26 RErOBT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL AGRICULTURAL 

 CHEMIST FOR THE YEAR 1910-11. 



(J. Walter Leather, Ph.D., F.I.C.) 



Charge of Section and Estahlishrnent. — The section was 

 in charge of myself during the entire year. 



Mr. H. E. Annett, Supernumerary Agricultural Chem- 

 ist, acted as Agricultural Chemist, United Provinces, until 

 10th November 1910. He again went to Cawnpore on 24th 

 June 1911 to act as Principal, Agricultural College. 



The changes involved during the year have been as fol- 

 lows : — Babu Subodh Chandra Kar, M.A., the second assist- 

 ant, died on 19th July 1910. Subodh Babu joined the 

 establishment at Dehra Dun in 1902 as a volunteer assist- 

 ant and gradually rose to the position of second assistant. 

 He had shown unusual ability and would no doubt have 

 risen to still higher office. His death was a very severe 

 loss. Babu Jatindra Nath Mukerjee, B.A., B.Sc, the 

 third assistant, has been appointed second assistant. Mr. 

 Bhailal Motibhai Amin, B.A., who was promoted third 

 assistant, has, during the year, been appointed on deputa- 

 tion as assistant in the laboratory of the Behar Indigo 

 Planters' Association. Mr. K. S. Vishwanatham, B.A., 

 was selected by the Imperial Bacteriologist as his second 

 assistant. Babu Adhar Krishna Bose was selected by the 

 Scientific Officer, Indian Tea Association, as his assistant. 

 The latter changes, although occasioning loss to the estah- 

 lishment, must be considered in the light of a compliment to 

 the section and fulfil one of its important functions. Other 

 changes have been as follows : — Mr. G. K. Lele, L.Ag., 

 Nagpur, was appointed a junior assistant in August 1910; 

 Mr. D. K. Ambekar, M.A., had to resign his appointment 

 in April on account of family reasons; Mr. R. C. Sohoni 

 left at the end of his probationary period. 



