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modern lines and if Kashmir is to enter the markets of the 

 world as a competitor with California. 



In addition to the work on hops two other matters were 

 dealt with in Kashmir at the request of the Revenue Minis- 

 ter. The first was an investigation into the wine industry, 

 which is carried on by the State near Srinagar, and the 

 second related to a general scheme for the improvement of 

 the agricultural and horticultural industries of the State. 

 In the case of wine industry, I recommended that this 

 should be given up and the past expenditure in this direc- 

 tion regarded as a bad debt. As regards the development 

 of the agricultural industries of the State, I drew up a 

 detailed scheme in which many directions of improvement 

 were indicated, and in which I recommended the amalga- 

 mation of the present agricultural and allied efforts of the 

 State into one strong department under a competent Euro- 

 pean officer with the necessary experience. Time did not 

 permit me to make all the necessary enquiries into a fourth 

 subject on which my advice was asked for by the Revenue 

 Minister and by the Minister for Education. This related 

 to the introduction of Agricultural Education into the 

 State, on which no useful suggestions could be made without 

 first of all going into the present educational system as a 

 whole. 



Part IV. 



The UeDeloynhetit of the Fruit Industry oj Baluchistan. 



The proposals put forward by this section in 1909 for 

 the development of the fruit industry of Baluchistan were, 

 during the year under review, finally sanctioned by the 

 Secretary of State, and work was commenced at Quetta in 

 May of the present year. This extension of the work of 

 the section has necessarily involved not only some re- 

 organisation of the work at Pusa, but also an extension of 

 the staff. The Pusa work both in training and investi- 

 gation is now in great measure limited to rabi crops, there- 

 by allowing the months May to September to be devoted to 



