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fruit work in Baluchistan. The staff has been strength- 

 ened by the addition of a new appointment, that of Per- 

 sonal Assistant, which was given to a candidate who had 

 worked in this section for nearly five years previously as a 

 volunteer. 



During the months May and June of the present year 

 the lines of future work on the fruit industry of the Pro- 

 vince have been worked out in detail, and a scheme has been 

 put forward \vhich has been accepted by the Local Govern- 

 ment. 



This falls into three parts. In the first place, a modern 

 fruit experiment station will be started for the purpose 

 both of demonstrating improved methods of producing and 

 transporting fruit and also of affording facilities for 

 further experiments likely to be of practical value to the 

 country. One of the features of the new experiment 

 station will be a nursery in which the best varieties will be 

 propagated in large number for distribution to the zemin- 

 dars. In the second place, a neglected fruit garden will 

 be taken in hand, and methods of renovation will be com- 

 menced this year. Thirdly, steps are being taken to work 

 out the most suitable methods of grading, packing and 

 transporting fruit so as to make the most use of the present 

 facilities for railway transport to India. 



The country round Quetta has been explored, and a 

 suitable site for the new experiment station has been 

 selected, and steps have been taken by the local Govern- 

 ment to acquire the land. The Honourable Colonel Ram- 

 say, CLE., Agent to the Governor General in Baluchistan, 

 who has strongly supported the scheme from the beginning, 

 has placed a large fruit garden at my disposal for the re- 

 novation experiment. It is hoped that a beginning will be 

 made with the packing experiments during the present 

 year, and the necessary buildings for the fruit experimeat 

 station will be erected by September next. 



In the preliminary work involved in the scheme I have 

 been greatly assisted by the Political Officers stationed at 

 Quetta. Mr. H. R. C. Dubbs, LC.S., CLE., Ofhciatiag 



