84 REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL AGRICULTURAL 



BACTERIOLOGIST 



(C. M. Hutchinson, B.A.) 



I. — Administration and Tours. 



I held charge of the section throughout the year except- 

 ing three weeks' privilege leave in September, when 

 Mr. Joshi was in charge. 



The staff was considerably strengthened by the sanction 

 of the following additional appointments : — 



Supernumerary- — Mr. J. H. Walton, B.A., B.Sc, was 

 appointed as Supernumerary Agricultural Bacteriologist, 

 and joined this section on 25th October 1912. 



Assistants. — Two posts of Assistants on Rs. 75 — 125 

 each were sanctioned; one was given to Mr. C. S. Ram 

 Aiyer, B.A., an Assistant in this section; and the other to 

 Mr. N. C. Bose, an Assistant in the Chemical Section. Mr. 

 Bose was appointed in this section on 18th April 1913. 

 Mr. N. Dayal Singh was appointed in this section, as Field- 

 man, on 1st May 1913. 



Mr. Vishwanadham, Second Assistant, was on privilege 

 leave from 25th March 1913 to 27th April 1913. Mr. Ram 

 Aiyer, Third Assistant, was on privilege leave from 8th 

 July 1912 to 20th August 1912. 



The outside laboratory building was completed and work 

 commenced in it in June 1913; Mr. Vishwanadham, Second 

 Assistant, has been put in charge of this building. It is 

 primarily intended for pot-cultures and work on ammoni- 

 fication and nitrification in soil media; an important feature 

 is the locally made pressure sterilizer capable of sterilizing 

 six large or twelve smaller sized culture pots simultaneously 

 under 40 lbs. steam; this will also be available for use by 

 the Mycological Section. 



The compound attached to this building will be used for 

 experimental plots; pits for growing rice under varying 



