Abstract:DVRINC~ a short visit to the island of Ceylon in the spring of this year I was greatly impressed with the progress made recently, and my impressions may be worth recording.Cey!on has made enormous progress in many directions, notably in connection with what was once almost the exclusive product of Brazil-rubber. Great stretches of the low country of Ceylon, which was formerly jungle or scrub, are now covered with European plantations, mingled with the netive coco-nut estates. The rubber plantations are well eq… Show more
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