INDEX. 
Page. 
Oils, Essential, Market Eates for 80, 123, 152, 216, 
267, 288, 368, 448, 454, 512, 
604, 692, 788, 867, 868, 948 
Old and New Products, Market Rates for 80, 152, 216, 
288, 368, 448, 512, 604, 692, 788, 868, 9J8 
Olive Cultivation ... ... 572 
Opals ... ... ... 184 
Opium Industry ... ... 511,634 
Oranga Cultivation ... 128, 206, 548 
Recipes... ... ..• ^^^'2 
Oranges, Maltese Blood .. ... 932 
, Packing of, by Steam .. 827 
Orchella, Exports of 
, Market Rates for 80, 127, 152, 216, 288 
363, 448 , 512, 604, 692, 788, 868 
Oriental Bank Estate Co., Ld. ... 181 
Ormerod, Miss .. ••• ';^J0 
Ouvah Coffee Company, Id. ... l.»3 
Oysters in France ••• ••• 204 
Paddy Crops in Ceylon ... ... 4 
Cultivation ... ••• [See Rice] 
Ceremonies Observed by the 
84, 608 
691, 595 
696, 794 
360 
[See Areoanut] 
581 
[,See Coconutl 
812 
' 474, 529, 549 
103, 299, 329 
.. [See Betel] 
279 
"(53.5, 7V8, 780 
218 
Kandyans in 
, Origin of . . 
, Varieties of 
Painting, Eooncmieal 
Palms, Areca 
, Branching 
, Coconut .. 
in British Ciuiana . . 
Palais Indien Tea Houses . . 
Palmyras in Ceylon 
Pan Leaf 
Papain : the Vegetable Pepsin 
Parasites 
Passion Fruit . . 
Patent Medicines, Evolution of 
Panioillaria Spicata 
Peaoh Trees, Manures for... 
Pearl Fishing in Australia . . 
— Fishing in Ceylon 
Rearing Shells, Artificial Propagation of 
Shell Fisheries of Queensland .. ^ 
Pearls and Pearl Shells ... ••• 381, 38-j 
, Black ... •■• ••• ,9 
Made to Order ... ■■• 
Peat, Uses of ... ••• ••• 
Peermaad, Planting in . . [See Travancore] 
Pepper Cultivation in Netherlands India 282 
—1 in Peraks ... 104, 247 
in strait Settlements 785, (8o 
.Exports of ..• •• 326,330 
, Market Rates for 80, 152, 216, 288, 36s 
448,512,604,692,788,868,948 
Peppermint Industry . . • • 936 
P rsiramon, Japanese ... ••• 
Perak, Minerals in ... ••• , ^^f't^.t 
. Planting in 20, 94, 104, 112, 179, 247 
248, 732, 760, 780, 833 
Perfume Industry ... •• ^'oo^ 
Peradeniya Botanic Gardens . . 
Persia as a Field for Enterprize ... 337 
312 
290 
921 
897 
110 
241 
167 
Peru, Resources of 
Peruvian Expedition 
PestF, Insect 
Petroleum, Egyptian 
J in Canada 
Petrohuni, Origin of 
Trade 
254,766,843,879,881, 885 
112,529,551,710,765, 776, 
861,880,885 
[See Insect Pests] 
580 
732 
744,819 
732 
Pineapple Industry 
Juioe.. 
Plants, Ceylon, for Natal 
, Preserved 
Page. 
202, 309 
892 
303 
348 
619 
264 
317 
74 
Pbarmaceutioal Etymology... ••■ 616 
Society, Donations by Java to 087 
Phwnix Sylveslris (See Icdian Toddy Palm.) 
Phylloxera ... • • L^^^ Vine Disease] 
Plants and Water 
, Colour of 
, Economic 
,- , Fragrant . . 
, Nitrogen in 
, Origin of . . 
. or Trees per Acre ... 
- — --- Seeing 
, Defences of 
, Fibrous ... 
, Flowering, Monstrosities in 
, , Parasitic 
, Ingenuity, Sagacity and Morality of 
, Rare 
, Sterilizing of 
, Watering of 
Ploughs 
Plumbago, Exports of 
Pith-Producing Trees 
Platinum ... . . 
Planters' Association of Ceylon 
Planter, Modern 
Planting Assistant, Hints for a young Newly Arrived 85 
Enterprize .. [See Agriculture] 
, Good ... .,. ... 920 
217 
571 
[See Economic Plants] 
698 
382,-571 
294 
354 
269 
31 
111 
93 
31 
29 
53 
15 
458 
163 
79, 151, 215, 287, 367, 447, 
511, 603, 691, 787, 867, 947 
, in Ceylon ... ... 107, 176 
Industry ... ... 701 
in Travancore .. ... 93 
, Market Rates for 80, 152, 210, 288, 368 
448 512, 604, 692, 788, 868 
Poetry .. .. ... 378 
Poisoning by a "Weed-killer" .. 303 
Ponds, Sedimentary Deposit of ... 680 
" Posthole Digger".., .. ... 367 
Potato Brandy ... ... ... 15 
Cultivation, Irish ... ... 781 
Disease, Remedy for ... 94,939 
Potatoes, Oeylon ... ... 354 
Poultry ... ... ...[See Fowls] 
Precious Stones ... ... ... [See Gems] 
Produce Clearing-house ... ... 755, 805 
Markets and Overproduction ... 11 
, Notes on 32, 49, 122, 127, 19], 201, 214, 259, 
277, 341, 356, 379, 390, 411, 430, 461, 473, 
492, 545,556,599, 619,648,681,711, 736, 
753, 801, 805, 830, 840, 851, 893, 907, 928 
Producer and Retailer ... ... 725 
Products, Markets Rates for Old and New 80, 152, 
216, 288, 368, 418, 512, 604, 692, 788, 868 
Proverbial Philosophy, Indian Agricultural 471 
Pruning ... ••• ..• 384 
Pterocarpus Indicus ... .. 392 
Puttalam, Geology of ... [See Ceylon] 
a. 
Queensland, Planting in 
Quinine Administration of 
, American 
and Chemical Works of 
Biihringer Soehne 
and Java Cinchona... 
, Artificial 
, Cheap 
Factories in India 
Manufacture in Java 
, Indian Government 
Manufacture in India 
Market 53, 123, 127, 
267, 286, 
650, 615, 
565 
576 
...358, 640, 643 
Messrs. C. F. 
401 
934 
17, 70 
734 
588 
...248,443,940 
...678, 690, 93S 
..411,434, 588 
170. 184, 204, 254, 
364, 454, 485, 540, 
728, 761, 804, 83? 
