Ceylon in the Jubilee Year : With an Account of the Progress Made Since 1803, And of the Present Condition of Its Agricultural and Commercial Enterprises/John Ferguson. Reprint. New Delhi, AES, 1994, xvi, 427 p., ills., $33. ISBN 81-206-0963-8.
Contents: 1. Past history: The Ophir and Tarshish of Solomon. 2. The island in 1796-1815, and seventy years later: extent and topographical features. 3. Social progress in ninety years: population. 4. Legislative and general improvement under the rule of successive British Governors. 5. Native agricultural and manufacturing interests: paddy (rice) cultivation. 6. The origin and rise of the planting industry: coffee introduced by Arabs. 7. New products: tea. 8. Present position of agricultural enterprise, local industries and foreign trade: exports of last decade. 9. What the planting industry has done for the mother-country: recent years of depression considered. 10. What the planting industry has done for Ceylon: population nearly doubled. 11. Present prospects for capitalists in Ceylon: Ceylon still a good field for investment. 12. Attractions for the traveller and visitor: the voyage a pleasure trip. 13. The revenue and expenditure of Ceylon: chief sources of revenue: grain and customs dues, sales of Crown Land, and railway profits. 14. What its government can do for Ceylon: active and independent administrators required. 15. Social life and customs: social life and customs of the natives of Ceylon. 16. Conclusion: relation and importance of Ceylon to India. Appendices. General index