Excerpt from Ceylon and Her Planting Enterprize: In Tea, Cacao, Cardamoms, Cinchona, Coconut, and Areca Palms; A Field for the Investment of British Capital and Energy At first it was only intended to publish the series of letters specially written by several Ceylon planters of more or lpss experience which will be found between pages 1 and 67 but arising out of those letters, discussions took place which it was thought best to notice. It was also considered wise to add in an appendix (pages 68 to 76) a selection of estimates of needful outlay and probable return in connection with the principal products referred to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.