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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
(Jan. I, 1898, 
is on a scale of three miles to an inch — with 
a small map in the corner for speedy reference 
— shows principal roads, railways completed, 
railway stations, resthouses, boundaries of pro- 
vinces “ pearl stations,” and gem and gold dis- 
tricts, and most useful of all, the estates in the new 
and old planting districts. The.se include, besides 
the former and better-known coffee districts, the 
new ones tliat liave been, and are still, spring- 
ing up in the low-country, .such as tlie Kurune- 
gala distiict — where tlie extcn.sion of tea and 
coconut cultivation during the last few years has 
been wonderful, — the Panadura and Kulutara 
districts, the Veyangoda estates, the Morawak 
Korle extensions, and the estates scattered 
throughout the Southern Province at Udagama, 
Ambalangoda, and near Galle. The publishers 
certainly deserve credit for their work. 
FROM THE “ CEYLON EXAMINEE,” DEC. 15. 
With characteristic zeal in everything likely to 
advance the planting interests of the Island, 
Messrs. A. M. and J. Ferguson of the Ceylon 
Observer, have iust jiublisbed a sjilendid map 
of the Planting Districts of Ceylon, showing the 
position of the principal Tea, Cacao and Coffee 
Estates in the country. The scale of the Map, 
8 miles to the inch, has enabled its projector to 
delineate the natural features of the districts ex- 
ploited for planting inirposes, in a clear and com- 
prehensive style. The Map cannot but be there- 
fore, of the highest value to intending pros|)ectors 
in search of suitable localities for cultivating the 
staple products that already form the objects of 
agricultural enterprise, or for the introduction of 
new ones for which peculiar conditions in regard 
to altitude, situation and so forth ilre essential. 
Therange of country exhibited is from the Nalande 
Oya north of the Matale District to Ambala- 
tota in the South in the vicinity of Hambantota, 
and from the West Coast of Ceylon to Monaragala 
District in the East. Each Planting District is dis- 
tinguished by colour as well as by name, and to the 
ordinary traveller the inclusion of Principal lloads, 
Railways completed, Railway Stations, and Rest- 
houses must prove of no small utility. A printed 
list of all the Tea Districts with the altitude of 
each forms part of the contents, while a smaller 
map on the same sheet in which is marked the 
Gem Districts, Pearl Oyster Stations, and the 
places where gold has been traced, will no doubt 
be of service to the mineralogist and the scientific 
explorer. 
EOM the “ CEYLON INDEPENDENT,” DEC. 17, 
Messrs. A. M. & J. Ferguson of the Ceylon 
Observer have placed both the planting and mer- 
cantile community of Ceylon, it may be added 
the general public as well, under a considerable 
debt of obligation by their publication for the first 
time of an up-to-date map of the Planting Dis- 
tricts of Ceylon showing in a clear and accurate 
manner the position of all the tea, cacao, cardamom 
and coffee estates in the Island. A reliable map of 
this description has long been a desideratum and 
we had a guarantee that if Messrs. A. M. & J. 
Ferguson undertook the work they would do it 
thoroughly and turn out something that would 
reflect credit upon their enterprise, but we confess 
that the excellent result achieved surprises us. It 
has been a colossal task, but the preparers have 
not shrunk from the difficulties in their path, ren- 
dered all the more acute by the rajud develop- 
ment that has gone on and is continuing to this 
day. We can well believe that every effort bas 
been made to secure reliable information and wC 
can only find words of unstinte-l ]iraise at the 
skilful way such information has licen utilised. The 
size of the map is 48 indies by 36 inches, and on 
it the position of nearly 1,600 estates can with ease 
be located. It makes an invaluable reference and 
shoubl form an indispensable ornament in every 
bungalow and mercantile oHice in the Colony. The 
proprietors hope to make it the bas-is of a series of 
maps which ‘‘ is.sued from time t" rime will prove 
useful records of the progress of Tea Planting in 
Ceylon.” The map is arranged on a scale of three 
miles to the inch and the principal road-, railways 
with stations and the resthouses are equally clearly 
defined. There is also a list of the altitudeof the 
various jdanting districts, and a small key map of 
the Island of Ceylon .showing the gem districts, 
pearl oyster .stations and the places where gold has 
been traced. The work was lithogra]ihed by 
Messrs. Standidge & Co., Ido., of Old .Tewry at 
their extensive works in Worship street Finsbury, 
and the proprietors accord ungrudging testimony 
to the care and efficiency with which this part of 
the labour has been carried out. 
“CATHOLIC MESSENGER,” DEC. 18. 
We received from the Observers Office a new 
large map of the I’lanting Distiicts of Ceylon, 
which will be very useful to all the Planters. 
The mail which is on a scale of 3 miles to an 
inch, with a small map in the corner for speedy 
reference, shows principal roads, railways com- 
pleted, railway stations, resthouses, boundaries 
of provinces, pearl stations, gem and gold dis- 
tricts and, most useful of all, the estates of 
the new and old planting districts. On tliis map 
are marked also the new estates that have been, 
and are still, springing up in the lowcoiintry, 
such as the Kurunegala, Panadura, Kalutara dis- 
tricts, the Veyangoda estates, the Mora\iak 
Korle extension, and the estates scattered through- 
out the Southern Province at Udugama, Ambalan- 
goda and near Galle. This useful map, will no 
doubt, find a ready sale among the Planters. 
“MADRA.S MAIL, ’ DEC. 20. 
Messrs. A. M. & J. Ferguson, Proprietors of 
the Ceylon Observer, have just published a very 
fine map of the Planting Districts of Ceylon, 
showing the position of the principal Tea, Cacao 
and Coffee estates. The scale of the map is 
three miles to an inch, and various simjile devices, 
marginally noted, are used to indicate )trincipal 
roads, railways completed, railway stations, rest 
houses and boundaries. The various districts are 
distinguished by colours as well as by name. To 
the right of the map is given a li«t and altitude 
of tea planting districts, some fifty in number, 
while in the left band corner is a small map of the 
Island in which are shown the gem districts, the 
pearl stations and the gold producing tracts. 
The map is likely to prove most useful to the 
colonists and reflects great credit on Messrs. 
Standidge & Co., Lithographers of Old Jewry, 
London, who produced it. 
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AMSTERDAM CINCHONA SALES. 
Our Amsterdam correspondent telegraphs on Thurs- 
day evening (Dec, 9th.) that of the 8,842 packages of Java 
cinchona offered as today’s public sales only 4,889 
packages sold, at an average unit for the Manufact- 
uring bark of 7c. per half-kilo (equal to per lb.) 
against 7 90c. paid at the auctions on November 4. 
Today’s sale has therefore resulted in a decline of about 
12 per cent, the general tone throughout being dull 
