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Rway, and learling into a drain, which sliould be 
flushed regularly. In the li^ht of recent dis- 
coveries, no sbanaaiit water should be allowed near 
lineal, and swampy places should be well drained. 
" We all know what an un.sifihtly, dirty, rotten 
thinf^ the usual cooly p;aiden fa^ce is. If I had 
an estate oi^ niy own, aiid if ic weie paying fairly 
well, I would go in for galvanized wire netting 
for the fencintr of cooly gardens. 5 feet netting 
can be got ivr ^''">ut £.5 per 100 yards. It would 
greatly help towards keeping surroundings elejin, 
and would prevent g;>.rdens continually encroach- 
ing on the tea or lioe compound'-'. AnotUer grjod 
fence can be made, cheaper but not so permanent, 
by those who have suital)le tiniber available, and 
that is by sawing good splitting logs into lengths 
of say 5 feet, and then splitting up the logs into 
sticks, about one and half inch thick, in the same 
way as coolies split lirewood, these sticks, which 
should be all the one length, can be nailed on to 
horizontals, fixed on to uprights in the usual way. 
Two good coolies I found could split about 300 of 
these sticks in a day. I do dot believe in res- 
ti'ictiag coolies in gardens, it is a good sign to 
see them busy in their gardens, it means they 
have settled down, but they should not be allowed 
to make their gardens just wliere they please. 
To the e who are convincs.l of the necessity for 
greater attent'.on to sanitation in cooly lines, 
and wish to put their convictions into practice, 
I would Kay, tackle one set at a time, do ic 
thoruiighly, and when it is done, keep it right, 
an<l get your Kangany to help you. The coolies 
in the oiher sets will soon ask you do tUe s:uue to 
thr-irs, and i)erhaps help you in your endeavours.', 
The mseting closed as follows: — 
A. hea- y vote of thanks was proposed by Mr 
■J >' :\i>--r'>\', and seconded Uy Mr G Grei'o, to 
fvir Miicijiii',' for his most interesting paoe.r. This 
w-is c irried with acclamation. The meeting closed 
with t'le usual vote of thanks to the chair. 
CEYLON AND INDIAN TEA AT THE 
PARIS EXHIBITION, 
iCHIl LiTF-,ST, LAST AND FINAL OFFICIAL EEPO.HT 
{Evtracts from the report on the Indian 
Section hy Mr. Benjamin J. Rose, Honorary, 
Secretary Indian and Ceylon Committee, 
Paris Universal Exhibition, 1900.) 
THE CEYLON SECTION. 
A full official report on the work of the Ceylon 
Section having been issued by Mr. W E Davidson, 
the Government OIBcer in executive charge of 
that section, it is only necessiiry to very briefly 
refer to Ceylon in this report. 
By a friendly agreement with the Royal Com- 
missioners for Ceylon, Sir Montagu Ommauney 
and sir Cecil C Smith, the Indian Committee con- 
seated to place an area of .3,750 square feet of 
spacein the Indian Pavilion at the disposal of 
the Ceylon Government for the display of ex- 
hiliii.s tioin that Island, as well as a space of 
3,065 scpiare feet in the grounds for the erection 
of a tea house, in return for a oontiibution of 
£5,0'J0 towards the cost of bnildings, &c. This 
sum was later on reduced to £4,150 on tlie strong 
representations of Sir Monl agu Ommauney. The 
Indian Comruitlee were ))leased to be able to give 
ultimately more than double the space granted 
to Ceylon without re(|uiring any increase on the 
contribution paid by that Colony, The actual 
space granted was : — 
eq. ft. 
In Indian Pavilion Ground Floor ... 4,766 
Do do Gidlery ... 3,715 
Tea Hou53 and Grounds ... 5,728 
Totil .. 14,209 
Tiie arrangements maue by the Government 
and Exhibition Committee in Ceylon, under the 
presidency of the Hon. M,. F it Ellis, for the 
participation of the Colony in the Paiis Exhi- 
bition of 1900, were admirably planned and 
executed. Tiie whole of the 256 cases of exhibits 
were despatched from Ceylon in Decenibrr, and 
arrived in Paris in good time, and Mr. David.son, 
ably assisted by Mrs Davidson, was, by almost 
continuous work, under the most trying climatic 
conilitions, able to have the whole of the exhibits 
installed by the opening day. 
Tlie Ceylon exhibits comprised the great staple 
products of the Islmd, tea, cofl'ee, cocoa cincliona, 
spices, plumbago, &c., as well as tli? largest and most 
comprehensive collection of gems and precious 
stones ever brought together. Tiie most popular 
exhiliit was the large and well-execut'^d Jungle 
Trophy, in whicli amoir^ other stulf'd animals, 
were .sh )wii a tuii sized eleph vni, a leopard, 
bears, deer, crocodiles, <ic. This trophy was 
arranged by Mr. £ Gerrard, of London, and was 
a never ending source of pleasure to visitors. 
TH1-: CHARACTEIUSTIC CEYLON TEA HOUSE. 
in the grounds was largely patronised, and it 
occu|)ieil a better and far more proiuinent position 
than the Indian Tea Court.s. Mr J H Renton, 
the special Ceylon Tea ilepre^entative at Paris, 
rp-noiis that during tii° six months the Tea 
House was open 13i,i?57 pots of tea and 
12,' '00 lbs of Tea in small packets w.jre sold, a 
result which Mr Rentou stares exceeded all his 
expectations and he attributes this niaiked 
success to the following causes : — 
(1) To the good quality of the articles, the tea 
bemg very carefnlly made and then poured, after 
five minutes' infusion, iuGo an ura, heated by hot 
water ; 
(2) To the Sinhalese boys, with th^ir rapid and 
Civil waiting ; and 
(3) To the aid of lady friends, journalists, and 
others, who from the first assisted in advertising the 
merits of the tea and the attractions of the Tea 
H6u.9e. 
Tlie total number of exhibitors in the 
Ceylon Courts was 205 ; and the awards 
they gained were four Grand Prix. 19 Gold 
Medals, 6l) Silver Medals, 61 Bronze Medals, and 
47 Honourable mentions. The success of the 
Ceylon Section was undoubtedly due to (a ) the 
ample funds lavished upon it ; and (h) to the 
skill and energy with which the Government and 
the Commercial Community of Ceylon took advan- 
tage of the unique opportunity |)laced at their 
disposal by the Indian Coinmitree for an ellctive 
advertisement of (he jn'odnet- rhe Island ; and 
(c) to the strenuous ex-ruoo.s .d lii- Koyal C--.n« 
missioners. Sir .Moii .ii;iie Omui .,:r ey and Sir 
Cecil C Smith, aiilftii in P. iris uy i lie. i^ni ii ing zeal 
of Mr \V EDtvulson, die Executive Secretary of 
tlie'-eylon Section, and S'r William Miiclie I and 
Mr .J li Keutoti, the Commercial representatives of 
Ceylon. 
'["he cost of the Ceylon Courts was about 
£16,500, of wliich £2,00J wis paid by the Ceylon 
Planters' Association and the remainder by thq 
Goyernnient. 
