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Madras stands out first among these provincial governments. In 

 1904 an entomological assistant to the Government Botanist was 

 appointed. In 1909 two others were added, and they were trained 

 under the Imperial Entomologist of Pusa. In 191 2 Mr. Fletcher was 

 appointed as Government Entomologist. He was succeeded in 1913 

 by Mr. E. Ballard. During the period of the war, when Mr. Ballard 

 went to the fighting line, a native entomologist, Mr. T. \\ Rama- 

 krishna Ayyar, was Acting Entomologist. Mr. Ballard returned in 

 1919, devoting himself for three years to the study of cotton and 

 paddy; and in 1922 he retired, as we have stated in an earlier para- 

 graph. Mr. Ballard's name will occur later in our accounts of work 

 in Egypt and in Australia. 



The Punjab Agricultural College was established at Lyallpur in 

 1909. Previously the Department of Agriculture of the colony had 

 carried on some entomological studies under Mr. Carson, and in 

 1910 an Entomological Section was established, which in 1919 was 

 composed of an Entomologist, M. Afzal Husain, a Master of Arts 

 from Cambridge University, with two principal assistants, five native 

 research assistants, and a good force of clerical and other assistants. 



Good work is also being done in the United Provinces, where an 

 Entomological Section was started in 1921. Instruction is given, and 

 investigations are being carried on, largely with cotton insects. 



In Burma an Entomological Assistant to the Department of Agri- 

 culture, in the person of Mr. K. D. Shroff, was appointed in 1906 

 and continued until 1918. With the opening of the Mandalay Agri- 

 cultural College in 1919, very good plans for entomological work were 

 made, and an excellent worker, in the person of Mr. C. C. Ghosh, 

 was made Entomologist, Research Officer in charge of the Entomo- 

 logical Station and Lecturer on Entomology, a good force of assis- 

 tants being planned for him. In Deceml)er. 1930, Mr. Ghosh visited 

 Washington and made a short address before the Entomological 

 Society. 



In Mysore, Dr. L. C. Coleman was appointed Entomologist and 

 Mycologist as early as 1907. He was made Director of Agriculture 

 in 1912, and Dr. K. Kunhi Kannan was api)ointed Entomologist in 

 1923. 



Entomological work has also been done in the provinces of Travan- 

 core, Baroda and Hyderabad. 



In addition to this provincial work, the Indian Central Cotton 

 Committee has maintained a small laboratory for work on the spotted 

 bollworm of cotton, the Indian Tea Association has on its scientific 

 staff an entomologist (Mr. E. A. Andrews) who for many years 



