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REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL ECONOMIC 



BOTANIST. 



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



Part I. 



Teaching, Training and Staff. 



Charge. — I held charge of the section at Pusa during 

 the period under review, namely, the year ending June 30th, 

 1912. 



Students. — One advanced student from the Agricul- 

 tural Department of the Central Provinces worked in the 

 section from October 1st, 1911 to the end of April 1912. 

 This student made considerable progress in spite of his 

 want of familiarit}^ with growing crops. 



Staff. — The appointment of a Personal Assistant has 

 very materially facilitated the working of the section and, 

 at the same time, has greatly increased the volume of results 

 obtained. During the months July to September 1911 and 

 during May and June of 1912, when I was at Quetta, the 

 Second Assistant, Moulvi Abdur Rahman Khan, was in 

 charge of current work at Pusa and I have pleasure in re- 

 porting that he carried out his duties in a very satisfactory 

 manner. The monsoon season of 1911 was a difficult one 

 due to the excessive rainfall, but in spite of this the tobacco 

 crop was good and the rest of the land in the botanical area 

 compared favourably with anything I saw in the neighbour- 

 hood on my return to Pusa at the end of September. The 

 work of the rest of the staff was satisfactory. 



Part II. 



Wheat Investigations. 



The w^heat investigations at Pusa have been extended 

 duriner the past year and results of considerable value have 

 been obtained. 



