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Newera Ellia, November 4th, 1840. 
His Excellency the Rt. Hon’ble the Goveenoe, 
&c., &c., tfeo. 
Dear Sir, — I have great i^leasure in acknowledging 
the receipt of Your Excellency’s letter of the 30th 
ultimo, with a packet of seeds, all of which shall have 
my best attention. The great scarcity of coolies 
here will enable me, I fear, to proceed but slowly 
with the planting of the piece of ground you have 
mentioned ; I hope nevertheless to complete it before 
my departure from hence. 
My return to Colombo previous to embarking in 
the “Tigris” I trust will bo in time for the removal of 
she fruit trees intended for Kornegalle, when I 
thall be most happy to superintend that or any 
other work Your Excellency may desire. Before 
leaving this neighbourhood I am anxious to instruct 
an old servant of mine, who already possesses some 
knowledge of the matter, in the mode of propagating 
the numerous and delightful variety of plants that 
abound in these regions, of which I wish lo establish 
a moderate collection by the period of my return 
to this colony. Should that event take place as early 
as I am led to expect, to forward this desirable ob- 
ject, I require the temporary use of about 50 square 
yards of jungle land, and as it has occurred to me 
that the same person might be useful in giving 
an eye to the tea plants, I hope Your Excellency 
will not think me too presuming by soliciting per- 
mission to occupy a bit of land to the above extent, 
near the tea plantation, where I should feel rejoiced 
to offer so much of the services of my servant as 
Your Excellency would require for their protection, 
as in such case, from the proximity of both occu- 
pations, the one could interfere but in a very trifling 
manner with the duties of the other, and it would 
tend very materially towards furthering Your EX' 
cellency’s views on the subject of tea cultivation, 
which I would most willingly do all in my power 
to assist. 
I have the honor to remain Sir, Your Excel- 
lency’s most dutiful Servant, 
J. G. Leak, 
Nuwera Ellia, November 23rd, 1840, 
His Excellency the Et. Hon’ble the Goveenoe, 
&c., &c., &c. 
Dear Sir, — I have great pleasure in acknowledg- 
ing the receipt of Your Excellency’s letter of the 
21st instant, with a packet of seeds, which, assisted 
by Captain Kelson, I have sown this morning. The 
rains which daily threaten to visit this part will, 
I hope, greatly contribute to their doing well. 
Captain Kelson has kindly promised to see to the 
whole garden in the absence of my servant, who I 
am grieved to say has been obliged to return to 
Kandy, owing to an inflammation in the chest, pro- 
ceeding from a cold. I had proposed to leave 
here myself on Saturday next, but in consequence 
of intelligence from Colombo to the effect that the 
“Tigris” will leave sooner than was expected 
(about the 15th proximo), I have arranged to do so on 
Wednesday next, and to arrive at Peradenia on 
Friday, where I shall have to make a stay of about 
6 or 6 days before proceeding to Colombo. I trust 
Your Excellency will pardon the delay in forward- 
ing the memo, on forming a coffee nursery, (Sc. It 
is now in preparation, and I am sure I need only 
offer my indispositioir as an apology for its not 
being much earlier completed. 
If I can be useful to Your Excellency on my pas- 
sage to England or whilst there, I humbly beg you 
will be pleased to command my most willing services. 
I have the honor to remain with the greatest 
respect, Sir, Your Excellency’s very obedient and 
faithful Servant, 
J. G. Leak. 
For His Excellency the Et. Hon’ble the Goveenoe, 
(fee., (fee., (fee. 
Memo : 
On forming a coffee nursery in a forest intended 
for plantation, the first thing to consider is the 
extent requisite, and as a guide it may be borne in 
mind that one parah of seeds in the parchment 
skin will produce 40,000 plants ; allowing for a mode- 
rate proportion of refuse, 3 parahs would therefore 
be more than enough for 100 acres. Seedlings from 
the tender nature of their cotyledons should be 
cauti(3nally guarded from the full influence of the 
sun, in their early stage, i, e, for the first 6 mouths ; 
