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evety inaovatioo wbicit might have created troubles 
io the couutry, Mousr. Falck was the first wlio 
more especially busied hiiudelt with ihu cultivation 
ot Uinutt uou und cariied ii so far iliut he aliiiusc 
freed the coiui^auy from dcpeuUeoce on the 
Kaiidiaus for supplits. 
N. B. — At that period aud perhaps at present also 
nineteeu'tweniieths of the lauds susceptible of 
cuitivdtiun aie covered with forests, and tUe lands 
whtcli are cieaied iroiu theui, at must a tenth part 
aie very badly cultivated. 
The political state of the public at the 
beniiiniug of the American war required pro- 
leciion tor its colouieb, but the thaiter of the 
Inuiau Company required that ihey would 
tbeuiselveb ueleuU llitir settienicnts ; three reni- 
nieuiu und some cumpaoies ot auxiliary troops 
(toreigners) were raibea euccessively from 1780 
uiiwurdu aiiU sent inio the Island. Ttiis augmented 
the expenses and luduceu tUe directors to lusist lu 
ail t e.r de-ipaiclies ou every point which might 
increase the revenue, and then was felt in Ceylon 
the faalt wuicU had from the begiuuiiig been com- 
mitted by neglecting agriculture, while so many 
oppuriuuities Uad existed ol rendering it flounshiug. 
Under these circumstances Mousr. Van de Giaalle 
became in 1785 Governor of (Jeylon, and a lung 
expeaeuceot tUe ail'aus ot^tUe iblaua, joineu to true 
paitriotmm aud an enterprising genius, made him 
nnderiake to maintain two oi tuuse regiments and 
6UU Indian troops more than befure, without tte 
assistance of the company. He had only for his 
resources the encoutagemijut of agriculture, suiipli' 
ticatiuu aud ret;uiaiity in the colleciiuu ol the 
revenue, lUe repressiou of prolusion among the 
fuuoaonaiies, and finally the creation ot a paper 
currency to whicU his predecessors never had been 
willing to listen. In liie progtess of his views 
Mousr. Van de Graatfe naturally made himself 
enemies among the lower orders and even among 
those who, aitiiough tUey knew the utility ot his 
plan, sougut advancement by opposing his operation 
at Kaiavia, where ic was known that he had long 
been destined by the prince and directors as 
Goveriior-meueial, on the retusal of Mousr. Falck 
in i7S2, aud wUere he con»equeuily met with 
opposition from those whose views of elevation he 
bad counteracted. 
In spite of tne hostility lie met with, even in 
bis most useful piau, he au.!<mented the revenue 
by more than oue-uah, and cultivation oi every 
kiud made greater advances under his Govern* 
meut than tney had for more thau a century. 
Tue Government ot Munsr. Van Angelbeck 
was too snort and too troubled to allow agri- 
oalture to advance under his administration, but 
it is to be believed that so enlightened a man 
would have protected it. 
Ceylon having changed its masters in the years 
1796 and 1796, experienced a total subversion of 
tUe system of Governmeut, and tliat cliauges, in 
spice of the many advantages which the t!^ugiish 
Ootupany had in every lespeco, had a deplorable 
ett'euc on agriculture, und, consequently oh the 
BUU'Xtion of tus luaas of tlie people wUion revolted 
in 1/97, ii the western side of tUe Island. 
Tiaiiqudity was ouiy restoied when General de 
Mduiun Was sent iroui Madras, tUat officer by 
his experience aud prudence calmed tlij mind 
ot tbe people, he promised and eliccoed the re- 
moval ot strange: s wno had been (.laced uy the 
CuUttcur-Geueial in lucrative siluatiouii from the 
interior to the coasts. 
(To be continued. J 
THE LATE MR. JAMES ALLAN.— I. 
Upcountry, Sept. 13. 
Dear Sir, — Please permit me to correct an 
error in your paper witli reference to the 
late Mr. James Allan, He, Mr. Allan, was the 
late Sir Graeme Elphmstoiie's (then Mr.) 
Managing Assistant ou Belgravia for some 
years before he was sent down to take over 
tfie managemeub of GailamuUena from the 
Mr. J. KoOertson whom Ceylon can never 
foi'get. So tar as 1 remember Mr. Allan 
came to Dolosbage in 1874 or 1875, so that he 
had a career of very nearly 3U years on that 
estate. He was about 26 or 27 years of age when 
he relieved the redouotabie Johnny tt. He, 
Mr. Allan, seemed very fit on his return from 
his last visit to the auid country; but latteriy 
ills iieaith began to rail from uontracbiug a 
chill on the uver and from wuicu ne never 
rallied. He was of an athletic build, to^k 
part in a great many sports and was an en- 
thusiastic C. M. 1. man. He was one of those 
few who never had an enemy. " Kequiescat 
in pace." — Yours truly, 
ONE WHO KNEW HIM. 
II. 
Woodside, Sept. 13. 
Sib, — I was much grieved to learn in the 
" Times " 01 the 11th LUe death ol my old irieud 
and lellow-passeuf^er loCeyluuiu 1871 — tnis Uciug, 
I need hardly aay, the tirst time euue< ol us uad 
touched or sigliied its palm-inured shores. Uur 
voyage was an eventtul one. We lelt Liverpool on 
or about tue 30th ot December, lb7o, m a fialtic 
trader called tbe " feiersburg "— laiuuus, we soon 
learned, lor its ice-cuiting exploits in that sea. Her 
build and passenger accomuiodauon were not ex- 
actly suited lor a tup to the l!.aai, and to aggravate 
matiers sue was, I suspect, loaded — beioW wnere tue 
PUmsollMark ougUt to bo — witb heavy cargo — pi in 
cipally bunding materials for one of tUe Gade 
IigUthouses. Alter seven or eigut hours steam* 
lug ihe hrst day no actual progress was made, lor 
we were compelled to put back again into port, 
the sea "outside" being too heavy forourcrais 
to make any Ueadway against. iNext day we 
did a little better aud on tne 3rd reacbed doly- 
head harbou.', where under the aueiter oi its breaK- 
water Wd let go our auctiors. Here the skipper 
reported progress to his employers, and many of 
na posted letters to our friends, mine going to 
Ireland. Great was ray surprise next day to be 
sailing close along its shores. Some days after 
we were plougliing the billows of the bay which 
knocked us about rather roughly, and about a 
fortnigut from tlie time of our leaving Liveipool 
we dis^iuguisUed ourselves by going aground m 
the Bitter Lake aud staying there a wuoieweek 
— all the tugs ol tUe Compauy not being able to 
pull us od, till we uad discuarged a large portion 
ol our cart(o, whicn we took in again at Suez, 
VViin tue exception of ligbt feasting and fried fly lug- 
hsU in tue lied oea aud watcuiug tor tne hrei time 
tne gamojla of waves in tue Indian Ocean, 
nothing very woudeitul happened till we entered 
CuiuiuDo harbour on 28th i^eoruary, eight weeks 
aud tour or hve days utter hist leaving Liverpool, 
Tlie Ceylon passengers were, Allan, i£ li Walker, 
