52 presidp:xtial address. — section c. 



2. Hakgala (5,600ft.), including about 40 acres in cultiva- 



tion and 500 acres under indigenous forest and grass. 

 This was opened in 1861 for the experimental cultiva- 

 tion of Cinchona, and has more recently been in- 

 terested in Tea and other crops suitable for elevated 

 regions in the Tropics. 



3. Heneratgoda (15ft.) with 29 acres under cultivation and 



10 acres of forest. This station was occupied in 1876 for 

 the experimental cultivation of Para Rubber which, 

 under the auspices of the Botanic Gardens, has now- 

 become an established industry. As a result of the 

 work done by the officers of the Department, Para 

 Rubber occupied in 1906 some 115,000 acres in the low 

 country. 



4. An experimental station, 150 acres in extent, lias re- 



cently been opened at Maha-illupalama, in the dry 

 region which extends through the greater part of the 

 northern half of the island and in which there is at 

 present very little cultivation of any kind. 



5. An experimental garden of 11 acres is situated at 



Badulla (2,220ft.), in the midst of an extensive grazing 

 district. 



6. At Nuwara Eliya (5.8ooft.j a garden of lo acres was 



opened in 1902. 



7. The Gangaruwa experimental farm, adjoining the Pera- 



deniya Gardens, was opened in 1902. It includes 250 

 acres under cultivation, worked on commercial lines, 

 and a forest reserve of 300 acres. It has been estab- 

 lished for the purpose of growing, on a large scale 

 and under commercial conditions, products which have 

 already been tested in the experimental plots of the 

 Botanic Gardens. 

 The Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Ceylon is, 

 therefore responsible for the administration of 383 acres in 

 cultivation and 510 acres of untouched jungle and grass. In 

 addition, he is chairman of a committee composed of the 

 nominees of the Government and the Planters, and of some 

 members of the scientific staff of the Botanic Gardens, which 

 controls the working of the Gangaruwa experimental farm. 

 The staff of the whole establishment may be classified as 

 follows : — 



A. — Europeans with scientific training (seven) — viz. : 

 Director, Assistant - Director, Scientific Assistant, 

 Mycologist, Entomologist, Chemist. Controller of the 

 Gangaruwa Experimental Farm. 



These officers are all highly trained scientific men. 

 The Director, Dr. J. C. Willis. F.L.S.. was formerly 

 Senior Assistant in Botany in the Universitv of 

 Glasgow. 

 B. — Europeans with horticultural training (three): — Cura- 

 tors of the Gardens of Peradeniya, Hakgala, and 

 Maha-illupalama. 

 C. — Herbarium Assistant and Draughtsman (two natives), 

 D. — Native Clerks (six). 



