REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR, AGRICULTURAL 

 RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE, PUSA, 

 FOR THE YEARS 1907-09. 



(B. Coventry, Esq.) 



1. Charge. — The Director returned from nine months' 

 combined privilege leave and furlough on 27th November 

 1907, and for the remainder of the period under report, was 

 in charge of his office. 



2. Staff. — The European scientific staff of the Institute 

 consisted as follows :^ —(1) The Imperial Agriculturist with 

 one Supernumerary, (2) The Imperial Agricultural 

 Chemist with one Supernumerary, (3) The Imperial Eco- 

 nomic Botanist with one Supernumerary, (4) The Imperial 

 Entomologist with one Supernumerary, (5) The Second 

 Imperial Entomologist and (6) The Imperial Mycologist 

 with one Supernumerary. Mr. C. J. Bergtheil, Imperial 

 Bacteriologist, who for the last five years was on deputa- 

 tion with the Bengal Government carrying on investiga- 

 tions connected with indigo manufacture, joined his 

 appointment at Pusa on the 1st April 1909, after the 

 expiry of his deputation, but soon after (28th June) 

 relinquished his post. Mr. F. M. Howlett, B.A., Second 

 Imperial Entomologist, arrived from England on the 23rd 

 November 1907 and commenced his investigation on 

 diftera. Mr. G. P. Hector, M.A., B.Sc, arrived on the 

 14th January 1908 and took up the post of Supernumerary 

 Economic Botanist in succession to Mr. R. J. D. Graham, 

 M.A., B.Sc, transferred to the Central Provinces. Mr. W. 

 McRae, M.A., B.Sc, Supernumerary Mycologist, arrived on 

 the 28th March 1908. Mr. W. Roberts, B.Sc, Supernum- 

 erary Agriculturist, was deputed to Bombay Presidency in 

 April 1908 to assist the Deputy Director of Agriculture, 

 Mr. A. G. Birt, B.Sc, Supernumerary Agriculturist, was 

 in May 1908 transferred to the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment, Eastern Bengal and Assam, as Acting Assistant 



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