•0 REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



the Institute on the 31st January 1913. His Honour took 

 this opportunity to invest Mr. Bernard Coventry with the 

 insignia of the " CLE." and to present the Kaisar-i-Hind 

 Gold Medal for public service in India, to Mrs. Howard, 

 M.A., Personal Assistant to the Imperial Economic Botan- 

 ist. His Honour was accompanied by Lady Bayley and the 

 Private Secretary, and the party included the Hon'ble Mr. 

 E. V. Levinge, C.S.I., Member of the Board of Revenue; 

 the Hon'ble Mr. H. LeMesurier, C.S.I., CLE., Chief Secre- 

 tary to the Government of Bihar and Orissa; the Hon'ble 

 Mr. E. N. Fischer, I.C.S-, Commissioner, Tirhut Division; 

 Mr. W. B. Heycock, I.C.S., Director of Agriculture, Bihar 

 and Orissa; and Mr. A. H. Vernede, I.C.S., Collector of 

 Darbhanga. 



During the year under report the Hon'ble Sir Harcourt 

 Butler, K.C.S.L, Member-in- Charge of the Education 

 Department of the Government of India; Sir Krishna 

 Gobinda Gupta, K.C.S.L, Member of the Secretary of 

 State's Council; Mr. H. N. Ridley, C.M.G., M.A., F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., F.R.H.S., retired Director of Gardens, Singapore, 

 and many others, also visited the Institute. 



