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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 
[Jan. 1, 1902. 
one-fvesh from England was accustomed to 
regard all ebony with a certain amount 
of respect and the proceeding rather 
startled the newly arrived ! He took 
Ruiuerman to neighbouring estates and 
introduced him to planting life. Amongst 
other places he took him to Rajawella 
(fchen lately recovered by the Lindsays 
and Aberdeen Haddens from the Oriental 
Bank, as the result of their great law-suit) ; 
and showed him the tine coffee trees planted 
by Colonel Lindsay between the road and the 
bungalow, then over seven or eight feet high, 
some nine feet apart, now represented only 
by stumps in the rooms of the Ceylon Asso- 
ciation in London, taken home by the late 
Peter Moir. On Bannerman asking how the 
fruit was gathered, Bruce said they keep 
some ' climmen boys' (anglic6 climbing boys) 
to pick it. 
"The first berth was given to Bannerman by 
Dr. Kelson, to whom he was on a visit, and 
who had 
A WATER-WHEEL 
he wished put up. He asked his visitor if he 
could erect it, and received as answer ' Cer- 
tainly.' Kelson asked if he had ever put 
one up, and was answered ' Never.' 'Then 
how do you know you can put it up?' 
The question seems almost ridiculous to the 
visitor who was ambi-dextrous and could do 
anything with either hand from fine 
fretwork to building a house or factory: and 
in rough building had had great experience 
in Canfida. The answer on the other hand 
seemed mere self-confidence. At last Kelson 
oflPered a sum down to be paid when fthe 
water-wheel was satisfactorily in it place, 
©n this Bannerman made 50 per cent, and 
never after that did he lack a tberth. He 
was always fond of Kelson who* gave him 
a start as planter. He afterwards was 
superintendent of one of the Haddens' estates 
under James F Moir, and was the first 
with him when he was poisoned. There are 
still some alive who remember that tale. 
Bannerman left the island with Stewart 
and Mclntyre for Cochin, where he suffered 
severely from fever and afterwards went 
to Goa- where he cleared land for coffee and 
where he suffered more severely still from 
fever. He finally left India in June, 1868, 
for England, and never afterwards quitted 
Brltairfs shores. He married in 1869 the 
eldest daughter of Mr. Richard Brooke, e-.S-A., 
niece of Mi'- Charles S Hadden. He was also 
uncle to Mrs. John Anderson, of Gorlhie, 
Dikoya, and stood as great uncle to her 
children, so he had many ties with Ceylon 
beside those of friendships. 
"He used to be interested in 'the Ceylon 
Mounted Infantry,' for in Canada he had 
raised the St- Thomas Troop of Volunteer 
Cavalry when the Crimean War had denuded 
of regulars all those colonies and they found 
they had to provide their own forces. The 
Canadians were not slack in that respect 
than any more than now. Captain Banner- 
man retained the command of his troops 
until 18(5(J when he retired, retaining rank 
and right to wear the uniform. 
"He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death 
in 1877 of his cousin Sir Alex. Bannerman of 
^riroonmogate, Aberdeenshire, the estate of 
Crimoumogate falling to Sir Alexander's only 
child, Ethel Mary Elizabeth, now married 
to Lord Carnegie, son of the Earl of 
Southesk. The baronetcy was conferred by 
Charles II. upon Sir Alexander Bannerman 
for 'his constant loyalty during the rebel- 
lion and of the heavy calamities he had 
suffered on that account.' The history of 
the family is written in that of A berdeen 
and lately Brown, the publisher there, has 
been printing a good deal about the later 
members, including that inveterate joker, the 
first M P. for the town. Sir (ieorge and 
Lady Bannerman .settled at East Hill, 
Brackley, Northamptonshire ; and when 
Brackley received a new charter granting 
the place a Alayor and corporation Sir 
George was named in the charter as the 
first mayor. 
Sir George was a good shot and fisherman, 
a fine man physically, a fond father, and true 
friend. He will he long missed. His suc- 
cessor as the eleventh harcnet is his only son, 
now Sir Alexander Bannerman, Bart., in the 
Royal Engineers, who is serving in South 
Africa. He received his orders the day 
after war was declared, immediately em- 
barked and has ever since been hard worked 
in almost every part of the field of opera, 
tions. He was honourably inentioned by 
Lord Roberts. 
^IGER MEASUREMENTS: MR DEANE'S 
RECORD BEAST. 
(To the Editor, "Madras Mail.") 
I had the pleasure of measuring a lUiile tiger 
shot by Mr Deane on the 2.3rd ultimo, which 
taped 10 tt. 3^ in. measured from tip of noie to 
tip of tail, as he lay. Subsequently, on reading 
" Tiger Measurements" in the " Encyclopcedia of 
Sport," I see tiiat the record authenticated 
measurement is that of a tiger shot by the Maha- 
rajah of Cooch Behar, measuring 10ft. 2^in. It 
would be interesting to know whether the tiger 
sliot by Mr Deane is a record one. 
Peermaad. 15th Dec. D W Akthuk. 
—Madras Mail, Dec. 18. 
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HINTS FOE ORANGE GROWERS. 
Treatment of the soil with gypsum, followed 
about ten days after by very weak solutions of 
iron sulphate, enables many possessors of orchards 
of Portugal oranges to retard the ripening 
of the fruit for some considerable time, 
at the same time these substances tend 
to fix the fruit on the tree. Tlie blood 
orange, which can be successfully cultivated in so 
few countries, iu Egypt improves in every genera* 
