2 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



May, 1916, has been extended for a further period of five 

 years. He has also been temporarily placed in charge of 

 the work of the Imperial Agricultural Chemist with effect 

 from the 2nd June, 1917. 



Mr. F. M. Howlett, Imperial Pathological Entomologist, 

 was on leave during the year. Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher 

 remained in charge of the Pathological Section in addition 

 to his own duties. 



II. Work of the Institute. 



Scientific Work. The scientific work of the Institute 

 during the year is indicated in the reports of the various 

 Sections. The special work on indigo, which is in charge 

 of the Indigo Research Chemist, will be dealt with in a 

 separate report. 



Training. A number of post-graduate students attend- 

 ed the Institute during the year and short courses were 

 given in sericulture. 



In the section of Agricultural Bacteriology an Assist- 

 ant from the Department of Agriculture, Bengal, continu- 

 ed his training. 



A student was deputed by the Patiala State to undergo 

 training in general entomology. 



In the Mycological Section an Assistant deputed by the 

 Punjab Department of Agriculture in April, 1917, is still 

 under training. 



A private student has been working on indigo since the 

 25th November, 1916, in the laboratory of the Indigo 

 Research Chemist. 



Besides the regular students mentioned above, the fol- 

 lowing visitors also worked in the laboratories : — 



Mr. S. C. Bose, Assistant to the Mycologist, Indian 

 Tea Association, worked for a month in the 

 Mycological Laboratory. 



Mr. Ganda Singh Cheema, M.Sc, of the Punjab Gov- 

 ernment College, Lahore, studied the fungal 

 diseases of cotton and sugarcane crops in the 



