Mss Eur F252/30

Diary includes:

• Folio 1 verso: postcard photograph of snake charmers (Ceylon)
• Folio 2A: postcard photograph of the Bathing Pavilion at Mount Lavinia, Ceylon [loose item]
• Folio 2B: business card of D.F. Weerasirie & Co. Jewellers and Gem Merchants, Kandy, Ceylon [loose item]
• Folio 4 verso: photograph, from a press cutting, with the handwritten heading “Jungle John” showing the Hon. Mr D.S. Senanayake
• Folio 7 verso: postcard photograph showing an outdoors scene at Brazen Palace, Anuradhapura, Ceylon
• Folio 8 verso: postcard photograph of ‘Moonstone and Steps,’ Anuradhapura, Ceylon
• Folio 9 verso: postcard photograph of ‘Abhayagiri Dagoba,’ Anuradhapura, Ceylon
• Folio 10 verso: photograph of ‘Guardian Stone’ flanking steps (Anuradhapura)
• Folio 11 verso: untitled photograph showing a stone pillared shelter in Anuradhapura
• Folio 12 verso: untitled photograph showing trees in Anuradhapura
• Folio 18 verso: postcard photograph of Thuparma Vihare (Buddhist temple) at Polonnaruwa, Ceylon
• Folio 19 verso: untitled photograph showing palm trees before a low roofed building (Kalkuda F.R.H.)
• Folio 29 verso: photograph of Araucaria conifer and other species of plants in Ohiya Arboretum (and showing A Bidwilli on the right)
• Folio 30 verso: postcard photograph showing an approaching steam locomotive at Sensation Rock on the Kadugannawa Pass, Cylon
• Folio 31 verso: photograph of Pinus Patula species of pine, planted in 1930 (M.J33 Conical Hill) (C. Holmes)
• Folio 32 verso: photograph of Pattipola R.H. from the railway
• Folio 34 verso: photograph showing Araucaria Braziliensis species of evergreen inter-planted with Tristania conferta species of evergreen (1930 and 1932 respectively) (C. Holmes)
• Folio 35: photograph showing an example of species of cypress Cupressus torulosa, 4 years old (Conical Hill) (photograph: C. Holmes)
• Folio 35A: small card with the words “B. Narasimmiah, Member of English Jersey Cattle Society” [loose item]
• Folio 36 verso: photograph of Araucaria bidwillii pines and A. Excelsa of 1930 inter-planted with Tristania conferta evergreens of 1932 (photograph: C. Holmes)
• Folio 36A: postcard photograph showing net hauling at the south coast of Ceylon [loose item]
• Folio 37 verso: postcard photograph of The Fernery, Hakgalla Garden, Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon [loose page]
• Folio 41 verso: postcard photograph of Part of Nuwara Eliya Lake showing bund, Ceylon
• Folio 44 verso: postcard photograph showing the plucking of tea (Up-Country Estate, Ceylon)
• Folio 44A: part of an inland letter addressed to Mrs H G Champion (at Colombo) from Harry Champion regarding a forthcoming journey by aeroplane from Madras to Colombo [loose item]
• Folio 46 verso: postcard photograph of Adam’s Peak, Ceylon
• Folio 48 verso: postcard photograph of Talipot Palm trees at Peradeniya Gardens, Ceylon
• Folio 57 verso: photograph showing a fenced walkway and steps on steep rocky terrain at Sigiri
• Folio 63 verso: photograph showing two boats alongside each other (with a figure seated on each one) on the reservoir at Kellunadurakele
• Folio 64 verso: photograph with the description ‘Hora round the Kellunadurakele Reservoir’
• Folio 64 verso: photograph showing a group of trees with the description ‘A Good group’
• Folio 65 verso: postcard photograph showing a Devil Dancing Ceremony in progress at Ceylon
• Folio 67 verso: two photographs of ‘the bathing pool’ on a coastline with rocks and palm trees (Ambalangola R. H.)
• Folio 68 verso: two photographs showing coastline scenes at Ambalangola
• Folio 69 verso: postcard photograph in colour showing a female rubber tapper at work on a tree trunk (Ceylon)
• Folio 71 verso: untitled photograph of a bend in a river
• Folio 72 verso: photograph of the River Ford at Hanwella
• Folio 73 verso: photograph of a one storey building fronted by a group of palm trees (Hanwella R.H.)
• Folio 74 verso: newspaper cutting from the Morning Post, dated 3rd February 1937, showing an article entitled ‘Forests of Ceylon – Feared Effects of Rejecting Expert’s Proposals’
• Folio 77 verso: two photographs showing an internal and external scene of the Temple near Madura
• Folio 78 verso: photograph of the Mukerti Peak at Nilgiris
• Folio 80 verso: two photographs of Madura Temple scenes
• Folio 81 recto: photograph showing an outside scene at the Madura Temple