43 

 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The usual monthly meeting of the Board was held at Headquarter 

 House on Tuesday, 12th January, at 11.15 a.m. Tbe Members present 

 were: The Director of Public Gardens and Plantations, the Agricultural 

 and Analytical Chemist, the Archbishop of the West Indies, the Hon. 

 J. V. Calder, and Messrs. C. E. de Mercado, G. A. T. Fursdon, and 

 J. Barclay. Secretary. 



His Grace the Archbishop was elected to take the Chair. 



It was decided to advertise for tenders for properties which might 

 be suitable for the proposed dairying farm and agricultural school. 



As nothing had been done in the matter of the improvement of the 

 cattle dock at the railway station, the Secretary was directed to for- 

 ward the representations on the subject made at the previous meeting 

 of the Board to the Government. 



With reference to the remarks made by the Archbishop at the pre- 

 vious meeting on the subject of the carriage of pine-apples, etc., the 

 Director of Public Gardens submitted an extract from the Times of 

 Ceylon giving particulars of the canning industry. 



The matter of the sugar experimental station was again discussed, 

 and a proposal by the Chemist for the extension of the Laboratory so 

 as to enable the addition to be devoted to work on sugar and rum ex- 

 periments by himself and the Fermentation Chemist. The Board de- 

 cided to construct the new Laboratory and to carry out the scheme 

 proposed by the Chemist, provisionally for one year. 



The Secretary submitted the names of 17 applicants for the £5 

 grants for experiments in cotton cultivation. 



The Chemist submitted reports (1) on the term's work of students 

 at the Laboratory; and (2) on cassava starch and glucose experiments. 



The Director of Public Gardens submitted a report on ths Hope 

 Experimental Station, which was directed to be published and cir- 

 culated. 



GRASS OILS, III. 



As the formulae on pages 276, 278 of the December Bulletin are out 

 of line, and are not intelligible, the following should be substituted : — 

 Page 276, we found for this Oil : 



Sp. gr. at 15° ■ 0-8947 



Rotation, 100 mm. —4° 16' 



Refractive index at 20° 1 • 47098 



It also showed a low acid number, and contained 86*4 per cent, total 

 ^10 Ri8 C), with a citronella content of 25*43 per cent. 

 Page 278, we found 



Sp. gr. at 1^° 0-8922 



Rotation, 100 mm. --0° 9' 



Refractive Index at 20° 1 - 48825 



