86 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



Agriculture, Bengal, and the Silk Departments of 

 Travancore, Gwalior, Indore and Banganapalle States. 

 Eri silkworm eggs have been supplied to 91, and castor 

 seeds to 5 applicants, including correspondents in Japan, 

 Egypt and England. Three Pusa Twisting Machines were 

 supplied to the Director of Industries, Assam, the Director 

 of Sericulture, Patiala, and the Tyler Weaving School. 

 Shahjahanpur. Two rearers and one reeler were sent to 

 the Superintendent of the Northern Shan States, and one 

 reeler and one rearer to the Assistant Registrar of Co- 

 operative Societies, Lower Burma, to assist the sericultural 

 industry in Burma. Show-cases showing stages in the 

 preparation of eri and mulberry silk were sent to the 

 Deputy Collector on special silk duty, Benares, and to the 

 Curator of the Victoria Museum, Karachi. Numerous 

 inquiries regarding sericulture were dealt with and 

 assistance given to inquirers as far as possible. Silk 

 pieces to the value of Rs. 1,636-6-0 were sold and the pro- 

 ceeds credited to Government and a further Rs. 468-13-0 

 worth of pieces were made and kept as samples. 



Silk exhibits to demonstrate rearing, reeling, twisting, 

 spinning and reversing were sent to Calcutta and Bankipur 

 in connection with the Peace Day Celebration Exhibitions, 

 and a silver medal was awarded by the latter Exhibition. 

 Silk exhibits were also sent to Exhibitions at Unao, Chitta- 

 gong and Muzaffarpur. 



A Bengali version of Bulletin No. 74, on the experi- 

 ments carried out at Pusa to improve the Silk Industry,, 

 was published. 



Three students completed the course in sericulture and 



two others remained under training at the end of the year. 



Two students from the Sabour Agricultural College were* 

 also given some instruction in sericulture. 



V. - Illustrations. 



Coloured plates illustrating the life-histories of the 

 following insects were prepared during the year, viz., 

 A gratis flammatra and Cosmophila sabulifera. A large 



