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able, and departments of crops, soils, animal 

 husbandry, horticulture, floriculture, entomol- 

 ogy, botany, forestry, bacteriology and biology 

 have been put in operation. In 190S an agri- 

 cultural college was organized in connection 

 with the station, but this was disbanded in 

 1915. 



Subsequently an agricultural college and ex- 

 periment station was established at the capital 

 of each province along much the same lines as 

 at Peking, and many other stations in addi- 

 tion. There are now reported to be 130 sta- 

 tions in the 22 provinces, of which 31 are in 

 Chihli, 25 in Szechwan, 15 in Hu-Long-Kiang, 

 7 in Hupeh, and 7 in Kwangtung. 



Among these are two cotton experiment sta- 

 tions, one at Cheng Ting Hsien, Chihli, and 

 one at Nan T'ung Chou, Kiangsu, with a third 

 under consideration at Tung Haing Chou, 

 Hupeh. Experiments are being conducted at 

 these stations in seed selection, seed distribu- 

 tion, plant han'esting, soils and manures, 

 treatment of pests and cotton weaving. A 

 corps of students is also being trained at these 

 stations. H. H. Jobson is in charge of the 

 organization of the cotton work, with H. K. 

 Fung as associate. 



Stock-raising experiment stations have been 

 established at Kalgan and Shih Men Shan, 

 Anhui. These are expected to study the im- 

 provement of breeds of domestic animals, pro- 

 mote the breeding and sale of stock and stock 

 raising enterprises, and the cultivation of 

 forage crops. 



Considerable attention is also being devoted 

 to forestry in China. A department of for- 

 estry was organized in January, 1916, with a 

 forestry commissioner in each province. For- 

 estry experiment stations and training schools 

 have been established at Ch'ang Ch'in Hsien, 

 Shantung, and in the Temple of Heaven at 

 Peking. 



The university at Nanking has maintained 

 a college of agriculture and a school of for- 

 estry for several years. This is an American- 

 supported institution, and in 1915 had en- 

 rolled about 70 students in agriculture. A 

 colonization association has been organized 

 umder its auspices, with provision for the reser- 



vation of about 35 acres in each colony for a 

 model farm. A tract already purchased on 

 PuriDle Mountain, just outside Nanking, is to 

 be used as an experiment station in connection 

 with the different colonies. 



An agricultural experiment station was 

 opened at Nanhsuchou, Anhwei, in 1915, as a 

 part of the American Presbyterian mission sta- 

 tion. Agricultural work was taken up at this 

 institution partly as a practical way to teach 

 Christianity, partly to make friends and partly 

 to improve economic conditions. The station 

 is located on the railway between Nanking 

 and Tientsin, and attempts to serve an area of 

 .about 6,000 square miles and from 1,500,000 

 to 2,000,000 people. The farming methods in 

 ,use are those of from one to two thousand 

 years ago. Special prominence is being given 

 in the experimental work to seed selection, 

 better tillage methods, more and better fertili- 

 zation, drainage and animal husbandry. The 

 work is to be largely of a demonstration nature 

 during the present pioneer stage, and will also 

 include an agricultural school, a school farm 

 and short winter courses for farmers. J. Los- 

 sing Buck has been in charge of the agricul- 

 tural work at the station from the outset. 



THE BRITISH METEOROLOGICAL COMMITTEE 



The eleventh annual report of the British 

 Meteorological Committee for the year ended 

 March 31, 1916, states, according to an abstract 

 in the London Times, that during the year the 

 staff of all departments of the office was fully 

 occupied in supplying information in reply to 

 inquiries from the various departments of the 

 Admiralty and the War Office. " The results 

 of meteorological inquiries initiated in what 

 appeared to be the remote interest of the theory 

 of the circulation of the atmosphere have 

 turned out to have important practical bear- 

 ings, and collections of statistics compiled in 

 the ordinary course of meteorological duty 

 have now come in most usefully to meet 

 urgent requirements." "A separate unit of 

 the Royal Engineers has," says the report, 

 "been created for meteorological service in 

 the field. The service with the Expeditionary 

 Force in France is imder the command of 



