34 REPOET OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL ECONOMIC 

 BOTANIST FOR THE YEAR 1910-11. 



(A. Howard, M.A, A.R.C.S., F.L.S.) 



Part I. 



Teaching, Training and Staff. 



Charge. — I held charge of the section during the year 

 under review except for the first 28 days of July when I 

 was on privilege leave and on special duty in England. 



Up to the end of July Maulvi Abdur Rahman Khan, 

 Second Assistant, was in charge of the section. During my 

 deputation to the Kashmir State in August and September 

 1910, he was also in charge of the current work at Pusa. 

 In consequence of the satisfactory manner in which this 

 assistant carried out his duties during five months in my 

 absence in 1910, his services were rewarded by the grant of 

 a special charge allowance for the whole period in question. 

 Studerkts. — Four short course students attended the sec- 

 tion during the year. Three of these worked well, es- 

 pecially the two sent from the Lushai Hills by Major Cole, 

 Staff. — In addition to the work done by my second 

 assistant, Maulvi Abdur Rahman Khan, during my absence 

 from Pusa in 1910, which has already been referred to, I 

 have pleasure in recording the promising work of this 

 assistant in Economic Botany. The third assistant, Mun- 

 shi Ijaz Husain, who was in charge of current duties at 

 Pusa on two occasions for short periods, has also improved 

 in his work and made himself useful in connection with the 

 tobacco-curing experiments. The work of the rest of the 

 staff was satisfactory. 



Part II. 



Special Work in England. 

 To enable me to complete the work referred to in this 

 section my privilege leave was extended by 17 days to d. 



