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A cattle conference was also held at Pusa during the 

 year, when several problems connected with the Pusa dairy 

 herd were discussed. 



VII. Visitors. 



The most notable visitor during the year was His 

 Excellency the Viceroy. This was the first time that the 

 Institute was honoured by a visit from a Viceroy. Lord 

 Curzon had previously visited Pusa, but he came only to 

 lay the corner stone of the splendid building which houses 

 the various laboratories of the Institute. His Excellency 

 Lord Chelmsford, who was accompanied by the Hon'ble Sir 

 Claude Hill, Member in charge of the Revenue and Agri- 

 culture Department, spent three busy days (4th to 6th 

 January) in going over the various Sections and evinced 

 much interest in all that he saw. 



In all about 165 ladies and gentlemen visited the 

 Institute during the year. These included : — 



Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. G. Hutchinson, M.B., I.M.S., 

 Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India; 

 Dr. C. A. Bentley, M.B., D.P.H., D.T.M. & S., Sanitary 

 Commissioner to the Government of Bengal, Mr. P. J. 

 Hartog, CLE., M.A , B.Sc, L-es-Sc, Academic Registrar 

 of the University of London and Member of the Cal- 

 cutta University Commission; Professor C. V. Raman, 

 M.A., Palit Professor of Physics, Calcutta Univer- 

 sity; Mr. A. B. Shakespear, CLE., of Messrs. Begg 

 Sutherland & Co., Cawnpore; Mr. G. E. C Wakefield, 

 O.B.E*., Director General of Industries, Agriculture and 

 Commerce, Hyderabad (Deccan); Lieutenant- Colonel 

 Milton, Assistant Director of Grass Farms, Meerut; 

 Lieutenant-Colonel J. Matson, Assistant Director of Mili- 

 tary Farms, Northern Circle, Ambala; Major V. B. Nes- 

 field. F.R.C.S., I.M.S.; Captain Froilano de Mello, Director 

 of the Bacteriological Laboratory, Goa, Dr. L. H. Gough, 

 Director of the Entomological Service, Egypt; Mr. S. 

 Higginbottom, Director of Agriculture, Gwalior; Mr. C 

 F. C Beeson, M.A., Forest Zoologist, Forest Research 

 Institute, Dehra Dun; Mr. J. C Nag, Senior Professor of 



