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Note B. 



Some matters Agricultural and Horticultural in which the Depart- 

 me7it of Agriculture has been able to assist. 



One step towards the development of agricultural and industrial 

 enterprise in India certainly consists in the collection and dis- 

 semination of useful information. There has always been a good 

 deal of information on record on matters connected with this im- 

 portant subject, but scattered and hidden in public offices and 

 elsewhere, undigested, fragmentary, incomplete, and vague. One 

 of the first objects of the Department was to gather up all this 

 information, collect fresh facts by special enquiry, co-ordinate the 

 whole, bring the facts down to the latest date, and i^ublish them 

 in a handy and useful way for general information. Amongst 

 the papers published in accordance with this plan are the fol- 

 lowing : — 



1. An account of silk. 



2. A repoi*t on tobacco. 



3. A note on lac. 



4. A note on vanilla. 



5. A note on flax. 



6. A note on the Eucalyptus globulus, or blue gum of Australia. 



7. A note on the various other species of Eucalyptus adapted to 



cultivation in India. 



8. A note on Ceratonia siliqua, the carob tree. 



9. A note on Galophyllum inophyllum, an oil-producing tree. 



10. A note on Malachra capitata, an excellent fibre, quite neg- 



lected as yet. 



11. A note on the Arachis hypogcea (the ground nut). 



12. A note on Sorghum saccharatum, a valuable fodder. 



13. A note on Cardamom cultivation. 



14. A manual of Cinchona cultivation in India. 



Others are still under preparation in the Department : 



15. On dyes and tans. 



16. On fibres, with special reference to paper-making. 



17. On Carolina rice. 



18. On wheat. 



19. On Manilla hemp. 



Some of the Local G-overnments have followed the example thus 

 set, and under their instructions reports on jute, tea, tobacco, and 

 cotton have been compiled by local officers. In the N.-W. P. espe- 

 cially the local Department of Agriculture and Commerce has 

 issued notes on economic minerals, gums and resins, and dye- 



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