INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE, PUSA, FOR 1912-13. 9 



The principal items of expenditure under this special 

 grant were as under : — 



Rs. 



(1) Experimental cotton cultivation con- 



ducted bv the Imperial Cotton 

 Specialist 2,000 



(2) Contribution towards the pay of the Flax 



Expert engaged by the Bihar Planters' 

 Association for 1912-13 . . . 2,750 



(3) Purchase of special agricultural imple- 



ments and machinery .... 2,210 



(4) Saltpetre experiments carried on by the 



Imperial Agricultural Chemist . . 380 



(5) Poultry Experiments at Pusa . . . 1,210 



The budget of the Agricultural Adviser also includes a 

 grant of Rs. 1,10,000 for meeting the expenditure for three 

 years from 1911-12 in connection with the engagement of 

 Mr. W. Hulme as Sugar Engineer in the United Provinces 

 for the development of the Indian Sugar Industry; and a 

 grant of Rs. 15,000 for payment to the Indian Tea Associa- 

 tion as a grant-in-aid. 



In March last, the Government of India provisionally 

 allotted, out of the surplus of Imperial Revenue, a sum of 

 Rs. 60,000 for improvements connected with the Pusa 

 Institute. This special grant will be mainly utilised for 

 the purchase of steam cultivating machinery and labour- 

 saving appliances, the extension of the library, the 

 development of the fruit work at Quetta, the testing of 

 milling and baking qualities of wheats, bacteriological 

 investigations in connection with rice cultivation, the 

 demonstration of improved methods of saltpetre refining, 

 the construction of a potculture-house for mycological 

 investigations and other minor improvements. 



The gross receipts during the year by sale of farm 

 produce, milk, and other miscellaneous articles, amounted to 

 Rs. 14,663 as against Rs. 9,455 of the preceding year. 



VI. — Visitors. 



The Hon'ble Sir Charles Stuart Bayley, K.C.S.I., 

 I.S.O., Lieutenant-Governor of Bihar and Orissa, visited 



