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has been continued on the lines laid down in 1906, and very 

 substantial progress has been made; the pests have been 

 carefully studied in almost every district and the prelimi- 

 nary work of collecting information on the spot materially 

 advanced. Good work has been done against the Hairy 

 Caterpillar pest in South Aroot and against the Deccan 

 Grass-hopper which appeared in the Northern Division. 

 In Bombay, very successful work has been done against the 

 Rice Grass-hopper; the Potato-moth and Deccan Grass- 

 hopper are being worked at where they occur and the work 

 should bear fruit this year. Proposals have been made for 

 putting the Entomological work on a better footing and 

 placing it under the general direction of the Imperial 

 Entomologist as in other provinces. In the Central Pro- 

 vinces, the success of the methods tried against Potato- 

 moth has led to their adoption on a larger scale and a care- 

 ful trial has been made of the trap-crop method of 

 checking boll-worm of cotton on the farms. The cultiva- 

 tion of Eri silk has been experimentally taken up at Multai 

 and Chanda. An investigation into termites in Hoshan- 

 gabad has been started with the Deputy Director of 

 Agriculture, Northern Circle, and the general pests of the 

 province are being investigated. In Bengal, and Eastern 

 Bengal ana Assam, the general investigation of injurious 

 insects has been continued; in the latter, the work against 

 Potato-moth is likely to give good results. In the United 

 Provinces, the work against the Cane Grass-hopper has been 

 the principal item and the general investigation of injuri- 

 ous insects has been continued. The cultivation of Eri 

 silk has been experimentally taken up at Cawnpore. In 

 the Punjab, sericulture and bee-keeping have been experi- 

 mented with and the general crop pests of the province 

 investigated. In Baroda, good work has been done in 

 inducing cultivators to take an interest in and adopt 

 measures against the Hairy Caterpillar, the boll-worm and 

 the til stem-borer, in addition to the usual cases of insect 

 pests reported from various crops. 



