153 x 97 mm. View from the hillside looking down on the line which curves round on an embankment in the foreground before entering the deep rock cutting which leads to the mouth of the Meangalla Tunnel. 300 feet long and 18 feet broad, its construction was attended by several fatal accidents (see Ferguson, p. 9). On a spur of the hillside above the tunnel are the bungalows of Faviell and other staff. In the far distance is the peak of Utuwakanda, (Perera, ‘The Ceylon railway’, p. 95).

265 x 204 mm. Duplicate of preceding print. Photograph probably by M.A. Cameron.

Quarter-plate. Looking over the Uva plain (patna land) to Diyatalawa, the Boer prisoners camp.

274 x 216 mm. View from the driveway of the hotel looking through the trees towards Nuwara Eliya Lake in the distance.

167 x 92 mm. View from the line looking out over hilly, jungle covered country towards distant mountains.

278 x 215 mm. View looking along the Ramboda Pass, with a small river in the foreground. Photograph by Scowen & Co.

277 x 214 mm. A view looking south across Dutch Bay towards Dutch Point with army quarters in the foreground. The view looks back towards the location from which the preceding print was photographed. Photograph probably by M.A. Cameron.

274 x 213 mm. A view looking over a river valley planted out with rice with woods and palms in the foreground.

150 x 111 mm.

287 x 238 mm. View of the road curving round the steep hillside in the pass between Gampola and Newara Eliya, with a river in the right foreground. No. 2107 scratched out on negative, replaced by 2153.

A message from Ken to Mr and Mrs P F Oliver (Pete and Dorothy) in Hong Kong is written on the reverse. Published by 'Will's Studio, Dematagoda'

273 x 216 mm. This is probably among the studies shown by Skeen at the Melbourne Exhibition of 1880.

Half-plate. Statue of Sir H. G. Ward GCMG. Native Court House just in front of Church, and crowd waiting for cases to come on (Fisher). [Sir Henry George Ward (1797-1860) was Lord High Commissioner to the Ionian Islands, 1849-1855 and Governor of Ceylon 1855-1860. He died of cholera in Madras shortly after taking up the post of Governor].

Contains prints of various sizes, as listed (mounted on card), with descriptions in gold lettering and bound in a red leather volume with the inscription 'Souvenir of the Unveiling of the First Statue of His Majesty the King in the East, at Kalutara South, Ceylon. The Gift of Don Arthur Silva Wijaysinghe Siriwardene, (Sinahalese Chief) The Padikar Mudaliyar, Justice of the Peace, etc., etc. 22nd of July, 1916'. Various printed items have also been inserted.

188 x 317 mm. View of the sharp turn in the line and the precipitous drop at the right at Sensation Rock on the Colombo-Kandy Railway. Signed 208 B.& S. 2082.

Quarter-plate. On the way to the gemming pits. (Man with basket on head is selling bread.) Village is called Gettangudda. Notice breadfruit tree beyond roof of cottage. (Fisher).

258 x 207 mm. View from the seaward end of the breakwater looking towards the Customs House area, with construction work in progress in the foreground. H.M.S. ‘Bacchante’ and ‘Ruby’ are anchored in the harbour within the area enclosed by the breakwater. The two princes remained in Ceylon from 25th January to 6th February 1882. For an account of their visit, see John N. Dalton, ‘The cruise of Her Majesty’s Ship Bacchante’ 1879-1882 (2 vols, London, 1886), vol 2, p 311-344.