Partial list of some Ceylon coffee/tea plantation districts including "Nitre Cave" operating in the Mimure valley circa 1881 during the British colonial period. Shows lessees/ownership, acreage, main plantation crops and other details.
Source:
Ferguson's Ceylon Directory 1880-1881, Colombo, The Ceylon Observer Press 1881
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