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CEYLON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY: 

 Report fob 1911-1912. 



Meetings, Membership &c, 

 The previous Annual General Meeting of the Society was held on 

 June 20, 1911. 



During the year under review the following new members joined : — J. 

 Littlejohn ; H. O. Beven ; G. S. Schneider ; Stuart R. Cope; J. Brown ; M. Valoo- 

 pillai ; N. D. Abeyagunawardene ; H. S. Stevens; D. Fairweather ; J.B.Dickie; 

 J. Hedde ; H. E, E Koch ; E. A. Freeth ; The Superintendent, Stckesland Group ; 

 John Tilly ; E. H. Baling ; Norman G. Westland j Henry Mason ; E S. Jorgenson; 

 C. J.Owen; W. G. Bayley ; W.Gibson; H. Woltersdorff ; E. G, Adamaly & Co.; 

 P. Alf. L Dias; Henry A. Perera ; Camora Municipal, Margao ; H. A. McMullin ; 

 Bosanquet & Co. ; J. D. Finch Noyes ; A. H. Taylor ; J. Wells ; S. P. Charles ; 

 C. S. Abayaratne ; E. L. F. de Soysa ; A. A. Ward ; John X. Fernando ; Major C. 

 R. Hodgins; R. D. Scoble Hodgins; Superintendent, Capt. Garden, Akmimana ; 

 G. H. Hall ; Volkart Bros. ; C. A. Odiris de Silva ; M. D. W. Roberts ; Rosslyn Koch ; 

 Edgar L. Ephraums ; K. Kantapodi ; the Hon. Mr. P Ramanathan ; the Hon. Mr. 

 J. N. Tisseverasinghe ; H. M. Drummond Hay ; R. P. P. Weerasuriya ; S. Weerak- 

 kody ; E. Buult jens ; St John Jonklaas ; Ong Gyork Lin ; A. J. Kellow ; J. Homer 

 Vanniasingham ; A. E. Byrde ; A. C. T. Meyer ; D. L. Jayatilleka ; H. W. Boyagoda, 

 Ratemahatmaya ; C. S. Braine ; William R. Webster ; J. F. Templer ; T. Dell ; T. 

 B. Worthington ; E. C. Shelton Storer ; F. T. Coore ; G.L.Smith; B. O. Dias; B. 

 W. Bawa; Eastern and Pacific Trading Co.; G.B.Stuart; P. G. Wood; C. D, 

 Waddilove ; and the Hon. Mr. Anton Bertram. The total number up to date is 914. 



Meetings of the Board were held on June 20, August 14, and October 16, 1911 ; 

 January 8, March 8, and May 9, 1912. His Excellency the Governor presided at four 

 meetings, the Hon. Sir Hugh Clifford at one, and the Hon. Mr. Booth at one. 



The principal subjects that came up before the Board were : The All-Ceylon 

 Exhibition ; Pasture Land and Forage Plants ; the Tobacco Industry; Experiments 

 bearing on the Cultivation of Paddy ; Fruits worth growing in Ceylon ; Lac Culture; 

 Indigo ; and Chena Cultivation. 



A financial statement drawn up by the Society's Auditors (Messrs. Ford, 

 Rhodes & Church) is annexed to this report. 



Publications. 



The arrangement of the Society's English monthly publication has been 

 slightly modified by the present Editor, with a view to making the reading matter 

 more presentable. 



The Sinhalese monthly (" Govikam Sangarawa "), edited by the Superin- 

 tendent of School Gardens, with the assistance of Mr. N. Wickremaratne, is extend- 

 ing its popularity, and its circulation has increased to 2,350. 



The Tamil edition of the magazine ("Kamat Tholil Velakkam") has been 

 entrusted to Mr. S. Chelliah, whose experience stands him in good stead in under- 

 taking this work. 



The following is a list of the Society's leaflets issued tree to members of 

 the Society. The letters E., S., and T. indicate respectively that they are available 

 in English, Sinhalese, and Tamil :— Agriculture in Tamil Districts (E.), Caterpillar 

 Pest in Paddy Fields (E.), Castration of Cattle— Mode of Operation (E.), Canker 

 (Nectria) of Para Rubber (Hevea Brasiliensis) (E.), Groundnuts (E., S., T.), A Note 

 on Chili Cultivation (E., S., T.), Rules to Govern the Management of Agricultural 

 Shows. (E.), Yams (Dioscoreas) (E-, S., T.)i A Note on Onion Cultivation (E., S., T.)j 



