f, SCTENTTFTO REPORTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



the diseases and feeding of camels issued during the year 

 were supplied to the Army Department. 



The Agricultural Journal of India in its new form is 

 increasing in popularity among those interested in the agri- 

 cultural, co-operative, veterinary and such like problems 

 in this country. As in the previous two years, a Special 

 Number of the Journal containing a selection of papers*on 

 agricultural and allied subjects read at the annual session 

 of the Indian Science Congress, was published. 



The grant for publications has remained at the figure of 

 Rs. 29,000 previously sanctioned, but with the continuous 

 rise in the price of paper and other materials it is becoming 

 more and more difficult to keep the expenditure down 

 within the sanctioned amount. 



TV. General Administration. 



Buildings and Works. During the year under 



report a bungalow for the Electrical Engineer was sanc- 

 tioned by the Government of India and the work has been 

 taken in hand. Sanction has also been received for the 

 construction of quarters for the First Assistant to the 

 Imperial Mycologist and also of quarters for the staff of 

 the High English School at Pusa. The condition of the 

 roads and drainage on the estate has been much improved 

 .(luring the year. 



Library. In addition to the 1,320 bulletins, memoirs, 

 reports, etc., received in exchange, about 375 new volumes 

 were purchased for the library. The United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture supplied during the year 30,200 printed 

 subject cards of their bulletins, and these have been arranged 

 according to their subjects. The preparation of a new 

 catalogue of the books in the library is in hand. 



Pusa School. The total number of pupils attending 

 the Pusa High School on the 30th June, 1918. was 160, 

 including one girl student, as against 198 last year on the 

 same date. 



General Health of the Station. The outbreak of a 

 virulent epidemic of cholera in April, 1918, and the un- 



