54 REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL MYCOLOGIST. 



(E. J. Butler, M.B., F.L.S.) 



1. Charge and Establishment. — I remained in charge 

 of the section until June 16th, when I proceeded on 20 days' 

 privilege leave, Mr. F. J. F. Shaw officiating. In addition 

 to my own duties, I also held charge of the post of Director 

 of the Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, until March 

 31st. Mr. Shaw held the post of Supernumerary Mycologist 

 throughout the vear. Mr. J. H. Mitter, Second Assistant, 

 reverted from the Punjab Department of Agriculture on 

 the abolition of the post of Assistant Professor of Mycology 

 at Lyallpur, which he had held since May 1910, on 

 November 24th. He has again joined the Punjab Depart- 

 ment to officiate as Assistant Professor of Botany for three 

 Tionths from June 15th. All the staff have worked well. 



2. Training. — Babu K. C. Banerji, B.A., L.Ag. 

 (Nagpur), was sent for training in Mycology and Ento- 

 mology by the Bihar and Orissa Department. He attended 

 the section from February 22nd. Lala Bishambar Das, 

 M.Sc, Assistant Professor of Biology, Government College, 

 Lahore, worked in the Laboratory for about six weeks 

 during his college vacation in July and August. 



3. Aid to Provincial Departments. — A considerable 

 number of parasitic fungi were named for the college 

 collections in the various Provincial Departments, especially 

 for Bombay, Bengal and the Punjab. The manuscript of 

 the mycological portion of a Handbook of the diseases and 

 pests of cultivated plants in Bengal was read through and 

 annotated. Several blocks of original figures suitable for 

 illustrating this book were lent to the Economic Botanist, 

 Bihar and Orissa. Some manuscripts containing results of 

 scientific work by the Assistant Professor of Mycology and 

 the Mycological Assistant, Poona, were read and advice 

 given as to the best means of publishing them. 



