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of death, the same ruas will be applied as in the case of Savings Bank Deposits. On written application for a fortu obtainable at any Post Office) being made to the Controller... Money Order Depan London, the phase price, or part thereof in multiples of 1986
with any time,
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dition first anniversary of the date of purchase and with a further addition of 11. Iss. 6. for each month thereafter.
44) No person may hoki more than 500 £T Certificates or their equivalent.”
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.. June, 1916.
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The THREE CASTLES Virginia Cigarettes
Castles
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SHOWI
THE MANUFACTURE OF POTASH IN CEYLON
The Cigarette with the Pedigree.
Master Ralph Layne -
Merchant of London, Governor of Virginia 1586, is credited with the introduction of Tobacco into England He sailed with-- Sir Richard Grenville in April 1585 and returned with his com- pany under Sir Francis Drake in 1586 Master Layne didi guess he was taking home so fair a” plant that doth as needful stand as heaven or fire or air or sca'or land: as moon or stars that rule the gloomy night or sacred friend- ship or the sunny light". And yet, who lives with these "Three Castles "Cigarettes shall have his needs fulfilled till he could IIH
"For thy sake "Three Castles" I. would do anything bur die?” Theres no sweeter Tobacco comes from Virginia and no better Brand thai the "THREE CASTLES" WWW.Thackeray "The Virginians
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| plants varied from a little over 4 per cent. to tid on the partly dried material. The Lenhanc of the ash was light gray, through lifferent shades, to a dark gray. The {rewash matent calenthuted ran the gues anh free from adl inchsen and sand ranged from 87 pre vruty to 25 per cent, and It was stated glit. vently in these aged 11.26 per cent. on the Tel
SOME INTERESTING EXPERI-
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SHIPPING NOTES.
which was purchased by Mr Nakamura The American steamer Robert Dollar,
of Chinnampo, towards the end of 1914.
was renamed the for £280,000 and Jakai Maru No. 6, has been resold to a
British buyer for 2420,000, a profit of"
140,000 having been cleared on the deal She is of 6,356 tons gross and was built in Glasgow in 1911. For some time past, she was engaged in the conveyance of Bean Oil from Dairen to Seattle,
If Certificates bust, and the serial. numbers can be furnished to the Controller of the Money Order Depart Dept, arw Certificates will be sued at rolun t, says the Times of Cesarities or 10.8 per cent, the asli
as ordinarily burned. The lime atent that the scufartare of perash tried from 21.2 to 415 per cent, ma valueless timber was under Consideration by the Departinent of Agricultus Mr.venged #02 per cent, Phospheric and Irunged from 11.8 to 6,03 per rent, on the riber Serretay of the Cegiondary ash, averaging 3.50 per cent. A Agricultural Sarily, who was interviewed second experiment on two Beres of jungle. Quort time ago by se Kandy representa from which the firewood had been
Our Dairen" contemporary tive on the subject if the scarcity of removed, yielded only 4 ton of pure as Japanese shipping companies now keenly petush and how to ready it, terred taper here of approximately the same com feel the pinch of a crew "famine," as The extensive tracts of jungle in all parts position. Artemisia vulgaris (worm-result of the rapid increase of tonnage
(For examples of investment in War Savings Certificates, see .the other side.)
Examples of Investment in War Savings Certificates
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of the land, especially in the Northwood a plant enmonly grown as a fence Central Provines, which would furnish areand cooly liais, at about 5,000 feet
excellent SOUTH od potash. Mr.
is rich in potash, the analysis of the thisberg also compared Certon with India sup-dried specimens giving 7.1 per cent. and was of opinion that Caylor was wel of ash containing 14.4 per cent. lime, 37.8 off in the thatter of how druk, jungle.gr cent. potash and 7.6 per cent, pho A journey to the north, say Jaffna, will phoric weld and worth Rs. 180 per ton.. myvince ayen the most incredible sta In 1912 and 1913, 7912 tons of con- what on excellent sourse of potash there centrated potash salts were imported into bs in Ceglen for on both sides of the Ceyla chiefly from Germany, also 2082 oilway lie large tracks of jungle sound tons of nitrate of potash from India Ing with valueless timber. This These manures contained about 8,500,000 specially the case from Anuradhapural, of potash, of which about 4,200,000 upwards.
or 4.5 are exported annually in dea alone,
CEVLON POSITION.
The emptor of Agriculture, referring to the subject makes the following remarks There appears to be le doubt in the minds of most planters in
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consequent upon the construction and charter of vessels. The port of Dairen feels this pinch far worse than at a home chance upon the services of a seasoned port, and it is next to impossible to
mariner here at present. The recent the D. E. K. liner Tencho Mars in the vacancy temporarily crest on bord post of her commanding officer had to ho Sled by an officer in the service of the was possible only to the D. K. K. which Railway Wharf Office Dairen. Each is closely related to the 9. M. K. Co. No other firm could hardly expect a similar facility. The idea of establishing a mercantile marine school at this port is being talked about.
It may be added to this that an oficial return shows tho member of licensed. Japanese mariners increased from 30,083 in 1914, to 33,976 in 1916.
to be answered is whether the Colony popular, has thus
American
canent produce a-upply of potash suff. from General Pembe its death blow
the Colony that the shortage of potash. The right mains for America's fighting through the shutting out of all German to French newspaper correspondents tions are being conducted by the
mania" Sammy." not "Teddy." Talking Japanese papers state that investiga supplies, will be eventually felt by the yesterday, General Pershing spoke of his Communications Office, Tokyo, e the agricultural industries. At present efforts troops as Sammies" and said he pre- establishment of new steamer lines. The are being made to liberate supplies locked ferred
that
appellation to Teddies. As same subject is under investigation by
"Tel up in the soil by enitural and other the nephews of Uncle Sam, the men the Extraordinary Industrial methods, but the question that may have?cmselves prefer it, ton. The name of tion Commission. The under-mentioned,
fustrial Investiga which was beginning to become lines are
* either or non-subsidized lines cient to meet its most urgent require expressed his deep satisfaction and Line, Line to the eastern coasts of South York Line, Odessa Line, Hainburg menta. There are large areas of low, gratitude at the reception France has America via South Africs, Line to Borneo rubby, jungle in the North-Central Pro-given to his first army, and particularly and the occupied islands in the Boath vince of the Colony of little or no value, the welcome the men received in Paris Seas, Bombay Line, Java Line New and it may be possible Unt agriculturists on the "Fourth." "Our Suomies,he Zealand Line, and Italian Line.
concluded, "are brave and loyal boys,
of the Commises to the
Commander in CPU mending
will have to consider the desirability of and they will more than reciprocate the applying for areas of this jungle to be affection of the Franch people." burned for the production of potash.. Agriculturists in England have had to resort to hedge trimmings and other relage vegetable unstler for the produc tion of potash for their most urgent needs, and the valueless jungle in the Colang affords an asset for the agricultural industrien should the war be prolonged and normal supplies of potash unproeur.
able"
EXPERIMENTS.CONDUCTED.
In this connection several experiments have been made by the chemical division of the Agricultura Department. To investigate posible supplies. of potash several varieties of leaves and branchos of jungle trees and shrubs were collected. Complete analyses of the leaves and branches of the varieties typical of the forest in the Vavuniya district were made to determine the potasi and other vilir. abla manurial constituents with a view to supplying the demand for "potash in the tes, rubber and coconut- districts. The percentage of ash in the various
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