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[August, 1912. 



Prevention of Plant Diseases by Spraying (E.,S., T.). Cotton Experiment Station, 

 North-Central Province, 1P03 (E.), Castration of Cattle (Instruments and Dressing), 

 (E., S., T.), Kiushu or Japanese Paddy (E., S., T.)> On the Importance of sub- 

 mit ling Specimens when reporting Injury from Insect Pests (E,, S.), Hint9 on 

 Cotton Cultivation (E., S., T.), Useful Hints to Growers of Castor Oil (Eii) Silkworm 

 (E., S., T.), Where Rubber will grow (E, S., T.), Agri-Horticultural Shows (Instruc- 

 tions for forwarding and arranging Exhibits) (E., S., T.), Shade Trees (Instructions 

 for Planting &c), (E., S., T.). Dumbara Tobatco (E., T.), Use of Salt for Manures 

 (E., S., T.), Manioca Cultivation (E., S., T.), Dhall (its Cultivation) (E., S., T-), 

 Method of taking Samples of Soil for Analysis (E., S-, T.), Transplanting in Paddy 

 Cultivation (E., S.), Bud Rot of the Coconut Palm (E.), The Improvement of Local 

 Races of Plants (E., S., T.), A Simple Preventive against Malaria (E., S., T.), The 

 Use and Object of Agricultural Societies <E.), West Indian Yams (E., S.), Castration 

 of Cattle during 1906 (Annual Report) (E.), Report on a Visit to India (E.), Notes 

 on a Tour in the Southern Pi ovince (E.), The Conservation of Soil Moisture (E., S.)> 

 T.), Rotation of Crops on Chena Lands (E,, S., T ), The Stem Disease on Coconuts 

 (E., S., T.), Diseases in Tobacco in Dumbara (S., T.), Results of Recent Experiments 

 in Paddy Cultivation (E., S.), Arrowroot (E.), Further Notes on Transplanting 

 and Manuring Paddy (E„ S.), Rice Bug or Paddy Fly (E., S.). Nitrogen-gather- 

 ing Crops (E., S.1, Silk Cotton Tree (E., S,), Two Valuable Green Manures (E.), 

 Rinderpest (G. V. S. Circular) (E.), Hints to Tobacco Growers (E.. S., T.), Soy 

 Bean (E.), Notes on Grafting and Budding (E,), Hints to Village Coconut Culti- 

 vators (S.), 



Staff. 



At the end of last year Dr. J. C. Willis, on his retirement from the 

 Government Service, relinquished his duties as Organizing Vice-President and Editor 

 of the Society's Journal, since which Dr. R. H. Lock has conducted the publication. 



The duties of the Secretary have carried him far afield, and in the course of 

 his peregrinations he has practically traversed the whole Island, visiting not only 

 centres of population, but penetrating into the interior of the Provinces. 



The Society employs nine Instructors, of whom seven are engaged in the 

 Sinhalese districts and two in the Tamil. These Instructors may be classified into 

 groups thus :— 



Group A.— Messrs. S. Chelliab, L. A. D. Silva, and N, Wickremaratne, who 

 constitute the senior staff of officers, possessing, relatively to the 

 order in which they are named, more extensive experience than 

 the rest. 



Messrs. Chelliah and Silva are trained students of the late School of Agricul- 

 ture. The former, who is thoroughly conversant with the agriculture of the Tamil 

 districts, is in charge of the Northern Province, with his headquarters at Jaffna, 

 and also supervises the work of the Instructor stationed at Batticaloa. Mr. L. A. 

 D- Silva is in charge of the Ratnapura District, with which he has made himself 

 perfectly familiar. 



Mr. N. Wickremaratne (like those who follow) bad his training divided 

 between the Government Experiment Stations and the Stock Garden. He (as well 

 as Mr. Chelliah) has had the advantage of visiting some of the agricultural stations 

 in South India, and also went through a " short course " at Pusa with special 

 reference to lac cultivation. 



Mr. Wickremaratne is in charge of the Southern Province, with his head* 

 quarters at Galle, and has supervised the work of the Instructor working in the 

 Hambantota District. Previously ne did good work in the Western Province t and, 

 ftlsQ initiated a special scheme for the Kegalla District* 



