SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



V. Accounts. 



The total expenditure during the financial year 1916-17 

 was Rs. 5,18,603, as under : — 



Office of the Agricultural Adviser to the 

 Government of India and Director of the 

 Institute 



Chemical Section 



Mycological Section 



Entomological Section 



Pathological Entomological Section 



Bacteriological Section 



Botanical Section 



Agricultural Section 



Indigo Research Section 



Total 



Rs. 



2,18,767 

 24,639 



41,935 

 10,468 

 30,571 

 45,068 

 69,122 

 34,812 



5,18,603 



A sum of Rs. 13,620 was spent from the budget of this 

 Department in 1916-17 in connection with the engagement 

 of Mr. W. Hulme as Sugar Engineer in the United Pro- 

 vinces. 



A sum of Rs. 15,000 was paid as a grant-in-aid to the 

 Indian Tea Association. 



The principal items of expenditure under the annual 

 grant of Rs. 10,000 placed at the disposal of the Agricul- 

 tural Adviser to the Government of India for special Agri- 

 cultural Experiments were as follows : — 



Purchase of a threshing machine for the 

 Pusa farm ...... 



Cost of anti-rinderpest serum 



Grant to the Imperial Cotton Specialist for 

 experimental cotton cultivation 



Pay of a Veterinary Assistant in connection 

 with cattle-breeding and of a Fieldman for 

 mosquito experiments .... 



Rs. 



5,888 

 754 



1,500 



1,036 



The gross receipts during the year from the sale of farm 

 produce, milk, publications of the Department and other 



