"From the Author":

CALIFORNIA

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DESCRIBING

THE PROGRESS OF THE ISLAND SINCE 1803,

ITS PRESENT

AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES,

AND ITS

Unequalled Attractions to Visitors.

WITH

USEFUL STATISTICAL INFORMATION, SPECIALLY PREPARED MAP,
AND UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.

Co-Editor of "Ceylon Observer," "Tropical Agriculturist,” “Ceylon Handbook," etc.;
Life Member of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society;

Honorary Corresponding Secretary of the Royal Colonial and Imperial Institutes.

"Embassies from regions far remote:

From India and the Golden Chersonese,

*

And utmost Indian Isle TAPROBANE."-MILTON.

London:

JOHN HADDON & CO., SALISBURY SQUARE, FLEET ST.

Colombo:

A. M. & J. FERGUSON, OBSERVER PRESS.

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