INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE, PFSA, FOT^ 1911-12. 13 



in the Botanical Section, from October 1st, 1911, to the end 

 of April 1912. 



During the year under report, 33 students attended the 

 short courses — two in ' Cattle management,' one in 

 ' Poultry management,' seventeen in ' Sericulture ' and 

 thirteen in ' Lac cultivation.' 



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11. Buildings and Works. — During the yeai' under 

 report two small supplementary Laboratories were con- 

 structed, dejDartmentally, for the use of the Imperial Agri- 

 cultural Bacteriologist and the Imperial Pathological 

 Entomologist, respectively. Residential quarters were also 

 constructed for the use of the Superintendent of the Office 

 of the Agricultural Adviser. 



12. Library. — ^The Library is rapidly becoming over- 

 crowded. Proposals for its extension have been submitted. 

 During the year under report about 1,400 volumes have been 

 added. 



13. Publications. — The issue of the Journal, Memoirs 

 and Bulletins was continued. The Department published 

 during the year 14 Memoirs and 4 Bulletins, against 7 

 Memoirs and an equal number of Bulletins in the previous 

 year. As noted in the last year's report, the Provincial 

 Departments are supplying an increasing volume of contri- 

 butions for these publications. 



In consequence of the abolition of the Journal of 

 Tropical Veterinary Science from 1st April 1912, it 

 has been decided that articles of a popular character on 

 veterinary subjects should be inserted in the Agricultural 

 Journal of India. Contributions unsuited for the Journal, 

 by reason of their being too technical, will be published in 

 the form of Veterinary Memoirs which are now among 

 the Scientific Memoirs issued by the Agi'icultural Depart- 

 ment. They will be issued from time to time as matter 

 becomes available. The editing committee has been 

 strengthened by the appointment of the Imperial Bacterio- 

 logist, Muktesar, as a co-editor. The grant for the agri- 

 cultural periodicals and Journal, which was curtailed 



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