H REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL AGRICULTURAL 



CHEMIST. 



(J. Walter Leather, V.D., Ph.D., F.I.C.) 



I. — Administration and Tours. 



Charge. — The section was in the charge of myself 

 during the whole year. 



Establishment. — Mr. H. E. Annett, Supernumerary 

 Agricultural Chemist, returned from study leave on 28th 

 November 1913 and was appointed Agricultural Chemist, 

 Bengal, on 1st January 1914. 



Mr. Jatindranath Sen, First Assistant in this section, 

 was appointed Supernumerary Agricultural Chemist (pro- 

 bationary) on February 9th, 1914. 



Mr. Jatindra Nath Mukerjee, Second Assistant, was 

 appointed First Assistant on 9th February 1914. 



Mr. A. V. Iyer, a former assistant of this section and 

 latterly Assistant Agricultural Chemist, Sabour, was ap- 

 pointed Second Assistant on 2nd July 1914. 



Babu Har Dyal Singh, a junior assistant, was trans- 

 ferred to the Bacteriological Section on 25th May 1914. 



Babu Shasanka Bhushan Roy, L.Ag. (Sabour), was ap- 

 pointed (probationary) to the vacant assistantship on 23rd 

 June 1914. 



Tours. — The following tours were made by me :— 



1. August 1913. To Meerut and Delhi to discuss the 

 value of certain fodder grasses and grass lands 

 with the Assistant Director of Grass Farms. 

 To Roorkee where I discussed the construction 

 of certain instruments with the Superintendent, 

 Canal Foundry and Workshops. To Cawnpore 

 where I examined the condition of certain lands 

 which had been broken up with explosives, 



