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He was away on privilege leave from lOtli December 1910 

 to 0th January 1911. Mr. R. R. Ghose, who held the post 

 of Sericulture Assistant, resigned on 25th October 1910, 

 since when the position has been filled by Mr. M. N. De, 

 who has worked hard and satisfactorily. 



Visitors. — The Assistant Professor of Biology in the 

 Punjab Government College, Lahore, and the Lecturer in 

 Entomology at the Cawnpore Agricultural College, both 

 worked in the Laboratory during their vacation periods, 

 the former from December to January and the latter from 

 March to June. The Entomological Assistant to the 

 Baroda State spent a fortnight in Pusa discussing his work 

 and his programme for the ensuing year and in collecting 

 information likely to be of use. The Entomological Assis- 

 tant, Burma, also spent about three months at Pusa, learn- 

 ing the practical side of Sericulture and obtaining inform- 

 ation about crop-pests. 



Training. — One student from the United Provinces re- 

 mained from last year and continued his course in General 

 Entomology until October. During the year, the newly- 

 appointed Lecturer in Entomology at the Lyallpur Agri- 

 cultural College and the Entomological Assistant in the 

 North- West Frontier Province were received for the full 

 course of training in Advanced Entomology, and will com- 

 plete their course in December next. It is to be regretted 

 that no students have been sent for the course commencing 

 on 1st June 1911. The short courses in Sericulture were 

 attended by many applicants from all parts of India, and 

 of these thirteen have completed their course during th(^ 

 year; seven other students were received in June 1911, ol" 

 whom six remain under instruction. The semi-annual 

 short courses in Lac-culture have been taken up by fifteen 

 students, of whom six were Forest Rangers specially de- 

 puted for this purpose. A certain amount of instruction 

 in Bee-keeping has also been given to interested applicants, 

 but as Apiculture in the Plains of India is still in an ex- 

 perimental stage, no regular course of instruction can be 

 given before its success is assured. 



