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A.C.R.E., Quetta. Colonel Duke, I. M.S., Residency 

 Surgeon and Chief Medical Officer in Baluchistan, was 

 kind enough to receive and plant out a number of young 

 trees. He has also heljied me by giving me the benefit of 

 his local knowledge of fruit growing and of the practices 

 in vogue in Persia. 



My third assistant, Munshi Ijaz Husain, worked well 

 at Quetta in the autumn of 1911 when left in charge of the 

 work. 



Part VI. 



Programme and publications. 



Programme of work for 1912-13. 



1. Training. — The training of advanced students in this 

 section will be continued. 



2. Plant Breeding and Plant Improvement. — During 

 1912 the following crops will be studied : — wheat, tobacco, 

 oil-seeds and fibre plants. 



(a) Wheat. — The production of improved and rust- 

 resistant types by selection and hybridization 

 will be continued. The co-operative experi- 

 ments on the influence of the environment on the 

 milling and baking qualities of Indian wheats, 

 which are beim? conducted in collaboration with 

 Mr. H. Martin Leake, Economic Botanist to the 

 Government of the United Provinces, will be 

 continued. The botanical survey of the wheats 

 of Baluchistan and the agricultural survey of 

 the wheats of Bengal will be completed. 



(h) Tobacco. — The production of new varieties by 

 selection and hybridization will be continued, as 

 well as the testing and curing of the varieties 

 already isolated. The detailed study of the 

 inheritance of characters in tobacco is being 

 continued by the Personal Assistant. 



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