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THE CEYLON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



TO-DAY'S MEETING. 



Mr. Bamber's Paper on Camphor. 



A meeting of the Agricultural Board was held in the Council 

 Chamber at noon to-day, H. E. the Governor presiding. The prin- 

 cipal item on the agenda was a paper by Mr. Kelway Bamber. 

 There were present : — 



The Hon. H. Wage, c.m.g. (Acting Colonial Secretary), the Hon, 

 Mr. H. L. CRAWFORD, the Hon. Mr. P. Arunachalam, the Hon. 

 Mr. S. C. Obeyesekere, the Hon. Mr A. Kanagasabai, the Hon. 

 Mr. Francis Beven, Mr. M. Kelway Bamber, Dr. J. C. Willis, 

 Dr. H. M. Fernando, m.d., Mr. L. W. Booth (Chief Collector of 

 Customs). Mr. G. W. STURGESS (Government Veterinary Surgeon), 

 Mr. E. E. Green (Government Entomologist), and Messrs. R. 

 Morison, Herbert Wright, R. B. Strickland, D. Joseph, C. 

 Drieberg. W. Dunuville, E. B. Denham (Secretary), and Mr. 

 L. S. Raghana Aiyar (visitor). 



A letter from Mr. SlMON FERNANDO MuDALIYAR offering land 

 for experimental garden was read. 



The Governor's Remarks. v 



H. E. the Governor said : Gentlemen, we will taken the Progress 

 Report as read. It is eminently satisfactory. You have just heard 

 this letter from Mr. FERNANDO making a most generous s offer. It 

 shows how the ideas of the Society have permeated the people in 

 various parts of the Island. I find by this report that Mr. S. P. 

 Mahawala TENNA has kindly promised to allow his garden at Ba- 

 langoda to be open to the public as an experimental garden, and I 

 find at Weligama the Mudaliyar has also offered facilities for experi- 

 mental gardening. I think these gentlemen deserve the thanks of 

 the Society for the interest they have shown in the work of the 

 Society. I observe that the Delft branch of the Society has decided 

 to plant cotton in Delft on a larger scale, and also that Messrs. 

 NiELAND and WlLSON undertake to purchase any cotton sent to 

 them ; and favourable reports regarding the progress of cotton on 

 the North-West province at Balangoda and in the Udakindapalata 

 of Uva have been received by the Society. I need hardly say how 

 important this industry may become. We have sent a surveying 

 expedition to the Wanni to see whether it is possible to get water. 

 I see by records that throughout the Wanni cotton has been grown 

 in times gone by, and it may be one of our staple exports in the 

 future ; and I am sure you welcome as I do any efforts made in that 

 direction. This report shows the energy with which the work has 

 been carried on in all parts of the country. I am very glad to see 

 that at Nuwara Eliya specimens of diseases in plants have been 

 exhibited. I think these are most useful exhibits, and I have no 



