ... 283 
Royal Coloniallnstitute ... ... 550 
RuanwellaTea Co., Ld. ... ... 046. 647 
Rubber ... ... [5cc India-rubber] 
Rubies, Burma ... ... 704 
Rupee, Purchasi ngPriceofthc ... 312 
Russia, India and Ceylon ... .... 61 
" Russian People at Home " .,. 121 
Russians as a Tea-drinking People ... 119 
s. 
Sabonadiere, Mr. F. R., j.p. ... 147 
■ , Mr. W. A., J.p. ... 147 
Safflower in Zanzibar ... ... 78,236 
Sales of Estates and House Property . .. .622,794 
Saltbush ... ... ... 584, 716 
Samoa, Cacao Cultivation in .. 32 
Sandalwood Plant ... ... 794 
San Domingo, Planting in ... 874 
Jose Scale ... 509, 604, 628 
Sarapiqui Estates Co., Ld. ... 537, 686 
Sarsaparilla in Zanzibar ... ... 77,236 
Scientific Expedition to the Far East ... 649, 704 
Scientists and Experts ... ... 166 
Scottish Ceylon Tea Co., Ld. 26, 38, 870 
Trust and Loan Co. of Ceylon, Ld. 427 
Seaweed as Manure ... ... 614 
Seed Grain, Treatment of ... ... 110 
, Selection and Change of ... 219 
Seeds, New Varieties of ... ... 586 
Seedsman, An Enterprising ... 128 
Selangor planters' Association 114, 430, 570, 715, 717 
. Planting in ... ... 234 
Seychelles, Planting in ... ...208,350 
Shade Trees ... , , 758 
Share List 134. 216, 290, 364, 446, 510, 684, 658, 732, 
780, 806 
Sinhalese on South Indian Plantations ... 644 
Smith, Mr. Wm. Bowden... ... 303 
Snipe in Ceylon ... . ... 60 
, Solitary ... ... 649 
Soil, Fertility in ... 52, 220, 548 
— Moisture ... 693, 596, 667 
Soils and Humus ... ...520,696 
- — , Analysis of 223, 226, 228, 297, 871, 414, 517, 
519, 803 
- — , Barren ... ... 137 
PACK. 
514 
131 
514 
rm 
852 
Soils, Lime in 
— , Micro-Organisms in.. 
, Sulphuric Acid as a Constituent of 
South fravHucore Tea Co., Ld. 
NVanarajah Tea Estates, Ld. 
Southern India, Coffee and J'epper Exports from Sun. 
Provniee of Ceylon. Planting in «:*» 
' ... .'564 
... GO, 667 
42, 105, 647 
. . 94. 495 
... 11,854 
671 
847 
630 
Spices, Adulteration of 
Sport in Ceylon 
in Southern Iiidia ... 
Spring Valley Coffee Co., Ld. 
Standard Tea Co. of Ceylon, Ld 
Stephens, Mr. Jolin 
Stock Breeding at Delft ... 
Stones, Recipe for Polishing ... 
Straits Settlements, Planting in 160,171, 261 '^'53 
, , . , 284, 343, 348, 434, 625.'767 
.Strawberries in Ceylon ... 272 
in India ... _ ^22 
Stringybark Tree of New South Wales 604 
■Strobilanthes in Ceylon 353, 640, 665, 712, 784, 860 
Sugarcane Pests ... 612 
Sugar Consumption in Europe 2<X^ 
in Mauritius ... ' 2U8 644 
in Mexico ... 
in Natal ... ^79 
— in Straits Settlements [[[ 7gQ 
in West Indies 
Industry, Indian 
— Machinery 
Production 
Sumatra, Planting in 
Sunflower Oil 
160,662,67.3,803 
460 
40H 
891 
176, 1C2, 108, 242, 269, 400 
Suuspots, Cycles and the Monsoon ' ggi 
Suriya Tree ... [Sec Thcspcsniapopulnea] 
Sweet Potato, Nancimum . g^^^ 
Talawakele Estates Co., Ld. 
Talgaswela Tea Company, Ld. 
Talipot Palms in Ceylon ... 
Tea, Advertising of 
—, All About 
and Cacao Estates Co., Ld 
and Economy 
and Exchange 
778 
614 
... 415, 460 
9, 126, 199, .384 
477 
181 
342 
13, 28, 48,51,54, 90,125, 349, 
1 ov, J m ^^^> 553 
and Shade Trees ... ^go 
and Sir W. Jenner ... ' [ 
and Tea Drinkers 
■ , Annual Reviews of ... 2 728 
, Area in Ceylon ... ' 
Association, Indian 11, 87, 178 20o"''l''> oA" 
263, 316, 340, 467, 499, 539, 571, 695,"766,"785 
- - B ending ... . gyg^ 532^ 757^ 
— Blight ... [Sec, Tea, Enemies of! 
Boxes 246,434,482,484,490,540,681,629, 
A r,,- I. 634, 860 
and Timber ... --- 
Breaks ... 
, British Grown 
Broking in Calcutta ... 
, Bulking of 
—- Cess ... 
544 
542 
Sup. 
46 
Ceylon 
46, 123, 154, 307 
503 
... 703. 705 
115 
257, 698, 831 
468 
, 2,52,252,259,493 
at Coolgardie . . 537 
Averages for 1898 ... 653 
Direct from the Gardens ... ]65, 858 
Distribution of 95, 103' ,595 
in America 10, 22, 35, 86,'l2.3,'l25 
130, 160, 166, 178, 216, 243, 269, 27-V 
319, 439, 444, 484, 487, 646, 652, 555'" 
558, 707, 767, 782, 795, 836, 837 
