Scientific Reports of the Agricultural 

 Research Institute, Pusa 



(Including the Report of the I m ferial Cotton Specialist) 



1916-17. 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



(J. Mackenna, CLE., M.A., I.C.S.) 



I. Charge and Staff. 



Charge. I held charge of the office of the Agricultural 

 Adviser to the Government of India and Director, Agri- 

 cultural Research Institute, Pusa, and Mr. Wynne Sayer 

 held the post of Assistant to the Agricultural Adviser 

 throughout the year. 



Staff. The following changes in staff took place during 

 the year. 



Major J. W. Leather, V.D., F.I.C., retired from the 

 Indian Agricultural Service on 12th August, 1916. 



Mr. Jatindra Nath Sen, Supernumerary Agricultural 

 Chemist, acted as Imperial Agricultural Chemist up to 

 28th February, 1917, when he was relieved by the late Mr. 

 J. H. Barnes. Mr. Barnes died of enteric fever on the 2nd 

 June, 1917, after holding the post for three months only. 

 His untimely death is a serious loss to the Institute and to 

 the Indian Agricultural Service. Mr. Sen's services have 

 been placed at the disposal of the Government of the United 

 Provinces from 13th April, 1917, to carry on analytical 

 and special medical work at the Ghazipur Opium Factory. 



The appointment of Mr. W. A. Davis as Indigo 

 Research Chemist sanctioned for one year from the 20th 



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