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Hozan, Formosa, through the Consul- General for Japan. 

 Calcutta. 



During the year the services of Mr. C. S. Misra, First 

 Assistant, were requisitioned by the Karauli Durbar to 

 report on the progress of lac cultivation started by the 

 Forest Officer of the Durbar who was trained in Lac work 

 at Pusa. A separate report embodying his suggestions 

 was submitted to the Durbar through the Political Agent 

 Bharatpore. 



In May 1915 Mr. Mistra's services were requisitioned by 

 the Benares State to advise on the possibility of extension 

 of Lac cultivation in the Chakia district of the State. A 

 separate report on this embodying his suggestions has been 

 sent to His Highness the Maharajah of Benares through 

 the Political Agent to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor 

 of the United Provinces, Benares. 



A student was deputed by the Banswara State in Cen- 

 tral India to undergo a month's training in Lac culture. 

 The student joined the course on 7th June 1915 and went 

 back to the State on the 3rd July 1915. 



Copies of the Lac Bulletin in English and Hindi were 

 sent or sold to numerous inquirers. 



14. Bees. During the year experiments with the 

 Indian Bee (Apis indica) were continued, special attention 

 being paid to the three principal defects of this bee m the 

 plains, viz., (1) deserting the hive in autumn, (2) inability 

 to defend the hive against Wax Moth, this being one of the 

 causes which lead to desertion, and (3) frequent swarming. 



The results obtained this year go to show that the bees 

 can be prevented from deserting the hive and a little care 

 prevents the Wax Moth, a well-made hive being of great 

 help in this direction. A little care bestowed on these bees 

 leads to an increase of the population in the colony but 

 stimulates swarming. Efforts made at checking swarming 

 were not successful. It appears that the old principle of 

 inducing swarming early in the season so as to have a 

 number of colonies from which to take surplus honey in the 

 honey season, will be more suitable to these bees than the 



