2 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



Sth July to the 13th November, 1918. During his absence, 

 Dr. F. J. F. Shaw, A.R.C.S., F.L.S., officiated as Imperial 

 Mycologist, and Mr. J. F. Dastur, M.Sc, then First Assist- 

 ant of the Mycological Section, acted as Second Imperial 

 Mycologist. Mr. Dastur has since been appointed to the 

 Indian Agricultural Service as Supernumerary Mycolo- 

 gist and deputed to England for fifteen months for train- 

 ing. 



Mr. G. S. Henderson, N.D.A., N.D.D., was confirmed 

 in the appointment of Imperial Agriculturist from the 1st 

 March, 1918. On the termination of his temporary duties 

 as Controller (Agricultural Requirements, Mesopotamia) 

 under the Indian Munitions Board on the 22nd June, 1919, 

 he proceeded on six months' combined leave. Mr. Wynne 

 Sayer officiates as Imperial Agriculturist from the 20th 

 January, 1919. 



Mr. F. M. Howlett, B.A., F.E.S., Imperial Pathologic- 

 al Entomologist, was deputed for a period of 6 months 

 from the 24th January, 1919, under the Indian Research 

 Fund Association to conduct experiments with mosquito 

 repellents. 



Mr. J. H. Walton, B.A.. B.Sc, on the termination of 

 his duties under the Military Department, reverted to his 

 appointment of Supernumerary Agricultural ■ Bacterio- 

 logist on the 10th April, 1919. During Mr. Walton's 

 absence of nearly four years he saw active service with the 

 armies in Mesopotamia, Egypt and Palestine. 



Captain W. Hodgkinson, R.E., worked in the labora- 

 tory of the Imperial Agricultural Bacteriologist through- 

 out the year, in collaboration with that officer in electrical 

 methods of water sterilization. 



Mr. J. Sen, M.A., F.C.S., Supernumerary Agricultural 

 Chemist, continued throughout the year on deputation 

 under the United Provinces Government. 



Mr. M. Afzal Hussain, B.A., M.Sc, who has been 

 appointed to the Indian Agricultural Service, was posted 

 to Pusa as Supernumerary Entomologist from the 6th 

 January, 1919. 



