(Confidential.)

APPENDIX TO "EASTERN No. 45."

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No.

From or to whom.

Despatch No.

Date.

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Sir W. H. Gregory to

Mr. Meade.

Private

July 1, 1888

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Ditto

Private

August 2, 1886

3

Ditto

Private

September 22, 1886

Bubject.

Transmitting copy of letter from Mr. Atkinson, a visiting agent of coffee estates, and expressing an opinion adverse to the proposed broad gauge extension.

Transmitting an extract from

letter from a Ceylon planter, pointing out that the cultivation of tes is becoming unprofitable, and observing that in view of this fact, it would be unwise to incur any great expenditure on railways. Transmitting Mr. Prestage's 16- marks upon Mr. Waring's reports, and pointing out that the Ceylon revenue is mainly dependent upon the cultivation of tea and coffee, neither of which industries is stable.

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4

H. Atkinson, Esq., to

Private

March 25, 1887

Sir W. H. Gregory,

Submitting remarks in favour of Mr. Prestage's proposals for the con. struction of a cheap narrow gange railway.

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5

F. Prestage, Esq., to

Private

March 27, 1887

Sir W. H. Gregory.

Reporting the results of his visit to

Ceylon.

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